stir fry and smoothies

i’ve had 3 old friends contact me in the last week. all 3 very unexpected. i randomly got a this 678 number. i was like, whose number don’t i have that i know from atlanta? i checked my voicemail….RADLEY FRICKER! my buddy radley from way back dropped in to boulder to ride and see some shows last week. but instead of seein a show with his homies from louisville, he decided to chill with ronchron. we caught up with each other over a few beers at the sun on pearl. then we headed down the mall a ways and stumbled into the pub where there was this gnarly blues/funk band throwin down the mad note. the violinist was sick with it. very inspiring to say the least. i hung out with the rad man for a while that night and i got some sweet music from him by a band called justice. justice is these two french guys that seem to be descendants of daft punk. raw bass and funky beats!

my friend julia turelli came to visit me in boulder the other night. i was worried that we wouldn’t have anything to talk about, but it was like no time had passed since the last time we hung out. she drove from golden to seek advice and consolation. she’s concerned that she might be experiencing an episode similar to what i went through a few years back. though this might be true, i think she just needed to talk to an old friend. i told her that she just needs to be aware of drastic changes in her attitude and suggested that she not seek an intrusive solution like mood-stabilizers or antidepressants. instead i recommended that she just remember to eat right, sleep and get plenty of exercise. these 3 things cannot ever be replaced by any amount of medication. i told her she just needed to remember there are people who love her very much and she had always been a great friend. we all need that.
zach clanton and his buddy simon came to our place last night to chill and shoot the breeze. of course we got to talkin about shreddin pow. he has over 90 days, 78 of which are back country. needless to say, i’m seriously envious. he’s totally livin the dream. utah gets all the snow… he said the music scene is almost non-existent though. i think i could give us shows for a season or 2 of epic pow… as long as i can play my own music. zach comin to visit is a great omen. i feel allison and are about to embark on the next phase in our lives. shreddin pow and being artists…for a living. i’m excited!

so, about the title of this blog…i recently realized that i am like a stir fry of different skills, strengths and weaknesses. the whole of which, is much greater than just the sum of its ingredients. my social life is like a smoothie of friends and relationships. once it’s had time to blend and mix, it’s impossible to separate the medley of fruit and juices. everyone is in every spoonfull. there are sometimes stray chunks, but for the most part, all my friends are affected by even the smallest things i do. i realize this is just another way to explain any holistic philosophy, like relativity or systems theory. but my way is more fun.

see yall on the mtn…

shan wai yu shan...

i started the development of the BarHop Photo Gallery today. it needs a little work, but the basic idea it definitely there. allison's shots of the "sundowner event" have an amazingly high resolution. i'm anxious to see where she can take barhop...

i can’t wait to go ride with my homies next week. they come into town on friday night. allison and i are going to pick them up from DIA. I don’t know where were we’ll all spend the night that night, but i’m shootin for my dad’s. since the divorce, danny usually sees my mom when he comes to town. besides i think my dad and maryann would be cooler with us hangin there for an evening. it’s also closer to our final destination…las MONTANAS! i can’t wait to hit that pow . i heard it’s been absolutely epic lately.

allison is going to learn so much this week. and not just about shreddin gnar… i’m so excited for danny and my boys to finally meet my girl….fo real… last time the Clemson Crew was here, they barely spent anytime in boulder, and allison was too busy with class to come up and ride. so, needless to say, this next week has been highly anticipated.

i don’t think it’s hit me yet that i’m going to be missing an entire week of work. i haven’t taken a real vacation since last year around this time. from mexico to frisco… sun to snow… sand to pow…

zach is coming to boulder this week… i wish he was coming next week so i could actually take off work to chill. mickey also wants to ride later this week. sigh…my FRIENDS::POWDER-DAYS ratio is a little unbalanced… oh well, always room for improvement, i guess.

random quote time:

wise old theron say...shan wai yu shan ....in chinese, this translates to:

"Beyond this Mountain...there is always another..."

we might have to come back to boulder for a minute to meet with hannah and the production crew about Extreme Cutover. no big deal though, allison and i have already decided it’s totally worth missing 1 day of ridin to possibly make a few grand, not mention the opportunity of a lifetime!

eventhough i will be chest deep in gnar cherry pow next week, i will still do my darndest to blog everyday about it.

check out this sexy kodak moment:

not much today...

a lot happened today...but not in my life...i just wanted to make sure i got an entry in for the day...

dreamers' disease

Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don't give up, You've got a reason to live
Can't forget, You only get what you give

love that song...very poppy, but awesome. barhop promo event tonight @ the sundowner. i have a good feeling about this one. barhop is about to pop. we're gonna sell it, retain part ownership, and just watch it grow...mmm baby. this could be the night that launches us into tomorrow. i'm very excited! allison's gonna be there snappin photos for the social networking aspect of the website. the part of the site hasn't yet been implemented. but i've been thinking about it for a while. it's gonna be sweet when it's done.

tonight is going to rock! i love hangin with my friends and showin'em what i do all day that makes it so i can't chill like i used to. i miss those days. but that's why i keep working so hard right now. i want those days back...forever.

movin forward...

for some reason i always try to come up with a title for my blog before actually writing anything down. it definitely backwards. i think the input text box for the title bar should be below the posting box (but only on the post editor page). i don't know if anyone else does, but i have a problem summarizing what i have not yet written. thank god this thing has spell check, though. i'd be screwed.


on a happier note, i sent the budget to hannah yesterday and she already replied this morning. it looks like the project is a go, but their deal with the company in minnesota fell through. i know the energy behind the project is still goin strong and i have confidence that Martin-Group will find another company to make this work out, no problem. this might actually work out in our favor, mostly because of allison's class schedule. if the project gets pushed back a few weeks, it will put us right after finals during the production phase. that would be perfect, because by then allison and i will both have more time and energy to devote to this. it's gonna be great!


.::Martin-Group's Website::.

new territory...

i'm excited to see what allison and i can accomplish when we really, truly put our creative minds together. we're both very opinionated people, as well as stubborn. it's gonna take a lot "putting personal stuff aside" if we want to as productive as possible. we both have a lot of ideas of where this project could go. who knows? maybe our respective visions are more closely related than we think. i have more experience with editing film than allison, but i think her experience in other design fields (mainly photography) will add the necessary fresh outlook that this project needs. i'm going into this project 100% but 100% of what is the real question. my creative energy is floundering at the moment, just because my head is so clogged with the everyday crap of life (i.e. tuition disputes, bills, owning a business, debt in general). allison has fresh, new energy just bursting at the seams. i definitely need her on this one. i know that this project will prove that we can work together. it's a big one to start with, but we totally got it.

chillin@t-house

we call the txtbus office the t-house. we don't really know why. it's just something we come to accept as the official name of the place we do most of our business. actually, it's just what i and friedrick very rarely use, but for some reason it seems to stand out as having much more significance than it really does. wow, glad that's out of the way. when are we going to sell these companies? why do i question this? i need to remain persistent and i will get what's coming to me. is that a good attitude? i'll just keep designing, snowboarding and playing music until the cows come home, or until i go broke, one of the two. keep in mind i'm treating this blog as a blank canvas until i stumble upon something interesting to write about. not that there isn't anything interesting going on in my life right now, just that i can't really compose my thoughts well enough at this time to focus on one topic...so i'm just free flow writing until something comes...until something comes...untils om thing comes...un tillsom thin gnomes...i like little gnomes and blueberries....... i'll have something better tomorrow...peace

hi again...

i've decided to start writing again. it's something i've been putting off for a while now. writing helps me organize my thoughts. sometimes there's so much in my head, the thought of even just beginning to write it all down gives me a headache. this blog is just me at the moment. i need to clear my head before i can start writing things that people want to read. medication.....what a bitch....


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