Steve Niles, Earthquake #1, loads of awesome

Hi team!

So there's a lot of new stuff to cover, though it may be on hold till i get some pictures. Needless to say two large events happened in the last 48 hrs or so. First off, we just had an earthquake which was really weird!?!?! I was sitting at my desk and then my equilibruim just went down the crapper and it was sorta confusing. It lasted about a minute and was done, but i was shaken up (for lack of a better term). Here's to hoping my apartment aint in shambles :)

Now on to the really important thing. I MET STEVE NILES!!!!!!!!! The dude who wrote 30 days of night, criminal macabre, etc. I was buying a book at comicon and turned around and was like "oh.... shite.... that's him!!" So Evan forced me to not run away and then i got my picture taken with him. But, me being the foolish fanboy that i am, got a hold of the camera to take his and Evan's pic and i couldn't stop shaking! so weird, but the craziest adrenaline rush, and to top it all off, He is a super cool guy :) he was really patient with my foolishness and talked briefly with us about writing. one of the top 5 moments of my life, as i sit and try to imagine them now. so here i am blabbering about it again (sorry).

anyway, yes i am a completely dorky fanboy and i love it. hopefully if i meet him again i can actually talk like a normal human, but who knows. so... there's the skinny for now. my mind is runnin all over the place b/c of these two awesome things that happened, but rest assured i will be adding more to this in the near future. and hopefully some awesome comicon pics as well. hope you're all well.

-havoc

on the verge of something ....

First, thanks Evan for yet another interesting/classy/all-around bad-assed character piece. I guess the stripe around the ear is emulating my own growing patch of silver madness (though i tend to be somewhat egotistical in thinking the world revolves around me). hey whatever. i kid. still yet, i'd take this character over any stereotypical sculpture (note: it's titled theGiver007 and my other reference was the Thinker).

okay, so i've been at work too long today and tend to rambling. anyway, as i was given theGiver007 today, i would like to give my thanks to all of you (reading this or in my thoughts) for everything. you've been integral to my growth as a person, and while i haven't reached my desired pinacles yet, i will only ever have a chance by standing on the shoulders of Giants like you all. while sometimes life overwhelms and takes and takes and takes, its the subtle nod/smile/artificial-steam-driven-arm (aka faith) that validates all our efforts. and as i begin to get saccharine, i will admit one last thing (i think). i admire the hell out of each and every one of you, and i hope to continue to pale in the shadow of each of your greatness! peas out and have a great holiday/weekend/et al!

-the ever aging pet