Turn On The Tele!

Normally I'm not much of a TV watcher. I have a hard time getting interested in the shows that are on. Why bother to turn it on? I never had a reason to until my dear, sweet aunt of mine introduced me to Dr. Who and The Ricky Gervais Show.





I've heard this show mention a thousand times up at Iowa State. Evidently it's very popular around the design community. I never thought to give it a try until my aunt turned it on one night. The actor who plays "The Doctor" is the last of the time lords. With his phone booth time machine he travels through time and sets things right. The series originated during the 70's and the actor was definitely not the one seen above. When the first Dr. career was coming to an end, the writers put in a twist to the story that the Dr. could regenerate himself each time he came near to death. After each regeneration he would look different, have different quirks, and have little changes in personality. All his past experiences and memories would stay intact.

Due to a recent Dr. change, a new story arc has started and made it easy for blokes like myself to get into the show. Each episode shows off the experience the writers have. With a beautiful blend of suspense and comedy, I've got my eyes glued every Saturday night.

The Ricky Gervais Show


When the premise of the show is "An animated talk podcast" you don't expect much. The three of hosts read questions sent to them by fans and the answers you get always seem to end up light years away from where you started. One of the hosts in particular has quite the scatter brain. In the video below you'll see what I mean as Karl Pinkerton elaborates on his grand idea of rebirth.



I believe that the fact that the show is animated is a huge factor in why it is so popular. The funny caricatures and the hilarious explanatory drawings make this show a great watch.

Summer Lovin', Kickin My Ass

In an attempt to afford my new apartment, this summer I have taken up two jobs. I'm still serving up the "za" most days out of the week. Just a hop, skip, and a no handed lander away, you'll find my new place of work.

The one and only Tshirt Cafe

Tshirt Cafe is still a pretty new business. I pretty much get paid to do my hobby. Cool right? The shirts that people order may not be the most beautiful works of art. I could think of a couple shirts that might have made me hurt a little inside to make. I do my best to guide some in a better direction, but seeing as I'm no expert, they're allowed to do what they want with my opinion. Some people just want bad shirts. Let them have it!

When not at work, I'm usually slaving away on World of Warcraft (If you're ever in Greymane, look me up) until the wee hours of the morning. When I'm not defending Lordaeron, I'm talking to my most favorite gal in the world. Factoring in the days I work and the distance between us, visits are far and few in between. Twill be all fine once the summer comes to an end and the apartment living starts.

I Can Haz Munnys?

Once again I headed out to Denver, CO to hang out with Erin and Jesse for spring break.
As soon as I arrived for what I'm going to start to call "The Denver Annual", Jesse and Erin had a craft project ready to go. They are called Munnys. What are Munnys you say?


They are small, animal like figures that come in various shapes and colors. We got blank ones so we could customize them. Each came with it's own prop to work with.

Due to random selection, I was given the purple guy. Below is the work in progress.

Love for the Little Ones

A new shirt was needed and Lily was in need. I delivered with her very own mini EPIC LAN '09 shirt. Wasn't the cleanest of designs (the original design wasn't available)but it worked out just fine. The next line up is the robot seen below. Let me know if you would like one. Sadly my class has ended and now I am going to have to charge extra for ink and what not. I will strive to keep quality high and cost low!

Topless? I've got you covered.

Recently I got myself into a screen printing class to satisfy an old curiosity. By the third lesson I already sold a shirt! This is seriously something I would enjoy wasting my life on. Thanks to Jesse Hunsaker for the monster design and (hopefully) the robot. The monster design proved to be a pain in the neck as I didn't want to fit on one screen with the robot design. "Why not tilt them and fit them both?" I said and did. Getting the design straight and centered on the t-shirt was damn near impossible, but 2 t-shirts, a couple of practice shirts provided by the class, 6 pieces of practice paper, and you get one awesome shirt that went to Val for a low low price. I kept one of the mistakes and smeared ink all over it and called it art. I still have another mistake that I'd be willing to part with.

I will continue to include print designs in future blog post and (maybe) have it's own section/blog. Until then, if you see a design you like, let me know and I'll make one for you real cheap!

SHERMAN'S EPIC LAN '09

I would just personally like to congratulate everyone who participated in the EPIC LAN '09. The party was a great success with total people playing reached up to 15. A lot of us haven't gotten together like this since the good 'ol days of LAN parties and this one was just as epic. 8 TVs and even more Xbox 360s than we had room for. People where shot, fragged, ran over, and even team killed when you're trying to defuse the bomb for the win (you know who you are!)I had a great time and can't wait to have another one. I've included some pictures on the happenings. T-shirts are to be in on January 4th!














-Great times. I feel like someone punched my face repeatedly.. That's how you know it's good.

Call of Duty: Too Bad You Can't Play It 2

*If you don't want to read this beefy paragraph, I've included a 4 panel comic that pretty much sums it up.

So just the other day I went out and picked up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare2. With all the hype and nearly my whole friends list playing, I thought I'd jump on that bandwagon and play along. I traded in a few games and used a gift card bringing my total to $.54! Pretty sweet right? Went back home as fast as I could and got a great parking spot out front. I was locked out of the room, but that was an easy fix. Get in the door, pop the game in, get into my first match and what should appear? Three little red lights that let you know your Xbox 360 just took a shit and died. 360s are notorious for doing this. This will be the second time that I have had to send my Xbox back in and hopefully it will be the last. This couldn't have come at a worse time too. I am stuck at ISU for most of the Thanksgiving break while I try to get some drawings done. No Xbox and my laptop is the new DVD player. Thanks a lot Microsoft!

Love Sac Baby!

The Love Sac is little old place where we can get together and it's at a discounted price! Got this bad boy off Craig and his list of goodies. This thing is HUGE! You can see it sitting next to my recliner and it's 2x the width and depending if it's fluffed or not, it's just about the same vertical! It was a real pain trying to pick it up, let alone get in through the door. Luckily I had a good friend with a minivan and time to kill. After we picked it up and got back to the dorms, we realized that it wasn't going to fit through to front doors easily. After blocking the entrance for a few minutes we finally got it inside and lucky for me, I live on the fourth floor. We had to temporarily close off the stairwell as we lugged this thing up to the top and jammed it through the door, up and over Jordan's (my roommate) bed and desk, and finally to the floor. Worth all the hassle? Totally! Check out the pictures and be amazed!

Nerf or Nothing

Last year for Halloween I bought myself a Nerf Recon CS-6 to go with my costume. Turns out I really didn't need it because I ended up making my own weapon. I just kept it around because I rarely had one for more than a week before it broke when I was little. I brought it to Iowa State again this year and to my surprise, it some how turned into a hallway sport. I've seen some crazy junk people have done with them (ie.: modifying, paint jobs, hall dens converted to workshops) so I decided to jump on that band wagon. Cut out an air restrictor here, slap on a little paint there, remove this and you get a pretty nerdy past time. Being a design major has it's perks. Check out the before and after picks.

He's just a boy!

This is the doom-omatic blog where you will read and read until your eyes bleed and your head 'splodes! Since I'm a busy scholar be patient as I may be a little slow on the update. Good times are to be had (and hopefully money to be made) on this blog!