Tuesday, July 31, 2007

comicon 2007

if a picture is worth a thousand words, then this post is worth seventy thousand words... in two parts:

click for gallery one:

click for gallery two:

jarrett's famous


michael leon and jarrett reynolds

their new stuff is all over the internets:

freshness mag
hype beast
wild style blog
riottt
high snobiety
the clones

digg it!

Thursday, July 26, 2007

改造スパルタンXとかをあの人にやらせてみた

kill dem wit positive vibes

grab a red stripe, have a listen.

ps: said it before, sayin' it again, if you don't have decent headphones or a system with good bass response, you're missing half of it...

making conversation

cafe girl: "all your shirts have those buttons! you must like them."

me: "uh, yeah."



dude in bathroom: "wouldn't today be a great day to get fired, go look for something better?"

me: "why don't you just quit?"

dude: "eh, i'm not much of a quitter, i'm waiting for them to push me out the door."

Monday, July 16, 2007

a brief photo essay







if you actually thought the preceeding series of images had anything tying them together, you are one of those people that looks at art and pretends to understand it. in parting, know how i know you're gay? because you listen to:

Sunday, July 15, 2007

crash advance

fade in: steph and i are sitting on the couch watching the illusionist, starring edward norton, paul giamatti and a hawt chix, when we're startled from the action by a loud crashing sound outside. we rush to the window only to see a woman walking hurriedly away from Advance America Cash Advance and into Purple Pepper Pizza while a shopping cart careened off on a perpendicular trajectory through the parking lot.



i noticed that one of the cash advance windows was shattered just as the woman came back out of purple pepper, went to the broken window, leaned inside and hollered "hello! anybody in there?!"

while we mulled whether or not to call the police, she went back to purple pepper, grabbed a trash can, dragged it over to the broken window, threw it inside, asked again if "anybody (was) in there" and retreated once more to purple pepper. this was certainly a convincing argument FOR making the call.

as i returned with the phone, she was heading back to cash advance where she inquired as to whom might be inside again, reached in to grab the trash can, pulled it out, spilling some contents, threw those contents back in the window and then dragged the trash can back inside purple pepper.

that's pretty much the end of the story... i proceeded to call the non-emergency police line, described the situation and was assured a patrol car was on the way. after a few minutes of nothing happening, we returned to the film. when it had ended, we noted that there were a couple of police cruisers in the parking lot with no obvious evidence of any more strange goings-on. so, how was your sunday evening?

Thursday, July 12, 2007

speedcubing

this dude looked like he was ramping up for next year's World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007:



i blinked and he was done:



then he busted out his zune and rewound the final fight scene from gladiator to revel in his victory:



yeah, too bad about the thread in the hair, but moving on: i think this is the first time i've actually seen someone using a zune in the wild. the guy next to him had a backpack with an MSN logo embroidered on it:



coincidence? i think NOT. in other news, the fact that i once again own a phone that doesn't make a stupid noise when it takes pictures just raised my creepy levels to 87% of capacity.

Monday, July 09, 2007

13 yr olds suck

the PG-13 rating for die hard that let all those little snots in without mommy's approval almost ruined the film. just when i was about to start kicking chairs in front of me and standing up to verbally assault minors behind me, steph and shane each decided to ask them to keep it down in a much more civilized manner.

i am not going to a movie in the theater ever again unless it's rated R or G.

indignant hare

are we there yet?

Friday, July 06, 2007

technorganic

"organic" is a big word in my world. i'm wearing jeans and underpants made from organic cotton. all my toiletries are organic (except my deodorant, sorry nature, but synthetics win on that front). steph and i shop at trader joe's and whole foods and try to frequent only non-chain restaurants that serve food made from scratch with local ingredients.

on the other hand, i drive a brand-new car, have an iphone in my pocket and am constantly upgrading my home theater. i believe this technological bent explains why i can't stand any reggae post-bob marley or any "world music" yet absolutely love it when those genres are co-opted by mostly british kids making music on computers.

Anti War Dub
You Bring Me Down

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

4th

relaxed and refreshing.

two more things that suck about iphone

i can't mobile blog from it and there isn't anything to hang a cellphone charm from. minor annoyances that wouldn't stop me from buying it again, but they should be noted.