The Living Room

Went to The Living Room on the 27th to see some friends’ bands.

 

Pictures after the jump.

Winkflash :(

So the photos I had printed at “Winkflash ;)” came in the mail today.

I want to run that by you again. They *just* came in the mail. Today. They’re based in fucking NORTH KINGSTON. In my STATE! York Photo? It’s based in flippin’ MARYLAND and it got here two days sooner. Strike one!

Blech. Flat color, bad contrast… the photos lacked any semblance of “pop” or “pizazz.” The differences between the York Photo prints and the Winkflash prints are super obvious. And they cropped a lot of my pictures off, too. Strike two!

Theiy just replied to the email I sent them telling them about my problems using their interface, and their first bit of advice was to use Internet Explorer. Um. What the hey, Winkflash? Are you new to the internet? What if I owned a Mac? No thanks, I think I’ll use Firefox… Strike three! Get the hell off my internet!

So yeah, won’t be using them in the future. I am much happier with York photo. Woot.

York Photo

I just got four pictures that I sent in as a test to York Photo. It took them a day to process and ship out my order, and they arrived within two days. Winkflash, on the other hand, just this minute sent me an email informing me that my order had finallybeen processed, even though I placed both orders with both companies within minutes of eachother.

The quality of the prints that York Photo gave me? Kick ass. I’ll let you know how the Winkflash prints came out whenever they show up. But I can tell you already that I’m going to be doing my business with York Photo. I’ve read some pretty awful reviews of Winkflash online, their site’s interface SUCKS (it took me 18 tries to order my prints because of errors on their site), and it takes them three days just to process my order? No thanks. When my prints arrived in the mail they also got a positive review from my mother, who apparently used to send her film in to the company by mail back when I was a kid and was always happy with the quality. Congrats, York, you’ve got another generation’s business.

Now I just need to figure out what to do with the prints. I should buy frames or something. Odds are I’ll be buying this neat thing called a Photo Rope. Seems like a fun way to display my photos, and we’ll be lacking a fridge at university, so this is a welcome alternative. But I should still buy frames. Anyone know where I can get stylish yet inexpensive frames for my photos? Nothing fancy, just some wood and glass would work.

This is so cool. I know, I know, I’m freaking out about my photos existing in meat-space, but it’s so cool! Woo!

Backyard History Lesson

Our nextdoor neighbors have a few small children, and they always seem to be out in the yard with their friends.

They make a lot of noise.

Today they were apparently all swimming in the pool, and began playing a rousing game of “Marco Polo.” This went on for about twenty minutes until:

Child A: MARCO!
Child B: POLO!
Child A: MARCO!
Child C: POLO!
Child A: MARCO!
Child B: POLO!
My Father: GENGHIS KHAN.

Silence.

(Technically he should have yelled Kublai Khan, but I think he got his point across to the tiny ones all the same.)

Now for something completely different.

 

 

 

 

Rainy Day Macaroni

I’ve come to terms with the fact that I can’t draw, but I still want to try doing a “comic” for lack of a better term. A visual blog entry, if you will.

I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, I think.

Click the image to view the full size.

The Ink Spots are the ultimate rainy day music. Seriously.