5 days left....

So as the title says we are down to five days until I will be in Atlanta for Dragon Con. I am starting to calm down about money and what not, I sold my Spartan helmet, I finished the At-AT helmet I was painting and will be paid for it plus I have three other things up for sale and at least one of them might actually sell. I also might have found a fouth roommate for our hotel room which will save us some money.

My workouts are going well, I am down to 151lbs and ten percent body fat and I will probally lose a few more pounds and body fat between now and Friday. Pretty much everything is going well. The only thing I am worried about is my white Spartan cape that Garry is supposed to be doing for me. He keeps telling me that it might not be done, or he hasn't done anything on it. I think if he doesn't get it done I am going to be really, really pissed. After all I got his clone armor done in an amazingly short amount of time, (so short I told him it wasn't possible to get done) in time for the "big" premire for the Clone Wars movie that was so important to him. He has had the cape and fabric and what not since Star Wars weekends and he has had the harness for like a month or so which is plenty of time to make one cape. The problem is I can't quite figure out how to tell him how important it is to me and how upset I am going to be if it isn't done. I mean I don't want to be an ass about it but I really want it done.

So that is it, I am about to go to the gym to run on the treadmil or one of the other cardio things. Mark out.

Eight Days and counting....

Welcome back kids. So as I am sure some of you are aware, there are only eight days until Dragon Con. While I am excited I am freaking out, I need to make about a thousdand dollars between now and then, and I just don't see anyway of that happening. Work has been incredibly slow and I haven't really made much money latley. The last two days, I made nothing. I went to work Monday and I was there for two hours doing nothing so I got sent home. Well today the stupid hurricane came and runied any chance of going to work. I did get some work done on some props that needed to be worked on which was nice but only one of them MIGHT make me some money. I haven't been able to sleep worth a shit because I am stressing about about the money. I just have so much to do and so little time to do it. If anyone reading this wants a 300 Spartan helmet or a Clone long rifle e-mail me and we can work out a deal!

I am also cranking hard to lose some extra fat for Dragon Con. I am in decent shape right now and could easily wear my spartan and look fine but of course I could always look better. Well I guess I am going to go work out or something since I won't be sleeping anytime soon.

Mark out.

What a peice of junk...

So tonight I went out to Universal to the movie theater there to troop for the new Star Wars Clone Wars movie. I kind of got roped into going because Christine (Dave's wife) really wanted to go but Dave couldn't go and he didn't want her to go alone. I also needed to test fit my stormtrooper armor before Dragon Con. So I went and wore my new stormtrooper armor. Well the trooping was so so, it was pretty boring and we couldn't really go very far as we wern't allowed to leave the inside of the movie theater building. It seemed to last for ever. Then the worst part came, we saw the movie! The new Star Wars Clone Wars movie is total shit! Don't see this movie. Now since I am a huge Star Wars fan I would hope that these words carry some weight, I want the two hours of my life back that this peice of shit stole from me. Had I have paid for this movie I would want my damn money back. The animation is so so, far from good, the acting is terrible, the dialouge is aweful, and the new characters are really annoying, the story sucks, even the new music is bad! I should have figured it out as soon as the movie started and it didn't even have the traditional yellow text crawl that every other Star Wars movie has had, instead it had a cheesy announcer. SAVE YOUR TIME AND MONEY PEOPLE!!! Just because it had some decent clone action I will give this flick a solid D

Even more impuslive then the last one...

Ok so like several people predicted I wanted to get another tattoo...and I did. This one I really didn't put much thought into at all. I knew I wasn't really into getting any sort of picture or words or anything like that so I wanted to get another odd symbol. This one just popped into my head and I liked the idea a lot. This one I am just going to post and let you guess what it is.

I got it on the inside of my left bicept. I will give you a hint it is from a sci-fi movie also and in the movie this symbol actually ends up in this exact spot on a guy. The colors are actually brighter in person my cell phone just takes shitty pics. Also it doesn't actually have any black in it, it is all shades of red. I am once again really happy with out this one came out. If I decide to get another I know one thing, I will not put it on my other bicept, this one hurt like hell!

So who's up for impulsive decisions?

So welcome back B's & G's, Mark here. So for quite some time in my life I have wanted a tattoo. I have always been afraid to get one because me and needles don't go well together. I wasn't worried so much about getting the tattoo as I was making a fool of myself and making the artist not want to do the work on me. So one of my co-workers had a friend in town who is a tattoo artist and was over at his house doing tats and on the cheap. So Robby (the co-worker) asked me to come over and get a tat a couple of nights ago. I was all jazzed to go but then at the last minute it got canceled. So last night right as I am about to leave work Robby mentions his friend is over at his place and I should come. Well after a little persuading on his part I went. After sitting around at Robby's place for several hours watching other people get tats it was finally my turn. I got the design I wanted and we got started. I was pretty calm considering I had no idea what I was in for only the horror stories people told me about how much it hurt and bleed and what not. So he gets started doing the outline, and yea it hurts, not terrible but pretty bad. There wasn't any blood though and I was really supprised about that. After about a third of the outline was done I started to feel light headed and dizzy. I knew this was nerves acting up like every time I have to get shots or blood drawn. I asked for a break for a second and went to the bathroom, I had to pee, while I was in there I sat down caught my breath and splashed some cold water on my face and neck. After a minute or so I felt better and went back in to get back to it. I got a glass of water and we went back to it. A few minutes later I needed to get some more water on my face and neck and to drink and I went to the kitchen and did that. I also grabbed a wet paper towl so I wouldn't have to get up again. So from there on the rest of the tat wen't really well. I didn't need any more breaks but I got a couple of short ones anyway while the artist rested or changed needles or what not. All in all it took about fourty five minutes to get it done. So here is the end result.

It is the imperial cog from Star Wars but weathered up a bit. It is on the inside of my right forearm. I am really happy with how it came out. Originally I wanted the white parts above filled in but he did it reversed and I realy like how it came out. So what does every one think? It hurts a bit today but it isn't oozing or bleeding or anything. I know a lot of people say that the first one you get is the bridge to a bunch of other ones but I really can't think of any other tats I would get. The best part about this whole thing, it didn't cost me a dollar! The artist mentioned he had kids and was going to some of the parks and what not. I mentioned I had a bunch of tickets to a bunch of the parks so he and I worked out a deal where I traded him some of my SeaWorld tickets for the tat even trade. I was really happy about that since I am broke as shit.

Can you hear me now? No, no you can't...

Ok, so it seems as though I have gotten sick some how. I have a sore throat and I can't talk. Like I have no voice I can only wisper. I have been coughing a lot and I am a bit congested. I also have no energy. I have spent all of today in bed. I got up only long enough to get food, drinks, and I took a shower. I have been feeling kind of shitty the last couple of days but it got pretty bad yesterday and stayed bad all day today. I hope I feel better tomorrow as I have to go to work at noon, if I am not feeling better I won't be able to go and I really need the money.

So on to other things, Greg took the entire week off and went down to West Palm. That means I have the entire apartment to my self all day and night. So today I walked around for a few minutes naked just because I could. Also the living room is a disaster since he isn't here to see it. He won't be back until Sunday so I have plenty of time to clean it up but right now it is covered in stormtrooper armor parts.

Speaking of that, my new stormtrooper armor came in last week or so. It's really nice and I like it a lot. I got a great deal on it and it came mostly trimmed and had all the straps done on it. I had to go back and re-do most of the straps and clean up some of the trimming but it saved me hours of trimming time.

Also in new news, I went and saw the new movie Step Brothers. It was really funny. It's really crude and stupid humor but it was great. I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard or that often in a movie. If you want to laugh hard and often too then go see it. But if you are content with your life with no laughs wait till dvd.

And last on the woman front, I went to see Dark Knight again, but this time with Holly. I enjoyed being with her, but we aren't dating. As it stands right now we are just friends, but I think that it is possible that could change.

Oh I know often I will recommend a product I like but I feel it is also my duty to warn people of a product I hate. I tried out Rustoleum Painter's Touch clear coat. Let me tell you, I couldn't be less happy with that paint if I wanted to be unless it actually dissolved the thing it was painted on. It wen't on really thin and runny (which of couse means it put runs all over it), it dried anything but smooth, and it made my project less shiny then it started. As if all that wasn't bad enough when I went to sand it off I noticed it doesn't sand at all. It just peels off, so much so that I could actually peel it off like a sunburn. It peels off like it's a thin clear sheet of plastic or something. So because of it I ended up having to sand the entire helmet down to the base and start all over. I will never ever EVER buy anything that is under the Painter's Touch name. I can't say I won't buy Rustoleum's products because I really like their Proffisonal grade products but they didn't seem to make a clear coat in that line.

Oh well I am off to watch some more TV until I sleep.

Let's put a smile on that face...

So last night I went and saw The Dark Knight. Now as I am sure some of you are aware I was really really excited for this flick. So much so that I was trying to figure out how to justify spending four thousand five hundered dollars on a Joker costume. Needless to say that didn't happen. But regardless of my costume choices the movie was AMAZING! Everything I wanted and more. The Joker was incredible! Heath did such a good job I think he will always be remembered as the dark clown. The Joker in this one is so dark and creepy it's scary. Forget days past of funny, and stupid Jokers, this one is crazy and evil. He doesn't want anything like money or power, he just thinks it's fun to hurt people. His jokes aren't funny, well unless your like me and think they are so bad they are funny. In one scene he does the best magic trick I have ever seen, I won't tell you what it is because I don't want to ruin it for you. I will ruin some stuff for you. Rachel dies, thankfully. Harvey Dent becomes Two-face, and then dies. Joker lives!! But of course he won't be in another movie since Heath died.

For those of you who are debating seeing it STOP...GO SEE IT NOW!!! If you have the option, see it in IMAX as I am sure it will be awesome. I am going to try to see it in IMAX this weekend.

Also I think I am going to do a Nurse Joker costume from the movie as it won't cost me but maybe a hundred bucks.

All in all A+++