http://alexgjones.com overly artsy = zero talent Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:37:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This blog is going to become my art blog. so everyday I want to post a new photo of a peice that I've created. This piece is one of the most recent paintings in my faces series. I used black conte to create a gestural drawing of the subjects. Then ... http://alexgjones.com/?p=15 Paintings that I completed this semester were just exhibited at the "See the Need" Exhibit at New Horizon Community Church www.nhcchome.com. I had many positive comments given to me about them. I may have even sold one! Leave some comments and tell me what you think of them. My self ... http://alexgjones.com/?p=14 I just bought this sweet new toy camera off e-bay. Its a LOMO LC-A, a russian camera that has become popular because of its oversaturated colors and dark vignetteing. These shots are some of my favorites from my very first roll. Hopefully there will be more sweet lomographs in the ... http://alexgjones.com/?p=13 Pan's Labyrinth-Cleaned House as it should Latin Directors(Alejandro,Alfonso,Guillermo)-thank you Children of Men/Alfonso Cuaron-why no award An Inconvenient Truth-Why so many awards? Dreamgirls-robbed by Al Gore Little Miss Sunshine-Best screenplay and deservedly so Ryan Gosling-stud Mark Wahlberg-stud Leonardo Dicaprio-stud Clive Owen-stud(even though you weren't nominated but should've) Alan Arkin-my hero Forest Whitaker-Scary but amazing Jack-what's with the no hair? Clint Eastwood & Peter ... http://alexgjones.com/?p=11 In keeping with tradition I again attended a concert this Friday. It was just fifteen minutes away from the last concert I went to and it was the same band. The concert at Taylor was a little over priced at eight dollars and the only good band that played was ... http://alexgjones.com/?p=10 it seems to be regular occurence that I am going to concerts on fridays. This friday I took my first ever trip to the exciting town of Upland Indiana. Now I dont see why anyone would ever go to this town unless there was an incredible band playing there. If ... http://alexgjones.com/?p=9 last friday was an amazing night. Somehow the guitarist from Darkroom, Kyle got us in free to see Ben Kweller at Notre Dame. Now keep in mind this was a student only show, not open to the public, yet Kyle was able to get ten of his friends on the ... http://alexgjones.com/?p=8 After the superbowl a group of friends and I watched the movie "Winter Passing". We should have watched it during the superbowl because the superbowl was lame. Winter Passing stars Zoey Deschanel, Will Ferrell and Ed Harris. I dont want to say to much about the plot because it is ... http://alexgjones.com/?p=7 I have been growing this beard for awhile now and I looked at myself in the mirror today and realized that I am looking like a big ole' Jew. A friend at a wedding I went to yesterday told me that I looked like TLC's "Shalom in the Home" I ... http://alexgjones.com/?p=6 The term liberal has many varying definitions when used in different social groups. In evangelical circles, most perceive it to have a negative connotation. The reason for this is because of the word being closely connected to the Democratic Party. Evangelicals attribute the word liberal to the Democratic Party, gay ... http://alexgjones.com/?p=4