I’m doing NaNoWriMo again, aww yeah!

Here’s my progress report.

Baboon > You.

Badass.

I was feeling old 5 years ago, or at least joking about it. I was also feeling old 10 years ago, but I’m no longer feeling old. It’s weird.

This birthday has been great so far; thanks to all who’ve helped make it that way with well-wishes and whatnot.

Also, due to the fact that my birthday is on Tuesday, I managed to “win” first place in my age group (I wouldn’t have placed if I were in the 30-34 age group, but I’m still 29 for the next three days). Technically, the overall winner (who finished in 15 minutes and change) is in my age group, too, but they don’t allow duplication of awards. And to be fair, he and I were the only male participants in the 25-29 age group. But it’s still a major award and I won, to paraphrase “The Old Man” from A Christmas Story.

Here I am with my first place finisher award:

all pictures

I always liked this remix. Aww yeah.

Check out my YouTube channel; more slideshows soon-ish.

This weekend, Liz and I went to see Shine a Light at the new IMAX theater near our place. It rocks, seriously. Hadn’t seen an actual (read: entertainment) movie in IMAX before; I’d just seen a documentary previously. Anyway, it was obviously a Scorsese film, which was cool, and the set list is rad (lots of less-popular tracks, with a smattering of the hits (naturally). Go see it, if you can. Definitely worth the price. (Incidentally, the new theater near us features self-service/free-refills of all sizes of drinks, so that’s cool…they also have a full bar and a crazy ice cream shop.)

I also finally got around to posting some pictures from as far back as October 2006. Here they are, in chronological order:

Pictures from Las Vegas, October 2006

Highlights:

Fountains at the Bellagio

Me with Frankenstein’s Monster, Madame Tussaud’s wax museum

Pictures from the Burden Brothers Show at the Texas Crawfish Festival, Old Town Spring, TX, 04/28/2007 (some are good, some are blurry)

Highlights:

The Burden Brothers

Casey Hess #1 (Liz and I really like this one, despite the blur.)

Casey Hess #2 (We were right in front of him, hence the relatively high number of Hess shots in this set.)

Pictures from the Burden Brothers Show at Antone’s, Beaumont, TX, 07/21/2007 (some are good, some are blurry)

Highlight:

Vaden Todd Lewis

Pictures from the Baboon Show at the Double Wide, Dallas, TX, 12/21/2007 (some are good, some are blurry)

Highlights:

Baboon (This picture isn’t very good, really, but it does include Andrew Huffstetler’s signature “finger in the air.”)

Mark Hughes (This picture reminds me of the cover to Instrument Soundtrack by Fugazi.)

A lot of the photos from these sets have been added to my new photoblog.

So, the two of you that use that plugin should download the new version.