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.