People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
Soren Aabye Kierkegaard

3.31.2008

KA






I went to one of many shows that Vegas has to offer, KA. It was brilliant! It's something that can't really be talked about, it's something that needs to be experienced. You can find out more information HERE.
Half dressed Lamanite-esque warriors hunting playful shadow puppet making Asians. That's about the best description. My favorite part was the under water scenes.

3.24.2008




Mac Pro



You can install up to four graphics cards, each with two dual-link DVI ports and run up to eight 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays at the same time with one Mac Pro.




(I cry every time I see it, what a beauty!)




Nikon D3



12.1-mega pixel, FX-format (23.9 x 36mm) CMOS sensor. 9 frames per second, 51-point auto focus with 3D focus tracking, Scene Recognition System (super smart), picture control settings (variety of colors, meaning: various pictures from D3 can look like they've been taken from a variety of cameras depending on what you want the picture to look like i.e. from different decades)


... and so much more.



Yamaha Digital Piano CVP 309



88 keys


Heavy keys


Key-off is amazing



just to name a few, check the rest out here











Playstation 3



I miss GUITAR HERO!










Intellectual Devotionals




What most people should know and probably don't










THE ASTON MARTIN VANQUISH V12



























The most beautiful car ever built,


Amen.


2008 SAAB 93








A little bit more reasonable













KENYA


There are many places I would like to visit, but Kenya es mi numero uno




3.17.2008




stuck in customs




I've never been really interested in photography until this last year when I was employed as a photographer after fooling around with a camera. If a camera is in my hands or not I seem to continually see the world through a lens.




I found Stuck in Customs about a year ago and have been in love ever since. The interesting part is Trey Ratcliff, the photographer/CEO of John Galt Games, is just about blind in one eye which he had many surgeries when he was young and now basically only sees 2-D.




There are hundreds of awesome pictures, some plain and other enhanced texturally. It's all pretty great stuff. But he leads the life I wish I could. To travel the world and share explorations through pictures. Check it out and see for yourself!


3.16.2008

what the world needs now ...


So what's the big deal about being called a pushover? Granted there are times when people are just foolish and then there are so-called 'pushovers'. I was recently called a pushover and have been called it many times in the past and didn't know exactly how to take it. But if being put in that category (must all Americans put labels on everything?) means that I help friends or even strangers when they ask, then I don't mind. I'm definitely confident (maybe to a fault) and can assure there are no ulterior motives to wanting to help. In my recent dealings I've come across some unpleasant people and have wondered where the kindness has gone and where the selfishness came from. I've seen a friend watch another friends pain and thought where is the loyalty. I'm not the best friend out there and I'm known for not keeping in contact very well, but I do care very deeply for the very few friends that I have, maybe even more than they will ever know.

I've been reading Kite Runner lately and I have seen the difference between two of the characters Amir and Hassan. I see their loyalty and how it's shown and felt, both in very different ways, but both very real. I envy that, the only thing that I've known in my life is change. I have moved 13 different times growing up, and went to 8 different schools. I've never had best friends, I've never been in a place long enough for people to remember. I'm not writing all of this so the people reading, if any, feel sorry for me. I just want to care for people, I feel like that's the one and maybe only thing that I'm really good at, I just hope that those friends who I do care about know it. I love the life that I have and I love the people in it and it's even sweeter when the love is shown. For those that do know me, they know that I'm not a mushy, cheesy person who always shows emotion. I just grew up a decade too late, but am still a huge supporter for free love. The one thing the world could never have too much of . . . . . . . . . . love, sweet love.

3.13.2008

HOME



Just because there are palm trees doesn't make it tropical, it's a desert and I may become a desert rat for a couple of years if it means more softball. It has been interesting being here without a vehicle, getting to know the city by foot. There's something satisfying about it. I know that will change soon when I start getting impatient and feel like I'm wasting time with walking when there are so many things to get done. I moved with very little, clothes and books, that's it, literally. There's something very comforting about the idea of being so easily mobile. Now the search for a high paying dream job begins.