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Disasterous Evening!

2009-12-31T11:14:00.000-08:00

Disasterous Evening!

Last night was very unpleasant, Sister was NOT feeling well AT ALL which is unfortunate because its now New Years Eve! But Video Chatting with Emilia! made it much more tolerable!

Yesterday Taylor, "The Programmer" and I made a crap load of headway on the project and are meeting up again in actually a few minutes! I hope we can double it up!

Thus, its freezing outside and its going to be LAME driving up to meet him but it must be done!

ONE WEEK TILL FLORIDA!!! ARRRGHHHH! soo close! I don't know if im ready to go back yet, but I've gotta face this head on! So, Bring it on Semester!!! Throw me all you got! I can take it!

The Internship is coming to a close and I'd say that we have done quite alot, however I wouldn't be suprised if it bled into next semester a little. If all goes well we may have to skype our ideas back in.

I miss you all, and hopefully see some of you soon!

xander

<8>

Work, Work

2009-12-30T11:42:00.000-08:00

Work, Work

Good morning Blogzie and blogziezies!

Staying up till 5 am is def not a fun idea!

however, the work is starting to pile on!

T-Minus a week and a half or so till school!

I have recieved over 20 emails thus far with teams from the quidditch

horde responding with RSVP or no RSVP for the 1st annual Quidditch Tournament!

Hopefully we will see things coming together as we get closer to MLK weekend but the nerves are also setting in! Amongst all of the emails I am starting to set up a list of people's current team information to add it to the national roster.

I still have yet to organize both of my hard drives, which was a goal of mine to do over the break :( ANNND I still have some gifts to buy! And Play Wii Fit Plus!

so many things haha, oh and watch T.V. and play WoW... yeah pretty nice vacay id say...

Hope all is well with you all,

Keep your heads in Vacay mode, and say to yourself. "MAN Time is flying!" - literally

(It'll slow it all down)

Miss u all,

Alexander <8> New heartzi

read it like im speaking to you

2009-12-29T12:14:00.000-08:00

read it like im speaking to you

Ahh,

So, as a few of you may know we have to re-apply to become an R.A. for the following year.

Thus, my morning has been busy!

Although, I had the Re-hire paper written practically the day I received the short answer questions, I just now got around to sending it in. I have been proofing things that I wrote almost three-weeks ago and realizing that oh! hey! I am not a very good writer. :(

So, to my Bloggers and Bloggettes I am sorry you have to read my inner voice, because, if you had read my FB status a day ago, a good friend of mine summed up his blog reading experience (Of my blog) to that of: You have to read it like im speaking to you, and imagine im in the room with you. Which, well, is very true.

Im sorry I cannot write to you in 3rd person omniscient or even from a dogs point of view.

Why? Because, the way I see it is... I just wanna get what I have down, and then have you live it with me, I don't want to write it like im writing an essay, which is unfortunate because it probably gets wordy and very boring, but SORRY!

back to editing :) CHEERS!

I miss u all!

Starbucks Battle: FIGHT!

2009-12-28T20:01:00.000-08:00

Starbucks Battle

A masterful game of wit and cunning,

I was engaged in this, this afternoon.

Shortly after "The Programmer" and I arrived at Starbucks to begin our thinking log session

I was encroached by a Starbucks employee upon purchasing my Chai Tea--

He, A.K.A. Joey? was encouraging me to buy a Starbucks Via package.

He tried everything from offering me a buy one get one free deal to a combination of guilt tripping.

After a while I decided to say "Hey buddy, quit while you are ahead, you are preaching to the chior here, advertising is my gig."

to which that seemed to be the tipping point for the young chap and

needless to say, I walked away from the situation with a grin on my face and a new Via package in my pocket for free.

Alex:1 Starbucks: 0

next inline?

Also:

Favorite Part of my day:

Some child was waving to me out of the rear drivers side of a black Range Rover SUV to which I smiled widely and waved back as I turned the corner :) <3>

Biggest Accomplishment of the day:

Meeting with "The Programmer" and coming up with a new amazing idea/concept for the CBS presentation in January! :) <3>

Biggest Failure of the day:

Watching my boys, Texas A&M, lose to UGA in the Independence bowl :(

Oh and my pride has been lost to Kyle O. :(

He now owns my life

A day with the Jones'

2009-12-28T09:13:00.000-08:00

A day with the Jones'

Today is the day!

I am meeting with my best pal in the world, and world's best programmer in the world!

my friend Taylor, NOT to be confused with my sister Taylor, has been in my life since day one,

legend has it our two souls were adjoined before birth and entered the world within the same hour!

ahh there, he is, in his full prowess. He is like De Vinci with a Notebook. Picasso with a brain, and Barney with a Child... A King among Kings, I present to you- Taylor!

It has been known in tales to be our destiny to one day rule the world, far greater than those alike, Alexander the Great, Pinky and the Brain, and Neil Armstrong!

Anyways, we are currently employed together in this internship gig in Dallas that lets us both explore our majors together! We are currently developing confidential product that deals in the realm of Flash, Advertising, Marketing, and REALLY cool/awesome things.

Today we meet up to begin a 12 step process of brand identification and product brainstorming. The best part about it is, most of the actual "Work" that is being done is at Starbucks, Mexican Food joints, and Panera Bread. making us REALLY fat, yet helps us really get to the nitty gritty of problem solving!

Hopefully by the end of the month I will be able to show you all a few samples I've been working on. However you may see them on your favorite websites shortly!

Thus, that is what appears to be my plans for the day, meet up with him and just work work work all day.

BUUUUT let me catch you up on a few things,

Last night I had a pretty cool conversation with Alex Benepe (Founder of the IQA - A.K.A. The Intercolegiate Quidditch Assoc.) which put a pretty nice book end to an awesome day yesterday.

Just a plug:

Join the Twitter:

http://twitter.com/MuggleQuidditch

and Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2220478706

Cowboys and Branding:

2009-12-27T18:32:00.000-08:00

Cowboys and Branding:

Today was a day of realization,

After waking up from a dream that encompassed a fear that is held deep within me

I came to a crossing point where I had my eyes open up to the world of marketing and design.

After seeing my parents buy a new iphone and give her a bag that probably costed them 2 dollars to make essentially branded her with their huge fat logo for the mall to see as free advertising!

turning any customer leaving their store into a walking billboard!

Thus, the opportunity cost for the company in branding their customers is infinitely more profitable to them than any commercial, all for a very very cheap cost. AND the customer leaves happy and now has a new tote to walk around and brag with.

Ugh, I miss the old days before I had my eyes opened up and see all of the "Fun" things about shopping in a new sinister light. :(

The Fam and I Enjoyed seeing the new Sherlock Holmes flick

that was HIGHLY HIGHLY entertaining. However sister and father took a nap during the film :( If only I could figure out what causes people to fall asleep during movies Id make MILLIONS!! Why and how the crap can people do that? It just doesn't make since to me!

I also have a new Idea,

Footrests in movie theaters!!

ANNNND a new way to experience video games!

Check back for more prelim sketches!

<3>

Home again!

2009-12-26T18:53:00.001-08:00

Home again!

Its so good to come home after a living in a world, worlds away from home. Home to a cottage enhanced with snow, awe its good to come back to my parents hobbit hole. Time to suprise the crap outta them with this wedding video!

If I had it my way I'd live like the Avatar people! free to do what I please AND ride dragons.

yeah its truly awesome how much thought went into that movie, the only thing they messed up on was the Papyrus font for subtitles... However when you think about it, I guess it did send it str8 to number one!

I hope all of you are having a Merry Christmas! and Happy Holidays to you and yours.

Best,

Alexander

Update

2009-09-29T20:34:00.000-07:00

Life has been CRRRRAZZZY!

So far, duties are this,

School,

R.A.

Club Liason - SGA BOARD

Ringling ISsues Committee

Qudditch Club

Mucho Mucho Crazy,

I feel like I have no time, but I do-- cuz all my fun time and homework collide, Im now living in the labs every second I get a chance between meal times and meetings. its insane, but fun at the same time! the new building is proving to be extremely useful when im living in the COVE, unfortunately my responsibilities push me to go to the other side campus.

Regardless, All is well.. im staying sane, miss all of my friends and love soda now :(

Miss u all

will get back to blogging soon,

<3>

The Transparent Surfaces are the easiest....

2009-08-04T23:26:00.000-07:00

This week has been a miserable week for most everyone I know...
people leaving left and right... dropping like flies... some of the best people and the people I look forward to seeing in my day are just leaving, whether its financial or personal reasons... they are gone nonetheless... this makes Ringling a bit tarnished around the edges to me...

I feel more lonely now than ever... Not only am I living in my fall residents hall all my by self, which is extremely creepy... but people are leaviing...

Which also means I do not know where I am working next semester... my boss is one of the people leaving... ughh its just hard to realize sometimes. Transparent surfaces always make catching flies the easiest... snaggin' them when they arent lookin' ya know? perhaps this could only be true for people... its just a shame I dont have the transparent surface... which is probably monies in this case...:-/ who does?! Screw this economy and screw this summer... Pre College made it worth while, but I miss home and I miss simplicity... (Basically this is me complaining about being a grown up)

What evs, I cant wait for people to move back down... lets just get school started so I can finally get out of this perpetual time sink... Let me live, I wanna get going on my career now lets hop to it!

Cheerios!
-Alexander

P.S. Kyle moved back due to lack of work...

Back...

2009-08-03T23:38:00.001-07:00

Alright-- sooo its been forever since I said hello to you guys... but this summer was pretty hectic... Pre College was a blast! Soo many awesome opportunities to reach kids lives and such... Although I learned a lot about my self via the situation... apparently I like to hear myself talk way to much, which I do realise is not Ideal in certain circumstances, but this year's mission is to find a gentle blend of leadership and passive outlooks on things, I keep jumping ahead of myself between to realities, that of which I am a student, and that of which that his peers are graduating and starting their real jobs, and I feel that I too am able to get out of school and start LIVING.... alas there is still more work to be done here.

Moving here was a big step towards Alex 2.0 and so far I am pleased with the results... I do find hiccups in my demeanor though... I find myself going through swings of outlooks, attitude, and apathy. Yet also find WAVES of courage, cunning, perseverence, and entitlement.

Resentment is not an option- adaptation is the answer, realising faults is probably the most fun thing out of this whole process we call life; my outlook is, if you are comfortable your doing it wrong :-P honestly though, if you just sit in a rut, and opt not to move, where is there progress to be had, there is none.

it took an old guy that works in a type/printing museum to knock this one into my head: success is putting your pants on one leg at a time, and making that first step... for all of this time, I tired to pull off 150% on everything, ultimately stressing my body out to its breaking point and exhaustion... when in actuallity if I just made each step gradually happen, the rest will fall suit...

Ill get deeper into this summer tomorrow night, its back to regular posting hours... I miss ya'll and love you, its about time I vented... such releif flows from writing your thoughts... even if nobody does read them. :)

-A.

Irony...

2009-06-16T21:12:00.000-07:00

So as it turns out I found my self at a fork in the road tonight between rationality and perception...

Here were were -- the precollege team, enroute to the movie theater to enjoy our selves a free 8 dollar movie. (A night at the museam II if you were wondering) and upon the arrival at the theater we could enter without noticing this Lambo, parked right in front of the theater like they owned the place. Now granted, there has been many a time that I have thought "oooOoooO man I want that!" yet, for some reason, living in florida you see them alot, and now I think they are over-rated, but there is still that childhood excitement factor when you see a "Rare car-- for those WOW players" or just somethign out of the ordinary that would proclaim wealth.

However, here is where I got slapped in the face, yet realized how naive I was. --- Recap, Saw nice car, didnt want, but was still astonished. --- so me and a few of the precollege R.A.'s go up to buy drinks @ concessions and this "Pack" of 12-15 year old girls were standing in front of us, when all of the sudden one of them turns around and say

"Hey, have you seen my dad's car out front?"
I say " You mean my car?"

we go back and forth a few times on this untill

she says "Show me the keys"
I stare, and say "Why are you doing this? whats the point of you doing this? does it make you feel cool? "

She got owned to say the least, I fill in the precollege crew on what happend, and they are all in on it, and we keep seeing them, and its a big joke all of the suddent, yet now the movie is over and we are walking out and low and behold, who do we see? The girls.... yet one of the other R.A.'s now bring it up saying, have you seen my dad's car out front? haha the look on the girls faces was priceless!!!

Not to mention, the car was now gone as they left...

funny story!! haha

30 to launch

2009-06-02T21:31:00.000-07:00

Hey Guys!
Just popping into say I have some big stuff in the works, feel free to check it out via Facebook
its called 30 to launch, I cant talk about much of it just yet, but its in the works. I'll keep you posted!
Facebook link

Love,
Alexander

Life on the Line, or Life Line?

2009-06-01T07:13:00.000-07:00

Man, I had a huge wake up call this morning,
Here I am sitting, worrying about my minute inefficientcies and how my life seems to be
in shambles, and I can never seem to get anything right, and my self control is weak.
and all of the sudden, I get a Facebook message from my bud Kon.
He told me he has to go to the army after all...
How freaking hard would that be?! to leave everything you know and love,
just to go back to your home country, which you dont even live in, and join THEIR army
risking your life for them, just so when you visit your parents they dont take you to jail?

REDICULOUS!
Kon has some of the best qualities a human can possibly have!
you cannot help but smile when you see him (No homo) but its true
he has such a good head on his shoulders, and doesnt seem to let much get to him.

I was designated the keeper of his laptop, the gatekeeper if you will, I now hold
his last remnances of his prescense of being enrolled at Ringling (Other than his work)
I am the one who books the final book end on his time here, this chapter atleast.
I cannot almost help think its fate that put it here... why me? it makes since, sure, but why not just turn it in before he left? why not Garey? *Sigh* I am trying to see the good in this, I would like to think Kon planned it all out, he knew I needed this, he saw I needed this, I miss that kid.

While Kon is risking his life, his laptop serves as my only life line for now. I feel it sitting at my feet while im typing, he left his ringling bag under my bed... here it sits, beckoning, calling, urging me, to be all I can be, and pushing me to become who I am supposed to be.

How is it that an inanimate object can move me in such ways? I can feel an aura in the room, almost if he were here, but even moreso, His intuition, or persay his faith in me to carry on. Almost the same feeling as a desceased loved one leaving behind something, but bigger, because 1. he is still alive,
2. he knew what he was doing when he gave it,
3. It seems so right.

Kon, whether you knew what you were doing when you left, this laptop has had a bigger impact on me than I even thought it would. I miss you man, I pray you continue to keep to yourself, and that you stay safe, as you told me you are leaving next month for the army.

You'd better believe I will be the FIRST one waiting at the gate for you to return...

Come back to florida!!

Jerry Springer wants you back
The Ocean wants you back
NASA wants you back
And the Doublemint twins want you back
And StarBucks wants you back
And Gangster hats wants you back

New Site

2009-05-29T08:43:00.001-07:00

Hey Guys,
sorry about the past few days! I have been doing some maintenance.
I just finished re-doing the "whoisalexander" website... I turned it more into my profressional porfolio site. feel free to check it out... http://whoisalexander.com

I wil still update this blog, if you dont want to remember the original URL you can still reach it via my New site. check the upper right hand corner!

Thanks!
Love you guys!

Live like you were dying

2009-05-24T22:45:00.000-07:00

As I sit, as I think, as I ponder...
The shower, my think tank, my thinking log.
I wonder, What if I were to live like I were dying?

Many of you have thought about it, yes, its constructional thinking, it builds charcter.
However, what If you actually tried it for more than 1 hour, for more than 1 day, or even a month...
Why is it that we, as human beings, are so perplexed and tied down by our own self determination?
We tell our selves one thing, yet constantly let our selves down. at least I hope this is a "We" situation haha, I hope im not the only one.

Thus, why is it? illusions of Grandeur and aspirations of hope. They are what our bodies yern for. Why do you think that people watch movies so often? A Sense of Adventure? A sense of resourcefulness? A sense of losing themselves? What if you could truly live like you were dying? live like it was your last? Well, your life would be drastically different I can assure you this.

So, to you, yes you, you reading this document, Please do yourself a favor and do something EVERYDAY that scares you, I ensure, I Guarantee, I promise you will not regret it, even if said thing were to kill you, you would be doing it with a conquering mindset (Please use discretion)
It will build your self esteem and character.
Please do it, for the childrens sake.

This makes the perfect Diamond post
----Click here to try---
Alexander.

This is why planning is key!

2009-05-16T14:57:00.001-07:00

Alright Gents and Ladies,
Here is why planning is verry important for trips.
I am an avid believer of letting the wind take me where ever I go, However, in certain circumstances-- it is probably a good idea.... let me fill you in,

Trip: Fly to Texas from Florida to see friends and family.

Actions taken prior to leaving: None.

Exception: Book Flight, and threw clothes in a suitcase.

Outcome: Over priced tickets, a bag slightly underweight, more outfits than days staying.

Lets start,
Okay got on plane finally, had to pitch some hair products becuse of that new rule I forgot on purpose. Then boarded the first plane that was exceptionally small because I thought I booked an economical flight, regardless got bumped to F.C. except it sure didnt feel like it, F.C. felt like coach on regular flights.

Saw family for a few days,
decided to drive 3 hours without any plans,
Thinking I would see some old croanies from my old college days...
Wrong.

Here I sit 3 hours from anywhere, in a freebirds, eating my emotions, with no plans--- However, 4$ movie tickets sounds like Ill be spending my evening there! woo!!

Sister is here, maybe ill go out with her tonight, I dont wanna pre-occupy her already occupied time.

This was an experiment I probably wont do again, time to hit up the bars and meet some new people!

Peace, Love, and Alcohol.

The Internet: The Crutch Or Solution?

2009-05-12T04:11:00.001-07:00

Well, This weekend has seemed to go on forever and ever! It started with everyone leaving, and its been a slow trickle of faces held dear, disappearing into the mist for a few months, and some years.... Time after time I sit and stare--wondering how so many different lives could cross paths only to return to their old stomping grounds at the exact same time, I understand its part of this institution we call school, it happens, sure! people all come together with common objective goal, and there are institutionalized periods of time that we are allotted to see our friends and family. However, It seems as if we have all melded into one conglomerate unit, our own family of sorts, we find solace in seeing each others face's, we become elated to hear about each others days, although they are eerily close the same day we just experiences, with a few different variables that inevitable like classes, what we eat, and who we encounter-- most of which we have to understand are built into to each others life's by the very thing we are here for, in a way its almost a predestined year.

We sign the dotted line into a year that we have put faith into our academic supervisors to create for us on our behalf, granted, they are willing to accomodate any needs, but for the most part, they potentially could introduce you to your future spouse, whether they know it or not....

Perhaps that's just how life is, we are all thrown together with one common objective; now this objective may vary depending on how you see life, however, for the most part we all hold a few key distinct qualities that make us all --- well human, we desire: Security, Survival, Food, Sex, Love, Unconditional Love, entertainment, knowledge, self-acquisition, self-association, Self-esteem, and power..... We all have experienced all of these traits through out life times, or will eventually, Now the kicker is this, How the Hell do we all do this peacefully? Well, its difficult to say exactly in one sentence, but, my philosophy on human interaction is this, now please realize I am not a trained anthropologist (a Studier of Cultures and People Interaction) However, I can, based on my own personal experience lay claim to this, and that is, That our species, has for thousands of years existed in a realm of close-knit communities that worked as a team/tribe to rely on each others survival....

Lets break this down, a group/tribe is quoted from the Merriam Websters dictionary as this,

1 a: a social group comprising numerous families, clans, or generations together with slaves, dependents, or adopted strangers 2: a group of persons having a common character, occupation, or interest

Thus we can lay claim that a tribe is a collective whole comprised of groups living with common character, occupation or interest, in such a way they are surviving together.

Now the main problem with TODAY'S mentality is, that we still want to have this interconnected tie of clansmenship and commroadary, however, its difficult to find... We are born into our immediate clan, this has not changed since the dawn of time. (If you want to go ahead and take into consideration the ability to divorce, have at it, but its still someone/something you are connected to at birth.) Thus, we still embody the first break down of definition number 1. "A social group comprising numerous families, and in most cases, according to the doctrinal law of marriage upheld by the state, they should have like interests for the childs well being.

Now that we have established the one control of our past, the only thing that has changed is, that throughout the years tribes have expanded, grown, conquered, inbread, raped, pillaged, and cross-bread between clans, creating this amalgamation of people that have inherently lost most of their cultural backing, Now- This was inevitable according to the progression of time. However, in Todays age, we have not made accomodations for how we live, and how we, the people, govern our selves, because its all we know.

We desperately seek to find circles "Tribes" of friends that we can "Fit In With," we urge our offspring to get involved and be social, in hopes they dont get lost in the fray and "Lose themselves." Countless times, I have seen people from my periferral vision seep through the cracks, and lose self-esteem, I too did this... Middle School?! Remember that anyone one? Thats when we develop a since of self, and begin to discover life and human interaction, we resort back to our animalistic insticnts and let our hormones guide our paths, the constant fights, the bickering, the gossip, and the backstabbing all take a stake in this, going through such institutions is in a weird way comprabale to the trials and tribulations the spartans put their offspring through, haha okay maybe not as bad, but has a lasting effect on our character.

Enough Diatribes, Basically, we need to understand that we live in a metropolithic society and we still hold on to tribalistic ideals, so heres the conundrum,

do we change the environment we live in or do we change how we interact in the environment?

There are three types of people in this world, the ones who adapt and dominate the social stratosphere, cascading through the tribal :networks: indellably as if they had previously been the medicine man that traveled from tribe to tribe. Then there are the ones who fail in great depths at the social cycle, probably due to poor middle/grade school experiences, or were rushed into the social realm before they had a sense of self. and lastly there are the "Outliers" (A book a good friend once told me about) that consists of those individuals that some how, regardless of who they are, succeed through their actions, E.X. Bill Gates...etc...

So how can we make sure all 3 types of people (and the varying Greys) inbetween are represented and accounted for?

Well, this is where is gets interesting, Thanks to the internet, we have seen a schizm in the way the world opperates. Before, the archytpes where seperated socially, almost in cast systems, you had the Jocks, The Nerds, The Cheerleeders, and the Geeks, this all occurred in our

"Parents America."

Furthering, Now that the internet is readily available, and I can genuinely say that my generation was probably one of the first through to grow up with a personal computer in their household, enabling me to take my education into my own hands, and learn anything I wanted to at my own rate, or even behind closed doors, meshing the two together, a Jock, can now be the worlds best "Closet Computer Programmer" and a nerd, can still well, be a "Computer Programmer" haha, but in all actuallity the nerds can now obtain the same addrenaline rush, and sense of teamship the jocks once held dear, by taking part in the world of online/offline computer gaming.

In addition the internet eased the process of global connectivity, and tribes. I see tribes everywhere on a daily bases--- in the lunch room ill see what we call "Clicks" I have no clue where the term came from but, its what they are, a selective group of people that have found friendship or more, and have in a way "Clicked" off from the rest of the crowd. I see them in the shopping malls of america, just take a look around, we can even break it down into greater groups of association, people are now wearing things that will let their fellow clansmembers be able to recognize them from a distance--- E.X. Religious people wear religious emblems, Band Groupies wear their favorite Band Clothing, you can even break it down to styles of clothing, like an athletic person may choose to wear sneakers, and gym shorts showing the world that he/she is athletic or on their way to work out.

Its almost as if that, who we are and how we act is made up by the social casts that we choose to associate ourselves with, and being in such a large, metropolithic society, we can

"wear multiple hats" -David Foote

meaning that we can represent many different casts at one time! almost advertising our interests on our bodies in hopes to find a person with similair interests...

Hold on-- that made me vomit a litte in my mouth just there---,

has it become so lame that we have to advertise this because we have come so far from the tradtional tribe, where we can no longer tell if they are part of our tribe from a mile away?

instead they need to tell us by labeling themselves with propaganda? It seems to be the case.

However, we can go even one step further, and break down the clicks to the digital realm. With the invention/discover/whatever you want to call it of the internet, we are enabled the right to host a tribe/clan virtually, no longer, do I need to physically see you to label you a "Bro", or a "Pal."
through text alone, and how we type, speak, and submit our values over the web can dignify you as a teammate, threat, or neutral. Especially in the Online Gaming realm... Facebook, Myspace, MydigitalTribe blah blah blah, whatever the latest thing is, is exactly that, a digital tribe....

Basically to wrap it all up, we all yern for a certain comrodary, kinsminship, and unconditional love, or acceptance from another person, some find it in their spouse alone, others look for groups they can associate with, our society wont change, because WE, a collective whole, created it what it is today, so, WE now have to adapt, Please please please dont go through life, jumping from one acquaintence to another, find a group of people that know you, that can hold you accountable, that will help you in your hour of need, and will watch your children for you, Also, PLEASE let your child find his/her own way, if there is ONE thing I cannot stress enough it is:

The world you grew up in is 100 years ago, the world moves too quickly for us to hold roots in, every few seconds another person is born, graduates, and dies, lifes fast, get on board quick!

Traditions are the anomoly, and we need to have those types of activities to make us human, so keep holding onto your family tradtions, and if you dont have any MAKE SOME, its the only thing we have left once our parents die, and grandparents die-- the memories, and traditions/rituals we have, Each person is born into this world on a fresh slate, is their own to carve, not yours -- guide them the best you can, but for the most part, they are on their own socially.

Its just not the same,

The Rubble of Antiquity we came from, The status of Primitivity we Grew from, the World Grows larger with each passing second, yet becomes smaller and smaller as the days go forth,

please introduce your self to your neighbor, I spoke more words to my neighbor this morning (After I had already moved, then I did when I was right next to her) Become involved in your community, and for your childrens sake, teach them values and morals.

Thanks, Sorry for the Ramblings, if you actually read all of this and want to discuss further hit me up, thanks

Alexander.

Humane Society Stuff

2009-05-10T00:13:00.000-07:00

Final Rendered Photo

2009-05-09T16:51:00.000-07:00

Here is the final Rendered Photo that was in the Selby Gallery in Sarasota Florida.

Sorry I didnt have the digital copy :( Ill hunt it down I swear!

Summer 09

2009-05-07T11:24:00.000-07:00

Summer has officially begun! almost everyone is gone, and its getting more and more boring as each hour passes, Im in the gym right now (My new gig for the summer) and am just hanging out. I have a few goals this summer -- work out every day, do artwork, and be merry! I truly think summer will be a big growth opportunity for my self am looking forward to making it one to remember!!!

My 21st birthday party was pretty fun, I went to a habachi grill and had some saki, it came in a buddah mug! saweeet!
I almost forgot! I am working the Pre-College Gig this summer aswell! I got my offer yesterday! It should be buckets of fun!!!!
Last but not least at all!! Is my bro Kon, I will miss the crap outta you! I really hope you have a fun time back home in Korea and a Safe Flight and Fight!! (Kon is leaving Ringling to go to the military service for 2 years in Korea) I love this kid more than I love cake (*see fat kid reference)
Kon, heres to you man, All of the memories we made in such a short time! From Jombies, to Gaming, to Texas, to Gambling, to huggles! I wish you only the very best (And im still sorry about the misunderstanding about the webcam thing!!!) Keep in touch man, miss ya.

To all my other friends/acquaintences, I hope you all too have a brilliant summer! Hit me up on Celley or Facey, or Ichaty. See you all real soon!

Cougar Hunting....

2009-04-29T14:12:00.000-07:00

Alright, So.... after spending all day in Kinkos getting my printing done for AD class, I decided to go and head to wallmart, but I realized I needed a hair cut. So, I went to get my hair cut at location "X"- Now at location "X" it was mid-day and it was filled with middle ages women, and yes... of course, I am the ONLY guy to be found, except for questional subject "B" who didnt have any qualities of a woman, apart from sleek and shiny hair, and an awkward ambiguous voice. the rest looked like cuzin "IT"

Anyways, I am sitting there for an hour it feels like, and I keep catching these women glancing over at me, which is very unusual for their age, they usually just ignore me. Regardless of the situation I become emerged in my Iphone app "IMOB" and continue on with that. The woman in front of me, had stringy drawn out flimsy hair and it seemed like she paid no attention to it, if any!

The line is starting to dwindle down now, and I am starting to think I am next; there are two hair dressers, one is 55-60ish and has neon red hair, but the saggy skin of an elephant, some consider her a proud owner of "Bingo Wings." Yet, the other hair dresser is blonde, wearing a really artsy shirt, what appears to be some artistic shoes? maybe TOMS? the only reason I know this is because I helped Sarah L. coordinate a shoeless walk for them and I researched the company a bit. Anyways, just remember Blonde, Artsy, Shortish hair, kinda cute, Looks 25-26?

Now to the story. My name is called, and its the Blonde one, lets call her "Sasha", she brings me over to the chair, I sit down... its kind of awkward cuz we have also been sharing glances. But, even more so, is the other hair dresser..."Agatha" is cutting her client's hair ...."Sarah" and she is pretty overweight, Im going to just go ahead and say she had a F.U.P.A.... anyways. they are talking about how nice it would be to marry someone rich, and then how much it would suck because they wouldnt love you, but "Sarah" said "Hey, thats why I would get a pool boy." to which Agatha agreed, and said "ooooOOooh hey what about that boy over there, hes cute! he would be a perfect pool boy." ---[normally I would be very VERY flattered at this, but I couldnt stop looking at her F.U.P.A.... "Sasha" chuckels under her breath, I then go on to try and cut the awkwardness but telling her I tried to cut my own hair (I didnt really cut it myself but I have been giving friends the opportunity to learn by using scissors, hey its a free haircut, dont judge me!) "Sasha" laughs out loud hysterically at me, and to which I respond "Hey, I see you laughin' over there, you best watch yourself" she responds with a flirty twirp and we go back to awkwardness, she then asks how old I am,

I say 20.

she said "Ha. stop lyin'"

I said "i aint"

She: "pfft you dont look it!"

I: I have ID I'll prove it, ill be 21 on tuesday!

She: ooooo any big plans?

I: nope, most everyone will be out of town,

She: Thats lame!

I: yup, i know.

anyways not to bore, and drag this out. basically I am checking out, after a lot more flirting during the haircut, and how she told me she is a stripper with 2 kids, and how she had to quit and get a real job... She tells me out of the blue what she was doing that night (tonight) and eludes to me going, I give her props for trying.... so, I told her I'd meet her there, I get the reciept, I ask her -- how much do you want-- she says 10$ (The haircut was 12$) I said "You've got it *wink*" tipped her the 10, she jumps back startled, tells me to wait, grabs a business card, writes her name, number, and that she is going to this bar tonight, she would like to buy me a drink..... WTF right?!

thats my friends is how you hunt a cougar.....

book woot

2009-04-16T18:51:00.001-07:00

Truth in Media

2009-04-16T10:12:00.000-07:00

So, I have been pondering for some time now, if there is truth in Media.... Not the media that was of our parents Era, but the media that is now, that is current, and that is with it. The media that is disguised as pleasure or entertainment, Can we decipher any meaning in it? Can we unveil the bleeding heart of this nation by our glorified super hero films? Can we distinguish our downward movement towards antiquity by our attention to 30 second clips from 13 year old kids talking in a funny voice? Or the infamous StarWars Kid? What can we hold onto from these genuinely unique - mass viewed experiences? When we boil it down to the very core of what exactly we are doing, can we decipher a greater insight into the human mind? When we see 12 million views of the same stupid thing happening over and over again, with different variables like actors and settings, we, and I mean by we the collective scientific community as a whole, pigeonhole this action as Insanity, "The act of doing something over and over again expecting different results, yet falling short." We watch the same scenarios play out; man gets hit by something in the nuts; girl complaining about her life; In-animate object personified as living. All are seen in a multitude of various ways if you just visit the youtube.

Take a step back guys, look at each thing independent of the other, and then combine our nations history and youll see the blatant decline. We are still in Iraq, and Stuff is happening in GAZA and in Darfur and tons of other countries, and we are doing nothing but holding on to our seats. Literally... rather than getting up and doing something, we would rather have our aspirations met in the movie theater by a masked superhero that took 3 years to render, and millions of dollars, and made millions of dollars, only to be recycled back into the same pocket it came from.

Fact is, we are now a global economy, thanks to the internet trading can be done by the click of a mouse, our money is being dispersed to India, Africa, and Singapore, Yet we consider it to be going no where, as long as you are seeing an income right? wrong, since the economy has merged in this fashion, we also need to understand our bubble needs to be popped and we can finally see what is going on in the world, Its changing too rapidly to not care! if we continue to stay in our imaginary bubble we will get just what we want, movies....

Magical Dolphin!

2009-04-12T19:30:00.000-07:00

So, this has been on my heart for a while now, and it finally happened today! I was Baptized! I was baptized in infancy but I wanted to make it a conscious decision, and what better day than Easter! The weird part was is that it wasn't anything like I had expected it to be! I get there and there is around 100 people, and then they want me to stand in front of them and tell them about my story, and it was not nerve racking at all! such an awesome experience, and then we all get out there... we is Me, Lindsey, Justin, Jason, and Kelly get out there with Pastor Matt Day--- we started getting baptized in order, and then a dolphin came out of no where! I swear I saw magic dust trailing behind it and some sort of alleluia choir behind it! haha

here are some pics

Nerd wins!

2009-04-11T17:19:00.001-07:00

Michael Jordan having "retired," with $40 million in endorsements, makes $178,100 a day, working or not.

If he sleeps 7 hours a night, he makes $52,000 every night while visions of sugarplums dance in his head.

If he goes to see a movie, it'll cost him $7.00, but he'll make $18,550 while he's there.

If he decides to have a 5-minute egg, he'll make $618 while boiling it.

He makes $7,415/hour more than minimum wage.

If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX ($90,000) it would take him a whole 12 hours.

If someone were to hand him his salary and endorsement money, they would have to do it at the rate of $200 every second.

He'll probably pay around $200 for a nice round of golf, but will be reimbursed $33,390 for that round.

He'll make about $19.60 while watching the 100-meter dash in the Olympics, and about $15,600 during the Boston Marathon.

This year, he'll make more than twice as much as all U.S. past presidents for all of their terms combined.

Amazing isn't it?

However...

If Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 500 years, he'll still have less than Bill Gates has at this very moment.

Game over. Nerd wins.