I have alot of new Battlestar gallery submissions from BSG-21 and other sims on Second Life. All photos are taken by me and setup by me. The Viper shots are the better ones.

Woo Hoo!

Nothing much to say about what's been going on, nothing really has. Starting to post some new technical works for fighter craft and such. Yay!

Well yesterday I had alot of fun. Went into work for a typical morning of loading oil into totes for our package trucks to take out to locations. Then I would grab the pickup with a lift gate and load up some drums for a north run to take to Ogden. I was there all of about twenty minutes and the trucks had gone so I grabbed the pickup, backed it up, then my friend/boss told me that the main boss wanted to see both of us in his office.

There was a dispute about a month ago about a receipt when I bought tiedowns I forgot to get a receipt and thats what I thought it would be about. I come in, sit down... and they tell me they are laying me off. I've not been there long but there is atleast one other person that should of been canned before I was. He rolled a damned package truck and destroyed it! But does he get laid off? No because they are afraid that he might sue if they do.

I fought back the angry tears and threw my uniform back into my locker, threw away everything I did not want and just drove away. I went home and just stared at a cold fireplace for an hour then started a fire and burned every catalog I had laying around which was alot of them. I was thinking about taking a gun to someone just so I wouldn't have to worry about a job anymore but my logical side quickly overrode that. I'm not a violent person but this stupid shit hurts. I finally had a job where I had a good excess of money, I could of stayed there for a couple years no problem. But after yesterday well now I am kinda lost with no purpose. Atleast I have some money saved up so I am taking a full week off with no work just to center myself and get over this sense of loss.

And the HR person today (I went to see them to get my final paycheck and of course it wasen't in) said she was torn up about having to let me go. She's a nice woman but I wanted to shout at her "YOU'RE TORN UP?!?!"

I am glad I did not spend the money on a new camera and firearm that I was looking at.

Just a taste of what I have been working on for months. The scene is basically set as this

Alexander is the older General that has taken Louis under his wing. They are part of the Coalition (sci-fi not current one) and Louis had a recurring dream about a woman that his mind tells him he should know. When he has asked those around him none of them remember her.



Louis
Its more of the mist of a memory within a dream. I can't remember many details save for the warmth of her skin, the color of her hair and eyes, and the softness as she laid next to me.

Alexander
And you are asking me about her why? I did not attend the Academy with you

Louis
It seems... almost as if you should know her. If she was even real

Alexander
Your imagination gets the best of you sometimes. She was probably a fantasy constructed by your mind to help you pass away the days at the Academy.

Louis
She seemed so real

Alexander
When I was a boy my mother loved snakes. She used to say that a snake was like a man. You could love it unconditionally and still it would turn on you. There was one she had as her favorite. She named him Python. He wasn't real, just an illusion concocted by the power yet my mother used him as an aid. It was her representation with the power. She knew it was not a living snake, yet she did not understand what it was that she possessed.

Louis
She was a druid?

Alexander
In a manner of speaking I suppose she was. More then a Druid and far less the one also. My mother simply was my mother and I loved her as any good son should. Unfortunately as most sons do they outgrow their mothers and never return to them. I left her behind and sought solace and comfort elsewhere.

Louis
I don't even know what it is to have a mother.

Quitting Smoking... god all I want is a cigarette. Just to suck ash. This is very pain full mentally and somewhat of an annoyance physically. I have never really tried to quit before, only made a somewhat half assed attempt at doing it back in December but now I have decided that I just don't want to keep smoking anymore. I've done it for eight years and that is long enough. If I had someone around to give sex then it would be easier... hint hint. Right now however its one of the hardest things I have done in a long time. I decided to just go cold turkey, best way so I don't prolong it.

I bought a Crossbow recently, its a good one for the price yet it isn't exactly what I want to go on silent raids with. Check out the pic in my gallery. Its a 150lb draw quasi camouflaged bow from Sportsman's Guide. Made by Taiwanese people for Guide Gear their own personal brand so to speak. Its basically your standard 150lb recurved fiberglass bow that has a different grip and a paint job that looks almost but not quite like Mossy Oak or Realtree camo. The thing shoots ok from what I can tell, no real distance target yet and the nine aluminum bolts that I bought with it have all been destroyed by bouncing off trees and cement. With a decent scope, some carbon bolts, and time to dial in and shoot I should be able to have good groups with this crossbow. The one I really want is the Explorer by Horton, I will get that one later when I can afford four hundred dollars for something that I can use in an urban environment for... um... strategic... sheep... purposes...

As far as the misc bit, Miss a few people (pun not intended). Did not make it down to the 4th party because of work. Yay for work! May be working in Wyoming soon at the oil fields. And Utah has a no crossbow hunting law unless you are a disabled person. Grrr!