Super 8!

Ok so i saw Super * last weekend the the 11th. Hoily crap! one of the best movies that i have ever seen in my life. this movie rivals the likes of The Italian Job, Inception and Taken.

fabulous!!

anyways, iv'e decided that since i have seen Pirates #1 6 times in theaters, and that i loved inception so much that i've seen it 7 times in theaters, I think it's destiny for me to see Super 8 8 times in theaters!

This may not work out but i'm gonna give it a go!

Left 4 Dead Mania!

So Valve has been busy recently with the release of Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2 DLC and a new project called DOTA, I think.

The lastest DLC for left 4 Dead is fanmade, which is totally awesome. Most companies will blab on about "not taking unsolicited work, blah blah blah...", But not Valve. They support their fans by actually encouraging them to come up with their own content, with Valve's own tools. Cool sauce.

Anyways, Left 4 Dead is among my favorite franchises of any media ever, so for the past two years or so, I've been making up my own version of Left 4 Dead, complete with new characters, weapons, locations and senarios, gaming mechanics, ans so on. I may have blogged about this before, but whatever.

I just wanted to show you guys a new poster that I have made. It's still a work in progress.

Some of the photos I considered when making the poster.

The pictures I ended up using.

Quick draft throw-together.

After adding the name, tagline, and credits.
All subject to change.

Most recent version, still missing a few things.

It's a Wedding!

A photo story.

Last hurrah as un-married siblings.

before the wedding!

Some flowers and stuff.

Gold, frankincense and murr.

Blizzard frosting blast! These cupcakes where yummy.

Dad decided to paint the bathroom mere hours before the wedding.
He made it. We ran out of counter space, so the shrimp had
to go somewhere...

pre-wedding jitters.

the ring!

the bride and the best guest ever.
(pic taken by our older sister)

So sexy....

Le boutique.

Black and White photography by Parker Mayberry

Fun fact: the new Pokémon games Pokémon Black and White versions just came out on Sunday this week. what a coincidence.

Here are my black and white photos:

These are my dogs, Buddy and Norman, and they

 are the best of pals. Buddy is a 12 year old beagle 

that we've had in our family since around 1999 or 

2000. He is such a sweet heart! Norman is a 5 

year old mini dachshund who turns 6 next week, 

March 14, 2011. He's an idiot, but the cutest idiot 

you will ever have the pleasure of knowing.

This fruit bowl was taken in a café in Missoula 

before this semester started. the arrangement of

 the fruit and the fun design of the plate and bowl 

make this a very fun picture.

Camera: Panasonic HM-TA1

f = 4.1 mm 1:2.8

5 MP sensor

Peoplemon

So, I kind of stole these posters from Heroes, though I don't think they will mind too much. Basically, Peoplemon (pronounced people - mon) was originally a commercial we had to make for our media class in 8th grade. This was nearly 5 years ago!

I always liked the idea so a few years later, I made another trailer, and now, I made all these posters (or rather, I Photoshopped all these posters with my own friends faces).

First, Some early "Photoshop" magic from late 2006:

Now check out the trailer here:

Here's my latest and greatest:

Peoplemon: the time traveler

Peoplemon: The ninja

Peoplemon: the tough guy

Peoplemon: the telekenetic

Peoplemon: the Sister

Peoplemon: the speed demon

Peoplemon: The Weatherman

What do you think? Which one is your favorite? Sound off in the comments!

Apple is obsessed with BLUE! (and power)

Yet they don't like Blu-Ray?? Oh well.

Apple announced today the release of their new MacBook Pros featuring new Intel processors and a new I/O interface. (I/O, for those who don't know, are just ports on your computer like USB and HDMI.)

This isn't the first time Apple has invented completely new technology.
They invented firewire all the way back in 1995. THis was their first original I/O invention. They where also one of the first companies to support the USB standard, starting in around 1998. They were the first company to get rid of floppy disks (remember those? 1.5 mb of storage!!) and replace them with CD drives (circa 1998).

Apple has done more than that, however. They were the very first to utilize a mouse and a graphical user interface (GUI). although they did not invent these technologies, they where the first to get it right, put them together and was the first commercial success. This was in the early '80's.

Click to check out a quick look at Apple's
various GUI's over the years.

Click to check out Apple's history of Mice.

1994, they invented and popularized another input method for computers - the trackpad, which has been a standard feature in laptops since. Of course 1995 they brought us FireWire, And in 2001, they revolutionized the music industry with the first digital music player: the iPod. While they did not invent MP3 players, they were the first to get it right. 1,000 songs in your pocket was only the begging.

The current family of iPods (as of February 2011)

As if the mouse, trackpad, and clickwheel (iPod) weren't enough, Apple invented a new technology for a new device. The technology was Multi-Touch and the device was the iPhone. Why was this such a big deal? Check it out here.

Since Multi-Touch on the iPhone in 2007, that technology quickly spread to other Apple devices, like a new iPod and their latest trackpads and mice.

That brings us to today: The introduction of Apple's NEW I/O called Thunderbolt, and, like many Apple icons, is blue, and round.

What is thunderbolt? Thunderbolt replaces the likes of USB, FireWire, and even display I/O's like VGA, DVI, audio and HDMI! All in one port that's like a bajillion times faster!

And that is the main point to this post: Thunderbolt, and Apple's extreme liking of blue icons. Their latest smattering of computer will still include usb and firewire, as Thunderbolt is relatively new (yes, even in the computer industry, one day old is very new).

Check out some Thunderbolt stats below: 

Update: 3/4/11: Part 2

Day of Boredom (Happy President's Day!)

I left my dorm room a total of 13 times today. 10 times to help people into their rooms who got locked out, (I work for the Head Resident of the Dorms, so that's part of my job), 2 times for bathroom breaks, and one time to go the cafeteria to buy a delicious 12" sub. :)

So basically, I was in my room the entire day. So what was I doing? It all started with my frustration that my copy of Teen Titans season 3 arrived on Friday, but the mail place closed early, isn't open on Saturday or Sunday, and would not be closed Mondy (today) because of the holiday. Grrr.

I heard that Pokémon had started up its 14th (!!) season based off of the Black and White game coming in March. Now, I love the DS/Gameboy Pokémon games, though I haven't really cared about or watched the show since i was 11 or 12 (2002-2003) So its been a while. I searched for (and found) the first 3 episodes of season 14 on YouTube, and watched them all. (I was bored, ok!)

There are a few things that frighten me. Aside from the great animation, to my horror, I discovered that Ask (the main dude) is still 10 years old! Ash was 10 years old when the show first started. 14 years later, and he's still 10?? That means the show is older than the main protagonist! (Although, I can see why nintendo/pokemon would want to keep him younger. if he had aged normally, he would now be 24 years old-give or take.)

All three of my episodes had Team Rocket, yet again, trying to catch Pikachu. Seriously?They were doing this 14 years ago in every episode when the show first started, and they were still doing this 8 years ago when I stopped watching the show. (This was the main reason I stopped watching - because they did the same thing over and over and over again in 98% of all the episodes.) Pokemon may have more episodes (and movies) than the Simpsons, but if you've seen the first 40, you've seen them all, minus the new Pokemon.

The last disturbing thing, of which I will keep very brief, is the new theme song, which makes me embarrassed for all humanity. It's trash. and embarrassing. yikes.

Anyways, after the third episodes was done, that got me thinking into what new Pokemon I want to see that still don't exist. So i started writing my ideas down. I would like the 6th generation to be based off of the state of Washington, or just the general north west area. So that got me thinking, what kind of animals live there? That eventually got me to looking up what other people have done online, and that's how I spent my entire day; locked in my room glued to my computer and note pad.

My Favorites (that I drew):

A Tomahawk Pokemon.

A Lion fish Pokemon with a new type: Electric Poison
and a slew of 6 Sea Urchin Pokemon (3 male, 3 female)

A new line of 'digital' Pokemon, to complement Porygon and
Rotom. Based of off All-in-one Mac computers of the ages.

Jellyfish. Jelly-fish. There's a difference.

Way cool new fossil Pokemon!

Click here to see everything I drew/conceived.

Here are some of my favorite (That I did not draw):

I'm glad that I got all of my homework done on friday!

Photo Depth of Field

One of the Topics for Photo Journalism: Utilizing depth of field.

What do you think?

Giant fern plant.

Cute Cacti

Zoomed in - Using good composition

Caution: Sharp!

Tiny orange tree!

Parrot! (or some other kind of bird)

Which one is your favorite? Sound off in the comments!