Out in south El Monte is a wonderful exhibition of tanks and old military equipment. it's basically a big pile of rust and machinery, which is my favorite thing to draw. I went with some of my friends out there to do some practice sketching. They got hundreds of vehicles and weapons on ... Read More

I took Mary and my Mom to the air show out in Camarillo this year. Wings over Camarillo is a really fun smaller air show of in the summer. They have a lot of older planes and smaller displays. But these are some of my favorites. Its super bright out there, and the shadows are pretty ... Read More

Mary and I went to the roller coaster capital of California last weekend, and I brought my film camera! The park is all decked out for America 250. Here is us in front of the fountain! One of the first rides we went on was the Apocalypse! Man, it was bumpy, it reminded me a ... Read More

Mary, and I met up with her sister and her husband to visit a super cute beach down in irvine! It was simply lovely, way nicer than the beaches in LA. Last time I went to Dockweiler, someone drove their car drunkenly into the dunes and got stuck. We got fancy hamburgers from the ... Read More

This week we had an Aviation Festival at Whiteman Airport in Pacoima! it was a free festival that invited families and kids to come out to the airport to see what general aviation is all about. everyone had their planes on display and pilots gave free rides to kids! Over 100 kids flew thanks ... Read More

Recently I took Mary to visit my favorite Rock formation! She found it challenging, but she made it up quite far! we got to a nice little sitting point on the biggest rock! Here's me up at the top! I'm taking swigs from my Marlboro canteen. I loved the little Honda van; ... Read More

This year I took my date Mary to the Socal Renaissance Pleasure fair! Boy was it packed. We got there a little early this time which was nice, but the place quickly swelled up around 1pm Here's us together at the famous fence photo spot. Here is Mary pondering some ... Read More

I went with my friends Elisa, Kari, and Julian to Sturtevant falls this weekend. It's a 1.8 mile walk down the side of the mountain and over some streams to a lovely set of falls, also there are some cool houses and ruins along the way! Here's Elisa and Kari in the ruins! It ... Read More

After waiting a few months, the Skipper is ready for flight! Roy finished putting the engine back together. and I had the privilege of taking her for a test flight with my friend and Flight Instructor Brett. Here she is on the ramp, doesn't she look pretty now! Here is Brett, ... Read More

I took my film camera to Magic Mountain this weekend and went on some roller coasters! I love theme parks, and Six Flags is always my favorite, the lines are never very long, and the place is ussualy half empty, its a place for teenagers, and staffed almost entirely by ... Read More

This Christmas I flew to San Antonio to see my family, Theres always fun things to do around the holidays, and this year we did even more! first up was of course the Pearl Brewery, which is a new outdoor mall mixed use space in downtown san Antonio on the river walk. The next day, we ... Read More

I feel like the animation community is finally back on its feet again after years of halfhearted attempts at socializing. This year I went to TWO really big Halloween parties with some cool new interesting people. Including my new friends over at the Odd Ones Out, and some Magic the Gathering ... Read More

Ever year in October, 60 thousand animation students descended upon Pasadena this weekend for Lightbox Expo! The giant letters are a site to be hold. And there are always people hanging out inside them, they are stronger than the Hollywood sign I'm certain. It really is a site to ... Read More

My friends Britt, Neisje and I all went camping this weekend for a wonderful stay in chino hills state park! I brought my brand new Honda HR-V, and my single tent Here are some photos of the camp site! We also went on a little hike around the area and found some ... Read More

Way out side of Tucson Arizona is a small airport my friend works at, He's a CFI and trains people for acrobatics, tailwheels and Mountain flying. I took a visit out to the grand canyon state to visit him, and perhaps purchase a plane from the flight school. Parked outside is a DC-3 that ... Read More

I got to see the famous Boeing C-137 Stratoliner Airforce One this weekend at the Reagan Library. This was the aircraft of choice for 6 U.S. presidents, including, Nixon, Carter, Ford, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton and George W. Bush Here they let you on board the real plane, and its ... Read More

This year during my brief Hiatus from Rick and Morty, I went to Hawaii with my mom. My mom grew up in Hawaii in the 70's, so she loves to visit. We explored both Honolulu and the Big Island! Here are some fun photos from Waikiki! I really liked all the tall condos and mall areas, ... Read More

This yeah I decided to go to a slightly smaller air show with some of my friends, and Wings over Camarillo was the right choice! So many amazing planes but without the crowds! It's also a car show too so there were lots of vintage vehicles to look at with friendly owners near by to ... Read More

Its memorial day and here in LA the active Navy ships are in town for Fleet Week! The amazing folks at the battleship IOWA (where I volunteer at) asked me to teach an animation class to the visiting Sailors. This year I got to go on board the USS Harpers Ferry to talk about cartoons and ... Read More

Every ones favorite animation studio has officially ben around for 25 years. I'm talking of course about the mouse. No not that one. The titular TITMOUSE! I have only freelanced here but they invited every one in animation. So we all went down to their Burbank location (thank god, please ... Read More