Busted Tees

The guys over at Busted Tees have just updated their site. Loads of hillarious tee's, great prices! Buy stuff, and then maybe the guys will charity-case me this baby:




'Cuz without a compy I'll be doing a lot of yoga.

Spring Renaissance

Today I've lost nine semesters of my portfolio. Essentially all that I have remaining are cds of presentations and some vector work. All photographs, reports, resumes, assignments, music and anything else digital in my portfolio has been lost. Next room over sits a 300G external drive.

I am suprisingly humble about the situation. An artist is most worried about losing his creativity, not his work.

"If we examine the notion of impermanence closely and honestly, we see that it is all-pervading, everything is marked by impermanence. We might posit an eternal consciousness principle, or higher self, but if we examine our consciousness closely we see that it is made up of temporary mental processes and events. We see that our "higher self" is speculative at best and imaginary to begin with. We have invented the idea to secure ourselves, to cement our relationship, once again. Because of this we feel uneasy and anxious, even at the best of times. It is only when we completely abandon clinging that we feel any relief from our queasiness."

An Overview of Buddhism

I will post when I can.

He Doesn't Have a Face

Nature Walk, Goose Squawk

Heights

More to come, with video.

Keep Ely in Minnesota!

Town officials of Ely, Minnesota came under fire as they announced plans to uproot, and move, the entire city across the border to Canada.


Why would anyone want to go to Ely, Nebraska?

The Power of Magic Compells You!

David Copperfield Steals the Statue of Liberty.

Similarities: Both have annoying voice overs.
Differences: One's a HACK and ones a 3D representation.

The HACK!

The Logic!

I must say I prefer the robot voice. Huminna-humminaaaa!

Urban Revitalisation

I wonder what a Canadian city would look like without blocks of cement and glass. Of course we have parks, some of them are under water, but we do have them in our cities. Could you imagine though, waking up and harvesting fresh fruit and vegetables for your breakfast drink, from your bedroom window?

The following blog made me think:
Jakob Lodwick - City Farms.

April 08 Colour Swatch

April 08 Colour Swatch

Based on a neutral background, the canvas comes to life. Bold, crisp, and toned-intense colours are homonized by the complex symetrical patterns. The three complexities of pattern are used as follow: orange-toned paisley with red and green highlights - spot accent; yellow and red-orange tartan - fun and vibrancy; orange and navy symetrical pinstripe - structure and grounding.

What I like most about the paint-swatch is that each column of the three indidual chips would work well - with minor adjustments. The fabrics can be reversed to dull the intesity, as well as the base neutral-colour on the walls could fall in a wide range of tones and affecting the feel.

Fabrics found: yeah, I shopped at Wal-Mart.. but all I got was your mom!

Thursday Favourites

I've been slacking. BHTLT has just started, and yup, I'm slacking on it. Mentioning the fact that I am launching the greatest job-search ship in the history of my search for the perfect job, the content is coming nicely. There are a few stories that need to be worked on, facts found, references referenced - that sort of thing, but there is no shortage of favourites!

The Five Most Ridiculous Things You Learned in History Class.

Print and Pattern is a very nice blog of prints and patterns - go figure. Serious, check it out for inspiration!

And for a bit of humor, which I really need right now.. Tom Rubnitz brings you Pickle Surpise!

Current Listening - DJ Q and MC Bones

Found a while ago on a music blog, felt I'd share some 4x4 Bassline goodness.

Around 1:38 is madness! Spring Madness! Where's my steppas?!

DJ Q and MC Bones - You Wot?

Recession Proof Store Policy

Unconventional Street Art

Outside is high-winds and general Canadian Spring weather.
I'm not sure Frederick Fido would appreciate it that much - regardless if he is a plastic bag animal.

Tied to street level air-grates, above passing subway cars, the animal jumps to life in an interactive play.

Photos found: the Wooster Collective.

For plastic-bag animals of a different feather flock to WOW Imports: Fair Trade Recycled Plastic Bag Animals.

a Word on Consumption

"If the words seem outdated, the message is not. The latter part of the 20th century was spent largely following Victor Lebow's recipe for prosperity and fulfillment. Since the industrial revolution began in the 1800s, the world has been on an unprecedented consumption binge. Since 1950 alone, the world's people have consumed more goods and services than the combined total of all humans who ever walked the planet before us."

Sourced: Sierra Club - Why Consumption Matters.

Fuck Chuck to the T

Laurence Tureaud - Mr. T - appears to have real-life healing powers; not just another fist underneath his beard.


Yahoo! News:

"His family put toys around him and one of them was a Mr. T doll. And whenever my name came up, the boy moved his arm.

"Somebody told the doctors I was in town, so they called me down there. I closed the curtains and prayed. Then, as I was walking down the hall, the kid suddenly came out of the coma and hollered out."

Mr. T could take Chuck Norris in the ultimate crime-fighter movie - he would just have to reincarnate Chuck's victims and recruit them to the A+ Team.

Thanks Wall Street Fighter!

Monday.. Will We Ever Get Along?