recap

Some mysterious element out there, though unseen it definitely subsists among us, has been keeping me busier than people’s credit cards on Black Friday. Or I’m just going through a lethargic blogger stage, one of my impending many, in this ever emerging cold season. Well, a lot of things surfaced where some things I’m not at liberty to speak of. But one thing i can and am about to is that Stephen’s life finally began. He received a package from apple and at last got his macbook pro. I heard he wept for hours. I told him that that was a normal thing and that it’s going to be ay okay. Speaking of black Friday, it sure seems like we are leaving recession in the dust. I just urge everybody to be smart consumers and pay by way of cash all the way through. We're starting to look like we're just cruising through this economical spiral to hell phase. Speaking of cruising, my family is in formation ready to load the one and only Carnival Cruise Liner for My parent's 50th anniv. It should be pretty epic but sad to say that some of my nieces and nephews aren't going to make it through. I've never been on a cruise so I don't have a clue if they have wifi. It's a week long so it should keep me busy writing about it in the next couple of days. Stay tuned. Enjoy my craftsmanship on the illstrtr right below (an oldie but a goodie). It looks much more interesting sideways i think.

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THE ABRERAS

Stephen and Cheryl (aka Mr. and Mrs. Abrera) paid us another visit here in fiery sunny socal to witness the show called “marvelous mountains of inferno” and "the burning trailer park full of old people". They said it was better live than on the tube because you can actually feel the fallen ashes on your face like fresh flakes of snow. Hmmm refreshing. But really, Stephen and I go back like similac and we always knew that we were going to build something great together. This meeting is more business than anything so we had to make do with the pressed time we had. The project is going to be a beautiful thing and I will update you all on it when the right time comes. Let's just say it has something to do with the letters S and L, the innovation of the modern consignment, designs, that thing Al Gore invented, promoting consumerism minus the greed and selfishness, and our very own non-profit org benefitting the less fortunate kids in Philippines. Besides the work, we took the liberty to hop around socal.

The team on the grind. Then we went to la brea and saw this eco friendly PB gas station. Oxymoron? Maybe so, but still visually dope in real life.

Supreme. I hate Supreme but I don't buy anything but Supreme. How odd.

On our way to Santa Monica and on to the Hotel in Anaheim.

Long beach Fixed Gear just opened right next to Proper. They just had their grand opening last Saturday and there were close to 300 bikes clumped around the cute little store. These guy's timing to open up shop couldn't be more impeccable because of our current economic busts mostly due to our dependence on foreign oil. Then we said our good byes and on they went on their journey back to the Bay Area.

To the future we come.


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CONNECT x ISRAEL x PCD

Connect conference at church was grandiose, not in a pompous kind of way but in regards to the scale and scope of the event. We managed to get a few snaps to prove.

Here is our church emptied and the dance team tightening up the loose ends.

Here is our church when Israel Houghton and New Breed is headlining. They killed it by the way.

And here we are sitting in church right in front of Nicole Scherzinger’s (Pussy Cat Dolls) father. We told him about our travel to Philippines and how we saw Nicole’s behind the scenes photo shoot for bench. He told us he doesn’t have a clue what bench is but he said he will be asking Nicole when he sees her the following day. It’s as if it came from my mouth and straight into Nicole’s ears which is pretty typical, for me. Nothing out of the ordinary.

MAGDALENA LUSENIO

You are family. We love you and we miss you. See you in heaven where there is no more pain or suffering. Kapayapaan kailanman.

Magdalena Lusenio

XX/XX/19XX- 11/13/2008

AARON MORGAN x MIA x SOMEGIANT

Went to Aaron's silkscreen/design headquarters last Sunday to see what operation he's got going on. It's pretty neat how much business he's getting these days and that 1 of 1 M.I.A. on a canvas autographed by Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam herself ain't too shabby either. Pencil him in for future collabs with somegiant (top secret). You can contact Aaron at amorgandesigns at yahoo for anything silkscreening.

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Mr. Booker

"I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul for making me hate him". -Booker T. Washington

Just a simple reminder from a person born into slavery and faced far greater evils than you. A very selfless and sacrificial statement but a wise in philosophical terms nevertheless. Trust me, your boss ain't too bad in comparison to Mr. B. T. Washington's dad (which was his owner).

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POINT MUGU : EG6 : SOMEGIANT

I never really felt the need to post about my daily driver but for the sake of a good picture, here it is. I was on my way to O.C. taking my usual highway 1 route towards Malibu and thought I'd take some long exposures @ around 9pm (no flash) last night. Though I think the turnout could have been way better if I would have remembered to bring my tripod, i got a couple of good stills still. Note the two mountains are the same two mountains Robert Downey drove the R8 through in the movie IRON MAN.

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RESERVE : FAIRFAX : DOG

While going through La Brea and minding our own biz, we were greeted by this dog hitting the entrance wall in RESERVE. Or did she? Eya captured the moment because she is fast at the draw not to mention a first class photographer (so you should check out her blog too).

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LETS ALL GET RAW

Just call me a purist but isn't it much more gratifying and much more fitting (in a literal sense) to buy a raw denim and naturally age it to your own body's composition thus creating the magical sense of accomplishment within your person? ..rather than leasing some factory somewhere in the middle of Beijing to place all the wear and tear in the most unnatural places on your denim? I mean, nobody wants honeycombs on their knee caps do they? Makes me wonder why companies go through so much trouble on replicating a coal miner's retired denim and why people keep buying them. I'd rather get an STF than a WTF(what the freak). This post is not to make a consumer out of everybody or anybody but in fact the opposite. Buying denim from its raw form will last longer and will give you more bang for your buck in the long run.

W)TAPS TRASH DENIM 08

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MONEY TREE

This video was made by geeedeee and it elaborates on how a ten dollar bill is handled by a person in different stages of their life. I think it's awesome so i'll share it with you. I hope you pick up something good out of it like don't use a ten dollar bill when you snort.... ooor you shouldn't have voted for Barrack...ooor something to that effect. Have a nice day.

"Note To Self" from geeedeee on Vimeo.

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STOOPS

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I'LL SHOOT YOU WITH MY CANON

....G10. Just got it last saturday and so i've decided to water test the possibilities instilled in this camera. Some samples of what it can do. So amazing for such a miniscule raw capable, 28mm wide angle lensed powershot.

canon g10 x somegiant x pigeon john from somegiant on Vimeo.

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MY TWO CENTS

SPEAK​ NOW OR FOREV​ER HOLD YOUR PIECE​.​ THIS GUY SPOKE​ MY MIND FOR ME. HOW CONVE​NIENT​.​




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