Man unaware he had been shot in the head.

"A man who woke up and found his head bleeding, drove to work and left a note for his boss before going to the hospital to find he had a bullet lodged in his brain, authorities said."

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Bender Prototype ships in Tokyo?

This home robot can do all sorts of tasks, but owners say he is sometimes irritating. He interrupts conversations and ignores demands to be quiet. �One day I found him watching TV, which we never anticipated. Then sometimes he would start dancing

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Why Spaghetti Doesn't Break in Half

Try a little experiment: take a dry spaghetti, and bend it until it cracks. How many pieces do you think you'll get? Two? Wrong. An uncooked spaghetti can break into three, seven or even ten pieces only. Why? Two French physicists have solved the mystery.....

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My Victims Become My Art! (Images)

A photographer was accused of lying in wait to take his pictures instead of warning people of the danger that lay ahead in the road.

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Bad

Bad
Originally uploaded by Crismateski.

Have you been Naughty or Nice

2005-12-22

2005-12-22
Originally uploaded by Crismateski.

Kind of sad but this is the way the world seems to be going

Commodore Joins the 21st Century

Commodore is coming back to the US with three products that will be unveiled at CES in January: the Commodore Multimedia Tower, Commodore MediaBox and the Commodore Navigator.

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Video of a lotus being chased by an apache helicopter

The super quick lotus exige is put in a handling bout against an apache attack helicopter. Not surprising who won.

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Stop Illegal Immigration

A group promoting an extravegant new fence along the US - Mexican border.

Eight feet of coiled barbed wire, ditches, fences, patrol roads, cameras and motion sensors.



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Simpson's : Springfield finally located

Just view the map..

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Matt Groening talks about the future of Futurama.

Davied X. Cohen is quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald as saying, "My current estimate is that we're starting tomorrow."

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Southern Ice Storm Renders Many Powerless

the title covers it all

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Sign the STOP THE MADNESS-Support the President and our troops petition

like the title says

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Why AMD-MHz don't equal Intel's

Ever make this off-the-cuff comment? "AMD is only clocked at 2.8GHz, while Intel is at 4.0GHz! Intel is much faster." Learn why it's not such a good idea to say that in the company of those who know.

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Official: access gmail from your mobile..!!

yeah i know there have been other althernatives.. but now its official from google..!

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Ok, I came across a website that translates into Japanese. So, running my name through it, this is what I got.

This is what the name "Cris" looks like in Japanese:

It is pronounced "KURISU". (Consonants are pronounced more or less the same way as in English. "I" sounds like ee in meet, but shorter. "U" sounds like oo in hook, but with less rounding of the lips.)

I just thought it was interesting, if you want to check it out for yourself, you can go to http://www.japanesetranslator.co.uk/your-name-in-japanese/

32-inch HDTV is smaller screen size than old 32-inch TV

That new 32-inch HDTV you want may not be as big as you think. How much bigger than your old 32-incher is it? Actually . . . it's smaller! Read on to avoid an expensive mistake.

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Comunists for Tookie

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HDTV Video Camera for $799 Next Year?

News.com is out with an article on a new cheap chip that they say may drop the price of HDTV video cameras to $799 next year.

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Boeing 747 vs. 2 cars by Top Gear

The Top Gear guys are at it again. This time they check what happens when a car drives behind a Boeing 747 at full thrust. What a great video by Top Gear.

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ChrismaHaunaKwanzakah Help Line

Okay, so Virgin Mobile apparently has a hysterical phone line you can call up for help shopping for a cell phone this umm, time of the year. Call 1-888-353-7667 and make sure you go through some of the menus

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How do you say D'oh in Arabic

Homer Simpson or Omar Shamshoon?

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newly weds

newly weds
Originally uploaded by Crismateski.

Well, they went through with it, Twink and Amy are now man and wife. A few more photos are available at http://flickr.com/photos/cmateski/sets/514797/ I will try and get some more posted, but I have to tough them up first, the ones posted are straight off of the camera.

This is a link to where they got married, they were in the white house, and polo room

http://www.calamigosequestrian.com/calamigos_home.htm

Vic Edelbrocks Garage

Vic Edelbrocks Garage
Originally uploaded by Crismateski.

I was going to do a post on this, but I dont think I could have summed it up as well as the club president did, so here is what he wrote.

EDELBROCK TOUR

What a great sunny day it was. This was the first non-rainy weekend I've had at home since, well I don't remember when. It was Easter weekend and Saturday Vic Edelbrock Jr. opened his 800,000 square foot facilities to the All Mustang and Ford Club and the So.Cal.Falcon Club. In all, just under 130 people, 10 from our club and some 70 cars caravanned out to Torrance.

Vic Edelbrock himself opened the doors and seemed thrilled to be speaking to us. His opening talk was very informative and told of many personal events. Most were good, some funny and a few were tragic.

I was lucky enough to part of his personal and small tour group. He walked us through every part of the Edelbrock Empire. Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales and Engineering were opened to us. Massive machines and skilled hand labor made cylinder heads before our eyes. Intake manifolds, valve covers, water pumps and even shock absorbers were being designed and built all in Torrance, CA.

After we saw all that there was to see, lunch was served. Togo's sandwiches for all.

Oh, I almost forgot, we saw Vic Jr.'s collection of cars that included two his father had owned in the 30's 40's and 50's.

Vic Sr. passed away unexpectedly in the early 60's at the age of 49 and did not get to see what his son had done with the company he started. From 5,000 square feet of shop space in 1964 to 800,000 now, Edelbrock is an amazing company that still makes it all here in the USA.

I was also lucky enough to be in the group with Vic Edelbrock, and it was a great experence. If you ever get the oppertunity to take a tour of this facility, I would highly recommend the trip.

Qoute from Bob Beck President of the SoCal Chapter of the Falcon Club of America

Front view

Front
Originally uploaded by Crismateski.

Well, I have not done a great job of keeping this up to date, but I have done really well at not complaining, until now. This post is a rant, you have been warned, I have nothing good to say, I am just complaining, if you read past here you will just be reading how frustrated I am. If you live locally you may have heard that a car went over the edge of a cliff in Azusa Canyon a week ago, well, wensday night the car was finally found, and they were doing a recovery of the car on thursday. It went down a 125 foot cliff, then sank 135 feet underwater near the damn. I went out and shot video all day. I had shots of the rescue divers bringing the car to the surface with inflatable bags, I had shots of LA County Serriffs Air Rescue 5 pulling 3 of the divers from the water by cable, I had shots of the car being draged from the water, I had shots of what was left of the mangled Toyota MR2, and I even had an interview with the CHP investigator who was not planning on media being there and was wearing a Hawaian T-shirt and jeans. Then there is Ron, a guy who used to work for Inland News, key words being used to, who showed up three hours late so missed everything but the car coming out of the water, and then left early without getting a soundbyte just so he could race out of the canyon and feed video before me. He had even said to my face that since I was there first and had the prior video he would not feed. Since he was greedy enough to not finish his duties and get the full story, he got more sales, since his video feed first. As you can tell I am not happy about this at all, and niether is anyone else at Inland News. So, we are simply going to start covering his area, so he may have stabbed us in the back and stole a story out from under us, but he will lose many more storys in the future because of it. The photos included with this post are video stills from the package I shot.

top view

top
Originally uploaded by Crismateski.

Wood View Rd Chino Hills CA

Wood View Rd Chino Hills CA
Originally uploaded by Crismateski.

This photo does not really have anything to do with the post, but I have photos working, so I am going to use them. The picture was taken off of Woodview Rd in Chino Hills CA. Now, on to the purpose of the post. I am currently the ASM for the Production of Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat at the Haugh Performing Arts Center. The show runs this weekend, and you can check the website for tickets. It is made up of a cast of about 40, plus a 30 member adult chior, 30 member childrens choir, and a live band. For more information on the show go here. This is turning out to be a great production, hope to see you there.

C

Paige

she is fine wallpaper
Originally uploaded by Crismateski.

Well, Since I am trying to update this, and I have photos working, I thought I would post something. For those of you that don't know I am seeing a great girl named Paige. This is a photo of her that was actually taken on my camera phone (Nextel i860) then I played with it a bit in photoshop. I will look through some of my photos and try and add stuff when I have nothing new to put, but dont count on it.

C

Windmill Chino Hills State park

windmill crop
Originally uploaded by Crismateski.

Ok, I have found a new photo hosting site, so I may be able to get photos in here. I will still be keeping the text america site at http://cmphotography.textamerica.com/ since it is so easy and convienant. So if things get kind of wierd here, you know why.

For the test post I decided to use a shot of an antique windmill in the Chino Hills State Park. I took this shot about 2 years ago on a Fugica st605n Slr camera that my grandfather bought new. The photo was entered in a national compitition and did very well, and has been published in a coffe table photography book.

C

This was emailed to me, so I am not really sure of the true author to give them credit, but I completely agree:

The 2005 Revised Version of The Declaration of Independence "We The
People Of The United States" The following has been attributed to State
Representative Mitchell Kaye from GA. This guy should run for President one day...

" We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help
everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots,
keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the
blessings of debt free liberty to ourselves and our
great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby TRY ONE MORE TIME to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt
ridden, delusional, and other bed-wetters. We hold these truths to be
self evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of
Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights as such:

ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any
other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them,
but no one is guaranteeing anything.

ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended.This country
is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone -- not just
you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different
opinion, etc.; but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be.

ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you
stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful, do not expect
the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently
wealthy.

ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing.
Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly
help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing
generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve
nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional
couch potatoes.

ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be
nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in
public health care.

ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people.
If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill someone, don't be
surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.

ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If
you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens,
don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a
place where you still won't have the right to a big screen color TV or a
life of leisure.

ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to a job. All of us sure want
you to have a job, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we
expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and
vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful.

ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American
means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness, which by the way, is
a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance of idiotic
laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.

ARTICLE X: This is an English speaking country. We don't care where you
are from, English is our language. Learn it or go back to wherever you
came from!

(lastly....)

ARTICLE XI: You do not have the right to change our country's history or
heritage. This country was founded on the belief in one true God. And
yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any faith, or
no faith at all; with no fear of persecution. The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST
is part of our heritage and history, and if you are uncomfortable with
it, TOUGH!!!!

It's about time common sense is allowed to flourish.

Sensible people of the United States speak out because if you do not, who will?

Vote - it's as American as an American can be!

Well, I hope you agree as well, until next time

C

So I know I keep saying that I will update this more often, and it never happens so I am not going to say it this time. I am just going to post this update and we will see what happens. It has been a long time, and alot has happened, so I am just going to touch on things quickely. Paige and I are still together. I Basically quit at Citrus. I am nolonger working in the shop, and with out it the shop I dont make enough to pay the bills. I am going to try and still do shows when I can, but I don't know what will happen with that. I have been working alittle harder at the news video, and have sold a couple of stories during the recent storms. I have also been doing some work for a company called American Neonics in Hollywood. We have been doing the neon for the Grammy Awards, and a t-mobile commercial. I really do not want to work for them, it is not what I want to do, but it is a paycheck while I look for the job that I want.