Novus Photography

So, yeah. Today I went down to the Wetaskiwin airshow media presentation day, after being personally sought out and Invited by Cynthia Blackmore, the head of Marketing for the Alberta Reynolds museum. I had the privilege of touring around the Alberta countryside for 45 minutes in a B-25 Bomber, the Pacific Prowler.





On the tarmac, all shiny and beautiful.



Artwork, presented in monotone.



Front shot.



Some of the other paparazzo during the walk through.



The crawlspace to the rear turret.



The right wing cowling as seen through the open side gunners turret.



The Museum hangars during rollout.



Highway 13 west, on takeoff.



Canola, and the CN rail line. If you imagine it hard enough, you almost feel like it might be 1945.



A view from the rear turret.



HA! Take THAT you bastardly country acreages I'll never be able to afford!!



Ken Fowler (Manager of the Rocky Mountain House airport) and a dignitary in Kens Harmon Rocket.



Eric Hansen, the OTHER half of Team Rocket.



Umm. Ken again. :D



A bunch of other guys in formation, too far away from the MUCH faster B-25 to get a decent shot.



The cutest Photogapher I've ever met, Shelly B, from City TV. (Hey, that rhymes!!)



Wetaskiwin Airshow is tomorrow. More photos to come. Oh yes, there WILL be more photos.

Oh, and was invited by show coordinators to attend the media flights and what not at the Rocky Mountain House airshow and Whitecourt airshows too. :)

I love my job.

But I laughed until there were tears.

This morning, I had to delete someone from my friends list.

While I know that at times, I can post negative things (like my recent split with Dee) and I can also rant about some things just as effectively, I like to think that I occasionally post fun things, photos, videos, humorous things in general. I try to keep a balance.

This person, in specific, has to be the most negative person I've ever come across online.

I'm sure it might come off as petty, but fuck it. It's my journal, and it's genuinely the way I feel. So lets not sugar coat things, shall we?

She's a whiner. All she does is complain, spew hostility, and bitch. Her posts are always negative, bitchy, and full of guilt trips. A black cloud envelopes her every post, and she never, never, NEVER replies, responds or comments to anything I've ever posted. I get the impression all she wants os for people to pay attention to her.

Now, i know that *I* don't always post to other peoples' LJ's, but I read them every day. I lurk all my friends, and I drop comments here and there if I feel I have something of substance to add. otherwise, I feel like I'm commenting arbitrarily out of obligation or something. I guess as I get older, I spend more time observing, and less time trying to be observed.

Anyways...

I now have about 60% on my setup done, I have cable, internet, and phone (all through Shaw, YAY!) The place is starting to look pretty good. I'll post photos soon, as soon as I get everything prettied up. :D

Anyone wanna come visit me in my nice new palace? ;) I'll cook you supper! (As long as you're down with Mac and Cheese! lol )

Maybe it appeals to my somewhat voyeuristic nature, but I think this is REALLY cool.

Dude buys up old cameras in garage sales, auctions, estate sales, etc... And then develops the film and puts the results online.

Some of the photos are actually REALLY neat.

Ok, so a really good friend of mine, Kolin - Who is the manager of the home electronics department at A&B sound in Edmonton, is also a musician. He's pretty handy with a guitar and apparently, a bass guitar. I've known him for a few years now, and his family and mine have gotten to be pretty good friends.

Apparently, a Vancouver based band "Beyond the Fall", (Formerly "Superbeing") has been signed by EO records in Cincinnati, Ohio, and after a Minor re-shuffling of the band, has hired on Kol to be the new bass guitarist for the new tour, a tour which will see the release of their debut album.

Now, these guys aren't exactly a small, unknown group, either, they've opened for My Chemical Romance, The Killers, Billy Talent, Theory of a Deadman, Sum 41, Danko Jones, Rise Against, Mute Math, Bif Naked, Beduoin Soundclash, Marianas Trench, Mathew Good, Gob, Todd Kerns, Swollen Members, Robin Black and the IRS, Tea Party, Loverboy, Swollen Members, 54-40,and a bunch of other fairly big name bands.

The kicker for ME is, not only do I know Kol really well, but there's been some talk of maybe having me do some photography for the band. Exactly WHERE and HOW I'm not sure, but.. We'll see how it pans out.

For those of you who love fresh, new music, check out their stuff at their myspace page HERE.

In particular, "It will never be too late" which in my opinion, is possibly the best song on their list. With "A day in the death of" being a close second.

Remember Malarchuk? Same arena. Same city. Same injury. Same trainer for both players, saved both players' lives.

NHL Right Winger Richard Zednik gets jugular severed by a skate blade.

That's some FREAKY shit.

Thank god he'll be fine. He's out of surgery and is doing well.

In the spirit of strolling down memory lane and feeling like a complete loser/loner... It's been years since I sat in my desk in elementary school, looking forlornly at my empty Valentines day "inbox" and seeing the ones I handed out in the trash next to the teachers desk... Or on the floor. Which is why, to this day, I fucking DESPISE V-day.

All responses are completely anonymous, so feel free to tell me how you REALLY feel. ;)

( my valentine postbox )

Stolen from wyldthyng.

... I bring you Tainted Love, by soft cell. On the ukelele.



Enjoy!

You KNOW you've become accustomed to living in frosty climes when you look at the thermometer and when seeing that it's "only" -28c, think, "finally! It's warming up!"

Even the Jeep was frozen solid. She ain't going NOWHERE till it warms up a little. More. Like, -20c.

If America had to go head to head with a fleet of these, I wonder who would come out victorious?

Russian SU-30MK

Man, those things are agile. Wow. I wouldn't wanna be the pilot dogfighting with THAT.

Dear ActiVision;

Fuck you.

yours,

Robb

Ok, I freely admit it, I screwed this up.

Normally, I shoot in raw, and do my own image editing. Tonight, I left my 4 gig CF card in my laptop at home, ONLY had a 2 gig card, and was forced to shoot jpeg to conserve space, and... uhh. Well, I'm not at all happy with the results. I just batched them all on auto, fuck editing.

Oh well, can't win them all.

Here's what I got. Enjoy.

You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.

There's ALOT going on in this photo...

The 10 Commandments of Hockey:


1. The Hockey Gods are real
...and they are watching. They are the rulers of the hockey universe. They see all, they hear all, they control all. Don't tempt fate by (prior to or during a game) suggesting that the Flames opponents are the suckiest sucks that ever sucked. The Hockey Gods see this as invading on their turf. They take this as a challenge and inevitably do all that they can to ensure that you are wrong. They control the destiny of all hockey teams not you, and they'll continually remind you of it until you stop being a big-mouthed braggart. (How else do you explain that the Canucks have struggled for so many years?) You can not circumvent the Hockey Gods you can only learn to live by their rules. They are the keepers of hockey's karma and dish it out wherever it's deserved. Don't make them come after you or your team.

2. The official rules forbid adult language to be used on this forum
...well there's one phrase that is officially allowed but should be avoided at all costs. Since there isn't a game today and I'm not making any predictions I can say it: shut-out. This is the dirtiest phrase in hockey. If the Flames are holding the other team scoreless and this phrase is used, inevitably the goose-egg will be broken before too long. If a Flames fan makes a shut-out predicition prior to the game there is almost zero possibility of it coming to fruition. See Hockey Gods for more details. Also, if you are trying to jinx the other team, that is holding the Flames scoreless, by using the term "shut-out", the Hockey Gods see this as an attempt to take hockey fate out of their hands and into yours. They don't like it and the Flames will pay for it as a result.

3. Not every other player on every other team sucks
Yes, we're Flames fans. As a result most of us have grown up to hate the Oilers, or more recently the Canucks. Just because Ryan Smyth's eyes are too close together and he hasn't washed his mullet yet this year doesn't mean that he's not a good person and a good hockey player. A little impartial thinking goes a long way to appease the Hockey Gods. If you want the real reason as to why the Canucks have struggled so much in their mediocre existence this would be it. Too many Canucks fans are the cockiest, most obnoxious fans in hockeydom (with exceptions of course).

4. The Flames are not the 'Greatest Team Evar'
Just because the team wins 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or more games at a stretch does not automatically make them the rulers of the hockey universe. The Hockey Gods have placed certain teams on pedastals and only the Hockey Gods are allowed to decide which teams are raised on-high for all to worship. These include the 50's Wings, 50's Habs, 70's Habs, 80's Islanders, 80's Oilers :oops: , and possibly the 90's Wings. Don't get carried away in your praise for the Flames. The Hockey Gods don't look kindly upon those that rate their favorite teams too high. As a result the Hockey Gods will knock the Flames back down to Earth. Hockey Gods love fans but hate cheerleaders. Homers belong on cartoons, not hockey message boards.

5. Predictions are okay
...up to a point. If you are posting something ridiculous like Flames 27- Oilers minus 3, the Hockey Gods will not be pleased. Likewise, if you try to circumvent this rule by posting something like Oilers 12- Flames 1, the Hockey Gods will not be fooled. They don't like being trifled with.

6. Trolls are like fertilizer
...that the Hockey Gods use to make teams stink. Don't be a troll on this or any other message board- even if you're cheering for the Flames (see #4).

7. Wear Red
When attending games at the Saddledome don't wear white, pink blue, brown, grey, purple, orange, green, etc. Black is so-so. Wear red. This has nothing to do with the Hockey Gods but it's annoying.

8. Keep a journal
If the Flames are winning please note where and how you were sitting, what you were eating and drinking, what you were wearing, who you were with, etc. Repeat these steps for each subsequent game or until the winning streak is over. Conversely, if the Flames are losing feel free to change your routine even if it's worked in the past. The Hockey Gods are fickle that way.

9. Hate thine enemy
There are two teams in the province of Alberta. You are only allowed to cheer for one. The Hockey Gods have cleverly manipulated the populace of our fair province so that our loyalties lie with either the Flames or the greasy mullets near the big mall. If you cheer for both teams the Hockey Gods consider you a freak of nature and will inevitably make the team you currently cheer for suffer. The Hockey Gods hate bandwagoners, but they don't mind new fans.

10. Chicks are cool
...but puckbunnies/groupies are not. There is nothing hotter to the Hockey Gods (or me) than a savvy hockey person of the female persuasion. The more hockey-smart female fans a team has the better that team will do (except for Edmonton- all of the mullets confuse the Hockey Gods on occassion). Clearly the Hockey Gods are men or possibly lesbians. But be warned, the Hockey Gods can't stand ladies that cheer for teams/players only because of their appearance or public notoriety. If a female fan starts out that way but quickly educates herself in the game and becomes a real fan, then the Hockey Gods are okay with that. Clearly there is some sort of grace period involved. However, if the puckbunnyish behavior does not cease after a short period of time the Hockey Gods will grow angry and make the team suffer.



If we can all abide but these simple yet effective rules I'm sure we'll have an enjoyable and safe season. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go sacrifice a goat.

Sir Edmond Hillary, first man to conquer Everest died today.