Right Here, Right Now

While playing around a bit with photoshop I decided to a little art project, and these images were the result. Click on each one to bring up the actual size. It's sort of a series if you will... I call it Forward

Call It What You Want

Well, back to work today after the trip to Tampa. Wasn't able to post during Christmas because the internet connection at the hotel we were staying at was pretty spotty. So here is a quick recap on the trip. For a better description, go to Priyam's blog, she has a better blog by blog.

Needless to say, my grandmother LOVED Priyam, and I think my parents are coming around quite a bit for her as well. So, overall it was a success. It was a nice trip, very warm, but we didn't really do too much. The trip was more about spending time with my grandmother after losing my grandfather just about a year ago. You could tell she was quite sad, but us being there was a huge boost.

Anyway, back to work, trying to figure out something to do for New Years Eve. Going to take off Friday as well because I have one more day to take off. What should I do?

In other news, I REALLY want an IPhone so I can put music on my phone. Android just is too complicated putting free music on it. Plus the apps for the IPhone are pretty awesome as well. We'll see.

Shipping Down to Tampa

Well today Priyam and I head down to Tampa Bay (Bradenton to be precise) to meet up with the rents and my grandma. Wish me luck. I'm not sure whether I'll write on my blog everyday we're there, but I know Chinky will. Just click on the link to the right for her blog.

We'll be taking a red eye flight tonight. I haven't taken one of those in FOREVER. We'll see how it goes. 

Bright Moments ALWAYS come back vivid

Well, the weekend was nice. Friday night and Saturday were hectic with Priyam getting ready for a christmas party which she was very worried about because she wanted it to be perfect, the apartment to not  look like pigs lived there and to have food that everyone enjoyed. Needless to say, it went great and everyone enjoyed it. They watched Love Actually (one of my favorites) but I declined to join because I always get emotional at the end when Colin Firth proposes to that Portuguese chick. Whoever did the musical score for that movie is pretty brilliant too I might add.

On Sunday, It was my day. HAHAHA. Priyam gave me the day because she realized how horrible getting ready for her party was, so I was allowed to go to Sherlock Holmes in the morning along with Hastings and some other places. Quite enjoyable.

Thursday we head to Tampa Bay to see the folks and my grandmother. Its going to be super warm there, and it will be difficult to figure out exactly what to wear.

Life in Marvelous Times

I have another Photoshop work for you. Hope you like it. Click on the picture for the larger image

I wanted do something a little bit more artistic, taking some inspiration from the Endo Period of Japan.

Enjoy

High and Low Notes

I've been listen to a bunch of music via Spotify at work to make the day go faster while designing email blasts, and Foster the People is a band that I've been particularly enjoying. Something about the beat or whatever makes me work better and faster. Who knows. But I thought I would share it on my blog, so enjoy.

Other than that, part 2 of Bag of Bones is tonight, which means we'll miss our How I Met Your Mother and *cough Gossip Girl cough*. Last night was excellent, and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought i would for a made for TV movie. The cinematography was a bit strange at times, making it seem like it was a commercial for some medication with Pierce Brosnan running through a field, but overall it was good.

ALSO, as I have noticed I haven't added to to my people I love to hate list in a while, so here it goes:

Today's victim is: Manchester United and its fans

Now I've been meaning to add them for a long time, I just have never gotten around to it. Where do I begin. Well, I must first say that I'm not a huge fan of any of the EPL teams. I really like Liverpool and I enjoy watching Manchester City on TV, but wouldn't call myself a supporter. But the biggest thing is I root for however Manchester Utd is playing and hope they beat them. Why? Because they've won enough in the last few years thank you. Also, they have a team that is overconfident and way too cocky. If they tie or lose to anyone (Premier League or otherwise) the next day you'll see in the papers that Sir Alex Ferguson complained about the ref or Patrice Evra felt players were being racist towards him or Rio Ferdinand saying that the other team only won because they played dirty. Honestly, its because they're overrated. I look at their squad and see 2 or 3 genuine superstars and they scrape by with wins on most occasions. And its come back to haunt them with getting dumped out the of Champions League to the lads of FC Basle (not only did they knock out these idiots but they're Swiss! two thumbs up!) and were beaten in the League Cup to Crystal Palace. 

But really I think the main reason I dislike them this much is there bandwagon fans. People from around the world love Utd. Why? Because they win so much. I guarantee if this team were in the bottom half of the table and were not major players in any competition, most of their fans would jump ship. YET, those very same fans will profess the love for the club and make fun of EVERYONE else who doesn't like the team. Its an absolute disgrace. So, to all of you who consider yourselves Red Devils, you've been listed. 

Aspirations

So today Priyam and I had a nice day staying at home, relaxing.

We're watching Bag of Bones right now, at TV movie based on the Stephen King. The main character, played by excellent actor Pierce Brosnan, is about a famous writer who is haunted by ghosts or something (not really sure yet, only seen an hour or so of the 4 hour thing (over two nights). Its pretty good thus far, we'll see. 

But it makes me want to start writing again. I started writing a story called Alternative Continuum but I stopped for no apparent reason. Even Priyamtopher liked my writing (and wanted to be my editor, for obvious reasons ;-) ) I think instead of sitting for hours not really doing anything when I come home from work, I'm going to write more. 

Plus, I have a ton of books to read now as well. So there is that.

Hmm, guess I'm going to be rather busy....

In other news, we're going to visit my grandmother and my parents in Tampa, FL this year for christmas. I'm excited because Priyam never has met her, and after talking to her on the phone, she really seems excited to meet her too. Its great, she sounds almost ten years younger after finding out about this exciting news (my grandma, not priyam lol) It should be fun, and I'm hoping Priyam and I will get some time to ourselves in Tampa to do some exploring and what not. Should be a fun Christmas. Certainly better than going to frozen St.Joseph this time of year.