Riding the New Layout Wave

The first thing you probably did when you arrived at my blog today was do a comical double-take. Then I imagine you asked yourself a question something like this: "Why are all five of my senses being assaulted with indie-tude, and who is that preppy, yet undeniably attractive man in the hip new site header?" At least, that's what I asked myself. Then I reminded myself that it was a NEW LAYOUT, and the mysterious bespectacled stranger was actually me, when I was 15 years old. Don't worry. It was a Halloween costume.

"Why indie," you may ask? Haven't you heard? "Indie" is the new black! Is it ironic that the social movement emphasizing nonconformity and disregard for what others think is fashionable has become mainstream?

He doesn't think so.

Anyway. Now that I have my spiffy new layout, here is a list of topics I will likely write about in the future:

-Why my obscure music is so much better than yours.

-Fashion from the 90s.

-How much I hate mainstream music.

-How much I hate mainstream cinema

-V-necks.

So look out! Andrew's Endlessly Condescending Ramblings is up and running! 

Portrait Photographers Gone Wild

As none of you know, one of the main reasons I stopped updating this blog for a while was because of the launch of my Photoblog a number of months ago. Since then my photography has really taken off. Lately I've been doing a lot of portraits. In doing so, I discovered that doing a lot of portraits is really freaking boring.

Luckily, I have friends like Michael Hess that:

a) Buy a kilt
b) Want to do a photoshoot in a kilt
c) Agree that we should make it hilarious
d) No more lists. Just look at these photos.










The serious face is what makes it. Srsly.

Re-Launch. And Fish Stories

Welcome back. I know you have all been faithfully checking my blog several times a day, hoping—nay, praying that I would update again and once more enrich your lives with my sarcastic humor, and rugged good looks that are somehow perceptible in my writing. Well your dreams are about to come true again (light glints off my carefully-cultivated 5-o'clock shadow as I type this).

Today I am here to explain to you the setup in one of my aquariums. Sound boring? Well, it isn't, so stuh-foo. During my brief hiatus, I picked up a hobby of keeping fish. But do I keep regular, boring fish in a regular, boring manner? Perish the thought. I present to you:

The Alpha Quadrant.




On the left is Romulan Space, and on the right is Federation Space. The mesh between is, of course, the neutral zone.


The two fish involved are Bettas, of course. Which means that if they were not separated, they would already have fought to the death. Let me introduce you.






Romulan. He really does bleed
green. I know. I checked.
Online.


While Romulan has yet to display any cloaking technology, he is quite good at calmly ticking off the Federation.





This is Federation. And yes,
those really are their
names.


I'm fully aware that I have brought more awesome into the fishkeeping hobby than you thought possible. You're welcome.