RIP- King of Pop <3

Native Alaskan Treasures

It feels good to take sometime to level out....... As much as I love L.A., I am very happy to be back home. Here are some photos that will hopefully help you to appreciate the beauty of Alaska.

YES!!!!!!!!

YES!

EW... no.....

Ok. maybe

Group photo! YES!

You can call her pookpook(mother goddess of moonlight night sky)

I hope you are all doing swell fellow clan members.

Your friend, Euginja.

The Status Faction! Silverlake Spring/Summer Champs 09!

Ok. Right off the bat i just want to say congrats to my peeps on T$F. Leroy, Lilly, Mike, Brandon(s), Nate, Kellen(I guess):Well done, well done. Last night you guys outplayed us fair and square and it was honestly one of the most exciting championship matches I've ever played in. Two teams evenly matched going at it on the dball court, the crowd going wild, the Rocky heme on the P.A., an entrance tunnel with fog and lights?!? What?!? I seriously thought I was on WWE Monday Night Raw. But I digress. You guys killed it and I'd much rather be taken out by my friends than some deep v-neck cool dudes. Like this guy:So that bring us to the beginning of the West Hollywood summer season tomorrow, and if the Jamboree was any indication this season's gonna be a bloodbath! DodgeFathers, Reignballs, and Le Dodge are back and better than ever. The Mellencamps have disbanded to form the new deadly Baywatch Afterparty. Who will survive and what will be left of them? For sure mark your calendars for this one. TAWS Jam! July 29th 9pm. Save the date!

This has been a TAWS Sports presentation.

Workspaces Part 2 : Individuals

Dustin Klein http://www.cadenceclothing.com/

I think he says it best, "Established in 2003, Cadence is intentionally kept as a small creative project of one person. Believing that boundless growth is not a necessary means of growth." At first he was a bike messenger making clothes and road worthy accessories on the side, and now hes developed a brand and is working with it full time. Awesome products with great DIY spirit.

Keith Hufnagel http://www.hufnagelcycles.com/

While we're on the subject... Behind this whole fixed gear (and bicycles in general) revolution are honest working people doing what they love. Evolviong their skills, networking around the world, and working for themselves. Keith is no exception. His one man operation out of Portland, Oregon. He's got orders backed up for months for his Beautiful bicycle frames. Hand carved lugs, fillet brazed, stainless steel, carbon, anodized, track, road, cross, and custom everything! This guy is a machine.

Moop http://www.moopshop.com/

I stumbled upon these not too long ago and had to learn more. Again, its the same idea here, an awesome person with determination is able to support herself by her craft. This picture in particular was taken in the morning right before she "went to work". I really enjoy the wall mounted rolls of fabric, the sliding drawer work table, the organization is awesome and the HUGE windows. What a workspace.

Soon enough my friends... soon enough.

-The BARBICUTIONER !!!

Lakers Lakers Lakers

Seriously, thats all everyone is talking about and WEARING. I know its the playoffs and "LA Pride" must be shown...but cmon! Purple socks...purple shorts...kobe shoes...kobe jersey...purple g-shock.....and yellow headband...oh and purple hipster plastic sunglasses. The only thing I enjoy about this are pregnant women talking about skipping work to go to the parade...yes I overheard this conversation while I was at old navy. Dont ask why I was at old navy. I also enjoy the old throwbacks people were wearing...VAN EXEL...DIVAC...EDDIE (my fav) JONES...someone even had on a MITCH RICHMOND...oh those were the days

Shaq may end up on the lakers or to the cavs with lebron...WHAT!?

Wheres the love for Nick? Its going to be alright...I promise

While everyone was watching the playoffs...

Heidi was crying

Asian Baron Davis was vacuuming

Well...nothing really going on with Bobby...other than this glorious photo

Lady Gaga somehow got into these...probably took her 6 tries

And I decided to go with a new look for the start of Weho Dodgeball

Mortiis

When I was high school, I had a few friends that introduced me to the music of Mortiis. We soon formed a fan club. Frankly, I think we were just all in awe at this guy, trying to figure out why he looked like a creature from legend on purpose, lived in a cave in Oslo, Norway, and sang metal. I had pictures of him and Falco on my locker all of tenth grade. While reading through some music blogs recently, I saw a pic of his band and their new image and the memories came flooding back. Mortiis is still around singing metal and being creepy. AWESOME.

New Image of the Band. <3



Old Image.....Remember the movie legend?

Inspiring People and their Workspaces

Interviews and seeing peoples studios are 2 of the most inspiring things to me. Here are some work spaces of people that are having fun doing their thing and are able to pay their bills from it.

YOKOO yooko.etsy.com

She quit her 9-5 and now knits these sweet necklaces and scarfs 9 hours a day! This lady is becoming quite popular with all sorts of blogs and in-tune culture magazines. This is all she needs. Her yarn storage , little cubbies for needles and whatnot, and a desk with a computer and digital camera to model her wares for the world. Very inspiring.

Ruffeo Hearts Little Snotty ruffeoheartslittlesnotty.blogspot.com

This couple from New York are thinking outside the box and making futuristic clothing all from up-cycled and dead stock fabrics. I'm a huge fan. I think they have a section in a bigger workspace with other creative 20-somethings. This is my dream studio. Huge work table, all the patterns hanging neatly, sewing table, storage, and it doesn't look cramped at all.

ReLoad reloadbags.com

This team from Philly makes messenger bags and more for the messenger and fixed gear community. The largest of the 3 small operations in this post. They have friends working for them (employees!) making bags and doing this really great applique work that Ive never seen anywhere else. You can see by their website and having developed different types of bags and sizes that they are doing really well for themselves.

Im hopeing with this economic storm were all weathering, that more people are encouraged to do what they love and make a living off of it.

-The BARBICUTIONER !!!

oh, about my previous post... I recieved my wallet in the mail from a man in Redondo Beach!

June Gloom

Obscura

I don't know, Maybe I just realize what irritates me in this world rather than what doesn't. It seems like everything nowadays. I went to see Camera Obscura with some friends at the Fonda theatre last night. Always an enjoyable venue for the most part. One of the few bands I had really wanted to see live, and had waited years to do so. I was giddy with anticipation all day as I waited to see them. After dabbling in some Tennessee Whiskey, We head to the fonda. For the very first time ever, we found a parking spot on the street right near it and didn't have to pay for parking! The first time I think that has ever happened!

We go inside to a spot not too far from the front of the stage. As we stood there, me and my friends noticed a horrid smell. Five minutes later, same smell. I turn around and everyone has followed my lead in putting their sweatshirt over their nose to leave out the smell from their nostrils. A fart! After 3 wafts of this, I finally made my statement. "Whoever is farting, you need to leave, We are all highly offended!". The people behind me agreed. We banded together in a "strangers who hate concert farter" bond. Not even a minute later, some extremely pale girl, being held up by her friends tried to make her way through us without throwing up. It was gross. We decided she was the culprit and cheered when she made it by us with no fluid or gas spills.

Opening band time. I forgot their name, which means they sucked. 3 girl band, one singer/guitar, one drummer, one violin/cello player. The singer had a squeaky voice which was ok when it peeked out a few times during the first few songs, but became extremely annoying when it turned into squawking by the last 3 songs. Simple helen love type songs about boys. *yawn*. The cello player sucked so hard. Either she didn't know how to tune/play that thing or she was simply a feedback machine. Not to mention no stage presence. Me and lennard debated for their entire set, if the singer was wearing a wig or not. Not really important, but they were boring us.

Just as Camera is about to go on, this junkie couple tries to slide past me to get closer,realize they can't fit any closer and instead they just stay where they are. They were basically on top of me. So now I have a gross couple grinding on eachother and me, and the view of the back of their ugly heads instead of the beautiful band. I told them to move over very angrily and they did. About and inch. Ugh. Everytime this chick swayed, her afro ended up in my mouth..or eyes..I had no choice but to laugh about it. Camera Obscura ruled, I would definitely go see them again. They had more members in their band than I had thought, all great musicians. During a slower, break-up song Lennard yelled, "Make me a daddy!" And i almost peed myself.

Did I mention the angry flyer people? After you get out of a show at the Fonda, angry flyer people are outside waiting to hand you flyers. If you don't take them, they look at you like you parked a hummer on top of their newborn child. I mean, most people take them and throw them on the ground anyways. How bout just not taking one?! Why must you judge me flyer people? NO I DONT WANT TO GO TO MONSTER MASSIVE OR HARD FESTIVAL.....And i love that they stick 12 of the same flyer all over your car too. Thanks for the wallpaper?

Stupidity Level: High

Fun Convo I had at the store today:

Girl: "Hey can i have the cali shirt?"
me: "which one? there are 3"
Girl: "The cali one"
me: (blank stare)...."hmm...well there are three.. theres a red one, a blue one, and a black one......."
Girl: "It's the state right?"
me: (envisions pulling my own spine out and beating girl with it)
me: "yes i believe it is.. which one?"
Girl: "Yeah that ones fine."
me: (looking to see if shes pointing..she's not...) "Which one?!"
Girl: (points to ground)
(I SERIOUSLY WANT TO RIP HER FACE OFF)
me: "hmmm...what size do you need?"
Girl: "can you bring me the size I wear?"
me: (laughs to self...this is unreal...) "...i don't know what size you wear..do you?..you can always use our sizing chart on the wall as well..."
Girl: "i think a small?????????" (there is no way in hell this girl wears a small)
me: (grabs all three shirts in small)
Girl: (takes every one out and messes it up and leaves)
me: (cleans her coffee cup ring from off of the marble countertop)
me: "I hate my life..."

REC 2 trailer

[REC] was one of those movies shot from a person's camera view ala Cloverfield and Blair Witch and all that. It was IMMEDIATELY remade in America under the title Quarantine. Now, [REC] was amazing, but I never watched the remake I could see from the trailers that it was the exact same movie shot for shot.

Anyway, there's a trailer for the sequel, this time the camera is attached to the police helmets, so it's kind of a like a video game. Following the Aliens formula in that they make a sequel to a very intense horror movie with an awesome action movie. Maybe they'll keep following the formula and the 3rd movie will be stupid and the 4th movie will star a clone of the main character and Winona Ryder... One can only dream.

Anyway, this trailer is amazing.

Douche

Cost of a bowl of soup at homeless shelter $0.00 dollars


Having Michelle Obama Serve you your soup $0.00 dollars


Snapping a picture of a homeless person who is receiving government

funded meal while taking a picture of the first lady using his $500

Black Berry cell phone $$$$ Priceless

Grrr

Damn you ben gibbard