Noise
The new animated piece for Skateboard Heroes is up on YouTube. And for those of you paying attention, that’s authentic Drew music in the background. Sure it’s instrumental, but it’s pretty darn fine instrumental, don’t you think?
Check out the movie on YouTube.
Thanks!
Life
As all the Skateboard Heroes readers out there know, we have finally seen the last part of the second chapter of the first ever Skateboard Heroes story. That’s the bad news. The good news is that we are planning a short print run of this first story to include some as yet unpublished extras. And that’s just the beginning.
Before you know it, kids, you’ll be seeing the Skateboard Heroes at all the big conventions. Mark my words. Looks like we need to go shopping for trade show accessories. Like fabric banners and…yeah, stuff like that.
In the meantime…just check out the comic.
Life
After a couple years of playing kid games like Hulk Smash and Buckaroo and travel Hungry Hungry Hippos, I’m pretty psyched to be graduating to the real classics. My older son is just about to finish 3rd grade and seems to think he’d like Monopoly because he played the 5 and under version a couple years ago at a birthday party. Since most family game nights end in tears (not everyone can be a winner – especially not me) and since my kindergartner hasn’t yet mastered high finance, I am happy that we found another option.
Clue!
Yup, one of my favorites when I was growing up, Clue is fast becoming a feature of our occasional game nights. So much so, in fact, that we’re now contemplating a Clue-themed dual birthday party for the boys. Their birthdays are 3 days apart, so we’re thinking we’ll have a joint party. Live action clue, using adults as characters, rooms in the house, and the kids teaming up to solve the case.
Stayed tuned – it’s not until August, but dude it will totally rock.
PS Blog
That’s right, the Skateboard Heroes ride again. Check out Part Two of Genesis Chapter Two right here!
Life
Check it out – just celebrated my tenth anniversary. Ohhhhh yeah! Actually, the big day was Thursday, but we couldn’t unload the kids until Friday (and they’re gone till Sunday morning!) so I precedented a new word: It’s our span-iversary.
As in it spans several days.
OK, well you don’t have to like it. I’m not married to you (unless this is Carol reading, in which case you already laughed at the joke so…we’re good right?)
Actually, I think we should send out anniversary notifications for anyone who pays as little attention to those little Facebook birthday etc. reminders like I do. Nothing fancy like baby shower invitations or whatever, just a little head’s up for friends and families to either (1) offer to watch the children for an evening (or couple of days) or (2) stay the hell away while we drink wine and watch movies when we finally unload the kids.
Makes perfect sense, right?
Life
I’ve been remodelling the basement a bit. Actually, modelling it might be more accurate. It was unfinished when we moved in, and gradually, over the past several years, I’ve been working on it. We wired it quite a while ago. The first round of outlets, not just a series of extension cords with wire covers. Then when we were doing the second floor addition, we added a sink with a pump for water downstairs.
About a year and a half ago I started framing out walls in the basement, mostly with scrap left over from the addition. And just before last Christmas I finally sheetrocked those walls. I added some more outlets too. I’m still waiting for help on the ceiling this Summer, but a couple weeks ago I finally did the floor. I opted to cover the raw concrete with vinyl tile. Not the cheap peel and stick you usually see, though. This stuff is thick with a beveled edge and you can actually grout it like regular tile if you want to. I’m loving the new basement floor.
Noise
OK, not the most compelling title ever, but I think it is pretty, I like the solo, and it is just one of the many drop D tuning songs I’ve written in the last few weeks. I’m on a roll, baby. Listen to I Need You Tonight here.
This is not autobiographical, per se…and I’m thankful for that I think. But it isn’t totally sad or depressing. At least not in my world view. And man, it is fun to play.
Actually, I just wanted to load the file on Facebook, but they no likey mp3 hosting…and anyway, lately it feels like you need an it degree to get FB to display even remotely as you wish, so it has become a full fledged post. And no it degree. Enjoy, rock and rollers.