Pull yourself together man

This may sound crazy but if go too long without skateboarding, I start to come apart at the seams. How long is too long? It just depends. For some reason this activity from my youth has become necessary for sanity. I don't skate enough I guess. Sometimes I'm too scarred. I don't want to crash. The stoke is worth the risk. I don't need to destroy a mega ramp or execute a perfect impossible flip to twenty stair hand rail to feel it. All I know is that riding a little wooden toy with wheels levels me out. I am thankful to be able to ride.

Don't take it personal but...

One day I was stuck behind a "bumper soap boxer" you have seen them. They will shut up and drive but their vinyl rectangles are obnoxious.

You are the ONE!

My Dad says that "ideas are in the atmosphere" anytime you get an idea you can bet that many other people got it at around the same time. Mankind is a community. We are all connected. When any person suffers we all suffer, likewise when any one person is praised we are all praised. The "struggle" for individual is a vain pursuit of youth. Every person on earth was "THE ONE" in a million that won the race to the egg. That fact makes us all original, individual and successful!

I'm thinking...

*NOTE: ok, this post kind-of turned into a sermon of sorts... it is a sermon directed at myself for personal growth... if you see anything here that inspires you... then take it for yourself! YA!


It's not about how many things you can claim as your own invention...
It' not about what you can be the first to do or what can be named after you...
It's not about how well you keep others away from "YOUR" ideas...
it's not even about getting the credit you deserve...
It's about how much inspiration you give to others.


Is talent meant to be owned? Possessed? OR Is talent meant to be shared?

ahhh but I ramble on.. maybe its better stated in the movie SLC Punk:

"Another thing that pissed me off, talkin' about who started punk rock music. Was it Sex Pistols in England? Was it the Ramones an the Velvet Underground in New York? 'It was the Ramones!' 'It was the Sex Pistols!' Raahh! Who cares who started it?! It's music. I don't know who started it, and I don't give a *@#!.The one thing I do know is that we did it harder, we did it faster, and we definitely did it with more love, baby. You can't take that away from us."

If you see someone um "Copying" you... don't get mad... be happy! Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! They probably did it first anyway... just with less publicity. ;)

There is nothing new under the sun... to try to find identity in these things is futile.
To inspire others... now that's immortality! ... even if they don't know it was you that inspired them. ;)

Going crazy is

This event is crazy in the fact that... it... never... ends. Yesterday was nonstop physical labor. We loaded in gear, lots of gear, tons of gear... tons of my gear... (I sort-a wish to sell everything and own nothing, but that is a different story). Today is a weird contrast to yesterday. All of our gear is in and working, so now my crew and I just sit here and make sure it keeps going. But this is no ordinary three hour rock show.... no this just keeps going... its the energizer bunny of gigs. Originally they booked me for 72 hours strait but when they found out we would be here a day early (to set up) they decided to tack on another twelve hours or so. So yeah.. these people are a little crazy. They are nice crazy people though and this event, (loco as the concept seems) is effectivly giving attendees freedom to experience it in whatever way feels right to the individual. They do have limits however. Apparently there is no "Naked worship" allowed. I was almost kicked out for that. I said I didn't want anything to come between me and God... but they had other ideas. I really need to get out of here for at least a few minutes! Enjoy the above mac book pro low-fi shots of me and my close friend Seth going stir-crazy in the green room.

Anti-pro

I always wanted to be sponsored. Ya know!? I mean, wouldn't it be great to have a short but distinguished list of companies that want to slap their logo all over you... In return they would give you an unlimited supply of shoes, clothes, skateboards, guitars, Drums, energy drink, watches, etc, etc, etc. But who wants to give an endorsement deal to some unknown mid thirties guy who is pretty good at everything but masterful at ... well... nothing (at the moment). So like other cool kids that never grew up I turn to D.I.Y. My plan is to come up with my own designs for everything I like, make my own designs and... well... sponsor myself. Heck, why not? I have to buy the stuff anyway so why not put the name of the financier (in this case me) all over it. Undoubtedly some will say this is the highest (or lowest) level of narcissism. For me it's just another avenue for expression... art. So I set about to express myself in new ways but more importantly I endeavor to enjoy the fruits of my labor or just plain have fun. I don't have any of my own designs done yet but I did do one spoof design for my little brother P. Here is your design P! Now all we need is $200 and we can make one! LOL! oh well... maybe we will just stick to the $29 mini logo.

I created this image from the ground up in photoshop ( no picture was used or harmed), Inspired by another fun photo shop pic, I faked the reflections and everything.

Career musings one

Forget the bucket list. I want to make a life list. I don't want to do some crazy thing once... so I can cross it off my list. LIFE IS NOT ABOUT CROSSING THINGS OFF OF A @#$% LIST! LIFE... is about living, every day... to the fullest! It's not about rare moments... It's about every moment! Don't get me wrong, I believe a person should bloom where they are planted.... but every now and then I ask myself if I am being fair... to the gift of life... but it's not that easy is it? The question I mean... "What do I want to do with my life?" Who knows? I must be doing what I AM doing for some reason.... ??? SO, What do I want to do with my life?

I want to do what I do now... only better!

1. I want to spend more quality time with my family

2. I want to play guitar in an original band that gets paid and has a fan base.

3. I want to play drums in an original band that gets paid and has a fan base.

4. I want to Skate and NOT get hurt. Bigger air, longer slides and grinds!

5. I want to make interesting artistic movies. Characters and story line, poo-poo on action and c.g.

6. I want to take mind blowing photographs.

7. I want to do paintings worthy of hanging on my wall.