Surfin' with the Alien

Yes, I was one of the knuckleheads that stood in line for 3 hours of my life in order to get the midnight release of Halo 3. I was going to pick it up Tuesday morning but I figured it would be nice to wake Jake up with a fresh copy so we could play first thing in the morning. I ended up taking the day off and letting him take the day off from school so we could have some dad/son time without estrogen floatin' around the house. We beat the game on normal in a collective 8 hours. For those out there thinking that today's youth spends too much time inside, we also went to the park that evening and played football with my brother and then played frisbee football once the sun went down. Overall, we saw a lot of similarities between this one and the original Halo. The graphics rock. Our favorite level is STORM and nothing beats kickin' some alien ass while crankin' some System of a Down. Thanks Rob for the mix CD. Jake has a newfound appreciation for Motley Crue and Ratt.

For tonight's image, I did a fair amount of processing to come up with the one you are looking at now. This is the 4th version and the one I like the best. Rob thinks I should enter this one in some local contest. I have no idea how that works as I have never entered anything in any type of contest. I think it's time to push the envelope though. And yes, the title is a nod to Joe Satriani. I thought it was fitting for tonight's mix of text & visual. Let me know what you think.