Thursday, February 25, 2010

Adventurous Blonde Youths of Yesteryear

Kid Video, Bartholomew Simpson, Bazooka Joseph, Calvin, Dennis & Richard

They all grow up to become Axel Stone from Streets of Rage, Cody Travers from Final Fight, Ken Masters from Street Fighter, Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury, Rock Howard from Mark of the Wolves & Paul Phoenix from Tekken.

Dennis the Menace becomes Axel. Bazooka Joe becomes Cody. Richie Rich becomes Ken Masters. Kid Vid becomes Terry Bogard. Calvin becomes Rock Howard. Bart becomes Paul Phoenix.

This coming Spring I will invest in slim suits.

I will invest in slim-fit suits cos I am finally back in athletic fighting shape again. Muted grays, bold navy & subtle camel wool suits with the first button undone of crisp, freshly ironed white cotton button downs. With a skinny tie?! Forget it! Jetblack power suits of the most elegantly dangerous caliber. It's Beatles handsome & Rat Pack rugged. The Slim-Fit Suit: The retro classic timelessness of modern masculinity. The Tried & True Lady Killer's Uniform.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

California Sun Darlings


Everyone's a "rockstar" nowadays. But not everyone's got talent & not everyone's on stage.

A weakling generation teeming with irrelevant sorry wannabe has-been fools full of regrets & unsung dreams.

Silly soul-searchers still desperate to know acquaintance with their core values.

Grow up first... then come & seek me out.

My favorite Bruce Lee pictures in reverse chronological order

Above: Yep. That's Bruce Lee as a child on the left.
I know, right? Weird! Hard to picture him as a kid!

Saturday, February 20, 2010

THE VOLUPTUOUS ONE-WOMAN RENAISSANCE

Renaissance |ˈrenəˌsäns; -ˌzäns|the revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models inthe 14th–16th centuries.the culture and style of art and architecture developed during this era.[as n. ] ( a renaissance) a revival of or renewed interest in something: rail travel is enjoying a renaissance.

Americana |əˌmeriˈkänə; -ˈkanə|plural nounthings associated with the culture and history of America, esp. the United States.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Mad Men's Joan Holloway played by Christina Hendricks

goddess |ˈgädis|
nouna female deity : a temple to Athena Nike, goddess of victory.a woman who is adored, esp. for her beauty : he had an affair with a screen goddess.
All woman. No nonsense.

JANUARY JONES : MAD WOMAN

TRUTH

One always knows what they must do.

FACT

If you don't put yourself on the map.  Who will?

Gazing in the mirror just now, I just figured out the cure to ensure lifetime happiness.

I was shocked at how rather simple it is, really:

DISCOVER YOURSELF
KNOW WHO YOU ARE
FIND WHAT YOU LOVE
DREAM HOW TO LIVE
LIVE HOW YOU DREAM
& ONCE YOU'VE GOT ALL 
OF THAT FIGURED OUT?
NEVER CHANGE.

http://www.black-scale.com/blog/

IX Statements

January 21st, 2010

1. Satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence

2. Satan represents vital existence, instead of spiritual pipe dreams

3. Satan represents undefiled wisdom, instead of hypocritical self deceit.

4. Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it, instead of love wasted on ingrates!

5. Satan represents vengeance, instead of turning the other cheek!

6. Satan represents responsibility to the responsible instead of concern for psychic vampires!

7. Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all fours, who, because of his “divine spiritual and intellectual development,” has become the most vicious animal of all!

8. Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification!

9. Satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years!

Source: Anton Szandor LaVey

I hate sleeping, but I'll sleep if I have to.

NEVER PUT FOR TOMORROW WHAT CAN BE DONE TODAY.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

I've learned in MMA class today that you will never get better at fighting if you do not constantly engage in it.  The only practice for fighting is actual combat itself.  There is no substitute.  That is the only way you will know what it means to wage battle with the calmest of hearts.  Bravery & confidence cannot be conjured by sheer will.  It comes only thru experience & no where else.  The only way to get stronger is to constantly exercise, the only way to get better is to always show up to every single class to develop the muscle memory & instinctive defensive responses necessary to protect yourself.  My Sifu Luigi declared to all of us in his constructive announcement, "There is only one way to assess yourself & discover your weaknesses and that's thru sparring.  That's it.  It's that simple.  So if your hands & feet aren't good enough & well-coordinated, then you gotta take up more Muay Thai!  If your feet are too slow & you're don't feel confident with your kicks, then you gotta take more Savate!  That's it.  Alright, everyone.  Good class."

I signed up to MMA last year & I was afraid for the most of the year.  Intimidated.  Shell-shocked.  However, not anymore.  Now I am smarter.  My Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor scolded us playfully yesterday evening, but we all knew his words were serious when he spoke, "I don't like this class.  There's too many white belts.  When there should be blue belts already.  If you want your blue belt, you always need to come to class.  If you want to be a purple belt, then woo!  You need to be crazy!  And if you want to be a black belt, WOW!  Then you've gotta be REALLY crazy!  Crazy like me!  So stick with it.  Always come to class.  That is the only way."

I seriously want to be stronger.  I *NEED* to be stronger.  Constant progression & unfailing improvement is my newfound obsession... unbridled passion in life.  I really need to work on my cardio & strength training.  I have definitely evolved since my last fights last year in November/December.  I always enjoy gauging my strengths & weaknesses from being away from MMA for so long.  But now I know that I must continue.  For it is forbidden to dare speak such emboldened words of paramount strength without living up to them.  

Honor.
is.
Everything.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

ANTI-HIPSTER RAMBLINGS

Above: GUESS THE FUCK WHAT?! I don't give a damn about your last night's
party if it meant sharing the same air with you dweebs!

Stupid, vapid, shallow, boring hipsters with their safe trendy lying to themselves if they think they're avant-garde vintage clothing. I have no interest in talentless people whose only skills are wearing clothes & shop in thrift stores.


WHO CARES?!


I personally don't give a rat's ass about your lame congregations that you call a "party". Believe me, I know. I've been to some of 'em. Just a bunch of insecure people who don't know themselves having a miserable time pretending they're having the time of their lives. A collage of fake smiles, insincere laughter & severe lack of genuine love in the room. All the boys are competing for the title of alpha male & the hottest girl in the room. All the girls are competing for the title of scene queen & the dirtiest, longest hair, smelliest, grungiest, mediocrely talented artist or musician in the room, preferably with a full-grown mustache or beard. Peer pressured weaklings smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, dropping pills, snorting coke, toking weed-- when really they don't want to be. Lame-o's engaged in boring, superficial dialogue, too cowardly to ever even begin scratching at one another's surfaces. BORING!


So they just go on yapping mundanities sitting sprawled along the concrete sidewalk outside of their music venues like a bunch of mistreated orphans when many actually come from well-to-do families. Sitting on squalid apartment steps & street curbs. Standing by the wall like pathetic wallflowers, as they try in vain to save face by declaring that they're "too cool" for the party or declare that the "party is lame". NEWSFLASH: You're the LAME ONE! Wallflowers, don't hate. Participate. How the hell do you expect to land that dream girl or dream guy of yours if you don't talk to them? How are you going to improve your social network if you don't be SOCIAL?! YOU LOSE. I WIN! --Street Fighter Announcer Voice Exclaims: *PERFECT!!*


Nearly everyone keeps their true personalities, hobbies & genuine interests hidden for fear of being ostracized & deemed "NOT COOL ENOUGH". Many hipsters have a fear of god forbid, revealing even one of their guilty pleasures-- for example, they might *ACTUALLY* like Taylor Swift or enjoy reading Twilight. Whatever the case may be, BE YOURSELF. Have a stronger will cos the weak-willed make my skin cringe.


Why in god's name would anyone ever strive to be a hipster? Why in god's name would anyone even dream of seeking validation from this cluster of fools? These concepts just riddle my mind! Hipsters are the prime example of FOLLOWERS. The precise antithesis to lone wolves, hipsters are a FLOCK OF WILLINGLY SUBORDINATED SHEEP.


Gathering at their "parties" and posing for pictures with their stupid faces and mimicking model poses that they've seen in the magazines, most likely "VICE" or internet street mag, "STREET BONERS". Wasting their time & lives when their hours could be better spent making something of themselves.


DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE.


CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY!


CREATE/MAKE/BAKE/SOLVE/DESIGN/ETC. SOMETHING!


Something! Anything! Instead of just being hidden & wasting away. Cos I personally don't plan on wasting away forever. I plan to shine one day. I'm just biding my time & working hard on my writing samples so that I can put together a writing portfolio. The Bronx Tale movie said that there's nothing worst in this world than wasted talent. Well... I say there *IS* something worst than that. And it's HIDDEN TALENT. Talent not exposed and shared to the world is equivalent to wasted talent, anyway.


DON'T YOU HAVE DREAMS OF YOUR OWN?

Why not take much needed time off from your lame, meaningless hipster escapades & *ACTUALLY* learn how to play the instrument you've always wanted to know. Why don't you take up painting, sculpting or learn how to fix

your own car since mechanics are expensive as hell!

GET A HOBBY! FIND YOUR PASSION & STICK WITH IT!

EVERYTHING BEGINS WITH COURAGE, BUT MUST BE SUSTAINED WITH DEDICATED SELF-MOTIVATION.


It's annoying how true it is that while some things may change, others will always stay the same. Stop clinging to your high school mentality & old college habits. Every level of life has a rule. And being an adult means having a JOB. Go get one if you don't have one you lazy, bumbling fool(s)!


Also, smoking cigarettes was never meant to be a fashion statement. If you smoke cigarettes because you genuinely enjoy it, cool. I know what that's like because I used to be a smoker myself, too. However, if you're a social smoker that has a cigarette at parties or just in public in general, you're a weak, insecure idiot that needs to focus on your individual self-esteem issues. Also, don't turn to your friends for help--you'll just be a boring, annoying burden. Trust me. No one cares about your dull personal life & pathetic autobiography. Deal with your angst on your own. Practice being a self-reliant independent loner.


Also, I've noticed that a lot of hipster girls are in good shape. Whether they are naturally blessed to be that way or whether they actually make the effort to eat right & exercise is unknown to me. However, a fact that is not a mystery to me is the fact that a lot of hipster guys have beer guts, even if it's just slight beer guts and no muscle tone. Tall, lanky & weak. The tall, lanky & weak is cool to me, though. Cos it's mad Spike Spiegel from Cowboy BeBop, this Japanese anime that is the pinnacle of bad ass. However-- the beer guts, slight or not, is completely unacceptable. We're all old & smart enough to know what the opposite sex or same sex (if that's your flavor) is attracted to. Cease your wallowing & begin your efforts to a new, better, improved, stronger you! In RPG videogame speak-- LEVEL UP! GAIN EXPERIENCE POINTS! Or in comic book speak-- ATTAIN YOUR *TRUE* FORM!


We're young. There is absolutely no point in being in the best shape of your life when you're 30. It's pointless. If you're a teenager or an out-of-shape 20-something, eat healthy, exercise & get your act together. Cos you're better off looking your sexiest when you've still got your youthful glow & none of the old people wrinkles in your face that everyone will inevitably encounter in their 30s.


MORAL:

STOP SMOKING CIGARETTES (UNLESS YOU GENUINELY DO ENJOY IT-- I JUST HOPE THAT SOMEDAY YOU'LL OUTGROW THE HABIT. BECAUSE YOU'RE BETTER THAN THAT. IF I DID IT, THEN SO CAN YOU!) EAT RIGHT. EXERCISE. BE PRETTY. GET SEXY. GET HANDSOME. BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE. WHOEVER YOU ARE.


*BONUS FEATURE!*


ESTABLISHED, LONG-REIGNING SCENE QUEEN CORY KENNEDY MODELING THE MOST POPULAR, FAVORITE, QUINTESSENTIAL HIPSTER POSES.


Below: Sitting along some squalid sidewalk.

Below: Sitting along some dingy apartment stoop.
Below: Sitting on the dusty floors of Barnes & Nobles!

Below: Sitting along some squalid sidewalk, yet again!

Below: Standing in front of some door littered with graffiti cos she's just such a rebel like that! + With some Starbucks in tow!

Maya Wild


Maya Wild, an artist based in London, has the cutest trademark style of color penciled masterpieces. I really enjoyed her Rolling Stones t-shirt designs that look as if they've been ripped out of some creatively talented early 90's Southern California surfer girl's loose leaf high school notes, pages freshly torn out of her neon-colored, Lisa Frank stickers decorated Trapper Keeper binder. But this magazine cover really showcases her talent for realism. My dream is to draw like her.

Monday, February 15, 2010

I could use some authentic medieval gauntlets unearthed at the long-fabled site of Camelot.

Simple. Creative. Effective.

How can one be blessed with such charming wit & clever ingenuity?!
I *NEED* to meet this inventor!

Pinkberry & Red Mango for Best First Dates Award

Misa Campo showcasing the forever classic Americana football jersey, underwear & thigh high socks look. FML

In case you were wondering, Misa is of Filipina, Mexican, Japanese & French descent. She is currently working as a barmaid in California while modeling whenever the opportunity arises.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Typography means everything in graphic presentation.

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." - Søren Aabye Kierkegaard

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

When I die, I'll probably look a lot like this. At least, I'd hope to.

The character I resonated with from one of my my most favorite shonen manga stories has just died. His name was Portgas D. Ace from 'One-Piece'. He was the older brother of Monkey D. Luffy & I really related to his older brother sentiments & ideals on life. Now he's dead. Damn.