X-Rays, Splinters & Elections

I hope everybody is well. I haven’t posted anything since Wednesday so I thought, I’d recap a little of last week and the weekend. I’ll try not to blab too much.

Thursday
Mostly uneventful. Can’t remember much from work, other than David seems to bring a couple of new $80 design books in to work every day for me to drool over. Thanks, brother. The real fun came after work when Amanda and I met up with Becca at Blackfinn for a JMU Alumni party. Did we socialize? No. Do we care? No. We’re cool like that. Blackfinn was pretty sick, too. TV’s in front of the urinals. Yeah, I’m easily impressed.

Friday
Dentist appointment, first thing. That could have gone better. A few years back, I had to get a root canal due to an abscessed tooth. No fun. Then last year, my new dentist found out that there was some problem with that procedure and had to cap that tooth. It sucked but I got to sport a rad blinging cap for a few days:



Then Friday morning I found the tooth was re-abscessed or something. So, now I’m off to a specialist so they can do it right. Here’s the x-ray from the appointment Friday:



Oddly enough, Dr. Bass didn’t seem to care much about the tooth I chipped making Amanda’s book:




Saturday
The plan for Saturday was simple; wake up, help assemble new play set at church, movie, then cookout with my boy Cameron at the lake. So, we wake up and pull in to the church lot at 7:30. The sight that greeted us was daunting. A huge pile of lumber, tools spread everywhere and three guys ready to build. So, what we thought would take a couple of hours turned into a 10-hour job for 5 people.

So, Saturday was shot. Sorry Cameron. I’m just glad Amanda was there to keep us 4 guys straight or the Lord only knows what we would have ended up with or how long it would have taken. But, it was pretty cool to see this thing take form and I’m sure the kid’s at Ephesus Baptist will thoroughly enjoy it. Here’s what my and Amanda's Saturday was spent making:





Sunday
I was a couple of votes away from being made a Deacon of Ephesus Baptist Church. Surprisingly, I think I’m relieved. I think the Lord knows I’m not ready, despite my hasty acceptance of my nomination, and everybody’s support at Ephesus. Plus, Amanda and I didn’t vote for me either, so I can’t be too bummed.

Then we went to an 11-year-old's birthday pool party (waddup John Cranford!). Cake, PS2, & water balloons? Yeah, we’re so there.

Now, I’m here at home recapping it all like somebody cares. Well, I hope you all had a good weekend cause I did. Amanda and #1 (her moms, I’ll explain the #1 thing later) are going to be in Philly til Wednesday. Wish them safe travel and speedy return. Cheerios and PB&J’s are gonna get REAL old after 3 days.

I’m going to sign off with a few sites that have been consuming most of my time lately. WARNING: Only visit these sites if you have a ton of time on your hands because they’re addictive!

How to Be Creative
Download the PDF. Dave Swain IMed this link to me along with some really kind words Saturday morning. I’m still working on reading through the PDF, but it’s a good read. Thanks Swain. You’re the man.

Jake and Amir
These guys are so pimp. So f’n pimp.

Okay Dave
Maya at work told me about this guy. I think there are two reactions to Dave Werner’s work; depression or inspiration. I had both. His talent, and dedication initially depressed me. I couldn’t dream of me being in his situation doing this kind of work. But I quickly got over it, and this weekend I could barely sleep because of the electric creativity energy that sparked from his sites. Yeah, sites with an ‘S’, like plural.‘Check out Okay Samurai too.

Alright, thanks for tuning in.
Aaron