OK so this is completely random(i guess thats the point of a blog :P) but ive always had an interest in gas masks and WW2 i dont know why but ive always just thought gas masks were cool. There is something about them that is so terrifying yet so intriguing at the same time. I guess its the imagery that they make you think of. Because i would think that most people(myself included) when they think of gasmasks think of hitler, concentration camps, gask chambers, war you know that type of stuff. I think that its such a scary thought that anyone could commit those heinous acts. Because everyone thinks of hitler as an udderly odious and wicked man(which he was!) that we can't stand the thought of but yet we think about anyways. The way i think about gas masks is kind of how you think of a horror movie, you like to watch the horror movie because it scares you, but you only like it because its not happening to you. Or how we wath drama movies, we watch it because it makes us feel sad and gives us an emotional connection to the people in the story, but were glad were not the people in the movie. Anyways thats all.

ttfn tata for now,
-a

The Watchmen

So, recently i got the Watchmen graphic novel. Ive never read it and ive been into graphic novels and comics for a long time so i though i better read it. I must say it is truly one of the best books(as in any book, ot just graphic novels) that i have ever read. I'm excited to watch the movie to see if it is even half as good as the book, from what I've heard it is but I'm still not sure it could be. For example how the new batman movie SUCKED, but everyone loved it just because Heath Ledger died even though it was a crappy movie.

*Update* i would also like to add that i think its hilarious that they gave Dr.Manhattan a big blue penis.

heres a video of my Tokay Gecko eating, i thought the song kind of fit the video because the song is called the bird and the worm and its a gecko and a cricket,... sorta the same thing... maybe I'm crazy, but i though it was clever...

HR669

Please everyone go to this site, they are trying to get a law passed that would forbid the keeping of pets, they are trying to take away our rights please take action now, click here

every one reading this needs to listen to these songs, because they rule!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulTovnhUgYI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhpLQckgYIM
ok so apparently all the other songs i were gonna put on here were muted due to copyright infringement (retarded) so i guess you cant hear them :'(

Hello again, I am gonna tell you about my favorite artists...

First off..
Alex Pardee:
Alex Pardee is an amazing artist who paints phantasmagorical(yes its actually a word, google it) images exploring nightmare like worlds. Im not sure what to say about his art except the fact that i love it, it is so unique its hard to describe. Really the best way to understandit is to go look at it, you can visit his website and view his art here.

Second...
James Jean:
James Jean's art is very beautiful in a bizzarre/gracefuly awkward way. Hemainly paints "people?" and other human like figures in strange landscapes. I would highly recomend you check out his site here.

Well, thats all for now.
Later,
-A

pointless post

i didnt really have anything i though of before i started writing this post so I'm just gonna wing it. :D
ok so, coffee what the big deal about coffee it basically just another energy drink. I mean if I'm gonna have that much caffeine I'm gonna drink green tea(my favorite drink ever!!). It has almost the exact same amount of caffine(i dont like it bcause of the caffine, it just tastes good) without all the sugar and fat. Green tea also fights/eliminates free radicals which cause cancer so its double awesome!

STOP IT

Animal testing

Hello, this post is a rather sad post, but I feel I must say something about this . Animal testing(also known as vivisection), is a terribly cruel form of research and really isn't beneficial to science. It makes me sick to think that people could lack so much compassion that they could torture an animal and believe that its a good thing to do. I just felt that i needed to make you all aware of this subject so that you too can help stop it by not supporting companies that practice it. Did you know that even Adolf Hitler was against it? I know its hard to believe that some one who could cruelly slaughter millions of Jews had compassion for animals, but its true. Now i am in no way saying Hitler was a good man in fact i believe that he should rot in hell forever. I am just stating that someone with such little compassion still felt that vivisection was wrong.

I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't...The pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further."-Mark Twain

please visit

http://www.stopanimaltests.com/feat/testing123/index.asp
http://www.peta.org/ and
http://liberationbc.org/issues/vivisection to learn more about vivisection and how you can help.

New painting

Hello, i painted a new painting last night and wanted to share it, here it is..

Meet Sebastion
Sebastion is a milk snake, he is three years old and about 2 feet long, he was my first snake and is very friendly

Meet Stump
Stump is a Kenyan Sand boa hes roughly 6 inches long and looks a little bit like a worm, although its very fun to watch him burrow into the sand.

PETS

Meet Bouncer
Bouncer is a harlequin crested gecko with a great little personality. Hes makes a wonderful pet right now and hopefully when hes older i can get him to breed so i can have some Crestie babies







Meet Tiny
Tiny is a Colombian boa constrictor(BCI, stands for Boa constrictor Imperator)
Not much to say about him, hes is a 66% het albino male BCI. He will grow to be 7-10 feet long












i have eight snakes and four geckos and will be updating info about them soon

Sqirrel

Here are some pictures of some squirrles that live in a tree beside my house, they will eat ot of my dads hand and are very friendly, but they can be scoundrels sometimes.
PS these pictures were taken a few days after halloween..

First post

Hey everyone! As you have probably already figured out this is the first post on my blog. To begin with I wanna say thanks for stopping by, and check back often for more posts!
-A