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The Lanyard

Definition of a Dork

About Me

I'm a really cool guy buried in dork's body. You just have to dig deep to find it. Ok....really deep. Or how about if cool meant "perpetually awkward, clumsy, and really analytical"? You know what? Let's just forget that whole cool guy scenario. I'm the artist for Stuporheroes which is the best mutha humpin' webcomic on the planet! I spend all my time on that, at work doing database programming for a small manufacturing company, playing boardgames with my friends, or watching ze movies with my chica.

*UPDATE* Yeah yeah. My layout is all funky. I'm messin' with it and avoiding using an editor. I'm retarded like that...

My Interests

Drawing , Programming, Playing Guitar, Watching Movies, Board Games, Ballroom Dancing, Roleplaying Games, Spending way too much time checking my email, Playing Basketball, Hockey, Tennis, Kickball, Dodgeball, and Ultimate Frisbee, Rollerblading, Stand Up Comedy, Drinking with Friends, Comic Books, Thunderstorms, Driving to Music, Good Conversation, Denny's, Buffalo Wyld Wings, Stand-up Comedy, Origami, and Concerts.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who isn't Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, or Jared Leto.

Music:

My interests are all over the place with this. Big fan of ska and punk, yet I also like country and some pop. Favorite bands include Old Goldfinger, Reel Big Fish, Offspring, Riddlin' Kids, Alkaline Trio, Stroke 9, Matchbox 20, Linkin Park, Cauterize, Homegrown, Blink 182, Lucky Boys Confusion, NOFX, Lagwagon, Garbage, Jewel, Marvelous 3, Mest, Weird Al, Sugarcult, New Found Glory, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Less than Jake, Simple Plan, Good Charlotte, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, Lynyrd Skynrd, ACDC, MXPX, Vanessa Carlton, Bad Religion, Evanescence, Michelle Branch, Avril Lavigne, Everclear, Meredith Brooks, Eve 6, Suicide Machines, Sum 41, Martina Mcbride, Lonestar, Allister, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Screaching Weasel, the Vandals, Tori Amos, Breaking Benjamin, Allison Kraus, Indigo Swing, Yellowcard, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Sara Evans, Jo Dee Messina, Frank Sinatra, Shakira, Eric Clapton, Dierks Bently, Carrie Underwood, Deanna Carter, Alabama, Leann Rhymes, Lost Prophets, Ray Charles, Fallout Boy, Faith Hill, Craig Morgan, Panic at the Disco, Michael Bublé, Stevie Wonder, Brooks and Dunn, Sum 41, the Ramones, Keith Urban, Letters to Cleo, Lillix, Saving Jane, Violent Femmes, Queen, 80's One-Hit Wonders (I'm not going to list 'em all...), Sugarland, Weezer, DC Talk, Bryan Setzer, Howie Day, James Blunt, Harlequin, New Years Day, The Faders, Ray Charles, and lots more I'm sure.

Movies:

Most any movie that isn't too out there I like. I have a weakspot for romantic comedies and of course like action/adventure movies. Batman Begins, X-2, Spiderman, Mystery Men, Star Wars, Van Wilder, Robinhood: Prince of Thieves, the Notebook, Wedding Crashers, Shall We Dance, Take the Lead, She's the Man, Jurassic Park, Runaway Bride, Bio-dome, Office Space, Constantine, V for Vendetta, Can't Hardly Wait, Ace Ventura Uno/Dos, and Notting Hill.

I avoid Horror movies though because I'm a jumper. Plus, I'm nightmare prone. Sixth Sense, Final Destination, Nightmare on Elm Street, the Exorcist, Poltergeist (damn clown toy kept me from ever looking under my bed at night) and It (Hey! I was 8. Friggin' clown heads in the drain are not cool when you're 8!) each screwed me up pretty hardcore.

Television:

Veronica Mars, Greys Anatomy, Smallville, and Heroes. Tv is my kryptonite. I can't do anything else when it's on so I avoid it like the plague.

Books:

I dig the Harry Potter books. I also enjoyed Eragon, the first couple of R.A. Salvatore Drizzt books, and pretty much any superhero/sci-fi novel I can find. I try to interweave a classic book with the stuff I like though. I'm currently reading Catcher in the Rye.

Heroes:

Let's see...Batman, Spiderman, Wolverine, Superman, Nightcrawler, and the Lanyard. Oh you mean non-superheroes? Hmm....that's a toughy. I guess anybody who has made it to where they want to be in life.

My Blog

The Great Blog Migration

For any who are not aware, I have a blog on MiMm.  It just has pretty much the same stuff I've always written about on here.  I figure there's no point in blogging here if I have that one so...
Posted by The Lanyard on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:31:00 PST

MIMM progress...well...sorta.

So just an update since I feel like bloggin' again.  I've always felt like writing stuff down, but where to put it?  So I'm back to here...again.Anyway, just an update on how the whole Mind ...
Posted by The Lanyard on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:37:00 PST

For those interested in mi hermano.

I'm not sure how many of you know my brother, but he's sorta a musician.  I mean, he plays like six instruments better than anyone I know can play one so I call him a musician.  However, his...
Posted by The Lanyard on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:16:00 PST

A little rant. A little test. A little looking too hard into things.

Ah.  What a weekend.  A nice little wedding barrage.  I had the priviledge of flying down to Florida for a whole 31 hours this weekend.  Part 1: St. Louis to AtlantaI arrive at the...
Posted by The Lanyard on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:00:00 PST

MIM Media's gotten a store!

So after quite a bit of research and much anticipation on my part, my website, now has a small online store set up and good to go through Cafepress. So far I only have a few items available and curre...
Posted by The Lanyard on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 03:24:00 PST

Boredom. The Universal Excuse.

Over the past couple of days I've noticed a lot of my myspace friends just doing stuff they appear to be "ashamed of" but attributing the excuse to boredom.  I mean.  It must be ok since bor...
Posted by The Lanyard on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:28:00 PST

Awkward Situations Revisited

I would just like to note that IT happened again.  The exact same way as last time.  Sigh.... I would also like to note that arses should not "growl".  I don't know what he ate that was...
Posted by The Lanyard on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:37:00 PST

StuporHeroes! Update.

Finally, I can start a new story arc for my webcomic StuporHeroes! .  I've been kinda lax when it comes to updating it but I spent last week trying to get back into the groove of working on my si...
Posted by The Lanyard on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:16:00 PST

Awkward Situations...

I've just returned from the restroom where, as I was washing my hands, my boss enters the room and proceeds to enter the only stall, close the door, and commence one of the most audible bowel movement...
Posted by The Lanyard on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 01:47:00 PST

I told you I was gonna be a superhero!

Nothin' too important this time around. I forgot to mention the fortune I got on my birthday out of a fortune cookie: "You have great physical powers and an iron constitution. " That's what I'm talkin...
Posted by The Lanyard on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:44:00 PST