Another semester done...

...closing another chapter of my life while simultaneously opening new ones:

1. Instructor Lue Cobene, my humanities professor at SCC, has opened my mind to new complexities that have reinvented my mentality, and have re-enlivened my child-like appreciation for life and humanity. For a greater part of my life, I'm certain.

2. After much silent deliberation within myself and some deliberation without, I took the leap for living more environmentally conscious and being more "stream-lined" by letting go of the Subaru for one of these marvels of technological creativity (As a matter of fact, the fam took the plunge to pick one of these up for themselves. So, we actually have a pair of HCH's =D):


More info here: +

The 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid + Satellite linked navigation package (Special thanks to the fellas at El Cerrito Honda for hooking it up below MSRP, and with an exceptionally low interest rate with no money down. Not to mention the 100,000 mile/8 year warranty with Gap Insurance!)

3. The summer countdown towards the Fall of 2008 Nursing Program initiation in August begins! After a week of allowing myself to become quasi-useless, I will be asserting upon myself a regular schedule of review and preparation for the program. The days are TBD, but I want to keep my time management skills sharp.

4. And, finally with the excess in free time, I am allocated the opportunity to keep up with my fitness as well as exercise the creative juices that have been dying for attention. I will be experimenting with media that I have been able to experiment with only sparsely. Not to mention, I will be hitting up Vegas, and the East Coast. Rock out, fellas.

An ode to the Subie:


I will miss your rumble.

Did I mention to check out my brother's photography?

You had no idea.
There's more where that came from! *

Keeping true to the blog's name.

Linked from e90post.com

Disregarding the poor lighting and composition, this picture is pretty badass. I'm probably just hardcore jocking the Lambos (It's three fucking Murcielagos). Even the helicopter pilot's in it.

I was supposed to be reasoning as to how Hung Liu, a Chinese painter who immigrated to the US in the 1980s, is an example of the highly experienced dancer, Twyla Tharp's, theory of creativity. But, pressing the Stumble! button on my tool bar was much easier!

And, I saw this clip, yesterday: the artist's name is Blu, and he was able to produce an animation by seaming together his paintings on public walls. It's a trip considering the vision, and his success in executing it. Check it out, it's entertaining to say the least:

Muto

Anyone else craving some Chutney's?

Iron Man: Holding it down [A Spoiler-free Review]

I caught a later showing of Iron Man last night at the AMC in Emeryville, and left the theater with dry contacts, an Icee-filled gut, and a re-enlivened desire to examine the comic book universe.

First impressions of the movie as a whole: Memorable, and of "I-would-buy-that-as-soon-as-it-releases-on-DVD" caliber. The movie successfully adapts the comic book to the big screen as the film is able to give a sense of realness to the fantastic story.

Iron Man succeeds in drawing the audience into the story from the beginning as the opening scene gets viewers to ask themselves, "How did it get to this point?" The cause of the initial problem is cleverly revealed and the loop is closed, creating a segweigh(sp?) into another conflict that is able to come full circle, itself--the movie does a good job at tying up ends that are opened up, and is as mindful as possible to real world limitations and possibilities.

The effects are incredible. Industrial Light & Magic maintain their reputation of producing, might as well be pissing, excellence and are able to make the cutting edge technology within the movie's world come to life. Forget about the explosions, the more subtle effects that involve Tony Stark's use of design tools elicit just as many "aw, shit" moments, if not more.

Besides the effects, the use of pretty people, exotic cars, and the latest gadgetry keep the audience clinging on to their seat with one hand, and wiping the drool off the sides of their mouths with the other. I found myself practically raping Tony Stark's workspace with my eyes; Stark dabbled (at least, the movie made Stark's work seem like play) with his projects in a designer/engineer's wet-dream of workspaces: artificially intelligent bots and computer programs that aid Stark's implementation and troubleshooting, seemingly limitless amounts of the highest quality materials, and the sweetest 3D drafting process ever (!!!!!!!!).

Iron Man even tickles the comic book savvy viewers pink with a couple lines that hint at possibilities of future film developments from the Marvel Universe.

Iron Man is worth your time and a non-matinée price. It is engaging (my Icee was doomed to last no longer than 2 minutes, I was so engaged)and entertaining (so much so that I probably didn't blink often enough to keep my contacts adequately lubricated), and will probably have you sifting through your old comic books wishing you could have that much more Iron Man in your life.

Welcome to the fellas

A mini-shout out for you fellas, Actual and Peculiar! I know the song isn't completely a fitting welcome, but I feel like the energy and the song title should suffice, for now. I had a 90s jones I had to satisfy just now, dig?

Looking forward to hearing from you and collaborating with your minds, you evil geniuses.



This is more of a joke than anything else. Half-joke.

This Blog is not ADD compliant, is it?

Some images for the MTV-kid in you:





Just a little fan boy-ing of my brother's photography. Straight skills.

Check him out here.

"Art changes people. People change the world."

"Art changes people. People change the world."

I find this quote to be one of many motivating factors in my life. As with most people, Art has been very prevalent throughout my life in the form of music, album covers, architectural design...you name it: just about everything that we are surrounded by was designed by somebody not only for function, but for aesthetic. By creating things, people create the world around themselves and around others. And, so when people create works of art, whether it is a painting, innovating a style of clothing, a photograph, or any other expression through some media, these creative agents are not only creating some work that exemplifies some depiction of their experience, but also creates a thing that others will learn from (whether consciously or unconsciously), thus creating change in a person. Having recognized that my tastes have been formed through an intricate complex of relationships and experiences, I am motivated to create my own works of art that increase the chances that positive, productive changes occur in the populous.

Increase the chances of positive change to increase the likelihood of a positive world--this is what I would like to one day achieve.

Now, just what exactly is "positive change"?