steph's birthday dress

toys building toys

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mobile weblog

mobile weblog is back, thanks to flickr. right up there on the right above the twitter badge. now you can read about what i'm doing AND look at pictures. creepy.

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press check picture fest

we had the whole afternoon off in the middle of this last press check, so my esteemed colleague from schawk and i headed out into the countryside to see what we could see:




tent caterpillars


train trestle by the conestoga river




a little creek


a little tunnel


a big tunnel


scratches on the rental car from trying to back out of a sticky, er, sandy, situation off the beaten path...




refreshment

first time flying?

about two minutes from touchdown at IAD on united flight 914, a flight attendant comes on the PA and firmly states "SIT. DOWN." bahahahahahahahaha!

safety first

some people think putting a front brake on a fixie is lame. call me lame, but that thing saved me from injury and/or death at least three times today.

could you all do me a favor and check the rear view before making a right turn in your car? thanks.

i want to ride my bicycle

my birthday present, IRO Angus 59cm fixed-gear bike:



shane and i rode from the shop up to barclay's for dinner and some guinness, then up to ici but the line was too long, so back down to ben n' nick's for some guinness, then home. i can't wait to ride it to work tomorrow! and then ride it somewhere for lunch! woo hoo! bikes!

chrome hoof

one of my favorite things in the world is hearing new, good music for the first time. i think we're at some pinnacle of musical potential in history, just about everything has been done, i mean, "Noise" is an established genre nowadays... it's nigh impossible to describe a new band's "sound" without referencing some existing band(s).

there's a huge difference between simply copying a sound or style and taking existing ideas, influences and sounds and fusing them to create something "new" (for lack of a better word). to my ears, Chrome Hoof succeeds at the latter.

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Symbolik 180

steph described their sound as "!!! and Primus had sex in a dark place and the kid grew up and said 'i want to make musicals.'" What's it sound like to you?

something

DONE.

brief note

just wanted to clarify that if you clicked those images in the comic-con post they launched galleries full of funny, amazing and weird pictures. ok, bye.

i heart helvetica

we went to see Helvetica last night and it is really quite a good film. i was a little dazed afterward, it lit up parts of my brain that just don't get used enough in daily life. i can't wait to buy the DVD, i think i could put it on for ambient noise while i draw or something.

if you consider yourself a type geek, designer, artist, film nut or simply intelligent and cultured find a screening and GO TO IT (more are added all the time, check back regularly). failing that, get/netflix the DVD in november.






director gary hustwit (who said tim was one of his favorite people he's met on the tour) and i. have i mentioned the iphone takes horrible photos in low light?

bug report

we got an email at work last week that they would be bombing the building for roaches over the weekend. apparently this dude didn't get the email...