8am

wow i totally made it to an 8am class today. i'm way super-d-duperly proud of myself.

crazy dutch architects

MVRDV is one of the firms on our class list.  i like the project of theirs that i've dubbed the "jenga" building in taipei.

UN studio is another one on the list.  UN-fold-STUDIO is one of my favorite coffee table books.  marcel also suggested some readings from one of my favorite architectural journals: praxis.  

i feel ahead of the curve.  yeuh boy!  you gotta own it!

unmitagated audacity...

great googly moogly!



zappa for president!

studio before sept.: clean and stress free

soon there will hundreds of angry, sweaty, tired children in here:

better to see you with...

snapped this one in the optometrist's office.  this is my optomap.  i have healthy eyes if you were wondering...

omg you guys

dude...songsterr.com

if your a long-time internet guitar tab junkie like me...you'll appreciate the magnanimity of this site.  holy crap...

so there is an online jam room, but it's definitely lacking compared to what i had imagined an online jam room should be.  there should be a community of online musicians who can create "rooms" where they can play music live.  other people can then listen and/or play along.  the people who create these rooms should have the ability to choose whether or not to listen to people jammin with them.  talk about a billion dollar business idea.  amateurs could end up playin with super badasses and not even realize it.  that would be sooooo awesome...

just a taste...

the rest of the show is on its way...

i like to think i've sung this one better before, but it still had lots of energy.

lucy...you have some 'splainin to do...

aww......lulu can shake a paw

procrastination is...well...i'll you about it later...

i've learned a few things about procrastination recently...the hard way of course.  my glasses broke...twice.  the first time was the other night at sundowner.  my left "temple wire" just snapped when i tried to take them off for a second.  and then just yesterday the right one broke the same way.  i took them into pearl vision today and found out the 1-year warranty was in fact up.  it was almost as if the manufacturers specifically planned for them to destroy themselves just past the warranty's expiration.  hmm...  anyway, i have needed contacts for a while but have been putting it off until the last possible moment.  well...needless to say that moment came to me in a snap...literally.  so i conned the optometrist into giving me a free pair of loner contacts until i come in and renew my prescription.  new glasses come in next monday and i'm gonna stretch these contacts for 3 months and buy more online with the copy of my old prescription.  

the second part of the story has to do with h&r block and a bunch of money, but i won't bore you with the details.

so i guess what i'm really trying to say is :: i didn't really learn anything.  ha!

no but seriously, take it from me.  don't wait until you have been literally blinded before you decide it's time to take care of yourself.

colorado never ceases to amaze...

drove up past ward yesterday to brainard lake.  i'm totally going back there sometime.  it was absolutely gorgeous.

Christopher Pieper (aka...crispy tits)

it's hard to beat pitchers of pbrs @ the dwnr...mmm

jive coulis (feat. ronchron)

what an amazing feeling...

who better to capture such a moment than my better half...

the tenth

derek leaves for illinois today...sad day. my brother mickey just left for college yesterday. for some reason around this time every year, people in my life leave me.  ha!  maybe i'm just super aware around my birthday.  anyway look how cute:

we got back from the mountains today around 1:30.  i headed to twisted pine a couple of hours later to jam with the jive.  it was really fun!  i feel like we have the keller song nailed and the random improv seshes with pete were super sweet!  

we're opening the set with my keller song and then i might play with them on another track.  

wednesday night (8.13.08) @ the fox...yeuh

chipmunk heaven!

ok, so i've never so many friggin chipmunks in my life!

you just got killed by a daewoo lanos, mofo...

i snapped this one in the theatre last night @ the 9:35 showing of pineapple express. the iphone gives whole new meaning to the term "flash photography". ha!

holy crap james franco was an f'in riot. i was privy to some more of his work on "funny or die". it's so great to see A-listers making low-budget indy films and turning them around for 10s of thousands of dollars...not to mention the publicity. hilarious...

extreme cutover is here...

yay, my latest creation is live!  i made a website for martin-group's promo project called extreme cutover (parody of extreme makeover: home edition).    

tech meetup @ wolf law!!

chris and i got there a little late.  i thought the presentations started at 7 and they only started serving drinks at 6.  i was wrong.  next month we'll get there before all the beer runs out and get wicked awesome seats!  my favs:   gyminee & fluxcapacity.

eat healthy . . . drink beer

allison and i went with michael and ashley to keystone yesterday for the BEER and bluegrass festival.  even-though it was great to listen to, we weren't exactly there for the music...  with 30+ breweries handing out all kinds of great beer, the party was virtually unstoppable.  

friday night was awesome btw.  i finally got up in front of a crowd and played.  the keller cover went off without a hitch, which was my personal goal...but i had some equipment issues on jive's song "doomsday".  first of all, i didn't have any overdrive for my sound, so i played clean...meh.  the amp i was using kept cutting out right in the middle of the song, and i had to switch out my cable.  it totally killed my groove.  but it was a rad experience nonetheless and i'm grateful for jive lettin me sit in with them.  the live setting is completely different from rehearsal, anything can happen and sometimes there's no way to avoid mistakes.  

after the set we chilled around tPine and played a little nightbee in the parking lot.  we then proceeded to drum jam on the bus.  good times.  chris and i walked home...faded and talkative.  good night everyone.  

jive coulis @ the fox on the 13th

jivin...

i spent some time up at the jive house last night.  first time i ever sang into a mic while playing with a band.  very cool feeling...  in my amateur opinion, it was an incredibly tight practice.  i'm learning a couple of the tracks off their debut album:  machina & doomsday.  we are also playing a keller song i recently learned entitled above the thunder.  

friday night @ the twisted pine!

trying to hold a groove...

i started playing guitar when i was 12.  i quit when i was 13.  i moved to mexico and found some inspiration.  i started playing again...for good this time.  guitar has since been a huge part of my life.  about a year ago i jammed with my buddy jesse in his basement.  the jam was goin great and then he started singing and i was completely taken aback.  needless to say, his voice is incredible. except for a couple failed attempts in high school; car; shower, i hadn't really thought about singing.  but after hearing jesse, i was motivated.

i can sing along to jack because his range is similar to mine, so i learned a couple of his songs throughout the rest of the summer.  it was rocky at first, but it caught on after a while and then just when i thought was really improving, i started devoting my time to txtbus.  as kickass of a ride as it was, that year of startup life completely consumed me...no real time for guitar.  and i have this thing...if i can't do something right (in this case: diligently practicing) i just don't do it all.  i picked it up a few times, but usually not with much passion. it killed me, but it was a sacrifice i was willing to make...temporarily.

the summer is back and with it came a little more free time for guitar. although i have been fairly busy. i guess i’ve just made more time for it. the room upstairs really helps. i kinna monopolized it, but i think allison expected that. there’s a desk up there now so she can use it for stuff. i’ve been learning keller songs lately. i guess he’s in my vocal range too. i just never thought to play one of his songs because he’s such an amazing guitarist. i thought it might be kind of a reach. turns out he plays chords just like everyone else. his picking style is what’s intimidating. must be all that bluegrass background. 

anyway, i’ve learned a lot these last couple weeks of singing and playing. i finally understand why it’s actually easier to sing and play guitar than it is to just try and sing a cappella. the tone of the guitar keeps your voice at the right pitch and the lyrics are usually broken up according to the rhythm of the song. they work together so it’s easier to keep the song moving. it makes so much sense that it’s almost embarrassing to admit it took me this long to figure out. but there’s a big difference between knowing it and realizing it. sorta just clicked the other day. i’m digging it for sure. i can see now why people can do this all day everyday...it’s addicting.

ensalada perfecta con cerveza pacifico!

yummy spinach, strawberries, grapes and grape tomatoes topped with raspberry vinaigrette...

audio test

i recorded this from my phone!

cellspin is rad!

wordpress is calling me back...but i am strong...

i have moved my entire blog and all entries to blogspot. i might still use this one as an rss to automatically post to my new blog @ ronchron.blogspot.com. i just like google analytics, what can i say? but of course wordpress just came out with an iphone app right after i made the switch...bad timing. come on blogger, step it up!

sexy silouettes...

re:creation @ Mishawaka was freakin sweet! I forgot how much I loved that venue. pretty lights haf the best set. pnuma was cool. but a little too glitchy for my taste. next time I think allison and I are gonna shuttle and camp...on the poudre!

beeeeelieve it or not!!!

Chucked the bee with Theron chris and Rob. It was beautiful. Tomorrow night is going to kickass! Night-bee beyond Naropa@8pm!

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frisbee heaven...and rainbows

sun came during a light drizzle and behold!...a double-rainbow appeareth over the trees...

so...blogger...eh?

i've decided to move my blog from wordpress to blogger. i'm not sure exactly why, i just needed a change. wordpress was lonely and google already owns most of my online life so i figured why not give them just another little piece. maybe i'll actually keep this one up.

i went down to arvada yesterday to help my brother install speakers in his car. i think he thought i knew what i was doing by the way i had talked about it on the phone. but i have never taken the panelling off an '02 ford explorer, nor have i ever rewired speakers with solder (pronounced "sauder" and spelled almost like a dude carrying a gun in the sand). i only broke off a few plastic notches on the door panel. not bad for a rookie. it could've been way worse!

ok so, allison and i are going to start taking our laundry down to arvada on a regular basis, at least until we move into a place where it doesn't cost $8-10 for only a few loads. can you believe it's $2.25 to wash and dry something in my apt. complex? maybe you can and that's what it normally costs, but i think it's redic.

despite the lack of excitement on my blog in june, it was a kickass month! allison and i edited video together, we drove to austin to party it up with her friends, i stopped working @ friedrick's every waking moment of my life, and i started up a new hobby: frisbee chuckin!!! can i tell you how much i love the frisbee? oh wow, i never thought chasing plastic could bee so much fun. i try to get out there at least 5 times a week. theron and i are getting damn good. we are the up and coming disc duo, watch out!

playing music...until recently has been almost nil in my life. i just haven't made the time for it. but i now i have set aside a couple hours everyday to stop working and play guitar...and maybe sing a little. i went camping with a couple of my buddies from jive coulis. i kinna surprised myself the way i was playing that night. i was jammin like never before, guitar and vocals. it was great, but before my head gets any bigger, i'm gonna drink this delicious looking iced coffee my baby made for me...

it's beer o clock at rothbury

I cracked this one at 930ish...whenever it was that I woke up that morning...

. . . and the livin's . . . life

about a week ago, on the second day of filming in kentucky, i could feel the last of my medication completely leave my system. i was already having kind of a weird day, but i couldn't put my finger on it until out of nowhere it felt like my serotonin level suddenly dropped and it became almost impossible to deal with even the most simple daily tasks. it reminded me of how i felt a couple years ago and quite frankly, scared the shit out of me. i began to question getting off the pills. that moment of weakness is what probably frightened me the most. at the time i didn't want to listen to any advice she had, but i know her strength and faith is what brought me back. the next morning i felt re-balanced. i thought, "this must be what it's like to finally beat a heroin addiction." not kidding, it was like night and day...literally. i've come to accept the fact that i have to deal with the good and bad like everyone else.

i'm really excited about this summer. so many possibilities! my design career is blossoming. i love it. i've definitely got my work cut out for me. but i've always believed being too busy is better than not. keeping my mind occupied is extremely important to me. my brain is dangerous when idle. if i don't continually activate my mind with creative processes, evil thoughts begin to creep in...

peer is blowin up! friedrick is making sales calls at montana hospitals all this week and the better part of next week. he and his dad are apparently really kickin ass in those board rooms. even though i also have a vested interest in his success, i really am happy for him. he needed this trip, not only to nurture his relationship with his father, but also to boost his confidence. i've been giving him a hard time lately. my frustration and animosity toward him has clearly been evident these last few weeks. i wish it i could say it all stemmed from something other than financial expectations...but i can't. i know nothing was ever promised to me. that's just start-up life and i have to suck it up. my problem is that i promised myself much more by this time '08. i know things will eventually pan out for all of our benefit. that's the thing about true patience...there's no set deadline. things will happen when they happen. my duty to myself and my sanity is to abide until the time comes to partake in the fruits of my labor.

the or peer website is really shaping up. my experience in web design is kinna backwards. i learned how to build flash sites before really learning html and css. there's still a lot to learn, but i have a lot of confidence in my self-taught crash course. the most powerful thing i've learned about coding is that most of what you want in a website has already been done, in some form or another. you just have to learn where to find it and mold it to your own specific design and functionality. the internet is my friend...

it's mine though...

i'm having a mini panic attack in my head about the fate of mr Mac Pro at the tree house. it's basically my computer, but friedrick paid for it with his credit card, so it's technically his. but it's mine. he doesn't need it for anything he does. i have a feeling i won't be working at the office too much this summer, and i want to make sure that wherever i go, so does macky pro. i haven't really asked fried about it and i think he'd probably agree that it goes with me. so i don't know why i'm freaking out. it's like the same feeling i got as a little kid in the doctor's office right before the nurse stuck me with a huge ass needle. i would start crying before it even punctured my skin. my mother and a couple other nurses would attempt to keep to quell my tantrum and before i knew it, it was over and i had already been injected with mystery fluid #1.



i'm an apple whore...