Our first Tree.

With stockings hung from the chimney with care,
my heart will grow 3 sizes this Christmas, I SWEAR!

It's true, Christmas spirit has been in low supply the last few years, something I plan to remedy this year if it kills me. Presents have been purchased, even the boys have a stocking.

There will be things to do on Christmas day. Things other than shuffling from here and there, mustering up just enough emotion to convince myself I'm still a human being.

I remember a post I wrote about Christmas being different when you're older. Like looking at a bicycle when you're nine-years-old, and looking at a bicycle now, at thirty-one. How it's smaller and serves a different purpose. Yeah... let's see if we can change that, at least for a few days.

Christmas is going to be new again. So if you run into me, and for some reason I'm more annoying than usual, well -- at least you'll know why.

Oh, and I just checked my watch (computer), and yes -- I'm overdue for my annual viewing of Scrooged.

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Finished Illustrations

Here they all are in their finished glory! It feels good to have completed something. Now Jess and I have the task of wiring our condo for ethernet! MY LIFE IS SO EXCITING!

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More More Illustration

I went a different route with this one. A route that is proving more affective and one which I like exponentially. I guess I'll be redoing the first one in this style. My only hope is that -- having created this piece -- I haven't essentially "willed" this gollem into being. I hope that the fragile tether that binds it to it's world hasn't been ripped in twain by my actions. If so: I'M SORRY WORLD!

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Living Space

So, Jess and I are moving. We signed a lease on a nice two bedroom, two bath open floor-plan condo in Crofton. It's about 8 minutes closer to our jobs.

Here are some gratuitous shots of our soon to be new kitchen:





If you've been over to our current apartment at North Forest, you'll know that this is a HUGE upgrade for us. (Please disregard all the crap on the island, we were cleaning half the day yesterday.)

The carpet could stand to be steam cleaned so we borrowed Rick and Jacy's cleaner and are going to give that a shot this coming weekend. We also plan to paint before we move in.

All in all, we couldn't be more excited about it. Expect a full-on house warming party sometime in January!

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The emasculating affair...

of the cat birthday.

OR: How I learned to celebrate Twisp and Pino's First Litterday.

Anyways, the boys turned one-year-old yesterday and we celebrated in high fashion as you'll see in the gallery below. We made party hats, wrapped and unwrapped presents and had cake and ice-cream. Kitty-Grandma came over for the celebration and was met with meows and headbutts.

All in all it was a good evening, even if I can't freaking believe I'm typing and posting this humiliation to the world.

Next year, I vote we have it in a bowling alley.

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Also

This picture is awesome. Like, so awesome. At this point, I think we were very hot and tired. I could be wrong though, this could have been in the morning, we rode the subway all damn day. Wouldn't change it for anything though.

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Shinjuku Arcades + Pics

Slapped this one together last week. Arcades from the 2008 trip. NEW FOOTAGE! I'll be working on a few more of these.

Street Fighter 4 is EPIC! I should have played that more. That Silent Hill light-gun game was pretty fun too, though, it took all the creepiness out of what makes Silent Hill, you know... Silent Hill.


ALSO: Here's a TON of images from our trip mostly taken by Jacy and Jess. I was busy filming and Rick was busy being an unhelpful mustard-hating dumbass-american.

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