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l Sunday - December 22 - 4:06pm l
Busy, busy busy. I'm off for the following week...thank
goodness. Tomorrow morning I head off to theeast coast for five days.
Flying on United...hope I make it back.
I saw Two Towers again on an IMAX screen last night. Although I was excited
to see it huge, the picture was quite blown out. It held up on second
viewing...bring on the third.
l Wednesday - December 18 - 11:24am l
Lord of
the Rings: The Two Towers is one of the best films I have ever seen.
Period. The Helm's Deep battle is certainly one of greatest movie sequences
ever.
After the show let out at 3am I just wanted to watch it again. It's better
than the first...and went beyond my expectations.
l Tuesday - December 17 - 4:50pm l
This is a must read article,'New
Rules Aim to Cut Pollution From Factory Farms'. Some facts in this
article are mind boggling...
-'Large scale animal factories, which raise thousands of animals and produce
220 billion gallons of manure each year.'
- 'Under the Clinton administration, the EPA proposed a new rule featuring
several initiatives that would have further protected the environment,
said Ken Midkiff, director of the Sierra Club's factory farm campaign.
However, the Bush administration stripped them from the final rule after
agribusinesses complained, he said'
I won't quote anymore just READ
THE WHOLE THING.
l 10:01am l
If you are lucky enough to be in the Philadelphia
area on January 19th, and enjoy heavy music, check out this
amazing show. I'm just posting it as I would give my left arm to be
there. If only if it were next week...I'm going to cry into my keyboard
now.
In other news, Bush moves
forward with a multi billion dollar (at least 7.8 billion) missle
system that has a stetchy
test record at best.
Critics are now saying that the arms race is on again...fucking great.
l Monday - December 16 - 8:36am l
This morning I woke up to no power. Luckily Jess
asked me to set the alarm in my cell phone for the standard wake up time.
This
weather is something. I'm sure Tahoe is getting pounded...but wind
and rain in the city isn't too fun.
I've got my ticket for tomorrow night's midnight showing of Lord
of the Rings: The Two Towers at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland.
With the film weighing in at over 3 hours, I'm going to be damn tired
Wednesday. Brings back Episode I memories...
l Friday - December 13 - 8:36am l
These three links were emailed to me in the last
12 hours.
Can't find that special Christmas gift for the little 'peace keeper' in
your life? Try the World
Peace Keepers Battle Station from JCPenny. Because nothing says peace
like cannons, machine guys, and grenades. 'Includes everything needed
to stage a battle'. (And for the record I did play with G.I Joe when I
was a kid...there's just something wrong about profiting from terrorism
and the threat of war. You can't beat the 'Peace Keeper' name either.)
'Bush
Approves SUV Fuel Economy Increase'. Never mind the impact on the
environment, what about doing this right before we may go to war with
Iraq? Am I the only one puzzled here?
And finally, some good food
for thought...
Thanks to Chad, Dean, and Mike.
l Thursday - December 12 - 7:56am l
It was a bit strange watching Tony Hawk try to show
Charlie Rose how to ollie on 60
Minutes last night. Overall it was a pretty strong piece. I especially
enjoyed how stunned Mr. Rose was when Hawk explained that when he was
in High School skaters were picked on by jocks. Picked on? Yes, skating
used to be very uncool. I was surprised to hear that Bagel
Bites sales went up 20% since Hawk signed on. I guess that 20 million
he's made in the last two years is more than justified.
On that note, get a limited edition Tony
Hawk iPod (only fifty bucks more than a regular iPod)! Get Tony Hawk
Pro Skater for
your phone! The Tony Hawk radio
controlled skater! Tis the season to be Tony.
--
In other news Bush seems to be handing
more forest to the logging industry. I have to say this...the man
is consistent.
l Wednesday - December 11 - 12:05am l
I've posted the three spreads I designed in
Journal 933 of the 1000 Journals project. Take
a look.
I also included the songs the designs are based on and added them to the
Playlist.
l Tuesday - December 10 - 9:05am l
Last night Bryce
held his 40th birthday party at Bottom of the Hill in SF. It was a damn
good time. I'm not going to list all the amazing skaters in attendence...the
list would be too long. The highlight of the night was watching never
before seen 16mm footage of BK from over 20 years ago.
Half way through the first band Tom
turned to me and said,"did you ever think as a little kid skating
on the east coast you would be at gathering like this?" The answer
of course is hell no. Growing up reading Thrasher and skating a Schmitt
Stix Rip Saw...I could only imagine.
Thanks to Bryce for putting on a great party...and I wish him at LEAST
another 40 years on a skateboard. If anyone can go the distance it will
be BK.
l Monday - December 9 - 4:37pm l
Big companies can be awful...just awful. I'm going
home.
I have never seen an episode of the 'The
Sopranos'. And I'm fine with that...
l 8:35am l
I finished my work on Journal 933. Images soon.
If you haven't yet, take a look at the 1000
Journals website. Pretty impressive stuff.
What a surprise. Seriously Axl, give it up. Do everyone a favor and
DON'T EVER put out your crappy new album and DON'T EVER go on tour again.
Go back to L.A., yank those horrible extensions out of your hair and quietly
fade into Behind the Music status. Your Mtv performance sucked, and you
can't sing anymore. Buckethead can do better...and everyone is laughing.
Speaking of music, I really need to update the MP3 Playlist. Sorry about
that.
Skateboarding Sucks is a great site. You can't front the SofTrucks.
Awful, just awful.
l Friday - December 5 - 3:55pm l
The featured site up on the left is just great.
Canada sounds good to me. Check it out.
This weekend I plan on working on Journal 933 from the 1000
Journals project. I'm very excited to get started. Thanks to Silvia
for passing it on to me. I'll be posting the artwork I've created for
the project on neckdeep as soon as it's complete.
l Wednesday - December 4 - 10:57am l
This
is completely insane. Big wave surfing at Jaws (in Hawaii) last week.
Could be the gnarliest surf footage ever...Laird Hamilton is unreal. These
guys have courage.
l 9:21am l
This
is an interesting article that talks about the FBI stepping up the
watch for 'eco-terrorists' in the United States.
As long as no one is hurt, I support both ALF and ELF. In many cases I'm
glad there's someone to step up and take action. Change isn't going to
happen unless actions are taken and a message is delivered. Animals are
being killed and the earth is being destroyed and no one is listening.
Life is more important than money...
(This link was sent to me by a guy calling himself Ker Kernal. He loves
to send me emails calling me a 'wigger', and a 'wannabe' and has stated
that San Francisco is filled with 'bums, freaks, druggies, and gays'.
Intelligent guy. My favorite came the day before Thanksgiving:'I just
read your most recent update to your web site and I think I'm going to
be sick. Tofu turkey? If I brought that to the dinner
table I would get my ass kicked'. His next email complained that he was
sick from eating turkey (?!). Brilliant.)
l Tuesday - December 3 - 11:23am l
Although I'm not too into their sound, it seems
System of a Down and I share
similiar views politically...which is always nice.
There's no doubt it's an amazing bike, but I don't really like the new
fairing design of the Ducati 999. Especially the nose
section. There's something simple and elegant about the old
superbike nose design. It's still in production but maybe this new
look will make the prices of the older 996 and 748 drop a bit. I want
one.
l Sunday - December 1 - 7:31pm l
Nice long weekend. Skated two days out of four,
and ate some good food.
- Lately I've been all about the hardcore. And I mean, traditional hardcore.
I've been picking up albums from Deathwish
(Horror Show, Fighting Music II) or Bridge
Nine (the new Terror) for a few weeks now. Seriously good stuff.
- "Skateboarding is about gliding and turning" - Dan Gesmer,
Public Domain 1987. He's
back...be afraid, very afraid.
- Liam Gallagher attacked
and injuried in Munich. They knocked his teeth out. That's gotta hurt.
- Keep that hate (e)mail coming...I love it.
