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2010-07-15T20:21:00.001-07:00

Beers and Scores

2010-03-28T22:25:00.000-07:00

U.S.A.

2010-03-28T22:05:00.000-07:00

School.

2009-09-01T19:42:00.000-07:00

So school has started, Europe has put a toll on me. It's gonna take a while for me to wake up from all the fun I've had. Its time to work now and, to sit tight and sharpen all my creative and technical skills. I am pretty confident that i will be able to find a great design carrier by the end of next year.

And off I go into my beautufil summer vocation.

2009-04-07T17:07:00.000-07:00

I am Going to Europe guys.
After two long years of hard work and many obstacles that came in way, something is going to give. I do not want to sound spoiled or anything, but vocation is something i really needed. I didn't really plan on going to Europe at all this year, I was actually planing to get part time job in my field in order to make my resume more prestigious. Something magical happened that I completely forgot about tax return, I filed for my taxes and got my tax return pretty quick this year (funny with this economy), and guess what since I was actually working most of 2008 my tax return was pretty nice. Two ideas came to me, it was either buying a new piece of -#^*^& car or a plane ticket to Germany; I chose going to Germany. If i got an old car it would just get me around same dull jersey places, and I wouldn't use it going into new york or Philadelphia so whats the point in owning a car. I live in Urban area anyways. Better of just spend all i have an enjoy my self without having to deal with broken axles and busted motors.
Design wise there is four weeks until this semester is over. Some of my projects, are being held by professors and I will be getting them back soon, once I get them all back I shall post them on this blog for the whole world to see. Working real hard on them I have to be pretentions just a bit and proudly say that finally i am starting to feel real comfortable with my work. So yeah i am little bit off today guys since I just got out of gym and had this huge Chicken sandwich but next time, paragraphs will be structured properly.

Some of my Recent work Feb/March

2009-03-17T07:32:00.001-07:00

Flyer for my friends little service he has started.
He wanted a playful look so that what he was supplied with.

Front and back label for bubble wrap packaging i did for my Packaging design class. This was open for interpretation i wanted a nice earthy warfare look to it. Perfect for little boys future soldiers. :)

Front

And Back...

Procrastinating .... Critical Thinking

2009-03-16T08:27:00.000-07:00

Procrastination. Yes I am guilty of that sin.

It's very hard to be motivated about my professional life if my social life is sort of in little chaos right now. As we get older we find tend to figure out our self more and more. In this process we fall in and out of love and in and out of friendships we get very selective about things that we really want and truly desire.

Some people tend to tell me I am procrastinator do to lack of interest in my field. I don't think that this is true, my procrastination has to deal with the environment i live in really odd neighborhood. My town is commuter town less then five miles away from great city of new york, yet with that there is a consequence. Living in my town of Cliffside park is nothing but a solitary confinement. It is truly the terrible place to live I understand that some people enjoy living small town lifestyle, however Cliffside isn't even a small town!!! It is actually considered to be Urban area, I have never seen place with so many people with no motivation maybe its soil or maybe it the air. Whatever it is its driving me nuts and i spend most of my time away from my house in order to get my creative juices flowing. I am pretty upset that I didn't manage to submit my work towards trace exhibit i really wanted to but it just ended up extending until the end. Blah I really gotta move out if not soon than in a year period and never look back at this town . Jersey city is one of the considerations but i am almost done with school so moving into Jersey city could possibly only created new sets of problems .

Moving somewhere where I can step out side of my house and see social and creative faces is something i really need. I am possibly looking towards Brooklyn New York or Philadelphia. Problems with that are money issue and even tho Philly tends to be cheaper than Brooklyn their prices in rent are raising dramatically as well. So who knows where the wind takes me.I really enjoy life in United States and i really want to make something out of it( I am originally from Serbia for those who don't know.) My point is I moved here and moving back without any achivments would be embarrassing i got to make something out of this little roller coaster of Communication Arts that I am involved, in order to really go back to Europe one day and say yes my life wasn't a waste and I've done things that I can be remembered for.

Hemp Ale, Recreational Work

2009-01-21T19:15:00.000-08:00

Here we have, some of my recreational Corporate Identity for Alcoholic Beverage.
I had a lot of fun doing this, it motivated me to do more art work the next day. I enjoy using Monochromatic color scheme however eventually I shall incorporate my work with Complimentary color mix as well. This company initially asked designers in past to redesign their packaging having in mind older adults age range of 25-30 that have a healthy life style so I came up with this.

This are sketches for the logo i came up with before hitting up a computer.

Out of all those this was my decision, I used my best judgment by picking something that has relaxing flow and that older adults can relate to.

And here we have final Vector logo.
I enjoyed making this especially working with textured lettering.

Here are sketches of Packaging stickers unfortunately i didn't pick any of them,
yet they did help me brain storm and achieve my final piece.

This is my design solution I came up with. This beverage is focused for serious focused and laid back individuals in their late twenties and mid thirties so i had that on my mind and added some really dry flavor to it.

And of course just to get a right feel it has to be presented with one tasty beverage.

Until next time people keep it busy: read, invent, go out ,
smile and enjoy life.

Feel Free to Comment and Critique.

FOG

2009-01-21T19:00:00.000-08:00

Yes, I am in my design mode again, I got influenced from something I saw few days ago, so I composed this piece in order to see how far I can push and I must say my technical skills are not as rusty as they use to be.
So here ya go folks not for nothing but you must say that my composition skills are getting better from day to day.

Enjoy.

Happy Belated New Years and detail about the end of Myspace

2009-01-13T09:29:00.000-08:00

Hello it's been a while since my last post. I must say i am free now. I got rid of all of unnecessary SO CALLED " FRIENDS" sites that been stealing my precious time and creativity away from me. I had few and they are all scrapped for my life. I feel like i was washed with a nice cold bucket of water and last night i bought a six pack to celebrate ending of these terrific distractions.

It started off years ago with friendster which was very primitive version of myspace noone cought on to it because of its terrible interface but when myspace came out that was like an explosion. Literally everyone was on it people stopped asking each other for numbers everyone was exchanging their myspaces adresses for while i tought I was part of this click, but then i came to realize; " Hmm If I am always on computer seeking to find people that I've just met last night what kind of social network am I buiding fictional or realistic"

People use to be way more social before myspace so I 've decided to scrap it out of my life. I think that there is conspiracy theory behind it. Its almost as if like government wants us to be on myspace and dull our brains with it while we sit home get fat eating big bags of chips, and dont do anything productive.

Thats it for now, step out make something
of life and put stop to new era of distraction and mind manipulation networks.

Beginning of New Epoch

2008-10-29T20:49:00.000-07:00

Alright, We shall begin with this once again. So I didn't write in a while do to lack of interest of my blog for some reason not many people were reading however, at this point I don't mind since its recreational/inspirational tool for me, I don't need comments its good outlet for me to let out my feelings. Beginning of New Epoch

So the Updates in my life Since September this year are; I've started going to New Jersey City University to finish up my B.F.A in Graphic Design I've quit my job my last day is November 7Th and that's when new rejuvenation will kick in with me freelancing. I am also trying to boost up my productivity as much as i can for some reason lately I've been having hard time focusing not particularly with my work and school but with my personal goals and It shall change i promise ASAP.

Ive still got couple of art pieces to post I might as well just wait till week or two until i develop them further and than I can really post some of my production and creative pieces. So this was just follow up to few things that I am working on right I shall keep you updated as time progresses.

~Effigies Show in NYC~

2008-07-26T11:07:00.000-07:00

Alright Punk rock Legends from Chicago played in Brooklyn last night. I only own one album by them; " Ink. It really got me exited and, blew my mind away so, I had to go see them. I didn't expect much from the show; today's youth barely bothers to check out real muscly talented punk bands. They just want to hear whats current and In Style yet it has no cultural value. Show was held at Southpaw Brooklyn,NY on 5th Ave in Park Slope.

I didn't expect it to be a big crowd at the show. It was mostly people in their late twenties, mid thirties and bunch of people in their forties, which I am glad to see that someone that age still goes back to their roots and listens to good music. Of course they started their set of with song called;"Below the Drop" and crowd kicked in right away it was great. They played several new songs which weren't so bad, I am about to buy their new album as soon as I get my next paycheck. Set lasted around forty five to fifty minutes, nobody I knew was there but I didn't mind. None of my friends bothered to come with me which doesn't really stop me from having a good time.

Ohhh PS:
Speaking of Lonelyness; When I first got at the venue around 9:00 pm Eastern NOBODY WAS THERE doors didnt even open up. I decided to play it Nick's style, I went to a super market and got three beers and called up my friend Jon Dahl. I figured he lived close by since neighbourhood looked familiar so it was worth a shot. He was glad to hear from me and let me drank at his place which i apricated since that saved me bunch of $$ which I saved instead of blowing fifty dollars on beer at the bar where I had noone to talk to.

Conclusion is here, Nick has seen: The Effigies, Got to hang out with his friends, and got WASTED .
HaHa the rest you know!
Have a great weekend people and Live your Life!

Nietzches Piece :)

2008-07-23T21:42:00.000-07:00

Here ya go folks New work . Pretty much its self explanatory i don't feel like explaining my self right now. Enjoy!

Photographs Because I like it

2008-07-11T20:29:00.000-07:00

So I haven't used my camera much.
Its a poor excuses for me as an graphic designer i should use it as much as possible. I am very picky about electronics and things, yet i shouldn't be. Having great equipment does make a difference but as an amateur photographer its always good to start off from the beginners lever and work your way up. I took these just to practice my manual settings and to really see how focal points look like without using flash or any auto selections.

I took these just to practice my manual settings and to really see how focal points look like without using flash or any auto selections. This was taken from a bus, on my way to work i really like this one. JFK Blvd in north Bergen has some real interesting buildings and Mausoleums perfect for taking Griddy and Historical images.

This Photo wasn't edited I left it just as it was taken. Usually i take my images through Camera Raw and Photoshop but i think this one is just perfect. I used a tip that I heard from a photographer before; "If you spot a interesting scene, Try to look at it with one of your eyes closed and then try to mimic your sight and take a photograph simular to your own view"

And the last of my images is people .As you can see I have hard time takeing photographs of people looking at me I always feel as if they will say something if I just snape a photo of them. So I usually take pictures of people from behind of from their side when they are talking to somebody. I have my own experiences as a years of being into punk rock of people takeng photos of me rudely without asking.I dont want to be that guy that ruins someones day just because of a single photo.

So yes thats it for today kids i hope i bored ya.

I against I

2008-06-18T08:02:00.001-07:00

I am so outside of society I crisis got a hold of me!

This weekend..

2008-06-15T14:55:00.000-07:00

Didn't work out as planned, at least I didn't end up blowing all of my paycheck like i usually do. Blahh.

Tape Culture and Mix Tapes shall never Die!

2008-06-04T21:49:00.000-07:00

Okey so I said it many times and I'll say it again .
Mp3s can never match the charm and memories that old tapes have: Every pop, every noise, every mess up you make while making that mix is noticeable and engraved into your memory that every time you listen to that old tape you said
to your self;" Oh Thats the Summer my I bought my first car or Thats the summer Laura broke my heart".
You get the point I am not saying anyone shall change their ways I am just expressing my feelings if you have old tapes laying around your house pop them into your stereo ( If you still have one ) and you will see what i mean.

My Newest Creation Vector Poster done in Illustrator CS3

2008-06-01T20:25:00.000-07:00

Alright So I've noticed that my Illustrator skills are rusty. I've decided to redesign Ill Giallo poster (Italian 20th century genre of literature and film. It is closely related to the French fantastique genre, crime fiction, horror fiction and eroticism.) and use; Swatches , Patterns and Nice warm color palette. This was real fun thing to work i really like the end up look and all the colors I managed to use. My instructors always use to mention to try to use two programs instead of one to give a project more depth but, I've figured this looks just fine designed in illustrator plus it was a good practice.

NYC Max Photoshop CS3 Seminar with Dave Cross

2008-05-30T20:06:00.000-07:00

I feel really productive today, and motivated to work on more interesting digital media; raster and vector images. So i took day off from work just so i can attend this I had to do it at least once since so many people are talking about it and it was mentioned through out Layers and Photoshop magazines. I figured that it was way cheaper then past seminars some of them ware about 200 to 300 a pop which is alot if you
don't have a steady income.

Seminar was split into 5 sessions ; there was one , one hour break and four fifteen minute breaks which was good timing . ( looking at those big screens after a while gets real tiring )
This is Javic center on 600 something... W 34th street In NYC were all the fun was at.

Really nice structure sorta reminds me of Sava Centar in Belgrade, Serbia. Interior was spectacular even better then the interior. (I apologize for noisy images i didn't bother setting right options) Great see through sealing this building needs very little lighting Its made to capture the most out of the daylight its great.Alright enough of sight seeing, So the Ground level floor was were magic happened. This is the first picture i took as i was coming down the escalator. This sounds geeky but i was very exited ed for this session to start. Back in a day i use to look at all the punk rocker bands and have them as a role models but, for the first time in my life Dave Cross was my role model.

So as I stepped down i received my package with handbook and a cd and there was some other freebies laying around such as photoshop magazines and layer magazine. So people slowly got seated there was plenty of space for everybody.As I looked up in front of me there was 4 huge Projection Canvases , which was neat since it gave everybody chances to see the program from all around the room.

The tips I learned very very helpful it might sound like ludacris but , I actually knew more of advanced level photos hop skilled yet i always skipped on basics . I always created good Image Manipulated photographs, and graphics, yet my process was very primitive instead of using automation tools and all these helpful gadgets that new CS3 Includes. I really liked the way Bridge works in this new Creative Suite It lets you do so much to the photo and change more the one photo at the time with batch options. Camera Raw is great it does everything that photo shop adjustments yet it just seems like that it comes out with better results.

Most of the lesions are very easy to understand I took plenty of notes so i can review it later. One thing i really gotta look back was Variables it lets you edit create graphics poster in a great way. So lets say if you wonna change the photos and content in stead of opening , or making each individual poster. It use to take me forever but i know the way now which lets me automatically change each selection and change its name so from one poster all It takes is little bit of patience and typing and Variables kick in. It really works might sound tedious but saves you plenty of times instead of manually changing each individual poster. I really enjoyed the simplicity of this tour. No complicated measures were used it was all about speeding process and shortcuts of course. It wasn't really necessary to explain any crazy way of making a light pop out and shoot rocks that comes with the time. What really mattered is that these simples selections lassos and Automation tools is what will make us do things 10x more faster so we have plenty of times to design those nice burning asteroids that rip through the purple sky. It was great i am defiantly going to the next Photoshop and Hopefully Illustrator tour.
And here is the rest of the Photos.

Our Instructor : Dave Cross
Aiightt!

Oh I 've forgot to mention B&H was there too with great offers i wish i had my tax return ...

PS : Until next time try to attend to as many NYC free festivals as possible , Summer is going by real quick.

Editorial Spreads , Graphic Arts and Typography

2008-05-23T21:27:00.000-07:00

Alright We all had an issue of Failed Hard drives. So that has happened to me last November and me being foolish and trusting in Mac computers way too much i felt comfortable without backing up any of my data haha. Yea I learned it hard way I lost bunch of my school projects as well as freelance work that I've done and out of my laziness once I got my computer back i didn't feel like redesigning them .

However I manged to reestablish two of my favorite layouts. This one I've done in my advanced Typography class we had to watch out for Orphans and Widows and all that good stuff on top of that it had to look real classy and edgy in a same time.

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And this little front page layout was done at my Internship at the USA Today.
Its not really my style but, As a Graphic Designer you need to interpret clients wishes,and make them happy. And of course at the end you will feel full of Joy, once you receive that Pay check.
This is quickly Re designed but it looks very similar to an original.

Thank you for watching and enjoy your folks.

Conclusion of the weekend ... wait a sec it aint over yet.

2008-05-18T10:38:00.000-07:00

Alright.
Where do I start first , ahhh Friday night rainy day off from work! So i got in touch with Jon and Dasha they always know whats going on in the city so i hung out with them that day. We went to some party house at park slope which was pretty decent but it wasn't extraordinary or anything . While me Jon and Dasha got there around 8 o clock Will got there around 11 and stuff.There was bands playing in a living room which was legit, not really my kind of music but interesting vibe worth check out , First band was this all female instrumental band they where good. Band after I wasn't really feeling. I got pretty tipsy around 1 am as party died out I started passing out Willy was the only one as usually who was mingling with ladies all night long. I only talked to few people yet they had nothing to say.

So as weekend went along last morning i woke up my head was REALLY BIG at least it felt that way. I stepped out of my room walked up on my roof top got some fresh air and as soon as i had some coffee and food i started dialing digits and figuring what to do. Of course its Tri state so all the best things are happening at once so it took me and Will real long time to figure out what to do .Finally we decided to go to New Brunswick so we did . First we checked out Mc Cormacks on Hamilton then afterward we rolled up to Nikkis old House on Louis street , oh yea shes actually going to be living there once again which is Nice. We just hung around her front porch and drank a few beers, in mean time familiar faces showed up and we all hung out like its 1999 and stuff .ehhe.

Eventually we ran out of things to do so Me Nikki and Will went out and picked up our friend Lisa she brought us to this CRAZY Dive bar! It was raw as all hell second i walked in there. This big biker guy came up to me and said : "Dude No offense but I shouldn't wear that bandanna if I was in a fight". I was like woah dang so i didn't wanna drag more attention so I took it off. Bar was JUST about to close down so bartender took us in storage where we could still all hang out and drink. Twenty minutes into it he came back and said 911 everybody gotta leave as we walked out this crazy dude was arguing with this biker guy that confronted me earlier, at this point i knew this was a time where things had to come to a close.Will and I walked into his car and drove to a new Location which is Nikkie's and Lisa's friends house . We hung around there for few hours listened to some tunes.Me and Simon had a blast talking about the old days and funny uncomfortable circumstances.

Time was for us to leave it was already light out and we were hungry so we stopped by quick check. As we are waiting in line the same guy that was starting a fight at the bar earlier was at quick check.Me and Will start laughing out we didn't know he was with somebody else I dont know if he noticed us talking about him. As will walked out this other from outside was like; "Hey Do you think that's funny?" and Will was like; "Funny What" and I knew the whole deal so guy said "OHHH not so funny anymore walk away ". This guy was in his late 30s he could of taken us easy, especially if his friend joined in we would of been done for good.

Me and Will got in a car and drove away laughing hysterically, if we stayed few seconds longer we could of been seriously injured. On the whole way to my house I passed out in car and somehow managed to direct Will to my home. Ahh These were some interesting times.

Heavy Metal Animated Film (1981)

2008-05-17T12:11:00.000-07:00

For some reason I was bored two days ago, and decided to put on Heavy Metal. Its surprising how great effect this movie has on me, as an artist. And just whole aspect of people making this film before advanced computer animation techniques. And all together plot of 6 different stories put together and connected with this main focal point of a film which is Lock nar
" Son of all evil "

I would usually put this movie in around this time of year I have to watch it at least once a year. And till this tail i always find something new just the whole effort of this movie is amazing how well it was Directed by Ivan Reitman and the struggle they had to put to get this baby out on time in a about a year was astonishing.

My favorite episode is First one Its about this cab driver that gets involved in a dramatic situation with a girl who's about to sell Lock Nar for alot of money.

Best part about it is that it take place in city of New York in distant future yet, New York is just as dirty as it was back in late 1970s. Ps; Well now its now its all gentrified but that's another story.It has great ending but i don't really want to ruin for you.

And of course Second best Story is right after the first one, which is about this Scrawny Science student who gets transferred into different dimension and turns into this guy with Super Human strength called;" DEN " isn't that every teenagers dream?

So Overall this movie really motivates and inspires me immediately once it was done I went to my drawing table and started drawing again. For all you artists and just anybody who appreciates great animation adult films and few laughs this movie is great To rent or own. Check it out !

Two Flys Down in One Day I scheduled PS CS3 seminar, And I got my classes got scheduled for Fall semester at the NJCU

2008-05-13T23:46:00.000-07:00

Alright guys .
So I really been happy lately recently i been taking care of my backed up education something just has to give. I could of continued struggling but why not struggle and in mean time work towards higher degree. So yesterday I had an appointment with my Design Professor at the NJCU thinking ; " Dang I am probably going to be freshmen all over" Incredible! They took 90 Of my old credits from AI which got me stunned i didnt know what to say. Most schools put new students int BA program i got put into B.F.A . Everything worked out well all i need now to do is work things with financial aid and i am back in Collage. Waaa wuuuut.

Photoshop CS3 Seminar with Scott Kelby.

Alright some people might say , Yea you can learn things online which is true but I am more of a person that actually likes doing stuff in actual working environment where people exchange ideas not just me, being alone stuck in my room with my day dreaming and all. So usually these seminars cost up to $ 400 dollars but this time this seminar is only $99 I didn't think twice before ordering it . Few Books are included with package and i get $ 15 bucks back as a rebate at the door. I think this is a big step for me everyone persuades their education differently some people like researching on their own i like working in groups. This is my first one so I cant wait to see how it goes, I am very curious to check it out and see if its any worth it. I never did any study outside of my school curriculum but from what i know my friend Adnan from Bosnia Is an IT tech and does all these side gigs and was sent to some big Seminar of some sort to Edinburgh Scotland. His real talented person and from what ive been reading from his posts he keeps him self active in every activity considering CSS , LINUX and Coding stuff in general. I know I've been lazy but i really need to follow up on this and really take a stand into my shoes and show this city who's the boss.

PEACE!

It's 11: 23 AM Eastern and I've gotten Evaluated

2008-05-07T08:22:00.001-07:00

Noice.
My transcript finally got evaluated and all I got to do is set up an appointment with an art department at the NJCU so all I have to do is have 2 more interviews with art Counselor and financial aid and I shall be in collage by this Fall .

I am exited!

First Weekend of May... Wa Wuuut

2008-05-04T21:41:00.001-07:00

Smooth should be a right word for it.
So this weekend worked out real well Decent weather and alot of things happening.
It started off with Friday . I met up with George and the rest of the pack down on St marks, from there we headed to Brooklyn to this photo gallery where we view pretty cool picture exhibit. Since it was an open bar it was right place to loosen up and just talk to few people . I haven't networked in while it was a first opportunity for me to get to socialize with people in my field and other fields surrounding mine.I got few business cards that could get me some gigs or even perm jobs hopefully.

Friday.
So anyway, After the gallery we went to this hip hop after party it was something else. It was literally in back yard of this bar so we had to walk through the bar in order to get to it. There we saw this big backyard filled with scrap metal and hardware it almost seemed like an auto shop yet there was not a single garage door or car around. weird! So as we walked through backyard we went through this door and there it was .This huge long room with 2 DJ's at the end of it. The scene was terrific ; there was wide variety of people from punks hipsters hippies artzy kids hood kids and so on. No one minded it was real cool .As you can tell i was observing more then actually being part of picture. I felt crappy i was dressed up all ehhh since I went to the city straight from work so I didn't really feel comfy talking to people so i just stuck to my friends and acquaintances. Anyhow it worked out well i ended up getting home at around 5 am, getting anytime before 5 am home is just a sign that night didn't work out well.

So Here comes Saturday.
I didn't plan of doing much i actually just wanted to stay home but I talked to Frank and i ended up going to Meatlocker( underground venue in Montclair NJ). Only for 2 hours blahhh, I had to pick up my mom from work. I didn't not expect night to be any good so more people showed up that i expected. I seen so many people I know and i met bunch of new people maybe because it was such a short period of time so i had to concentrate more. So I stayed for the first band and for Above all hope my friends band. I stayed in for 4 or 5 songs and i had to bounce it was weird that was a shortest night i have had in long time but it didn't not work out half as bad as i thought it would be.

And to Conclude it with Sunday.
So Its Sunday afternoon around 12 : 45 pm Easter Joe calls me and his says it with characteristic voice" Its NICE AND OUT S*IT " so i was like cool deal. I got into my dads car and drove to ridge wood. From there we listened to few tunes and headed out on the road. We had a little car trouble but that when away once we parked it in neutral and added some oil to it. We went to borders to check out some Comic books however i didn't find anything i wanted. We where there for a bit since it had to close down . Later on we met up with Steave and Felt we exchanged few laughs and storys i havent seen Felt in months , anyways weekend was winding to a close it was a great weekend.Nothing band escalated.I wrote way too much this time i guess i feel bad because i write these rarely.

Current Events and Tunes

2008-05-02T08:51:00.000-07:00

Current events:
O key I really need to get back onto this!
So i Signed up for school once again i figure i need a better degree since i been struggling with associates degree for a long time. Originally i was looking into Montclair state but when I put all cards on a table i figure better choice would be New Jersey State University since its in city and only few miles away from mecca of NYC.

Music:
In mean time my musical taste has been changing dramatically . I don't listen to same old fast stuff that i did when i was a teenager. Right now i am listening to variety of stuff but, most important of all I cant spend at day without Husker Du mannn their lyrics cause " Chemical Reaction" in my brain. Its like good sense of reality that someone before me has been going through same problem that I am and just spills it all out in nice well put organized musical . Other than them I been listening to Chi town punk such as: Naked Raygun , Pegboy and i still need to Check out Effigies and Articles of Faith i love it all. Great vibe good lyrics and BIG city.

So For now that was a quick fill of stuff thats been going on Cheers.

I need to post more things.

2008-03-05T17:32:00.000-08:00

I been out of it this past month so much things have happened all at once to the point where i couldn't even read a basic article in a news papers . Eh not many people are reading my blog anyways but i figure letting out frustrations and expressing my knowledge through this feels good.

Happy New Years of two thousand and eight!

2008-01-02T09:32:00.000-08:00

To you all i hope you had a good one or at least tried to have a good one. Mine worked out pretty good i didn't expect much which is good usually when I 've got to many expectations New Year eves tend to suck so i just went out to see my friends band play and relaxed.

Spending New Years in subrubs it sounds like a horrible idea for New Years Even tho party might be half ok come on dude its freaking new years enjoy the city that is close by you, is what i would recoment do everyone that lives around me. So we went to see Blood Reds play at this bar that i for some reason forgot whats it call i guess its because of the fact that didn't even have name of a bar up front. Yea so because of this little issue it took us two circles around block to find it.

Me Garrett and Lauren got there around 9 pm eastern and first reaction was nobody was there yet . We didn't really count bearded fairy's that where flying around that venue but it was surpriceing for downtown Brooklyn usually bars are packed in that part of the city. As time went on bar filled up slowly and it was getting to the point of a good mood. It was very hard to talk to any girls tho since it was loud i managed to talk to few but without any major success. Me and Garrett figured once Blood reds play we would bounce right after to meet up with Geo which we did.

Oh i forgot to say that Steve and Will came out with us and yea there where at the show as well. So we followed Geo's directions and took L train deep into Brooklyn to check out rooftop party extravaganza. We got there and yeah it got shut down which didn't surprise me.So on way back to train we bumped into some familiar faces Soren ,Gabby and some other NYC kids. So we got invited to some other kids house down by financial district in New York which took us another hour to get to so pretty much after Joe's show all we did is take one big long trip riding MTA trains. Once we got to Fire Crotches place i think we just decided to get home we where so exhausted by that time it was like 4 30 in morning. I figured it would of been better idea if we just stayed at the same bar where we started but i guess we where curious about something else.

Thats what happens when you want to expand your entertainment you end up riding trains all night.

Happy New Years everyone i am looking forward to hearing your New Years Story.

Testing my New Camera Canon PowerShot S5 IS

2007-11-25T12:05:00.001-08:00

Photography oh yeaaa... .
It sounds simple for some but its serious business when it comes to my field.Soon ill have more and more design gigs coming up,which means greater demand for pro photos.So I figured instead of paying a photographer i rather just learn photography on my own. I decided to get semi pro camera i had limited budget so i was choosing between Fuji film fine pix and Cannon power shot s5. I chose Cannon since it was capable of add ons such as adding lenses and,external mounted flash which, i will definitely need to upgrade in near future.

So i ordered it few days ago and it came in mail so i went to park by my house and took several test pictures and messed around with settings.I liked the fact that it has really nice manual setting that lets you tweak the back light and balance settings.

Such Image as this i was never capable of taking with my regular consumer electronic old Kodak camera.I took this while walking and with image stabilizer. Cool new feature that cannon has.

This one is great >>>>>>>
Just show you how dull this area can be . Its beautiful fall day, it has all these chess tables next to Hudson river, and beautiful Panorama of New York City, yet there is no people around. I guess they rather go to mall and spend times consuming then relax and play some chess outdoors. Its pretty sad when you think about it Hudson square park by my house its in Urban Area yet, its always half dead.

So this is the view of New York that I've told you about.Its over looking Hudson river and its perfect for anyone who wants to relax during the day and just enjoy outdoors. I did this which Stitch assistant. It lets you take several images and shows you where to take another one once they are uploaded on a computer you can stick them automatically without, time consuming Photoshop clipping. Which i think its a very nice feature for starter photographer.

This photo is my favorite It has that cold feel of blues to it. You know that its a cold November day just by looking at it.

This was one of the last pictures i took. It really caught my eye that tree is right in middle of steps so i figured it would make a nice peace.

So far These are pretty much first pictures that I've took with this new toy.I got plenty more that need to be taken so i can get better in this field of art. Ill try to catch up by the end of this month.

Revival of my working skills !

2007-11-22T18:06:00.000-08:00

So hello there once again. I didn't write for a while since I been very busy these past few months. And then again i should of still took some time to write a blog or two but I didn't. I been pulling so many hours working two jobs it was ridiculous. speaking of jobs....

So It was August last time i wrote something back then i was penny less and disparate to find any kinda job and nothing was going on. So i found this gig city which was nice little pocket change but still not enough to make a living . And then on September 17 the day i got my drivers license strange thing happened. So i am in line at the motor Vehicle facility in Lodi ,New jersey waiting for my id to get printed and all the sudden phone rings.I don't usually pick up the calls of numbers that i don't know but this was different, since it was real early i know it was important call either a job offer or emergency. I picked up and the recruiter of an agency that i signed up for was on the line it took me a while to figure out which staffing agency it was since i signed up with few. So there it goes the same day i got licence i got my first design gig in Clifton New jersey. I was like oh boy this is good i feel like million dollars i cant believe this is happening . All summer it was nothing all i did was stay at home and pound on my play station since i didn't have much money to be hanging out at bars and so, and now i got two positive hits in one day. Life really comes at you by surprise. Just like bad things add up, one after another so do good things.

So busy times came. There has been so many things that happened this fall but it would take me two days to write it all maybe even more. All i have to say is that from this fall i really good great working experience. Speaking off that school ... yeah right I mean i learned alot in my high school and collage but no school cant teach you anything that goes on in real working environment. Only way to learn skill is to be around it on the field and network with people that are same profession as you. Regardless of their trade white or blue collar.

So I have to end this post soon because i am thinking about way too many things and ill end up just jumping from one subject to another.I'll try to be on blog more often so this random summarization of a whole 3 month period doesn't happen again. All i gotta say is Happy Thanksgiving and folks don't give up no matter whats the situation.

peace !

Oh yea! It will be Mine! Technics SL1200MK5 Turntable!!

2007-08-29T08:26:00.001-07:00

It will be mine, oh yea it will be....
No kidding I just tried it out in the city at this record store Academy that lets you listen to the records before you purchase them, and it was like a love on first sight!

Just check out the specs:
Universally acknowledged. Built-to-last. Industry standard. Coin-of-the-realm. All of these phrases apply to this quintessential pro DJ tool. The SL-1200MK5 follows on from the classic SL-1200M3D with new features that include:

Non "click" Pitch fader

Pitch reset button

Recessed power Switch

New long life cue lamp

New increased anti-skate adjustment

Quartz Direct Drive accuracy, with continuous pitch adjustment up to 18%

Very high torque motor for quick start-ups (only 0.07 seconds stop to speed)

Custom brake speed control

Non "click" pitch fader

LED pop-up work light

Built-in anti-skate adjustment up to 6g

Arm-end scale for quick Weight setting

Molded aluminum diecast cabinet and heavy rubber base material help absorb unwanted vibrations from the dance floor

Includes Technics slipmat & scratch mat

Highly sensitive low-mass tone arm with gimbaled suspension

Includes removable hinge-free dust cover

Silver finish

Cartridge required -- not included

Its pricey but come on if you are real audiophile you wont really care much about cash.It ranges from
$ 400 to $ 600 depends on a seller.

Summer update!

2007-08-28T12:01:00.001-07:00

Summer time of 2007 " good times" right i didn't do much at all it also had to do with my lack of motivation.Well anyways there are at lest few positive outcomes at the end of this summer. I got into Montclair state university and i finally went to the beach. Not just walked around the coast with full gear on boots and other crap. But I've actually dipped in the water.

Well So Here it goes on Saturday night at the rooftop party, Lauren asked me if i wanted to down by Garrets so we can all meat up and go to beach it sounded like a good idea so I agreed. Reason i didn't manage to go yet is that through out the summer something kept on popping up and I never managed to go. Well this time it actually happened.Lauren picked me up around 11: 30am and we, got to Garrets house in Jackson around 1:00pm. We figure that it would be a great idea to Invite Dan and Lizzy to meet up with us so we can go all together.Since Lizzy was down by the shore since past Monday, but on way to Sea Side Heights where Dan and Lizzy were at ( for all you people that are reading this and have no clue what Sea Side is, its Guido capital of New Jersey at least for me) there was way too much traffic so we just went to closest town around and went to the beach in town called Bay Side and figured that we will meet with them later on that night.

This might sound dorky but i really like sand and The Ocean and I finally get to take my sneakers of and set my towel on the sand and just dip straight into the ocean.

Oh man it meant allot for me its like instant release of stress and all the agony thats been building up through out of year.Well yeah so after first dip i laid down and relax on the sun. Good thing i brought my Boom box Lauren had some good tapes with her too i was listening Destructor's at first not really beach music but, once that was done we were listening to Gen X it was great.

Time went on after we where done with water we packed up all tired and tan went to meet up with Dan and Lizzy.As soon as we got to Seas side and the boardwalk we got some food.I got nice thick Angus burger with Cheese and Dollar beer on tap. Cant beat that! By the time we where almost done Danny boy and Lizzy showed up Dan didn't have a shirt on he was showing off his Tattoos well ,WHO wouldn't if i had that many tattoos i would be doing the same thing.Duh.
So we decided to play some game we went to Shoot the Geek ( Its American Board walk game which they give u 100 rounds of paint balls so you had this guy in protective suit and a mask who really looked goofy and pretty much all you do is make sure you hit is as many times all over his body. Girls got teddy bears for the price and me dan and garret got satisfaction!

Oh boy there is more to boardwalk story but i don't feel going through all the details because not all of them where that fun. We got back to Lizzy's rental house we chilled there for a bit and then went back to garrets.At Garrets we watched a pretty good Film it was called True Romance Quentin's Tarantino's directed it.It was great not as funny as Pulp Fiction but I really got into it. After movie we just crashed out i was so tired my hands felt like there where not mine, i didn't swim since last summer.

So yea my point is that I should of been more motivated this Summer for activities such as these. I just had too many things going on in my life that i couldn't think straight for past few weeks , thinking about fun times and going to the beach was a last thing on my mind. Anyways overall it turned out to be good Summer Conclusion so i hope that i will manage to catch one or two more nice worm beach days.

Waking up. My head Feels HUGE.

2007-08-26T11:25:00.000-07:00

Dang so I've just got home this morning at around 6: 30 am eastern it was an interesting party that I haven't seen before yet. The building that we where at was an old warehouse turned into an apartment building and party was on the rooftop the way to get on the roof was by climbing these metal leathers that didn't look much safe.My friend Willy had this huge Box of Beer and he claimed up with it i was so I worried that he might slip and fall but it worked out ok.

Once we where all, uh yea excuse I forgot to tell you I was with Joe Will and Lauren so anyways, on the top there was at least 150 people ,party was huge I never seen that many people on a rooftop well, even tho this is one of my first rooftop party's but still. This was like a scene from a Independent movie it was really cool you could see New York and Brooklyn skyline from the roof and since it was outside it wasn't that hot because we got there at 12 am by that time heat calmed down and this nice smooth wind started blowing off the East River. There was wide variety of people there mostly collage students From all over and few locals that i didnt spot till later since it was kinda dark out.

So first things first we drank a couple of beers and i deicided to cruise around and check out people around party or any girls that i cant talk to. So far i talked to few girls they seemed kinda dull so i returned to the spot where Will was at, with our beer and grabbed one more beer. So we where talking for a bit and then all the sudden This Kid that I had no clue Ifhe was on some sort of pcp or whatever started Freaking out and throwing beers all over random people good thing it didn't get it on me I hate when strangers mess with my self.So night goes on I went around and bumped into Max! Brooklyn max 57 crew hehe first things first I didn't see him since Geo left for Greece which is more then a month ago so i gave him swig of my whiskey and he gave me nice big gulp of his Beer. I finally spotted there someone i know so i brought all my friends to hang out "with tha crew ya know".Instantly as soon as we settled down on the other side of roof by Maxes friends I bump into Tom from flash attacks and it was weird Because this is very Contemporary gig last thing that i expected is seeing someone like Tom or Max. There we had a little chat and stuff about things and how we miss the old times about Frank the don how he crashes his Buick's and Cadillac's so it was entertaining.

Time goes on so party is about to split I just knew it as soon as i seen these shady characters trying to sell me some shit. So around 2: 45 Joe and Lauren split and i decided to stay with Will and crash there.I also bump into this girl Rita from Fort Lee we are not like close friend but ok acquaintance's. As soon as Lauren and Joe left there was a cop car in front of the house .Everyone start packing up and yes I didn't get girls as usual. Ha so me and Will are just chilling there until pretty much me and him and the cops where alone outside on the roof so we figured it time to leave.We where outside of the building for 15 minutes after that talking to some drunken idiots.

We left and something made us go back probably the fact that we wanted MORE out of everything.We get back and its even worse then I thought me and bunch of these Phantoms are just sitting on the roof top while they where smoking weed, mood was soo Beat there was nothing there for us anymore. I tell Will: "Lets go man this is pointless, we will sleep on the train or bus on way to my house". On way back we missed our stop in stead of 42st we get out at 35th ( subways system at night is worst it can say F train yet it would be running on an A or E line.) we got out the Subway station and walked 7 city blocks.Blah i am hungry at this point so i get a Gyro at this place it was a WORST GYRO that i EVER tasted in my life.Meat felt like these sharp nails are scraping my throat and vegetables seemed stale and i almost puked after wards i couldn't finish it so chucked the other half.Willy was sleeping by this time on the steps while i was bitching about my Gyro.To make long story short so i finally get on this small Private bus that runs to my town well check it this one is actually not running to my town. Its running to Fairview. Through out bus ride Willy was sleeping i cant fall sleep while i am on a bus i was just looking out of window and checking people out.At night there are usually the most interesting people riding these buses.After 40 minutes we got off at 90th street in Fairview .Not to mention that cops closed the half the main bus route so bus had to find a Detour.

Dang
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Here we go again with walking we had to walk 10 more blocks to get to my house we get there and Will actually chose not to stay and crash , Just to get into his Ford and get back home, whatever i was fine with that .I get home and i don't remember how i got into my bad as soon as Willy left i blacked out. I woke up about a Hour ago and now am writing this. It was one of those days you know I just had to do something and have a great time.
So what did you do this weekend?

So i guess this is my first one!

2007-08-25T15:33:00.000-07:00

Hey its there folks.
So today is Saturday afternoon and this is my first blog.

For a while i taught these things where waste of time and pointless but ,lately I've been reading my friends Adnans blog and i found it very interesting by everything he analyzed such as: His work, His trip to Edinburgh, weird myth about Bosnian Pyramids which is busted and so on.So i think this is good way to inform the world about personal current events and also to get things off my chest once in while.

Have a good night and Stay in trouble!