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I really wanted to blog about this amazing website my friend Krista showed me the other day.

It has some incredible flash video footage embedded as the background for the website. From a design stand point I was incredibly impressed with the way the text and graphics coincided. It's hard to do, and especially with video graphic backgrounds.

There were a couple of other websites along the same lines that she shared with me, as we were talking about design. I'll definitely have to post them when I figure out what their urls are. I really don't know anything about web design, but as I learn more about graphic design I feel like that's the next thing to do...

The Amish Drag Racing commercial is disappointing. For some reason, I was thinking about it the other day and needed to rewatch it. I had remembered it being more interesting...

After all the hype about it (and yes I know it's been out for a long time now) with the lawsuit between pepsi and coke, and how it was directed by the guy who did "Napoleon Dynamite," etc... With all that hype it should have been more controversial. Or at least better music... and more air time. :)

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www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113938373

So I saw this article in the npr news stories, and I was excited to see that they're making a documentary about him. I still haven't read his novel "On the Road" but it's definitely on my list of books that I need to read when I finally have the luxury of enjoying it.

I do enjoy his haikus though.

www.ashesandsnow.org

I was first found out about this website years ago, but periodically I love going back to it and checking it out. I love everything about it. The photos amaze me every time.

The message it sends of unity between humans and animals touches me. I almost get teary eyed, especially with the ocean animals. The combination of elements is also beautifully done. The poetry, the music, the photography, the video clips, and the website design come together in a perfect union of multimedia.

I just wish I could have gone to see the exhibit in person. It would be amazing...

When Aliens Attack

Here's my second collage effort... :)

Nightmares and Realities

Here's my good poster design... :P

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111899523

Check out this link to listen to the story on NPR's website.

I love Nirvana. I don't know what it is, but if I could someone back from the dead just for a day, Kurt Cobain is one of my top 5 people.

So I was going to work this summer and while I was driving I was listening to the radio for once when I stumbled upon this news story about how they decided to sand blast the word "Fuck" off of Kurt Cobain's memorial. I was shocked that after this many years they all of a sudden decided to censor his grave site. It makes sense to a certain degree why the town might want to send a more conservative message, but Cobain was not a conservative guy. Who's memorial was it anyway? The town may have to live with it, but it was Cobain's, his family's and as such a sort of refuge for his fans. Anyone else can just shove it.

However what's done is done... however I can just imagine him rolling in his grave.

S is for Sarah. She's my sister. :)

"The Unmistaken Child"

http://www.unmistakenchild.com/trailer.php



The Varsity Theater is playing host this weekend to "The Unmistaken Child", part of the Ashland Independent Film Festival's monthly film series. I have yet to see it, but as a film fan I'm excited that movies like this are shown in our small town. We've got a great resource of the arts in Ashland and this film festival is one of them.

And thus as I am excited to be working with the AIFF this year doing screenings for the film festival... I will probably continue to support them in up coming blogs, and hopefully be able to share some of my opinions on the interesting subject matter I come across and different events I'm looking forward to getting involved in.

Movie poster 1

I'm gonna try to fix this one up. Its really only a rough draft but I thought I'd save it on here because my zip drive wasn't working properly today...

Here's another inside joke...
It's a Z--braaa!

Banana Spotlight

This collage project is one of many inside jokes. However, how could the epic battle of King Kong and Godzilla not be freakin awesome?