Aaron Riveroll | Photographer

Holy heck…the last 10 minutes of Gilmore Girls were probably the most interesting 10 minutes I have ever seen.

Wow.

So my dad says that EXACTLY twenty seven years ago, to the hour, he was sitting there watching me sleep. You see, it was about 27 years, one hour, and 17 minutes ago that I graced everyone with my presence. So this leads me to an important observation: why are babies so freakin’ lazy? It’s not like I did any work…so why in the world was I napping nearly an hour after being born??

Geez, Louise.

So far, today has been good. I mean, I did have to go to work. That’s the sucky part about being an adult. And getting old. My colleagues bought me a cake and sang to me in a way only Simon Cowell could appreciate. I applaud their efforts. The day, unlike me, is still young…so I’m still waiting for something exciting to happen. Perhaps a round of Red Rover for the Macedonian police?

One would think that with old age would come some profound wisdom or something. But they would be wrong. I have none. I know, I know…I would be disappointed too. Maybe something will come to me in the next few hours. :)

So, there’s this kid that sits on the side of the road every morning. I saw him today walking out of the gas station on ECB and 70th carrying a flattened cardboard box. He sort of reminds me of Chunk; he’s this short, round kid who sort of looks like an egg. Anyway, his rotund-ness is not the point…the point is that he was carrying this flattened piece of cardboard.

Usually as I drive down the hill towards the 8, he’s just sitting flat on the ground on the side of the road like he’s waiting for something. Or someone. Perhaps Godot? Even in the freezing cold, he sits there on the pavement. And from someone who spent many an hour waiting for a ride after school sitting in front of Mr. Holt’s classroom on the concrete bench, I can say that cold concrete does not a warm tushie make.

But dude, what the H was box for? Was he doing a school presentation? Was he going to slide down a grassy hill with it? Was he going to fill it up with stuff? Seriously.

On another random note, I realized that I make funny faces. Those of you who have seen me in person know that I’m already a funny looking guy. But I never knew that I made funny faces…especially when I’m writing or deep in thought. I stopped by the copier to write something down so I wouldn’t forget it before I got back to my desk and I had to stop because I felt that I was making a goofy puckering face; it was hard to stop making the face and write at the same time. But it looked like I was ready to kiss someone. Ladies, make a note of that…it’s always a good time to be around me when I have a pen and paper in my hand. ;)

And on a final random note, ciabatta this. I’m going to get my lunch. C-I-A-B-A-T-T-A. Ciabatta. Peace out.

Dude, I’m so tired. As a matter of fact, I am still just lying here in bed with absolutely no motivation to get up. There are like five pairs of shoes in the middle of the floor … which is unusual in itself because I didn’t think I owned five pairs of shoes. Needless to say, I think have some tidying up to do.

I’ve slept for the last 10 hours and I’m still exhausted. It’s not like I had an unusually rough day yesterday … but it was a busy one. I rolled out of bed at about 10 minutes to seven and got all my gear ready for our morning shoot with Karissa. It’s an absolute blast to work with her; she’s awesome! We headed out to Point Loma and took some pictures out at the university.

I think those are some of my favorite; the campus is a really pretty backdrop for photography. After meandering around campus for an hour, we went out to O.B. and shot some more out there. However, unbeknownst to me, Karissa’s dude who was chaperoning the event, snapped some behind-the-scenes shots. They’re very cool; except for the fact that I look like a buffoon.

This is why photographers are behind the camera. :)

After the morning shoot, Sir Mounts and myself grabbed some breakfast at Perry’s Cafe near Old Town. I indulged in an absolutely fantastic “Mexican” breakfast consisting of chorizo and egg, refried beans, and tortillas. I also had a couple of buttermilk pancakes which were phenomenal.

After breakfast, and feeling very productive already, we headed back home to take care some various business and then out again to the County Recorder’s Office for more business. And then it was time for another shoot … this time at Balboa Park. We got in some really good ones.

Now at this point, the events of the day were already starting to take their toll on us. When I got home, I started going through the photos and doing other miscellaneous tasks. But then I got distracted with an opportunity to go to a basketball game with Brian and Melinda and her roommate. Now, I don’t really care for basketball … and even in my college years, I had never really gone to a Point Loma game other than for work … so I wasn’t terribly excited about seeing the SeaLions play. However, motivating factors were at work here; seeing Melinda, and getting Adal’s. We caught the last half of the game, which was pretty exciting. We ended up winning, which is always a good thing … not to mention that the game itself was fun too. We hung out for a bit up at the PBC and then at their place for a few before heading out to Adal’s to meet Heather. Whilst there, I indulged in a good California burrito and rolled tacos while Brian engaged in a staring contest with some random transient.

So that was my very long, exciting day. It was definitely good. But now, I have a bunch of errands to do. I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

A while back, I posted that Jars of Clay was going to be playing at the House of Blues. It’s gonna be a great show.

But I just found out via MySpace, the addicting void of the internet, that Derek Webb will be opening the show.

Two great artists for the price of one.

Anyone wanna go? I think I’m definitely going now.

I don’t know what it is, but I’ve seriously had a headache for the past 4 days. It’s getting really annoying. It started with a migraine and then sort of evolved into this dull pain in the back of my head.

And no, Arnold, it isn’t a tumor.

I’m just really glad that I found a decent parking space today. Usually I park on the street next to my building…but yesterday, there was some sort of geek convention somewhere in the nearby area because all the street parking was gone. Zippo. Nada. I ended up parking in a residential area a couple blocks down and having to hoof it 10 minutes to the office. At least I got my exercise.

And finally, the moment I’ve been anticipating for the last 9 years (like anticipating a heart attack)…it’s the cow pie high round up. Yes, I got my first message from my high school graduating class trying to find out where I am so they can send me the invitation to the 10-year reunion. Ten years. Wow. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long. For the past several years, I’ve really put some thought into whether I should go or not. I mean, there are people who haven’t bothered to drop me a line in the last 9 years…and there are people I couldn’t stand even back in high school. Of course, there are some good friends and hot girls I wouldn’t mind seeing again; but really, they are few. The jury’s still out on this one…I’m glad I have another year to decide. What would you do?

I just made myself a nice cup of hot chocolate and brought it back to my desk. I was about to endulge in a sip of the steaming hot beverage when all of a sudden a kamakaze fly on a suicide mission dive bombs right in my cup. Needless to say he was killed on contact…and I had to make myself another cup of chocolate.

I honestly don’t know what I did. Somehow one of my molars got jacked and is now causing me a great deal of pain. In other words I’m going to have to pay a visit to our dear friend Mr. Dentist. I hate him.

Today was a nice, lazy Monday. I did, however, wake up early and spent a great deal of time editing photos. I also did a little work on our wedding promo. But most of my time was spent organizing. August, who was sharing a room with me, found another place down the road … so I have the room all to myself again. It will be nice. I had to move my monstrosity of workstation to the room and set up my computer, which is not an easy task. But it is done, and I’m ready to get to work this week.

Anyway, it is late and I have to work tomorrow, unfortunately … have a great night!

Well, it’s been another wonderfully random day. I have just spent the last couple of hours trying to get my blog to work; I think I finally figured it out. I finally had to take a Slurpee break a little while ago. It’s this newfangled WordPress … in my previous post, I had inserted a bunch of photos. I must’ve angered WordPress because it decided to add a bunch of useless code and basically prevented my blog from loading. Technology … what can you do?

Today was sort of a lazy day, doing stuff around the house and working on projects. One of the biggest projects was putting together a couple of stabilization units for our cameras.

If you remember, we had a lengthy conversation yesterday with our good friend, Matt Sconce. Well, Matt had developed a device similar to a Steadicam which produces amazingly smooth camera motion. He has called it the Matt Cam. Brian and myself actually built two Matt Cams today. It was almost like following a recipe; we walked around Home Depot with Matt’s schematic in hand, trying to find every piece of hardware necessary for the project. But because we were building two, we had to double the recipe. Having walked around the store for about an hour, we were feeling like a real men. We headed over to my grandparents’ house and successfully completed the project. After some spaghetti (I just can’t say no when I’m offered spaghetti), we came back to the homestead to try out our new creations. We actually looked like a bunch of morons; we both mounted our cameras to the Matt Cams and proceeded to run around the living room filming each other. Even though our new living room is extremely huge, we needed more room to run around. We decided to take our test outdoors. So I followed Brian around the apartment complex, occasionally running around him in circles and darting here and there…

It was the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen.

Not us running around. We actually looked like a bunch of fools. But the video we shot looked amazing. I could hear me running, the clip clop of my footsteps … and the video looked as if it were shot by a camera on a dolly. It was well worth the 20 bucks it took to put it together.

Mr. Sconce: you are pretty much the man. If your interested in reading more, check this out.

Now, I think I’m going to go to bed. Peace out, homies.

I am thoroughly and utterly exhausted … but I had such a great day.Actually, last night wasn’t bad either … a bunch of us went out to O.B. and hung out for a bit. Definitely good times. After a few drinks and some friendly conversation, I headed home early after the long day. *edit…I can’t believe I almost forgot to mention this…we were out with Abby, Rob and Michele, Schmidt’s Gay, and Russ. Abby wanted me to mention how many trips she took to the restroom. Unfortunately, I cannot provide an accurate number since I stopped counting after 2. There, I said it.*

My Saturday started bright and early with a photo shoot in Ocean Beach. I was a little worried about the weather … but when we got there, the sun was shining through the clouds just enough to give us perfect light. Our model was a beautiful and lovely girl who needed some head shots for her portfolio. I was very pleased with the end result. The pictures turned out absolutely gorgeous! By 10:30 a.m., we were done … but I felt like I had accomplished so much. I really love photography and photo sessions with fun people. It definitely makes the experience worth while. I’ll have to post some samples a little bit later … but for now, enjoy these funky pictures of me. What can I say; I do everything to get the shot.

Here are a couple photos from the shoot:

The photo shoot with Karissa was probably the highlight of the day … but there were lots of other random events that took place. Brian and myself had a lengthy conference call with good friend Matt Sconce. Matt is a videographer based in Fresno and a good friend from the Point Loma days. He and his wife, Heather, do wedding videography up in Fresno and we’re going to be working with them a little bit on some projects. Should be lots of fun, since Matt is a fellow video nerd and an exceptional videographer. Check at his website at www.theperfectvideo.net; and if you are in the Fresno area and need your wedding filmed, Matt is your guy.

But if you’re in the San Diego area, call NGS Media. :)

Well, I think I’m going to get myself to sleep now. But it has been fun. Talk to y’all later.