you asshole...

well, it's finally that time. time to start getting in shape. i've been lazy for sooo so long and it can't continue. i'm going to be playing in an ice hockey league (starting next week!) and i can't quite show up there in this condition (well i'm going to have to because i kinda fell into this about a week ago and didn't have much time to prep for it). i haven't played real organized hockey in about 3 years. should be interesting... In any case, i'm thinking this is the kick in my arse that i needed. 15 pounds have been put on my frame in the past few years and that all needs to go.

so i upgraded some of my gear today and i'm super excited about that. got a new pair of gloves:



and a pair of these:



they're hideously ugly but they were on super sale and they're sooo damn comfortable. I had them heat molded to my feet which meant after cooking in an oven, i strapped them on to form to my feet. it felt pretty nice having my feet cook like a meatloaf.

oh and i found this gym nearby that's ten dollars a month (!). so i'll be going there tomorrow. now all i have to do is stop liking tasty beers (and eating like an asshole).

nom nom nom...

so here's some food i done shot. this the food i was talking about earlier that i did not eat. i think it turned out pretty swell for me being a not food shooter.

uhh so umm yeah,.. i guess, i dunno.. what?...

i just watched nick and norah's infinite playlist.. why? good question. anger now. i hate that kid who's in all these movies. him and his dumb "i'm confused so i'll just mumble to myself and look around like an idiot" style of acting. but i gotta say, i would like to make out with a chick at electric ladyland. that was cool. i bet lotsa chicks got made out on there. i think i could easily act as horribly as he does and get into these dumb movies. all i have to do i wear tight pants, a tight striped tshirt of some sort and a hoodie and cut my hair into some assholish "i'm young and cool and you're not" type of hairstyle.

did i mention i just turned 30?

tender...

i'm downloading cf cards at the moment. it's my mostest leastest favoritest thing in the world to do. i shot a bunch of food the other day for a caterer. it all looked pretty fantastic. i cannot tell you how it tasted though. i was not allowed to eat it. that's all dumb. i feel i have a right to eat the food. that should be my deal for now on. whatever i shoot, i get to eat and that goes for anything i shoot..including babies.

i am in the inspection station...

bloop beep boop doop bleep meep moop deep peep boop beep bleep moop poop.

whack-a-kitty!

Whack-A-Kitty @ Yahoo! Video

falling down...

So for those of you who don't know already, i had two wheels stolen off my car the other night. I came down on saturday morning to go to the bank and run a few other errands. I walk around to the other side of my car and am welcomed to the site of my bare ass brakes and my car sitting up on a jack. I think i went through my shock, anger, depression, and acceptance stages all while standing in the middle of my street. I seriously only thought this shit happened in the movies. Like when they're setting up a scene somewhere in Harlem and a few guys are standing around a fire in a barrel and there's a car sitting on blocks with no wheels. I didn't actually think that could happen right in front of my god damn house!!! I was probably no more than 20 feet from those asses when it was going down. right directly in front of my front door...

so yeah that was it. I made the decision to move to the suburbs in about 5 minutes. i mean things were going really good lately. clients were actually paying me for once, i was saving some money, and trying to make progress with my business with some marketing things i needed to purchase. and well that was all down the tubes. who knew one honda wheel would cost $450? thank god the bastards only got two of them. so all in all after a tow and repairs i was out $1800. There is one ray of hope in this story. I found out my deductible is only $100 on this case so I may be getting most of it back. we shall see. we shall see... there are some complications that could arise but i'm hopeful.

so this summer i'll be spending my time on the family farm. our 70 acre farm out in chester county. it'll be nice. i'll be able to work on my motorcycle in peace and have a place to store it while it's in pieces and i won't have to ride an hour to get to good motorcycle land and there's a pool and a big yard and.. and.. well shit, why am i living in the city again????? so this is an open invite to all that read this blog to come out and hang on the ole farm this summer.. that is unless of course i don't know you. it'll be swell.

meh..whatever..so what..

so i'm on the fence on whether to keep this blog or not. i lost any motivation to write on here.. but now that i think of it, what was my motivation before? anyways, i just went to see a friends photos at a new spot down the street which has given me the motivation to show some of my crappy pictures... on here, where no one will see them. maybe if i show my work more often, that will give me the motivation to take more pictures. maybe. maybe not. it's warm and i can ride my motorcycle now. that's motivation to get out of the house for once. i'm happy because of that. i eat more pasta than anyone. i will geek out hardcore this friday at ten pm. times i used the word "motivation" in this post: 6. knowing that there's a three legged cat that loves me: priceless.

get off my lawn...

i've been neglecting this blog lately. now it hasn't really been by choice but just the same old story that nothing is happening in my life at the moment. you see i've been severely poor lately because clients feel they can pay me at their leisure which is usually 3 months after a shoot. i know i shouldn't put up with their crap and i am getting better at it. i actually made some phone calls the other day and i put on my "extremely annoyed and might break your face" voice. i think it might have helped but whatever, i got off topic.

anyways, do i really need money to feel like things are going well? i'd like to think not but when people ask to do something, it probably involves spending money and i have to say "Can't. sorry." well now that kinda upsets me. i like my job but things aren't so good with the economy and no one's spending money on pictures which is not good for me. so i've spent today thinking of other ways to use my skillz. which, i gotta be honest, hasn't turned up anything. sooooo, i guess i'll keep going down this same path of struggling for a while. and yes i know i shouldn't be complaining because i knew going into this that it wouldn't be easy.. but goddamn i'd like to see some progression at some point. if anyone has any ideas or wants to start some kind of business, well i'm game. let me know. ha.

oh and so most of you know my car got broken into last week (which STILL is not fixed because some fuckhead at honda for some reason didn't order my window when i told him to order it) and someone took my generator. no biggie, i got insurance on the generator but yesterday i noticed a nice crack in my windshield growing bigger and bigger. looks like a rock hit it. so yeah, fuck 2009.

how's that for a downer of a post?

jet fighter update...

so jet fighter is 20 hours into our recording and sadly, we're not done yet. we have everything done except the vocals and it sounds AMAZING! on sunday, ant and I finished the drums and bass on four songs. the next day we did the fifth and tom layed down all his guitars. i've never sounded so good! haha. we're hoping to get back into the studio at the end of the month where we'll put the finishing touches on the EP. we're super excited about the songs and think y'all will like'em. so sadly no link to an album just yet.. but soon. be patient. turn off your computer. get out of the house. take a nice walk. go back to work. tend to your children. don't worry about it, i'll let you know as soon as it's done.

here's a picture of a monkey riding a dog.