Lowdown At The Lake

Hey everyone-
I wanted to create a post for the sweet get together that Rob & Chas had on the last weekend of August this year. What a crazy night. There was a ton of planning that had to be done, but everything was well worth it. So many people that I had not seen for years!! From what I know what we went through, it was over 150 lbs. of meat, 4 kegs, 20 bottles of Crown, and 12 of Morgan. There was much more, but that is just to give you an idea. It was estimated that we had around 400 people over the course of the night. I took some pictures and a few videos during the night, but didn't get nearly everyone that attended. I will post them here periodically or put up a link to where they will be located soon. There is talk of this being an annual event, but it will no longer be a free event. Will let everyone know when this is decided.


"Heyride" Jam w/ Timmy laughing at my second note...



Cornerstone Dub w/ Marcelo Arevalo

what.cd invite wanted

The same goes for this site as my previous post on Demonoid. Although I am a bit leary of this site, due to them being hacked by some of their former members, they have much of what I am looking for. If I am unable to find certain torrents elsewhere, I would like to have this as a resource.
Thanks!!

Waffles.fm invite needed

Same goes for this site as my previous Demonoid request posting.

demonoid invite code needed

I know everybody and their dog wants these codes, and they say so on hundreds of blog entries, but I figured if somebody searches for this I might get lucky finding someone generous. On sites I use, I always keep my ratio at 1.00 or higher. If you do have an invite code, please email me at (email removed) and I will do whatever I can to return the favor.

Disregard this request for this site, I now have a code for Demonoid, so thanks!

Portfolio Website Update

The website has been finalized for now, and is now located at www.abates.net/portfolio. The links to my resume & my first flash created site are also included. This address is a little different than the first, just because I wanted to get all the kinks worked out before I used this URL. I will be adding and/or revising my work posted on it each semester at the very least. Currently, I am enrolled in Intermediate Photography and Life Drawing studios, as well as a Art History and Spanish course. Next semester I will definitely have a Graphic Design class, such as another Typography, or Adv. Graphic Design. I am also trying to decide between the next sculpture or painting course. Any comments for improvement on it would be greatly appreciated.

Selling My CD's (sad but true)

I also wanted to give a "Heads Up" to those of you that I know, and I will be passing the word along in an email in the future, but I am going to sell my ever-growing CD collection in it's near entirety (only keeping a select few) in around a month. I have already calculated what all of my CD's are worth on Amazon, which is where I plan to sell most of them. The storefront I have on there has already been started, but only a few things are listed (none of my purchased CD's). For future use, my Amazon store is located HERE. So if any of you out there reading this know of a particular CD of mine that you would want, let me know before I list it so you can get first crack at it. Chances are I will cut you a deal since I will know whoever is reading this blog. The main reason for doing this is not only is my collection getting larger than I can handle to move, but I see everything in the music industry going digital. Very sad to me since artwork, liner notes, credits, etc. kind of get lost in the process. I think vinyl is kind of getting a resurgence also due to this, but also because of many analog recordings that are not available otherwise. I may also sell a few to the shops here in town, but they don't really give you a good deal, and I need college cash very badly. Help a professional student out!!

Personal Webpage

Just wanted to post on here that around 10 days ago I officially launched my new personal webpage. It is www.abates.net. The purpose of getting this rolling is to have a online portfolio of my artwork so when I look for new job opportunities for design related employment, this gives potential places of employment a way to see my actual work instead of just having a resume and cover letter pleading my case. I think it also helps that just in itself creating and loading a webpage shows my knowledge of several programs, and hopefully that is obvious from visiting the site. The only part that is active now is www.abates.net/portfolio2, and it will be updated pretty much on a constant basis until I decide to go a different direction. Hope you enjoy, and feel free to send any comments, criticism, and suggestions my way.