There There

Monday was a slow going day, as usual. As I found myself struggling with projects at work. I have two main projects I'm working on and both of which were giving me trouble. I just spent the majority of the day switching between the two to try to figure anything out. Not too successful. Anyways, that's enough about my creative block this week. I'll get through it. Just been thinking a lot about how I go through jobs and what I've heard from well-known graphic designers. It's a bit frustrating to hear about how they work or their thought processes on their work. Mostly due to the face that I don't have the same amount of time to work or don't have the same freedom. For example, when Sagmeister was presented with the question on how he deals with "creative block," he said that he just would work on another project and usually it would somehow work itself out. And he also said he would spend up to six months working on some projects. SIX MONTHS! Yeah, must be nice to have that kind of time to let things linger, formulate and then execute. Yeah, Try 2-3 days. or better yet, an hour to get a layout done. psh. But I guess when you've worked your way up to the design ladder, you can do that. ....One day, One day.

Tuesday has been alright. slightly productive, but maybe not as much as I would like.

-Typography: Going Back to the Future
-Hirst+Levi's+Warhol. That's quite a collab.
-Tetris Shelfs....uh. Yes.
-Tetricks. Yes again.
-This was posted yesterday, Radiohead Remix. I'm debating trying this out, even though after listening to the first track....I'm not even sure I should bother..

Pretty Much Everywhere, It's Going to be Hot.

I started a blog entry a few days ago, and I just haven't been able to finish/concentrate on it. We've also been super busy at work: We're finishing off another issue of OK Today at work. The whole issue is BBQ. It's been quite an overload of BBQ. Considering all I've laid out, is articles dealing with smokers, business of bbq, food, etc, Then went to two last bbq's last weekend, then Mike and I ventured to a local bbq restaurant.......needless to say, I'm about bbq-ed out. For now.

Bowling Movie Night update. Total Failure. I think I'm about to give up on the movie night idea. (sigh). and if anyone thinks they have the wii bowling skills, you can challenge Mike (best 2 out of 3) for the Holy Bowlers trophy. Dude.

Misc.
-Honda working on a game using SMS. Looks fun.
-This Danish sleeper was featured on Notcot. Very nice.
-Eye's Movements: a paper already read.
-Muxtape. a way to share your mixes. I have yet to try it though....soon though.
-I guess I won't be needing this jacket

Design
-Vintage Logos
-Steve Jobs talking about Paul Rand. Via QBN

Puma/Shoes
-Pre-Ipod/Nike Shoes: The Puma Pedometers
-Fresh Prince of Bel Air X Puma. I wish I had the cash for all these special edition Pumas.

Music
-Unwed Sailor's new album is up on Virb. Probably their weakest album......
-I don't post many music download links, but I figured some of you might enjoy this: Four Tet-Ringer (mini album)

Weekend Update

I apologize for my lack of posting, once again. Things have been pretty busy on my end, in a good way. We're about to close another issue at work. The whole issue deals with BBQ, and went to a BBQ tonight and going to one tomorrow, just seems like I can't get away from it. Anyways, yes, I've been staying busy, and finding to quite a positive thing. Rather than just sitting on my computer all night. Also been playing indoor soccer on weekends, so that occupies some time. We won our game today, which is pretty exciting. I have no idea How, considering our whole team is out of shape and the other team isn't. but somehow we manage to make some good plays. and I finally scored by first goal today. plus 2.

-This cracked me up beyond belief: If Celebs Moved to Oklahoma
-Onomastic Restuarants Names
-"I Guess You'll Do" short video explaining the 'sad truth of relationships.'
-T. Hanks
-Clueless Guys Can't Read Women. Seriously, they needed to conduct a study on this? Man, I think someone should just pay me to let them in on things like this.
-Some shots of Snake Eyes have been released/leaked online, from the new G.I.Joe movie.....looking good so far. But I'm still scared. One and Two
-There Will Be Vader
-Hire Your Own Paparazziish.....
-This is to make me feel less of a nerd: glad I don't hold a guinness record for guitar hero. But speaking of nerdiness, I played guitar hero left handed the other day. Harder than expected, but I actually completed a full song on medium....
-Anatomy of a Merger. Great piece on the logo for Sprint. Makes me appreciate the mark a little more, which I thought was always an upgrade from what they had.
-VW's commercial for their UK site. Neat idea.
-Hey Look, Oklahoma is in the Top Ten Cleanest Cities (7)...I guess that's one thing we have going for us, right?

-Last but not least, I attended a viewing of Horton Hears a Who this week, which actually turned out to be more enjoyable than expected. A few things could have been kept out, and there were certain parts that weren't necessarily suited for Dr. Suess, but still made the movie entertaining--Here's a few of my fav. clips.

-Meet Katie
-And:

Super Smash Bros

I forgot to post this up last week. If you want to hit me up on Super Smash Bros, I'll all there. Here's my code:

4296-2676-6933

A Coat of White Primer

-It's back to the work week here. Hope everyone else is enjoying time off from school and such. Just a few updates. I finally shaved, I'm back to my normal sideburns. Although I snapped a few photos, you can find hitler-esque stauche Here.

-Designer Handwriting. I think I need to compile my family's handwriting; we have some neat handwriting.
-Do The Test. Great commercial.
-Star Wars Sweded. Has anyone watched Be Kind, Rewind yet? if so, was it any good?
-Digital Twin Lens. Funny how technology tries to look like the classic/old items. Seems a bit backwards.
-Digital clock with physical display
-Tetris coming to the Wii! Like I don't already have 5 different versions of Tetris.


Movie Night Next Friday:

Post Birthday Post

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for a great birthday weekend, including anyone/everyone that commented on facebook, text messaged me, came to visit me, stayed up late to hang out, etc and etc. You know who you are. Thanks.


and also I've been really into this quote from The Learners; I think it best describes my status as a designer/individual:

"I'm a graphic designer—I pretty much see the world as one big problem to solve; one typeface, one drawing, one image at a time."

Scallops, Scones and Dogs that Won't Shut Up

It's been quite a busy week for me, busy in a good way. I've been trying to gather up what all to write about. Let's see, first, played my first indoor soccer game Saturday. Mike and I are playing on a league for his work. It is much more fast paced than anticipated. After five mins of sprinting, I couldnt' breathe. Luckily we had subs. Somehow we managed a victory for the team 11-10, with only 24 seconds left. I'm not sure how we did it honestly. Something to do with us scoring more girl goals, which count as too. Oh yeah, it's a coed team, 3 girls, 3 guys. I didn't explain that very well. I'm sure we'll get better as the season moves along. Not bad for playing with people I've never even met before.

In review of my What to Shave piece, the results were scattered. I got two D's, a C+F, two H's, and a B. With that being said, I haven't shaved. and not sure what I'll do. I appreciate all that participated and keep you posted if and when I shave anything. Would be a little better if my facial hair came in as well as I illustrated, wouldn't it?

Managed to watch Fully Flared, this weekend, thanks to Shannon. It's been years since I've watched a skate video, but I was most impressed. The level of skateboarding has like quadrupled since I had seen a skate video. It's insane. So last night, Shannon, Steven and me skated downtown. The weather was great, and it was fun to be back on the board again, minus my inabilities to do any tricks.

I N T E R M I S S I O N L I N K S:

-Porter Wallmug. Ingenius. Use it as a cup. bowl, etc. includes a folding spoon.
-This is how I get exercise at work
-Schweppes "Burst." Fun commercial, makes me want to get a high speed camera even more.

Links via cpluv:
-Newer SF IV Trailer with Chun Li & C Viper
-Photoshop Disasters
-10 Horrible, Awesome Local Commercials. I want to 18002sellhomes on there or Sherlock loans, man I need a tivo.

Music
-Couple new tracks from Pivot
-Watch some live Nada Surf
-New Frontiers on Daytrotter
-I was going to make a post a week or two ago, regarding my thoughts on the ever growing popularity (and over-ratedness) of Feist, but never got around to it. I still dont' understand why Everyone loves her music. Broken Social Scene's music is tons better, Kevin Drew's album, I thought was even better. OH, thats right, it's because she's a female artist. Well, explain to me, why no one has heard of Kaki King. She apparently could put Feist away in a guitar battle. She's like the Female Justin King. Anyways, I would suggest checking her out. I don't get super psyched about female artists. But her guitar skills are great. and her new video is pretty fun. This one is nice as well.

Too Cute for Chris
-Dancing Walrus
-Dog vs. Balloons

A Few Movie Notes
-Can't say I've ever seen a bad Edward Norton movie. I somehow feel like maybe I should avoid the new Hulk movie. anyways, The trailer is online now.
-Charlize Theron is planning on remaking Park Chan-wook's Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. Please don't. Please don't ruin any of those movies (of the Vengeance Trilogy). For those that have no idea what I'm talking about, go rent them.
-I watched Manufactured Landscapes recently, and I would recommend a viewing, especially those into photography (Jenn. Shannon.)

E N D O F I N T E R M I S S I O N

Regarding my title, I recently tried out some Scallops and Scones for the first. Uh, Scallops are gross. Never again. Scones are ok, not sure how to describe it. Not bad. and The Dogs? Well, you see, the neighbors have a couple of dogs and every day about 8-8:30am, they put them in the backyard. So I wake up to my alarm, immediantly following a continous stream of barking. The only good thing is, the barking is so incessant, that it becomes just a noise more than barking. Either way, it's not how I like to wake up.

So yes, it's been pretty good on my side of things, Mike and I are finally working on a new song, after our two month hiatus, and planning on playing another little show in Altus. Maybe we'll eventually make it to the minor leagues and play a show in OKC (hopefully). No guarantees with that on. The weather has been too nice. I've been riding my bike to work (after lunch). which has been enjoyable. Minus my fall today. Not sure how it happened, but something about trying to put my ipod back in my pocket and hitting my brake too fast, and falling on the street. Not good. It didn't bother me so much falling, more so, about the SUV that apparently saw me fall, then drove off. Jerks. No injuries though.

ALSO, I received an email from Amy yesterday morning, saying that Stefan Sagmeister was doing a lecture at OU/Fred Jones Museum at 3:30. Luckily, I have the best boss, and let me get off for it. Overall, it was a great lecture, and it made my day/week. I'm not sure where to begin on what he discussed, but it made me rethink a few things on my own design work and how I come up with ideas, and where I need to go with my design work. I know most of you out there have no idea who he is, but he quite big in the design world. You can check out this website here. and a site promoting his new book, which I still need to get my hands on (birthday gift anyone, anyone?) Sorry you missed out Jacob. 1. OU's parking is ridiculous (we got lucky with our parking) 2. The lecture hall was totally not sufficient for the status of Sagmeister, and 3. I got there like 45 mins early. and glad I did.

And on top of everything, Oklahoma Today is back in action, so we're in catch up mode at work and trying to get everything going for OK Today. Busy Busy.

SAGMEISTER at OU!

Got an email from Amy this morning. Sagmeister at the Fred Jones Museum at 3:30. I'm there. later.

Slow Friday

It's going a bit slow here at work. Kind of playing the waiting game on a few things.
Bowling Movie Night feat. The Big Lebowski and Kingpin, followed by a Wii Bowling Tournament is to be had. March 28th. Mark your calendars. I haven't made a flyer for it yet. Prob. this weekend or late next week, but I'm 95% sure it's going down.

-10 Hilarious Fat Goths. A couple images are NSFW.
-Bad Day at the Office
-Moustache Me. How do you make ADs better? Put moustaches on them. That's how.
-USB Virus, that creates gravity on your mac. Sweet. I guess. Would be funny to put that on someone's computer when they're not looking, but I kind of wonder how it goes back to normal.
-How Obama's Campaign is Working. Interview with Michael Beirut. Brings up a good point on how Obama has kept consistency in his campaign/banners/etc. which I think other candidates (presidential and others alike) should really consider. I hate all the bumper sticker campaigns. awful.
-Family Guy's Cleveland is getting his own show. Why does Seth McFarlene need 3 shows? American Dad is awful.
-I've debated to go in debt for the rest of my life to go meet Scarlett Johannson.
-Reznor makes 750,000, even though he releases music for free. I haven't finished listening to Ghosts, but I enjoyed the art for the music, and so far, it's been a decent listen.
-Starbucks vs. Walmart States. and Oklahoma is number 2 on the Walmart. How surprising. I guess Sam Walton was born in Oklahoma, so that kind of makes sense.
-Notcot posted this bit with Seasame Street & Visual Thinking. I enjoyed the clip about abstract thinking.
-I guess Bone Thugs & Harmony is playing OKC tonight, or so I've heard. and its friday, so enjoy these classic piece of work (no, it's not crossroads).

Can I Come Up Now?

-Going to just be a couple entries this week. Last night, our internet suddenly kicked off. So I wasn't able to make an entry. It's been an akward start of a week. March is always that way. A time to reflect on things past: Grandpa's death, Dusty Brown's death, and Mike and mine birthdays. Just a weird time. I always find March to be quite a depressing time. Not just for me, but others as well. I need to re-evaluate a few things on my side: projects I want to involve myself with, job, music, the future. I just feel like everything has just came to a halt. and I don't like that. About the only thing moving forward right now, is my photography, in the sense, that I have actually been out taking photos, which is nice (thanks shannon and emily).

Here's a few leftover links:
-Goofy Kids (Link might be down?)
-Anti Helium. I need to get my hands on some of this stuff.
-Have a listen to the new Russian Circles track
-Clever bubblegum re-ADs
-Waffle Tetris. I wish either you could buy Tetris Waffles. That will be a glorious day.
-Pong Table. I have yet to expore everything else at the exhibit. I wish MOMA was right down the street.
-30 Creative Bookshelfs
-Letterice. If I had lots of money, I'd prob. have a bazillion ice trays by now.
-Star Wars vs. Saul Bass
-Vegetarians eat for free. HA.

edit:
The Fall. Presented by David Fincher and Spike Jonze. That has to mean something. Either way, looks like a fun movie, with great use of color.