When I was in middle school and some of highschool I had these dreams of being a video game designer or a cartoon artist. So I’d always come up with random characters, monsters, weird people things. Well I thought I’d kick it old school today and play with some monsters. I can’t tell if he’s mean and angry or scared and about to cry.
What chall thank?
I’ve had a bit of a struggle finding a way to see <a href=”http://thedarkknight.warnerbros.com/”>The Dark Knight</a>. The day before it opened I walked into the Imax theatre to buy a ticket for the midnight show, only to find out that it had been sold out for 2 weeks. Since I was sold out I bought I ticket for the next available showing, which was 4 days later. Sadly, I had to take someone to the airport so I missed that show.
But finally last night I got to see the film. We went to the regular theatre, cause I was just tired of waiting. But even at the regular theatre, the 8:30pm show that we were planning on going to was sold out. It was like god didn’t want me to see this film. But since the 8:30 was sold out we bought tickets for the 9:50pm show. FINALLY…we have tickets…and I’m not gonna miss the show. I told doan we have to get there early if we’re gonna have a decent seat. So we show up about 40 minutes early, but there were even more surprises. I line around the theatre to get into our show. No worries…I don’t care if I have to sit in the front row I’m gonna see this film.
We ended up about 4 rows from the front in the center, so it was a pretty good location. It was obviously sold out, but everyone there had the same…I can’t wait to see this movie…emotion. This was the first time in a long time that I’d been to a packed theatre, that someone didn’t annoy me. Normally there is a baby or people talking, cellphones, something, but that night everyone was focused.
I’m just gonna throw it out there. BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE EVER MADE! I’m sure some people are freaking out about that statement, but in my opinion this was full on perfection. I was much more a fan of Batman Begins than any of the other Batman movies. I loved the older ones, but they were a cartoon movie, and Batman Begins was a real movie. I mean Bruce Wayne became a ninja vigilante…how cool is that? With The Dark Knight it was more of what I’ve grown to love with Batman Begins. It was a great movie, with cool gadgets, vehicles, and some amazing technology that I’m sure gave some code geeks some interesting ideas.
On top of being the best movie I’ve seen in a long time, Heath Ledger was an amazing Joker. I know everyone says Jack Nicholson made the joker, and I’m not saying he wasn’t great. I’m saying the Batman movie with Jack in it was a cartoon, and Jack was a clown that killed people. Heath however was a crazy mother fucker. He came off like a realistic crazy madman with all kinds of issues. There was a scene where the joker gets thrown off a building and all you hear is him laughing. That’s some crazy shit…laughing at the idea of death. Heath will always be the Joker in my eyes from here on out. It’s just sad that if there ever is another Batman movie (which I hope there is) Heath Ledger wont be around to add more Joker to the screen. I really hope that they don’t try to come out with another movie, and have someone besides Christian Bale be the Batman. I hate when movies do that. Which was another reason I wasn’t a big fan of the older Batman movies. You have to stick with the crew, or it just doesn’t flow as a sequel.
Anyway…I think this is the only movie review I’ve ever done on my blog, and I really hope that I didn’t give anything away. I just had to let you know how badass this film was. If you’re in the small % of people that haven’t seen it yet. GO SEE IT! It’s worth it.
…and I’m a little late. It’s pretty sad…it’s only day 3 and I’m already late. I have a good excuse though, I was busy all day with work, and then I went to see the dark knight…which was AMAZING! Anyway…here is sketch 3…which is kinda a self portrait of myself. I’m gonna have to do another one of these in a few hours. I’ll try not to be late this time.
Anyway…here it is…let me know what you think. I’m gonna take Miller’s idea and video one of these and put it up. But that’s gonna have to wait til Doan gets back from florida…cause my camera doesn’t do video. Until then…late.
I’ve always been fascinated with games teaching kids. Tricking them into thinking they’re playing video games when really you’re teaching them these crazy mathematical functions, without them even realizing. It’s pretty dope. Anyway I just found this game called TOTEM DESTROYER, and I’ve been playing it for the last 30 minutes. I got a bit addicted to it. It’s pretty cool and simple. You blow up blocks without knocking the little gold man to the floor. The blocks fall as if they would in real life, so it’s basically teaching you all about physics, weight shifts, and gravity.
Where was this stuff when I was a kid. What level can you make it to?
I don’t know if you guys ever knew, but I’ve always called myself a portrait painter. I’ve always drawn faces…and I even spent my entire senior portfolio drawing nothing buy eyes. There is just something about a faces and eyes…you can tell what kind of mood someone’s in just by looking at their face. And that’s what I love. It’s so expressive.
With that said here is sketch 2 of the 5 minute sketch project. I might mix it up and do something other than a portrait, but then again…it’s what I love…so I might not.
Let me know what you think.
So I’ve been an artist pretty much my whole life. Drawing, painting, sketching, ruining, breaking you name it. I was doing it. But over the last 3 or 4 years my artist side of my life has really faded into the distance. I don’t want to lose my chops so I’ve decided to create a project for myself.
The project is called SKETCH. The plan is I’m going to sketch “something” for 5 minutes everyday for 30 days. And from there I’m going to take a photo of the sketch, upload it, and then combine them all into a photobook. I’m doing this for a couple of reasons. 1…I’m a big believer of use it or lose it. And I feel like I might be losing some of it. So I want to get a little crisper as an artist. 2…I just want to feel creative again. Doing corporate work day in and day out can really get to me. And doing this…even for 5 minutes…makes me feel creative again. Who knows…maybe it’ll make my corporate work even better.
So above is the first sketch from the project…next to my phone counting down the time. And below is a little closer view. Let me know what you think of the idea, and be sure to check back daily for my updates.
Wish me luck.
Dear Yahoo,
I’ve paid your premium Mail Plus option for almost 4 years now. And the only reason I’ve paid it is so I can check all of my mail in one place. And that one place is my Mac Mail App, where all of my other mail from my websites, gmail, and internet provider all work seamlessly…for free. I’ve debated this for awhile, and the only reason I haven’t dropped yahoo was cause it was the first email address I have ever had. A lot of my contacts have and still use that email, but because I have to manually go to the website to check my mail…I never get the messages. It’s just FUCKING ANNOYING! And the time has come to say “I’m done with you.” So as of today I will no longer be checking my Yahoo Mail rhernandez88 [at] yahoo.com. So if you still use that email…don’t anymore…cause I wont be checking it. If you need to get a hold of me please use the free and easy to use ray.hernandez [at] gmail.com.
It’s a sad day. I’m deleting my first ever email address from my life. I just want to add that this isn’t about money…cause it’s not expensive. It’s about principle. Free is the new black, and when your biggest competitors offer the same service, and some would say better service, for free. Then you should too. That’s all I’m saying.
So goodbye my old friend. Maybe one day you’ll come to your senses…and we can be friends again. But until that day. PEACE!
Sincerely,
Ray Hernandez
I’m writing this post tom my iPhone with the newly released iPhone Wordpress App. It’s pretty sweet…super simple to use…and I think it’s going to make quick idea blog posts actually happen.
If you have the 2.0 software check out the app.
So most of you know…that we’ve moved to Austin Texas. No more hawaii…which is sad…but it’s good to cause it means…no more bugs in the house…and it means our house is a lot newer. We’ve got a pretty cool place that’s coming along. But since we’ve moved in me and doan have both had this crazy cough. And it’s not like we feel bad…we just both can’t stop coughing.
A month has gone by…and we’ve come to the conclusion that it’s the new carpet that the complex put in before we moved in. So we ran to costco and bought a good vacuum. Brought it home and started sucking. So after about 10 minutes…and vacuuming half of the place…the bag in the vacuum was full. And it wasn’t just full it was FUCKING DISGUSTING! I couldn’t believe how much crap there was in this brand new carpet.
So beware of new carpets…vacuum the hell out of that thing. I’ll keep you posted on wether or not our cough goes away and that was the cause. But even if it wasn’t…did you see the crap that came out of the carpet? Crazyness.
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I discovered this channel 2 years ago, at Chris and Marci’s place. I thought it was google’s channel cause it seemed like every stat was from google. After a bit of research I found out they were right down the street from my old office in San Francisco. Then to find out it’s owned by mr green himself…Al Gore.
I just can’t say anything bad about this channel. You watch all of these self made videos, and it’s like having a educated conversation with a smart person at a bar. It’s pretty amazing. Then like today I see this amazing video:
Doan and I are getting married in Austin, Texas! On August 8, 2008. We invite you to celebrate our wedding with us. The wedding is going to be fairly small so everyone who is invited holds a special place in our hearts and we would be honored to share this very special day with you.
We ask that everyone arrives by Thursday the 7th by 12:00pm because we are planning an a*# kicking, paintball event that afternoon to shake off all my pre-wedding stress. In the evening we’ll be grubbing down on some Southern Texas BBQ and the next day will be the wedding. We plan on renting a van to haul everyone around so if you want to save money you don’t have to rent a vehicle, but you can if you want to because the venue is about 45 minutes away from Austin. Lodging is pretty cheap and right down the street from the venue. Kelly’s Country Cottages, (512)847-5898, is about 8 minutes from where we will be at. Please make arrangements now because they’re limited on cottages. If you really want to come but your strapped for cash we totally understand. Just get your butt to Austin and have enough for paintball and we’ll take care of the rest.
We are renting out the whole bed and breakfast so we’ll be more than happy to share the place with you. There’s a lot of extra rooms and there’s also a huge yoga room upstairs. If we have to we’ll blow up some air mattresses and have a huge sleep over. That actually sounds like a lot of fun. Just let us know in advance so we can reserved the space for you. Oh, and if you do need us to pick you up from the airport we can anytime before 1:00 p.m. on Thursday and we can take back to the airport anytime after 3:30 on Saturday. We’re super excited to see all of you there.
Also, I want to make it very clear that we are not expecting gifts. We understand that weddings are expensive not just for the bride and groom but for their guest as well. We’d much rather have you there than have a gift. With that said, if you really want to we’re not gonna stop you. Here’s our wish list from Amazon. Feel free to go wild and crazy. We also set up a honey moon account for your convenience. We would greatly appreciate any donations so we can start saving up for a honey moon. If there’s no possible way you can make it, that sucks balls, but since your not coming a gift or donation into the account would be a great way to make up for it.
See you guys soon and start practicing your paintball skills now because we’re gonna bust a cap in yo a**!
I started thinking about this idea back in 2006, and it’s been a long time since then. But today my friends…is the day that it’s finally become a reality. I’ve gone through about 4 different developers who all thought the idea was great, but accepted without realizing how big the project actually was. After that…somehow…I talked Beau into working on this project with me. It was a tough sell, but we’ve done it. At 5:42pm (hawaiian time) MyBabyOurBaby.com went live. We built a full on baby scrapbooking website with a twist. The twist is something I think is really cool. We allow you to invite your friends and family to contribute. That sentence doesn’t sound like a lot, but think about how many photos of your kids are laying around on someone’s camera or computer. Your kids go visit your grandparents for a summer, your friends come over for dinner party, you see the family for thanksgiving…digital cameras everywhere and you know your kid is in one or two of the those photos. With the site you just invite the friends and family that are close to you and they get the ability to upload photos and tell stories that you might not have even known about. How great is that? Your whole family and even your friends are creating a scrapbook for your kid.
Anyway I’m really proud of both of us…and excited to see what happens next. It’s the first night and we already got a write up on Mashable. So that’s a great way to start.
Check it out if you have kids or know someone who does (come on…we all know someone with a kid)
January 23, 2008, 1:27pm (hawaii time) represents a monumental moment in my life. What it represents is the first time in my life that a venture, idea, project that I have been a part of has become a reality. I mean I’ve worked for big companies and come up with ideas and had those go through and be successful, but this is different. This is an idea…a design…and a totally new market…that was created by me and Beau.
It’s crazy. At 1:27pm I sent out the first beta test invitation for mybabyourbaby.com. The online baby scrapbooking site we’ve been developing for about 5 months. It was pretty crazy…my heart was racing while I was putting in people’s email address in my mail app. You always think in your head that it’s just another day…but you are inviting someone to something that you built. It’s like asking someone if your baby is cute. You know they’re gonna say yes…but there is a slight chance that they tell you something you don’t want to hear.
Anyway I just want to say thank you to Beau for taking a chance on an idea…and making it happen. We built something pretty sweet and in about 2 weeks everyone is gonna know about it. It’s a crazy time in my life…and I can’t wait for this thing to take off.
Also I want to give an early thank you to all my friends and family that are going to get hounded in the next couple of weeks to tell everyone they know and invite every friend or family member they have with a child :) So ummm…thanks.
Anyway…just had to document this day.
So I just woke up…just chilling in front of my computer…and Todd sends me this video…that I was a little scared of…but now that I’ve seen it…I’m in the greatest mood. That’s right that was 1 long sentence…get over it…it’s my blog. Anyway…you probably should know that I wanted to be Michael Jackson when I was a kid. Seriously…I would just walk around holding my crotch thinking “I was bad” but really I looked like I needed to pee.
Whatever…to this day…the sound of Michael Jackson songs just make me happy…so you’ll see how happy this video made me.
Enjoy.
