Johnny Rockstar

It’s been awhile since I’ve had much to say… so here’s a painting of Uncle Rhubarb.

In other news, I’m proud to say that my jeep outperformed a number of trucks during an off-road adventure that Kathryn and I went on last weekend. Actually, we were just looking for a good place to picnic, but the spot we were searching in is apparently a hot spot for off-roading. To get to it, you drive down a paved hill that immediately gives way to about thirty feet of loose sand before becoming solid, rocky ground. For some reason there were quite a few people who didn’t realize that you have to keep momentum going through the sand. And a weirdly high number of people who tried to haul big trailers carrying ATVs through the sand. I popped it into four wheel low and plowed through with no problem. But it was fun sitting in the shade, eating a nice picnic meal and watching rednecks getting their big trucks stuck in the sand pit. Good times.

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Today is international Towel Day. Are you celebrating? I know I am. Of course, every day is towel day for me because I keep one in my jeep at all times. Not so much as a tribute to Douglas Adams, but because I have a bad habit of leaving the top off my jeep when it’s about to rain.

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If you Google image search “Gizzard Fest” the tenth picture found is of a family of sea monkeys and links to www.johnnyrockstar.net.

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It’s been a slow past few days at work. I have no deadlines looming and my boss has been in Germany, which means I had very little to do around here. A few pieces came and went, but I spent a lot of my free time toying with Photoshop. I used it to mockup a couple of work related items, but then I made these.

Car
Poster
Snake Skin Johnny
Header A
Header 2

... and yes, I did turn an old Soviet propaganda poster into a Nintendo Wii advertisement.

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Every morning I turn on Good Morning America while I get ready for work. Sometimes I watch parts of it, sometimes I don’t. I wasn’t paying much attention today, but I happened to look at the screen when they were displaying a picture of a young boy being given the flag during his father’s military funeral. It was a touching picture, but what came next made me laugh out loud. The screen switched to a picture of the deceased father with his army buddies in Iraq, and over his left shoulder somebody was giving the camera “The Shocker.” Obviously, whoever setup up the video montage for that particular news segment has no idea what that gesture meant. But I do, and it was hilarious to see on the morning news program.

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