Whew... sometimes that Internet Archive Wayback Machine isn't quite as cool as you might think. Well, as cool as a true geek might think anyway.

I was really bored the other night and managed to track down my first ever web page--one started back in 1996 or so with a couple friends from high school (Michael and Other Matt)... some things weren't meant to be found. Now, I'm sure it would be helpful to include a link to that archive, but I want to keep any diginity I might have (real or imagined) intact. And no, no amount of coercion is going to convince me otherwise.

What I found was the ramblings of a socially awkward teenager trying real hard to be cool in probably the most anti-cool way. And I can't really pass this off on the two blokes that initially helped me out with it, Matt and Michael wisely lost interest in the 'project' (if you can even call it that) far earlier than I did. The site really did pretty much have all the requsites of a completely useless site of the time (a page of the music we liked and subsequent bashing of the music we didn't, links to web pages for movies we like, a page of jokes, and a paragraph about the "fancy new web browser "Netscape").

Despite my hanging on to the site much longer than I should have, thankfully I did put it behind me and move on to more important things... things like... you know... college. And the site pretty much fell from my mind once my brother graduated and we no longer had his web directory to host the site. The odd thing is, I have tracked the site down on the Wayback Machine before and not been so appalled by its content but this time was different... I had seen this type of pointless, useless, self-important rambling before... on "blogs" not all that much unlike this one. It has been my experience that 95% of all "blogs" are slaved over by self important high-school students that think they have the world figured out, and everyone else is very much interested in this information. I couldn't believe I had never noticed this before, but blogs are the modern day equivalent of the vanity, useless web site of the mid-nineties. Only now--instead of just the nerds--everyone and their mom (and their mom's dog) can get in on the pointless pontification if they choose.

Now don't get me wrong, there are useful blogs (like Adam's, which deals with issues surrounding the internet), and there are entertaining blogs that are well written and entertaining to read. Sadly I don't think this blog fulfills either of those duties particularly well despite my best intentions. Initially it was intended as sort of a snapshot of the 'creative industry' job market when I graduated, but I'm just plain too cautious to really make looking for a job that interesting. After all, I was looking for a job and didn't want to risk pissing anyone off. Of course because I had failed making it a useful venue for graduates coming after me, I found trouble finding anything to write about. I tried standard "blog" fare like "Hey, look at my new car" and "I went to this really great concert"... and it was that first web site all over again.

So this is the end. Not because I'm sad or depressed or anything, I just don't feel there is any real reason for this site to exist, there are other things I can be directing what little energy I put in to this, into other things. Things like my job and getting back into the swing of "interactive" work, Music For Penguins, and "Big Dwarf Rodeo" which hasn't really been updated in three-and-a-half years.

So, thanks to "all" the people that have read this over the past couple years. And thanks to Adam for a handy, well-made venue to allow people to do so (depsite what I say above). I won't be updating this any more. Good bye and God bless.

closed-circuits gonna put on ten pounds

As the old adage goes, "better late than never." As my previous post stated I finally got around to have the extra cash, and the time, to get some rolls of film developed shot with my trusty Minolta XG-M. I've had a really hard time using it consistently since my photography class in school so I used the 2005 SXSW event here in Austin to take more than a few shots at a time. I still ended up not taking a many as I had hoped, but I did manage to shoot about a roll and a half including the photos seen below. All of these were taken within 1.5 blocks of my office during an afternoon of walking around. I didn't obtain 'model release' forms from anyone pictured below, so please do not sue me if you see yourself (that includes you Mr. Doughty sir, I'm just a big fan. I honestly don't have enough material wealth to make it worth anyone's while. Enjoy!













instructions for dancing

Eric Weller would crucify me for the "title" to this entry.

Anyway, I finally took some rolls of film I've had sitting around for quite some time to get developed. I decided to pretend that some of the photos will be more than snapshots so I took them to Holland Photo as opposed to a Walgreens, Target, Wal-Mart, etc. There's at least a roll from assorted camping trips, potentially up to two years old I think. There is at least two from up at my office and the SXSW music festival this past year. The third... well I have no idea where the third is from. I do know there are no dirty pictures on it though, so that is good.

In thinking back on what I remember shooting, at least from the SXSW festival, I can only think of one shot in particular that could be pretty decent in my own harsh opinion, but with my luck it isn't exposed correctly. The primary reason for this entry is really to have you sort of police me on actually posting some (hopefully) good photos from those rolls. I am planning on picking up the film and scans tomorrow (I didn't bother getting prints or a contact sheet since I would ultimately want them in digital format anyway).

Being the holiday weekend (the Turkey Holiday) I likely won'tbe able to post any photos until next week, but maybe you'll (all three of you) get lucky. Happy Thanksgiving!

because that's all he sees