I have some new photos up over at my DeviantArt site – 3 to be exact. You know the drill; click the link and check in the gallery for all the photos. The new ones are posted below. You can click on them for the full size shot.

Gas!
So the report is in…gas prices for regular here in Chas. have already topped $3.00 per gallon. That sucks. You know it already, because you are paying for it to in some way or the other. If you don’t drive, then you’ll still feel the effects from the rise in other costs due to this spike. Someone already said it, but it’s amazing to go from the Wright Brothers to the space shuttle, but the majority of our cars produce the same fuel efficiency as the Model T. I’ll be budgeting way in advance for gas until I can buy a more fuel efficient car. The van gets around 18 miles per gallon which isn’t bad for it’s size, weight, and v6 engine, but I would like to get closer to doubling that figure. At least it’s not a Lamborghini…they get around 8 miles per gallon in the city. My old truck got 7 at one point because it had headers that kept fouling up.

Lunch be over…ta ta.

*edit: I disabled comments to keep some of you sickos from talking smash about my sister pictured above.*

Hey kids. This past weekend was extremely tiring, but fun. Jessica, Jenna, and I got up at the (_!_) of dawn and made no haste getting started to the Raleigh, NC area. We spent most of the day on Saturday with my nephew Gaige. My other nephew was spending time with his friend, so we had some good QT with Gaige. I took bunches of photos, but most are on film and I’ll be waiting to process those on the next paycheck. In the meantime here are the digital test shots I got in black and white. I’m hoping the film ones will be great, but hey…hope in one hand; shit in the other.

As always the full sizes are at my DeviantArt site.

1) Total # of books you own? I really don’t know off hand, but maybe around 30.

2) What was the last book you bought? A cookbook for my friend Daniel…gotcha suckas.

3) What’s the last book you read? Cruel Sacrifice by Aphrodite Jones

4) List five books that have been particularly meaningful to you (in no particular order).
– Lord of the Flies by William Golding
– Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
– The book of Psalms
– Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind
– Financial Peace by Dave Ramsey

5) Tag five people and have them fill the quiz out on their own blog.
Anyone I would have tagged has already done it. So sorry.

Well, I’m on break. Some would call it a smoke break, but since that doesn’t apply, I am on a breather. Just a short rest before getting back to it.

I think I will order some cable next week at home. When Jay moved out we didn’t transfer the cable over to my name. That way we would get the “welcome to our cable company” discount for three months. We just haven’t been too worried about getting it hooked up yet, plus I wanted to shop around, because Comcast is expensive. Knology had the best deal, but Comcast has the contract on our address so we are stuck with Comcast.

I thought about joining Kenny and shutting down things here at slash blog. Instead I am just going to continue to be sparse with my posts which may or may not be what you were hoping for.

The next couple of weekends are pretty full. This weekend Jessica and I are going to see my grandma in Durham and my brother in Carey on a road trip with my sister. Then we’ll be home again. I think George will be down soon for Kenny’s deep sea fishing trip. Sorry for sitting out on that one Ken, but I hope you guys have a great time. I will probably see George at some point then. The first weekend of September is my birthday. Jessica and I will be going to Greenville to hang out with her brother and dad until Sunday. I took Labor Day off because I wanted some chill time here too. My birthday is on Labor Day this year, and I have decided to never work on my birthday again if possible. It may seem silly, but hey, why not? The weekend after that is reserved for some get-together time with some good friends of mine in Myrtle Beach. The weekend after that is reserved for the nuptials of Mr. Kenny. After that, I am sure will be something.

Ooooo…I scored one of those automatic kitty crappers from a lady here in town. It hasn’t been used and I’m getting it for 50 bucks which is a great deal considering the cost of a new one. It’s also still only $15 more than the current litter box. My cats get to poo on a robot. I’m kind of jealous…however I have heard that when these things malfunction they become a biological warfare catapult.

Fun times ahead, but for now it’s back to work and almost time to wind down another long day of pixel manipulation.

Right on.

Hey dare folks. Jessica and I went to Kim’s Japanese Steakhouse last night with the rest of my family for a delightful dinner. Garrett gave me all of his leftovers which made for a very good lunch today. Back to work now.