An Awesome Weekend!

Had a awesome three day weekend. Did a 3.72 miler on Saturday and then a 4.43 miler on Monday. The Monday one really has left me sore as heck but it was well worth it.

At the end of the run my friend Kelly pulled a fast one on me. She had found out by chance that my friend Joe was in town, so he was there at the end of the run in the coffee shop. I can't imagine my expression but both told me they have never seen me surprised like that.

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Have a good week!

A long weekend!

So here I am looking forward to a long weekend. I have a run planned and a party to attend so it's something to look forward to.

Here's a shout out to a good friend of mine in Charlotte. He is a writer for the Charlotte Observer. Here is a brief write up on him:

Franco Ordoñez writes about immigration for the Charlotte Observer. This Land covers the latest news and ideas about one of the country’s most perplexing issues of our day

Here is his blog, It's got some really good reporting: http://obsthisland.blogspot.com/

Have a great weekend!

Off To A Bad Day...

So one of the cats decided to wake me up this morning at 4:45am and as I shushed her then one of the dogs decided it would be a fun time to put her cold nose and breath into my ear. So hoping this was not a sign of ill sorts and finding out it was indeed such...bad drivers plagued me on the way to work and I think I must have been behind 20 school buses as well during that time.

All this = Bad Mood...

So now I'm hoping that I have a good run tonight. That will solve it and make me happy.

Continuing the theme lately...Here is Brenda the Bug Killers Nemesis...The Spider Queen.

Cranking out another before the Weekend!

The Hurricanes won last night in over time! Could the "Cup" be coming to Carolina again? It sure would be nice.

So I started on this one yesterday and once again it's that concept of a hot babe killing a bug.

Meet Brenda the Bug Killer...she doesn't like bugs that much and it shows. Have a good weekend!

Star Trek Re-Birthed!

So this past weekend I went with some close friends and saw the new Star Trek movie. I admit at first, before seeing it, I was a purist and having issues with it. After seeing it I can only say what an awesome job on giving it new life. It is an awesome movie for young and old and those in between such as me. I apologize now for the poorly drawn Spock as it was done after the movie in a comfy chair while waiting to eat dinner. Which if you get the chance to eat at a T.G.I. F.'s don't. It was the 1st time I've ever eaten at one and will most likely be the last.

One thing that has been bugging me is lately I've seen a lot of drivers not using directional lights, eating all sorts of food in the car, smoking and talking on the cell at the same time, etc... you get my meaning. I just don't understand the laziness, or poor thinking of people thinking they can do several things at once. Recently it was release that the ability to "multi-task" is incorrect. The brain actually cannot do two things at once and instead does "snap shots" of the task. So you are not truly giving it 100% and only 50%. So, letting me rant on this for another moment, if you are driving and performing another task you are not really paying attention to what is most important...driving. I've seen you weave around in that lane, almost not hit your breaks as you get close to someone, almost miss your turn because you wanted to use the cell phone...

Do me a favor...give driving 100% and give the people around you the attention they deserve. Thanks for letting me rant...I needed that, as Charlotte traffic has gotten my anger lately.

This last sketch is a nice one. I love the guy on the bottom as I was aiming for someone eating a really hot pepper and the results...I think I nailed it!

Death to the Great Beast!

Here it is I just state I don't know when I will try coloring another sketch and BLAM, I sketch one that demands it. First though...this one my wife sent me...and it rocks.

I really laughed my butt off on this one. Now on to the other...

One of my coworkers screamed when this tiny, little, non-dangerous spider walked out from underneath a stapler on her desk. Hence a few days later my brain reacted and out of the dark blue recesses of my mind I drew this...after inking it I had a huge grin on my face as I hit it perfectly. Enjoy and have a great weekend...

The Sun is out and I am itching to...

Enjoy the day! I had this awesome workout last night. My wife and I went to the gym and biked for 5 minutes. Then we hit outside and ran for about 3 miles and capped it with another 5 minute bike ride. The legs are feeling it but I feel pretty darn good for the race taking place this Friday night. The Twilight 5k is one of those races that take place on a Friday night in uptown Charlotte where everyone that is still downtown gets to see half naked people running a race and having a good time. It's a pretty nice event and for a good cause.

The foot is much better and I'm looking forward to getting the inserts next week (hopefully) to improve some more.

Have you noticed? Hmmm...maybe not...check out the new Title Block above! Pretty cool huh? I've taken some of the most recent sketches and made them into a new wallpaper so to stick. To see more of those new ones check out the other site at Deviant Art. Here is a little taste of it just in case you might be lazy...

Which I am sure you're not...so I will count on you checking it out. I've been working a lot on my sketches of facial expressions and then with my new found love of ink I then ink them up. I have found they look more "complete". What's that? When will I get to working with color again? Good question and I will let you know the answer to that...at some point...later on...

Have a kicking weekend and thanks for stopping by!

The Caveman Couple

This morning was a decent 2.35 mile run, and I'm following it up with this sketch to ink work I did. I really like this one as I kinda am hitting exactly what was coming to mind when I started it. I also was able to add some of those I did the other day. Cheers!

Practice, practice, train, train...

Well I now know that my left foot is the source of years of back pain, and now recently foot pain. After getting scans of me walking on it, which I have to say is a really cool thing to witness, I saw how it rolls and puts a lot of pressure on the foot, using only 1/3 of the actual foot to walk on.

What does this mean? Orthotics! Which after learning that it will set my bio-mechanics to neutral and allow me to walk, run, etc...without a lot of the pain I deal with!

I did some new inks and of course blogger is giving me a fit trying to download them. Check out my art site and see them at: http://worldofeldude.deviantart.com/

Have a good weekend and if I can I will try to load them up again later!