iPod Ghetto Blaster

it was only a matter of time until this awesome piece of history came back into our lives. all i can say is what took so long? i do my best to avoid frivolous spending but i am seriously tempted. rad may be the only way to describe it. for sale at none other than urban outfitters.

favorite quotes are an integral part of many a blog, as such it is my turn to provide. this one is taken from a book title found on my good friend skyLAR's blog, a man who is many things, including wise, beyond his years.

it's not what you say, it's what people hear

-dr. frank luntz

Where have you been? - My summer vacation

Im proud to be an American  

White man can jump and mom thinks she can  

Sit down your rockin the boat  

Amazing race team Callister  

Send me an angel  

The wild wild west  

Old faithfull family  

Into the wild  

Converse - My Drive-Thru

Converse did a music video for "My Drive" featuring Pharrell Williams, N.E.R.D., Santogold, and Julian Casablancas to celebrate there 100th aniversary. The design and style is pretty dang rad, Its worth a look.

back to the future part III

i know what you are thinking? how did I get a hold of the de lorean with a functioning flux capacitor? let me tell you. last saturday, myself along with some daring friends, ventured in to the twilight zone of the san juan capistrano annual swallows day parade, and what an event it was. for one whole saturday morning and afternoon we left the posh, extravagant, and luxurious orange county and were transported to another place and time as we represented the troops and pioneers of the mormon battalion. the swallows day parade is held every year through the streets of San Juan Capistrono to commemorate the small cities heritage and past. we got dressed up, showed up bright and early, and where put through merciless training by a stern leader, who was apparently very much confused about what time period it actually is and that he isn't really a member of the mormon battalion. He would settle for nothing less then a full and complete tranformation. All in all it was a memorable experience. It was interesting to see how excited different people get about different things. I guess its what keeps the world o turning. luckily i avoided any run-ins with biff tannen, but there was a pleasant aroma of horse manure drifting through the air.

the beez neez

i have never seen anything like this before. right outside our office in a very inconspicuous and unsuspecting bush these busy bees decided to congregate. i was told that the queen bee was the main attraction of this pile up. she supposedly just hangs out in the mosh pit, and all these crazy fella bees just swarm to get some "one on one" time with her highness. men! she must be one hot bee.

there are lessons on life to be learned all around us, in everything we come accross. all these crazy gentelmen bees, they found the she bee of their dreams, and nothing, seriously nothing, is stopping them from going for her, for the glory. somethings or some people in life may just be worth fighting for.

on the other hand a very different lesson can also be learned from this very same scenario. sometimes you just have to know when to give in. i mean honestly, do you really think that bee down there at the bottom, the last one hanging on to the last possible stinger, really has a chance with ye old queen? its probably time to move on. who wants a queen anyway she has got to be high maintenance.

pressure

i feel being in the line of the work that i am i am obligated to sweetness. but alas i am am never content and feel sweetness is something that i am always striving to reach but can never quite grasp. maybe i need longer arms, hopefully stretching can help

surrounded by greatness

at the risk of sounding cliche a book cant always be judged by its cover. there is so much more to the people we come across, every week and every day, than we can possibly know at a glance. but every now and again, if one looks long and hard, and gives it just enough time, small glimpses can be seen in sometimes seemingly unlikely places of the greatness that is inside us all. creativity, talent, compassion, love, understanding, friendship, life, intelligence, beauty, energy, sympathy, forgiveness, kindness, hope. its there, and it wants to share and be shared. there is so much to be learned and gained, if we can just look past the sometimes torn and beaten jacket and understand the words, paragraphs and chapters contained within.