Today I stumbled across this video and couldn’t believe how well filmed it was (make me wanna pull my bike out of the garage and pump up the tires). I had a mission companion while serving in Taiwan who seriously loved riding his bike, and I imagine this is how he rides now-a-days.
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Some Good Trails
April 20th, 2010Ramayana: Divine Loophole
March 25th, 2010
The other day I stubbled upon this book illustrated by Sanjay Patel. It’s fantastic. The Ramayana is full or drama, romance, action, bears and monkeys, gods and goddess, demons… I honestly couldn’t put the book down after I opened it; I had to read the story and look at the great illustrations that depict this epic tale.
Sanjay is a great illustrator and if the book isn’t proof enough that he is he also works at Pixar. Great talent.
She & Him – In The Sun
March 24th, 2010
I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who doesn’t LOVE Zooey Deschanel (my friend was on set with her for the filming of a PSA a couple months back and said she was just so beautiful in person… way better than in the movies). And we all know she can sing thanks to her little christmas caroling in Elf, but Susan had me get her latest album that just came out yesterday. It’s a pretty good listen. It has a very vintage sound to it (I would guess like 40s or 50s). It lacks a little in sound quality (that’s kind of a throw back to older recordings), but the lyrics and tunes are fantastic.
If the video above doesn’t have you rushing over to iTunes to buy the album then we can’t be friends anymore. Ok just joking.
Our “This Old House” (I wish)
March 21st, 2010
Unfortunately we aren’t buying this beauty (I wish). The other day after my haircut I thought I’d drive down Jefferson Ave. (a street in Ogden that has some incredibly hugh old homes and in the past few years undergone some major rehabilitation), and couldn’t believe my eyes. There have been numerous houses on this street over the years that I’ve entertained the idea of buying with the cost ranging from $225,000 for a dump to $698,000 for the house that’s actually just to the south of this one (it’s fully restored and anywhere else in the US would be double to triple that).
Last night I took Susan and the kids on a drive by after dinner to see it (Susan made me take the above photos). But there are major reasons I wouldn’t want to live on Jefferson and thus why this house is not going to be ours. One, it’s in a ghetto, and I mean ghetto. Prostitution, drugs, crime, is all within walking distance (granted we only live 10 or less blocks away right now from this house). Jefferson Ave itself is really beautiful and there are now only 2-3 house on the street that look as bad as this one; everything else is restored to it’s former beauty. I’m sure as time passes other parts of the neighborhood will improve, but how do you get over the fact that right now it’s scary and you fear for you family’s safety? Dang it. I’ve always wanted to live in a victorian beast. This house probably has more rooms and space than we have need or would ever have need for. I was joking with Susan that we could all have our own bedrooms plus our own offices. I really do wish I was braver. I’ll probably never get a chance to buy a victorian restoration project for the price of dirt again.
Tungsten from H&FJ
September 17th, 2009
When ever the boys over at Hoefler & Frere-Jones create a new typeface I want nothing more than to go and drop a few bones to add the beautiful little characters to my font library. But alas I realize I just don’t have that kind of cash. Dang it.
I’ve been very absent from my blog the past couple of months, and yet I have much news I need to post and update everyone (like leaving my freelance life and working for a large design firm machine).
