Abennett96's Blog

Blogging Like a RockStar at CollegeFest 2007

abennett96
abennett96 Sep 23, 2007
I am blogging and broadcasting live from CollegeFest 2007 in Boston MA with a team from PayPerPost. You can check out the live stream throughout the day at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/postie-reporter---collegefest-2007

Yesterday I was able to meet the Shop Boyz and take photos of them. Today there will be Fabolous as well Whiestarr.

Super Bowl Bound...

abennett96
abennett96 Aug 15, 2007
Hi,

I am in a competition to be sent to LA to be in a Super Bowl commercial. Yep, me, you know that guy who ran water to everyone on the Feehan Football team back in High School.

The competition has come down to a week of voting. You may vote once a day from today (the 15th) until August 23rd. The person with the most votes will win the competition and be sent to LA to see a Super Bowl commercial be filmed and possibily be in the commercial themselves.

Please go to

http://www.benspark.com/time-to-vote-for-my-super-bowl-dreams.html

This post will tell you all you need to know about the contest and how to vote. Please take a moment each day to vote, I would really appreciate the help you could give me.

There is a one time sign up where you need only put in a username, pick a password and give a valid e-mail address. That is all that is required. Thanks.

Thanks,

DREW

Guest Photo-A-Day

abennett96
abennett96 Nov 03, 2005

Allison and I are going on our honeymoon from November 14-22, 2005 and I will not be taking the laptop or the means to post images for Photo-A-Day. But don't fret I have taken steps to keep you visually stimulated for the days we are away. I have solicited the help of many talented individuals to help with the posting. From November 14-22, 2005 the BenSpark will be featuring a Guest Photo-A-Day.

Guest PADer #1 will be the one and only Christopher Williams. My inspiration behind Photo-A-Day. Back in 2002 Christopher took a Photo-A-Day and posted them to his website. Sounds like a simple concept, but some days it is much harder than you think. Christopher, however is a n awesome folk singer and travels all over the country to play, so he has many great shots from all around the U.S. Allison and I love to go and hear Christopher sing. We had a few of his songs played at our wedding too.

Guest PADer #2 will be Lisa Spodak. Lisa is a friend of Christopher's from college and she has been taking a Photo-A-Day for a three years now. That is committment! And speaking of committments, Lisa walked in all eight (314 miles) of the Avon Breast Cancer Walks in 2005 and raised over $25,000 total. That is a fantastic accomplishment.

Guest PADer #3 will be my friend from High School and now as well, Andy. Andy is a kite boarder and has written a book on Cisco Routers and has a great fiance named Rondi. Allison and I have spent many fun nights at their house playing board games and having great meals. Andy also comments on this blog often and that is a good thing because he has a rather dry, sharp, and funny wit. Andy has some great pictures of his dog Stephen. Let's see what he takes this week.

Guest PADer #4 is Kym Rhoman. Kym is a fan of Christopher Williams and was also inspired to take a Photo-A-Day. We have not met, but we were at the same Ellis Paul show back in October at Tupelo. After the show I posted about the show and Kym left a comment. Since then we have exchanged links and are fans of each other's Photo-A-Day projects.

Guest PADer #5 is my cousin Matt. Matt is a fantastic artist of many, many mediums. He is also an accomplished drummer and has been in many bands. His latest musical incarnation is called Bossburner. Matt also keeps a buzznet photo blog with some really great stuff. Matt, it seems, is all over the web. He has his own graphic design website called Spychild Design. He also has a site that showcases his art http://www.msloboganart.com/. I am looking forward to what Matt has to post for his Photo-A-Day image. He's been on buzznet less than six months and already has a featured photo. Great job.

Guest PADer #6 is our friend Maureen, or rather, Mo. Mo runs here own blog called We're In A Fight and she has the enviable task of making sure that each Guest Photo-A-Day that is posted during guest week on my Buzznet Account is then transferred to this blog. Mo also hosts a trivia contest each day and is one of the funnier people to breathe the air of this world. Mo will be doing the Prayer of The Faithful at our wedding and she is a former Saint A's Residence Hall Director like I was. It was fun working up on the hilltop with Mo.

Guest PADer #7 is the talented web comic artist Wes Molebash. You may recall that I purchased some of Wes' original art recently. I ran across Wes' comic You'll Have That probably a month or two after it went up on the Viper Comic site. You'll Have That is the story of Andy and Katie, a newly married couple. Allison and I just love Wes' characters and his stories. We felt at one point that Wes was secretly taping our lives because the comics rang so true. Wes is also a very nice guy and genuine. We look forward to meeting him if he ever comes up this way to a comic convention.

Guest PADer #8 is Gabrielle Krupnick. I found Gabrielle through Kym's page. I'm looking forward to what Gabrielle contributes to Guest Photo-A-Day.

Guest PADer #9 is Kostika. She is a fan of You'll Have That and she volunteered to help me out when I put out the call on the YHT Forums. Kostika has her own moBlog (mobile phone blog) and some photography on deviantart.com.

I would like to thank everyone for participating in the Guest Photo-A-Day project. I can't wait to see what everyone posts. (When we get back from Arubua that is.) Also be ready for all of the Photo-A-Day stuff I took while on the honeymoon. I'm sure there will be plenty of galleries uploaded upon our return.

Harley-Davidson Pins

abennett96
abennett96 Aug 24, 2005
Okay so now all of my Harley-Davidson pins are now photographed and online. I have even included a link to each of the shop's web sites. I even tightened up all the buzzwords and made the subject names reflect the specific shops. Took a little while but it is now complete. Hopefully during my trip next week I can get 5 more pins. Keep watching for them.

New Feature

abennett96
abennett96 Jul 11, 2005
This is the new Journal feature of Buzznet. Looking forward to all the cool things that Buzznet will be adding. This is just but one of them. Check out my real blog here. http://benspark.blogspot.com
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abennett96 (more info)
  • Member Since: 2005-04-08
  • Relationship Status: Married
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Drink: No
  • Smoke: No
  • Children: Proud Parent
  • Education: College Graduate
  • Occupation: Blogger, Photo-A-Day Enthusiast

About Me:

I am a 33 year old who just got married on November 12, 2005!I have been playing around with computers since I was 10 years old back when we had a TI 994A computer that recorded programs to audio tape. I began working on design on the computer early on, first making designs and pictures that moved with 8 bit sprites and then animation programs on an Apple IIc. I would make things on that computer all the time, dissecting the Nintendo characters from games like kung fu and mario brothers into their pixels and recreating them on my Apple IIC. Then I would make my own little mini movies. I got into HTML and web design in college when I decided that being a Theology major wasn't exactly what I wanted. Unfortunately that decision happened 2 months before graduation, so I have a Theology major and a career in computers.I love blogging and have been doing that for almost 2 years now. I take a Photo-A-Day and post it to my blog. I am always on the lookout for new Photo-A-Day enthusiasts. I also love music especially acoustic music and folk. It is my favorite.I also collect Transformers. Probably the single greatest toy ever invented behind Lego.

Interests:

Motorcycles, Cooking, Kayaking, Runescape, Photography

Favorite Music:

Antje Duvekot, Antje Duvekot, Karisa Nowak, Rock Sugar, Cactus Attack, The Rebel Riders, Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefers, Remergence, Christian Kane, Guster, Megaphone, Amy Speace, Megaphone

Favorite Movies:

Kick-Ass, Where the Wild Things Are, A Christmas Story, Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Favorite TV Shows:

Leverage, Scrubs, MythBusters, That 70's Show, Punky Brewster, "Inspector Gadget", MST3K, The Big Bang Theory, *Fraggle Rock*, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Gummi Bears, Scooby-doo, Bones, Teenage mutant ninja turtles, Official HEROES Page, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Firefly, X-Men, Parker Lewis, That 70 Show, Snoopy, The Wonder Years, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Sanafer, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Smallville, Knight Rider, She-ra Princess of Power, Transformers, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Seinfeld, The Office, M*A*S*H, M.A.S.K., MOONLIGHT, Saved By The Bell, Burn Notice, MacGyver, Robot Chicken, PSYCH, Knight Rider, The Office, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Handy Manny, Human Target, Firefly, Good Eats, The Rise To The Top, Mork & Mindy, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Looney Toons, You Can't Do That on Television, Top Cat, Silverhawks, Lost, Saved by The Bell, Without a Trace, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, CHiPs, Happy Days, Legend of the Seeker, Northern Exposure, Official CHUCK Page, Perfect Strangers, Airwolf, Ask A Ninja, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Sanford and Son, The Brady Bunch, Fraggel Rock, G.I.Joe, My Boys, Rescue Rangers, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Dollhouse, G-Force (Battle of the Planets, Gatchaman), Official My Own Worst Enemy Page, Smallville, Highlander, Family Ties, Official My Name is Earl Page, Sliders, Spin City, Highlander: The Series, The State, Knight Rider (2008), Rescue Me, IN PLAIN SIGHT, How I Met Your Mother, Chuck, Geek Entertainment TV, Bionic Woman

Favorite Books:

Clive Cussler, Harry Potter, Nevada Barr, Laurel K. Hamilton, Jimmy Buffett, Jack Whyte, Bernard Cornwell