Son of a son of a Sailor.

Art School 2

2010-10-17T21:21:00.008-04:00

Even though we haven't done to much with the computer stuff yet. I decided to test the waters and teach myself some Illustrator and Photoshop. Let me know what you think!

Art School

2010-09-17T16:17:00.013-04:00

Ok as you can see I've been busy and haven't been able to stick to the 1 post a week as I had wanted but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It just means that you get a bunch of presents all at once vs spread out. I don't have a lot of words to say so I figure this will be a visual post. I hope you enjoy some of the work I've done lately, this is just a start but I'm pretty impressed.

This was my 1st Graphic Design Project. I had to create a color wheel, a value scale and a chroma scale. These are all painted.

This was our 2nd project, we had to draw a window and then a scene outside the window. (BTW my window looks out to a alien planet) then we had to pick a small section of the window and blow it up to black and White lines only.

This was a drawing project where I had to take 7 objects and arrange them in a dramatic way that represents a idea or theme. I'll let you figure out what mine was.

Another drawing project. We had to design a cup. Mine is in the middle with the big heart. When they come off display I'll take some better pics but I did mine in sailor jerry tattoo theme.

This is our current drawing project. We are learning how to shade objects. This is my 1st real art/drawing class and I'm actually pretty proud of what I've been able to create so far. The objective of this project is to learn shading techniques then we are supposed to do a self portrait and combine that with animal or plant creating a Mythical Beast. The first few pics are just practicing animals then i tried my hand at one mythic. Let me know what you think!

Well this is just a small fraction of the stuff I've been up to. Its a lot of work but its also a lot of fun. I guess that's it for now. Remember help control the pet population have your pet spayed or neutered.

Back To School

2010-08-26T22:45:00.003-04:00

Just wanted to write a quick blog post. I'm going to try and set a personal goal to do at least one update a week. As most of you know I have started working towards another degree in Graphic Design. The classes are a lot of fun but there is a surprising amount of homework for art school. So just be warned you may be subjected to crappy art every now and then. With that said I might as well start now.

I will also be working on a website for one of my class and may end up porting everything to there but who knows. Alright guys that's the cliffs notes of what is going on here. Remember help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered.

Wedding Mosaic.

2010-06-12T19:42:00.001-04:00

Grandfather Mountain

2010-03-30T10:23:00.009-04:00

So I think I found the location of my 1st vacation rental property. Shannon and I took a day trip up to Grandfather Mountain in Linville NC which is about 2 hours from Charlotte. This place is AMAZING! Growing up we had a vacation house in the foothills of the Ozarks, so I knew one day I would want something similar for myself. The problem has been picking the right location. Well I think we found it.

I am sure I will post more information down the road but I figure I will just let the pictures do the talking for now. Enjoy!

"Starting Point"- Forrest Hill Church

2010-03-08T16:54:00.003-05:00

Feb. 14th marked our 6 month anniversary here in Charlotte. One of the first things we wanted to do when we got in town was find another church. Now this has not been a easy process. We have visited quite a few different churches in the Clt area and no two have been alike. I remember going to my grandparents Baptist church and occasionally my parents would drag me to the Methodist church. Both were fairly similar with their wooden pews, robes, hymnals and piano/organ, lots of old people and always dressed up. Growing up that is what I thought church was. I was so distracted by having to fight with my clip on tie, high water pants and uncomfortable "church" shoes, that I failed to really hear the message of Jesus. I wasn't alone though, I always noticed everyone except the OLD PEOPLE were as quick to get out of church and out of those uncomfortable clothes as I was. As a kid it always made me wonder why does church have to be so stuffy and well lets be honest boring? Well as an adult now I am glad to report Church is everything but stuffy and boring.

Now my only experiences with church as an adult before Charlotte came from the services at Southside Baptist in Florence. I thought I had hit the jackpot when I first started to attend there. No more wooden pews, no more stuffy suit (unless your on staff or an old person), good music, modern choir, an all star amazing staff, and a firm Scripture foundation. I knew when we moved there were going to be some big shoes to fill. After all the searching I think we found a church that we are going to start to call our new home. We attended "starting point" at Forrest Hill Church here in Clt last sat. This is the 1st step in becoming members at Forrest Hill, this was a opportunity to learn more about their mission, and values, as well as have our questions answered and to get connected in their life groups. We are both REALLY excited and feel like our spiritual batteries are charged and ready to go. Now we haven't been assigned a small group yet so we are a little nervous considering they might pair us up with other people in Ballantyne and we are not really "Ballanytne" people, but that is just a small concern considering how regardless we will have a common bond for love of Jesus. It just feels good to know we have made a move in the right direction. We really miss our Florence church family and are ready to build one here in Clt. That is about I all have to report on now. We look forward to whats in the future and will update you as things go I just wanted to write a quick little blurb so hope you enjoyed it. Maybe you are thinking of joining a church or getting involved with a small group, as someone who has seen God work through our small groups take my word it is well worth it.

Choices!

2010-02-22T14:55:00.005-05:00

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”- Mark Twain

Choices, choices, choices. You know some people value their life on their availability of options. Lets face it life stinks when you only have 1 or 2 roads to go down. I've been talking with my brother lately about our options in life. He is about to finish his AME or APC or AML I don't know the official name for it but it's airplane mechanic school. He is having to take a look at his options and start to make some concrete plans. Does he quit there and go into the workforce or continue on a bachelors program? Each of those options have another 4 options ie. who,what,when,where. He showed me picture after he mapped out all of his options and it looked like a spider web. His only problem now.. Picking the path he wants to go down.

This has gotten me to really start thinking about my options. About a year and a half ago I decided that I was going to make a positive change. I was going to do what I wanted to do. I was going to give myself options. I have always dreamed of doing something fun and creative with my life. I remember sitting in Career Services class in 9th grade half assed paying attention, but mostly dreaming about "When I grow up I'm going to have fun. I'm going to have a awesome office, working with great people, cracking jokes, working when and how I want to work. Who says work had to serious" I had NO clue as to what line of work that was going to be I just knew I wasn't going to forget my "have fun" attitude. Well 9th grade/high school came and went. Next thing I knew I had been accepted to Ole Miss and I was on my way to college. I thought for sure I would end up with some random liberal arts degree, maybe majoring in Theater Arts, Graphic design, or even Underwater basket weaving. The reality was.. I was told by the Man (i.e. Dad) that if I go to Ole Miss with him paying outrageous out of state tuition I was going to the Business School. I had 2 options. Stay in Jonesboro and go to ASU, or go to one of the nations top rated party schools but have to study business. Obviously I picked Ole Miss and made the best of the situation, by majoring in Marketing. My thought was I would be able to quench my lust for all things fun and creative and my "benefactors" rule of being in the business school.

Fast forward to now (5 yrs since Ole Miss). I got out in the real world and realized marketing guys are not the ones who think of commercials, who picks out design layouts, who come up with crazy gimmicks. They are the ones who sell them. I HATE SALES! Unless I own every part of a product It is hard for me to try sell someone something. People look at a marketing degree and thinks ok this person majored in sales. Marketing is so much more than just sales. Don't get me wrong I understand good marketing equals good sales. What I didn't know is that it was Liberal Arts students who give the "marketing" people stuff to work with. So needless to say I haven't been able to find my type of marketing job yet. Since graduating from Ole Miss I have worked various jobs, just to get by. Which brings me back to my earlier statement about making a positive change. Shannon and I are now at a point in our lives where I am allowed to have options again. She has finished her Masters program and is on track to be licensed and have a great job doing what she loves. Now as for me. Obviously I have been still trying to use the skills from Ole Miss to find a job here in Charlotte. I see stuff that I am qualified for and jobs I could do with out any further education, but I am afraid they wouldn't satisfy my desire to have that "fun and creative" job and lets face it. The phone hasn't exactly been ringing off the hook.

So now I have to look at a few of my options. I can continue to try and find just an ehh "pay the bills" job. I can waste time until the fall and look at either picking another major (digital media design) ,or even getting a masters from UNCC. Or I could go to the Art Institute here in Charlotte as soon as April. With AI I have two major options. Graphic Design which I think I would thoroughly enjoy creating lay outs, logos, packaging, posters, cards, awesome visuals. Or Web Design and Interactive Media, where I would still be able to create some awesome visuals but instead of click, drag, drop I would have to spend weeks writing complex codes of information and have to make sure it looks good an a slew of various browsers and systems. I think I would enjoy either one, but graphic design is obviously going to have a larger pool of competition because it is easier to learn than Web design, but there is a Huge demand for good web designers which means more money and more job security. With everything/everyone going to digital, I think either option is a sound one. I just have to make the choice on what am I going to do and how I am going to do it. My gut says Graphic Design, My head pushes to go to AI in April vs waiting until the fall for UNCC or Central Piedmont Community College. If you have any thoughts or comments please feel free to leave them. Maybe Jay is right and I just need to listen to Mark Twain's advice and throw off the bowlines and sail away from the safe harbor.

Confirmation

2010-02-18T19:29:00.002-05:00

Well today I got my confirmation.

"Thank you for your time and effort to interview with "IA". Your background and skill set clearly demonstrated a potential match for our position. However, we had a extraordinary number of qualified applicants for this position. Although you were not selected for this particular position, we will keep your resume on file. please do not hesitate to continue to express your interest in employment opportunities with us.
Best wishes in your successful job search. And again, thank you for consideration. "

I was trying to explain to Shannon what it was like to have a great shot and feel it slip away. Then I remembered there is a song about situations like this.

I know that my trials are obviously not as dramatic as trying to be a white kid winning a rap battle in the heart of the hood, but that doesn't mean I cant relate.... at least slightly. The most important thing to remember is don't give up don't quit, keep pushing. You can do anything."

Nyquil and Phone Interviews do not mix.

2010-02-17T11:28:00.003-05:00

Ok so maybe playing in the snow wasn't such a good idea. Last week I thought things were turning around for the + side. Earlier last week I found a job for a inside sales/customer service for a pretty cool company that actually happens to be right down from the house. I was thinking this was a Win Win. Well the only way to apply for the job is through Career Builder. Now Career Builder used to only charge companies that were looking for employees. Now they want to charge us to get prime placement. It really feels like a scam but that's neither here nor there, back to the job at hand. So I went through the normal channels and sent my resume in via career builder but I wanted to make sure my resume got through. I know its typically a big no no to actually physical drop off a resume these days, but I thought surely if they actually met me they would be thankful I put in the dedication to personally drop off this resume.

Well I go out to the office on Thursday and figure if I drop by around 11. There is a good chance I will catch them in the office. I arrive at the office at around 10:45 and think its close enough I'll go ahead and make my introduction. Well I walk up to the door and notice there is a "Sorry we missed you" Fed Ex package note on the door. So I think ok maybe that was earlier and they just haven't checked the front door. I reach down to open the door and sure enough its locked and it doesn't look like there is anyone inside. I thought great... I take a chance on doing an actual drop off and no one is here. I looked down at my phone at it says 11:00 on the dot. I was just about to give up and go home when my phone rang. I notice it is a local Charlotte number and you would think I would be excited but lately the only local #s that call me are insurance sales people trying to suck me into their world. So normally I let it go to voice mail then I can decide if it is worth a call back, but for some reason I decided to answer it. Turns out it is a company that I had applied to back in Nov/Dec. I was kind of in shock. I had applied for an admissions positions but they had looked at my resume and thought I might be a better fit in their Career Services dept. I was super stoked and long story short set up a phone interview for this Tuesday. So needless to say I thought things were turning around, I mean after all when I had gotten so excited about the 1st job only to be disappointed, boom out of no where came an even better offer. Then to top it off we got fresh snow.

Now forward to Sat. morning. I wake up with a heck of a sore throat and think oh man not now and immediately, start my over the counter medical regiment. Next thing I know my alarm is going off and it s 11:00 Tuesday morning. I feel like I am dying. It has been a long time since I have been this sick but.. I have my interview at 1 so I must push forward. I figure if I take a shower, Shave, get in some clean clothes I'll feel much better. Well I do all of that and actually convince myself I'll do great. I was nervous not only because i was sick but also because this is an awesome opportunity I have in front of me. Everything seemed to be going okay until 1 o'clock came and my phone rang. Now I don't know how many of you use Nyquil or Dayquil and know that sometimes that stuff can almost emulate the effects of alcohol. The second I got on that phone interview I felt as if i had been doing tequila shots for the last 5 hours. My heart started racing. I started sweating. I had no clear thought process and I could feel myself just rambling away. It was almost like a out of body experience I could hear the words and sentences coming out my mouth but could little to correct them. I did explain I was under the weather and the lady interviewing me seemed like she understood and was very forgiving but I could tell the writing was on the wall. I had blown my chance. Now if your reading this you can still see I am not anywhere close to 100% I still feel like my sinuses are about to explode and my whole body aches but i just wanted to get the word out to people. Don't try and be brave like me and risk an opportunity when your not feeling well. Reach out to your company and see if you can reschedule. Chances are they are doing quite a few interviews so giving you a few days to recover will not put you out of the running. It is a tough market out there and sometimes you have to be more aggressive than you would like to be, but make sure that you really are ready. To me I am just holding on to faith that the right job will come. Well I guess that about all I have to say that. I did send a follow up email, thanking her for my time and letting her know I wish i would have been able to articulate my answers in a better way but i still think i lost out on that one. Oh well there is always next time.

I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaaack!

2010-02-13T11:17:00.002-05:00

I have probably lost a few readers over the last 6 months but hopefully you guys will come back. As you know we moved to Charlotte in Aug of 2009 and as of today Feb 13th 2010 I have still not found a full time job. I decided to take a little hiatus to prevent my blog from sounding like a poor me novel. As anyone who has been laid off or looking for another career opportunity the job market is exceptionally tough right now, so if you, or anyone you know is looking right now remember things will get better and try and be as supportive as you can be. We all need it.

On a better note though. Even though I am still ~~unemployed~~ Career Opportunity Search Specialist, I have decided to start the blog back up. Hopefully a job will turn up soon enough and I can start to share about the adventures we have here in Charlotte. So... with that said and the fact we got about 4 inches of snow last night while watching the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics, LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Remember help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered.

The Joys of Job Hunting

2009-07-20T17:37:00.005-04:00

So it's been a while since my last post and I apologize for that. As you guys know were still in the process of moving from Florence S.C. to Charlotte N.C. but now were down to about 4 weeks until we close and have to be in Charlotte. Now the original plan was for me to have found a job and possibly be living in Charlotte (or as I've picked up from Twitter CLT) right now. Well sadly I'm still in Florence and nothing has come to fruition... Yet.

I have to say as much as this isn't a barrel of laughs and a ton of joy, I have learned a couple of lessons. I would say the experience has definitely humbled me. I thought hey I'm an Ole Miss business school grad, I held the title for being the youngest and fasted promoted manager for Pac Sun, I ran a successful staffing company before I was even 26 I though I was the man. Now I didn't expect to just move up to Charlotte and someone hand me a 100k job but I didn't expect to have to work to find a job. Then I started to apply for jobs... Wow Lets just say this cartoon sums a lot of it up.

Things are tough out there. I have been hitting all the usual job boards (hotjobs,monster,careerbuilder,indeed, and craigslist) I have also been using social networks like twitter, facebook and linked-In to help aid in my search. (Hopefully one of you reading this might even be able to help me out) Seems to be about 3-4 week turn around from submitting an application to getting any response back, which can be disappointing but that brings me to my 2nd lesson.

Faith. When I got saved last Nov. one of my biggest downfalls was that I was very "Let me do it" person. I wanted to do things the way I wanted to do them. Now I don't want you got get it confused and think I was a selfish person that wasn't the case at all. I meant it more in I felt the only person I could truly count on was myself. As a result I carried a lot of extra burdens and felt like I had to take on every little fight so that other people wouldn't have to. I felt like it was my job to make the world a better place and I was a one man army. Well one of the 1st things I heard after I got saved was that I was no longer alone, and that I had someone I could rely on to help shoulder my burdens all I had to do was have faith and a open heart. Just as in the past I know that God is there, and he knows exactly what is in store for me. Now this isn't my 1st time to move with out a job and not knowing exactly what lies ahead but I can tell you knowing that God is with me now makes it so more comforting.

Well I just wanted to write a quick little post about how things are going. I will just like always ask for a little participation. I would ask after your reading this ask yourself what is your relationship with Jesus like? If you don't know Jesus yet but would like to. Just give me a call I am still very much learning but I fill you in on my relationship with him. I would also ask if you know anyone in Charlotte why not try and hook a brotha up? Here is my Resume, help me get it out there. Anyways thanks to all you who have been praying and offering support it really means a lot. So i guess all that's left to say is "Remember help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered"

Sweet & Sour. Sadly im not talking about chicken.

2009-06-19T10:37:00.005-04:00

Well.. As you know Shannon and were planning on moving to Charlotte so she can start her internship at this cool place called Melange, and I was going to go to culinary school. Well the culinary thing fell through (still a sore subject so well move on) but long story short the Orr's are Charlotte bound.

Well yesterday was the second step in making that idea a reality. Looks like Aug 20th. 2009 we will no longer be homeowners. We signed the papers and the closing date is just about 2 months from now. Now this is a huge blessing and just as sad at the same time. Its awesome we had our house on the market for 7 days that's right we put it on the market last Thursday(06/11), Friday(06/12) we had a showing and then had the offer in on Tuesday(06/16) the paper signed yesterday(06/18). Now for the sad part...

Losing our Neighbors a.k.a. Wilsons, a.k.a. Melon stealer, a.k.a. Hunter watchers, a.k.a. FAMILY! Our 1st step in moving was Shannon getting her internship but that didn't really hit me. Now when I realized the house was selling it hit me like a ton of bricks. It got me thinking about our church family (who might is say is AWESOME) but really got me thinking about my neighbors the 1st people we met, when we moved out here just shy of 2 years ago. The Dulaneys what can you say.... I mean they've been there done that for almost everything, always wise, always open. They truly are the best neighbors anyone could have. I could go on and on then my eyes would water and then my sinuses will run and ill be miserable all weekend.

For those few of you that don't understand what the big deal is. The Dulaney's were one of the few family's I have been around that truly lead a Christin Life. We laugh about it now and finally see Gods awesome plan by placing us side by side. I was always open to someones religious views but felt like it just wasn't for me. Turn's out that right about the time we were moving in Daniel had just accepted a job as minister of administration at Southside Baptist church. I remember telling Shannon "great we have a preacher at the back door, there goes my social life" I couldn't have been more wrong if I tried. I remember when Daniel 1st started to talk to me about being a Christian, and me thinking yeah yeah he talks a good game but lets see how he really acts. I had been turned way from Christianity because of the massive amount of hypocrites, this was the one of the few times in my life I couldn't find anything hypocritical, and my wall started to come down. Long story short last Nov. I accepted Jesus as my personal savior and the decision came easy when I looked at how God had blessed me with such strong christian neighbors who through their love, I was able to receive Jesus' ministry. So now you see what the big deal is. It does help me to cope with moving away to think how exciting it is going to be to see how things develop with our predecessors.

Well with that said take a guess where we will be over the next few months trying to hang out with our neighbors and church family as much as we can. It really does help to remember God is in control, he wants more for us than we could ever want for ourselves. So as much as its going to stink not having Daniel, Lori, Grace Ann, and Drew just 30ft away. We both can take comfort and get excited about what new opportunities await us, because no matter if its 30ft or 3000 miles family is family.

With that said don't forget to help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered

Check out this Green Thumb.

2009-05-20T12:19:00.008-04:00

Well Sat. will be our 4 week mark on our garden and I thought I would share some progress. I couldn't be happier with our "Babylonian Garden" a.k.a. Upside down tomato garden. Those guys have really taken off and I can't wait to start to get some fruits soon. (Yes tomatoes are fruits. Don't believe me click here) Yeah I know today's post is kind of boring. I was actually planning a big post yesterday seeing how it was Shannon and I's 2 year anniversary but I couldn't get the pictures I wanted to make it work. We didn't anything super exciting since were on a tight budget getting ready for our move to Charlotte in Aug. We just cooked up some Rendezvous Ribs, beans, french fries, and parker house rolls then took the dog for a walk. Yup pretty boring I know. Well back to the garden post hope you enjoy the photos and just leave me comment if you want any Fruits or Veggies when they start to produce. I have a feeling once those tomato's start we wont be able to keep up.

Full Garden and Buckets

We have Corn, Green beans, cherry tomatoes, iceberg lettuce, romaine lettuce, carrots, sweet banana peppers, spicy mix peppers, and cantaloupe.

Check out these "BIG BOY" tomatoes. Remember this is like 3 and a half weeks. AWESOME HU.

Looks like I also have a hunter bug infestation. Shes also my spokesperson for having your pet spayed or neutered. Help control the pet population

Fun Cake

2009-05-17T20:45:00.008-04:00

So its been a while since I've had a super fun cake. Well last week I was lucky enough to get a chance to do a pretty cool Surfboard and Shark cake for a little boys birthday. When doing some research to see what other cake pros have created I didn't see a single Surfboard cake that combined a shark so now was my chance to come up with a truly ORRIGINAL CAKE. The story behind it isn't all that interesting but like I said it was a fun cake and I thought since its been a while since I've blogged Id kind of show you the behind the scenes at Orriginal Cakes. ENJOY! Don't forget to have your pet spayed or neutered

1st you have the crumb coat for both the surfboard and shark head

Now I've got the Fondant covering the surfboard and painted the center line. FYI the surfboard is 27" its 1/3rd the scale of a real surfboard.

Now I got to add some color using the airbrush gun. Looks like a real surfboard hu?

Finally The Finished cake. Sorry I didn't take and photos of the shark getting made it was actually pretty quick and simple so I didn't have time. Anyways this is the cake hope you liked it.

Jordon the Lobster

2009-05-04T19:55:00.006-04:00

Hello All! This is Shannon, for those who don't know, I am Jordon's wife. Jordon thought it would be fun for me to tell you all about our weekend! Surprising since my version is slightly different from his ;)

We decided that Sunday would be a perfect day to go to the beach. I had had a very hectic week, finals, papers, and interviews and was in need of a break (yes, we skipped church...shame on us;)) Jordon woke me up at 7:00 am, changing me into my swimsuit. I was slightly grumpy, but mostly very happy! We made it to the beach at around 9:00am got some sunscreen and bait and headed out to the water. The plan was for Jordon to fish and for me to read. While in the car I had put some sunscreen on my face, Jordon did not like how it smelled, eventually he had all the windows open and his head tilted out the window, haha. Once on the beach I started getting sunscreen on the both of us, the usual, he got my back I got his. He then asked if I would get his chest, I told him no, I wanted to get me and he could do himself (Jordon said I was being a very caring wife, lol). Well somehow in the process, he might have forgotten to sunscreen his chest. This is where our stories vary.

My Story: About an hour into being at the beach I reminded him that he did not get his chest and told him he was beginning to look red. I asked if he wanted any sunscreen, he said no. I asked again in a few hours, again he said no.

His Story: I never reminded him.

We stayed at the beach until 2:00pm, then got some Krystals. YUMMMMMMM!!!!!! We decided we would eat at the beach and went to Garden City beach. Jordon decided to try fishing again, he hadn't caught anything earlier. This time we caught several fish! It was pretty exciting because we haven't caught much before when surf fishing. Jordon let me reel in one which was exciting and enough for me.

This is where our stories differ again ;)

My Story: Once at Garden City Beach, I again reminded Jordon of his lack of sunscreen and offered to put some on, he again said no.

His Story: I did not remind him of his lack of sunscreen.

The result...

Okay, so that is from last year, but this year looks very similar. lol

Well, that is my version on our beach trip. We had a great time, hope you enjoyed reading about it! And don't forget to spay and neuter your dogs. They will only hate you for awhile.

Gimp

2009-04-29T14:23:00.011-04:00

So I just realized its been almost 2 weeks since my last blog entry. Now I doubt anyone really noticed but just in case sorry... but in all fairness I did mention once the weather was nice I would be outside a lot. Lets see a few things since my last post #1 I realized I'm one chunky monkey I plan on doing a big blog on that at a later date. #2 I got my bubble popped on Monday 4/27 when I found out that Johnson & Wales has filled up their 2009 class and therefore I wont be able to go to culinary school until a later date (the pain is still to fresh to blog about. So I guess I'll fill you in on what I've been distracting myself with, I want to introduce you to GIMP. Now GIMP stands for General Image Manipulation Program basically its just like photoshop, but with one major difference. GIMP is FREE!!!!! It is an open source application available on Mac, Linux and PC's.

Now I am no way an expert or even remotely good at photo editing but that's the great thing about Gimp. I actually found it easier to use than my free trial of Adobe photoshop CS4, and with some help from Youtube I found plenty of tutorials. Below you can see some of the stuff I figured out just after a few hours of playing around. I will also put the photos in the order of how I did them just to show the learning curve.

Instant Liposuction

Logo Design

Silly Photo Editing

Pop Art

Tilt Shift Lens Effect

As you can see with a little creativity, patients, and youtube video help you can take some of your old photos and kick them up a notch. If you want to download Gimp for your computer just click Here. Well hope you enjoyed what I've done remember I've only been fooling around with this for just a couple of days. Let me know what you will be using Gimp for and for those who use it already feel free to leave me some tips. Since tips rhymes with snips it reminds me ask that you please help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered.

Target Practice

2009-04-17T20:30:00.004-04:00

Today was a pretty good day, with temps in the mid 70s and all the house work done it is time to relax. We were originally thinking we might get to go to the beach today but Shannon had to give the WAIS exam to some student and didn't get done till about 4. I thought i would be cute and set up the beach chairs in the back yard so that when she got home she could at least pretend we were at the beach, and that was nice until...... I realized our yard would make a perfect shooting range for the BB gun.

Now as you all know I'm a highly skilled marksman. I'm so good that the Navy Seals called me last week with questions about how to adjust for windage while they were trying to rescue the U.S. Captain from the Somalian Pirates. Now Shannon on the other hand.... this was her 1st time to use any kind of a weapon, and I will have to give her credit once she learned how to look through the scope she wasn't half bad. To make this fun for her I created a few targets to help ease her into it.

As you can see we have a plain ole Bulls Eye, then on the left is Zombie Man and on the right the evil Lord Voldermort. Now all those little black marks are shots. As you can see we payed attention in our Zombie survival classes and remembered you have to shoot them in the head. I guess the same goes for ole voldie too. haha but like I said as you can see for her 1st time Shannon did pretty good. While we were shooting we even got a few spectators. The Dulaneys' were hanging out doing their normal Friday Family night and some out ended up convincing us to try a "William Tell" shot with an Apple. And as you can see.......

I told you I was good. This led to a little friendly competition between Shannon and I and quickly spread to Daniel. Only thing he didn't want to have to drive around the block. Now If you remember we had a little gap in our fence that was small enough for hunter to get from the Dulanys in order to retrieve the occasional rouge Frisbee. Well we had talked about putting in a swing gate so we didn't have to pull a Wilson every time we wanted to talk, who knew today we would actually make come through on that plan.

Next thing you know we had the whole crew over here, and since Daniel couldn't hit the broad side of a barn we quickly moved from target practice to Bocce Ball. All in all it was a pretty good time Drew helped water my yard (twice) and couldn't get over he was now playing where Hunter plays. Grace Anne had fun creating her own game using practice golf balls and the cardboard box we used as a target. The girls watched for a while as Daniel and I faced off in some intense games of Bocce Ball (BTW hes actually pretty good at it actually both him and Lori were pretty good by the end of it all). All in all it was a pretty good afternoon. Maybe one day I can get Shannon out to a real range and put her skills to a test. With that said remember help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered.

Take your stinking claws off me you DAMN DIRTY ANTS!

2009-04-16T18:02:00.010-04:00

Ok I was out in the garden tinkering with my buckets for my upside down tomatoes and after about 3 minutes I felt like someone had taken a tazer to my left leg. I looked down to see it covered in these DAMN DIRTY FIRE ANTS. Now I know for those of you here in SC you guys are used to them or at least are better at avoiding them than I am, but for you folks back in Arkansas enjoy your freedom while you have it. As you can see they are coming for you.

Now I tried to get some photos but the little $#*@'s were hard to zoom in on. so I looked online and got some good visual aids check this out. This "artist" took liquid metal and poured it down a fire ant mound and let it solidify then he dug it up. Apparently this guy goes around now doing this to different mounds and is making a killing (no pun intended, ok maybe just a little pun). Just because I hate to waste a photo, the picture that just looks like dirt is about 1500 fire ants.

I don't really have much more to say other than I believe they are writing checks their thorax cant cash. They want war, ILL GIVE THEM WAR. If any of you Fire Ant Veterans have any tips please let me know. Remember help control these red devils and figure out how to spay and neuter them. Damn fire ants my leg is still burning.

LivingSocial

2009-04-15T16:04:00.008-04:00

So I've been playing with this LivingSocial Application on Facebook and am having a really good time. I think it's kind of a cool way for people to get to know you a little better. It's neat to see how your friend's minds work, what they are interested in, what things you might agree on or even what new thing do they know about that you haven't discovered yet. Well I've decided in case any of you want to get to know more about me and what i like here are some screen shots of my answers. If you haven't added this app on facebook yet you need to. Check it and enjoy.

Remember help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered.

Now im offically rocking the Farmers Tan.

2009-04-07T10:19:00.008-04:00

Ok sorry for the delay I was looking at the blog last night and realized it has been over a week since my last post. Well I have to apologize even though I doubt any of you really noticed. Although alot has gone on since my last post i have just failed to post about them So ill give you the cliffs notes then share a little of my weekend with you. On Tuesday I did a Memphis style boston butt for Clem and Kristen Coleman. It was about time someone introduced them to BBQ that wasn't cat food and pickle juice. Lets see what else.. Shannon and I and now Lori Dulaney have been tearing up the neighborhood on our bikes. Its always better to ride with a group. Top speed so far is 21mph. WOOHOO! Im sure there are some other things but I cant think of them right now. So I guess its on to my weekend.

1st It was time to get my Gardens in shape. As you can see here I have added some soil to my garden that i built last year and Shannon and I got our seeds planted. Our $25 investment should yield about $200-300 worth of fruits and veggies. Oh I will also be creating a few upside down tomato gardens so check back in the future for that blog.

After all of our work was done We got to play our new favorite sport Bocce Ball. Now normally we try and find some place that has good grass and flat surface like at the intramural fields at FMU but occasionally we will go for a wacky game in the back yard where you have to watch how you roll because one stray weed can send your ball completely off target. Just so that in future posts I can brag about how I beat Shannon I will admit this weekend was hers in the world of Bocce Ball. She beat me 75% of the time. Must be the grass getting its revenge since i was the one who had mowed it earlier this week,but we had a good time even Hunter tried to get in on the fun.

Last but not least of course we had to have a picnic. We were doing our grocery shopping last week and got a heck of a deal on tilapia fillets so we decided to do a nice southern fish fry. We of course just used our Zatarain's Crispy Seasoned Fish-Fri and coated our fish and Shrimp and went to town. Hey also wanted to point out something instead of breaking out or Fry-Daddy (which i think sucks it never keeps a normal temp and always stinks) I decided to try frying all this in my Wok. It worked perfectly from now on that is all I will fry in.

I guess that is the long and short of my weekend. If you ever want to know more about what I'm up to follow me on twitter. I have become a twitterholic. Well that is it for now. Remember help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered

Spring has sprung.

2009-03-30T18:09:00.003-04:00

I know Spring officially started March 20th, but it sure didn't feel like it until last weeks rain caused a growth spurt of weeds in my front yard. I want to also thank Spring for turning my normally blue suv into a truly "green" vehicle via 1 inch of pollen. Well I was actually going to go with a serious post on how to do some simple at home maintenance on your lawn mower, but..... along came YouTube.

I know its not your fault I got distracted so I'm going to hyper link some serious stuff before I get on to the good stuff.

Lawn mower maintenance.
Riding Lawn Mowers Txt
Riding Lawn Mowers Video

Push Mowers Txt.
Push Mowers Video

Weed Eaters
Weed Eater Video

Ok on to the fun stuff. I was looking for videos on how to service mowers when these popped up on my radar.

Ok well there is just a small sampling of what I found while doing research. If you want to see more just let me know and I can get you more links. Well don't forget to help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or nurtured. Happy mowing.

WHY?

2009-03-28T19:26:00.003-04:00

Because I can that's why. Pretty slow day, had lunch with Clem and Kristen Coleman at the new Hibachi Grill. Good food, good conversation, good times. Seems we are all fans of random videos on Youtube. So since you all know I like to shake things up a bit I thought I would share one of my favorite youtube videos. WARNING some of you prudes may be to grossed out but the rest of you I think will find it pretty darn funny. With that said here is proof why we need to help control the pet population by having your pet spayed or neutered. After all who wants to swim in that now?

Open your eyes and take a fresh look at things!

2009-03-27T18:28:00.002-04:00

Ever feel like your stuck in a rut? I know I have this week, I blame the the weeks worth of gray rainy skies we have had lately. Well since I cant go ride my bike or play outside I was searching the internet for neat stuff and I came across videos shot through Tilt Shift lenses. I have seen stills taken with this super cool lens before but now I found movies. It really puts things in perspective of how big the earth is. Check out these videos smartly titled Bathtub. ENJOY!

Ok well hope you liked it. Remember help control the pet population have your pet spayed or neutered.

ZOMBIE OUT BREAK!

2009-03-25T18:04:00.008-04:00

THIS JUST IN. THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA IS REPORTING A MASSIVE ZOMBIE OUTBREAK!

How awesome is this. Today there is scheduled to be a Zombie Flash mob in downtown San Francisco. I found out about it through Twittering Zombies. You can also check'em out at SFZOMBIESWARM.COM Apparently it is a pretty big event that has been going on since 2005. Below is a video from last year as the zombies hunt for brains.  Bonus the video was filmed where there is always a fresh supply of nice juicy Genus sized brains, I am speaking of the THE APPLE STORE OF COURSE.

Well since the zombie outbreak is among us i guess there is no need to worry about the pet population so um... Help control the Zombie population remember you have to destroy the brain.

UPDATES

Found out there is a Zombie walk in Charlotte sometime in Oct., and i also took a quiz to see how i would fair if there was a zombie attack. I would have scored 100% but I chose to save Shannon rather than look out for myself. Take the test let me know what you scored.
74%

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Duty Free

2009-03-25T12:47:00.004-04:00

While i am still getting comfortable with twitter (by the way if you twitter then add me) I have decided to share some duty free media from across the sea. I often wish I was able to just travel the world but since that isn't really an option right now I have to get my travel fix via the internet. This is just a small selection of some of the stuff I check out.

1st. Top Gear: from UK
I know this isn't to out there because you can check out episodes on cable but still pretty awesome. Top Gear is a over the top automotive show usually featuring expensive high end vehicles but they also like to have fun with the cheap cars. Check out the video below where they play a game of darts.

2nd. DONT LAUGH from Japan
I cant follow everything that is going on since its in Japanese but basically each week they pull off pranks, gags, and stunts and the object is not to laugh at the other guys. I don't need a translator tell me how funny it is. check it out.

3rd. Paulo Nutini:UK
Ok now on to some music. Now I was just introduced to Paulo Nutini a few weeks ago but this kid has talent. Raised in Scotland hes only 19 and by the look of it this kid is going to go far. Below is his song "Last Request" but also very notable song is "New Shoes" check him out wont be long till he is all over the US.

4. Lily Allen: UK
Lily Allen is London's Pop Princess, now i will warn you i have yet to find a single song that doesn't have explicit lyrics warning but aside from that I kind of like it.

5. The Veronicas: Australia
Now I may catch some flack for this one. I know the sound is a little girly but some of their stuff is catchy, plus I am more about trying to get people to open their eyes and in this case ears and reach out and explore the music coming from down-unda.

Ok that's it. Don't forget help control the pet population have your pet spayed or neutered.

Jordon is trying TWITTER!

2009-03-24T10:13:00.004-04:00

Twitter twitter twitter. Everyone is talking about twitter. Well after reading about how the church staff are the biggest Twitterers (is that what you call them?) in Florence, I decided to give it a try. This is mostly from the influence of one Mr. Daniel Dulaney aka Mr. Mann, aka MC DOOKIE D. Well I cant figure out how to work twitter but as i was researching on youtube I came across this awesome site. Xtranorma movie maker, their slogan is " If you can type you can make a movie". Now this was more my speed. Isn't it sad that it is easier to figure out how to make a movie than how to use twitter. Well Check out my 1st video hope you like it. Remember help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered.

DEATH BY CHEESBURGER!

2009-03-21T12:03:00.005-04:00

Todays Post is brought to you from the the Heart Attack Grill After having a "healthy" breakfast of biscuits smothered in sausage gravy, bacon, grits with cheese, sausage links, eggs, hasbrowns and a couple of french toast sticks. I was talking to Daniel about how i know I'm going to pay for this later but I should enjoy it while I can. Now before I get some of you lecturing me on my eating habits I usually am not so bad and plus I was up early this morning with the prayer walk at FMU so it cancels each other out. So as I was saying I know it isn't good to eat like this all the time but then we got to talking about a place I saw on the travel channel called Heart Attack Grill just south of Phoenix Az.

Now as the name implies this isn't your normal burger joint. 1st off you have the staff, Imagine Hooters meets Hospital. All the servers wear skimpy little nurse outfits, while the owner walks around with a lab coat and stethoscope. As far as menu, well your choices are pretty simple! There is the bypass, double bypass, triple bypass and quadruple bypass burgers. Next wheeze on up to the all you can eat "Flatline Frys" with calorie busting toppings including chili, cheese whizz, onions, mustard, mayo, ketchup and even hot bacon grease. As if you would need anything to help all that greasy goodness to slide down the beverage options are beer or 100% orginal Coca-Cola in a bottle. Now on to dessert, how about a nice unfiltered lucky strike cigarette? This place is over the top. I could go on and on about how they deep fry the buns to if you are able to eat a quadruple bypass burger that they will escort you to your car in a wheelchair. I have to say It makes me very curious but i dont know if could actually eat there. Let me know what you think check out the pics and video below and remember: Help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered.

OH YEAH I FORGOT THE BEST PART. OVER 350lbs? YOU EAT FOR FREE!. Beverage not included of course. haha imagine your 1st job having to clean the toilets at that place.

Yo Ho Yo Ho a Pirates life for me!

2009-03-19T10:16:00.004-04:00

So i have to admit i really like the theme from Pirates of the Caribbean. It kind of gets me pumped up and excited and also brings back a lot of memories from our honeymoon. In fact while we were in Destin Fl for our honeymoon the whole city was celebrating the "Billy Bowleg Pirate Festival" This was a pretty cool event. Everywhere you looked there was some sort of pirate theme. "Colors"(aka Pirate flags) were on every flag pole, street sign, boat, car and jet ski. Everyone from Shop vendors, to tourists also got into the spirit by being fully decked out in pirate gear. They even had a few authentic pirate ships floating on the open seas. Needless to say it was pretty awesome, esp. since while on our honeymoon we were able to catch a early screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End! Now this wasn't your normal early screening. This was a main Pirate event. The theater had hired about 50+ extras who were dressed as characters from the movie to pass out all kind of "loot" they even had a huge inflatable pirate ship for the kids to play with. We were kicking ourselves for leaving the camera at the condo but you can see Shannon decked out with her loot below (notice her anchor shirt, she doesn't mess around when it comes to being a pirate).

Ok now to the source of this post. I was playing on Youtube and i ran across a video of this 13 year old kid rocking the Pirate theme on a guitar. Now I am pretty creative but im afraid the music genes were saved for my brother. Now instead of being jealous i figure i would give props to these kids and help get them some coverage. Bonus cool factor is THESE ARE ALL KIDS and the are all PIRATES! So just take some time watch the videos. Check out all the different instruments they use to help pump up your inner pirate.

Ok thats it for the day. Let me know what your Pirate name is. Also remember help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered.

I wonder do YOU know HIM?

2009-03-17T17:49:00.003-04:00

Well folks its a simple question. DO YOU KNOW HIM? I do and man oh HOW I LOVE HIM! Who do you ask? Just watch the video.

As some of you know Shannon has gone to Indy for the week to enjoy some time with her father and her family in that area until she goes to the Great Banquet on Thursday. This is the same event that i attended last Nov. and for the first time met Jesus. How my life has changed. What a blessing. I know some of you guys reading this are still a little shocked how i could now be a Christian. Well the answer is simple once you know Him you cant deny him. For those of you who want to learn more about Him. Ask me. Call me. Txt me and Facebook me, heck better yet call out for him.

In my small group at church we discussed how does the world perceive Christians. Well it got me thinking how did i look at Christian before I became one. I started to stereotype Christians as people who were judgmental, who were condemning, who where hypocrites. I thought the bible was a book about how to live your life with as little fun as possible and if you didn't do this you were going to hell and if you didn't do this God would not love you. I can't help but to laugh a little at that last statement because when i actually sat down with my own bible for the 1st time. This is what i saw.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

-1 Corinthians 13:4

Now does that sound like no fun? Does that sound threating? Does that sound cold? I look at that passage as a guide book to life. God created us to love one another. I want to challenge every one of you to print off this passage or memorize it and actually live by it for one week. I want you guys to focus on just this simple passage and report back to me next week. Let me know how it worked for you. You will be shocked how easy this challenge is amazing to see how quick it spreads. You want to have a great week? Simply Love one another. With that said remember help control the pet population have your pet spayed or neutered.

Chicken Blog

2009-03-14T19:28:00.005-04:00

So you know how I wanted some Crawfish the other day? Well after talking to some locals I found out that apparently this part of the world isn't much of a fan of those tasty little mud-bugs. So it got me thinking, what do they like? Around these parts if you ask a local what their favorite meal is you get two answers, BBQ and Chicken Bog. Everyone has heard of BBQ so that is not so surprising though for someone who grew up on Memphis style BBQ, it is incredibly hard for me to consider Carolina BBQ as anything more than cat food and pickle juice. I'll have to save that story for another day, getting back to the other SC staple CHICKEN BOG.

Chicken Bog according what I've found online and what i hear from the locals was started right here in the Pee Dee region of SC. Chicken Bog in essence is a fairly simple dish consisting of chicken, onions, rice, butter, salt, and pepper. Now the fun thing about Chicken Bog is everyone has their "own" variations that can include adding sausage, bacon, bell peppers,and carrots. There seems to be only 2 rules to making your "signature" Chicken bog those are, Don't call it Chicken and Rice and don't spice it up to much. I might have a problem with the spices, learning how to cook at Ole Miss we had our share of Cajun influences. Now i have to be honest, I have actually never tasted any local Chicken Bog but Shannon seems to get it at least every couple of weeks at work. So with her as my taste tester I decided to give it a whirl.

Jordon's Chicken Bog
* 1 whole chicken
* 1 Bag of med grain rice
* Lowerys Season salt.
* 2 small onions
* Large pot and lots of water

Basically its really simple all I did was poke a few small holes in the skin of the chicken and rub the meat with some seasoned salt. Then i placed my bird in a hot bath and brought it up to a boil which created a rich broth. I continued to let the chicken cook for about an hour until the meat was at 180*

Once the chicken was cooked I took it out of the water and set it aside to let it cool off for a bit then because i didn't measure how much water I had put in the pot the first time i actually transferred the "broth" into another pot. Then I chopped up my onions and put them in the emptied stock pot with a little butter just to get them going. After the onions cooked for just a bit i started to measure out the "broth". I added 14 cups of broth and using the 2:1 ratio I added 7 cups of rice.

While the rice was coming to a boil, Shannon started getting the chicken ready. After removing any remaining skin and fat, she simply had to lift the bones right out of the meat. After tearing it into bite size pieces we added it to the rice mixture gave it a quick stir and walked away for about 25-30 and bada bing bada boom we had Chicken Bog.

I have to say, I was very hesitant to try this SC "feel good" meal based off my past experiences with SC BBQ but I have to say. Chicken Bog you sure are mighty tasty. Shannon gave it a clean plate stamp of approval, she did say that the version she eats at work is slightly different in its texture but she actually preferred this version. I apparently also got 2 thumbs up from the Dulaney Crew (my awesome neighbors). So all in all its pretty good, I did end up cheating and adding some Zatarans Blackened Seasoning to mine, but if i were out in public and had to eat it plain that would be okay to. Well that's about it for my chicken bog experience hope you guys enjoyed and will try it if you haven't yet. Other than that remember help control the pet population and have you pet spayed or neutered.

Heroes

2009-03-12T10:44:00.011-04:00

Hero - Bonnie Tyler

As some of you know last weekend i was feeling very puny from a little virus that was going around, well best medicine for me is to get out and do something. So Sunday Shannon and I went to the Julia and got two tickets to Watchmen for $6 (That's $6 total hence why we go to the Julia). Well though I thought the movie pretty much stunk, it did get me thinking about one thing. Heroes! We crave heroes, now heroes come in many shape, sizes, colors, genders, and powers. Some people prefer their heroes to be of a super race with unbelievable powers like Superman, while others relish the fact that their favorite hero can simply don a rubber suit and transform from rich playboy Bruce Wayne into Batman. The point is we all love Heroes.

Well this got me thinking. Why do we idolize all these heroes then when our chance to be one we simply look the other way? How many times have you looked back at a situation and said to yourself "I should have done something?" I'm not talking about storming into a burning building and trying to pull out 50 orphans with one arm and a flock of nuns with the other. I am talking about the last time you were out to dinner and you saw a man strike a woman. Or a parent blatantly abusing a child? When was the last time you drove down the road and saw a person who was in need of assistance, but thought oh someone else will stop? These acts aren't your WHOP BAM POW actions from the comic books or movies but they are still heroic. Now there are two types of heroes in my book. The Boy Scout heroes, and vigilante heroes.

Personally... I kind of like the vigilante heroes myself. The idea for this post came to me last night after i was reading the local news about how a mother and grandmother were arrested because her 4 year old child got into moms cocaine stash. It just made me sick. $1000 bond and the they were free. Are you kidding me? Where is the justice in that? The question comes to morality. Is it okay to break the law if by you breaking the law you help uphold justice? While you think about that i want you to look at this, and this, and this, and this, and go a head click here.

So I guess now the only question is. Should i pick a animal persona as my cover or just a really awesome name and costume? Please comment and give me some ideas on what you would call yourself if you were a hero also what powers would you want if any at all. That's about it for now remember help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered.

Take Me HOME!

2009-03-11T17:18:00.000-04:00

Home - Marc Broussard

So I was sitting around the house enjoying this amazing 85 degree weather. It feels like spring. Spring always makes me think of Crawfish parties at Ole Miss. There is nothing quite like a nice spring day sitting outside with a table draped with old newspapers and covered with steaming mounds bright red crawfish, yellow corn and spice fighting potatoes. You know this gets me thinking. Since I am a chef maybe i should share with you how to boil crawfish.

Ole Miss Crawfish Boil

Ingredients and Tools

1 cooler full of LIVE delta crawfish
1 bag of red potatoes
12 ears of mini corn on the cob
2 cases of Keystone
1 package of Zatarain's Pro Boil
1 30 qt. propane Steamer/ fryer
1 stack of Daily Mississippians to form your table cloth.

Step 1. Grab yourself a KeyStone pop the top and and enjoy. Then Simply fill the Steamer with water add your Zaterains and bring up to a boil. Step 2. Open your second Keystone and enjoy then add your potatoes and cook for about 15 min. Next as you can guess grab a fresh keystone then add your corn continue to cook for about 10 min. Next add your crawfish make sure you have enough water to cover them all. Put the cover on the crawfish untill they turn bright red. Then its simply just pulling the steamer basket out of the pot and dumping your boil on to said newspaper. The rest is pretty simple. Pick up a crawfish by grabbing the part of the body directly behind the head with your left hand. Then using your right thumb and index finger grab the tail and pull. Then its just a matter of pulling the meat out of the tail, sucking the spice out of the shell and chasing it with your beer. Its pretty simple folks If you still need help heres a video.

Well thats about it guys Just remember help control the pet population, have your pet spayed or neutered.

1st Post.

2009-03-11T16:11:00.000-04:00

Well lets see. This is my 1st post to hopefully many more. After looking at my friends blogs I've decided to give in and try to create one myself. I plan on creating a blog to show my journey at Johnson & Wales in Charlotte, but that's not for a few months. Until then just bare with me as I post some strange news, videos, links to stuff i find interesting. Thanks for checking it out. I guess now ill get to trying to figure out how to do stuff on here. Its all new to me. Well Peace out. Oh i should prob come up with some catch line i use at the end of every entry how about.... Keep your eye on the prize! ... um yeah that wont work how about... Please remember to help control the pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered.