One Fare

Every now and then a few things in life bring back nostalgic feelings. Recently I found a Polaroid picture of my sister and I dated back about ten years. Days when I was playing sports and being a "free spirit". A decade later one of my friends walks in to my life and brings me two tokens. One, is a New York Transit fare token and the other is a Chicago Transit token. Now, if there is anything that can bring back the feeling of nostalgia it's definitely these tokens. There are only a few people in life who can truly be called friends and we know that all too well. My friend remembered about my rambling rants of possibly one day traveling to New York just to ride the trains if nothing else. Remembered my random nights of boredom when I rode buses and trains around Chicago to discover new possibilities on my own. Many called me crazy but its like anything else your gender can't stop you from doing things you want and can do. It's all a society made up issue. Just wanted to share this with my all too awesome followers and friends....

GREVE - Presented by Oink Art LTD and Sabotaz

The Road Again

This weekend's getaway was a blast with the girls. The sunset was the best I've seen in months. I knew it would be great and seem like a short time out but I definitely had a chance to goof around with photography and lighting which is by far one of my favorite things in photo. I can always enjoy laid back company who is up for whatever adventure lies ahead and plenty peanut butter and jelly sandwiches like the good old road traveling days.

I'm usually the last one, which is not too bad.



The ladies snapping shots of the gorgeous sunset and lighthouse.



One of many



Park in the Dark

Art and the CIA

Thought this was a bit interesting if nothing else....

"For decades in art circles it was either a rumour or a joke, but now it is confirmed as a fact. The Central Intelligence Agency used American modern art - including the works of such artists as Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko - as a weapon in the Cold War. In the manner of a Renaissance prince - except that it acted secretly - the CIA fostered and promoted American Abstract Expressionist painting around the world for more than 20 years."


READ MORE HERE...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-weapon-1578808.html

(Insert catagory here) of the Month....

This month thousands of Turkeys get sacrificed to make millions happy and belly filled. Heres a fellow who got smashed on his way to work. Great choice of tie for a tragic day. Anyway, here's a quick look at random images I was either forwarded or I encountered.

OCTOBER ROADKILL I thought this was pretty cynical



And this of course is the FORWARD OF THE MONTH

"...You know I've got your back like chiroprac......tic!"

Check Out The Red Shoes!!!

No respect for the status quo and like the crappy food chain slogan goes; I'm loving it!

TAHOE from Age180 on Vimeo.

My Number One...

Amongst the plethora of music/musicians I enjoy and favorite songs I have is "My Number One" by Gregory Isaacs. He's a reggae legend who's passed away ( July 15Th, 1951 – October 25Th, 2010)
due to liver cancer. Even before his mainstream debut with samples of his work used by Mos Def's "Miss Fat Booty" this reggae genius played on my CD player, that huge one with a hand band Velcro holder! haha. Speaking of which Sony announced that they have as of today discontinued the famous "Walkman" so once the last batch which was sold in April of 2010 is sold out at stores that's it, bye bye Walkman, I dont know if anyone will miss you but R.I.P to another music legend that will surely be missed.

"Time goes by so slowly"

When you find yourself trying to find some browse worthy sites, or maybe some in depth articles about random subjects, art, drawings etc....
http://www.ethermul.com/In general, if you want to see graffiti in its latest evolution check in and don't worry I have it under my favorites too.
Other favorites...
http://www.djnicktracy.com/
http://www.utahoner.com/and of course....http://www.artofwdata.com/Or you can always check in to see what I'm up to, which is usually nothing bad.

September

September is one of my favorite months. It is the month where summer begins to slowly transition in to Fall and also when I can start seeing foliage appear on different trees. It is also the month in which my two best friends where born. One of them has a sleeping disorder where at times he wakes up at the peak of the morning asking that I make a cheeseburger. Interesting that at one year of age you acquire a specific taste for food. September is also the month of the 9/11 tragedy, so maybe that's the only sad part of September. Last year in September around this time I was party-planning the biggest party celebration for my two friends. I also looked back at the one long accomplished year I had with my then newborn. Now, I am just wondering what another year is going to do to me, and most importantly what it will do for him. I love September it puts me on check with the things I've accomplished thus far and makes me feel warm inside to know that hibernation season is also under way.

Seems as if I haven't updated this bad boy in quite some time. I have content but my time is short. Sorry.I'll be back for a few updates.thanks for checking in.

Writer's Block

I just found myself typing different sentences that got deleted and retyped at least five times. I call it writers block but it could also be a subject problem. I was going to continue jabbering about the oil tragedy, how anyone dare call it a spill it’s still flowing like a bladder gone bad. Like in the Austin Power's movie, where he pees uncontrollably then pauses but wait the oil flow has never paused, I guess that’s the difference. I won’t keep going with this oil greed. I’ve had about enough on the oil spill I’m disturbed by it every time I think about it. I can’t save the whole world even if I wanted to. What a dramatic change in weather though.
While in Chicago for the second consecutive month, the weather hit a hit a high of
Ninety four degrees Fahrenheit, I'll have you know it was sticky and hot and I didn’t even want to shake anyone's hand. I thought to myself "as soon as it hits dusk we are good!" well, no we weren't, all the windows popped up with little to no breeze coming through but none the less I've missed the hot Spring/Summer. I'm looking forward to hitting the "beach" has to start correcting all the yuppies that it’s a Lake not the beach. A beach has fish and other Ocean creatures with sea shells on the shore and little conches not just a bunch of empty water bottles and trash. It's normally all those people who have just re located to Chicago that call it a beach. I began wondering how it would affect this area had an oil spill happened in Lake Michigan. I can just imagine how the Mayor would have been so "concerned" maybe he would’ve started an Oil Blasters program. From what I hear and I heard it through the grape vine is that he cut back on his graffiti blasters program. I guess he finally realized it would be better to catch all those murderers running lose around the city than to play cat and mouse with teenagers who like applying paint on buildings. I know it may come to a surprise but Chicago has now been ranked number one in murders. Crime is out of control, last time I watched the news it wasn’t good but when is it? When they find the governor bidding Obama's Senate seat to the highest paying idiot? Or maybe Tod Stroger getting his family through the loop holes of the city for a high paying position? All I know is that the news should be labeled "No Good News”, unless your related to a politician in Chicago because even if its bad news you can just pay your way out the ordeal you get into.
This has been an over all jumpy post but this is what’s on my mind and I have writer's block. Sometimes, I can’t be half woman half amazing. So I have to settle to being an ordinary, curious, opinionated human with tendencies of making everything sound like its a joke because the more you try to make a positive difference in this world it seems to back fire and disgust from deep with in.

Wishful Thinking

While I continue to investigate and navigate the browsers that be, I keep researching different subjects. Subjects, such as and not limited to, wild life, fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, crude oil in water, new substances on shore, and so on, I keep praying and wishing that we can all do one thing, something like the "good deed of the day" to contain this disaster from further threatening our Eco system and our wild life. I'm not a crazy "stop animal cruelty" type of person which doesn't mean I am about being cruel to animals either nor am I a "Go Green" pusher but I am all about making the future safe, clean and better for generations to come. I am about the earth and nature and supporting those people who at times don't even get paid to research and keep the earth "healthy" but if i could go green and if I could do anything else to make this all end soon without drastic compromises of my own health and more importantly my son's, I would. I am saddened to not really be able to do anything else other than donate my time to speaking out on what is simply an opinion, donate my hair and followup on the spill day in and out. But I guess I can, or we can because I just need a "yes we can" attitude to accomplish these things that are not yet visible to our eyes. All the effects this oil "spill" will bring we wont even be able to see, because most of it will be underwater damage and over the time period type of effects. And I emphasize the "spill" in quotations because the word spill can be easily understood more in sentences such as these;" I think I just spilled the beans"- As in it just slipped out. "i spilled my coffee on the car floor"- as in it actually stopped spilling as soon as I picked up the cup. Point is that the "spill" began April 20Th and there have been estimations of it pouring for 90 or more days to come. I am hopeful that this will open peoples eyes and bring people together in efforts on making our cities, countries, and world a better place. But, as events have unfolded for the past weeks or months it seems like no one even gives a shit anymore.

M.I.A. "Born Free"

M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.

This was removed from youtube in the U.S. stumbled upon it on my daily NPR browsing...very violent.

Broke?

http://www.brokehipster.com/ for all Chicago...

Save the Fish!

I'm not sure that this will fix the problem but it would definitely help it and keep it sustained. If it gets worse whats going to happen to my fish dinners? I love fish don't you? most importantly, what safety precautions would we need to take if the bacteria developed from this grows rapidly and closes our beaches. Things slowly become intangible....
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/776665767?z00m=19829591

Throwback

We are remodeling the new place (my husband and I) but its really more like himself with my supervision. Some stuff will definitely stay the same. I love shabby chic and vintage in a home. Maybe that's why I enjoy hitting up the thrift stores occasionally. I get excited on a deal.ha ha. Only thing I hate are the dust particles that make me itch and sneeze. Anyway, I was helping him scrape old layers of wall paper the other night, and I found wallpaper I wouldn't mind keeping had it not been mounted on by another "fugly" one :sigh: So for the love of vintage hope you enjoy these phone cam snaps.


That is what was left of the flower pattern after most of it was scraped off. There must have been like four? sets of different wallpapers, maybe more. It was almost like scraping through different eras of wallpaper design and pattern.


Saved this puppy for my scrapbook. An ongoing project which I will probably finish when I'm pimping the greys.

Love Letters

Previewed one of my Valentine gifts.

Valentine's Day is going to be a blast...NOT(BORAT), I was scheduled to work but it's just another day. Although we agreed to not get ANYTHING for each other my husband got this awesome book for me. A Love Letter for You by Steve Powers. http://www.aloveletterforyou.com for availability and where to cop it.



Thanks Hubster, You deserve the best husband of the year award or maybe just the best man in the world award.

FREE ETHER!!!

He is your favorite graffiti writer's, favorite graffiti writer. The system will waste money to put away a graffiti writer. Instead of spending money and time on finding kidnapped children or murderers. Thanks for your efforts America.

Free Ether!!!!!

:Insert your favorite Ether picture here (google search):

MY ADIDAS

I submitted these for the San Francisco Adidas store (SHOE BIZ). I'm almost positive it was late October. I actually enjoyed doing these. Good Ol' dollar store bandanna and oink ink, worked great!I rushed a bit because I was given a week and a half but after I send my shoes they extended the due date. Which was awesome because then I would've just procrastinated much longer. These were courtesy of Mike "BAM" from San Francisco.

1/20/2010 edit...

ShoeBizSF / Adidas x Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle from Estria Battle on Vimeo.