DANCE FIGHTING
I’ve said it before and I’ll keep on saying it, “I have a a lot of talented friends.” Years back and several pounds ago I used to be a bboy. To this day, a lof of my close friends still are. Here are some clips of my good friend BBoy Limbo (with cameos of a few others that I’ll probably blog about in due time). From time to time, after watching these vids I want to get back into it because above all it was fun. Also because I could use the exercise! LOL! Enjoy the vids. I’m sure more will surface. By the way, the videos are more or less in a a chronological order. Too bad, there’s no footage from 1994! i would have made the reel hahah.
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It’s been a very long time since I visited let a lone seen you last. I remember the when I met you. I was three years old and wondered if Santa Claus knew I’d be at your house for Christmas and not my own. My other major concern was the duplex my family was in had no chimney, so would Santa come through the locked door? My mom assured me Santa always knows, so I felt at ease.
The fist time I saw you, you were in bed resting. I wasn’t scared of you. Probably because my mom hugged you and looked so happy to be next you again. I remember you liked to walk around on your gated driveway to “get vitamins from the sun.” You taught me how to make a paper airplane. I would throw it recklessly and sometimes I would have to ask you to get it for me because it was out of reach, usually on top of your big wooden cased TV.
You were my hero a few times too! Remember when I wanted to help with the firewood, but in actuality I just wanted to find the wood that was shaped like guns? Then me and Kathy would pretend to shoot the dogs and the pigs. Then I ended up getting splinters in my finger. That was the worst pain I could remember at the time. You took a pair of tweezers and got that damn splinter! I remember feeling kind of special because those were the same tweezers you used to take gold specks from rocks you found at the mountain.
I liked your car too. The blue bug! I always thought it was missing an engine. I never did understand why we never drove it around town.
Years went by until you moved here to the states. I didn’t recognize you but I knew who you were because you were just as nice as when I first met you.
Thanks for always making sure I was awake in time to have breakfast and get ready school. Double thanks for taking me to school when I would miss the bus or had to go to ODC early in the morning. I do miss the sandwiches you would bring home from work. I miss the pancakes you would cook for us when we all got home from school for a snack. You always added sugar to the batter so we didn’t have to use syrup. You used to make chicken nuggets from scratch and always ask “is it better than mcdonald’s?”
Remember when you used to live at my parents house and you had the vegetable garden? Tomatoes, eggplants, and squash are what I remember the most. Well, just last year I started the garden back up. I tried to take care of it just like you did. I looked at old pictures and your garden is still better than mine. I should have paid attention more back then but you know I’d rather go play around the neighborhood.
I can go for hours upon hours about you. You always seemed to know what’s right. You could build anything and didn’t even need instructions, just some nails and spare wood.
Grand dad thanks for watching over us. I miss you more and more everyday.
Happy birthday Grand dad!!!
MDM
While I was in California I met some real crazy & creative, fools. I didn’t get a chance to do a show with them or even collaborate on a single project. I’m not worried though. I’m sure one of these days something will happen. I Found this on Modern Day Monster’s blog. Just watch it and enjoy it.
I’m not Japaneseeee maaaaaaan!
I have creative friends all over the country. Here’s my good friend Alex Huynh also known to our friends as Kung Fu Alex. Other than doing, well, kung fu, he also got into doing stunts. I can’t do any justice by writing about Alex, so instead I’ve attached his old reel below. A newer one is in the works, so he’s told me. Don’t ask for his autograph, instead ask for a 1 inch punch, trust me!
Friends, Homies, and Creatives…all the same.
Throughout the years I have made a lot of friends that are in creative industries. Every now and then I tend to visit their web sites, online portfolios, and at times watch a movie they’ve somehow helped with. When I feel like I’m having “designers block” I look at what my friends are making and doing. This gets me motivated and sometimes even sparks an idea in my head.
One of the most talented people I know is Paul Cantor. He’s a close friend that I met back in college. Since then he’s established himself in New York City as a Freelance Designer. Every time I check out Paul’s website, I think about getting into motion graphics more and more. Check out Paul’s 2009 reel below. I can’t wait to see what his new reel will have.
Sketchbook
I’ve decided to start filling up sketchbooks as fast as I can. I’m thinking of filling at least 1 page a day. I’m not looking for masterpieces or eventually ending up with a Da Vinci like creation. Basically I just want to get back into using something other than a keyboard, mouse, and tablet. Maybe I’ll even post some of the things I come up with.
Found these cool kids doing cool things in their sketchbooks
not a sketchbook but check this book out
WordPress app for Blackberry
Ok so I think I understand how to post using the wordpress app for blackberry. I know I could always just email my posts but I’m also always down to check out new (to me) apps.
WordPress app for blackberry
5 random thoughts at the moment…
1.So I’ve been fairly busy applying to jobs and working on things for Respect My Celebrity.
2.To add to the craziness in my life, I can’t get the wordpress app on my blackberry to post…
3.it is the last day of the year. When did this happen?
4.I really need to find a job
5.(Happy) New year?
