Saturday, December 6, 2008

Thanksgiving week

Bitches Brew- Miles Davis

damn, took forever to upload all these pics below. and they're all in reverse order. anyway, some snippets of last week... a great week. one of the greatest weeks of my mental recollection.


goldsprints at the cow palace bike expo.


banana choc chip pancakes at Lime. too bad my appetite was shot still from the previous day. next time, next time.



dinner at straits. thanks brian (sp?). thanks karina. i ate well. and, drank fire. aka chartreuse. i don't care what the cool kids are drinking, im not letting that shit go down my throat again.



academy of sciences and ucsf from the de young tower.



it's ok, look down. you might see something good.



silhouetted circles and treeline yonder courtesy of sunset.



a break from the action.


taken right before i was alerted that photography was not allowed.

time passing



de young geometry.



i think that's me at 50 but sans athletic nylon pullover.



people and upside down pops.



the big room.



i love those benches.



maya lin. so good.



japanese woven thingy.



3d simulated so well.



heavy rain.






thanksgiving was great. i think this was the first time i'd been away from my family. it was all good though. karina and company were a total delight. thanks God for good people, an abundance of food, and life.


thanks shirley for the great seats! sorry karina, this will have to do... the shave ice shop closed down apparently.



is she not the greatest? to be continued....

if i had to sum up this week, it was real. let's do this. :)

Tom Luedecke - Designer. Nike Basketball

Step- Maspyke

on 11/22, Tom Luedecke, Academy of Art alumnus and current "all things Nike/Kobe related and nike basketball in general" designer, spoke at my school. Pretty dynamic character. Provided a lot of good insight for what he does at Nike and what we should do and be doing as industrial design students. Some things that stick out in my head:
- don't complain (as students). it's going to be faster paced in the workplace. we have it good as students. plus, school should be fun.. especially in the field of design!
- don't forget about your alumni resources
- learn how to sketch on various media- chalkboards, dry erase boards, napkins, paper, computer, etc.
- practice or be efficient. aka balance your life. make room for family, recreation, work, friends, etc.

he's inspired me to delve back into footwear. thanks man. i'll be contacting you soon for a little chit and chat.


Monday, November 24, 2008

Top of the world

Over You -Lyrics Born

yesterday, could have been the greatest 11/23 ever. or so far
Thanks Karina. no really, thank you.


SF


she's really going to get it now.
:)

bye car, it's been real

Marching Bands of Manhattan -Death Cab for Cutie

haven't been here in a while...
so last week or two, i finally parted with my car. lease, done. bittersweet hahah but nah, it's overall a relief to not have to worry about another expense and trying to find parking in the city. anyone going to tahoe, can i get a ride?



...first goodbye


...second... (thought cloud) "look back one more time... will she look back at me?"
gay.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

sweat fest


"don't you worry about a thing" -john legend

finally, got to play in an indoor tournament. haven't played indoors overall since may i think?
about 8hrs of straight passing, digging, setting, hitting fun, but damn, it'll put a beating on your body. flex all here we come.
bed, take me away!

goodness, one more week :)

Sunday, November 9, 2008

RUSH

"all this love" -debarge
(yeah, just got inspired..)

i had a moment earlier tonight. Rush, live in concert, was on palladium (or palladia?). neat channel. anyway, i immediately pressed record, along with the SNL presidential special.
anyway anyway...
when they started playing Tom Sawyer that did it for me. I had never heard it live before. the tingly feeling overcame me. well, let me be frank.... my eyes puddled up. really. why?
couple reasons...
- tom sawyer was one of the songs that inspired me to start playing the drums.
- thus, when i heard neil peart on the Motion Pictures album overall i thought he was one of the sickest drummers i'd ever heard... and still to this day. Danny Carey, you're up there with that legend.

later in the show Neil had a major drum solo. MA-JOR. holy shit, he hasn't lost a step.


Friday, November 7, 2008

gleaming the gems

one day! unprecedented.
funny, i think this is good now. but when i always get to class, the competition is tiiight!
nonetheless, progress.
bling bling.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

ManOne

i was walking down the steps to the new montgomery bart/muni station, and there he was... ManOne in the MS Windows ad at the entrance... LM- U know!

random, but reminds me of Remco.... "Eh Manone! (sounds like, man-o-neh) hahaha good times with the fixins crew.

relive the sickness of the blue angels

man, how sick is this! finally got the 200 or so high res pics from my classmate. some neato ones...



dorks.


Tuesday, November 4, 2008

I am proud


“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer"
- 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama

Drawing II

"Dirty Harry" -Gorillaz

ring assignment. damn, it looks out of perspective now. hope rafael doesn't notice. yeah right.haha

sample of rafael's (teach's) old work.


Rafael showing off a former trans. student's portfolio. inspiring.

nov 4. solid, solid as ba-rack!

"death of seasons" -afi

God bless Obama for many reasons. God bless the USA. We take for granted sometimes our freedoms, rights, and privileges as Americans. Hopefully, not today. Let's do this!

and the bear is chillin'...

Sunday, November 2, 2008

and more halloween


characters


ass.

post- slide.

LMU thanksgiving










friends, lots of good food, meleana and gianna- too cute... it kills me:), LAAAKERS, movies, and never saying no to rockband. i'm glad i came down.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Halloween at Skirball

2am special with ahmad, lino, ev, ray, and del taco.

Jen and Sterling

ev, i mean tony, lay off the blow.


so appropriate for don. he wins best costume of the night. and there were 1500 people.



earlier in the day with lino and gf. sucks.

SMC library. impressive



example of a costume at the costume store. oh my..



i love this corridor at LAX. i want small tiling in my house. kitchen, bath, floor, entrance, backyard, etc. works so good aesthetically.

my attire for the evening... still to come.