I don't generally like these meme's and usually decline to participate, but since this one was generated by Cal over at Calvin's Canadian Cave of Cool I decided to give it a go:
1.FULL NAME?
Michael Dean Jackson
2.NICKNAME(S)?
Mikey. Dad. Baby.
3.BIRTHPLACE?
Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
4.WEBSITE?
Right here, www.mdjacksonart.blogspot.com and www.mdjacksonart.weebly.com
5.FAVORITE SALAD DRESSING?
Poppyseed
6.FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?
Vanilla (what?)
7.FUTURE CAREER GOALS?
I want to be a rich, infamous, bloated writer/artist
8.PROBABLE CAREER?
Will probably remain an obscure starving writer/artist
9.FAVORITE FOOD?
Chocolate Chip Cookies
10.FAVORITE DRINK? (Non-alcoholic)
Coffee
11.FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT?
Theater history
12.FAVORITE SCHOOL ACTIVITY?
Library Time
13.LEAST FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT?
P.E.
14.LEAST FAVORITE SCHOOL ACTIVITY?
Clean up
15.WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR TOWN?
Its natural beauty.
16.WHAT DO YOU LIKE LEAST ABOUT YOUR TOWN?
The tourists (and the locals)
17.GREATEST ADVENTURE?
Perhaps not my greatest adventure but the Great Western Canadian Monster Hunt of 1989 was quite memorable.
18.MOST ROMANTIC MOMENT?
Getting down on one knee and proposing to my wife on Robson Street in Vancouver. It was a cool, clear night outside the Art Gallery.
19.HOW MANY PILLOWS?
One, flat as a pancake.
20.PETS?
Currently a family cat named Cosmic Creepers
21.THREE FAVORITE MOVIES? (THIS YEAR)
You know, I haven't seen any of this year's movies
22.THREE FAVORITE MOVIES? (ALL TIME)
Seven Samurai, The Third Man, Fellini's Casanova
23.FAVORITE TV SHOWS (THIS YEAR)
Doctor Who, Ashes to Ashes, Fringe
24.THREE FAVORITE TV SHOWS? (ALL TIME)
Star Trek (the original) Doctor Who, Farscape
25.LEAST FAVORITE TV SHOWS
Tyra Banks, Golden Girls, Sex and the City
26.THREE FAVORITE SONGS? (ALL TIME)
"Over the Rainbow" by pretty much anybody who does it, "Halleluja" by almost anyone who does it, "Fires at Midnight" by Jethro Tull
27.THREE FAVORITE ALBUMS OR CDs?
"Songs from the Wood" by Jethro Tull, "Magentalane" by Klaatu, "Swordfishtrombone" by Tom Waits
28.THREE FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEOS?
"I Don't Wanna Grow up" by Tom Waits, "First We Take Manhattan" by Leonard Cohen, "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga
29.FAVORITE SINGER?
Tom Waits. Ian Anderson, Kate Bush
30.FAVORITE MUSICAL GROUP?
Jethro Tull
31.MUSICAL SHAME?
Lady Gaga (though I'm not really ashamed, just made to feel like I should be)
32.FAVORITE CELEBRITY?
I don't really like any celebrities
33.LEAST FAVORITE CELEBRITY?
But I like Paris Hilton least of all
34.MALE STAR?
Johnny Depp (or as my wife says: my "man crush")
35.FEMALE STAR?
Christina Hendricks.
36.WORD OR PHRASE YOU OVER USE?
"Indeed"
37.SUPERPOWER YOU WOULD WANT?
The ability to fly. That's it. Wouldn't fight crime or anyhting. Just fly
38.BODY PIERCINGS OR TATTOOS?
None now nor in the forseeable future.
39.IF YOU COULD WITNESS ONE EVENT IN HISTORY WHICH WOULD IT BE AND WHY WOULD YOU GO THERE?
I'd probably want to go to the Sermon on the Mount just so I could come back and disagree with devout Christians who try to make you believe that they were there and in the front row. I also heard that the bread and fish lunch was particularly good.
40.WHAT DO YOU THINK OTHERS ADMIRE ABOUT YOU?
My ability to remain calm while the wheels are coming off.
41.WHAT DO YOU ADMIRE MOST ABOUT YOURSELF?
The fact that I don't break down and cry like a little girl while the wheels are coming off (at least until I am alone with my wife)
42.WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE ABOUT YOURSELF IF YOU COULD?
I want all my frickin' hair back!.
43.IF YOU COULD LIVE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHERE WOULD YOU GO?
WHY?
England, preferably midlands. The landscape calls out to my soul.
44.WHAT WOULD BE YOUR LAST MEAL? (INCLUDE EVERYTHING)
Roast Beef, Yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes with plenty of gravy, peas, dark ale, dinner rolls, plenty of butter and cake and ice cream for dessert
45.WHAT IS YOUR PREFERRED METHOD OF EXECUTION?
Sentenced to die of old age.
46.WHAT LIVING PERSON WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO HAVE LUNCH WITH?
Harlan Ellison, because the last time was such a blast.
47.WHAT DEAD PERSON WOULD YOU MOST HAVE LIKED TO HAVE LUNCH WITH?
Frank Frazetta
48.THREE BOOKS TO TAKE TO A DESERT ISLAND?
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, ICON: Frank Frazetta Retrospective
49.THREE PEOPLE TO TAKE TO A DESERT ISLAND?
My Wife and two daughters
50.THREE WISHES? (NO FAIR WISHING FOR MORE WISHES)
The ability to travel through time and space at will. A ridiculously long life-span. To have my wife always by my side.
51.WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE?
I know absolutely everything.
52.SPORT YOU MOST LIKE TO WATCH?
Hockey until the Canucks are out of the playoffs.
53.SPORT YOU MOST LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN?
I'm sorry... participate?
54.WHAT DO YOU COLLECT?
Books, Pulp Magazines
55.WHO DO YOU ADMIRE MOST IN YOUR LIFE?
My Wife.
56.WHAT HISTORICAL PERIOD WOULD YOU HAVE LIKED TO LIVE IN?
The Rennaiscance. A chance to meet DaVinci, Michaelangelo, Shakespeare... hello?
57.FAVORITE MONOPOLY PIECE?
The Top Hat.
58.FAVORITE BOARD GAMES?
Trivial Pursuit, Star Wars Monopoly
59.SPIRIT ANIMAL?
Mountain Gorilla
60.FAVORITE ANIMAL?
Chimpanzee
61.BEST AND WORST PARTS OF LIVING IN THE FUTURE?
Best part: Space Travel. Worst Part: Everything's so frickin' expensive!
62.DO YOU PREFER CATS OR DOGS?
Cats
63.WHAT WOULD BE YOUR SPICE GIRL NAME IF YOU WERE IN THE GROUP?
Benny Hill Spice. I wouldn't be able to sing or dance, but chasing around with them in fast motion sure would be fun.
64.DO YOU PREFER COKE OR PEPSI?
Pepsi, back when I used to drink dark colas
And in solidarity with Aaron at Samuraifrog and Drake at Eclectic Banana, I post a scary picture.
I've been here and there. I've drawn a lot of pictures. I've written a bit, too. I'm not good at this self-promotion thing. Look, you want to know about me? just visit these websites. Okay?
www.mdjacksonart.weebly.com
http://mdjackson.deviantart.com
http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/mdjacksons%5Fportfolio
It is the Summer Solstice today, a day that has been celebrated by druids since time immemorial. It is also the birthday of a good friend who I have known a long time. Not as long as the druids who celebrated the solstice, but pretty long.
G.W. Thomas has been a writer and an artist for many years and through the years we have collaborated on many projects, the latest of which is Dark Worlds Magazine.
So in honour of the summer solstice and his birthday I wish him many happy returns and urge you to visit him his blog (http://darkworlds21.blogspot.com/) or just toodle around his website (http://www.gwthomas.org/).
Happy Birthday, G.W.!
I've been here and there. I've drawn a lot of pictures. I've written a bit, too. I'm not good at this self-promotion thing. Look, you want to know about me? just visit these websites. Okay?
www.mdjacksonart.weebly.com
http://mdjackson.deviantart.com
http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/mdjacksons%5Fportfolio
A while ago Cal over at the Canadian Cave of Cool thought that we needed a new female robin. I had to agree and. since there wasn't one around I had to come up with one.
On another note, my other personality, Jack Mackenzie, is writing. He is contractually obligated to write a story for an upcoming anthology and he finds my blogging and commenting on other folks' blogs distracting.
So If I am unusually quiet in the next two or three weeks, blame Jack.
UPDATE: Despite Jack's insistence to the contrary I have made updates to this image. I re-inked it using ink pen rather than Photoshop and then I took it into Painter. I like the results much better.
I've been here and there. I've drawn a lot of pictures. I've written a bit, too. I'm not good at this self-promotion thing. Look, you want to know about me? just visit these websites. Okay?
www.mdjacksonart.weebly.com
http://mdjackson.deviantart.com
http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/mdjacksons%5Fportfolio
Jeanne Robinson passed away on March 31. She had been battling cancer for a while and finally succumbed.
Jeanne was a dancer, choreographer and writer and founder of Nova Scotia's first professional modern dance company. She was also the wife of author Spider Robinson and co-wrote the novels STARDANCE, STARSEED and STARMIND with him. STARDANCE is being made into a feature film at the moment.
I knew Spider and Jeanne back when I lived in Vancouver. Not well, but I met them often enough to know that Jeanne was a wonderful woman. She was open and friendly, talented and funny.
She was training to be a Zen Buddhist priest, so I know that she faced the end of her life with a calm grace and dignity. Nevertheless I was profoundly saddened to hear of her passing. She was one of the best.
My heart goes out to Spider and to the rest of the family.
Where I live this weekend there is an event sponsored by the BC Cancer Society. We will be lighting a candle at that event in memory of Jeanne.
I've been here and there. I've drawn a lot of pictures. I've written a bit, too. I'm not good at this self-promotion thing. Look, you want to know about me? just visit these websites. Okay?
www.mdjacksonart.weebly.com
http://mdjackson.deviantart.com
http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/mdjacksons%5Fportfolio
