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HAPS ON THE CRAPS

so dear reader, i will update you on what's what and who's who. i just finished the fall semester today. in one class, we were to design a product. i chose milk because it is delicious, part of a balanced breakfast, and will make a growing boy's bones, such as mine, big and strong so that women might tremble at my stature and throw themselves at me. anyways, BAM.


i have another project from this same class that i would like to share with you, but i haven't prepared the files yet, so sit tight. it'll be along tomorrow, probably.

in the mean time, please go to karmaloop and vote for this. if i win, i get five grand in karmaloop credit and five grand in cash. i desperately need money and would also be able to completely replace my wardrobe guilt-free! so please help a brother out.

I <3 30ROCK

ABCDEF COOKIE MONSTER

sesame street is why i'm so smart. and handsome. ladies, ladies, please. the line starts to the left.

IRONY IS IRONIC

another school project. i originally wanted to show these images to you, dear reader, as a little gallery with small thumbnails, but blogger is stupid. anyways, here you are. these are hopefully going to be sold by mandate press. (they are cards.)

PURPLE

i try not to get all elitist and political and preachy and socialist up on herrrrr, but i thought this was a really interesting article. it was written by a "blue" designer living in a "red" state.

CLICK.

MOS FOR PREZ

i wish i could go back and vote for this black guy instead of the other one.



love this man.

WONDERTWIN POWERS...

ACTIVATE!

FORM OF: SIMULATED MINIATURE VIDEO!



i like it because it's neat.

PHINALLY

i'm still so pumped about this. it's the first real championship that a team i perennially root for has won. seeing as i am the only phillies fan in utah, i wanted to go riot downtown salt lake by myself, but ultimately decided against it. rather, i had my friends drive me by the delta center (i refuse to call it energy solutions arena. that's lame." where the jazz game had just let out. i just yelled "GO PHILLIES! WORLD CHAMPS! YEAAAHHHHHHH!" at anyone i saw. even though i was basically celebrating all by my lonesome, it was a great night.

here's a video of broad street last night. wish i could have been there.



it's such a bizarre feeling—this winning it all and not choking. i like it. now i just need the eagles, flyers, and sixers to follow suit. then, i can truly die a happy m(f)an. GO PHILS!

and for no reason at all, here is a clip of walker, texas ranger flying a jet pack. yes. a freaking jet pack.

GENTLEMAN BRONCOS

can't wait.

FRIENDLY ADVICE

the perosn who doesn't make mistakes is unlikely to make anything

just thought i'd let you know.

plus my professor assigned us a project and i had to do something, you know?

edit: now with bigger picture clickety goodness!

MUSTACHES VS. CANCER

please go sponsor my mustache here. it's for a great cause. not only are you helping find the cure for cancer—kid cancer, mind you, but you are also giving my facial hair the encouragement it needs to become the most wondrous mustache that this nation has ever seen!

my name on the site is mustached justice.

if you don't donate, i will effectively believe that you hate children with cancer. and that's just not cool at all. jerks.

MATISALI

the university of utah really does put on some great shows through the asuu. this past thursday, they booked brother ali/matisyahu for the night. it was an outdoor show right in "the free speech zone" right next to the union. a bunch of people showed up and it was great.

here are a couple videos from the show. they're terrible quality because they were recorded with my iphone (it's jailbroken) and i was recording portrait style and had to crop and rotate them all, blah blah blah. whatever. they'll give you an idea of what you missed out on because you're all suckers and i'm better than you.

brother ali

matisyahu

I LIKE PIZZA RAP

the cool kids' latest and greatest. they can do no wrong.

LEONESE KINGS

kings of leon are back with a new album, only by the night, and i like it. i'm certainly not praising their lyrical prowess or song-naming ability, ie. sex on fire, but their music is fun—even with a song being devoted to wishing a girl wasn't only 17 years old. and i just love homeboy's voice.

kings of leon/closer

OY, THOSE BRITS GOT BEATS

the streets newest album, everything is borrowed, is fantastic. mike skinner quit the silliness that was his last album and went back to the basics. proof:

the streets/on the edge of a cliff

the streets/the escapist

WOW

from the funny:
When I was 5 or so my mom would tell me to lie down before she tied my tie and I just now realized at the age of 19 that she did this because she's a funeral director.

to the heartbreaking:
As you were breaking up with me, all I could think about were those mornings when you compared the Pop-Tarts and gave me the one with more frosting.

to the heartwarming:
Today you shaved your hair into a mohawk to make my mom laugh over losing hers to chemo and today I realized that you are my hero.

this site is simply captivating. one sentence stories.

NEW JOINTS

here is some of what i'm spinnin' right now.

clipse/fast life (studio remix)

this version is so much better than the actual single. i don't know what clipse is thinking going to the commercial, generic production. scott storch is garbage.

t.i./swagger like us (ft. kanye, jay-z, lil wayne)

after hearing the incredibly sad news that m.i.a. is officially done with music,(no touring, no performing, no recording, no nothing) my spirits were brightened a little to hear t.i.'s latest which samples paper planes. why more artists don't sample m.i.a., i have no idea.

estelle/more than friends

british babe has got the soul and the pipes to do well for herself. her album, shine, is fantastic.

the knux/amazing

these two new orleans boys are fresh. if they aren't huge after their debut album finally drops this october, i will be a sad panda.

also, the new cold war kids lp sounds amazing.

ART

NO SYRUP FOR ME

oh mccain. i really do wish you actually picked wilford brimley as vice president. it would have been as ridiculous (and maybe not as desperate) as your actual pick and it would have been hilarious.

CANWEEATEM?

what did he say?

he said can we eat 'em?

oh man. i love crocodile dundee. here. i made the guy look like an aborigine. sort of.

WHY SO SERIOUS?

i loved the dark knight so much that i decided to draw a picture of heath ledger's incredible joker. the film was so well done. all the hype was completely justified. for me right now, the battle for best picture of the year is between this and wall-e. everything else just pales in comparison. i saw it in the imax theater and it blew me away. the cinematography, acting and writing were all so good. i can not wait to see it again.

I'M FAMOUS

i've been meaning to post this for a while, but just haven't for various reasons—with all of those reasons being that i forgot. anyways, here is the logo i developed in action. these newsletters are apparently being mailed nationally to neumont university's alumni. i'm famous. babes dig famous guys, right?

DRAWRINGS

i like to make drawrings. here are two i done did today. both have the potential to end up in future endeavors.

LOOK WHAT I CAN DO

it's as if—through some kind of illusionistic (is that a word?) trickeration (i know that's not a word)—that these cartoon characters are able to exist in a seemingly real situation. white is black. up is down. in is out.

it's science.

post script: i got bored at work, found this interesting photo on the interweb, and proceeded to alter it in such a way that pleased me.

I WANT HIM

wall-e was seriously the most tender, heart-warming movie i've ever seen. pixar has outdone themselves with this one. i know i can be a bit of a cheesy guy, but if you don't find yourself smiling throughout this whole movie, you either don't have a soul, or you've had way too much botox done. the animation is incredible, but the way pixar advances the story without any dialogue is genius. it's story telling at its purest. this movie really should get a nod for best film—in any category—not just animation. it's that wonderful. it is my favorite pixar movie by far.

SCIENTOLOGIST MUSIC

i do enjoy beck's latest and greatest. dangermouse produced it, so you know it's tight. YOU KNOW IT.

beck/volcano

DOUCHEBAGGERY

absolutely incredible. best. voicemail. ever.

SKLDIOIEJOSD:LKFJLKDO!!!

sigur ros's new album is pretty cool. they even sing in english on one song! holy not-crazy-icelandic-spanglish batman! the song below is my favorite from the album. it's more happy and not as atmospheric as much of their stuff tends to be. it almost reminds me of the flaming lips. the percussion is wonderful.

sigur ros/gobbledegook

NNNNNDROP

a classic from 1995. directed by the one and only spike jonze. word.

The Pharcyde - Drop

LET'S GET LOST TONIGHT

this was probably the best concert i've ever been to. i am still in awe thinking about it. i was expecting greatness, and my expectations were exceeded. needless to say, next time kanye is in town, i'm there.

here's the breakdown:

lupe fiasco - kills it live. absolutely perfect. he is next in line.

n.e.r.d - throws a party. pharrell has got it down. not only do they dj, but they use a live band as well... with two full drumsets. it's sick.

rihanna - girl can sing. also, she is hot like fire. i'm going to marry her. screw you, chris brown.

kanye west - between the incredible stage set (giant led screens, moon terrain, lights, etc.) his flawless delivery, and the stripped down, bass heavy, live orchestrated songs, i almost peed myself. kanye might get on some people's nerves, but he backs up the game he talks. he knows what he's doing. for this tour, he's turns the show into this space opera of him crashing on an alien planet and trying to get home. he uses this backstory to connect all of his songs seamlessly. except for the slight break when he plays hey mama (understandable. his mom recently died pretty tragically), he rips through everything straight. it's pretty incredible.

once i get the pictures and videos from chelsea, i'll throw them up to back my claims of incredibility.

HORSE SEX IN THE CITY

or is it whores sex in the city? oh man. pun. words cannot describe how dumb i think this show is. actually, no. as a male, i actually have to applaud the creators of the show for coming up with something that so masterfully caters to female fantasies. they tapped into every girl's insecurities and made millions.

i mean, the women who watch the show are given a main character who manages, despite being very average-looking (and that is a generous adjective), to end up with a tall, handsome, successful, wealthy guy—mr. right (or big, i should say.) this definitely appeals to the female fantasy of being an ordinary woman who still manages to snag a man (who might be out of her league) who satisfies all of her needs for a protector/provider.

then you have the most attractive woman on the show ending up with the short, bald guy, thus both satisfying the need of the average woman hoping to see the beautiful one end up with a nerd (while simultaneously sending the message "look how noble we women are—we don't care about looks!")

then there's the female character who satisfies the "have sex like a man without getting emotionally involved" fantasy. and lastly of course, there's the final character who satisfies the need to have a realistic character who actually acts sort of like a real woman in the real world.

the show is basically an excuse for girls to fantasize for two and a half hours. i can deal with that. just don't say it's "good." it's not.

by the way, dressing up in cute dresses and drinking cosmopolitans before going to this movie is no different than the 40 year old guys who dress up like stormtroopers or gandalf.

ps. sarah jessica parker gets turned into glue at the end of the movie.

PB&J IS GROSS

and you know it.

just found out about these guys from paste magazine (everybody go subscribe. it kills rollingstone) and promptly bought their debut ep on itunes. this chick has an amazing voice that can do anything.

honeyhoney/little toy gun

SPEECHLESS

one of THE most amazing things i've ever seen. seriously incredible.

ESCUCHE

per wikipedia: The Last Shadow Puppets is a side project of Alex Turner of Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of Liverpool band The Rascals.

per me: they are awesome.

the last shadow puppets/standing next to me

MR. JONES AND ME

Richter7 took us all to the new Indiana Jones movie today.

My review: it seemed like George Lucas and Steven Spielberg were
rushed to make this movie. Why? Oh, I dont know. Maybe Harrison Ford's
impending death? Luckily, I wasn't expecting too much. It was fun. I
guess that's all its meant to be. My advice is this: leave all reason
at the theater door. There are plot holes. Because of this, I have to
give this movie my worst rating ever..7 thumbs up.

NOBODY EVER REALLY DIES

this is a son by n.e.r.d. it is called spaz. it is from their new album. i like it.

n.e.r.d./spaz

OH BOY.

GOOD VIBRATIONS

the funky bunch got back together without marky mark. what are they thinking?

here are a couple logos i've done lacrosse-wise. the first is for the rocky mountain lacrosse conference. it's not official, but it has a slight chance of becoming the new logo for the conference because the current one is horrendous. the second is a logo promoting collegelax.us's upcoming webcasts for the 2008 final four in dallas. it is currently on the front page of that website. enjoy.

DAMN YOU, WENDY'S

I hate you so much for discontinuing the Spicy Baconator. That burger
was heaven on earth. Bastards. This regular Baconator I'm eating right
now can't hold the Spicy's jock strap.

JOHN MIRES

i'll say it. i'm a fan of john mayer. he has some dopey songs, but he's an amazing guitarist and more importantly, he's hilarious. this clip is old, but pure fact to back up earlier said claims of hilarity.

IT'S AN ILLUSION, MICHAEL.

a trick is something a whore does for money...or cocaine! go watch arrested development. it's mind blowingly brilliant.

here are a couple of logos i just did for the health center.



this one if for a website. it's pretty cliche and run of the mill, but i'll be damned if you don't want to press that big, friendly ask button.



this guy is for a student group that is trying to help students with depression. they plan on setting up a blog where students can anonymously submit their feelings and comments about their depression and receive feedback and help. spill is an acronym for something, but i can't remember what it is. the idea of the logo is about spilling your guts, don't cry over spilt milk, etc.

i leave you with the wise words of waxamillion.

"i ain't got no panties on, on the dance flo."

WILLENIUM

i had nothing to do at work the other day so i made this.





in scholastic activity, i did this website mockup for our final phase of our project with the travel company. since we didn't actually build these websites, we had to include some explanatory writing as well to help... um... explain each page we created. i've included that for you, gentle reader.



The homepage acts as an introduction to the brand. Nothing but a slogan and imagery is needed to set up the user’s experience. The simple navigation bar with drop down menus supplies the means to acquire any information needed.



After clicking on the about us option, this page is available. It is a simple summary of what the company is about and the ideals it holds.



Under packages, there are a list of options available. One of these options is weekend getaways. When clicked on, the
user is brought to this page. There are a list of cities provided, that when clicked on, bring up this box with information about the package. A scrollbar is included for when there is more info than can be displayed at once. If interested in the deal
he or she is reading about, the user can click on the pencil it in button to the side. This places the preliminary “order” for the package. It is basically the same as a shopping cart. The user would then be able to change, edit or modify their itinerary whenever needed. When satisfied with their itinerary, they would be able to purchase and book it.

click on any of the pictures to go my flickr page to see them at actual size. there's a lot of detail missed in these smaller ones. click on them! i'll give you a bright, shiny, new american dollar!

YES YES YES

PARTY NIPPLES:

probably one of the funniest terms of all time.

we designed some skate decks. please observe.





ps. drew carrey sucks balls at the price is right.

RECTUM?

damn near killed 'em!

for no reason at all, except for maybe playing with richter7's scanner, here are a few scans from a couple of my sketchbooks. i'm not sure if the punctuation is correct in that last sentence.

















and here is a scan of some "notes" i took during my health and diversity class. as you can see: i lasted about 10 minutes before my mind ran the other direction. (i blocked out some phone numbers and email addresses from some group project members. the interweb is dangerous. at least it said so on dateline one time.)

BANANA HAMMOCKS!

hello sweet pea. i have missed you.

so i've been interning at richter7 for a month and some odd days now. things are going really well there for me. they've even got me actually designing things. heyooo. here are two things i did this past week for them.

we're doing a complete overhaul of neumont university's brand; their website, identity, logo, stationary—everything. they threw me a bone and let me design the logo for their national newsletter they send to all their alumni. here it be:



we're also having an in-house party sort of thing later this month. our office manager had me design the invites for it. she let me do whatever i wanted, so i made a guy. his name is kip.