Phew!

After one week on the market, it's official...

My First Magazine Cover!

So, a friend of mine has a client called "Study Breaks Magazine" and he asked me to shoot the cover of this month's issue. Why? I don't know but the publisher of the magazine chose one of the pictures I took. Here is a scan of a low-quality print-out they gave me (I still haven't gotten the actual magazine). I don't know these women, but the one on the right came up to me the night I was shooting and I asked her if she could grab a friend and pose for me (I need to try that line more often!).

BROKEN ARROW MAN BANKS $200K POWERBALL WIN

OKLAHOMA CITY – A Broken Arrow family is celebrating their good fortune this week after becoming one of only three $200,000 winners in the Sept. 5 Powerball drawing. The $29.1 million jackpot-winning ticket was sold in Wisconsin, and the other two $200,000 winners were from Tennessee and Wisconsin.

William Stewart said he has played the same numbers every draw since Powerball came to Oklahoma: his family’s birthdays.

The winning numbers from Wednesday’s draw were 11, 20, 21, 30, 48 and Powerball 18. The Power Play number was 2. Stewart matched all five white ball numbers but missed the red Powerball number.

“If you don’t play, you won’t get paid,” Stewart said.

The family plans to put the money in savings.

Stewart purchased his winning ticket at Quik Trip #82, located at 1820 S. Aspen Ave. in Broken Arrow.

Players can obtain winning numbers on the Oklahoma Lottery website, www.lottery.ok.gov, or by simply visiting their closest lottery retailer. Prizes must be claimed within 180 days of the drawing.

Net proceeds of all Lottery games are used to support improvements and enhancements for Oklahoma education. More than $139 million has been contributed to education since November 2005. For more information about the Oklahoma Lottery, please visit www.lottery.ok.gov.



Caption: Broken Arrow resident William Stewart claims a $200,000 Powerball prize with his wife at Oklahoma Lottery Headquarters in Oklahoma City.

Just a little memory

(and I know that it's completely demolished now).

... and I'LL be the one who's struck by lightning!

Congratulations, you-know-who(s). I love you!

Give you something to read

I just realized that it's been more than 2 months since my last post. Well, it's not like anyone reads this anyway, but it's just so hard to shut down a blog. I mean, how do you actually save the old posts and comments (and would you really want to)?

Here are things I like right now:
TV: Flight of the Conchords, VH1's "Pick Up Artist," Big Brother 8

Movies: Just saw "Super Bad." Pretty funny, but I prefer "Knocked Up" (seems as though one HAS to compare those two)

Books: I'm reading 3 books right now on the topic of social engineering and neuro-linguistic programming. Fascinating.

Rent: "300" was pretty good, but not nearly as great as the hype. "Vacancy" was mindless fun, but don't expect any kind of Hitchcockian ending like I did.

Wow. I live a very exciting life. Well, I did go to Vegas a couple of weekends ago at the VERY last minute (thanks to a free flight on Southwest and a few poorly-timed e-mails). Had way too much fun. It sort of made me nostalgic for making money. Ha ha.

Stop, it's the Police!

While the nerdier members of my family were frantically scurrying about their respective cities and waiting in horrendous lines to spend $700 for a phone (ha ha... just jealous)... I was at "The Police" concert.
Here's a review that pretty much mirrors my feelings:

http://blogs.chron.com/handstamp/