Homemade Cookie Day!

So I guess today is Homemade Cookie Day. Last night, my mom and I baked four batches of these (about 120 cookies) and we both took them to work today. They're pretty time-consuming to make with all the different steps, but man they are worth it.

And don't mind the photo - it's one I took from the last time we made these, about a year ago. I was going to take a better picture to post, but... I ate all the leftover cookies.

Recipe courtesy Bake or Break.

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Talk Like a Pirate Day 2008

Avast me lads 'n lasses! T'day be Talk Like a Pirate Day 2008! 'Ave a mug o' rum, sing some shanties, an' above all, talk wit' th'boldness an' flavor o' speech tha' only comes from runnin' up th'jolly roger a time er two! Yaharr!

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Camping Trip: Photo 02

Seen on the bank of the river at Devils Den Campground. Kind of reminds me of those stock photos you seen on business websites.

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Camping Trip: Photo 01

Over Labor Day weekend, I went camping with my family in Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas. It was a beautiful campground with many things to do. There's a little river that runs through the campground, and while we were there, I came across this little fellow. He let me get right next to him to take some awesome pictures.

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A Ninja Riding a T-Rex

Yesterday I was hanging out with a good friend of mine who is a very talented artist. We were both sketching as we chatted, and this is one of the things I came up with. It was a lot of fun as I haven't really drawn anything in a while.

I actually surprised myself with the linework - I'm pretty pleased with it. I'll probably end up inking and at least trying to color it. Well, a copy anyway. Working on the original is not the best idea for me. I usually mess up somewhere along the line with more permanent media.

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Photo 7-9-08

Every once in a while, I'll come across a cloud formation or sunset that is really awesome, and I'll want to take a picture, but I won't have a camera with me. That's probably the main reason I've started the habit of carrying one with me whenever possible. This picture is from one of the few times I happened to have a camera with me, though it's taken with a disposable through the window of a moving vehicle. Even so, I still really like it.

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Fourth of July

I hope everyone had a safe Fourth of July!


I spent the day at my parents' house, and we shot off some fireworks after it got dark. I brought my camera, which actually has a "fireworks" setting, so I took a bunch of pictures. The setting has a long exposure time though, and I didn't bring my tripod, so some of them look a little shaky. I'll have to remember that for next time.

I think the fountains look really cool as photographs since it shows them over time.

We had a total of four sets of artillery shells that we screwed down to a board. We were able to light all four at once, which was really neat. The photo at the top shows three of them exploding at the same time.

This last picture was kind of cool; my mom, dad, brother, and I all lit a roman candle at the same time and stood next to each other. I took a picture with my free hand (you can see my other hand holding the roman candle on the left side).

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