Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Untitled #2

I have completed my 3rd Design 1 project which overall didn't go as bad as I expected, but I was still disappointed in my self for the fact that I didn't put time to work on it more and didn't fully quite understand the criteria. I need to work on that.

I also need to work on studying more and spending time with the Lord. He deserves all my time rather than me thinking "my time & priorities" are better than His. I'm lame.

I also want to try something new, but its going to be hard to do and involves a lot of traveling. One of my favorite ways of seeing God is through water and how the sky casts from it. I want to start collecting water from different places I go, I want to touch all the water He has given us! I will need to start collecting: many jars.


I am so loving this fall weather and have concluded that this is my favorite season!
1. Changing of leaves
2. Cool weather which is nice in Texas
3. Pumpkins!
4. My birthday
5. Costumes! (non-slutty ones)
6. I get to proudly wear my Snuggie around the place
7. Lots of outside time

Yes for Fall!

Surprising LeBron James Facts

  • Favorite Book: Shooting Stars
  • Favorite Movie: More Than a Game
  • Favorite Record: Music Inspired by More Than a Game
  • Play Count of "Forever" (according to iTunes since 8-27-09): 846
  • Basketball Championships Won by The Blowtorch Proprietors While Wearing LeBron James Shoes: 1

  • Basketball Championships Won by LeBron James While Wearing LeBron James Shoes: 1
  • Favorite Food: fusili with alfredo sauce
  • Favorite Gum (packaging): LeBron's Lightning Lemonade
  • Favorite Gum (taste): Quench Gum - Fruit Punch
  • Least Favorite Gum (taste): LeBron's Lightning Lemonade
  • Owns a Ferrari named "LeRrari".
  • Favorite LeBron from "The LeBrons": Business LeBron
  • Least Favorite LeBron from "The LeBrons": none
  • Favorite Harry Potter Book: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  • Least Favorite Harry Potter Book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • Favorite Comedian: LeBron James on Saturday Night Live
  • Least Favorite Comedian: LeBron James on the ESPYs
  • Headband is made of 2300 thread count Egyptian cotton.
  • Tuesday, September 29, 2009

    Things I Would Say If I Ever Encountered DeShawn Stevenson

    Photo via Truth About It
    • "Oh, hey. You're DeShawn Stevenson."
    • "Wow. There's a tattoo on your throat."
    • "I bet that hurt."
    • "Is that Abe Lincoln?"
    • "Hmmm..."
    • "Oh, there's a crack on your forehead."
    • "What's that about?"
    • "So, you don't crack, but you got a crack tattoo?"
    • "I'm kinda confused."
    • "You're saying the only way you crack is if you decide to crack yourself with ink?"
    • "I guess it kinda makes sense when you put it that way."
    • "What about in the winter, when your skin is really dry? I crack like crazy then."
    • "Chapstick helps."
    • "Not sure I get the 9 on your face."
    • "No, that's not right."
    • "No matter how far away I am, it's still a 9."
    • "Seriously."
    • "It's still a 9 from here."
    • "I really don't get your tattoos."
    • "Anyways, nice to meet you. Good luck with your face and neck tattoos."

    Monday, September 28, 2009

    Catching Up with Mike Dunleavy, Jr.

    I recently had a chance to chat with Mike Dunleavy, Jr. of the Indiana Pacers basketball team. He was very kind to answer a bunch of my questions, and was very earnest in doing so. In an age of irony and sarcasm, Dunleavy's sincerity should be applauded. Here's the highlights.


    On how long our interview would be.

    "Two minutes. 120 seconds."
    On his mental state during his knee injury recovery.

    "I've got the right attitude."
    On his favorite part of being a basketball player.

    "You know, I just like meeting people."
    On watching other teams' games.

    "I get League Pass, so I can watch all the games at my house. There aren't enough NBA fans left."
    On the difference between college basketball and the NBA.

    "If you say college basketball is better, you're stupid."
    On what he would be doing if he weren't a basketball player.

    "Tax accountant."
    On being told he resembles a young Liam Neeson.

    "Hey, I consider that a HUGE compliment."

    Saturday, September 26, 2009

    Yes!

    Ok so on a post dated April 11, I wrote about getting a tattoo and thinking I was going to go that night. It didn't happen. Yesterday while I was at work I thought "I want to get my tattoo and I want to get it today." I doubted myself in that moment because I had always talked about it. But I did it! And before I show pictures I want to tell about this tattoo: Back in winter of 2007 I went to Passion Conference and Francis Chan began telling this story of a caterpillar and how ugly and broken this thing was. The caterpillar also felt ugly and didn't think there was any point in living. It began this transformation turning into a butterfly and when the caterpillar saw its "new-self" and "new-life" it was shocked and felt so alive and beautiful. This caterpillar could now fly, see new things, and completely had new life. Thats my story of my life, going through those stages and when I found Christ I became new and a butterfly. I also think Ephesians 2:1-10 speaks of it too. Ok here are the pictures!


    Caymen and Kelli are so sweet for going with me and being there with me, where it took longer to wait then to get my tattoo. Caymen was a great photographer documenting everything going on.


    I think this is where Wes was getting the details just perfect.


    Thank you so much Wes! And here is what the butterfly looks like:


    I couldn't just end the Friday with a tattoo, I also colored my hair a dark brown and bought a Snuggie which you can see in this picture. I posted this pic for Sadie, as I'm typing with my very pink Snuggie on.
    Even though I felt extremely tired during this week I can't thank God enough for what He has done through this week. I truly have to ask Him for my own strength and energy and to love others well, to serve, to sit beside someone and pray for them, to bear fruit.

    HIS MERCIES ARE NEW EVERY MORNING!

    Wednesday, September 23, 2009

    A Businessman and a Business, Man

    Somewhere in New Jersey or Russia...

    Excuse me, sir. Are you Mr. Jay Z?
    For shizzle, my nizzle.

    Excellent. I am a successful Russian entrepreneur and I have some questions about your basketball squad. Where do you dribble?

    Down in V-A.

    I was lead to believe that you had ownership of the New Jersey Nets basketball club. As English is not my native language, perhaps I am confused. Is New Jersey part of V-A?

    Ha-HA!

    I assume that laugh is one of sarcasm, meaning that V-A and New Jersey are separate locales. I am interested in purchasing all or part of your New Jersey Nets basketballing club. I would not like to purchase your dribbling organization in V-A.

    We don't believe you, you need more people.

    Quite the opposite, Mr. Z. As I mentioned before, I am a successful Russian businessman. I have amassed a small fortune by selling Americans things that they think are extremely Russian. Items such as vodka, communism, eagle head soup, and tickets to ballet shows. This has proved to be very lucrative. So lucrative in fact, that I hope to replicate its success in my homeland. My first order of business is purchasing an American sports team that no one cares about, but that Russians think Americans care about. Hence, I'd like to offer several billion dollars to own these New Jersey Nets basketballers.

    (puts on glasses)
    Allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is Hov.

    Tuesday, September 22, 2009

    Check Out My Band

    We're called the Scott Burrell Blues Explosion. Our name used to be Toni! Toni! Toni!, but due to some sort of copyright infringement we had to change our name. So, for now, we're the Scott Burrell Blues Explosion.

    As you can probably guess from my shirt, our name, and our fan club (the Rockabullies -- that's one in the red and black tanktop), we're a post-slowdrive, blues infused, meaningfulcore band that is heavily influenced by the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls. In fact, we've all taken pseudonyms when we're performing. Here's the line-up:
    • Dickey Pimpkins - lead guitar, backing vocals
    • Get Down Randy Brown - bass, backing vocals
    • Rusty LaRock - drums
    • Harper - harmonica, effects, harmonica effects
    • Jumpin' Jud (me) - rhythm guitar, organ, lead vocals

    We've played all around the Chicagoland area. Our manager says we'll probably be able to schedule a national tour in the next few months, but word on the street is that we won't be able to perform in Washington, Arizona, Utah, Michigan, Ohio, and parts of New York and California. I guess time hasn't healed those wounds yet.

    A long of our songs are written from the perspective of different players, or about the players. Probably our most famous song, so far, is "Taco Joe." It's about Joe Kleine. Here's the chorus:

    Hey-ey Joe

    Get us a tac-o

    Hey-ey Joe

    We want that tac-o

    I wrote that particular lyric, but Dickey usually writes the songs. He's really good with melody. You can find our demo right here, and it'd be cool if you could hand that off to anyone you might know. Who knows, we could end up in a town near you.

    And yes, we do do a cover of "Sirius" by the Alan Parsons Project. It's our first song every night.

    Monday, September 21, 2009

    The LeBron James Conspiracy

    Remember this?
    Enhance.Enhance.

    Good. Now look at this.

    It is blatantly obvious that I have uncovered another great deception in the NBA. There are only three logical explanations for this.
    1. LeBron James has a twin brother named LaRon James who does not have perfect vision and is starting to bald. LaRon often stands in for LeBron when he feels the situation is either too dangerous or too inconsequential. We'll call this the Tony Clifton Scenario. This is the most likely.

    2. There is some bro who looks a lot like LeBron James and is trying to capitalize on his fame and money. We'll call this the Frank Abignale Scenario. This is the second most likely, which is why it is listed second.

    3. LeBron James wears glasses. This is not very likely because he is superhuman and therefore has superhuman vision. While it might be a Superman kind of thing, that persona has been co-opted by too many other athletes that a brazen copyright infringement would not go unchecked in NBA back channels. This can be discredited.

    Like I said, it's most likely that there is a LeBron James twin that no one knows about. The only differences betwixt the two are the glasses, loss of hair, and complete lack of athletic ability. If you have seen The Prestige, you'll quickly realize that this is something that has been planned since LeBron realized he could become famous. By using a twin he is able to be in two places at once, which is hugely marketable. Plus it will extend LeBron's career because it will save the wear and tear of travelling around the globe.

    As the old saying says, you never know when a famous athlete will have a less athletic brother with wacky hair that the Phoenix Suns will want to draft.

    Sunday, September 20, 2009

    Mellow Yellow + Arizona Tan

    Ok so the painting has been completed! And I wanted to put pictures up pronto so you blog readers could see.The living room color is Arizona Tan and came with some extra help from Rachel (roomie), Kelli and Brittney. Thank you girls so much for your helping hands and I will cook for you all one night. We are still going to add something on that wall, probably frames and something with the our initials.
    the white wall
    the first stripe!

    my helpers

    thank you Kelli!

    completed and re-arranged!
    Then I painted the two walls above my desk Mellow Yellow which fits perfectly with the type of person I am; mellow and bright. And I like the color yellow more recently now.

     Also here are some pics of some art stuff thats been turned in, but you can see what kinda stuff I'm doing. This piece got added construction paper, lots of it! The outcome is better but I turned it in.

    The texture of the tape looks really good close up & you can kind of see that in this picture. Many of my classmates including my TA didn't like the line in the middle and neither did I anymore, but its stuff in there. I said it "crawled" in there somehow.

    This still-life included a: ladder, bamboo plant, bicycle, plant, boxes and sheet draped over.

    Currently I am loving Matt Chandler's new sermon series over Christian maturity and I recommend to all believers, because I think this is important to hear at any place in our lives right now, it doesn't go to a certain category. 

    “May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”- 2 Corinthians 13:14

    Friday, September 18, 2009

    Fun Friday!

    Oh my gosh!
    Ok so I'm finding the coolest Bloggers and loving it.

    I really want to do 50 exclamation marks for it, but I think y'all would get annoyed. From the great DesignSponge, I found an entry about a couple who was on there for a Before & After. This couple took their Scamp Trailer and completely renovated it, giving it a complete modern feel. This is amazing, check it out:
    this is what their working with.

    and the outcome



     I mean come on, this is great work. And if you want to follow along their adventures as I am going to start doing heres the link http://thewanderlusters2009.blogspot.com/

    Other juicy stuff, I'm going to paint my wall above my desk tonight with the help of a sweet friend Kelli. Were starting a project next week in Design that I'm thrilled about doing, because it incorporates photography and y'all know how much I like taking pictures (I can play with macro settings!) Although our art projects are very specific and have many guidelines, I know that God has placed me in these classes for a reason and He will work through me. 

    As I have said before I will post pictures from my project when I can remember when I'm at home.

    Everyone have an adventurous weekend

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Had to do it




    A Couple of Basketball Players Talk About Hipster Rap

    (phone rings playing Day N' Nite (Crookers Remix))

    JaVale McGee: Yo, man.

    Michael Beasley: Yo, man. You hear this new CuDi album yet?

    JM: Naw, man. I been playing ball too much.

    MB: Tyte, bro. I been busy at this place they sent me to. If it sound echo-y, it's cause I gotta call from the bathroom. I ain't supposed to have a phone, so I had to leave my other four at home. One of my guys got me that CuDi record. Dude's on point.

    JM: I heard it ain't all that. They saying too much singing when dude can't even sing. And most of the songs are barely songs. I'll probably pass.

    MB: You just ain't get it, man. That lonely stoner thing really makes sense to me.


    JM: Truth, dog. It would.

    MB: For real. Holla at me.
    JM: Aight, bro. Peace.