i am going to have to drop my online class again.  i never have the time/discipline to make myself go online and do it, when i always have non-online work to do.  so i am going to try and take the same class just not online next semester.  i am doing good in all my other classes, so that's good. 

my girlfriend turned the big 23 yesterday, we had a big party, it was a mystery theater dinner set in the 60's.  so everyone was dressed up as somebody from then.  my girlfriend was marilyn monroe and i unfortunately was john freakin wayne.  but i was a good hick all the same.  i got some really tight wranglers, borrowed my dad's cowboy boots, threw on a sweet bollo (that's probably not spelled correctly) slapped a cowboy hat on and bowlegged my way out there.  it was pretty fun.  i, being a good boyfriend, got my girlfriend a hot pink ipod nano that she had been wanting, so i am pretty much the best bf ever!

  just some of my random pics for you.

hello everybody, sorry i dropped of the face of the earth for a few months.  anyways i am back on the face of the earth and this semester is about to start so i should be updating fairly often for a while.  i had a great summer.  this last picture is from cozemel.  me and my girlfriend took a class last semester to get certified for scuba diving. it is the greatest thing in the world!  well we made a lot of really good friends in the class and they were all going on the summer trip to cozemel.  At first i didn't think we were doing to be able to go.  but it was a once in a lifetime chance to go with everybody else so we went!  it was the most incredible thing i have every seen.  it is one thing to see the reefs, fish eels and sharks on tv but to actually be down there under the water floating along past them was just overwhelming.  i will try to get my underwater pictures scanned so i can get them posted. the camera i had was pretty cheap, it was supposed to be good down to 100 ft, but once i would go to about 60 ft the shutter would stop working.  so i wasn't able to get a lot of the deeper stuff on film. i will try to get them up shirtly.  toodles.

here is some of the projects i've been doing for my drawing class this semester.  the class is required for my graphic design degree.  i've never really drawn that much before, but i've been fairly surprised how easy some of it is if you learn the tricks and don't rush yourself.  tell me what you think, i want some critiqueing (if that's how you spell it?) so tell me how they really make you feel. 

one point perspective study.

two point perspective study, inspired by my mission trip to the darien jungle in panama.

self portrait.

enlarged portion of self portait, made with a carot, glue and green tee.  if you want to see it bigger right click on it and select "open link in new window" then maximize the window

drape study.

negative space study. 

that's it for now so leave me some comments on what you think, what you liked and what you didn't.