Hey guys and gals. It's lightning outside, and apparently there's a tornado watch going on, because I can hear the warning siren sounding-off, but I just wanted to take the time to explain everything that I've been doing. Work. Okay. Now that you're caught up on that, I'll tell you about the cool things I've been doing!

I've been playing Warhawk or Rock Band on my PS3 pretty much every evening when I'm not working. It's good stuff. And I'm doing very well. On Rock Band, for the PS3, I am ranked #5 on the leaderboards for SINGING the Nine Inch Nails Song "The Perfect Drug." That's pretty friggin awesome! In Warhawk, I'm a Second Lieutenant, with just about 8,000 or so points to go before I can rank up to become a First Lieutenant. I've already got the Exemplary Combat medal required for the rank. Or whatever medal/award requirement it is.

I was recently made a member of Sony's Gamer Advisory Panel. This is the most elite tier of membership for a person in the PlayStation Underground, and apparently less than one tenth of a percent of PlayStation owners in North America are invited to become a member. So, I'm proud of that, and enjoying my new "elite" status and influence on the future of video gaming very much so. I've been a member since April 1. I got the invitation on that day - and I thought it was an April Fool's prank. That's not the case, though.

As far as art goes, I've been doing a lot of family portraits lately. I'm hoping this weekend to do some portrait photography on someone special. We'll see. I can't wait for this weekend to hurry up and get here!!!! Tomorrow, or Sunday, I'm going to be very, very happy, I think. But today, I get to leave early at work - at about 4 p.m., to drive down to Game Stop in Jasper to pre-order my copy of Metal Gear Solid 4: Limited Edition - and get my hands on those exclusive Metal Gear Saga 2 DVDs with the Beta code vouchers inside for Metal Gear Online!!!!!

When I get home, I'm going to cook my special beef tips, rice, green peppers, and onions... pepper steak dish basically. But I marinate the beef tips in Dale's Seasoning to get em nice and flavorful and super tender. I can't wait. It's always so delicious, and it makes my home smell sooooo good.

K, lightning is worse. There's your updates on me. Any and all comments, questions, concerns, etc., are welcome. It's pretty much the only way to guarantee a response out of me on an issue you're wondering about with me.


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Equipment:

Nikon D70s Digital SLR

18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor

70-300mm f/4-5.6G AF Zoom-Nikkor

Nikon ML-L3 Wireless Remote

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