Also played in a dodgeball tournament on Saturday at a picnic. Of course our team won. I think it was because we put mud on our faces to intimidate the other teams, or maybe it was our tank tops that granted us swiftness and aerodynamics on the court. Here’s two photos of the beginning of [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 30, 2008
Adam, Eve, Littlefoot and Bambi?
Stained glass is a pretty interesting art form. Like most art forms, an artist can simply fall in line with the tradition of that form, or break out and create something new within that form. For the summer, our church, has started meeting in a side chapel at an old Lutheran church in Carrol Park. [...]
June 27, 2008
New Stuff
One of my favorite places to find stuff, property room, recently had a 43 inch tall plastic light up statue of Jesus. Without delay I placed my bid for $1. Six days later I got an email saying “Congratulations on your winning bid”. I had completely forgot about my $1 plastic Jesus light up statue. [...]
June 26, 2008
Waterfalls in NYC
Also while driving today I heard on NPR about artist Olafur Eliasson, who just unveiled his recent project in NYC. They are a system of man made waterfalls around the east river. Supposedly, his intention was to, in a sense, call attention to the river in a new way. (Paraphrase) Most people pass over or [...]
June 26, 2008
Lunching
Spotted these little portly fellas on todays lunch outing. Actually, I ate lunch in the office today, but at about 3 o’clock the walls were caving in on me and I needed to go on a drive; get a little fresh air, listen to some NPR, see if anyone left any cool scrap wood behind [...]
June 25, 2008
Sketch Book Thoughts
I really haven’t gotten that far in life. Of course, this is only relative to my expectation of how long I will live. If I die tomorrow, I would be pretty freakin’ dang far in life. I’d be almost done! Oh shit. I’ve gotta go.
June 25, 2008
Sketch Book Thoughts
Earth is a planet. Planet Earth. We often refer to the ground underneath us as the Earth. We can unearth certain things. If we lived on Jupiter, the planet, would we refer to the ground underneath us as the Jupiter? Would we say things like, “Gee, that’s a nice piece of Jupiter!” Would we unjupiter [...]
June 24, 2008
Lunching
Once again, despite the price of gas, I have set out to make my lunch time interesting. Sitting in front of a computer, working at a wood laminate desk, experiencing a lack of sunlight and fresh air can be a very soul-deteriorating activity. In order to restore the soul in my day, I set out [...]
June 24, 2008
Photo Round-up
Here are a few miscellaneous photos from my phone from the last week or so. From the Allan Kaprow happening performance thing at LA projects. Pallets behind work Awesome inflatable towing devices at Sport Chalet Colorful wood stains at IKEA Random Antique store in Santa Fe Springs A booth at King Richards in Whittier Bonfire [...]
June 23, 2008
Almost an Adventure
Sunday night I DJ’d a wedding at the Hyatt in Santa Clarita. It was an evening wedding, which was a good thing because it was over 100 degrees until the sun set. After we sent of the bride and groom I took down all my sound gear, loaded up and hit the road. It was [...]
June 20, 2008
The Moth Shot
Here’s a video of Nic Leyba taking a Moth Shot. It’s the kind of drink that could only be invented when 16 guys are hanging out in a cabin at Bass Lake for my Bachelor party. The hootin’ and hollerin’ from this stunt prompted the cabin manager to walk up to our balcony and explain [...]
June 20, 2008
Surfing Some Wake
I brought up an old twin fin Harbour surfboard so that we could test our luck and skill at a little wakesurfing. On this first video I was driving the boat, and after a few tries I managed to find the sweet spot for wakesurfing. As you can in the photos below the videos, Danny [...]
June 20, 2008
Wipeouts
Here are a selective few wipeouts from my Bachelor weekend at Bass Lake. I like these photos because they capture the moment just before the bodies penetrate the water. I love the bottom one of Vern, he skipped like a stone before penetrating the surface, as I’m pointing from my comfortable vantage point on the [...]
June 20, 2008
Sweet Water Moves
Here are some sweet action maneuvers from my Bachelor weekend at Bass Lake.
June 20, 2008
More transitions…
I transitioned from blogspot over to wordpress. I like it better here, I hope you do too.
June 18, 2008
Another reason to like Alpacas…
Apparently, Alpacas will fight off feisty foxes looking to feast on little lambs. Story here, courtesy of treehugger
June 18, 2008
Trying to get the studio space going again…
My studio space, my garage below our apartment, is slowly coming along. I’m looking forward to getting it fully operational and ready for making stuff. Here are a few pics of what I’ve been up to: Also, I’ve been transferring my “Oops paint” collection into mason jars – because it looks pretty. Left over lids [...]
June 18, 2008
Lunching
King Richards Antique Mall – Whittier, CA (it’s very, very, very large) Along with my attraction for colored glass, I really like old glass 5 gallon barrels. I just like old glass objects. The funny thing is, glass is one of those materials that won’t tarnish or rust or change color…… right? or does it? [...]
June 17, 2008
Van
I keep my Van behind the warehouse at my work and today a coworker asked to borrow it to go get lunch. What a sweet looking vehicle cruisin down the streets. I wish I had the resources to drive this sweet machine around a bit more. It’s so fun to drive. I’m glad it’s getting [...]
June 17, 2008
Army of Colored Glass
Colored glass objects at the Salvation Army thrift store in Long Beach. I like these. I used to not be such a fan of colored glass objects, but these days I’ve been really attracted to them.
June 17, 2008
Yesterdays Lunching
There are so many random antique and thrift store within about 10 minutes of my work. I know it would probably be more cost effective to not drive around on my lunch break and save some money, but I just need to get out of the office, roll my window down, and do some exploring! [...]
June 16, 2008
jimmy riggin’
What do you do when you don’t have ceiling lighting in your apartment and you don’t have a 8 foot tall floor lamp? Rig up a light bulb to the top of a speaker stand! Next project – get rid of those dang ugly blinds!
June 13, 2008
Lunch Replacement Strategies
Heather and I are in “nesting” mode and are looking for stuff for our space. I feel like that scene in fight club when “jack” says, “I flipped through catalogs and wondered; what kind of dining set defines me as a person?” or something like that. Or than later when he’s talking to Tyler and [...]
