david carson-ish cal arts poster... ride and shine

im at squaw valley right now with DZR and co. thanks

Wonderfull 7, Parlay Parlay

love's in need of love today...

so monday post Wonderfull 2010 rolls around... and why are my pants looser? Did i dance my ass off litrally? (yeah, that was intentional)

or have final projects kept me from the gym?

so brian hartline, who hi fived me in thelast post, is injured. and so we pick kevin curtis formerly of the philadelphia iggles. was there seriously no one else in free agency? i mean, God bless him, he's coming off testicular cancer rehab... but that's what im saying. plus, he hasnt played for over a year.

whatever, i guess anything.. anything helps my struggling, yet beloved, dolphins offense.

btw, i just designed/built a bench. I call it the Parlay bench... because you get more utility from it than what you'd initially expect from a conventional bench (hint: see seatbacks/armrests on the flanks).

I came out of the Black Hole alive... and smiling.

davone bess, pride of Oakland's Skyline HS.

I can't believe they just mooned me.

Ricky after his 46yd TD rush!

Brian Hartline is awesome for high-fiving me! (I'm an idiot for not zooming out)

and what i think about you Raiders... it's written all over my face.

DZR shoes... because it's easy

(that room looks familiar :)

jocking my own picture

haha im a dork

i forgot about this...

so good.

Farewell ASR. It's been real.

ASR, RIP...

You mean we have to find another venue to party all together? lol

Damn you cleated cycling shoes

Count em... i've fallen over 6x in the two months since i got my spd-sl cycling shoe system because I wasn't fast enough to twist out of my pedal.

The last incident, last night, was right in front of Bob's Donuts on Polk St. Lady inside was nice enough to scream out loud, "are you okay?"
I believe she was sincere. I couldn't help but laugh about it as I walked over.

Lesson: shit happens all the time, and this shit could be worse. but since it wasn't the worst, you just have to smile and move on (physically, not always)!

school, bikes, sports... hooray month

brian kane

fabio being interviewed by a hot lady.

"Tedford voted for prop 8" lol

my first college football game. ucla sucks apparently.

1/5 scale mockup of my original design....

Final design, final prototype. I changed it to this because I realized after the first mockup of my orig design it wouldn't work with the brittle gatorboard. im happy with this one too.

Is it February yet?

Inspiration: let's ride!

I'm Magic Johnson...

Nas is Like -Nas

I'm 32. This must mean it will be a magical year.
Screaming Infidelities, my yummy cheesecake tart, lib's bland white cake, extra value meal, sushi bistro solo, clement st., waiting for my new iphone4, communicating feelings, madness w thesis and design thinking as a resource in business strategy.

Aug 4, house of hoops...!

PENSOLE: UNA expandable baby shoe

beneath the surface -Genius/GZA

Pensole to pencil to marker to photoshop touches.

few more days till the end of Pensole :(

my future...

No.2, Pensole, progress.

another day in the two week Pensole program...


http://counterkicks.com/2010/06/28/pensole-day-6-design-explosion-by-brent-james-mark-san-buenaventura/

NO.2, day 1 and 2

I love portland.

highlights already:
meet D'Wayne E., Matt R., Damon S. (ask me who they are)
meet 39 other footwear design stars (yeah, stars)
portland.
NIKE campus tour!

Lakers.

Another Rudy for me

nike hyperfuse

Nike Zoom Hyperfuse from KENLU on Vimeo.

Parents celebrate another year, Nicole and Arya celebrate a new life...

some electro-pop song via malila in store

before i go on about the weekend in LA, I must mention an example of the quirks of childhood, and parenthood.

Quirina, who is 8 i believe, dug through the trash can in the bathroom and found something that maybe she is too young? to have picked up. As i'm watching the lakers lose, all i hear from my sister is "bring me the ____"... "and don't forget to wash your hands..." Curious of the ambient noise amidst my concentration of the game, I asked, "what did she find?"

"A condom."

nice. real nice. luckily, it wasnt USED! it was even in the wrapper still. oh, 8 yrs old. cheers to exploration. (and good luck to my sis when she has to explain what that "rubber" (what i said to Q when she asked, "what was that?") thing is for.)

oh right, so the weekend. i get in, john and i get Benito's .. mmm carne asada fries. holy... lakers lose, john comes back, we get froyo. yo. im so on that.

friday, i finish up my AMG golf shoe concept sketches. hope i win. go to third st with the homies, then head to Father's Office in culver city. first time there. nice atmos, expensive libations and food, but good times. ran into donna and co. the whole co.- married. yeah, that's great.

head to evan's after. watched summer school. a precursor to mine i suppose.

saturday, nic and arya's wedding. so beautiful, yet bittersweet i can imagine for nic and her family. God Bless her mom, Alicia. Mo and her cuteness sat next to me. thanks nic haha.
on that note, my friends who know about me have their take or comments regarding what i "should" be doing with a lot of these women such as.... and i've been jaded by such ongoing perceptions of what fun i should be getting myself into, both from friends and just this media infused world. but i've realized...
i'll do me. if "me" is not taking initiative in a particular way or purportedly being shy, then that's that. maybe my shyness is just indicative of being subconsciously smart and knowing that what's in front of me is not really what i want. you know, preventing future complications. hmm...
aka, im not worried. look, im going to portland for 2 weeks with nike and the u of o! that'll def do.

sunday, head to santa clarita to have brunch with my parents for their birthdays since i missed the luau on sat. oh wait, brunch just with jane and mom. dad was still sleeping. (uh, what)
buffet-o-everything-silog. so gooood.


game 6. take a seat greenmen.

Hold it down

spring '10, done.

Hotttlanta. waste expo and conference.

Lakers, 2-0 over the Jazz.

I'm in the ATL. it's damn hot. Sorry ATL for presuming lack of hip, diversified culture before arriving. They got their version of Melrose, Haight,... they got their version of Huf, In4mation,...they got clean mass transit...
they got their version of Roscoe's... but it ain't Roscoe's!
See you at the penthouse pool.
oh, and watch where you walk. highly possible you'll fall in a hole rimmed with metal on the sidewalk. yeah. i have a souvenir, and it's red and purple.
Was hit on by a big black gay dude at the MARTA station, and then possibly by a straight Marine at the bar. I don't know which one is more awkward.
Met John Force! Such a class act.

Time

Jump --Van Halen

(how appropriate)

Brace yourself...

Hold Me --Fleetwood Mac


one more month to go....

damn me or alias.

the blue channel -taking back sunday

a super organic object in alias. tough. why i've been stuck on this stage for the past 3 weeks.

i know why... thought i could kill two birds with one stone--shoe related product for portfolio + demonstrate alias proficiency. well, i have a month left. stay tuned.

thanks 686

http://686.com/2010/03/design-it-finalists/

first i meet brice and mike through fixins. then edge and family. then i end up moving into my current house with the address of 686... then im a finalist (didnt win in the end, but it's all good) for the design it competition! whaat. there's some kind of bond i feel. hmm...

fun with G11, and some other cameras

Hello, I Love You –The Doors

peruse and amuse.

oh whaat