Reno - Day Three (Waterworld, eat your heart out.)

Reno - Day Two (Didn't Shoot Much, Because I was Drunk)

The she-mermaid from hell says: Aaron didn't take a lot of photos because he was drinking all day and left his camera in a friend's car. But here are the few he managed to get off before he passed out on a couch in Reno.

Photos from the Truckee River and Lake Tahoe sooner ... or later.

- A

Reno - Day One (The Desert is Friggin' Weird)

U.N.K.L.E.

Yeah, I haven't blogged in a long time. So to make up for it, here's a ton of photos from around the time I last blogged until now including pictures of band Monotonix, some kid sleeping on a football field, Robin Leech's ear, a pissed Miss U.S.A. contestant and a number of images from both Spring Valley Ranch and from the accident scene that took the life of a Metro Cop last week. I'll be heading to the funeral tomorrow, so maybe I'll have some photos of that. Enjoy, oh yeah, and leave comments!

-A

State of the Nation

Indie Rock Standard Message

It's been a little more than a month since my regular source of income was all-but eliminated thanks to the contracting market that is intelligent journalism. In the last month, I've done more things randomly than I've ever done before. Here's a list of stuff I've done and some numbers I've been keeping mentally to reflect the unemployed life

4: Number of times I've randomly gone on walks in the park
1: Number of times I've visited the Springs Preserve
30 +: Number of resumes I've sent out to potential employers in the last month
2: Number of interviews I've gotten so far
>8: Hours per night I sleep after unemployment
5.6: Number of hours I slept before unemployment
1: Number of times I've watched "Regis and Kelly" on morning TV
4.5: Number of hours I drove for an interview
3: Times a day I check job sites like MediaBistro, Journalism Jobs, or CraigsList looking for work
6.7: Average BAC after 6 p.m. on a weekday
1 Hour and 45 Minutes: Time I spent waiting on phone line with Unemployment
2 Weeks: Time I have to wait until I complete an interview to see if I'm eligible for benefits
14: Random quotes I've picked up from "King of the Hill" and begun using in daily life
72: Weeks I get unemployment for
2010: Nearest estimated time the economy is suppose to recover
3,000+: Number of reported journalism jobs cut already this year.
20: Theoretical band names I've come up with for no good reason except to save their names on MySpace in case a band with that name gets famous
1: Number of times I forgot why exactly I was compiling these numbers in the first place

That's all I have now. Photo post tomorrow, I promise.

Execute the brutes!

Yeah, I never made it to Kristy Totten's Buckhunter Deathmatch 2009 because of a cold, but here's a picture of her absolute domination. That disembodied head was later given to her as a memento to her both scary, and totally awesome abilities as a Bunkhunter champion and a totally rockin' broad.

-A