i got a new printer...whoa

so, i don't do a lot of printing. but you've got to have a printer just in case.
i had an hp 925c for the past 2 or 3 years. it's done me well. the banding in color pics was really only very slightly noticeable. definitely a damnshot better than anything i've seen a lexmark printer do. yikes!
anyway, in the past couple/few years i've replaced the ink cartridges maybe once. maybe not even that, i can't really remember. but the last couple times i printed i noticed that there was no yellow. and last night i printed some movie showtimes, and could barely read anything. so, it was time to go wal*mart and get me some ink.
so after the movie, i go to wally*world, grab the cartridges...60 bucks for one each of color and black! i was like, sheesh, i could probably buy a printer for that!! and then i thought, why don't i go look. so i did.
there were 2 inexpensive hp printers...one for $35 and one for $50. the main difference i could see between the 2 was that the $35 didn't come with black ink. and since the ink carts for these 2 printers were $18, it made more sense to spend the $15 more on the other printer. hell, i was still saving $10 over the ink carts in my hand!!!
so i spend $50 on an hp deskjet 3745. hooked it up last night. today i decided to test it, just so if it sucked, i wouldn't be surprised when i really "needed" it.
wow.
i was stunned. i'm not gonna say there aren't better printers out there, but this blew me away. serously. i don't see any noticeable banding at all! i printed a piece of art i did on the computer, and a screen cap from a dvd. they look amazing.
i gotta say, i'm very definitely happy with this baby!!
i love hp printers. now if only they could be bothered to make one with a freakin' straight paper path!!
grrrr.

miss congeniality 2

well, i read some mixed reviews on this one. a lot of people saying it's kind of a waste of time.
i suppose that could be true if you're expecting some history lesson or a deeper meaning of life. but if you just want to sit back and be entertained for a couple hours, it's not bad. i laughed pretty good a couple times. especially the "do you have a euthanasia program?" that was funny.
i admit there was a huge, GLARING, unbelieveably gaping plot hole...but i figured, it's just a sit and laugh movie, not a work of art hanging in a museum.
it was funny, made me laugh, sandra bullock was fun. it might be better at a matinee, without paying full price. but i don't feel gyped that i saw an evening show.
definitely a better sequel that legally blonde 2.

the fucrucrs f*ck*d up!

y'knew it was bound to happen.
ever hear about not cutting off your nose to spite your face?
well the fucrucrs (FUndamentalist Christian Right-wing Ultra Conservative Republicans) have done it now!
Ohio ban trips 2nd domestic violence case
part of ohio's "no fags're gettin' married in 'r state" constitutional amendment says the state cannot give legal status to unmarried couples. well...the domestic violence law does recognize unmarried couples -- oops! -- make that did, until the constitution underminded it.
so now 2 judges have said a guy hitting his live-in girlfriend can't be charged with the felony of domestic violence because that would be giving them legal status as an unmarried couple.
of course, now people are up in arms over these "activist" judges, who are basically just doing their jobs in upholding the laws of the constitution.
i don't know what the drama is. i mean, the people of ohio didn't just go all willy-nilly and vote "no fags" because it was the loving-christian thing to do. right? they had to have carefully read what they were voting on and made an informed decision. didn't they?

y'gotta love it!

must see tv

my art gallery

okay, so i've decided to start putting my art up in a gallery instead of here.

just bored with nothing to do but watch a "rerun" of american idol until chasing farrah comes on -- so i thought i'd mention it.

power girl

this is my latest drawing. it features power girl. the most recent dc comics heroine without an origin. originally she was superman's cousin. then she found out she was really the granddaughter of arion, lord of atlantis. but it turns out that those were both lies. this summer her "true" origins will be revealed. we'll see.
anyway -- i did this drawing for the current art contest at the geoffjohns.com forum.

i did it all on the computer, fully digital. even the background images were just sniped off the net. and altho you can't tell, without comparing them closely with the originals, i even did work on those. so i'll take full credit. lol!

old pic i drew of wonder woman

i was going through a box of old art supplies and found this pic:

really not sure how long ago i drew it. it couldn't have been in the last 3 years. and probably not in the last five. but i really don't know.
i do remember that it was based on a pic of the wrestler-chick chyna. but that's about all i can tell ya!!
and i don't think it's all that great. but i figure -- it exists, might as well share it.

what's the worst that could happen...

art by roy williams from 1994

the more things change...

woot! woot!

just some things that've gotten me jazzed up lately:

the lost dvd.

the desperate housewives dvd.

the lois and clark dvd.

the tabitha dvd -- which i already mentioned yesterday.

steve englehart, marshall rogers and terry austin reuniting on batman: dark detective.

the donna troy trade paperback -- scroll all the way to the bottom.

hmmm...there's probably more. i'll think about it and get back to ya. ;-)

bewildered...

as much as the idea of the upcoming "bewitched" movie makes my stomach churn... there's been some cool news that takes the edge off:

the 1977 "bewitched" spin-off, "tabitha" starring lisa hartman is apparently going to be released on dvd this summer. i'm just so jazzed. i remember watching the show when it originally aired (hey, i'm old!). and i have been a huge fan of lisa hartman ever since. i even have all her albums and her cd!!

even if almost 30-years later the show turns out to be cheesy/bad, i'm still excited and i'm gonna love every minute of it!!!

tvshowsondvd.com

jason cook ... baked

DES MOINES, Iowa Mar 8, 2005 — Soap opera star Jason Cook was arrested after he allegedly became argumentative with airport officials who found a pipe with marijuana debris in his luggage.

The "Days of Our Lives" actor was arrested Monday at the Des Moines International Airport about 6 a.m. Monday on charges of public intoxication and drug paraphernalia.

He was in Des Moines over the weekend for the 31st annual Variety Club telethon.

"Jason appeared to be intoxicated, showing signs as bloodshot watery eyes, argumentative behavior, inability to follow instructions and smelled strongly of an alcoholic beverage," a police report said.

Stan Reynolds, volunteer producer of the telethon, said he bailed Cook out of jail.

"I'm just sick to my stomach over this. I just love this young man. This is his fourth year coming here to help us, and he just works his tail off for the kids," Reynolds said.

The telethon raised $3.5 million for children's charities.

abcnews.com

i'm going to hell...

one way or another, hell's gonna get me i guess.

i have no idea where this pic comes from, and it doesn't appear to be photoshopped...
i don't know. some people in this world just seem to have nothing better to do with their time than to find somebody towards whom to spew their hate.
it's really kinda sad.

repeats...arrrgh!

i just noticed that "lost" is in repeats for at least the next couple weeks.
and no eps of "desperate housewives" on the horizon.
it's gonna be a long month.

at least we've got sami as stan on "days" that should prove interesting...

"lost" is gonna drive me crazy...

i just don't know what to think.
first we have the kid, walt, who apparently has some sort of supernatural-ish powers. everytime he looked at his comic with the polar bear, one appeared on the island.
then we had the flashback scene where he's trying to get his mom's attention. he keeps repeating "you're not looking, you're not looking" and suddenly a bird flies into a window to it's death. then his mom dies.
then we have the psychic who insisted that claire get on the plane, because he didn't want her to give her baby up for adoption, and apparently knew it was going to crash.
now we have hurley's numbers that cause him bad luck, so was it his bad luck that caused the plane to crash? and why are his "winning" numbers on the side of the hatch that locke and boone found?
and what about the power cable that sayid found, that ran up out of the ocean onto the island.
it would be cool if not too much of this was red-herrings. but i'm not sure i can hold out hope.
i just know i love this show!! hope it lasts at least another year, if it can stay as interesting!!