Kill me.

So I'm out at Blockbuster last night, renting a couple films when I get the phone call. Apparently our Golden Retriever Rocky was poking his nose where it didn't belong during his bathroom break and got skunked hardcore.

To make matters worse, he was let into the house before anyone realized he got hit. How no one smelled it before opening the door is beyond me. So I came home to what smelled like an abandoned slaughter house down in Alabama, mid-July.

We've lived in a rather comfortable equilibrium with this skunk for a while now. I see him every so often, usually late at night. Sometimes we lock eyes, I nod to him, he smiles back. Cool guy if you ask me, but Rocky can get overly excited, and probably took Skunk Man Jr. by surprise.

Luckily I'm on vacation this Sunday through Wednesday, so I don't have to put up with the stench much longer. Nothing spectacular, but it's at least some time off from a lot of hard work. Going cross state to a cottage on Lake Michigan, so that'll be really nice.

Books/magazines to check out:

Picked up some books and magazines to mull over while I'm there. The two most recent issues of ImagineFX which have some solid tips, Advanced Photoshop Magazine with a massive spread on matte painting including stuff from ^taenaron, Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku, my favorite physicist, and Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane, which is soon to be a film by Martin Scorsese staring Leonardo DiCaprio, which looks amazing.

Work and more work...

As for paintings and other work, I have some commission stuff in the works right now, but once I get back I should be able to get rocking on some personal work again. I've got some really cool sci-fi stuff planned if free lance work doesn't get in the way again. I also have a really neat idea for a piece of fan art that I think you guys'll love. Think Nintendo 64 days.

Anyway, take care guys, and I'll catch you soon.