I received a Veer’s Solid Gold catalog at work a week or so ago. I usually get these things and quickly flip through them and enjoy all the nice stock photos, “cool stuff for creatives,” and in the back they always have a selection of fonts I usually just check the fonts out and wish I could have some of them. I never actually read anything written in them, however this time I actually read some of the paragraphs they had written as fake articles to show off some of the fonts, after breaking out in laughter I began a closer investigation through out the entire catalog and I found a few good ones.
AN UUNLIKELY REUNION “Guitar legend Dickie Avery announced at a press conference that he and estranged bandmate Philip McCoy will reunite for a concert in Central Park. The duo, whose hits included “Wishing on Stars,” “The Love Triangle,” and “That Old Hat of Mine, ” split in 1978, citing artistic differences. When pressed about the odd timing of the reunion, Avery defended his decision, “Just because Phil has been dead for 10 years doesn’t mean we can’t reconcile our differences. He never added much anyway.”
RAPPER INJURES SELF IN BRAWL “Central City (March 20, 2008) - Obscure hip hop artist Owen Daniels, known to a small group of fans as The 10th Wonder, was treated for minor injuries following an altercation with himself outside a downtown nightclub Saturday morning. Though there were not paparazzi on hand to capture the incident, Daniels contacted local media with a statement, “Nobody disrespects me and gets away with it. I’ve always been my own harshest critic. so then it was on.”
A POSITIVE SPIN Local vintage vinyl shop thriving
“They’re celebrating at Spindustrial Revolution, the independantly owned record shop. Despite a poor location and low foot traffic, owner Shaun Watts maintains that his business is a success. “Technically we do record sales every month.”
“There’s a mouse in the cupboard that nibbles your crumbs And you talk to him every night You say, “Hey, Mr. Whiskers, I’m bored and I’m numb You can stay if you just treat me right.” Just last year you were fortunate baby And your friends circled around you in groves Are they thinking of you? Maybe just maybe But not a one has bothered to phone Tell me where oh where did they go”
”When your family calls you make nice to them all And assure them you’re fine and you’re great Then you cry in the bath, cry so hard that you laugh Then you watch television til late Who do you need? Nobody. You’re lucky nobody’s around I can pour my own drinks No thanks, Mister. Go on, and get out of town…”
Sometimes I wonder if this song was written about me, sometimes I wonder if I have any friends, the friends I do have I often wonder if they even really like me, or just tolerate me when I randomly call them, or grace them with my presence. I don’t really have anyone I hang out with, and I haven’t for quite some time now.
Sometimes I wonder if you really need friends? Perhaps these thoughts are me trying to justify my coolness and convince myself that friends don’t define cool (meaning the more friends you have, the cooler you are). Sometimes I can’t blame people for not wanting to be around me. Sometimes I think that as long as Hannah wants to kick it with me, then I am good to go.
Sometimes I wonder if anyone even reads my blog. Sometimes I wonder if it even matters if anyone reads my blog.
Sometimes I wonder…
(Song is by Bishop Allen and the title is “The News From Your Bed”)
Sorry for the lack of posts. Occasionally my life begins to feel rather repetitious and it seems as though there is nothing to really talk about or to blog about. I suppose I will give a little up date as to what I’ve been up to. Last weekend we took a trip to Dallas to visit my brother and to play in the Doug Johnson hoop Night Memorial game. We ended up staying in a Motel 6 which was Hannah’s first time to stay in a hotel, and she was really excited about it. This is one of the first years that I have actually played decent. The first game I ended up hitting four threes in a row and I also hit a lay-up and a short jump shot. The second game I hit one three and a lay-up. Then the third game I knocked down two threes and another lay-up. Then my last game I only scored two points and missed four threes and we lost.
We left Dallas Sunday afternoon and got home in time to catch the Super bowl and heat up some buffalo wings. The Super Bowl was insane, I didn’t really care who won, because I had been going for The Colts and The Cowboys, so since both of those teams were not playing, i didn’t really care. The Super Bowl was pretty slow and boring until the craziness started happening in the fourth quarter. The commercials were rather disappointing this year. I suppose my favorite commercial was the one with the screaming stain on the guys shirt.
IN OTHER NEWS:
Basketball: In a BONEHEAD move Steve Kerr decided that for some reason Phoenix needed an old tired injured Shaq-Fu. Not sure what special kind of stupid Steve Kerr is for making that decision…
Also the BIG trade was Pau Gasol (who I HATE) went to the Lakers. For some reason this received a lot of hype and praise from everyone thinking that this will make the Lakers a championship team. To me this trade made no sense at all. Let me explain. The Lakers have a big 7 footer who is 19 years old named Andrew Bynum, the entire season he has averaged a double double double in points and rebounds. Infact all I I have heard is how great he has been playing and this is his breakout season. So then we look at Pau Gasol, who is averaging just under a double double in points and rebounds, and is a much softer version of a center. Where as Andrew Bynum is more of a physical player. So IF Andrew Bynum is SOOOO good, then why do they need a guy who is going to play the same position as him, averaging roughly the same numbers but some how he is “the answer”
I’M NOT BUYING IT!
In other annoyances going on in the NBA, they released the 2008 ALL*STAR team, where for some strange odd annoying reason a guy who has won 2 MVP’s in a row, and is no doubt the BEST point guard in the NBA did NOT appear on the starting five. Yes I am talking about Steve Nash! Moving forward with that last years MVP Dirk Nowitzki also some how did not make the starting five. This has me scratching my head in shock and amazement. If you look back, Steve Nash has not been on the starting 5 of an ALL*STAR team.
Movies: We’ve watched a few movies, I can’t remember all of them but i will list the ones I can remember.
1.) 3:10 To Yuma: I bought this movie without even watching it. I had already heard a lot of positive things about the movie, plus westerns remind me of my dad, so why not. So we watched it and I don’t regret buying it one bit. It was a great movie with a surprise ending. I’ve never seen the original so I’m not sure how alike they are. I want to check out the original one now though.
2.) The Game Plan: I didn’t even finish this one, we really rented it for Hannah, cause she fell in love with the cover and HAD to have it. When we put it on she wasn’t very interested and neither was I.
3.) Sydney White: This movie was decent for what it was. I think Amanda Bynes over plays her parts. It’s ok for these teeney bopper movies, but if she ever wants a solid acting career she really needs to learn how to act.
4.) Mr. Woodcock: Not nearly as funny as I was expecting in fact if you saw the previews that is the most laughing you will get out of the movie. It wasn’t very good in my opinion.
5.) Good Luck Chuck: It was decent but again not as funny as I was expecting it to be. It was better than Mr Woodcock though.
6.) The Heart Break Kid: This is definetly an AUDULT comedy, with that in mind it made me laugh but got kinda annoying and some of the jokes got old for me. It was “eeehhh” movie for me.
7.) Hairspray: Wasn’t as bad as I expected, whenever movies like that get a lot of hype I have learned to seriously doubt them. That is why it took us so long to actually break down and rent it. Heather REALLY liked it, and it was worth watching in my opinion, not something I would be anxious to watch a second time though.
8.) Balls of Fury: This movie was funny, my brother Matt LOVED the movie and so I rented it awhile back and watched it. The only thing bad I can really say about the movie is it seemed like they really wanted Jack Black to have the leading roll in it, but for some reason they couldn’t get him so they got a guy and told him to act like Jack Black. So it was still funny, but through out the entire movie I kept thinking, “why is this dude trying to be Jack Black?” It’s worth watching, and it will make you laugh a lot, and Christopher Walken is hilarious in it.
Hannah: We’ve been wanting to get Hannah enrolled in a soccer league but had our doubts on weather or not she would really like it. So Heather recently found a soccer class, and today was Hannah’s first day and she LOVED it. So hopefully in the next year we can get Hannah onto a team.
The other day I found this great treasure on YouTube. My brothers and I used to watch this show ALL the time on Nickelodeon back in the day. I wish they still had shows like this on Nickelodeon. Anyways there are actually three of these videos and I don’t feel like posting all three. so if you want just click on the link below and then you should be able to find the other two and be able to watch the entire episode.
Merry Christmas, to all you Christmas celebrating people out there. We are making preparations for Santa to come into town in the wee hours of the night tonight. Hannah is getting excited. We are leaving tomorrow to head out to the outer limits of Texas to the land far far away they call Buna.
We’ve watched a few movies the last little while that are worth recommending:
The Waitress: This movie is great for moms, and any parents. It was a very clever movie with a great feel good story.
Well now I can’t remember all of the other movies I was going to talk about. The only other movies I can remember, I have either already told you about or they weren’t any good, for instance:
Bratz: Could of been a made for TV movie, on the Disney Channel or something.
Hot Rod: A great movie that I already recommended to everyone. Heather hadn’t seen it so we rented it.
The movie I rented and can’t wait to watch is Helvetica, only Heather isn’t so excited about watching it, but I plan on watching it tonight for sure. I also am planning on watching Bourne Ultimatum, and Harry Potter at some point during the week.
Currently at work I have decorated my desktop with the latest in Christmas attire. At the same time allowing me to be educated on the different variations of Santa Clause’s in different parts of the world. So I think you should to. Click on the picture above to read some behind the scenes information about the making of the illustrations, and how to grab yourself one.
If nothing else click on the post and allow yourself to be entertained for a brief while on this Monday morning.
All day today I’ve been in some sort of a funk making it difficult to do my job as I am unable to come up with creative solutions. Seeing as how I get paid to come up with such solutions, I could of been considered virtually worthless.
It’s been an interesting week, and I suppose it has taken it’s mental toll on me in the end. Hopefully this weekend will be a good one, and I can come back Monday refreshed, recharged, and ready…
Heather caught me and Hannah singing and dancing together after I gave Hannah a bath… Yes I know I look retarded, but it’s all worth it for my little Hanney…
For the first time in 5 years we went and took a family photo. Hannah did good enough to get some decent pictures out of her. She wasn’t too thrilled with any of it, with that being said she also didn’t want to leave because they had a lego table and she enjoys building castles and trains with legos. It was fun though, and I really enjoyed the results. I should scan these bad boys into the computer, but we already framed them and hung them up, so I tried my best to take pictures where I limited the glare so you could actually see the photos.
So I turned 27 Sunday, and so whenever your birthday lands on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday that means the entire weekend becomes your birthday (atleast in my mind.) So Saturday my mom was supposed to make a trip with my brother Ethan to visit me and take us all out to dinner. I received a call around 8:30 as I was following Hannah through an empty yet brand spanking new Super Target, on the phone was a familiar but raspy voice informing me of the bad news. It was my mom informing me that she has been and still is sick, and wasn’t going to be able to make the trip. It was sad indeed, but I decided to make the best of it and still enjoy the weekend. Hannah decided she wanted to look for bugs in target and was growing annoyed of me being on the phone instead of helping her, so we said our good byes, and I slid my cell phone back into my pocket and went on the hunt with Hannah.
Saturday was a pretty chill and laid back day, we walked around the mall a bit, hit up Baskin Robins for a two scoop Sunday, where Hannah decided my ice cream was her, lucky for me she shared. then to end the night I hit up the movie theater, sadly the last time I was at a movie theater was on my birthday last year. Anyone that knows me know that I am into about 3 things, Basketball, Movies, and music. If you ask me what I want to do I’m always going to chose going to the movies. It’s hard for me to explain but there is just something about the experience of watching a movie in the theater. It may be due to the fact that I have a lot of memories of going to the movies with my father growing up. Then also that is something we also did as an entire family, and me and my brothers share the same passion for making a trip to the theater. It’s been difficult to go recently one with Hannah, and two with how much the cost of admission these days. However there is a $1.50 theater not too far away, and I would love to make that something to do once a month or even once every two months.
Anyways so I was able to see a movie Saturday night and I had a lot of trouble making a decision on what to watch. My choices were:
The only two of those movies showing in the theater closest to me was The Kingdom & Michael Clayton. So I decided I didn’t want to travel to far, so I limited my decision between those two movies. I read a couple reviews and finally decided on what was reviewed as being more action packed.
The Kingdom: This was a GREAT movie, it far exceeded my expectations of the movie. Right from the opening credits and the graphics that were used to display a timeline of events to give a history of the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia in regards to oil. It was beautifully done, and pulled me in right from the get go. The movie itself only got better as it went on uncovering more and more secrets, and ending with a lot of big explosions, and shootouts. The movie was also very cleverly filmed where there were many parts where it appeared as though someone was just walking around following these FBI agents and documenting it. There were a few shaky camera scenes to ad a bit of realistic touch. All the acting was up to par, and the music went well with the movie, perhaps not as cleverly as Wes Anderson does in his movies, nor was there as much pain staking detail as Wes Anderson puts into his movies, but that’s not the type of movie that this was. It was a great way to end my night.
Sunday, which was my actual birthday was very low key and laid back. It was spent the same as all of my Sundays. We just lounged around the house, went to church, came home, ate dinner, and watched football with a few sprinkles of television shows. I also was able to squeeze in, Reign Over Me, which was a very nice and enjoyable movie as well.
I am a husband to Heather, father to Hannah, Connor, & Jack, a basketball player by heart, an amateur musicologist by hobby, and a communication designer by trade. This is my blog where I present a medley of whatever it is that you see presented here. Enjoy™
I received a Veer’s Solid Gold catalog at work a week or so ago. I usually get these things and quickly flip through them and enjoy all the nice stock photos, “cool stuff for creatives,” and in the back they always have a selection of fonts I usually just check the fonts out and wish I could have some of them. I never actually read anything written in them, however this time I actually read some of the paragraphs they had written as fake articles to show off some of the fonts, after breaking out in laughter I began a closer investigation through out the entire catalog and I found a few good ones. 
