A comment that a friend of mine made on Facebook about his childhood crush on Olivia Newton-John caused me to remember my own first crush. At the ripe old age of around 4 years old I had a huge crush on Bobbie Jo Bradley (Lori Saunders) from Petticoat Junction. Having no concept of reruns or the fact that an adult woman probably wouldn’t be interested in a four year old helped. I sure had good taste though, didn’t I? I like to think I still do. :)
I can’t help but smile at this picture.
2005 Stanford University Address (via ryanoriordan)
I could go on and on about how Steve Jobs and the products he helped create changed the world. We all know that and I would think that even the Apple naysayers would admit that they helped pushed technology forward.
But if you were to look around you, at the movies and albums and books that you cherish, so many of them were created using products Steve and Apple created. Some may not even have been possible without them. Who hasn’t watched a Pixar film and been brought back to that feeling of awe and wonder that we have as children but most lose in adulthood?
I think about my wife, who is a graphic designer, and the art she is able to create using only a Mac and her imagination, or how having an iPhone made it so much easier to be in a long distance relationship when we lived 800 miles apart. How even today it helps us stay connected during long hours at work. Some mock the phrasing Apple uses but to me that’s magical. And I am grateful.
I may not have known the man but through his technology I have gotten to stay connected to my friends and family and know what is going on in their lives, sometimes as it happens. I mourn the loss of Steve Jobs, for his family, for Apple, and for the world.
Rest in peace Mr. Jobs.
I was actually interested in checking out Creature after seeing the trailer for it at Monster Mania 19 and some making of videos on Dread Central, but after reading numerous negative reviews and his asinine response to said reviews I’m not going to bother.
Let’s try this again…
Hello there,
I’ve decided that it’s about time I start using this thing again. For way longer than I’d like to admit I’ve been suffering from a creative block, both in my writing, drawing, and other creative interests. I’m not really sure why I haven’t been able to muster the energy or interest to commit myself to any one project, but I figure the best way to end my slump is to work through it and just write something, anything.
So here we are.
Don’t expect this blog to have any rhyme or reason. If I give myself too many rules I tend to just shut down so I figured I’d just go with the flow and post whatever comes to me. I will try not to delete this thing again. For whatever reason I sometimes get the urge to purge my social networking sites and start anew. It’s a bad habit that I’m trying to break. Oh, and please forgive any improper grammar or punctuation. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in school and I’ve forgotten more than I remember, but I’m working on it.
That’s enough rambling for now. Thanks for reading.
