California Bound!!!!

Yo Chris!

Are you psyched for Cali or whaaaaaaaaaat?! Here's some inspiration pics to get you and Mom pumped for the trip.







Entertainment History!


Champions!



CELEBRITIES ABOUND!

Beautiful Beaches!

"hear the flash, like a flame, faster than a plane, a mystery with the name...."

Over the past couple of days the world has been immersed in the details of the devastating 8.9 earthquake and tsunami that struck mainland Japan. After some explosions at the nuclear power plants, authorities are now trying to cool down the reactors to avoid a complete meltdown. Yeah, thousands dead, cruel world, shit happens, must be God's plan. As I was reading the news I took notice that one of the power plants that exploded was 40 years old.  Thinking about Japan and the early 70's brought back a long lost memory of a TV show I watched as a kid, a Japanese sci-fi show dubbed in English

Spectreman

Looking up some info on Wiki I find out that Spectreman originally aired first in Japan in 1971.  Yes, that's 40 yrs ago. Also surprising, Tokyo at the time was considered one of the most polluted cities in the world and this sci-fi TV show may have been inspired by that as it dealt with 'saving the world' themes. Later on. the show aired in the Chicago area in the later 70's on UHF.  I believe it was channel 44. All I remember is that it was one crazy show with a very catchy theme song.

I think Japan now needs Spectreman

green river

The downtown Saint Patty parade took place today and it marked Daley's last appearance as mayor.  I didn't go this year and sadly the infamous Southside parade that was canceled a few years ago was not resurrected.  I just wanted to throw up a video I made of the downtown parade back in 07.  This video was one of my first attempts at editing. I used a 60 dollar editing program called AVS. I hadn't planned on making a video but thought I could do something with all the footage from two different cameras (you will notice this when andrea takes a pic of lady next to bike). I combined still-shots with video and found copyright-free music online. The result is something that is a little more entertaining than a still-shot slide show or 2 hour home video that never ends. I had a lot of fun making it.

heart attack grill

Not really a shocker really. No one who weighs more than a quarter-ton is expected to live that long. It wasn't a heart attack but pneumonia that got him. Although I'm not a body mechanic, I'm pretty sure the excessive weight had something to do with his demise- compromised immune function or something like that. So, some people are wondering if the Heart Attack Grill should be shut down because it could endanger lives, that we are in the midst of an obesity epidemic and that a place like this sets a bad example.

Are you kidding me? A bad example? Oh stop. True, this burger joint is extremely unhealthy and eating too many meals here would be akin to suicide by food. But it's all novelty, a very successful marketing gimmick. No one is trying to hide anything. They don't pretend to do anything but deliver the most unhealthy and disgusting food possible. The warnings are clear- eat this shit and you may die. Even kids are discouraged from eating here. Contrast that with the heavily frequented big-chain fast food restaurants. For years big name places have been silently and secretly fattening up the population and only recently due to pressure have they started to make healthier changes.

"Do you want those fries?"

And let's remember, this is America. We have freedom of religion, speech and food. If you want to stuff your face and turn into an obesity statistic, by golly you have that right. Go ahead and continue to eat 6000 calories a day and condemn yourself to a life of always running out of toilet paper. It's your choice.

Learning on a Budget

Since Bianca and I have a cramped house of randomness due in large part to years of thrift store shopping, now reaching full capacity, we have to be even more selective. I figure since we have a blog now, I can just photograph and "virtually" keep these rare finds forever.

These are from our last trip to the book section:

Is that? No.


There is absolutely no mention anywhere explaining Don Knotts involvement in brick work or this book in general.























                                                               Life changing toilet reads.

                                                                      Cheap porn.

                                                               For my cinema shelf.

        














He-Man LITERALLY smells trouble. "That dude just ran off with MY poop in HIS pants!" I have no idea how or why He-Man's poop got into the villains pants. I didn't write this stupid book, lay off.

And the only book we ended up taking home. Bianca's pick.


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How could you not pick up the concrete book with don knotts?? "If I can do it, YOU can do it" Oh man, that is too funny. Love his facial expression on the cover, reminds me of the mr. know-it-all false bravado of barney fife. I'm trying to picture him mixing up a batch in the wheelbarrow. Them bags are pretty heavy.
Good job passing up on the self-help books-those are usually just a bunch of nonsense with made up stories.

"What is the Meaning of Life?" Oh, I'll answer that one. Simple- It's whatever you want it to be. Ok, now gimme my fcuking 20 bucks!