R. Jamison... The LIFE

At It Again

2011-11-18T19:06:00.000-05:00

One of these days I am going to get a routine going in my life in which I am capable of posting new blogs on a more frequent basis... until then bare with me. Hahah. A lot has taken place in the past few months. I am not going to go into much detail because I only have one good working arm so it takes me time to type out a long message or blog in this case. I have still been drawing and in this blog I have attached two of my most recent finished drawings. It seems as though I excel when I am in a complete emotional roller coaster that cannot be stopped. Not only that but this past Monday I had surgery on my right shoulder to repair several tears. Much more stuff has happened but those are the main two that have been going on. If you have any comments, critiques, etc about the drawings please let me know. I only see it from one side.

Fascination with Reapers

2011-10-02T22:28:00.001-05:00

I'm not sure what it is about drawing the Grim Reaper, but I enjoy it for some reason. I wanted to get back into the drawing mode and I had a couple unfinished drawings that I wanted to work on and make some noticeable progress. The first one, as displayed, is a reaper that has been sitting around not even half drawn. Granted there is still work to be done on this, but I did manage to give this reaper a full cloak today as well as make progress on the shading. I still have a background to throw in to complete the picture but I am not worried about that as much right now. The second drawing is one the I have been working on for my for some time now. I do not have any pictures on tap for that drawing. That is a little more top secret. Once it is complete and the final product is here I'll take a snapshot and post. Enjoy... comments regarding drawings are encouraged.

Packers/Panthers

2011-09-22T21:34:00.001-05:00

So I attended the Carolina Panthers/Green Bay Packers game last Sunday. I had an amazing time, however just when everything about the trip seems to be going perfectly, and more conviced we would have planned a perfectly executed trip. Absolutely flawless. Say it ain't so... It was so. Until a misguided car added an hour and a half on to the drive home. Yes you heard that right, my A-Driver either did not want to go back to Camp Lejeune or he had too much to drink throughout the day. Probably a little of both. Regardless it was a good time and I may share a story or two about the trip if I have anyone that would like to hear some. Check out this video below... "It's uh-me Mario." Yeah I am the random Mario... we had a great time.

Surgery Complete

2011-09-16T22:10:00.001-05:00

Roughly three weeks ago I had surgery on my elbow. Everything with the recovery has been going smoothly as far as I can tell. The pain from the surgery has been more irritating than anything from the position of the incision and the length. As of now the stitches are out and, for the most part, its just a scar now... for the most part! It still hurts and I do not have complete movement of it. If I use it too much throughout the day, it will be stiff the following day. I have started another drawing, if you have a bad habit of stopping in the middle of one drawing and starting another. At some point in time I eventually complete them. More pictures to come soon.

Things That Make You Say.... Hmmm.

2011-08-29T23:02:00.000-05:00

So Hurricane Irene was by no means horrible, but it was not a walk in the park either. Usually here in the Eastern Carolina we do not get hit by many hurricanes if any. While I have been stationed here; I have been around for 3 projected hurricanes... the first hurricane turned out to be a little rain and wind for about an hour and then clear skies, the second hurricane... well... didn't happen, and the third hurricane, Irene, a Category 1 storm when it ran through Jacksonville. It did enough damage to frustrate and make me as uncomfortable as I think I can be. My power was knocked out from the onset storms of Irene on Friday night and just came back on this afternoon. I know a lot of people have it worse than I do and I do appreciate the luxuries that I have, however I was very aggravated, irritated, and "insert word here" not having ac or any form of electronic entertainment. I did get some sleep while without electricity, but I kept waking every hour or so because I would get too sweaty hot. Food was also an issue that added to the descriptive words above. Of course the food that I had wanted to eat all required either the over, microwave, or toaster oven. None of which I could use. Yesterday the neighbor stopped by and mentioned that he might be able to get us a generator, which just to mention would have been amazing, but that was just a tease and we never heard back. My roommates and I called the power company and got redirected for what seemed like an hour and then finally was told "fortunately" our power would be back on by Thursday. I was in utter disbelief and I didn't think I could go another night, but I did and it was just as uncomfortable as the first. Today I woke up with high hopes that the power would already be on and then later on in the day we were told it would be on this evening and moments after we were told power trucks and tree service trucks came rolling up. I do have my power on and it is such a relief. I can not wait to sleep in a cozy bed in a cozy room.

On the drawing end of the road, has been lifeless. I have not been able to get myself in the past three days to sit down for an extended period of time and focus on one thing. The heat and lifeless of the house made me kind of feel the same way. The house is back, so I am too.... gonna sleep peacefully tonight *fingers crossed*.

Irene... Irene

2011-08-25T09:51:00.000-05:00

It almost seems natural to post something regarding the upcoming hurricane. I am fortunate enough to be stationed in one of the states it is expected to hit. I know, right? One of my friend yesterday brought up a very good point... in one year North Carolina has had, what seems like, every kind of weather storm each season. Here in North Carolina we have been through an earthquake, snow flurries, ridiculous rain storms, wild fires, unbelievable humidity, and hurricanes. You would think this state would be prepared for all these major weather events, right? Well the answer is, no. This county might own its on dump truck, if you get my drift.

Sometime Saturday Hurricane Irene is projected to come through the area I live in. It has been unknown the past few hurricanes that were projected to hit here if we need to take any extra preventative measures in order to ensure our own safety, but it ended up being clear and sunny the day we were suppose to be hit with the last hurricane. The weather is weird here and definitely not what I grew up back with in Illinois. It is best to expect the worst and hope for the best.

I did not do any drawing yesterday. My elbow and forearm felt a little rough and banged up throughout the day, as expected. I was really close to starting it up last night, but my exhaustion overcame me and I fell asleep. I did ice my arm throughout the day yesterday and I think as a result my arm is feeling a ton better today. Time to go back and lay down.

Red Barn

2011-08-23T17:19:00.002-05:00

I started this drawing about two weeks ago. I had a lot of progress the first few days working on it, but then I ran into a road block... I did not have my sticky-tak eraser. I took a few days away from it and got my eraser, then proceeded to finish the drawing. Unfortunately with my inexperience in drawing these larger drawings I tend to lose interest in finishing, for one reason or another. This photo that I have titled "Red Barn" is not complete just yet, but I have made leaps and bounds so far.

On another note, it is day two post surgery. My arm is throbbing in pain, as expected. This, however, will not effect my drawing capabilities due to my ability to write/draw left handed. It has effected my ability to do most other things. I am very limited to what I can do until my right elbow is healed.

As always please comment, critique, criticize, bitch, moan, or complain about my drawing. All are welcome.

Surgery Complete

2011-08-22T21:42:00.001-05:00

After months of going through pain and stress dealing with my right arm... I finally have some sort of resolution. This morning I went in for surgery on my ulnar nerve in my elbow. Obviously things went well or else I may still be under the knife. Haha. Unfortunately this surgery is more of a prevention of injuring the ulnar nerve worse than it already is... however some of the feeling in my pinky and ring finger have come back. On another bright note, the recovery process should be pretty quick. I recently, as in this past Saturday, I checked in from leave. It was not much of a vacation, all I did was watch a friends house/dogs. Now I am back on leave due to my injury for a few weeks. On my time off, of course, I am going to do some rest and recovery, but I am also going to catch up on some drawing and down time alone.

As for the drawing I promised yesterday... it is coming, at least previews of it. Hopefully this will take place tomorrow, but no later than Friday. Hope everyone had just as good of a Monday as I did ; ).

Remodeling

2011-08-20T19:18:00.000-05:00

Remodeling... well; in a way I guess. Monday I will be getting surgery on my elbow. Back a few months ago I broke my hand and since then my arm has been numb, weak, and just a pain in the ass. I will finally have some sort of resolution to my problem. The feeling in my last two fingers may not come back, but it will not get any worse after the surgery. I could bitch and whine all day about this, but I am not... it is not my dominant hand.

As far as drawing goes, I have been working on one drawing. I will give a sneak preview of the drawing tomorrow. For now it is time for movie and bed. Have a good night.

Fall is Coming Soon

2011-08-14T18:36:00.002-05:00

Leaves are always fun to draw. Last night in my frustration, I started and finished this leaf. I am pretty happy with the outcome. I am trying to learn some of my new drawing book and it was going well but I have ran into a wall. I do not have all my art supplies with me so in the mean time I will continue to draw small little side pieces to help improve other techniques. Enjoy...

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External Morphology of the Hand... that's what she said!?

2011-08-13T21:39:00.002-05:00

I am still drawing, I have included a few below as proof. I have simply been slacking on updating this darn thing. I have bought another drawing book on landscapes, I hope its a good one. More drawings to come, I am working on several as I write this post. Stay tuned.

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Back to Drawing

2011-07-31T23:19:00.003-05:00

It has been a minute since my last activity on blogger,but I am back for some more. I have done some drawings that I have yet to post here, however I will show you those later. Even though my most recent drawing is not finished I am posting it now. I have come to the portion of the book dealing with Anatomy... specifically Osteology. This picture is of the hand, if you can't tell. Critiques are always welcome, let me know what you think.

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A Little Bit About Myself

2011-06-16T04:12:00.002-05:00

Its been a minute since I have posted a drawing on my blog, trust me though. I am still drawing, however I will not be putting another drawing today. I would like to take the time to tell all of you who visit a little bit about myself.

I am 24 years old and I reside in the wonderful town of Jacksonville, North Carolina. I was born July 4, 1986 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Depsite being born and living in North Carolina now I spent most of my childhood growing up in Illinois. I am a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps. I have served in the Marines for roughly 3 1/2 years, to include a 11 month deployment to Iraq in 2009. To the left, I have included several recent pictures of myself recieving a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal from the Battery Commanding Officer and my Battery 1st Sgt. If you have questions, please, don't hesitate to ask. OOOORAH, Semper Fi!

Back To The Drawing Books... Literally!

2011-06-02T21:16:00.000-05:00

I have decided it is time to take a break from drawing portraits and visit sections of my drawing book that I have not gone through. The next section I encountered was drawing the hand... sounds easy to me. Well it was not easy at all. I have never really had many problems drawing hands, but I have never drawn them in great detail or studied the structure.

Below I have included my results from the first page of tips and tricks of drawing the hand. I can say right now, the tips and tricks were not much help. I ended up trying to mirror the images the visually showed these "helpful" hints. As far as I am concerned, the results are mediocre at best, however it was a good learning experience. Now that I have a little more guidance and focus on what I need to do in order to accomplish my end product I am going to move on to the second page of teach me how to draw the hand. Wish me luck!

Catching On... Slowly

2011-05-29T22:03:00.000-05:00

After numerous attempts at drawing a portrait that looks like a real person, yes just a real person, I think I have accomplished my mission. With the thanks of a friend's (Beth ;) ) picture as my object to draw I was able to draw a portrait and get some constructive criciticism. I found out in the end that I am the most critical of my drawings or atleast that is the what my subject conveyed to me. I hope you all enjoy the drawing. Once again... constructive criticism is encouraged and/or any comments. Thanks!

And The Beat Keeps Running...

2011-05-27T05:25:00.001-05:00

So... I'm inspired. I have been extremely happy with the results of my drawings and I only expect for them to get better. The two drawings that I have posted, I drew over the past 2-3 days. I was wondering where the drawing book was going by drawing every facial feature by itselt, but now the book has encooperated all of them into a portrait. By drawing and viewing the objects the way the drawing book has advised has really helped my art vision to encompass the important aspects of each drawing I do.

However, I can say that no matter how a drawing turns out in the end, it is a rollercoaster drawing the picture along the way; nothing is ever smooth or easy, along the way it sometimes is frustrating (you would like to kick the person running the ride in the face and stop completely!), and ultimately as good as everyone else thinks it is, I am always double guessing it. Please leave critiques on anything you think I can improve myself on. Thanks, come again!

Tear Drop

2011-05-21T17:27:00.000-05:00

Tear Drop

This pictures is very simple but it came to mind. It did not take me very long to draw this picture, and I definitely could do more to it to improve it... BUT I do not want to destroy what I have by doing to much. I will settle for this right now and possibly revisit this piece in the future. I am returning to the Drawing Book that I have; Next topic: Drawing the Hand. Stay tuned.

Angel Of Death

2011-05-18T04:20:00.003-05:00

Angel of Death

As you can see, I have got a bit off topic with the portraits... but I had a vision and I went with it. Alot of the pictures that I draw, from a topic of my choice, are usually in some way, shape, or form related to my emotions at that specific point in time. Obviously my most recent drawing that I have titled "Angel of Death" (I hope you can figure out why!?) was drawn throughout a very stressful point of my life. I will be revisiting the drawing book very shortly, this break from the book is needed. Please post comments and criticisms of drawings and blogs. Until next time...

Portrait - Rough Attempt (Part Duece)

2011-05-16T21:03:00.009-05:00

It took a couple days, but I have finally made time to post what picture I was drawing from. The recent traffic and comments (Thanks Jess and Mom) has inspired me to post again... here we go. As you see, I have reposted my drawing, followed by the original picture I was drawing from. This should be a good indicator of how well the drawing book has helped thus far. Constructive criticism is encouraged.
I am currently working on another drawing, it is off topic however it is turning out really well. I will post more tomorrow and if I am not complete... you may even get a preview.

Portrait - Rough Attempt

2011-05-08T21:52:00.001-05:00

Okay... I made an attempt at drawing a face, tell me if you can guess who it is? Will post the picture of the person I was drawing next post. Let me know what you think of my drawing. Thanks!

Teaching Myself to Draw: The Ear

2011-04-26T18:31:00.002-05:00

Once I think I have ran out of facial body parts to draw, I turn the page and there is another one. This time the task was to draw the ear. Doesn't seem so hard initially thinking about it, but the ear is a very abnormal shape. Once again with the assistance of the drawing book I was able to get a pretty good grasp on the ear. Which body part will come next?

Teaching Myself to Draw: The Nose

2011-04-25T18:36:00.009-05:00

I have continued my journey through this never ending art book and I began working on the structure of the nose. Like always, comment on my drawings... good or bad. I don't have too much to say about the nose, other than I had no direction drawing the nose up until now. This book has been very helpful in enhancing my skills and I look forward to the future sections.

Teaching Myself to Draw: The Mouth

2011-04-24T08:17:00.001-05:00

Next topic on the agenda of drawing portraits is drawing the mouth. If you have noticed, each one of these sections focuses on a general structure that every body part has in common with each other. The mouth is a fairly simply body part for me to draw by itself, but when I draw a portrait I have a difficult time drawing the structure of the mouth on a face and having all the other facial features be in the same proportion with the mouth. To the right is my work that I did while reading the section on the mouth. The real test will be when I put it all together in a portrait. More to come in the near future... stay tuned.

Teaching Myself to Draw: The Head

2011-04-22T22:04:00.003-05:00

As promised... the HEAD! I became extremely motivated and immediately began working on the following section which was the anatomy as well as the the general layout that may help in order to improve abilities drawing portraits. If you reference this post, which was two blogs ago, you can see while I was jumping around I touched on this section I am discussing now as well as the section on the eye before I decided where to start.

This section was far more complicated than the eye and rightfully so. However I do not understand why this section was placed second in this drawing book vice after teaching every facial feature and I hope at some point it will all come full circle. More to come... once again, feel free to comment.

The Eye - Section Complete

2011-04-16T09:31:00.006-05:00

After getting started in the drawing book, I locked on the section regarding drawing the eye. I have found it very helpful breaking down parts of the body one by one and teaching myself the general structure of that body part. At first I did not think this would work for me but as I worked through the steps, the final product began to show more and more. The picture on the left is the final step of the section on the eye. Following the completion of each section I am going to focus a piece on that body part, trying to piece everything I learned into a completed piece.

I will continue to reiterate that comments, critiques, bitches, moans, and complaints are welcome. No one will go ignored! I now will be shifting my focus to the general layout of the head. Stay tuned for drawing results of the structure and layout of the head.

Above: Picture I drew, so that I was able to see improvements if any.

Teaching Myself To Draw

2011-04-15T12:37:00.001-05:00

Recently I received a Complete Guide to Drawing book as a gift. I really enjoy to draw, but I have never had guidance to improve my abilities. So far this book has been everything that I have never had. As I learn new skills and enhance my current abilities I will post my so called homework pieces, feel free to critique or comment.

I jumped around in the drawing book when I first received it. Below is my pencil work regarding face proportions as well as the beginning of teaching myself to draw "the eye."

Happy 4th!

2010-07-04T06:16:00.000-05:00

I will take a break from posting about updating the website and take the time to wish everyone a happy 4th. Not too sure what is in store for me today, my 24th birthday, most of my friends from base went home. I will probably end up at the beach at some point.

My Blog Is the Unpopular Kid?!? What?!?

2010-06-29T12:39:00.000-05:00

I ran across this article on CNN.com, aparently it's suggesting that my blog is boring... interesting! Instead of just calling me boring they have suggested ways to improve me blog... Okay I'm listening? To sum it up this is what I need to do:

1. Pick a specific item to post about, narrow down my topic.

2. Join a blogging community that share the topic that I picked.

3. Redesign my blog.

4. Learn grammar and proper english.

Lets see if it works. As I accomplish these four tasks I will update you. Don't expect a miracle over night, step 3 is suggesting I learn HTML. That could take me years and on top of that if I have to relearn step 4 I am way behind the learning curve.

Family & The Beach

2010-06-24T09:12:00.000-05:00

My mom, Jesse, Ara and her friend, Emily, are down here on Camp Lejeune for a little beach time on Onslow Beach. They got here on Tuesday around noon-ish and they will be here till Sunday before the head back to the Land of Lincoln. I am super happy that they came, it's always nice to see family, especially when they come to me. I do not forsee myself making that drive back to Illinois for years.
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[The two pictures in this blog were took yesterday at Onslow Beach. Top right: Ara and Emily about to get thrashed by a wave; Bottom Left:

Not Original... But A Start

2010-06-20T23:28:00.002-05:00

So I still can't think of any ideas for things to draw... so I went on google.com and searched for pencil drawing tutorials. I came across this one. I decided to try and copy this man's picture and this is what I ended with. Not too bad, but not nearly as good as his. I have come to the conclusion I need some more art supplies to get the effect on some drawings that I want.

Drawers Block!?!

2010-06-20T16:00:00.000-05:00

Not sure if there is such a thing but since drawing that last picture I have run into a empty wilderness. I can not think of any idea that I like. I have started drawing a couple pictures in the past couple days, however after getting like an hour or so into the drawing I became unsatisfied and tried to think of other ideas. I really wish I could get an idea and make it stick on paper the way I see it in my head.

Slow Start To Leave

2010-06-18T18:41:00.000-05:00

I have not done too much while I have been on leave. I have watched a ton of movies and played an equal number of video games, on top of that I have done a little drawing. I have decided I need to do more drawings and read more books. I am on my way, here is a drawing that I did yesterday...

Case Of The Mondays!

2010-06-14T04:12:00.000-05:00

If there is one day during the week that I absolutely despise, it is Monday. It is a day that I look forward to being over with and for many reasons, here are just a few...

Their is hardly anything to do, the things that need to get accomplished never seems to get accomplished regardless of how much effort you put into it, the day seems to stand still, it means five straight days of work until the weekend, it is usually the earliest morning of the week, and it keeps on going. I think the people in these videos would happen to agree with my hate for Mondays, enjoy!

*** Leave starts Wednesday-- this Monday should not be too bad.

New Template Editor

2010-06-13T17:34:00.000-05:00

As you can see I have tested out the new template editor. This is just a real quick run through, because I do not feel like reading through all the edjustors. Let me know what you think. Not too much going on... three days till I start my 15 days of leave. SO HAPPY!

...7 Days and Countin'

2010-06-08T23:21:00.000-05:00

This week has started quick and alot is getting accomplished it is a good thing too, because I have about seven days until I get a much needed fiftneed day vacation (annual leave). I have rented a beach house for a couple of family members that are coming down. The best part of this upcoming leave is that I am staying here in the area... okay, I guess vacations are for get aways and stuff like that, but sometimes what is really needed is just some time away from the workplace and stressful environments. It makes it even better that I am able to do it here and do not have to waste time and money to travel anywhere besides maybe too and from the beach. I sure do enjoy the summer!

Summer!

2010-06-06T23:21:00.003-05:00

Once again it is summer time and fortunately this year I get to enjoy the summer time in North Carolina. I have not got out to the beach much so far, but mainly due to having a cast on. This year will be my first complete summer in North Carolina. Last summer I was wearing 80lbs. of gear in 130 degree heat in Iraq. I can not say that I mind switching from wearing a full combat load to a pair of board shorts and hanging out on the beach. I have decided to take up surfing-- not sure when, but at some point this summer I am gonna get a board and start.

[Top Left: Emerald Isle; Top Right: Iraq/Syria Point of Entry; Bottom Left: Iraq ; Bottom Right: Emerald Isle]

Field Day

2010-06-03T11:12:00.000-05:00

Every Thursday, for most units in the US Marine Corps, is field day. What does this so called "field day" consists of? That is simple! It is one day of the week designated for cleaning. Basically after we are released from work, all those marines who live in the barracks commence cleaning their rooms. At a designated time, the night of field day, those marines NCO's or SNCO's will inspect each room and critique discrepancies with the cleaning. The following morning the Unit Command will go through each room in the barracks and pass or fail the room. Those marines receiving a failed room inspection will redo field day everyday until they pass, starting on Friday. Not a big deal, right? It should not be but it always seems to present a problem. For some reason their is always one or two marines that just can not manage to pass a field day inspection. Even though the night before and morning of I had told those marines what needed to be cleaned. Sometimes I feel I am talking to a brick wall. They sit and nod at everything you say, but deep inside I know that they are not retaining any information I am telling them. ARRRRRRRRGGG!

Back To Tattoos

2010-06-01T13:28:00.001-05:00

After looking at the tattoos I have, a lot of ideas came across my head on what I want to get done in the future. I got big plans for tattoos in the near future. I am working on one drawing that I hope to have done soon so that I can get it tattooed on my left ribs and stomache and I also want to add on to the lettering that goes across my chest. The chest addition I am not even going to try and explain, the tattoo artist is running with what I mentioned to him. He said he is gonna draw it on me and then tattoo so once I decide to go get it done I will post pictures. I am hoping to have these two tattoos done by my birthday. So I have approximately a month to prepare for them.

It seems like every year around this time I get in a tattoo frenzy, and I get a lot of ideas. The drawings that result from those ideas are on my body now. I am not really sure when I will stop, I definitely am not trying to be tattooed EVERYWHERE. Today is my last day off before I go back to work. YUCK! Gotta head to formation, so I am out.

Marine Corps Flag Drawing

2010-05-31T18:46:00.000-05:00

On Friday, as I was driving off base from work and to the start of the Memorial day 96 I saw a Marine Corps flag and the United States Flag crossed and suddenly I had an idea for a drawing. I have worked diligently on this drawing since Friday and I think I am finally done. I don't want to shade it too much and ruin the picture. Tell me what you think, constructive criticism welcome.

Tattoo's

2010-05-31T01:28:00.005-05:00

I am not sure what it is about tattoo's,but I just can not get enough of them. I currently have nine tattoos, its not really that many... I have big plans though!

Over this weekends time off, I have got a lot done. I started this drawing and everything I have done with it seems to be exactly what it needs. All I need to do is some accent shading and I think I will be done with it. I will post pictures of it when I am complete. I also managed to catch my laundry up! It has been a while since the last time I had no laundry in the hamper. I am a little confused what to do now, maybe I will wear 3 outfits today so that the hamper is no longer empty.

No More Cast... Atleast For Now

2010-05-29T09:27:00.001-05:00

Back in December I managed to break a bone in my hand after punching a door while I was in a drunken' rage. I ended up in a cast for about six weeks before it was removed. The six weeks went by fairly quickly, however, anyone who has ever had a cast one before knows how inconvenient the thing is.

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About four weeks ago, during morning PT I managed to re break my hand in the exact same spot leading to yet another cast. Having the cast on once was bad enough, but this second time straight up sucked! I had the cast on for four weeks and on Wednesday I had it taken off. I will need to do two months of physical therapy and then most likely surgery to put two plates where the bones broke, which will help prevent any future breaks.

I am off work until Wednesday and it is beautiful outside, I think it may just be a beach day!

IED Encounter

2010-05-24T21:07:00.000-05:00

I finally got a copy of the F18 video of my teams encounter with an IED in Iraq.

Monday... UGH!@#

2010-05-10T19:05:00.001-05:00

I do not know what it is about Monday's, but it is by far the worst day of the week. For one, everything goes by ten times slower than any other day while I am at work and when I go home it goes ten times faster. Nothing ever seems to get accomplished either! There is only one thing to look forward to on Monday and that is the day to be over. Maybe Monday sucks, because the weekend never seems to be long enough. Regardless of the cause, Monday sucks! Hoooray for Tuesday!

Photo Editor

2010-05-08T22:46:00.000-05:00

Just recently I purchased a new laptop, nothing fancy, but something to allow me access to the internet. It come with an extra twenty or so programs. This photo editor program caught my eye and I have had fun messing around with it. As I design more pictures I will post them for everyone to see. This is what I have so far, just a little family collage made of pictures I found on my facebook picture albums.

From SCRATCH

2010-05-07T17:53:00.000-05:00

I decided today, kind of a spur of the moment deal, that I was going to erase all my old blogs and start from scratch. I am hoping that I am able to manage the upkeep of blogging. For those of you that do not know me, my name is R.J. (Ryan Jamison... I get asked what "R.J." stands for enough) and I am a 23 year old U.S. Marine. I have experienced many things in life and know I have decided to share that with you all. I encourage everyone to comment and ask any questions you may have. Enjoy!