the old thepete.com blog: 2012

Saturday, December 29, 2012

"Drawing #366!" #DrawEveryDay #366 12/31/12 instacanv.as/mrthepete #drawing #art

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"Razer Blue" #TimeLapse #DrawEveryDay #365 12/30/12

#HelloSkully T-shirts are the perfect gift for that creepy friend of yours--get one now at http://hello-skully.com

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You can also check out all of my Draw Every Day drawings on my blog here: http://thepete.com/tag/DED/
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"Razer Red" #TimeLapse #DrawEveryDay #364 12/29/12

"Razer Blue" #DrawEveryDay #365 12/30/12 instacanv.as/mrthepete #drawing #art

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"Catterbot" #TimeLapse #DrawEveryDay #363 12/28/12

"Razer Red" #DrawEveryDay #364 12/29/12 instacanv.as/mrthepete #drawing #art

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Due to being on a boat for the next week, I'll be posting the last 3 drawings today. 366 drawings in all!

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FINALLY on the last leg of my trip--on the shuttle bus to Galveston and my wiiiiife! Oh and a cruise ship. One of the shittier weeks of my life ends with something awesome. I totally deserve it after this #worstweekever !! #pic

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I STILL wanna know what's up with the #Cowstronaut (#SpaceCow?) at #Houston #IAH. #pic

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21 seconds over Atlanta about 12 hours ago

Shot this while flying over Atlanta or to it or from it. I'm tired and don't remember... zzzzzzzzzz....
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#Pic #3 of my view out the window as we approached Atlanta several hours ago (12 or so hours).

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#Pic #2 of my view out the window as we approached Atlanta several hours ago (12 or so hours).

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#Pic #1 of my view out the window as we approached Atlanta several hours ago (12 or so).

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Totally not a soda drinker anymore but was psyched to find #RCCola in a vending machine here in Houston. Sadly, the machine isn't refrigerated so the bottle I got was warm. #damnit #pic

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Do I look like I've been awake for 19 hours in this #pic? I feel much more tired than I look, I think. #YAWN

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Friday, December 28, 2012

At IAH in Houston with about 10 hours to kill. Can't decide if I like being completely alone in an airport or not. #texas #houston #airport #latenight #pic

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On the plane, getting out of Dodge now to avoid the snow. See, tomorrow is the cruise--out of Texas. #beatingrealitytomywill #pic

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The Delta terminal at #LGA ROCKS! Free-to-use iPads and power outlets as far as the eye can see! #airports #modernlife #pic

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

"Sorry It's Late" #TimeLapse #DrawEveryDay #362 12/27/12

"Catterbot" #DrawEveryDay #363 12/28/12 instacanv.as/mrthepete #drawing #art

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"Sorry It's Late" #DrawEveryDay #362 12/27/12 instacanv.as/mrthepete #drawing #art

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"T.O.K. (That One Kid)" #TimeLapse #DrawEveryDay #361 12/26/12

"#HelloSkully: Merry Christmas from Skully-Chan!" #TimeLapse #DrawEveryDay #360 12/25/12

"T.O.K. (That One Kid)" #DrawEveryDay #361 12/26/12 instacanv.as/mrthepete #drawing #art

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Watching some #FireballXL5 in honor of #GerryAnderson's passing. #RIP #FAB #screencap

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"#HelloSkully: Merry Christmas from Skully-Chan!" #DrawEveryDay #360 12/25/12 hello-skully.com #cute #kawaii #drawing #art

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"#HelloSkully: Press It." #TimeLapse #DrawEveryDay #359 12/24/12

"#HelloSkully: Press It." #DrawEveryDay #359 12/24/12 hello-skully.com #cute #kawaii #drawing #art

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"Kanjikao" #TimeLapse #DrawEveryDay #358 12/23/12

"Kanjikao" #DrawEveryDay #358 12/23/12 instacanv.as/mrthepete #drawing #art

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"Jogging Strangeoid" #TimeLapse #DrawEveryDay #357 12/22/12

"Jogging Strangeoid" #DrawEveryDay #357 12/22/12 instacanv.as/mrthepete #drawing #art

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"Strangeoid" #TimeLapse #DrawEveryDay #356 12/21/12

"#HelloSkully: Old Time Skully-Chan" #TimeLapse #DrawEveryDay #355 12/20/12

"Strangeoid" #DrawEveryDay #356 12/21/12 instacanv.as/mrthepete #drawing #art

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"#HelloSkully: Old Time Skully-Chan" #TimeLapse #DrawEveryDay #355 12/20/12

Ok, NOW the snow is starting to stick...well to me, at least... #snow #nyc #pic #weather

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It actually feels colder than it says in this #pic AND there's a wet snow falling. Weeee!

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

"#HelloSkully: Old Time Skully-Chan" #DrawEveryDay #355 12/20/12 hello-skully.com #cute #kawaii #drawing #art

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"Random Cool 80s Guy" #TimeLapse #DrawEveryDay #354 12/19/12

And now for the final film of my #Christmas Day #ChristmasMovie Festival, my favorite Christmas movie ever! #ComeOutToTheCoastWellHaveAFewLaughs #screencap

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"Random Cool 80s Guy" #DrawEveryDay #354 12/19/12 instacanv.as/mrthepete #drawing #art

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"Terry Tallface" #TimeLapse #DrawEveryDay #353 12/18/12

"Terry Tallface" #DrawEveryDay #353 12/18/12 instacanv.as/mrthepete #drawing #art

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Done with #aChristmasStory and now onto my own traditional Christmas movie: #SantaClausConquersTheMartians via #MST3K #PatrickSwayzeChristmas #screencap

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"Thomas Tallface" #TimeLapse #DrawEveryDay #352 12/17/12

"Thomas Tallface" #DrawEveryDay #352 12/17/12 instacanv.as/mrthepete #drawing #art

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"?????? (Detective Oranji)" #TimeLapse #DrawEveryDay #351 12/16/12

Watching this movie in honor of my step-dad's passing. He loved this movie so much and so did I. I can still hear him reciting the famous line #YoullShotYourEyeOut Really miss that guy :( #aChristmasStory #screencap

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"?????? (Detective Oranji)" #DrawEveryDay #351 12/16/12 instacanv.as/mrthepete #drawing #art

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Memories of A Christmas Passed... via Memolane.com

@siskita puts the star on the tree! by mr thepete

@siskita puts the star on the tree!, a photo by mr thepete on Flickr.

I really love Memolane.com. Every day I get an email with a few images or posts from anywhere from 1-5 years ago. Today, I woke up to find this picture of my wife putting the star on the tree at my mom and step-dad's home back in 2008. Since my step-father passed away yesterday, it's especially poignant.

Quite literally, the good old days. :)

I hope you're having a good December 25th whether you are celebrating it or not (like me).

Monday, December 24, 2012

Times like this, I usually go get myself a new Lego set to distract myself from life, but it's Christmas Eve. No way I'm going shopping now!

I'll probably just focus on my drawings. Just 13 more to go and then I start putting together the 4-volume compilation of all 366 drawings I did this year.

"Life goes on," as the annoying saying goes... :/

RIP Don (My Step-Dad)

I don't know if there's such a thing as "too soon" when it comes to something like this, but writing this post yesterday would have been too soon since he hadn't passed away yet!

He'd definitely have laughed at that joke. :)

When he was diagnosed with cancer back in (I think it was) 2007, doctors gave him anywhere from months to a couple years to live. I took one look at him and knew the doctors were just wrong.

I thought he would live forever. I mean, rationally, I knew he wouldn't, but his spirit was just one of those indomitable spirits that seemed somewhat invincible. But cancer takes that away from a great many of us.

Don taught me how to be a stickler for the facts, how to work hard, how to do what needed doing and, most of all, how to take myself too seriously.

When I told him that, and thanked him for it, three years ago, he immediately apologized. I told him that it was fine--that I preferred taking myself too seriously over not taking myself seriously enough or at all. He seemed to understand and agree that it was better.

You know, so many people think about going to heaven or are obsessed with living forever, but, in the end, we do live forever through our actions and the memories we leave people with. Don had a tremendous, influence on me and will, for better or worse, continue to have a tremendous influence on me until the day I pass away. Until that day comes, I will be taking myself too seriously, will constantly look up facts and correct people when they are wrong. So, if I happen to do that to you, don't blame me. ;)

Take care, Don! You are in a better place now and we will miss you always and will be glad your suffering is over. I will strive to remember the best you, the healthier you, the person who was always and will always be invincible.

Oh and, for anyone reading this, please don't smoke. Just, don't. Seriously--don't. If you already are, just stop. Now.

Wow...just realized that I'm, almost completely, avoiding doing anything Christmas-related. Feels kind of good. I miss it but not the stress

The reason why is because I'm busy with work--the Draw Every Day project is almost done, but I still have a LOT of work to do on it. 13 more drawings to draw and 16 more to scan edit and post. Then I've got to compile the compilations and get them uploaded to Magcloud. Then I've got to get back to thepete.mag and TheKey Chronicle Book 2. I'm also wondering if I should do a Draw Every Day 2013. I think if i do I won't be time-lapsing or scanning the finished drawings.

EDIT: Just as I finished that last sentence, my mom called me to tell my my step-dad had passed away. I could have called her back as I saw the call come in, but something made me just click "submit" and take the call. It wasn't even a feeling of dread or anything. I just saw that my mom was calling and wanted to switch apps and answer her call.

I feel like there is some irony in that timing of his passing and her calling. He passed away moments after I woke up today. Literally. Just as I finished my main point in this post about my plans for my immediate future, the call that he had passed came.

Life is like that sometimes.