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Ok one last post!

All right this blog is done. Tried it for a while. Maybe I will do a new blog someday. Something more specific and with a point. For now though I think I am going to take my journal offline, go analog, become more involved in the real world and less in the digital.

Maybe I will start fishing, or at least getting up earlier and getting in the ocean. The picture above is from Ocean Magazine an awesome publication from North San Diego. Check it out! Kiss Kiss! goodbye. Fuck off.

Amelia asked if I had been making art sometime in the middle of me complaining to her about my life. I said, "sorta." The picture above should help illustrate the 'sorta'... Now that I think about it looking at these paintings put a lot of perspective into my problems. I think the biggest problems I have right now is that Danger the dog is scared of me, I run from girls who have smiles like rainbows(Supposed to look for gold at the end of the rainbow) and I am bored. So long story short, make art even if the art sucks it is good for you. Also listen to your friends.

Here is picture of my new/old bike. I got it off craigslist a month or so ago and with a bit of love the thing has performed insane. This is by far the best purchase I have made in years. I save money cause I ride places, I am getting a wee bit healthier and I feel a sense of accomplishment when I ride to and from work.

I can't put my finger on it but there is just something mysterious, a bit confusing and whole lot intriguing about this Untitled Magazine and it's creators. I can't put a name to the feeling I get when I look through the pages of Untitled magazine, but I know I like it. ???? What? I don't know? Call me. What's your number? Ok, call me! I don't get it?

Stumbled across the Boutique Cycles website yesterday and thought it was pretty cool. For a bicycle novice like myself this site is a great way to peruse pictures of unique bikes and gather information from what seems to be a very knowledgeable community. The clean design of the site itself is the first sign that the Boutique site and community that supports the site put a lot of emphasis on aesthetics which is a nice change from most bike sites that focus on performance. I like most people ain't no race cyclist.(even though I am tough as fuck and would smoke all you gym types in any sorta out door activity) That being said I think that the boutique will interest a lot of people out there looking for a cool and practical craft to get you to work and back.

Went on a weird group photo walk of, I don't know where the group was from or who anyone in the group was - I just sorta crashed the party, Griffith park last Sunday. The group was cool though and it was nice environment to force a bit of creativity. Here are some of the pics. If you happen to know how to contact these girls let me cause I didn't get a chance to get there email and I want to send them these photos/ say thanks for posing in old monkey cages while a bunch of rapid photographers gawked and snapped pictures for hours. blah blah blah I a friggin over bloggin. I want to get a motorcycle and side car and travel thru Europe! Yah! However, that is not going to happen so I will settle for a Guinness at lunch.

I was lucky enough to tag along on a photo shoot of the band, The French Semester with O.Hem last Sunday. I held a reflector, cracked some jokes (which everybody laughed at because I am friggin hilarious) and than snapped a photo or two between takes. Olivia got the perfect shots - look for them as well as music from the French Semester in a store near you. My photos are graining and blown out and covered in dust and hair, but I like em. Cause they were fun to take. And someTimez the imperfections are intaresting.