2008
[ November 4, 2008 ]
Oh my god.
I am the Avalanche.
Rocked my effing world last night.
Haven't been to a show that great in years. Seriously. They came on stage and exploded. Amazing energy and great sound. (Ps. The Knitting Factory has great sound and tech's!)
And also, I stepped on the lead singer's foot outside in the bar area before the show. "Oops!" I should've said "OMFG Vinnie, you're the best!" but actually, I didn't recognize him until I heard someone ask what time they were going on.
Anyways, this isn't from the same show, but a classic photo.
[ July 31, 2008 ]
Silly Jackenheimer!
[ July 9, 2008 ]
I wonder when this new plastic bag legislation will start to take effect... This was apparently passed in January 2008.
Also, I'm totally turning in my office building for not recycling. They are in clear violation of the law!
"Commercial businesses in NYC are required to recycle certain designated materials; to notify employees, building tenants, and (where required) customers; and to place labeled recycling containers where recyclables are routinely discarded."
Call 3-1-1 or go to the Department of Sanitation site to report a violation.
[ June 23, 2008 ]
You can take a live wire into the bath with you
For a feeling you can't find
You can entertain your childhood friends with a tour of the bedroom
Laugh to erase the dirt on your mind
Oh let's move out
Meet me at the motel, tie my right hand to the bible
Too little too late but we don't say no
It's too much to feel
Tie my right hand to the bible
> Too LIttle Too Late, Metric
[ May 16, 2008 ]
Bwuhahaha! Best blog ever.
Seriuosly. I can't believe people actually take time out of their "real" lives to BLOG about a TV character/show!
[ April 23, 2008 ]
Earth day is the biggest greenwashing day of the year! What a bunch of bullsh*t.
We don't need fancy marketing campaigns to "capture the public interest" or $20 Green Drinks events to get people talking. Where's the real action? I wish I knew...
[ April 10, 2008 ]
Wtf!?!?!
I couldn't stop laughing!
[ April 3, 2008 ]
Bwuahahahaaa!
In other news, I miss Emily Buhhhhhhhhhrns!
[ March 27, 2008 ]
It's true. I've been revisiting The National lately.
do you feel alone when i'm in my head
while you wait for me
to take my breath
do you still feel clean
when the only dirt is the dirt i left
how can you blame yourself
when i did everything i wanted to
you just made yourself available
why did you dress me down
and liquor me up?
The National | Available
[ March 24, 2008 ]
MOO! Happy birthday Cho!
[ March 14, 2008 ]
Ha!
[ March 14, 2008 ]
Article: Why are we wasting? >
Protecting the planet – somebody else’s problem! Acting and thinking sustainable – hey, if nobody else cares, why should I?
And that, I believe, is the problem. It explains why Americans are so wasteful. We don’t care. When push comes to shove, we’ll take convenience over principles every time. Take something as simple and easy as sustainable packaging. We’ll eschew fast food when it’s easy, but if we’re on the road and time is short, what difference will a few more ounces of polystyrene waste make in the grand scheme of things? We’ll buy detergent with 100% post-consumer recycled packaging, but if it costs an extra 10%, well, we had better hold on to our cash for popcorn at the movies. We go through hoops to rationalize, and we go through even bigger hoops to avoid being rational. Can you blame companies for giving us what we want?
[ March 13, 2008 ]
I love how this "probe" about pharmaceuticals being in the water is just now barely making headlines. Great! Because no one ever suspected all the crap we're ingesting would end up in the water! Gasp!
Needless to say, the "Spitzer Scandal" still took up three pages of the Metro newspaper while this one was buried in the back. I just don't get it...
[ March 10, 2008 ]
Zaki | 1998 - March 7, 2008.
It was harder than I thought.
To take the body of a cold, hard and lifeless animal who'd been in my care for 10 years out of a cardboard box and place her in the hole we'd just dug.
The ground was frozen everywhere except in one spot. Still, digging that 3-foot hole in the frigid upstate weather proved to be the most pleasant part of the whole affair. The hardest part was to take her body out of the box and place her in the ground. I could barely see through the tears in my eyes. I wish she could have spent her last days in a real tropical rainforest. No iguana should have to live indoors in an artificial climate.
I had to make the decision to euthanize Zaki because of egg complications. I had suspected she was gravid for some time, and attributed her lack of appetite to the eggs. She'd successfully laid once before, so I thought the threat of egg-binding was not as severe. Visits to a vet in Queens (not a reptile specialist) proved to be useless. He assured me this was normal although I insisted she couldn't continue not eating for much longer. By the time I got her to a real vet, in White Plains, it was too late. She hadn't eaten in too long and was too weak. Dr. Hess tried getting her rehydrated through the night and once she was stronger, gave her a shot of oxcytocin to induce labor. Nothing happened after three attempts. The next steps were either a risky $1500 surgery or euthansia.
I still can't believe it came down to this. All her blood-work was normal, except for dehydration from not eating the past 2 weeks. I will never trust the word or advice of another veterinarian over my own observations again.
I really miss that fiesty little girl. And I know Hashi does too. I hope he won't be depressed for too much longer.
More Photos >
[ February 22, 2008 ]
I dig this work: Running the Numbers
P.S. It's snowing like crazy today! But I don't care since we're going to Tegan & Sara show w/Johnny Darko in May!
[ February 21, 2008 ]
Mwuhahaa!
[ February 8, 2008 ]
Giddy today!!!!
[ February 5, 2008 ]
Spelled out your name and list the reasons faint of heart don't call me back.
I imagine you and I was distant, non-existent. I followed suit and laid out on my back (imagine that.)
A million hours left to think of you and think of that...
> tegan & and sara | the con
I'm hoping to catch those jerks @ terminal 5. May 12!
[ January 25, 2008 ]
Tell me a story!
Once upon a time there was this skinny little chic who loved flutes.
Then she met a lovely Portuguese lad who taught her everything he knew
about skin flutes.
The wee flautist was so smitten w/ the squinty eyed boy that she gave
her cat up for adoption and purchased an apartment in Queens w/ her new
Latin lover.
They saved up for 8 months to purchase an eco-friendly sofa and lived
happily ever after.
[ January 22, 2008 ]
Oh my god. Revolutionary for the United States, Whole Foods has just announced they will be eliminating plastic bags as of Earth Day 2008.
Flipping sweet. I'm impressed with that company and I hope more stores/markets will follow their example soon.
[ January 21, 2008 ]
John Mackey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Whole Foods Market Inc., has a good idea as to what the future of global organic and alternative food production should look like.
Despite consumers’ “willful ignorance”¯ toward how their food is made and the “lies”¯ fed to consumers by the industrial agriculture industry, a new era of food production is on the horizon, Mackey declared Thursday evening during a presentation at the American Grassfed Association’s Grazing America ’07 Conference in Austin, Texas, hometown of the $5.6 billion natural and organic retail giant.
I can't seem to find the answer to this question: Where does Whole Foods meat come from?
The lady working behind the counter told me everything they sell is free-range and adheres to Whole Foods Standards but if that's the case, why do they have another smaller fridge that sells "organic" chicken? Why doesn't Whole Food label it's meat with a list of specifications including where and how the meat was harvested? Hmmm... suspect. I would think if their meat were all free-range their label would say it.
[ January 16, 2008 ]
Since everyone is always asking why I spend Saturday mornings at 11 am watching The National Geographic Show The Dog Whisperer, here's a little blurb to explain Ceaser Milan. (And the pack mentality.) It's amazing how intuitive some things appear to be, like dog psychology, and yet not everyone "gets" it. I see people getting walked by their dogs every day...
In the wild, a dog's very survival depends on a strong, stable, and organized pack, where every member knows its place and follows the rules established by the pack leader. The pack instinct is perhaps the strongest natural motivator for a dog.
Cesar Millan teaches that, in order to properly fulfill both our dogs and ourselves, we each need to become our canine's calm-assertive pack leader. A dog that doesn't trust its human to be a good pack leader becomes unbalanced and often exhibits unwanted or anti-social behaviors.
Cesar does not "train" dogs in the sense of teaching them commands like "sit," "stay," "come," and "heel" - he rehabilitates unbalanced dogs and helps "re-train" their owners to better understand how to see the world through a dog's eyes.
Cesar counsels people to calmly, assertively, and consistently give their dogs rules, boundaries, and limitations to establish themselves as solid pack leaders and to help correct and control unwanted behavior. He doesn't believe in "quick fixes." Though changing some behaviors can appear to happen in a relatively short period of time, none of those changes will "stick" unless the human acts consistently with his or her dog every day to keep unwanted behaviors from returning. In Cesar's opinion, no one should ever hit or yell at a dog to correct unwanted behavior.
[ January 15, 2008 ]
Here are some photos of the Tango device packaging I designed for Blink Twice.
[ January 14, 2008 ]
This chart/graph is amazing.
Yes, I love charts. And yes, I love talking about hormones.
[ January 11, 2008 ]
I've never fit in with groups. I don't look like a hipster or a nerd, but I don't act like a cool kid. It's like slipping between the cracks of societies cliques.
And they all think I'm too cool for school!
I've just discovered this sweet band Damone.
Also, another cool site, ffffound.com. And Eveon's new "blog"
[ January 7, 2008 ]
Snowboarding is my new mortal enemy. We have a touching love/hate relationship, it's true.
I have never been this sore in my entire life. I fell so hard I couldn't breathe. But it's still so much fun.
I really like this MappyHour website.
Oh, and I'm moving! Just signed the lease last week on a sweet new apartment in Astoria.
2007
[ November 07, 2007 ]
I got hit in the face with a mini-acorn this morning! They were falling off the trees left and right it was so windy. Maybe that's god's way of telling me not to be such an asshole.
[ November 02, 2007 ]
I've grown up from my days of starting sentences with lower cased words. (But not from feeling things I shouldn't sometimes...)
I went to my first paper show last night, (Mohawk Papers,) and it was super high-brow! Ick! Not only was all the design super-corporate, the people were uhm.. pretty much the same. It's no wonder I never socialize with the "design community." I wonder if AIGA meetings and lectures are just like that. Where are all the hardcore renegade designers, man?!
Black Out on White Night | Sage Francis
Every song's a post afterthought, but I won't grab the chalk to outline my body of work
Toe tags get caught in my teeth 'cause my foot is in my mouth
And the spurs are in my words, so my tongue can't dismount
Even after our rapport had fully run its course
I couldn't figure out the most heroic time to jump from the horse
And place this old hat for the last time on the coat rack
But I'd donate all my earnings from the race just to know that
Resisting urges to go back and get it later
Like the milk would unsour itself in the refrigerator
A wet boy in a dry, dry state
On an old country road where tradition has a blind date
I'll make it dance on its own grave tonight
With a change of direction by the pale moonlight
And if it needs theme music, I'll break out the bagpipes
Play a tune you ghostwrote me in a past life that goes like ...
[ October 22, 2007 ]
Finally launched the new Blink Twice website. So... the crazy rush at work is somewhat subsiding. There still aren't enough hours in the day for work, gym and yoga. I wish I had a stainless steel kitchen to make delicious dinners in!
The Shock Doctrine.
[ October 4, 2007 ]
I've been killing time,
you've been crossing lines.
[ September 11, 2007 ]
Modest Mouse @ Mcarren Park Pool! Show was killer!
Holy crap, I love this venue and I've never even been there. Just discovered it. I like their site too! terminal 5
It's raining today, finally. And I'm wearing heels. Green Drinks event tonight. Busy as hell at work.
Fun times!
[ September 10, 2007 ]
be still for a second while try and try to pin your flowers on
can you carry my drink i have everything else
i can tie my tie all by myself
i’m getting tied, i’m forgetting why
oh we’re so disarming darling, everything we did believe
is diving diving diving diving off the balcony
tired and wired we ruin too easy
sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave
hold ourselves together with our arms around the stereo for hours
while it sings to itself or whatever it does
when it sings to itself of its long lost loves
i’m getting tied, I’m forgetting why
tired and wired we ruin too easy
sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave
but i’ll be with you behind the couch when they come
on a different day just like this one
so worry not
all things are well
we’ll be alright
we have our looks and perfume on.
Apartment Story | The National
[ August 17, 2007 ]
Props to my boy Phil for making it through some insanely fucked up shit. So proud of you.
And yea, sorry, I had to drop the "F" bomb here. Sometimes, you just gotta.
[ August 9, 2007 ]
Cool site: Guide to Less Toxic Products
This is wack: AT&T Your World Censored
Books I think everyone needs to read:
Culture Jam
Cradle to Cradle
Diet for a Dead Planet
Massive Change
[ August 3, 2007 ]
Rage Against the Machine concert was INSANE.
I wish they'd run for government. I hate that feeling of being so close to change, but then nothing actually happens. Ugh. People who are so vamped and ready to go, but they don't do anything. Then again, what is there to do? Besides kill off all the old white guys who are making all the decisions. And that, my friends, is violence.
[ July 23, 2007 ]
This seems to be the second Monday in a row it's raining. What a way to come to work. Where's all this rain coming from? My socks are soaked right through my "rain" boots. What a load of crap! MIA show ended up sucking this weekend. Siren Fest was way too crowded (I don't know why I live in the city sometimes) and we got there late. She was already on and we were too far away to have a good view. Bleh. What an appropriate Monday.
But I love this site: smashing magazine.com
[ July 22, 2007 ]
The more invisible and ubiquitous the pollution, the more likely it will end up inside us. And there’s growing—and disturbing—proof that we’re ingesting plastic toxins constantly, and that even slight doses of these substances can severely disrupt gene activity. “Every one of us has this huge body burden,” Moore says. “You could take your serum to a lab now, and they’d find at least 100 industrial chemicals that weren’t around in 1950.” The fact that these toxins don’t cause violent and immediate reactions does not mean they’re benign: Scientists are just beginning to research the long-term ways in which the chemicals used to make plastic interact with our own biochemistry.
> Our Oceans are Turning Into Plastic
[ July 19, 2007 ]
I think it's time we considered how we build things. This includes the materials we use, the way we design buildings, infrastructure and products, and the long-term effects of what we leave behind. Hmm.. what made me draw this conclusion? Let's recount, shall we? Steam pipes exploding, power outages because our "system" is overloaded, the price of natural gas, running out of natural resources and the amount of waste we produce. Don't you think it's time to start over from the ground up? Ugh. Why is it so slow to catch on? And does it really take a freaking ugly-ass designer cloth bag to get people to consider using one?
Oh, also, my boss was on CNBC Squawk Box this month.
[ June 27, 2007 ]
Hmm.. this may belong on my rants page, but screw it!
Movie premises are getting dumber by the minute. Or maybe they've always been this dumb. Let's leave aside the sweeping cinematography, crappy scripting and lame music scores for a minute. What on earth is happening to the "content"? I've been seeing posters on the subways for a movie called Captivity. This sorry excuse for a sadistic flick looks to be an account of a woman who is captured, tortured and otherwise mutilated. (But I'm glad to see that the woman on the movie poster still has a perfectly disheveled, yet made-up face.) I think it's just so special to be reminded that torture is in fact hot and sexy. I'm never sure why there are movies like this - ones that glorify and expose us to the details of what sadistic predators do - but I'm so sick of seeing previews for them. Oh - and I just love this quote (found it with a synopsis of the "film"):
"A combination of "Saw" and "Hostel" meets "Silence of the Lambs," "Captivity" is a psychological thriller/horror film that shows us the true terror of the crimes of abduction and confinement that are committed every day by serial killers and psychopaths at large."
What?! First of all, I'm glad to see that the general public now openly admit there are no original ideas anymore, just recycled and rehashed ones. Secondly, "...the crimes of abduction and confinement that are committed every day"? This kind of stuff doesn't happen every day. Most crimes are related to money, not sadism. Ask the FBI, morons! Thirdly, great, so why don't we give these predators MORE juicy ideas of ways pain to inflict on their victims! As if we're not fucking paranoid enough. Sometimes, I swear, I think the government funds these movies, just to take all our minds off the real "terrors" of today. The real "terrors" who are not sadists, but the rest of society. The TV-watching oblivious idiots. In conclusion, I hate hollywood! Quit producing garbage!
[ June 26, 2007 ]
Sweet new job! At last I've said farewell to the Barnyard... I'm now an Art Director for BlinkTwice, a company that produces a speech aid device for kids with cerebral palsy, autism and such. It feels great to be doing real and rewarding work.
[ may 7, 2007 ]
Just unveiled the temporary landing page for the Martini Formal website.
The complete website will be coming soon.
[ april 25, 2007 ]
A recent brochure I produced at Bayard.
Collaborative effort with Yvonne.
[ april 24, 2007 ]
Reading this insane book: Cradle to Cradle, written by an architect and chemist. They systematically prove that recycling won't stop us from ruining the planet. It just delays the effects of our final destruction. They propose rethinking the whole production system, instead of producing products that turn into waste, why not produce things that nourish nature? Garbage wouldn't be garbage, it would be made up of nutrients. You could throw a bottle on the grass, and it would biodegrate. This, of course, requires a ton of research, money and companies with open minds. Huh. Seems like such a huge project. I don't know how it could ever happen, but I love the idea. One thing at a time. Sometimes my head is spinning from how much there is to do, and fix. I can't even wrap my head around it. And all I can offer is my service as a designer.
A good resource: MBDC
[ april 20, 2007 ]
Television.
Oh boy.
Rejected Media Carta Spots
TV Turnoff
[ april 18, 2007 ]
That idiot who shot up his school, Virginia Tech, got more media airtime than he should have. I don't understand the media in this country. A guy like that wants infamy, he wants to be remembered. He wants his thoughts read and understood. He wanted his stupid video tape watched by millions. And what does the media do? Play that shit, of course! By playing his tape, the media begins to validate his cause, just a tiny bit. People begin to "get" why he did it. They begin to empathize. If there is an afterlife, that guy is loving it. In the future, let's keep video tapes made by suicidal mass-murderers locked up somewhere at the FBI, where they can be studied by behavior profilers. That kid was a classic textbook case. Also, why not develop some kind of red flag system for people who get caught stalking? Although stalking itself is not physical, it's usually the first step towards actually harming someone. It's true, I learned that from John Douglas, founder of the behavioral science unit at the FBI. It's time to read Mindunter again...
[ march 30, 2007 ]
You need a uniform
so you won't be ignored
You are affected
and so you're accepted
You're telling me that fifty million screaming fans are never wrong
I'm telling you that fifty million screaming fans are fucking morons
You'll Rebel to Anything (as Long as it's Not Challenging)
Mindless Self Indulgence
[ march 29, 2007 ]
Been revisiting a bunch of old design stuff I did a few years ago. Re-designing some stuff and using old elements in new designs.. Also trying to teach myself Vectorworks and Revit in my free time. Going to Cali to visit kids at the end of May.. Can't wait!
Fuck this corporate bullshit that has become our culture..
(popstars, high-fructose corn syrup, marketing, conglomerates, commercialism, hollywood, multi-billion dollar movies, fast-food chains, hipsters, celebrities, advertising..)
Made a sweet poster out of that.
[ march 27, 2007 ]
every minute i'm not with you, i hope to see you soon.
there's just something that happens when you walk into a room.
[ march 20, 2007 ]
too many times, my words never make it to paper.
i let my thoughts slip through the cracks, and bury the memories away.
and sometimes when you can't sleep, i still worry.
[ march 19, 2007 ]
i can't stop listening to this song...
Nature & the Wreck | Mates of State
Lying down I notice what you see below us
Your arms are like the trees
I know I haven't said enough
I know we haven't said enough
How I will protect and how each day matters
Spying shows your limbs caught in the rails
These simple games will soon be growing tales
And I know we haven't said enough
I know I haven't said too much
How I will protect and how each day matters to me
Since the wreck, I know more what you need
You need me to put you in the trees
I now we haven't said enough
But I know I've never loved this much.
[ february 21, 2007 ]
Jackie 05:01:45 PM
i hate ladies
girl stuff is whack
[ january 30, 2007 ]
why can't public space, usually taken up by advertising, be used for something else? like design for design sake, public messages or community events? why are we always selling our space? yeah, capitalism, i know... but who decided that these other causes were less worthy? as designers, i think it is our job to take back the public space. take it away from the advertising chumps at the top whose only reason for producing eye-catching-attention-grabbing design is to sell whatever's hot at the moment.
on a random note, i saw an advertisement for an "eye bank" today on the subway. they want your eyes when you die. does that mean they've got jars of eyeballs sitting around until someone needs them? gross! and if so, is it one eyeball per jar? or do they keep a set together? juicy..
[ january 29, 2007 ]
google reader is awesome. i never knew rss feeds could be so sweeeeet!
by the way, children of men is amazing. see it.
[ january 3, 2007 ]
It's 2007! Sweeeeet! Happy New Year from Yvonne.
Got on the subway yesterday and sat next to a banana. It was on the middle seat, so I sat on the end. It was rush hour, so everyone was looking for a seat. But the banana was in the middle of the seat next to me, and no one wanted to sit on it. It was funny watching people come on the train, look around, see the seat with the banana and walk elsewhere. I found it hilarious to watch how people reacted. Everyone seemed to be too lazy to move the banana. Like it owned the seat. It wasn't even squished! We went all the way to 59th Street before some lady came on and picked it up, set it on the floor and sat down. The guy next to her laughed and laughed like it was the funniest thing in the world.
> pics from the bahamas
2006
[ december 6, 2006 ]
I totally ran into Amanda Cho from BU.. that was funny. She definitely works right around the corner from me now. She also used to be obsessed with Weezer.. classic!
Also, in working on our new website at Bayard, I came across the first big pitch I did here, Ball Aerospace. Funny shit! I've already started getting my portfolio together, now all I need to do is get them mounted and pick up my sweet business cards.
Can't wait for the bahamas..
And dammit, I've just been informed Senior Dalton sold his t-shirt-heat press! Nooooo!
[ november 27, 2006 ]
I’m sick of smiling
And so is my jaw
Can’t you see my front is crumbling down
I’m sick of being someone I’m not
Please get me out of this slump
I’m sick of clapping
When I know I can do it better for myself
I’m sick of waiting
Sick of all these words that will never matter
I wired these nerves together
Hoping for a chance to think on time
And I’m tracing over your letter
To see if your intentions are as good as mine.
Understatement > New Found Glory
[ november 10, 2006 ]
Landing page for greendesign website is up.
Are celebrities the new replacement for Mythology in modern culture? Sadly, I think so.
Celebrity Status
I have no idea how “celebrities” became gods. Since when did these entertainers become worshipped and revered? At the gym the other day, they had Good Morning America on (I thought it was supposed to be the news, but I guess I was wrong.) And there were these kids screaming their little faces off for some idiot actress hillary duff (no, bitch, you don't even get your name capitalized!) And as I’m watching the subtitles roll about how she’s starting a fashion line now, and how she's "really keeping busy," I’m thinking “What the fuck? Who cares?” Seriously. Who fucking cares? Why would you waste precious TV time on the important morning news talking about this self-absorbed, mediocre, talent-less girl when there is so much more important real news happening? Celebrities, all they do all day is perfect their tan bodies, get their hair done, and sell themselves. Sell their look, their face and their bodies. What's so freaking special about that? Anyone with the right makeup, means and budget could do it. You guys got nothing. NOTHING.
[ november 9, 2006 ]
I'm trying to stop biting my nails.. all of them. I've got it down to only two on my left hand that I bite. I don't know why it's so hard to stop biting the sides of those last two.
On a side note, my boss made a good point today, the mullet is mentally handicapped! Not by any official standards, but by normal well-adjusted-average-people standards, she's nuts. Mentally immature. Miserable, bitter and handicapped. How can I fault her for acting like a child? It's like asking a blind person to drive a car. So, mullet, this ends our feud. I'm not mad at you anymore, I'm not even sad for you. I just don't care. When I said "This place is like kindergarten," you mumbled "Well, then, that's your problem!" Whaaat? Man.. it's too late for you, sweet-pea. You're 45 years old, fat, single, bitter, mentally immature, miserable, obsessed with your menial and meaningless job of selling line ads to newspapers and you still have a mullet.
[ october 18, 2006 ]
Nutrient Depletions caused by the Pill | Lloyd J DuPlantis, Jr, PD
(Excerpted from an excellent article appearing in Retail Pharmacy News, July 2000 by James B. Lavalle, RPh)
In order for birth control pills to alter a woman's reproductive cycle, a type of competitive binding mechanism and suppression of normal physiological hormonal function must occur. This primary mode of action must, because of the complexity of the little known and less understood endocrine system, have far reaching secondary effects on all other chemical and enzyme functions of the body.
Corticosteroids are primarily effective because of their immunosuppressive capabilities. This can be very positive especially in acute episodes where prostaglandins or certain histamines are released. Most people are well aware of the negative effects when corticosteroids are indicated for long term therapy. Very few think of nutrient depletion as one of the causes of this immune system deterioration. A general lowering of the body's nutrient base - in a sense, a subtle type of starvation - is one of the causes for women on hormonal contraception as found in the pill to be much more susceptible to infections of all types. It is also offered as one of the reasons many women have such weight gain while on these products. Just as pregnant women experience cravings for certain foods because of the greater requirements for certain nutrients, many women on hormonal contraceptives have a voracious appetite because of the continuous depletion of certain nutrients and trace elements. Since their "pregnancy" never ends, their weight gain is continuous and uncontrollable.
Although oral contraceptives have a negative effect on the body's utilization of many nutrients, it has long been known that B vitamins, as a group are all depleted. Studies as early as 1975 have shown that steroidal hormones bring about folate and vitamin B12 deficiencies (1,2). Subsequent research on thiamine, riboflavin, niacin and pyridoxine all shown depletion and lower serum levels of these vital nutrients in women on oral contraceptives. It is well established that deficiencies of B vitamins put women at risk for numerous health problems.
Folic acid plays a role in regulating tissue growth and reproduction of all cells in the body. Most impacted are areas of rapid cell development such as the blood, cervix, intestinal tract and vagina. Folate deficiency is offered as an at risk group for breast and colorectal cancer. (3.4) Women who conceive while on the pill or shortly after discontinuation place their child at risk for numerous birth defects caused by folic acid deficiency.
Some of the first B vitamins to be shown as depleted by Oral Contraceptives were Vitamins B1 and B2 - thiamine and riboflavin. This early study showed that the depression, irritability, memory loss, edema and muscle weakness experienced by women on oral contraceptives could be related to the depleting effect of OC on serum thiamine levels. All of the pill inserts caution about the possibility of ocular or retinal lesions occurrence. Riboflavin deficiencies primarily affect the eye and mucous membranes. (5)
Increased levels of triglycerides and imbalanced HDL-LDL lipid ratios are common metabolic disorders occurring in OC users. Oral contraceptives lower vitamin B3 (Niacin) levels by inhibiting the endogenous conversion of tryptophan to niacin. (6) Niacin deficiencies manifest themselves as problems with skin, gastrointestinal tract and the central nervous system.
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) depletion from oral contraceptive use interferes with the normal metabolism of tryptophan to serotonin. (7) The problems associated with this deficiency are depression and insomnia. Depression is much more common among women than men by approximately a 4:1 ratio. A contributing factor may well be oral contraceptive use, which depletes nutrients that may influence mental health. Since vitamin B6 is also necessary to metabolize homocysteine, a deficiency may result in elevated homocysteine levels. (8) As previously stated, lower circulating blood serum levels of Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) are also reported in women taking oral contraceptives and vitamin B12 is required for proper metabolism of homocysteine.
It has been known from very early on that women on birth control pills had lower plasma, platelet, and leukocyte vitamin C (ascorbic acid) levels than a control group not on OC. (9) Current understanding of the relationship between Vitamin C, the immune system and development of various cancers, make this disclosure very significant. Low levels of vitamin C weaken the immune system increasing the risk of contracting various cancers. Numerous studies have shown a connection between OCs and cervical & breast cancer. (10, 11, 12) This decrease in serum levels of Vitamin C with a concomitant weakening of the immune system reduce the bodies capability to heal and make women more susceptible to infections of all types, especially STDs and AIDS. Admittedly, mutation and proliferation of STDs is considered out of control by many. (13, 14)
Several minerals and trace elements have been shown to be depleted by women taking oral contraceptives. Copper, Magnesium, Selenium, and Zinc are four that have been clearly identified by various studies. These studies lend credence to the hypothesis that since these three elements have been conclusively shown to be depleted by oral contraceptive use, all of the seventy or so trace minerals necessary for endocrine function are negatively impacted. Since biological assay and blood serum levels on most of these trace minerals are tedious, expensive and not currently of interest to researchers with capabilities to undertake such projects, the theory must remain just that.
Although in the United States, critical Magnesium deficiencies are rare, marginal deficiencies are widespread. A magnesium deficiency can manifest itself in many ways. Most commonly occurring are muscle cramps, weakness, insomnia, anxiety, and nervousness. Chronic deficiencies can lead to osteoporosis and cardiovascular problems. (15,16) These magnesium deficiencies seem to have an ongoing effect after discontinuation and a carry over effect into the prodigy of women who have taken oral contraceptives. Women who have been on oral contraceptives have a greater risk of miscarriage (17) and also a greater propensity toward premature labor. In the case of premature labor, many of these women respond to magnesium administration. (18) At least 85% to 90% of mothers of children with ADD and ADHD have been on hormonal contraception at some time prior to the conception of the child. Magnesium supplementation has had a positive effect on children affected by these disorders.
Decreased levels of selenium, zinc and copper cause weakened immune system function which results in increased risks for viral infections, cancers of all types, generalized pain, arthritic symptoms and cardiovascular disease. Selenium is essential for adequate antioxidant defense function. Decreased antioxidant activity results in increased free radical damage and accelerated aging. Zinc plays a critical role in insulin utilization. Increased insulin resistance reduces all aspects of bodily metabolism by creating hyperglycemia - precursor condition for diabetes - increasing wound healing time and negatively impacting the more than 200 enzymatic reactions occurring throughout the body. (19)
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[ october 2, 2006 ]
sweet weekend of drinking and debauchery. not douchery!
ha! and boy, do i miss the daltons..
[ september 29, 2006 ]
worked on re-packaging free-farmed chicken. in the process, i'm learning that when things say "all natural" (especially chicken) it doesn't always mean what you think it means. eating free-farmed chicken is the only way to go if you're gonna care about that type of stuff.
i was surprised to find out: Free-range, Free-roaming: Poultry has had "access" to the outdoors, even if that means only that the door to the coop was left open for a few hours.
[ september 25, 2006 ]
i've decided the most perfect song of all time is arcade fire's rebellion (lies.) fucking timeless, man.
[ september 20, 2006 ]
W I R E D Nextfest is next weekend.. sweeeet! and Jared bought Ladytron tickets for my birthday! what a lovely boy.. work is crazy busy lately. i managed to upload new iggy pictures on my flickr site.
[ september 19, 2006 ]
video. photographs. music. moving. noise. stimulation. virtual reality.
i'm getting motion sickness.
The only thing tactile and physical anymore is the contact between people. Usually sexual. No wonder kids are becoming sex-crazed. We don't touch the grass anymore. Our brief interactions with nature are restricted to vacation time. Playing with the sand and bathing in the sunlight are nostalgic memories of lost days. I can barely remember. What will my kids remember? Pressing their video game buttons? Touching plastic? The decline of western civilization.
[ september 7, 2006 ]
fuck committees
(I believe in lunatics)
It's about the struggle between individuals with jagged passion in their work and today's faceless corporate committees, which claim to understand the needs of the mass audience, and are removing the idiosyncrasies, polishing the jags, creating a thought-free, passion-free cultural mush that will not be hated nor loved by anyone. By now. virtually all media, architecture, product and graphic design have been freed from ideas, individual passion, and have been relegated to a role of corporate servitude, carrying out corporate strategies and increasing stock prices. Creative people are now working for the bottom line.
Magazine editors have lost their editorial independence, and work for committees of publishers (who work for committees of advertisers). TV scripts are vetted by producers, advertisers, lawyers, research specialists, layers and layers of paid executives who determine whether the scripts are dumb enough to amuse what they call the 'lowest common denominator.' Film studios put films in front of focus groups to determine whether an ending will please target audiences. All cars look the same. Architectural decisions are made by accountants. Ads are stupid. Theater is dead.
Corporations have become the sole arbiters of culture, ideas and taste in America.
Our culture is a corporate culture.
Culture used to be the opposite of commerce, not a fast track to 'content'-devoid riches. Not so long ago captains of industry (no angels in the way they acquired wealth) thought that part of their responsibility was to use their millions to support culture. Carnegie built libraries. Rockefeller built art museums, Ford created his global foundation. What do we now get from our billionaires? Gates? Or Eisner? Or Redstone? Sales pitches. Junk mail. Meanwhile, creative people have their work reduced to 'content' or 'intellectual property.' Magazines and films become delivery systems for product messages.
But to be fair, the above is only 99 percent true.
I offer a modest solution: Find the cracks in the wall. There are a very few lunatic entrepreneurs who will understand that culture and design are not about fatter wallets, but about creating a future. They will understand that wealth is a means, not an end. Under other circumstances they may have turned out to be like you, creative lunatics. Believe me, they're there and when you find them treat them well and use their money to change the world.
- Tibor Kalman, 1998
[ september 6, 2006 ]
ha. yeah.. i'm over that. it was the hormones talking. anyway, i'm hurtin' for money. anyone know of any freelance, send it my way! i need work. i need inspiration. i need music. and i need to stop being such a slacker. i can't believe i did so much work on this sweet site and didn't get to finish it. i'm instituting contracts now, for all potential freelance jobs. i need to take it to the next level. stop screwing around. there are a lot of things i love about life but one of them is not what the human race is becoming. tv watching, entertainment thriving zombies. most people (young people) spend the majority of their day on a computer, then in front of a tv, or listening to music. constant stimulation. it's gotta be bad for the brain. i almost forgot how to write! i sat down the other day to write something, and i found myself needing the computer handy to do it. guhh..
[ august 28, 2006 ]
6 month feelings. ha. right on schedule. i felt the doubt hit me last night. it hit so hard i think my eyes watered. yeah. they definitely did. and of course it's raining again. which makes it all the more hard. times like these i begin to doubt myself and my happiness. i think too much (sometimes.) you think too little. as soon as i feel it, i want to give up. i was going to tell you last night, but i couldn't do it. instead i stayed awake all night (i tried to sleep.) i wanted to tell you "wait.. i'm not normal. but you are. can't you see it?" but then again, maybe i just give up too easily. on the other hand, i think you'd stay content forever. or at least pretend. until i said anything. or until something better came along.
[ august 3, 2006 ]
i've declared today national dumb-ass day.
seriously.
[ august 2, 2006 ]
new place for writing:
http://katesenisi.wordpress.com/
[ july 31, 2006 ]
it's hot as hell. the subways are unbearable, especially 34th street at 6th ave. if this isn't a sign of the dreaded and unmentionable "global warning" i don't know what is. also, has anyone else noticed the wack-ass weather? mad thunderstorms, people getting struck by lightning, lots of rain. hmm.. lets just ignore the warning signs. that reminds me, i still haven't seen that movie an inconvenient truth yet. went to robert moses beach this weekend, that was awesome, i forgot how nice long island beaches are. hit up the beer garden and got drunk with jackie and alicia. i am in desperate need of some new music! i'm lazy because of the heat, but i'm taking my ass to the air-conditioned gym every day this week. gonna swim every other day to break up the workout more.
[ 4:00 pm ]
it's just like a cigarette, it's something that i do
once in awhile but between me and you
it's just like a cigarette nobody's really fooled
i dont want the truth, i wanna feel fucking cool
i'm runnin out to get the next rapper's CD
just suckin up the guns, drugs, and misogyny
the same way that i suck up all the stories
when i breathe that little bit of death supposedly cancer-free and
everything they say's got the truth twisted up
but twisted up's what i want man, i can't get enough
cuz even though we know it's all just a big bluff
we just light another up, what
we don't give a fuck
just like a cigarette, it's something that i do
once in awhile but between me and you
just like a cigarette nobody's really fooled
i don't want the truth, i wanna feel fucking cool
cigarettes | fort minor
[ july 19, 2006 ]
Italia | photos
Right before flying into Rome, Italy won the world cup. Astoria was nuts. Watched it at Dillinger's (the bar down the street) with Jen. Afterwards, people were in the streets going straight-up crazy. Even though it was won on a penalty kick, still a good game. I love to see people so happy! Flew into Fumiciano airport (near Rome) the next day and had to wait for Jared cuz we missed his flight. I was looking for my passport like an idiot. That made us arrive 5 minutes past the hour before we were supposed to be there. Continental gave his ticket away. I still got on my flight, so when I arrived in Rome had to meet up with my parents and grandpops and wait for Jared there. Johnny Darko was nowhere to be found. Ends up he was already at the villa waiting for us. HA.. that was funny. My uncle forgot he was coming. Awkward? Train ride there was excruciatingly long. It was hot as balls and we were so tired.
When we got to Spoleto our cab driver dropped us off somewhere that didn't look right. We asked him if he was sure this was the address, and he answered in Italian. He sounded mad. He called someone, looked around, and then insisted this was the right address. I wasn't even sure how cars made it up this hill anyway. As we were looking around for the entrance for this villa, my uncle walks out to greet us. Sweet. Gave the cab driver a 5 euro tip and thanked him. We were lucky, my parents and grandfather got dropped off like a block away because their cab driver didn't want to go all the way up the hill! Villa was sweet, and huge. It was three floors and although it was hot outside, the stone kept the inside almost a perfectly comfortable temperature. The town of Spoleto was amazing. Old buildings, history, cobblestone streets and the best gelato I've ever tasted. Learned some Italian, mostly how to order food. The mozzerella balls were juicy. Soooooo good! Played some foozeball, got my little underaged cousin tipsy and chilled out.
On the third day the stove blew up.. that was interesting.. Jared was about to make the best breakfast ever when the glass top thingie exploded in our faces. That sucked. Good thing none of us got hurt. We spent most of the day cleaning glass off everything. Good thing there were two more kitchens in the villa. Spent the rest of the day chilling poolside instead of going with Johnny Darko to Rome. He left to go play rugby in Germany. We made a slammin' dinner the next day for everyone. It was better than the $75 a head dinner my uncle bought for us the night before. Rome kind of sucked, except for the Coliseum. The history was sweet, but it was crowded, hot and smellly. Just like NYC. And the cab drivers were on strike, which totally sucked. We learned how to ride the buses and saw some little bastard gypsy children trying to rob us. Pretty rad trip, for sure. Some things I noticed about Italy include: lots of men were wearing these plaid capri pants, there were lots of teeny Mr. Bean sized cars, no one says bless you when you sneeze, air-conditioning is almost non-existent and the water that comes out of the fountains in Spoleto is delicious!
[ july 7, 2006 ]
moved into the new place in astoria this past weekend. it's hot. except for the giant house centipede i found in the shower this morning. eeew! oh yeah, and i'm going to italy!
[ june 27, 2006 ]
heh heh..
[ june 20, 2006 ]
It's almost hard to notice the freaks on the streets of this city.. almost. Walking down 6th Ave today on the way to work I saw this older woman stumbling a bit. When I looked closer I noticed she was dangerously skinny with bruised legs. I've never seen anyone so skinny. Her skin was so thin you could see all the veins underneath. I don't know where those bruises were from. I'm not sure how her body was functioning, or how her muscles were moving. She was wearing a fancy light blue dress and really high heels. I wondered where she was going without a purse or bag, holding on the wall for support. Looked like she had just broken out of a rehabilitation center or something. (But where would she have gotten the dress?) I thought about whether to ask her if she needed help, she didn't seem crazy, just sickly, like she didn't belong outside. Especially in those heels. I noticed other people looking at her too. Some appeared concerned and some just shook their heads.
In the end I kept walking to work. Hard to imagine in a city so large that she'd make it too much farther without somone asking her if she needed help. And I thought, why do I love this city so much? Is it because of all the sick, fucked-up people? The dirt, grime and disguisting smells? Does that somehow make my trips away that much better? Does it make me feel better about myself to see other people who are worse off than myself? And I decided, nah, it's just about exposure to all kinds of things. People. Places. Smells. Being in the city exposes me to so much. Well, mostly people. But isn't that what it's all about? After we've finished destroying the earth, and most of our natural resources, it's all we'll have left! So we better learn to get along! Or, if we're really lucky, we'll blow ourselves up and the world at the same time. That way we won't have to worry about getting along! On the other hand, maybe I should take the opposite view and enjoy nature before it's all destroyed. Yeah. I think I'd like to move now.
[ june 19, 2006 ]
i miss tali and zach.. haha.. funny old picture!!
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From: Tali Fridman
Sent: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:27:50 -0700 (PDT)
To: Kate Senisi
Subject: Re: Only One Phone Number
> tali.. i miss you!
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How can that be? Are you not living a good life and
surrounded by good people? Oh, I know, your life is
probably wonderful, but you still miss me because I am
so fabulous and amazing and unique and nobody can
replace me ;) In any case... Hi, Skater! What are
you up to these days? (I'll probably check out your
website in a moment and maybe I'll get some answers.)
I called you once and left a message, and now (Sunday
early afternoon) I just called again but there was no
answer.
It's hot. All I am doing is sitting in front of the
computer, and I'm sweating! And I just took a hair
off of my shoulder that had fallen from my head. Are
you still terribly disgusted by and afraid of loose
hairs?
I was in Boston a week ago and passed by BU territory.
I am thankful for that place, for that is where I met
you and Blas... but not much else does that place hold
for me. I am so happy for us that we got out!
For now,
sending lots of smiles and good thoughts your way,
Tali
[ june 5, 2006 ]
Bouncing Souls show last night was fucking siiiiiiick! Parker ended up having two extra tix, so me and Jared got to go. Despite the mic's blowing out in the first song, the show was fucking awesome. Seriously. Unreal.. I didn't take any pix, but here's a cool blog with some more sweet pix. And the new album is pretty damn hot too!
[ may 30, 2006 ]
It hit me walking past the condoms in the supermarket. I'm in over my head. I'm not sure how it got this far. Fuck. I knew it when I felt that deep sinking feeling in my stomach thinking about you breaking them with someone else. I hate it when this happens.
[ may 24, 2006 ]
just spent $500 to get the brakes fixed on my car, but now it sounds worse than it did before! i'll need a new muffler soon.. and probably an exhaust pipe. frickin' money grubbin bastard.. i wanna sell that thing. and i need to build the iguanas a new cage. hashi keeps cutting his fingers on the chicken wire top. blehh.. sorry, but this is a total bitchfest. it was just that kind of day, mannnn.. and i hate the news. but i like jared. and watching mtv gives me seizures! the editing is meant for people with ADHD or something. every 2 seconds there's a cut to a new shot. that's gotta be damaging to your brain even if you don't have a short attnetion span. no wonder kids can't concentrate on schoolwork and shit anymore. when your brain gets overstimulated like that for hours at a time, other normal stuff seems boring. they miss the cuts and beats per minute.
the trailer for this is kinda lame-o, but i want to see it anyway. An Inconvenient Truth
yummy! i ate these hello kitty fruit snacks today!!
[ may 19, 2006 ]
this is freaking siiiiiick!!! Interact 10 ways
[ may 17, 2006 ]
"the square root of a square is mono-t" - dan hollis
[ may 16, 2006 ]
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From: Kate Senisi
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:29 AM
To: Eric Miclette
Subject: cool animation
http://www.djpauledge.com/wewillnotbesilenced/
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yeah...i saw it before. now i'm sad. it seems like everyday i wake up there's one more injustice being done to the american people and to the world. i ride the subway and see the people reading the newspapers. i read over their shoulders. i get angry. i think to myself, please don't believe that, please don't believe that. then i realize that i marched and marched and marched. i spoke truth to power everyday. i still do. but people won't hear it. they refuse to see the truth of their lives and actions. now, some see that they were wrong and i want to forgive them, but it's hard. very hard. i get so angry i cry sometimes, kate. like just now.
much peace,
eric
[ may 15, 2006 ]
holy shit.. i found the funniest pictures EVER when i was at home this weekend.. bwuahhaaaa.. 6th grade nerds!!!!! i love how huge my glasses were.. and that i was into braiding laura's hair. i'm serious, i laughed so hard when i saw these. click below to view them..
i hope it stops raining soon. it's depressing! and i want to wear sandals already and not get my feet wet. but this weekend was still mad chill. shout out to the starbucks chick who knows my drink now. she orders it before i even get to the counter now! sweeeet! black iced-tea + lemonade... yummy!! and i can think of another yummy thing.. its middle name is louis! and i like to eat it!
just got tix for NIN LIVE - With Teeth - June 16th..can't frickin wait.
[ may 9, 2006 ]
i didn't write this. i stole it from kalle lasn, the founder of adbusters. and then, because i have been working on corporate shit all week and day, i designed this sweet postcard. i'm starting to go crazy in this place.. i'm a corporate design-whore. oh yeah, so i found this little sketchbook that i've been using for like 3 years now, it has the funniest shit in it.. the funny stuff is the writing, not the sketches. from reading it, it looks like i used to be damn depressed! but i don't remember feeling like that. it's funny that i kept it this long. makes me feel old. and like an idiot!
oh yeah, and i've been eating like a pig lately! but i feel much better off birth control. that shit was clouding my head, man. hormone regulation just can't be a good thing, no matter which way you look at it. anyway, the point of all this is it's time to get off my ass. no more slacking off. i'm gonna balance my useless meaningless corporate work with more fulfilling stuff.
inspiration: The Media Carta Legal Battle
[ may 4, 2006 ]
"you were so badass.. but i could always make you smile."
Current Song | Changeling, DJ Shadow
[ april 28, 2006 ]
bwuhahaa... friday afternoon conversations:
[ april 21, 2006 ]
damn.. i missed the chance to "blog" on 4/20! what a dork i am. anyways, i ran into dylan spencer at the amtrak station coming back from scrubtown and found out he lives here too.. classic. we used to roll together back in the day. along with matt g, bethany and courtney. hahaa.. love those kids. he reminded me of the first time he met my dad. he was sitting in my kitchen and my parents come in and dylan's like "hey, what's up, i'm dylan" and my dad was like "uh huh" and kinda blew him off. turns out when he comes back downstairs, dylan was like "yeah, i introduced myself before, i'm dylan.." and my dad's like "what? i thought you said 'what's up, i'm chillin'!" ahahaaa.. then he asked him for help tying his bowtie. i think they were going to the gala at union college. freakin priceless man. i was laughing about that for so long. cuz dylan though my dad was such a dick for like 10 minutes. hahaaa... meanwhile he's just deaf. hahaaa..
found out bouncing souls tix are sold out already! booo! but i might get be able to get 2 from this chick i found on craigslist who's selling them! sweeet!
[ april 14, 2006 ]
ladytron tomorrow night! damn, i wish i had a digital camera. i'm such a loser, always stealing other peoples photos and posting them as mine. i had some kind of weird allergy/cold/sinus shit this week, really weird. i hope its not a deadly virus. maybe the bird flu or something. i'm at work now.. lets see.. it's 12:28 on good friday and everyone's leaving. i gotta leave soon before i go postal on someone's ass. had a discussion with eric and matt about chicks getting shit yelled at them on the street. i was telling them how that shit is annoying, and matt's like "oh please, you guys live for that!" i wanted to smack him for a second. then i said "not me, i hate it." nic was telling me about this thing called sensory deprivation, where you pay $60 to go into a completely dark, soundproof room and float in a tub of water for an hour. i bet lots of people have panic attacks in there. can't deal without any sensory stimulation. i'd love to try it. to most people "relaxing" includes watching tv, listening to music or looking at a computer scree. when do we ever just sit in silence or interact with other people without any other noises?
[ april 11, 2006 ]
went to the gorillaz show at the apollo theater last thurs.. that shit was hott! one of the best shows i've seen in a while. sick animation too...
check out my bro's beats.. soundclick.com/keys1
[ april 5, 2006 ]
mullet made chili today and brought it in for the "office." hilarious!! especially since she doesn't talk to half of us. anyone who associates with me is considered her enemy. except when i'm not around.. then my sources tell me she smiles at them. otherwise, if she's on my side of the room and i'm at my desk, she ignores everyone. hahaa... god, i heart this place! no.. seriously.. i love chocolate covered espresso beans!!! and blink182! gets me vamped!!! oh yeah, and it snowed today! what the hell!? hello global warming and weird weather patterns! no, we have nothing to worry about..
Current Song | First Date, Blink 182
[ april 3, 2006 ]
"you think it's a secret, but it has never been." i got that once in a fortune cookie when i was at red bamboo with jared. the other day jules, pete and i ate there. just as i was telling them about that time, jules opened up her fortune cookie. it was the same one.
whatever you do, do NOT see that film Drawing Restraint 9. haha.. as a critic so eloquently put it: "In other words, this movie is about as accessible to mainstream audiences as Katie Holmes' vagina is to Tom Cruise's penis." seriously though, that movie was self-serving and pompous. and entirely too long. it could have been a half hour long, and i might have enjoyed it. instead, it was 2.5 hours long. the preview looked pretty sick. so misleading..
[ march 29, 2006 ]
had a nice talk with parker the other night... what a good kid. gotta give the few remaining nice guys props. there aren't many left. the assholes from our management company are pretty much the biggest bunch of no-talent classless dickheads ever. they pretty much serve no purpose in this world. if i had more money it would be awesome fun to take them to court. it would barely put a dent in their gay ass monopolizing company though, even if i won. they own half of jersey shitty.. i mean city. don't ever rent from del forno real estate, or you're supporting the devil.
haha.. how do you like them apples, del forno bitches!?!
blahhh. i really need to start drinking caffeine. it makes me happy. this day is sucking. except for the fact that it's mad nice out.
this blog is mad cool: why you should cancel cable
Current Song | Loveless, Kittie
[ march 27, 2006 ]
just found out the bouncing souls are playing at the knitting factory for 6 nights in a row, starting june 1st! that's gonna be freaking SWEET!
damn. i hate mondays. especially the mondays where i have to get coffee. but it was really nice out this morning. i started working on a sweet summer playlist for my pod. can't wait till it's beach weather. also, i'm really scared about what's happening lately. but i don't know what to say or do to stop it. there is nothing to say. or do. just go with it, huh. but i always expect the worst, so it's hard. how can i walk into something with that attitude? i'm almost positive of a negative end. maybe not negative, but an ending. and that's always negative. so what the hell am i doing?
i need to learn this program vectorworks. it's apparently the most common software used by exhibit designers.
"i'm like school on saturday... no class" - jackie williams (sickest bitch ever)
Current Song | Killing In The Name, Rage Against the Machine
mullet in action.. ahahaaa
[ march 23, 2006 ]
got a few shots of mullet today. eric finally brought my isight camera back. finally.. turd. haha.. i think it's sad that i have so much hate for people. i hate mullet. the only thing i have to say in my defense is that i didn't start it. i was totally nice to her from day 1. she was nice to me too! she used to bring me candy, i thought she was in love with me! we used to laugh and frolic around the office. i used to like hearing her laugh. it made me smile. maybe it's time i tell the full mullet story... yeah. so we were friends, then one day she asked for my help in re-designing an ad. i said sure. and i re-designed it. she said the client liked it but wanted something else. but she didn't know what. i said, well.. can you find out what? be more specific. cuz i'm busy over here. and i don't have time to do 8,000 iterations of some stupid black and white newspaper ad that's like 3 inches by 6 inches. (only i said it nicer) and she got all huffy and was like "uh! forget it!" i went to talk to her later and she was like "don't talk to me!" and ever since then she hasn't spoken one word to me. i see her in the hall and smile, she hates it.. haha. oh man. you've got to work around here to really understand the full extent of the mullet on my life. pics are coming soon.
yvonne says "maybe you need a little jesus in your life."
oh yeah, and i've come to the conclusion that all grapefruits smell like weed!
[ march 22, 2006 ]
check out this project massive change. i'm definitely ordering the book.
i think i'm going back to school for a masters in architecture. or exhibition design. thinc design looks like a sweet place to work. too bad i need experience in building stuff. i'm considering columbia's architecture program. check out their site. oh yeah, and i just discovered this photo sharing website called flikr. can't believe i didn't use it before! you get to upload 20 mb a month for free. and the interface is super easy and nice.
[ march 13, 2006 ]
ok so this is a real blog. my totally unscensored thoughts (ha.. yeah right) and what i did this weekend. booo-ring. who wants to read about that shit? i'm really just practicing my css. that's pretty much it. anyways, i'm dying for some new tunes. just got nuno's newest band's cd. that guy changes band names more times than a sweaty guy changes his socks. dramagods is the "new" population 1. they don't even have a website! and the logo is shit. they are on myspace, dramagods. damn i hate myspace!
mullet mission
i'm on a mission to get a picture or video of this lady who works in my office. she may be the last living specimen in all the 5 boroughs to still have a mullet! it's unbelievable, i know. this is why i must obtain proof, before she is extinct. oh yeah, and she's completely insane. the photos will prove all.. just wait. all i need is a digital camera now. oh yeah, and she hates me, so i need to do it inconspicously.