Cool Kids + Q-Tip

Yo what up man? Saw Cool Kids play with the legend Q-Tip last night at the Phoenix, just down the street from our place. Such a great show, it is Jenna's birthday today so Sonia, Jenna and I went and jammed out. Cool Kids consists of Chuck English & Mickey Rocks and hail from Illinois. Filled with fresh beats and quirky lyrics, they rock. Album's called Bake Sale and
all the BMX riders will love these guys, unless you already know then good on you. Peep the Black Mags Video.

Check them out here.



And then there was Q-Tip... the boys put on some weight but who cares, overflowing with energy. Spittin rhymes like he was born doing it. For those of you who don't know Q-Tip comes from the best hip-hop group every A Tribe Called Quest. Tip's new album is called Renaissance, it's fresh, I dig it, Check it!

100th Post

So I have reached 1oo posts since launching this blog after my first one was reformatted. I have noticed that I must be a pretty big loaner because lately I've been posting a lot of myself. Not to fear I finished a film roll recently so that will follow shortly. That and I'm trying to make friends...

In the mean time check this out. Lost Format Preservation Society


Oh and Happy Birthday to Paul over at So Hip It Hurts!

Flickstr

I have posted my full series of photos for my final photography assignment on my flickr as well as some other fun ones Sonia and I took one night at home.

Explosion

Explosions in the Sky have a few new t-shirt designs available in their online store. All drawn by there resident artist Esteban Rey.

On a side note I'm done school till January!

Butterface

This one is for Scott. Right now if you haven't already looked (shame on you), Scott is doing a famous people juxtaposition themed series of photos that are just awesome! Today I helped him by posing as Terry Richardson (know primarily for his work with American Apperal & Vice). Scott collected some more info on TR here. You can see the photo here. Check out the whole photo stream here


This was Sonia's idea and I just shot it. She was really excited for Scott to see it.

Hope you like it bro. Your series is killing it!

Stand Idly By

This still needs work but you get the idea.

Further Desensitization here.

Buy Nothing Day

November 28th is Buy Nothing Day.

Click here for more on this subject or visit Adbusters

Preliminary

Preliminary photo assignment

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourhandinmine_jaj/

its snowing!

it's snowing outside and it is wonderful! Sonia decided to prepare herself early.

...we keep them out because i use them to cut onions.

New Self Portraits

these are silly

Super Eight!

So it was my birthday on Tuesday, 22 years old. I'm gonna need a cane and a driver to get around soon. Anyways, was an awesome day, lots of love and lots of presents from my favorite people. Sonia got me a Telescope for observing things of planetary proportions something that will last me for years and years to come, and i got a sick new watch. So thankful, shes spoils me(I Love you)! As amazing as that was my friend Scott from school got me one of the coolest and surprising gifts from way out in left field. A old super eight video camera from 1968 the Zeiss Ikon Moviflex S8. Really excited to play with it, figure out how it works and begin to make my own documentaries and snowboard and travel videos. Thank you so much Scott! I owe you.

And thank you to everyone who came over last night, it was awsome and i had a blast.
Thankyou to eveyone for all the birthday wishes as well.

Double Vision

Sonia and Anita

ps ive really been getting into podcasts lately, if thats your sort of thing check out XLR8R Audio.

im out!

Nomis

So I was doing some digging around on the internet during a Mass Comm class when we were talking about corporations. I began searching snowboard corporations to see who was indy and who was a dreaded corporation. One of the most interesting was what i found about the ever so unique and popular Nomis named after team rider Simon Chamberlain. It seems Nomis was actually a soccer boot company in Australia and Europe first. Designed by the ex-designer of Adidas. And guess where he got the name for his own company from? Surprise, Surprise! His name is Simon Skirrow and the company name was his name backwards. Sound familiar? The zinger is that he has been designing shoes since the 80's. I love biters!

I also found out that Lib Tech, Gnu, Rossignol, Dynastar, Lange, Look, DC and Roxy are all owned by the dreaded Quiksilver.

Don't believe me? Do some digging.

http://www.nomisfootball.com/history.html

I still think it's crazy that big B Burton is still the largest snowboard company (now skate and surf due to some recent buy outs) and is still 100% privately owned. I guess you don't have to sell out to be the best after all. Damn I love this sport.

191 Express

i spend a lot of time here waiting for the bus. i thought id take a picture so you can all see as well.
kipling station waiting for the 191 express i know its not that exciting, its a documentation.

5 Grand

Blog hit over 5000 hits!
Ya so its not that many in the world of the internet and it took a year or two or three, but hey it's only my little photoblog.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Hog

I saw a groundhog walking to the bank between classes last Wednesday. Didn't even care that I was there let me get this close to take a photo. I pet him, he was fuzzy.

Rubba Dub

on the way to school

DLYSKATE

Post-party spicy ginger sandwich. David, the beautiful Ms. Sonia Singh (1st blog apperance!), and myslef. In Sonia and mine's apartment in Toronto.

We all went to Strangelove this night to one of the Jons parties'. A special Dance Like You Skate, while Rob D, founder of Skate 4 Cancer, was in town in the midst of his cross Canada skate to promote cancer awareness and prevention. All the proceeds that we make at the Anny Jam in 2 weeks will be going to S4C, come out and support.

As Rob says, and the tattoo on my girlfriends wrist
Dream, Love, Cure

Holla.

ROUND TWO.

END OF SKATE SEASON BASH, LEAD INTO SNOWBOARD SEASON STOCK-OUT!

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE

LIVE DJS + GUEST PERFORMANCE BY PYT ( THE PRETTY YOUNG THINGS)

old dog

http://www.theblogger.net/cyrus.aspx

for all of you who have been following my site for some time now will remember this site. it was the orginal blog i had with my first work and alot of BC. I got shut down some time ago and once it was back up the layout and format are all over the place. thus, blogspot is the vent point for my work now. if your bored, take a gander thorugh.

while your at it, ive added a new link on the side.
Scott Pligrim's blog site sojourn-al, pretty rad give it a look. also check his flickr if you can find it. he has a book being published oct 22nd. mad props

lazy

so i need to get my act together. and focus on school. althought i have got two assignments back so far. ive got a 92% and a 80% thus far. still i need to knuckle down.

dino-mite

still have inconsistent internet at home, so im taking advantage while at school and double posting.

spider battle

spiders dueling it out on my back deck in orangeville. in second photo the other spider is hiding in the bottom right corner area on the brick.

i was 3 hours early for school today, i sucked. seems i only have one early class instead of two.

foot print

i dont have internet at home yet and i dont have school tomorrow so im gonna post another photo today, for tomorrow. this is inspired by another photographer i enjoy and admire, but with jaj steez. enjoy

Back to School

So, it has been four years since i have stepped foot in a classroom. But, the time has come and i am now currently in my second week of being a full time student of the university of guelph-humber. At first, i felt back at highschool. You must take into account the majority of kids here are 17 and 18 fresh outta highschool, i am in first year. I'm sitting in class surrounded by facebookers and txt conversations happening about the party the night before. But now in the second week that's still there but ive kinda found my niche. Yes, i may be a bit of a loner.... i keep to my self, go to class, do my readings and go home. But i love it. I feel as if im already accomplishing stuff rather than say 'going through the motions of first year'. I'm not messing about with the uni crap like rez and student body. I've made all the mistakes most of the kids here are stoked to make in the coming year, and learned from them. so there is far less for me to worry about and i can expand my knowleadge without distration. There are still some interesting people here, dont get me wrong. But at the end of the day, i have my friends i have a whole life out side of school. So unless someone were to blow me away to the point where i would want to introduce them to the other people in my life, its not that i dont care but im not perticularly worried nor am i going to put a lot of effort into building that colleugeship.

My classes are dope and i like all my teachers. My mass communitcation prof reminds me of stephain so much, he's awesome. Ok, enough about me here are some photos. enjoy.

oh yeah so i know ive been saying this for a while but i am in school now (for media studies and photography if you didn't already know) so pictures should come far more frequently. They better, right? I am in photograhpy! here's hopeing i stay true to myself this time.

trousers

so i got my new ipod in the mail today, stoked.

rawr

4 weeks till school.....i have way to much on. work, school, finding a place to live, events to organize, finding a car. i bought a computer! blah blah here is a photo.

jaj?

who am i?



so im kicking my case of SADS, as the snow melts and the sun comes out, so do i and so does my camera. went for a stroll the other day and was accompanied by two lovely models whom i took advantage of. it as been awhile since ive posted, i hope you like these.

SLACK!

I have been the biggest slacker these past two months. I haven't taken a photo I haven't done anything.

Work is really taking up my time, we're in the midst of a sale (which never happens) and I am in the middle of my major buying season for snow and fall of next year, which is a new thing and while I am loving it, it is different and im finding it challenging.

On a good note, although I may not of been actively taking photos lately I have been actively making efforts to other things related. I have been accepted to the University of Guelph Humber media studies program in the photography stream. I will be starting in Sept 08. It is a four year program but I graduate with a honors degree in media studies and a diploma in creative photography. I am so excited. Oh ya, as a mandatory part of the program I have to buy a new camera, which is the Nikon D300(sick!!).....student loan here we come.

Its been awhile so a little update post for those of you who still look. Photos will return soon enough.

thanks for caring

Whipper Snapper

After work this evening I went home got changed and then headed on down to Toronto to the whipper snapper gallery where several photographers were showing their work. One inperticular was Sam Javanrouh, the the man behind the award winning photoblog Daily Dose of Imagery or ddoi at wvs.topleftpixel.com (that's right it does say wvs not www, it's sam backwards and upside down). Nobody wanted to go with me, they all had something far better or more important to do so it's ok. I had to go by myself, got in grab myself a beer and cruised around the room loosing myself in the pictures for a go couple mins each. Eventually i went to buy a book which he was all out of so i have to wait and email him, but i got to meet him shake his hand and talk briefly with the man you inspired me to start photography and well as strange as it is changed my life i would be doing what im doing or going the direction i am going if it weren't for him and his website. After that i left and met up with emily and kris and her friend megan. went for a drink or two and then i went home, and here i am. Amazing nite, landmark, milestone whatever u wish to call it, tonigt was one of them. Oh ya, bottom picture, tan jacket....guess who?

ps keep a look out for a moguls website coming out soon. gonna be sweet!