A quick pic from our shoot at the 2009 Arnold Classic… luckily we actually got good weather in Columbus, OH for a change!
Do the shuffle
OK I usually never do chain letter things but since my sister was the one who sent this I decided to do it… (self portrait using my old school Olympus OM-2S Program film camera – Kodak TMax 3200 film)
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Put your MP3 player on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the “next” button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT IT IS 🙂
4. Tag friends who might enjoy doing this…
This took forever since I suddenly wanted to listen fully to each song which popped up.
1. IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
I Might be Wrong – Radiohead
2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Time to Pretend – MGMT
3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Length of Love – Interpol
4.WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
Shut up and Let me Go – The Ting Tings
5. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Good Cop, Bad Cop – Everything But the Girl
6. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Get Myself into It – The Rapture
7. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN?
Strict Machine – Goldfrapp
8. WHAT IS 2+2?
Panic – The Smiths
9. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Souverian – Andrew Bird
10. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Moan – Trentmoller
11. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP??
Vamp – Trentmoller
12. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE??
Gabriel – Lamb
13. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Sly – Herbie Hancock
14. WHAT DID YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Sni Bong – Dengue Fever
15. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Hairy Trees – Goldfrapp
16. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors – The Editors
17. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
The Well and the Lighthouse – The Arcade Fire
18. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
La Del Ruso – Gotan Project (this means “That of the Russian – @a, that’s you I guess?)
19. WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
So Many Ways – Mates of State
20. HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Letter from an Occupant – The New Pornographers (I am looking to buy a home… hm)
21. WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Borderline – Madonna
22. WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Shadowplay – The Killers (cover of Joy Division)
23. WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Some Girls are Bigger than Others – The Smiths
24. WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Election Night – Bic Runga
25. WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Untouchables – Eric B. & Rakim
26. DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Believe Achieve – CSS
27. IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Paper Planes – M.I.A.
28. WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Bigmouth Strikes Again – The Smiths
29. WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Funny Little Frog – Belle & Sebastian
30. HOW WILL YOUR DAY GO TOMORROW?
Always Something Better – Trentmoller
Last Night in Three Photos
Radio interview!
Oh man, I am a bit afraid to listen in but I recently did a radio interview with Siouxcountry Radio about my physique photography that has been posted now online. Here’s the link to the MP3 of the broadcast – time for me to check it out and cringe…
2009 San Francisco Beer Week!
So we did our own pre-Beer Week kickoff by checking out the Anchor Steam Brewery and then today hung out at Monk’s Kettle, but here’s some good options for things to check out this week as part of the festivities:
Monday Feb 9th: 6pm – Meet the Brewer at the Toronado: Rob Tod of Allagash
Tuesday Feb 10th: 6pm – Meet the Brewer at the Toronado: Vinnie Cilurzo of Russian River Brewing
Wednesday Feb 11th:
6pm – Meet Terence Sullivan of Sierra Nevada at The Page
6:30pm – A 5 Course Beer Dinner at Scala’s Bistro from Beer and Nosh
6:00pm – Toronado Hosts a Beer and Cheese Night with Ommegang
7pm – Rogue Cheese Tasting
Thursday Feb 12th:
5pm – “Getting to know your inner love for sour beer and bitter chocolate” at City Beer Store
6pm – “Got Wood?” at the 21st Amendment – wood and barrel aged beers from Elysian Brewing
Friday Feb 13th:
5pm – The Moss Room hosts a North Coast Brewery Beer Dinner (@ The California Academy of Sciences)
Sat Feb 14th:
11am-close: The Toronado Barleywine Festival
Sunday Feb 15th:
noon-3pm – City Beer Store/ Shelton Brothers Importers Scandinavian Bottle Tasting
Photo Experiment #1
Tonight I’m going to try a personal photo assignment experiment. I’ve got my film camera with me and I’m going to ask people to tell me what to shoot. I’ll be cruising around town and just do it wherever I happen to be. If you’d like to make a request, just twitter me (@x) and I’ll see what I can do. Since it’s film – the results will be delayed and posted in the future. Fire the requests away!
Sherri Carnicle Zivity set posted!
Check out the shots I took of Sherri Carnicle that are now posted on Zivity. Here’s one of the shots in the set:
Dengue Fever @ the Rickshaw Stop
When I first heard Chhom Nimol’s melifluous voice on NPR on a story about Dengue Fever, I was attending Strictly Business 2 in Long Beach, CA right where she was discovered in a nightclub in Little Phnom Penh area which was very close to the hotel where the conference was held. All quite serendipitous and here they were playing in San Francisco at the Rickshaw Stop. Luckily I bought tickets before it sold out and got to check them out and they definitely are recommended if you get a chance to see them.
Bigger, Stronger, Faster review
So today I finally got to check out “Bigger, Stronger, Faster” which I’ve had an interest in since a few friends are in it and since I do a lot of work in the fitness and bodybuilding industry, is somewhat related to my work. The documentary is really well done and gives a very balanced view on the issue of steroid use and especially why people may use them and the implications within America and the American way of life.
The first screen grab above is of my friend Brenda “B” Smith talking about gear and her daughter Aubrey is there too. Some of the more interesting parts of the film included the screen grab below talking about the evolution of the action figure in America and how muscular the current ones are compared to those in the past. I remember my first Han Solo was skinny and normal looking like the real Harrison Ford, but the new ones I saw were all buffed out – WTF?!
Another enlightening moment was related to the Olympics and specifically the 1988 Seoul Olympics and Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis. Everyone knows or has probably heard about Johnson being stripped of his gold medal due to failing a doping test, but what I didn’t know was that Carl Lewis failed some USOC doping tests for banned substances and they show a letter he received from the USOC ejecting him from the Olympic Team for the 1988 Olympics. Of course we all know he was there so you can take from that what you will. I’m not surprised that our country would let him go, since we as a society seem to value winning more than ethics in so many parts of our culture. Continue reading Bigger, Stronger, Faster review
Wave Organ exploration…
So my friend Megan introduced me to the Wave Organ, which unbelievably I hadn’t checked out before. It’s pretty cool and is part of the Exploratorium although it’s right out on the Bay. This first shot is the view of the city from the inside of the inlet. The two below are looking out into the bay – the top one being of Alcatraz while a shipping freighter passed by and the other is of course the Golden Gate Bridge. Very cool spot to chill and enjoy our amazing city!
