The Rants and Observations of a born and bred Brooklynite(parental guidence suggested)

fun weekend

2007-04-01T10:07:00.000-07:00

So I went out with the boys the other night (The Govna, Josh Boogie, and Ad Stock) and we had a great time. Winded up going to Otto's Shrunken Head late on friday and say Steve (the owner). He's an old friend of mine from the Tasty Fish Studios days. Funny how we were having a "band" outing and we see him.

We got into these random discussions about band etiquite and studio happenings. I think this band thing is going to be pretty interesting. Stay tuned for more developments...

TAB......W...T...F...?...

2007-03-29T15:32:00.000-07:00

I never understood this beverage. I remember the commercials when I was a kid (c'mon a young Elle in those ads was a sexual awakening for many). I remember my FOB relatives drinking that crap by the caseloads. But that stuff is so damn aweful. I mean have you ever tasted one. Next time you want to get sick as hell in case you swallowed a condom of coke and need to get it out fast, just drink a can of this radioactive crap. I seriously think when they made this in the lab they must have said "Hmm, you think we can turn up that gross flavor a little more, it's too subtle for people in Tulsa"

This product is another example of why we must outlaw test marketing in middle America. This is what people are loving to go on the market. I mean I thought the Ford Taurus was the worst but Tab Takes the cake.

And it just wont go away. It's become the soft drink Lazarus, no matter how many people vomit from it.

Latest edition of Lastnightsparty.com douches

2007-03-29T09:42:00.000-07:00

Well you know it was coming back so here it is again son....

"Look mom, I figured out what to do with my BA and medival literature from NYU, thanks for footing the bill."

I swear I saw this guy outside my studio digging through the dumpster, I think that's where he got the outfit

I think this was covered in creative writing class last semester

Even Eastern European cab drivers turn gay for a few minutes to get on this site

And what would one of these posts be without a Shim post

Web 2.0 personality makeovers

2007-03-29T09:09:00.000-07:00

In our current digital society IM (whichever client you use) has become such a daily experience for most Americans. The aspect of it that I find very interesting is how so much can be lost in translation through IM. You would figure a way of communicating through text would be very straight forward but in actuality people's personalities get hidden by what they perceive to be their true personalities.

J Boogie and I had a pretty good conversation about this, over IM obviously, yesterday. We as people have essentially used all the Web 2.0 tools to create these virtual avatars of ourselves. I certainly want to project an image of myself that is a positive image of myself online but it's pretty true to who I am. But recently I have met some people who are totally different then their online personas, and I am not talking about airbrushing a photo to make your boobs look bigger. I am talking about fundamental personality traits that seem so different in the real world vs. the online world.

In a way it can be a good thing, in allowing people to explore parts of their personality that they dont feel comfortable exploring in real life. But when it becomes an override of their true selves that can be scary. It's almost like a form of Online Schitzophrenia.

I think my next exploration in this will be to make a few fake myspace pages and blogs and see what the response is. Stay tuned for more....

Morrissey in the hizzy!

2007-03-28T09:02:00.000-07:00

I got an email early this morning from the Morrissey fan site sent me info that the Moz is playing June 30th at MSG. I saw a show there years ago at the Paramount when Your Arsenal came out and it was great. So I cant wait for me and the boys to get tix and party down like its 1992.

I havent listened to much to the new album but if you have ever been to a Moz concert you know its almost like a religious experience. Especially when he play "Sister I'm a Poet" or "Such a Little Thing"

My favorite Morrissey concert experience was when Jon Buschemi and I went to go see him at Nassua Coleseum. We snuck into the front section with one ticket and were in the 10th row. We had to share one seat in a way but it was so packed nobody cared. The Jon starts throwing Lemonheads at the backdrop the whole time making it ripple and weirding out the stage hands. They were all running around trying to figure out what was going on.

A close second place was seeing Moz 5 nights in a row at 5 different small venues around the city in 1993.

I will definitly be sneaking in my camera for this one. Plus going to a show with teh Govna is so much fun.

Rope...see you there thursday

2007-03-27T21:02:00.000-07:00

I think me and the boys are gonna start a new tradition, Rope on Thursdays. I know its some lame ass Pratt bar but its the best one in the hood... well at least for my speed. All the others are too bright, too yuppie, to lame. This one at least has both the Wu-Tang and The Smiths in the same jukebox... That sells it for me...

So if anyone else wants to join us, see you after 9pm

The warm weather

2007-03-27T16:25:00.000-07:00

Today was simply fabulous. Not Absolutely Fabulous but Patsy would be proud. People were out and about, kids playing catch in front of JCDCs house, no static. Reminded me of why I still love the 718. Why from the first time I walked out of my house as a kid how happy it made me to live in Brooklyn. Sometimes you just loose sight of that... especially with all the crime and little kids rocking .38s without learning street honor first. Well lets hope it calms down this summer, if not SF is starting to look really attractive.

Songs to inspire... or whatever

2007-03-26T23:42:00.000-07:00

So we have been talking about this band thing lately and I have been listening to more music and songs to get me amped to do it with the boys. So here is my list of latest favorites...

Jolene-The Geraldine Fibbers
Eventhough this is an old Dolly song their version is just so country punk that I love it. And Carla kills it on vocals... ladies take a lesson: you can still smoke cigs like a fiend and sound good.,,wel at least til you turn 26.

Where is My Mind-The Pixies
As cliche as it sounds this is such a pretty song and its so simple. It always makes me think that time is slowing down around me. Like a moment of clarity or something. And these guys were real rock and roll... they fought each day... and still put out great albums.

The Headmaster Ritual-The Smiths
OK, so anyone that knows me knows I am the biggest Smiths/Morrissey fag that grew up in East NY. But I love this song. Not the best Smiths song but I still love it. The lyrics are great and I love the rolling sound.

Chemical Wire-fIREHOSE
fIREHOSE, not that sissy Canadian band Firehouse, lights it up on here. This was one of my favorite songs in HS just because it is so punk-folk its crazy. I think Townes Van Sandt would be proud.

Tongue Tied-The Hong Kong
I had Boogie listen to this the other night and he agreed, they rocked. I am so bummed I never got to see them live. Its just so simple but fun to listen to. Thanks Ric Okasek for screwing up their record release.... douche

Phantom of the Opera(live)-Iron Maiden
Ever wonder what it was like to be in Maiden in the late 80s touring Europe with Bruce Dikenson...man I do. Dude this song says it all, it's all up in your grill and totally captures the live part about rocking out (especially the ending)...and dude, it's MAIDEN! I would so cover this.

Pink Flamingo-Love & Rockets
I remember when this album came out I had to see them live. You can just hear the atmosphere up on this album and this song especially. OH and yeah, that was one of the best shows I went to in the past 10 years.

Living like a turtle

2007-03-26T17:24:00.000-07:00

So I havent updated my blog in a while. I had some crazy shit happen the last month that has gotten me to make a few major changes in my life. For one, I am going to be taking a sabatical from the studio. I just need to walk away from it for a while. I just need a breathe of fresh air. Its been a hardcore 3 years and now that products are in production I feel this is the best time. So I will be working on a new fulltime gig that will remain nameless.

Second I think I am starting a band with the boys. Not a boy band. Although a boy band made of 33 year olds sounds kinda funny. We could be like Un'sync or some shit. We could all wax our eyebrows and say we were on the Mikey Mouse club years ago. Anyway I think it would be fun playing with The Govna, Josh Boogie, and Ad-Stock. I mis playing bass so much and I think with the extra free time I need to return to it. I mean you cant just turn your head away from over 10 years of playing in bands. Plus, I'll be hones, I love being a rock star, always have. Since the first time I played out I was like, whoah, this is fun.

Third, I need to make more new friends. I need to get into a new circle of friends in general. Some old but mostly new local people. I have met a few in the past few weeks and realized that in my hood there are some decent cool people around. Plus I think it would be healthy for me and Farah to do that. Thank god Rope is so close.

Fourth, I want to move the fuck out of this building. Its just a little too sketchy for the price. I want something nicer where I dont have cops coming to my building every other night because of some stupid tenant that is being thrown out because she hasnt paid rent since August.

And lastly I am starting to take photos again soon. I need a free form artistic thing to do that I am good at and could potetnially make some loot off of. My new camera equipment arrives in about 10 days and I cant wait to get it. I think it'll be fun and Farah already promised to pose for me. Plus it will give me an excuse to walk around on the weekend and just shoot shit. I love shooting random Brooklyn stuff.

So again, sorry for the delay and I promise to have some lastnightsparty.com shit up soon as well as funny craigslist ads up.

Much love to Oli, Boogie, R & C, and JCDC for being there... see you soon...

Moonenites UNITE!!!

2007-02-01T10:09:00.000-08:00

Maybe I am a little jaded and know too much about ATHF but this thing in Boston yesterday was ridiculous. I have been talking to Josh Boogie about this and he agrees. I mean c'mon, nobody knew what it was. I find that totally ridiculous. I mean someone on that anti terror force in Boston must stay up late smoking weed and watching Adult Swim. Or maybe they were too afraid to say anything about the fact that they were subversive stoner cartoon watching people.

The bigger picture here is that we have become so consumed with fear by our current administration that we have become morons. Guess that, the terrorist won if you think every single pop culture advertisement is a bomb threat. Some people I spoke to were asking for Ted Turner's head, I told then they themselves should get their heads examined.

Seriously people, why have we as a country become so dumb and unsophisticated that we don't get guerilla advertising for what it is. Dude, if someone was committing an act of terrorism, they would, and we wouldn't know about it til it blew up. Thats just facts. They wouldn't make it some flashing LED light sculpture. We cant think every damn thing is a terror threat, thats what got us into this mess in Iraq... and we all know how that has been going.

Love God's Way... and gay music

2007-01-25T11:13:00.000-08:00

Ok,

This has to be the funniest thing I have seen in months...

List of gay bands according to Love God's Way

So the list first starts off with an Oscar Wilde quote and labels him a "reformed homosexual". Dude, read up a little on Oscar Wilde before you put one of the biggest gay patron saints quotes on your anti-gay page.

Next, the list is a bit questionable to be honest... Ghostface Killah, Jay-Z, Metallica, Motorhead, DMX... I think these people just dont want anyone listening to any good music because then they'll realize how aweful Christian Rock and Rap is. Dude, I am sorry Creed sucks and that they are REALLY GAY... but dont overcompensate by not letting these kids listen to real music.

State of Dis Union

2007-01-24T08:37:00.000-08:00

Well bush made his big once a year "blame everyone else" speech last night. now I have to be honest, I didn't sit through the whole thing. I mean who wants to listen to 50 minutes of this dumb ass Texan hick, sorry Farah, basicly bullshit to me. I can watch the World Series of Poker for that, and at least pick up some good card tips. But I have been reading the reviews and reactions and such. Here are the things, that as am American citizen bother me...

1. How are you gonna slam our people for being oil dependent when you and all your friends are waist deep in the oil business. I mean thats like gay guys telling straight guys how to dress... oh wait we do have that... never mind.

2. How can you give these broad rhetoric based ideas when in actuality there is no substance to them.

3. Dont be shooting your mouth off about terrorism when you and your administration has clearly shown you are totally inept at handling it. And by the way, Bush and crew, it's you damn fault that people are attacking our ass on a minute by minute basis.

4. Dude, did you really have to bring Dikembe into this shit storm you dug up. he is a good guy doing alot for his homeland in Africa. Don't jump on his band wagon especially after you dictate an immigration policy that pretty much will prevent hundreds of stories like his from ever happening. Deke, you should have been waving the finger at Bush this time because he will have your ass deported as soon as he can.

As for comments... I read something Jonathan Edwards said about the speech. About how last year Bush said he would be there for New Orleans until the mess is fixed. Well the mess is still there and you are ignoring it. Why do I get the feeling you are gonna do the same thing with Iraq. I mean c'mon, it's your track record.

One interesting TV note...
I watched it for a little bit here and there. One of the awesome things to see was Obama and Hillary sitting in front of one another. the cameras kept panning to them all night. you can just tell that they were thinking "Man, do we really have to wait until 2008 to fix this mess, just tag us in already"

Another edition of Lastnightsparty.com nutsacks

2007-01-23T09:05:00.000-08:00

Well I wasn't gonna do this but have been requested by a few to do it again. So here it is....

Dude, what's up with this chigger throwing up gang signs, thats so 2006

"Oh I hope daddy doesn't see this online... wait he is my biggest fan and boyfriend... he'll love it"

I ain't kissing nothing of yours... you're stank girl!

"Yo son, let's see how many white bitches we can bring back to R. Kelly's house for the pee party...AIGHT!"

Jenna, I know you got divorced and all but please sweetie get off the meth. If you want I can send you some info on treatment centers.

Oh snap, that's a man and shit!

I wish that gun was real, and you just shot yourself in your man-tits

Some of my favorite things going on....

2007-01-23T08:48:00.000-08:00

Ok so alot is going on here at work with exhibits and stuff so I wont have much time to write. But I thought it would be interesting to just list a few of my favorites lately...

Fleshbot
I haven't checked this blog out in a while but if you need some pornish distraction its great. Plus it's pink, I mean who doesn't like pink

Needled
Maybe because I am on the ink train again but I love this blog. Some very interesting tattoo related stuff.

Berry Melon
Another example of how to fuck up Japanese kids minds... trust me it's not the panty vending machines either

CNN
Watch live coverage of how our country and resident fuck ourselves on a minute by minute basis. I think they need to run a tally on the homepage that shows how many countries we have pissed off just today.

Well there are some design openings later this week that should be fun. Hopefully I'll have some pictures soon...

I mean, who doesnt love Craigslist

2007-01-17T09:04:00.000-08:00

Craigslist has been such a great thing for me. I have found apartments, studios, jobs, sold things on there...etc. But it's also a very interesting thing to just browse through as a time killer. Here are some of my favorite ads I have seen lately...

Dude, keep your dirt to yourself...dirtbag!

So you want me to deal with your bad dumpster diving habits... I don't think so

Can you say Russian prostitute? Of course you cant, you're FOB

Dude, didn't your mom tell you to stop doing coke after you work out and post personal ads online... or maybe you are just retarded...or from Bensonhurst

Dude I think Eddie Murphy is up on Craigslist

Oh Poor Rachael Ray

2007-01-14T15:57:00.000-08:00

So I am going through the bodega today and I just notice every damn product has Rachael Ray on it. When I was in Texas I saw like 10 magazines with her on it,plus her own, and coupons with her on them. And plus there is her tv show.... it brings up the point of overexposure and I do feel bad for her....

I used to love her 30 minute meals. It was so cute when she would say "EVOO" and such. Or her other show ($40 a day or some shit like that). But I think her manager is going to kill her career. Granted how long of a career can you have by making mundane recipes that taste like crap. But she could have at least turned it into a 10 year thing or something.

I know we are all looking for a younger Martha Stewart but please leave this midget alone. I am sure she will be on some celebrity reality show in 2 years fighting with Flavor Flav over the last fudgcicle

Dude, her manager is screwing her... big time...

The crazy NYC weather...

2007-01-08T10:54:00.000-08:00

Man, if you look outside the past few days it has been weird. Almost like this artificial spring or something. Our current admin still denies global warming is a problem... Dude, I think mother nature is trying to tell you DC hicks something is up...

I just dont understand why our government woull rather spend billions of dollars on killing our own youth in the Middle East rather than work on something so close to home. Fuck it, One Nation Under Exxon!

What a fun party...

2007-01-08T10:40:00.000-08:00

SO we had a surprise party for Farah on Saturday and it was great. JCDC and myself baked cupcakes and hooked it up. Mad love goes out to JCDC for putting it together. Also want to thank everyone that came out including.... JCDC, LLB, Swiss Mess, Kimberly, HD, Josh Boogie, the Gov, Todd, t&j, and everyone else. We all got pretty trashed and had a great time.

Pictures to come soon...

Leaving Texas

2007-01-03T08:57:00.000-08:00

I am here on my last day in Texas and can't wait to get home. I miss my cats, bed, studio, and friends. but overall it's an interesting trip out here. You get to talk to people that have a totally different view of America and life. It opens your eyes up pretty fast. Things I overheard that I thought were interesting....

"oh God, thank the Lord that Gore is not president"

"Let's have a toast to the death of Saddam"

"I dont think you are gonna remember what you did on New Year's Eve when you are 60 years old so it doesnt matter what you do"

"I tried getting Ross Perot in office but I guess the better man won"

"These poor Muslin children are tought hate from day one"

It's a very interesting geo-political view. More evidence that this country should be split into 3 different parts... the West coast, the fucked up middle, and the East coast. That way we can all live happily ever after....

Josh Boogie and G Fish

2007-01-01T11:41:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to give a shout out to my boys from the other night. I had a great time. We talked and witnessed some of the funniest shit I have dealt with in a while.

Shit I wish we could have bought that clock from Commonwealth. I think she thoght I was kidding but I know Josh Boogie wanted that clock so bad.

And I so feel bad for that Suicide Girl looking chick. Man, she was so out of the guys league who was hitting on her.

Anyway, good looking out boys... hope to do it again soon...

Last Nights Party for 2007

2007-01-01T10:11:00.000-08:00

Well it's time of another dose of douche bags and bagettes... Happy New Year and enjoy...

I think you meant "STAY GAY!"

"Oh god, it's so hard beign a house bitch for my 60 year old investment banker"

"Hey dad, look what I do with the boobs you bought me for graduation"

"So can I get my line of coke you promised me now... shit you've seen my boobs"

Xenu is my co-pilot

2007-01-01T10:07:00.000-08:00

I have been off of my blog for a while doing some work and soul searching. While out in the middle of Texas I have had a great epiphany. After a life changing experience I have decided to devote part of my life and influence to worshiping the all mighty intergalactic leader Xenu.

More to come in the near future...

Another edition of Lastnightsparty.com douches

2006-11-21T07:52:00.000-08:00

God, you just gotta love when a plan comes together. You get your fake id made, buy clothes at Urban Outfitters and use mommy's credit card to party all night and have strange guys give you coke. Here are my latest favorites (warning: some nudity)...

I used to be so into girls like this in High School untill I realized they sucked in the sack.

So which one of you people is pretending to not be from Jersey?

Someone feed me, please!

Please somebody tell this guy that she is a guy before he grabs some tree trunk under the table

Oh Shit! It's my fifth grade teacher

So now I know where my drop-off winded up...

Keyspan sucks

2006-11-16T08:57:00.000-08:00

Dude, I fucking hate Keyspan. They are officially on my shit list. The cut off our gass last week by accident and then it took them another week to come and turn it on. But when they came, they didnt call my cell as instructed, and just left a note. Then it took me 45 minutes on the phone, being bounced on and off of hold, to get a real person on the line. Finally they agree to come betwen 6pm and midnight. They do come at 9pm and the guy gives me some stupid lip about being busy or whatever. I totally wanted to smack this guy upside the head. I mean what a fuckig meat head. Turn my gas on and get the fuck out of my apartment you moron.

It sucks because you have no other option on gas.

Oh well, had to get that out of my system.

Flakey Clients

2006-11-10T08:17:00.000-08:00

We are having a problem with a very flakey client. We were slated to work on 3 projects for them, did soem initial work, they dragged us to 5 meetings, had us work on ideas, then they just flaked. After sending them invoices they told us 5 times they had sent a check out to us a lo and behold, 3 weeks later no check. I find it very ddisrespectful how they have handled us and just dont know what to do about it? Do I take them to court? Do I approach them in person? Either way there is probably no way we will ever work with them eventhough initially we were very excited to do it.

So I am asking you guys, what should we do? Should I get all Joe Pesci in this piece or be all Ghandi about this?

The party was a blast

2006-11-06T07:37:00.000-08:00

After taking some time off to deal with personal matters I am here updating on our party. We had a great Halloween party, alot of people came through. So look forward to a remix next year. Maybe we'll hire some circus performers or just dress up like them.

Here are some pics... courtesy of JCDC

DL3 with Rebecca from O2NYC

Farah Lane as the Booty Hunter and JCDC as a Foxwoods Door Greeter

Get a bunch of guys together and some liquor and what do you get? Gang signs SON!

I want to thank everyone who rolled through including Oli & Alice, Jessica, Sather and Ruby, HRH, Danny Alexander, Kiel Mead, Kevin & Mia, Kimberly, and everyone else. Look forward to it next year.

Lastnightsparty.com

2006-10-26T09:30:00.000-07:00

I have to admit it has become a secret addiction of mine to check out the site weekly. I love seeing all these douches who work retail at some no name fashion designer's boutique look like total asses online. I mean whats the deal with these folks an their bad tattoos, awful haircuts, and magazine sense of style. I am pretty convinced they are a new mutation of American society. Almost how you have hicks, freemen, and all that. Maybe it's a cult or something like scientology and we just dont know yet. Who is their L Ron? Where is their headquarters? Do I need to notify the autorities, please let me know.

Below is a list of my favorite winners....

No, R is for retard!

Someone forgot to give you the memo, you're still fat

"Don't you dare take my picture, well if it's for lastnightsparty.com it's cool"

"No I swear, I spit fire at you!"

Yeah fuck you too Vice mag douche victim

Represent Pakiggah!

One line emails

2006-10-25T12:26:00.000-07:00

I have to say I really hate one line emails. Some of my friends, and you know who the hell you are, have been sending me these one line status emails lately. I mean if you are gonna sit down at a keyboard, and I havent seen you since the war in Iraq was won give me something to go on here. I mean hows your cat? Have you sharted lately? Who stole your morning newspaper? Etc. It's email not IM, get with the times! That goes for you too mom.

TGIF...

2006-10-20T13:11:00.000-07:00

Well it's the end of the week and I am gonna go do some work for BGBS.

Congrats the Bart and Mel on the arrival of Luke...

I think JCDC and I will go and grab a drink over at The Five Spot today. They make my favorite cocktail in the world. So worth the money and tastes delicious.

The Mets choked...

Project Runway is Auf'ed

2006-10-19T13:49:00.000-07:00

So we watched the finale of Project Runway last night over at D-Nice's crib with JCDC. I am glad it's finally over. And I am glad Jeffrey won. He was the best designer the entire time although I wish I saw more of Alison's work because her own line is great. He has this great rock and oll avant garde aesthetic that has been missing from fashion for some time. But it's not over the top in a Kayne sorta way. He had a great range and showed that he can design multiple levels of womens wear. Sure he got a bum rap for Angela's mom... but screw it Angela was a joke and needed some mean in her life. And again this was not a popularity contest.

Laura showed her true colors the entire time. I really wanted Jeffrey to put his cigarette out in her eye after she said he was cheating. So he went over budget, guess what...shit happens you red lipstick wearing uptight preggers bitch. Hmm, I have to wonder how good of an architect you are or if you just got some corespondence school diploma. But again, you proved the point we have all knows, architects should never become designers. C'mon you pumped out the same shit you wish you could have fit your dumpy ass preggers body into but can't..get over yourself.

Michael, oh Michael... how ignorant you are about everything in the world and your work shows it. I like the guy, he seems nice and sweet but so was Forest Gump... if you get my drift. I think if he imersed himself a bit mroe in the world around him he can be a good designer one day. But if you need to hand hold him so much I think it's a waste of time. I mean I can make my cat draw but it's not worth the effort.

Uli was Uli and good for her. I think she is great at what she does and has a big future with her look and her own line. I just dont see her being someone that would be good working for someone else. But I am glad she was one of the final two... now "let's go to a parti!"

Plumbing and plumbers

2006-10-18T08:46:00.000-07:00

So I am the studio here with JCDC and I have a tight deadline but I need to be on call for my APT. Seems as thought they have to bust a wall and install a new pipe in my apartment because they didnt do it right the first time. After that they have to patch the wall. HMMMM...sounds like a dust disaster to me. Kinda pisses me off, we are getting ready to settle in and now this. I hnoestly hope they can fix this fast as I wanted to cook chili tonight but I think Christine and I will join JCDC and D Nice for Project Runway.

It's On Sucka!

2006-10-16T09:25:00.000-07:00

So it seems as though JCDC, MR T, Farah Lane, and myself will be throwing a halloween party at Studio 205.

Pratt event... Young Americans and the downfall of Parsons

2006-10-15T11:44:00.000-07:00

Christine and I checked out a show at Pratt last night that had a piece from our new intern Jessica last night. It was an interesting display of work from American studying in Denmark over the summer. I have to say I was pretty impressed by the quality of work. It's great to see where Pratt is going. Growing up here in NYC it was always regarded as the shit design school. But it's nice to see how much they have changed. Sure Parsons now has Project Runway but atleast Pratt is actually turning out some very well rounded designers. I guess when they got rid of CB and LLB at Parsons we all knew the new chairperson was a joke (yeah I am calling you out Tony Balloney). Tim Gunn... get out while you still can with some dignity.

Seems like Parsons has lost all edge and focus. It's sad when you see that happen to your old school. It used to be an honor to be selected to go there but know it seems like a glorified art and design money pit.

Well at least Pratt knows whats up, eventhough their sustainability resources need to catch up.

Gallery hopping last night

2006-10-14T09:06:00.000-07:00

I headed out to Dumbo with KJO and to meet Oli and Alice. We first hit this great furniture/design gallery in Dumbo called Spring. I really liked the ownerrs and how they presented their design goods. Looking forward to getting some of our things in there. Later on we hit some party at 20 jay where I met a few other designers that were very cool. The space was great, beautiful views of the city at night.

Then off to the Burg which was sorta a bust. Although I was very entertained. We went to Rose's on grand and it was scary. You had young people trying to act old and old people trying to act young. Seriously the place could have been 50 issues worth of Vice Don'ts. Especially these balding dudes trying to hit on these tiny models that looked so coked up it they could have been NPCs in Vice City. I seriously wonder if these older men were just feeding into their own pedophile fetishes in the most legal way they can think of. Kinda scares me when I see guys who behave like that, really doesnt restore my faith in the human race. Oh well, I guess another reason for the rest of the world to hate Americans.

Next I met up with HRH, which I am always glad to see and offer some advice to, and some other guys I met to check out an art space up on Broadway. I have to say the space was awesome but the artwork was aweful. Maybe it's me, I just dont get performance art. Well I dont get bad performance art. Putting raw meat on some naked girl and yelling over a megaphone seems very silly and only shock value centered. Their manifesto seemed interesting but their work was off base to the manifesto. I think in general most artists dont get sophisticated subtlety. I mean any person can run down the street, hit someone with a frying pan and say "See, doesnt that hurt". For me I am more impressed with the person that can make the person hit themselves with the frying pan and say "Oh shit, I guess that hurts". It's that fine balance. Also at this space there was some guy doing some video mixing and music mixing on his mac that was AWEFUL. I mean this grey haired dude was the poster child for why you don't give retards computers. I am sure if Steve Jobs would have seen this he would have stopped all productions on Macs and started an organic melon farm with his money and declared personal computers dead.

The douche on his razr in Chelsea yesterday

2006-10-12T10:35:00.000-07:00

So I am going to the Heidi Cho gallery to pick up some pieces we had in a show there and I am walking down 23rd street to 8th avenue. I am standing there with my arms full of bags and stuff and this total metro douche jumps in front of me at the intersection to try and hail a cab. Usually this sort of thing doesnt bother me. I mean it's NYC afterall. But this little metro-dork proceeeded to talk on his razr as loud as he could. He bumped me and decided to be a totall ass talking to some girl about his new faucet he got and how it was all exclusive and shit. Honestly dude, nobody designs custom faucets you dork. I think they have to produce at least 100 to make it worth their while. So your little custom faucet you bought is about as original as those 2002 Adidas hiking sneakers. And dude, pleated Dockers went out with Miami Vice... trust me they ain't even cool in a retro way.

So if anyone knows this guy do me a favor and give hime a nice Rick James "unity" punch to his fat inflated head. Or just tell him to get out of the closet already....

117 DIAPERS FOR FREE!

2006-10-10T13:52:00.000-07:00

OK,

So I have been craigslisting it lately to try and find some furniture and some side gigs so I can buy dubs for my 1993 Yugo Deluxe. Well I have found some funny shit on there.

Here is my favorite....

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/zip/218659652.html

Dude, how fucking fat did your baby get? Are you feeding it Power Bars and Fried Chicken? And why did you buy so many diapers? Is your baby just a shit machine? Dude, if my baby needed that many diapers I would really call a doctor and look into it. Or better yet start a manure farm. Make some money off of that fat kid. Screw selling the baby on the black market... start an Organic Baby Fertilizer company. I mean you are in Brooklyn Heights, don't all those yuppies grow tullips or some shit on their balconies of their 1.6 million dollar condos. Make that baby work for you and you IRA.

I'll give a shout out to JCDC

2006-10-10T13:40:00.000-07:00

So JCDC shares the studio with us. Well The Design Can does, but you get the meaning. Anyway JCDC rocks. I am glad to now be living in the same neighborhood so that we can do things together. We can bitch about things, work on things, watch Project Runway and see who gets Auf'ed.

BTW, much props to KJO for the party pic

So I decided to start a blog

2006-10-10T13:30:00.000-07:00

Why did I start a blog?

1. Well I think I just needed a little place in this virtual world to vent.

2. My wife, Christine, always think I have funny things to say about everyday life and that had alot to do with it.

3. There are alot of things in this world that piss me off.

4. There are alot of things in this world that I get stoked about.

5. Everyone and their mother does it.