The no good horrible rotten beat down day.

Yesterday morning, Rachel and I went out to my car for a day at the beach, to find my car stereo had been jacked overnight!

About two miles away from our destination, I got a flat tire!?

I tried to ignore all these shitty things happening to me before noon and I took out Andrew's longboard for a ride.

After spending some time in the choppy sea and on the windy beach we came back and played Guitar Hero 80's edition,

and ordered the biggest pizza you have ever seen! Seriously, this thing was HUGE, we had to bring it in the back door because it wouldn't fit through the front.

My bad luck day wasn't over yet though. Just before getting to enjoy a tasty slice of 28" pizza I stepped on this rusty nail,

left hiding in the grass of Andrew's recent house reconstruction. It must have been 30 years old! Man, let's just go crusin' some more! Damn this day! "Don't worry Brendan, things happen in threes," I heard someone say.




Then we went back to the beach around shark feeding time to check the waves with Cronin and take some mock Beach portraits (complete with Wu-Tang shirt).

Books

What's the most important book you ever read? Why?
I know mine.

photo shoot

Managed Care

Last night I finally saw SiCKO and it changed my life. Seriously though, the movie was totally amazing and it should not be understated. For all his controversy, I remain in awe of how well Michael Moore can "shock and awe" us with his documentaries, and further, how well he can mobilize grassroots campaigns against "the man." It almost seems harder to do these days than ever before, when really it should be even easier given all our resources (mainly the lightening fast Internet). Fuck this country's helathcare system. This film will infuriate you with it's real life horror stories of un-wellness and the benefits of keeping a sick country sick!

Went away, came back.

Not the recently famed "Lifeguarded Beach" but whatever, this is even better!

gone

off to celebrate!

Monsters

I got a new lens yesterday and I went out searching for a subjects to get used to it. I took a picture of this homeless man being strange at the bus stop. I was like 60 feet away! This lens is amazing, I could get full on paparazzi with it.


Tonight, I watched the Apple product announcement and am left feeling disgruntled. They upgraded the computer I bought only 6 months ago and brought down the price. As much of the Mac fan that I am, I have to say that their hardware and application development (enhancement, replacement, etc.) that they continue to do is a little annoying. They obsolete their own products, much less everyone elses! I know, "It's the nature of technlogy" and they are constantly improving them, etc, blah blah blah, but whatever, I think Steve Jobs needs to find another hobby besides computering.

Seth Rogen + Judd Apatow = Amazing!

I just saw this tonight (thanks to some awesome new friends and a sneak preview). Don't miss it, it totally fucking rules! August 17, theaters everywhere! The trailer does it no justice, so don't watch it and judge the whole movie. Fucking brilliant "gross-out" comedy! (not for those of you who don't like vulgar language).

Raccoon on a wire

Coaster couple; gracious hosts of Berzerkers 9 Norfolk premiere, Templeton & Kellie Elliott!

The homies talk about how Templeton lost his legs and learned to levitate after many years of practice.

Reflection after the Sunday rain...

WTF?

This is a beer bong in a park trashcan. I have no idea...

Positive Mental Attitiude or Party More Aggressively?

I'm twenty nine today!

Rachel had a surprise birthday jam for me on Sunday!

We played Temp's favorite new pasttime (?) Bocce ball!

Rock at 6pm, Friday the 13th

My friend Peter and his band, Olympia, came to visit us at the Peppermint Beach Club last night. The Virginia Beach paparazzi teens were out in full effect and I really didn't know what I was doing (in these low lighting club conditions) so I surrendered the boring job of "shooting the band" to the local kids. There were like four or five them snapping away in the front row!

Jack Osbourne was there!


After they played, Peter came to dinner with us and we talked business.

Then Peter left us for the wild nightlife on the road- 'The Strip' of Virginia Beach Oceanfront! Candy Kitchen, salt water taffy and airbrushed vacation t-shirts, yeah!

HaRd DriVe FaiLure

My hard drive failed me. For me, the ever-positive and promising Apple spokesman, that I've become, this is quite a blow. I can now say that Mac's fail too! Luckily this "hard drive failure" was still covered under warranty. Unluckily, my near finished Berzerkers 9 part was on that hard drive (as well as tons of photographs and other digital valuables) and they are under no warranty and may not be retrievable. I back up my music pretty regularly, after my iPod's hard drive crashed on me about a year ago, so that is good. I just need to get in the habit of backing up everything more regularly. Go back up anything important to you right now! This hard drive failure came without warning on a computer only 7 months old. This could happen to anyone, even you.

CellPhone shots from yesterday

as a mobile blogger...

Late to work again (no one really cares though, so...)


Sloppy Joes served for lunch.

Evening Art class angst in Portsmouth

Sundown in P town.

phooey

“There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching...”
Martha Graham (American Dancer, Teacher and Choreographer of modern dance, 1894-1991)

whoosh

Light and color

Today I found this waiting for me when I got home from work...

Happy (early) Birthday! to me... I had to go and try it out...





hmmm... I don't really know what I am doing yet but I think I like it!