adrian johnson

okay. this guy is sick. feel free to take a look @ his artwork here. adrian johnson is a uk-based artist and illustrator who's designed for the likes of stussy, mastercard, etc. his style kind of reminds me a lot of mary blair, who i posted about way back in early september (see here). anywho, these are two of my faves from his website.

"synth apache"

"gangsta wrapper"

whoa

Okay people, I am NERDING out over this so I just had to post it. Just when I thought Human Resources is consuming my life and making me forget every shred of biology I ever learned, I read this and LOVE why I chose bio.

I won't give you a synopsis or bitter diatribe (see Killer Whale post below), just the link to read @ will and a teaser picture.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/02/25/whitesides.chip/index.html?hpt=C1

there's a reason they're called KILLER whales people...

The most read article on CNN.com this morning is this, a "shocking" tale of a killer whale @ SeaWorld killing one of its trainers. Should we really be all that surprised when a killer whale, not meant to be kept in captivity and perform tricks for people, kills someone??? Maybe it's like whale justice - we're killing them by keeping them in captivity and turning them into circus acts, so they kill every once in a while. Read the article - it's kind of gruesome how it killed her - but what do we expect? That a predatory mammal should be compassionate and defy it's inherent tendencies simply because we've taken it out of its natural habitat? Interesting. I'm sure my bestie Erin Cole, animal lover and champion of all things furry, wet and wild, would have a LOT to say about this.

It's just kind of sad. I remember falling in love with Free Willy as a kid - partially for Michael Jackson's "Will You Be There" video @ the beginning - but mostly for WILLY. To top it all off, Keiko (the whale from the movie), lived @ the Oregon Coast Aquarium for years after the movie. He was AWESOME, as was the Keiko Rootbeer we purchased from the Aquarium gift shop each time. I'm sure that and our commemorative Keiko medallion are worth a ton of $ if I could just find them. Then they shipped him up to Iceland to be released back into the wild and he died 5 years later in '03. Sad day. So what good is it to keep whales in captivity, if they really don't need to be?

crazy dreams

please tell me i'm not the only one having bizzaro dreams every night.

last night i watched a forest burn down on oakdale road, where stan tschiegg helped me to my parents' house. there i found a basement i didn't know my parents had, where there are also a huge old dog that i didn't know we had name big bird. i then went to a high school football game where i threw up on ciarra lopez and watched my rommate amy sing at halftime. i then was so embarrassed for her, i crawled down a stage tunnel and ended up in my parents' secret basement again where brandon ensz was hanging out, waiting to carve my parents cabinetry in said secret basement. oh and then at the end he put his hand in his pocket and brought out one of these:


in a plastic bubble. sweet.

nights like last night solidify my belief that dreams mean nothing...at least, i hope so.

Burning Question

Ask no more folks. This lil' guy has cleared up your life's burning question: "Do Gingers have souls?" Yes, yes they do. And his is angry and resentful AND Christian (whew!).

Welcome to Lent

Lent. I had never even heard of it until I went off to college, where it seemed to be all the rage. After learning more about it, I think SPU put an enormously Protestant spin on, so I chose not to participate while a student. Gearing up for this season of Lent, I've been asking a lot of questions and doing a lot of reading on what Lent is really for...

"When we speak of Lent, we speak of preparation so that the life in us can be recovered -- or much more -- so that the life in us can be welcomed. The life of Christ risen, his Spirit which is given to us at Easter, needs to find hospitality in us." ~ Monsignor Massimo Camisasca

So we're told it is a season of preparation. A season of the "already, but not yet" of waiting for Christ's victory over death. This time of the year when we wait, with hope-filled expectation, for salvation. It's exciting. It's heart breaking. The emphasis of Lent also centers around "justice" - focus is directed toward the disciplines of prayer (justice towards Christ), fasting or other acts of penance (justice towards self) and "alms-giving" or, as I see it, giving back (justice towards your neighbors). A lot of people, in keeping with tradition, give up something for Lent - chocolate, Starbucks, alcohol, television, etc. - so that Christ may "find hospitality in us" and so we can use that time formerly geared towards whatever we are fasting from, to focus on Christ and pursue Him more fully. I've never given something up for Lent, because I truly didn't believe that giving up my daily Starby's would find me drawing closer to God.

So this Lent I'd like to adopt this theme of justice - praying more, digging deep into my devotions and giving back - finding ways, even if they're small and unimportant - to bless those around me. I'm excited to see what this season of hope and pause will bring about in myself, my relationship with God and in those around me.

So...Happy Ash Wednesday (: Wait with me and let's see what happens.

thought for the day...or week...or life

Professing unshakable reliance upon you our God,
and human reliance upon one another,
we, women and men of your creation,
joined in love,
open wide the window of a new time
in which the sun will refresh equally the rich and the poor,
the animals of the sea and the birds of the air,
the plants of the earth and the stones of all ages
--indeed, all creation.

May our trust in your providence and in each other
lead us to act justly, to love tenderly, to walk humbly,
and to live together in peace on this earth. Amen.
~Sr. Mary Ann Coyle, S.L.
Sisters of Loretto, Denver, Colorado

show some love friends...

Show some love for Haiti AND for Andria Lindquist Photography. Check it out @ Emerald City Sightings for how to give back and Andria Lindquist's Photography Gallery Opening for how to support this emerging icon!

Check out her blog (link above) for a snacking of her skills. I'm serious guys...she is the one you'll want to watch in the Photography world. She is killing right now and only getting her feet wet as an artist. And I'm not just saying this because she's one of my bestest friends on the Earth...

Support her Thursday, February 4th @ Q Cafe in Seattle for her first Gallery Opening. Details in the link above!


Copyright Andria Lindquist Photography, 2009
Used with permission