i am ryanarrowsmith

Brian’s Special Edition U2 iPod arrives today. It’s official: I’ve contaminated him with my pro-Apple gluttony. I’ve spent the past couple nights importing all of the cover art to our CD collection. His iPod has a color screen which is capable of displaying the CD cover for each song, so I’ve been [...]

Okay, this article completely creeps me out - I hope it’s a joke. “The Mail Online” reports that scientists have recently raised the dead. AHHHHHHHHH! Before you pull a “Land of the Dead” and start shooting people in the brain, read the story. They apparently brought a dog, who was clinically deceased, back from the [...]

I opened my blog this morning and is was all askew. I couldn’t figure out why so I looked up my template at Blogger. For some reason, the Haloscan code I had inserted for tracking comments had gone haywire! There were bits of code everywhere, it completely trashed the CSS layout.
Has anyone [...]

Hey guys…
I kind of screwed up. I had used Halo Scan for my blog comments but, for some reason, it pooped out on me. In restoring the Blogger scripting for comments, I lost the kind words you had left. Sorry!
I just wanted you to know it was not intentional. I appreciate [...]

My boss got the new Sony Ericsson K750i cell phone and - man is it sweet! They haven’t released it in the US yet so he bought it over the internet from Germany. It’s GSM so it works with pretty much every provider here in Oklahoma.
Not only is it an excellent phone…but [...]

It’s supposed to be 97 degrees here today and over 100 degrees tomorrow afternoon. I don’t know who we pissed off here in Oklahoma, but we’re paying the price now. :) I that, somewhere along my bloodline, I have a little Eskimo in me because I don’t tolerate heat well at all. Anything about 80 [...]

I’ve been going through a lot if my life lately. When I thought about what makes a hero, I thought silence. Sometimes it’s easier to speak than to be silent. I think silence takes courage.
:: Silent Hero ::

The theme at Illustration Friday was “Hero”.
To me, a hero is someone unafraid to be themselves. Their color, their age, their orientation, their religion, their creed and so on. A hero has to have bravery….and what’s more brave than being yourself? (But don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a self portrait or [...]

Can I just say that I married the sweetest man on Earth? :) Last night when I came home, Brian had a surprise for me. I went into the bedroom and on top of the bed was a new Batman Begin’s Batmobile (the “Tumbler”), A Batman action figure, a Scarecrow Action figure and a [...]

We’ve had a pretty relaxed couple of days. I finally came out of my headache/migraine streak. Woo hoo!
I officially decided that I want to go back to school. More than anything, I want to learn Flash and Macromedia but I’m not sure if this is the best time to invest in educating myself on it [...]

WARNING: This site is extremely offensive to those without a sense of humor or with a conscience.

With that being said, this site is horrible and tasteless….(but funny). I laughed til I cried, then I apologized to Terri. View at your own risk:

http://www.amandaegge.com/schiavo.htm

I have no affiliation with the above site. I make no guarantees as to [...]

Did I mention how much I loved “Batman Begins”? Just checking. Cuz I do. That movie was great, we need many sequels with Bale, Caine and company. I read that it grossed $15 million on the first day and ended the 5 day weekend with a $70 million take. I am kind of saddened by [...]

I forgot about this. :) I made this name tag for my friend at work over the weekend. I thought it was fitting.

“Hello! My name is Shit head”
It’s the little things.
Pigs

Okay, I have to start with my thoughts on “Batman Begins”. We went and saw it on Imax this Sunday morning. As a “fanboy” of Batman, I was equally as nervous as I was excited. This “re-imagining” of the franchise could either breathe new life into it’s future or it could send [...]

Brian has decided that I would look cute in bow ties. Little piggy in his bow tie, look for that cartoon coming soon. He’s been looking at them on line but neither of us has any clue how you actually tie them. So, I found this interesting site with colored diagrams. TieaTie.net walks you through [...]

After weeks of promising, I’m delivering. I’ve uploaded a couple pictures of our empty apartment after we’d moved out. It’s kind of sad in retrospect. I’ve put them into a self scrolling window. Click here for a few shots of the apartment.
I’m off to bed.
Pigs

Why did Michael Jackson go to K-Mart?
He heard boy’s pants were half off.
Thank you, thank you.
Pigs

Here’s today’s potluck of links and stories that amused (or shocked) me:

Follow up to Disney Death (no trauma)
Tim Biskup rocks.
Fans at first “Lost” convention learn Season 2 secrets
Jackson family pitches reality show
Sneak Peek of King Kong from Peter Jacksons’s upcoming remake
“Lake Placid 2″ in the works?
Adobe acquired Macromedia (still [...]

Eek! Brian and I are going to Disney World once he’s recovered from his transplant. CNN.com has a story running about a 4 year old boy who was killed while on a ride at Epcot. Click here to read the full story on their website. Bri and I will be skipping this ride when we [...]

Did you hear Destiny’s Child officially broke up? Here’s the story from EW.com.

Kelly Rowland had a shocking surprise for fans at Destiny’s Child’s concert on Saturday in Barcelona, Spain: According to MTV News, she told the crowd that, after the current Destiny Fulfilled… And Lovin’ It Tour is over, the group is splitting up. The [...]

Tuesday is always the hardest day for me. It’s my Monday so it’s always hard for me to get into gear, plus everyone has a day up on me so I feel behind.
Think you know more than a third grader? Click below to take a geography test given to third graders. I’m not ashamed to [...]

Here’s a picture of Sam (Batman) and Jerry (Spiderman). Aren’t they adorable? :)

Have you tried Burt’s Bees yet? I love this stuff! I’m a Chapstick-a-holic, I completely admit that. I’ve never found one that works as well as Burt’s, though. It has a little menthol in it to make your lips tingle a bit upon application. But the best part is that [...]

Sessions@Aol. Anyone else has this addiction? For those of you unfamiliar with Sessions, it’s basically exclusive live performances by musicians. It’s all organized by AOL and they have about everyone you can imagine.
I’ve been watching videos pretty much everyday. Music has always been a passion for me, especially live music. Anyone can sound good in [...]

Birds do it. Bees do it. And, it turns out, even the penguins at the Central Park Zoo do it. So let’s do it: Let’s let gay people make a lifelong commitment to each other openly and in public.
I reached this Cole Porter-esque conclusion on Valentine’s Day when, in my ongoing quest to understand why [...]

Remember “Comic Book Guy” wearing that T-shirt an episode of the Simpsons? I do. I even have the action figure of him in the shirt on my desk here at work. :)
Have you heard that they are making a Simpsons movie? There’s a story on EW.com where Bart’s voice, Nancy Cartwright, confirmed that they [...]

Tonight I went to see puppies with Monica and Brian’s mother. After a fun ride out to the breeder’s house (Deliverance anyone?) we found the prettiest little girl! She was born May 27, 2005 and she’ll be ready to go home on July 5th. Monica is thinking about names now. She’s debating between Belle and [...]

I finished up the move yesterday. I woke at 5:45 AM and headed to the apartment. By 8:00 AM, the movers arrived and by 1:00 everything was in storage. I spent the rest of the afternoon, until about 7:00 PM, moving the remaining breakables and cleaning the apartment.
I’ll post some pictures of [...]

I found the cutest piggy game ever! Ferry Halim, also known as Orisinal, is a Macromedia Flash expert and he came up with this oh-so-cute game featuring the most important of all animals - the piggy.
*You need Flash player to view it. You can download that here.
Click here to play “These Little Pigs“ by Ferry [...]

Okay, I lied when I said I was done earlier today. I’ve been downloading widgets like there’s no tomorrow! I thought I’d share a new shot of my Dashboard. I’m like a kid in the candy store!

Well, I am winding down for the evening. It’s been a loooooong week for piggy (but a good one). :) I am ready to get home, put on my PJs and watch a movie with my Bri Bri.
Did you hear about the two people who got stabbed here in Tulsa while trying to stop an [...]

I found this blog and thought it was interesting (and slightly alarming). It’s called “PostSecrets” and anonymous folks send the author confessions on home made post cards. I don’t know how many of these are legit…but it’s still interesting to me.

Post Secret

Some of the content is mature, I don’t recommend this one for children. [...]

No, I’m not talking about McDonald’s. Man, I’ve been playing with my new operating system and I am hooked! I can’t understand anyone who would still buy a PC when Apple is constantly pushing the envelope on their operating systems. My favorite feature is the new “Dashboard” which is an environment for running widgets (widgets [...]

It’s late and I am sleepy but can’t sleep. It’s been a crazy few weeks for us. It’s hard to believe that a month ago, Brian and I were going about our lives as normal. Working each day and spending the evening together like we had a promise of tomorrow. [...]

We watched “Hit Me Baby One More Time” on NBC last night. Loverboy, A Flock of Seagulls, Cece Peniston, Arrested Development and Tiffany all performed one of their biggest hits and then a popular song from today. The winner of the evening’s show won a $20,000 donation to a charity of their choice.
We really enjoyed [...]

Monica sent me this and I thought it was a-door-abe-ull!

Today, one of my friends at work let me borrow his version of Apple’s updates operating system “Tiger”. I’ve programmed it and I LOVE it! The Dashboard for widgets is super bitchin’ and Spotlight is really helpful. It amazes me that people still even consider purchasing a PC over an Apple. They are just superior [...]

Currently listening to….

I’m in an especially music-centric mood today. I’ve been streaming Coldplay’s new album “X&Y”. This is the perfect example of how Brian and I enrich each other’s lives. Before I met him, I thought Coldplay was another run of the mill, over hyped rock band from England.
When “A Rush of Blood to [...]

Links of interest:

Citrus Moon: is a great site for backgrounds and tiles.
Pictoplasma: contemporary character design.
Look at Me: a collection of abandoned photography.
Conde Nast Art: beautiful prints and gifts featuring timeless magazine artwork and photography.
Mr. Piccassohead: is a great interactive site where you can make your own Picasso painting.

The end of our move is in [...]