The Drums + The Young Friends

Last week, this day, the homie and I decide to go see a few of my favorite bands. I know, I know, they're still fairly new but I think I'm just gonna take one for the team and add them to my favorites list anyway. I took a boat load of photographs so when you're done with this you can avert your attention downwards to my brand new Flickr link [playa's stepping his game up].
The show was great and I think I'll just go ahead and say that I had the most fun there. I'll be honest, I don't know what's wrong with these hipsters but they all just stood there. As one of the 3 black guys there, I probably shouldn't of drawn so much attention to myself, but when you're always the minority you realize that life's already hard enough, why stress over what everyone else thinks. There were a few other small groups who got it in but I think they were rollin on X and that kind a creeped me out a bit. All in all, it was a good one for sure.











OH S**T DOUBLE POST. Fonzworth Bentley and Marc Williams [motivational speaker] came to our school and spoke to us on how to be a gentleman and things of that nature. Honestly, I didn't think it was going to be as good as it was so I was quite surprised when it was all over. When I went up to ask my question I candidly passed along my leisure card to the both of them so as you would expect I was super excited. I put the photos in polaroid form because EVERYTHING just looks so much cooler that way. I should have the real ones on Flickr pretty soon so don't fret. And did you see the outfit? I didn't know they made double vented tweed suits, and those velvet slippers are just A ONE. They're cool people, I enjoyed.

Business Cards with no Business?

That's why I call them leisure cards. I put the order in almost a month ago and I was REALLY excited to tell you guys but I just decided to keep it a secret until I had them in the flesh. I wanted to call them pleasure cards [opposite of business] but I was promptly informed that that may be insinuating a service that I'm not exactly attempting to offer [OR AM I]. Either way, it's a clever way of introducing myself [and my blog] without looking like a total creep.
I can't remember if I've ever told you guys what I want to do with my life but my main goal is to be a high school English teacher and eventually a professor. I know, I know, it's a tough job but somebody's got to do it. I'd love to write music or maybe even fashion articles on the side but that'd be just for fun and or petty cash. I've been a pretty moderate trumpet player for about 11 years, and I've got included in my resume, three, count em three ska bands, so who knows what might happen. I've also been throwing around the idea of a screenplay but I'll keep that completely under wraps until I figure out how exactly I want to go about that. I may not have a business for my business cards for now, but who knows what might happen in the future.

Cool People Cool Places

 So fashion week is finally over. You might be thinking, "well hey you're a cool guy, you know stuff, why don't you ever talk about the fashion shows and all the new collections that are coming out right now?" To that I'd say, "well thank you for the compliment, but I just don't seem to care all that much." I don't live in 2011 yet so I think I'd much rather just talk about things that are a little more relatable like I don't know, the present? Plus, have you ever tried to see into the future? It's not that much fun, you just sit on the floor with your legs crossed for fours hours waiting to see what your baby's momma's gonna look like. I don't mean to spoil the surprise but nothing ever really happens.

I declare all that to say that I live in fall 2010 now, we can discuss spring 2011 when the time comes if that's okay with you. But anyways, I love to look at all the people that go there. Especially the old guys, it gives me something to look forward to. There were so many pictures to choose from in the lady department [sexy], but all the dudes were looking a little too feminine for me so of course I had to be choosy. Here's what I came up with....
 

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Fujiflim S1500

So I finally got around to buying a presentable camera. It's nothing crazy but it takes care of all of my needs so I'm quite happy. Not only do I look just that much cooler, but it also allows me to capture memories in a split second. THAT'S IMPORTANT. What was also important was the price. I'll be honest, I wanted more that what I could afford so it was either a Camera Wolf stickup, or an Ebay web crawl--I decided to go with Ebay [it's cheaper than buying a gun]. I was lucky enough to snag this bad boy for only 124 so as you can guess I'm pretty excited.

It's not quite a DSLR but it's definitely not a point and shoot, so the manual settings offer up a nice amount of user control. I'm really happy with the purchase but the sole reason I'd ever consider upgrading would be for the manual focus. You know I loves that manual focus. I've had it for about 2 weeks or so, so for your viewing pleasure I'd like to take you around my world one macro shot at a time. Oh, and there's a video. A lady friend and I decided to go to the lake house, aka the man made pond over by the school. She almost died from malaria and west nile but I think we had a good time anyway. ENJOY.

I don't really have anything but for the purpose of whoring myself out, this video and maybe a few others can be found on YOUTUBE and VIMEO. Thanks again. For everything.

Eco Friendly to the Max

I know, I was a bit put off by the material choice as well but these are no crocs my friend, somethings just a whole lot better. Now I'm all for being eco friendly but I refuse to walk around in some bum ass, hundred dollar flip flops just because they're made of 100% untreated, unfertilized, Japanese bamboo [I'm sure it exist somewhere].

These however, despite my initial reaction seem quite....worth it? I know weird, finally blogging about something I can afford. Native footwear is based in Japan [of course] and offer up about 4 silhouettes of varying colorways. The two seen here, Fitzsimmons and Miller, are however the only 2 that I see as actually wearable [for me of course]. Now I've never been a boot fan but by GOD I'd trade in an entire outfit for these infrareds I tell you. The only problem is that they don't sell through their website, so good luck finding that colorway your dying to have. If I'm correct, the boots could set you back about 68 bones, which compared to other, cheaper less awesome boots, this is a steal for some. The other silhouettes are about 50 if I'm correct.

I know you're probably tired of reading and ready to see the shoes by now, but I have to add that the lookbook is just lovely. The only thing that could make me more happy is if there would of been at least one, not token, black guy or gal. There was however a little light skin baby so I'll take what I can for now. And the audio? Just wonderful. You'll be seeing more of it on SUNDAY.  One last thing.... The LINK silly.