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02/17/2007 18:27 #37880

Ghost Rider
Category: movies
Today I went to see the movie Ghost Rider. I have to admit that I do like comic books, but havn't read any in long time. I will also admit that I have never read Ghost Rider, it didn't seem like my thing. But that being said I wanted to see it cause it looks preaty good and stars Nicholas Cage, who I like, as Ghost Rider. I thought it was preaty good and looked preaty cool. If it follows the storyline of the comics I have no clue. One of the previews I saw was for the new Fantastic Four movie that looks like it will be great. Again I have to admit I didn't see the first one, I really should. The new one is called something along the lines of "Rise of the Silver Surfer". I will admit that I never read either of these comics. That being said Silver Surfer did Have a preaty cool cartoon show years and years ago. The other preview is for the 3rd Spiderman movie. Yes I have seen the preview a few times but I think the 3rd one will be the best cause we get to see spidy fight his own demons with that black suit I hope they go really heavy on that part we shall see. Below are a few pictures I taken this winter the snow banks one I took today. The ice crystals in the snow really look cool but I can't really see them in the picture.
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01/25/2007 19:14 #37867

X traveling
Category: photos
So the winter X games are on TV just under 2 hours at 9pm and that got me thinking about photography. I thought it would be really cool to be someone who takes sports pictures. I don't mean where the camera does all the work but where you know about lighting and film speed and shutter speed and all that stuff. Granted unless you work for a specific mag or publication it might be tough to sell your photos. I wonder how that works. That got me to thinking another cool job would be to travel to differant cities and take pictures of the place or maybe even events. Say for example to fly out to San Fran for their gay pride perade or to somewhare to take pictures of one of the New Years day parades or even just the city itself. Granted I don't drive and don't really want all the hassles that come with a car. But it would be kinda cool to just say " I wonder what Phildelphia looks like" and then drive there and take photographs.
metalpeter - 01/26/07 17:19
I will admit that when there was kitesurfing I didn't yet know about the extreme games yet. Having them in your hometown must have been preaty cool. I'm not sure how many years I've been watching X games and I can't remember when X Games became there new name. But one thing that is cool about them is how the sports change over time. For example a couple years ago they Added surfing to the summer games and this Year they added Freestyle Snowmobile to the games. But on the other side of that is that then some people lose the sport they like watching the most.

Thanks for the compliement. I admit I can't imagine shoting sports as a profession you have to be verry fast and so does the camera. I have seen a few amazing Hockey pictures that I can't belive someone took. In terms of a tripod one can really help if you are taking pictures at night or with low light where your shutter has to stay open longer if the camera moves then it will make the picture blurry or streaky or atleast the light source. Of course if that is the effect you are going for then that is differant.
libertad - 01/25/07 23:14
You are a great event photographer. It seems like it would be hard to do sports because of the speed. Especially with my cam. Which reminds me I need a tripod.
jenks - 01/25/07 19:30
the first summer x games (called the extreme games then) were in my hometown at the beach... i managed to get some cool pix of kitesurfing.

01/22/2007 19:06 #37821

24 Xtreme Prison Heroes
Category: tv
First of all Happy Birthday Paul you are now moving into your 30's, there isn't much of a change really. Things change becuase you do something differant or relook at where you are and where you want to be. But Just a day or the number of years you have been here dosn't change that.

Also On my previous post I didn't really finish it Like I would have liked to but it is good enough, except I forgot to say that the Bandits won I forget the final score but it was in the low twenties like maybe 22 to something in the teens.

For those of you who like Snowboarding, sking, or even snowmobile racing you should check out www.expn.com for more info about Winter X Games they will be start on TV on Thursday Night and be on throughout the weekend. I belive all the events will be on live and there is a way you can watch stuff on line to, I don't think every event is on TV.

About 2 hours till 24. I will be watching and taping it. At the same time I will be taping Heroes on NBC. I did start watching that last year towards maybe the midway of the season and it is verry good. If you like comics you would enjoy it. It is a drama but also is an acation show to. But before I can watch 24 I will be watching Prison Break, I don't think it is as good as 24 but it is still a preaty good show.

I was also Hoping to talk a little bit about Adult Swim last night (taped it) but they moved stuff around again so I only saw two shows. Robot Chicken is a show that the few times I have seen it really like but don't find funny they had a great take with G.I Joes figures that was preaty cool. Then I also watched Smoking Gun. That is interesting they take real stories that they have files from on "The Smoking Gun" dot come and they animate them out", I think that is preaty interesting.

01/21/2007 11:27 #37799

Bandits Vs. Swarm
Category: photos
First of all if anyone is interested in the pictures from Paul's 30th Birthday they are the journal below this one.

Before I get into the Bandits game there is one picture I have to post. I saw this at the bus stop on my way home from downtown Buffalo. Until I publish this I won't know how readable it is but there is one thing I find odd that she is 15 and Has a lower back Tattoo. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that but if you had parents that would let you do that then that could be a bad sign or maybe they where really cool. I guess I shouldn't really judge. But the second thing that I have never understood is why are most missing photos in Black and white. I understand the making the copies and them being black and white but you would think it would be better to spend a little bit more and have them in color, again not judging.
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There where a couple of fights here is the one that I got on camera


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Pictures of The Bandettes (sp?) throughout the game and warmups.

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I was planning on putting up pictures of rax and some game shots but I gotta go off line so someone can use the phone maybe I will update this or maybe this is good enough.

01/20/2007 14:43 #37793

Paul's 30th
Category: peterazzi
Happy Birthday Paul!!!

I had A nice time at the party. A couple quick notes the grape vodka was really cool. In the pictures somewhere this is a picture of (e:lilho)'s boots and the pictures I took don't really do her outfit justice, I'm sure if you compare my pictures to some that get posted you will see what I mean. Again I should have been a little more social but I had a good time. It was nice to see (e:liberated). I hope everyone likes there pictures, again I know these won't be in the exact order. Oh yeah that Pinata was Preaty interesting. It seemed people where more interested in breaiking it open then what was inside of it. So when I woke up this morning I saw the end of a cartoon called Viva Pinatas where the characters are pinatas of course not dirty ones with huge cocks or any sex shapes but I could be wrong I only saw the last five minutes of it, but kinda ironic.
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Oh if anyone is looking for anything to do tonight I have a few sugestions. First of all I belive it is all sold out but maybe there are scaplers not sure for sheas or not but the band Supernova is there. I would love to have gone. I almost bought a ticket months ago but before I did I checked to see if the Bandits where playing that day and they are Tonight at HSBC Arena Vs. The Minosotta Swarm. The Sabres are also playing so you could go out to a bar or someonehouse and watch that. I was talking with (e:dragonlady) last night and it remindend me of an event tonight that looks like it might be preaty cool, I also saw a poster for it on Elmwood today. She didn't ask me to post it and neither did anyone else I just thought some of you might like it.

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libertad - 01/21/07 11:32
Well done Matthew! I was wondering why the pic was different than all the rest. Now that you say something I remember seeing it before in one of his posts or maybe the screen saver.
metalpeter - 01/21/07 10:17
I Just Have to say Sorry for the confussion that fire house picture is amazing, but mat took it. I took two pictures of his screensaver on the computer upstairs one of them was the fire house picture and the other one was that sand but i was taking a differant one and then the picture turned to sand. I think Mat takes a lot of amazing photographs it would be cool to see them printed out or in another form. I have seen a few people who sell amazing photos at Allentown Artfestival and I'm sure if mat wanted to he could as well. But sometimes it is just better to keep something a hobby and do it for your own reasons instead of money, sometimes when you do things for money it changes things and makes things less fun.
theecarey - 01/20/07 22:50
I agree with Lib, firehouse pic is great!
libertad - 01/20/07 16:56
WOW! It was good to see you too. Those pics are really fun, thanks for getting them on so quickly so we can see them. I really think that fire house pic is the best. You should submit it to the artvoice picture thing or at least put it in a frame. The other pic I really like is of (e:mike)'s crack as well as just (e:lilho)'s butt and legs. (e:ladycroft) if you see this your porñata was awesome