The Journal of Aaron Thomas

The First Trailer

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:53:43 GMT

STAR WARS UPDATE

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:26:52 GMT

These are the self made production companies that I am using. Green Hill Animation is part of Green Hill Productions (because i was to lazy to change it from animation to productions) and Vintage Arts does the effects (photoshop).

The Vintage Arts symbol came from an old high school picture that I made in MS Paint and I had used it on my editing project.

The Green Hill picture is a little harder to explain. When I started testing the animation capabilities on my computer I had made a stick figure. And, to understand how the arm moved, I made a silly looking thing that showed where the arm would move. Each color represents a different position of the arm. It was too complicated for it's own good and I ended up tossing that method, but I liked the way the object looked, so I made it the Green Hill symbol.

SWFFAE

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:06:29 GMT

What the hell does that mean? Star Wars Fan Film Awards Entry. I am making one. For constant updates and videos, visit my MySpace page. (www.myspace.com/thistasteslikebutter)

2.0 is up!

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:22:12 GMT

Ha ha ha ha ha ha! I have returned! Tremble before all that is and all that ever was..... because my computer works again. (It's tremble worthy...) My myspace page is all fancy like. Check it out. It is the center for everything me. Links to here, there and everything else that I do. Also, enjoy those videos on my main page, they will be gone soon to make way for more links and some interesting pictures.

Finally!

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:06:53 GMT

So, I have found a place that I could put my short stories. And, by the end of next week, I should have things up and running. I am also going to have my MYSPACE be like a navigation canter for everything I do. It will have links here, to the site where my short stories are (fictionpresss.com), my flickr account (I really gots to be taking pictures), and maybe a youtube account, but not anytime soon. It will also have a brand new look, crazy ass pictures (okay, they're not that crazy) and music. Everything will be put together (i swear) by the end of the year. So, here's to hopeing that I can actually pull this off without giving up halfway.

NOTE: While I did not finish the Josephine Dawson story on Live Journal, I will not be finishing it at fiction press either. It's over. I'm tierd of running that story though my mind again and again. I lived it and I've told it for nearly 7 or 8 years now. I'm done. You'll get a brief summery of it in the first story that I'll be doing called, "The Diary of Aaron Thomas." Josephine Dawson gets a chapter (A Girl- Part 2). That is all.

Here is a sneek peek at what the chapters will look like:

ME
MY HOME
MY FRIENDS
MY DAD
MY MOM
MY BROTHERS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIDDLE SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL
A GIRL- PART ONE
MUSIC
A GIRL- PART TWO
A GIRL- THE LAST
APARTMENTS
MY JOBS
A BRIEF FILM CAREER
WHERE I AM NOW

I might throw a few more in now and then. When I am done writting it, I shall make copies for all my good friends and fans (while paper and ink last).

Okay, I understand that I am a nerd, you don't need to tell me again.

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:48:14 GMT

An excerpt from V for Vendetta (the comic)

Sat, 19 Aug 2006 09:44:07 GMT

Good evening. I thought it time we had a little talk. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin.

I suppose you're wondering why I've called you here this evening. Well, you see, I'm not entierly satisfied with your performance lately... I'm afarid your work's been slipping, and... and well, I'm afraid we've been thinking about letting you go. Oh, I know, I know. You've been with the company a long time now. almost... let me see. Almost ten thousand years! My word, doesn't time fly? It seems like only yesterday… I remember the day you commenced your employment, swinging down from the trees, fresh-faced and nervous, a bone clasped in your bristling fist. “Where do I start, sir?” you asked, plaintively. I recall my exact words: “There’s a pile of dinosaur eggs over there, youngster,” I said, smiling paternally the while. “Get sucking.”

Well, we’ve certainly come a long way since then, haven’t we? And yes, yes, you’re right, in all that time you haven’t missed a day. Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Also, please don’t think I’ve forgotten about your outstanding service record, or about all of the invaluable contributions that you’ve made to the company… fire, the wheel, agriculture… it’s an impressive list old-timer. A jolly impressive list. Don’t get me wrong. But… well, to be frank, we’ve had our problems, too. There’s no getting away from it. Do you know what I think a lot of it stems from? I’ll tell you. It’s your basic unwillingness to get on within the company. You don’t seem to want to face up to any real responsibility, or to be your own boss. Lord knows, you’ve been given plenty of opportunities. We’ve offered you promotion time and time again, and each time you’ve turned us down.

“I couldn’t handle the work, guv’nor,” you wheedled. “I know my place.”

To be frank, you’re not trying, are you? You see, you’ve been standing still for far too long, and it’s starting to show in your work… and I might add, in your general standard of behavior. The constant bickering on the factory floor has not escaped my attention.. Nor the recent bouts of rowdiness in the staff canteen.

Then of course there’s… hmmm, well, I didn’t really want to have to bring this up, but… well, you see, I’ve been hearing some disturbing rumours about your personal life. No, never mind who told me. No names, no pack drill. I understand that you are unable to get on with your spouse. I hear that you argue. I am told that you shout. Violence has been mentioned. I am reliably informed that you always hurt the one you love. The one you shouldn’t hurt at all. And what about the children? It’s always the children who suffer, as you’re well aware. Poor little mites. What are they to make of it? What are they to make of all you’re bullying, your despair, your cowardice and all your fondly nurtured bigotries? Really, it’s not good enough, is it? And it’s no good blaming the drop in work standards upon bad management, either, though to be sure, the management is very bad.

In face, let us not mince words: The management is terrible. We’ve had a string of embezzlers, frauds, liars and lunatics making a string of catastrophic decisions. This is a fact. But who elected them? It was you! You who appointed these people! You who gave them the power to make your decisions for you! While I’ll admit that anyone can make a mistake once, to go on making the same lethal errors century after century seems to me nothing short of deliberate. You have encouraged these malicious incompetents, who have made your working life a shambles. You have accepted, without question, their senseless orders. You have allowed them to fill your workspace with dangerous and unproven machines.

You could have stopped them. All you had to say was, “No.”

You have no spine. You have no pride. You are no longer an asset to that company.

I will, however, be generous. You will be granted two years to show me some improvement in your work. If at the end of that time you are still unwilling to make a go of it, you’re fired.

That will be all. You may return to your labours.

Day to day habits are hard to break.

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:35:01 GMT

I have come to terms with the fact that I don't do anything important and that I haven't done anything worth while. Does that mean that I'm happy with it? Not really. I really want to film something, somewhere. I've got the film, I just don't have the idea. It's so lame. I used to be ful of ideas, and now: nothing. Just a void.

What is it that I need to do to fix this? What?

I also miss having a social life. Now, it's just home, work, home, work, home, work, home, work; and I'm sick of it... kinda. In a horribly depressing sort of way, I like my job, but only because of the people that I work with. There is not enought money in the Laemmle pockets to make it a worth while job if it wasn't for the people. I can't even imagine working with the people at the Falbrook or One Colorado, or Sunset (oh, God the Sunset people scare me). For some reason the TC5 (whoot!) is just my kinda place. And I feel that if I leave that job I'll lose those people. (But, I guess some of them need to get lost. And others will in their own time.) That's the reason I've stayed (that and if I ever go back to school, it's a good job to have for the open scheduele). It's sad.

But, most of all, I miss the people that I had but don't see anymore.

Elda and I are just too busy to get together or even commit to getting together to shake hands.

Richard is in Fontana, working, and getting hurt in the prosess. I never see him either. Maybe once in a while, but now I feel guilty because I'm taking time away from his son.

And that's about it. I have two friends. And I never see them.

A really large update: (because last you heard I was sick.)

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:21:53 GMT

But that's all over now.

So, I've been to Disneyland a lot and one of those times I went on the Pirates of the Carribean. The changes that were made were noticable and unimportant. It's still Pirates, but now with a story. A story that is based on the movie. Which is based on the ride.

I also ate at the Blue Bayou with Leia. Did you know that each meal, without drinks, is, on average, $30. I didn't. So, when I got there, I orderd the cheapest thing on the menu. (See below.)

That was $10.

They've also changed the Haunted Mansion a little. There is now more emphasis on the bride, and she is now a "killer wife." (Because she kills her husbands.)

But, other than my kabillion trips to Disneyland not much has changed. I am uninspierd to write and the Josephine Dawson page is just gathering dust (if web pages can gather dust that is).

But, I'll write more soon.

Oh, and I was supposed to write RAVEN and say something after that, but I forgot. Oh well.

PINK EYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 01:40:48 GMT

Yes. I have Pink eye. And a respitory virus. Sounds awsome, huh? I lost nearly a week of work to this sucka. No more! Never again!

So it's come to this. I have taken an internet survey

Fri, 02 Jun 2006 06:19:35 GMT

*TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey*
Name:	Aaron Thomas
Birthday:	5-26-1983
Birthplace:	LA, yo!
Current Location:	um... Encino
Eye Color:	brown
Hair Color:	brown
Height:	bro-oh.. uh, 5'8"
Right Handed or Left Handed:	Right. Left when the right gets tired.
Your Heritage:	Irish
The Shoes You Wore Today:	Black converse
Your Weakness:	Taco Bell
Your Fears:	Falling
Your Perfect Pizza:	Yep. Pizza. There is nothing else for me to say.
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:	Get something that I've always wanted to get done done.
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:	ha ha ha
Thoughts First Waking Up:	"Damn it. I'm waking up. Where's Leia?"
Your Best Physical Feature:	The index finger on my right hand.
Your Bedtime:	When I'm tierd.
Your Most Missed Memory:	I don't remember.
Pepsi or Coke:	Pepsi
MacDonalds or Burger King:	oh....crap. I've grwon to dislike both, but I'd have to say BK. It's less nasty.
Single or Group Dates:	what do you mean?
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:	Lipton
Chocolate or Vanilla:	Both. Together.
Cappuccino or Coffee:	neither
Do you Smoke:	no
Do you Swear:	Fuck yeah I do
Do you Sing:	Only to myself and Leia
Do you Shower Daily:	Now i do. If you asked me last year, it would be a diffrent story.
Have you Been in Love:	I'm married. So....no.
Do you want to go to College:	Yes.
Do you want to get Married:	God damn it! I SAID I WAS MARRIED
Do you belive in yourself:	To do what?
Do you get Motion Sickness:	Sometimes. It's kinda hard for me.
Do you think you are Attractive:	Only if I look at myself with my glasses off
Are you a Health Freak:	My weakness is Taco Bell
Do you get along with your Parents:	For the most part.
Do you like Thunderstorms:	no
Do you play an Instrument:	Guitar. But I know how to play the cello and the tenor sax
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:	....i don't think so
In the past month have you Smoked:	no
In the past month have you been on Drugs:	no
In the past month have you gone on a Date:	yes... to DISNEYLAND!
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:	no
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:	no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:	no
In the past month have you been on Stage:	no
In the past month have you been Dumped:	no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:	no-what?
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:	no
Ever been Drunk:	yes
Ever been called a Tease:	Only to myself
Ever been Beaten up:	no
Ever Shoplifted:	yes. Well, no. I can't remember
How do you want to Die:	Quickly.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:	Taller
What country would you most like to Visit:	Walt Disney World
*In a Boy/Girl..*
Favourite Eye Color:	Blue or green
Favourite Hair Color:	Red
Short or Long Hair:	long
Height:	um... taller than 2 ft.
Weight:	um... more than 100lbs. less than 400
Best Clothing Style:	Black... or a catholic school girl uniform
Number of Drugs I have taken:	none
Number of CDs I own:	I don't know. I have over 3500 songs on my iPod, and that not close to everything
Number of Piercings:	none. Ever.
Number of Tattoos:	none, yet
Number of things in my Past I Regret:	8,675,309
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

Ya-Hooooooo! Yippeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fri, 19 May 2006 21:47:10 GMT

Yes! Ha ha ha ha ha!

It all went well....

Wed, 03 May 2006 07:25:29 GMT

Yes. I am married now.

CA-RAY-ZEY!

Anyways, what up ya'll? I haven't seen you guys in a while. What's been going on? What? The Josephine Dawson story? What? Oh, that thing. Yeah... I'll get to it. I have a camera now. It destracts me from everthing that I need to do. And Flickr takes a lot of my computer time now. That, and Kingdom Hearts 2. (YEAH, SILLY VIDEO GAMES!!!!!!!!)

Anywho, thank you to those of you who were at the wedding and thank those of you who were not but wanted to anyways. And thank you for all those that I couldn't invite. I really wanted to, but it was all in a small backyard. There wasn't a lot of room. (although a lot of people didn't show up.... bastards.)

Well, I'm off for now. Look for wedding photos at my Flickr page soon.

Well

Mon, 01 May 2006 18:22:00 GMT

I'm back, and with pictures!!!

Go Here for pics!

There are stories to come.

The NEXT top (10) songs.

Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:49:48 GMT

If you remember, one of my first entires was about the first 20 songs that came up on random. Well, this is part two, only it's not on randomand it's only 10 songs. It's the 10 songs I am listing to right now.

Ready?

Here we GO!
(Song name- Band Name)

1. Lillian Lies- Youth Group
2. Let it Die- Feist
3. Someday You Will Be Loved- Death Cab For Cutie
4. Eli the Barrow Boy- The Decemberists
5. Hell is Chrome- Wilco
6. I'm Lonely- The White Stripes
7. Parting Gift- Fiona Apple
8. Cock o' the Walk- Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
9. Will You Smile Again- ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
10. I'll Take the Rain- R.E.M.

There you have it. What I am jamming to now.

Chapter seven. Up and running.... and alone.

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:37:08 GMT

Alright. Chapter seven is up. Now, I'm still 5 chapters behind. April 14 is almost upon us, and I am only halfway. This blows.

Well, nothing else much to say. Except that I am sick of going to work. I am tierd of being there. I am sick of it all. But, it's not like I can leave it now. If I were to get a new job now, I probably wouldn't be able to get the week off for our post-wedding party. So, I just have to stick it out until then. But where to go? There are so many possabilities.

Hell, who am I kidding? I'll be at the Laemmle forever.

=sigh=

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:04:06 GMT

I hate people.

They walk all over you and when you call them out on it, they get all pissy. Screw them.

I wish that I could just say, you know what, screw you and the horse that you walked in on you selfish punk ass bastard.

NOTE: This is directed at people that don't read this. So, don't worry, dear readers, I still love you!

:-)

Take my cake, please.

Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:37:04 GMT

Argh! I'm so lame. I bought V for Vendetta. ARGH! I'm such a consumer whore. (Raven, I know... you don't have to say anything.) Why is it that I do things like that? I have to buy into the hype. Always. It's fun, I can't help it. Anywho, what's new?

Well, I've finished chapter 7 of the Josephine Dawson story. But, before you go and jump on over, I might as well tell you that I have yet to post it. Why? Because I am waiting to finish at LEAST the 5 chapters that I am behind. (And if i don't get it done this week, it'll be six chapters.)

Also, I (heart) Amazon.com. Did I mention that I got V for Vendetta? I also got The Watchmen. Tee hee. It was a deal! I got both for $25. If I went to the store, they would cost me $20 each. I saved!!! So, screw you, who hath made a fool of me, for now you are the fool.

Big Bucken Update.

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:43:57 GMT

So, ths past weekend, Leia and I bought wat too many movies. They are as follows:

Harry Potter and the Goblit of Fire
A Mighty Wind
Constantine
Walk the Line
Rent
Finding Neverland

Yeah. Too many movies.

So, It's been a while since I've posted links to things that I've seen on the inter-web that are of interest, and I think that I should do it now.

Bucky Done Gun by M.I.A. It's hard to get this song out of your head.
Stupid Girls by Pink. I'm not a big Pink fan, but she does put out some fun videos.
Robin's Big Date I've posted this before, but I am just love this. Sam Rockwell plays Batman, and Justin Long is Robin. It's perfect.
Hampsters! I've always loved this song, but without the hampsters it's just not the same. But, I guess mindless carnage is good too.
Leeroy Jenkins Online Video Game Haters rejoice! Proof that online games suck. Or, at least the people that play them.
Brokback Mountainin 30 seconds and re-enacted by bunnies. For more 30 sec. bunny fun, Click here

I guess that's all for now. Sleep tight (what time is it for you?) and enjoy your stay.

My dad has a better understanding of the moral problems confronting our youth of today than your dad

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:50:50 GMT

Things are going good for me. Again.

I've been writting the Jospehine Dawson story, so don't worry. I know that I am 3 chapters behind. =hee hee=

Sooooooooo.........

Yeah. I've got nothing interesting to say. I just thought that I should update.

Early Arrival Suggested First Band @ 10:20pm Sharp!

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 08:25:40 GMT

Okay, I know that I'm behind on the Josephine Dawson story. There is a good reason, believe it or not. I am working on a screenplay and I have not had time to work on the Josephine Dawson story. I've decided to "get to it," as they say, and try to get SOMETHING shot (as in filming). Because I really want to do it, and if nobody wants to help me, than so be it. I'll film the trees, and the trees will have an interesting story to tell, they will. It will be about how they're tired of being peed on by random dogs and racoons and being pecked at by birds and squirrels. It'll be great. I'll post it on YouTube. You'll see. I'll be the best tree director guy there ever was.

But I digress.

So, I hope that I can get back on track with the Jospehine Dawson story. I really want to finish it.

By the way, if anyone is interested in filmilng ANYTHING with me, let me know. I've become a desprate film-whore.

Best video game EVER!!!!!

Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:04:32 GMT

This video is 35 min long, so be warned. But if you are interested in seeing how far video games have come in 20 years, then you will not be dissapointed. I HATE online gaming,and I'm not too fond of PC games, but I am prepaired to jump online and rebuild my computer for this game. It's everyting I've ever wanted in a sim game. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8372603330420559198&q=spore

Lets go take a dump in Mother Maggie's shoes.

Fri, 03 Mar 2006 05:05:55 GMT

So, I had this dream on Monday night/Tuesday morning. It started where I opened at work. I go through my whole shift. And I close. It was so vivid. It was horrible. I go home from work, sleep, and dream about work. Does this mean that I work too much? Or do I really love working? I don't know. It's so frustrating!

I've got an e-mail in my pocket, and I think it's starting to melt.

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:44:56 GMT

So, up. Just updating my shizim. Yep. Josephine Dawson capter 6, (or is it 7?) will be up tomorrow. I'm sorry, I'm just bad with deadlines.

People are really fucking stupid.

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:50:19 GMT

THIS IS TAKEN FROM A MINNISOTA NEWSPAPER'S WEBSITE.

Foes, soldier's mother counter protesters at funeral
Fringe Kansas church singles out Iraq dead
Associated Press

Six members of a fringe church in Kansas picketed Thursday outside the funeral of a Minnesota soldier who was killed in Iraq, leading to a heated exchange with the grieving mother.

The six men and women, standing outside the Anoka funeral for Cpl. Andrew Kemple, 23, who died Feb. 12 after his vehicle came under fire, are members of a church in Topeka, Kan., that espouses the belief that God is killing American soldiers because they fought for a country that tolerates homosexuality.

They were countered by a group of 20 affiliated with the Patriot Guard Riders, a rapidly growing nationwide movement organized to offset the fringe group's message.

"We're just trying to show honor and respect for families," said John Lutsch, a St. Cloud resident who heads the Minnesota branch of the Patriot Guard. "I was appalled when I read about these protests, that they'd use a solemn occasion like this as a forum for their views."

He was interrupted by Steve Drain, who bellowed that God hates gays and their enablers and "so, therefore, God hates the U.S. military."

According to an account reported by the Minneapolis-based Star Tribune, about a half-hour before the service, Deirdre Ostlund, Kemple's mother, approached the six Kansans and told them in a cold fury: "I'm Andrew's mother and I want you to know you are truly hateful people."

As Ostlund turned away to enter Zion Lutheran Church, Shirley Phelps-Roper taunted her: "Adulterer! You can't admit you sent your own child to hell! If she does not heed this warning, she will look up from hell with him."

Phelps-Roper is the daughter of Fred Phelps, the pastor of the nondenominational Westboro Baptist Church. During the 1990s, church members were known mostly for picketing funerals of AIDS victims.

Minnesota is one of at least 14 states considering laws that would make funeral protests illegal.

The Patriot Guard got its start in Kansas last October when motorcycle-riding veterans became fed up with the Westboro church's picketing and decided to show up and place themselves between the demonstrators and mourners. The organization has grown quickly with chapters in nearly every state and more than 8,700 members, about 100 of them so far in Minnesota, Lutsch said.

Just as the funeral service was starting Thursday, the six Kansans got into their van and drove away as the Patriot Guard mockingly serenaded them, "Hit the road, Jack, and don't you come back no more...."

A few minutes later, Deirdre Ostlund stood before a packed church sanctuary, just to the right of her son's flag-draped coffin.

"Nothing can separate us from the love of God, and Andrew knew that," said Ostlund, of Forest Lake. No matter what he did, God loved him. And now, nothing will ever separate me, or any of us, from Andrew."

Kemple was a 2001 graduate of Cambridge-Isanti High School. Inspired by the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, he joined the Army in 2003.

The member of the 101st Airborne Division was the 30th military member from Minnesota to die in Iraq.