For a while now I have been contemplating adding video to this blog, and this first videos is my first instalment, I figured that as a first post it is only fitting that it be of me leaving Toronto and off to another adventure. This is the first time that I am posting to YouTube as well and I don’t want to stop there I am also contemplating quick comic style animations and other fun things.
Set to: Steamboat Willie, Walts first animation:
Here are more photos from the Vault. I am just trying to be a little more frequent with my blog postings. Although Shanghai was my return point this was my second stop in China. This City was the capital before the Communist Party had their revolution, however through out history it has been known as Nanking. Upon my arrival it was like humid city, there is an image of people just cooling off in a local grocery store plus a weird abandoned amusement park.
Set to lyrics:
The English are waiting
And I don’t know what to do
In my best clothesI’m the new blue blood, I’m the great white hope
I’m the new blue bloodI won’t fuck us over, I’m Mr. November
I’m Mr. November, I won’t fuck us overI wish that I believed in fate
I wish I didn’t sleep so late
I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders- Mr. November, The National
A series of Panorama images that I have taken from different locations. Some photos are 360 degree views enjoy.
Photoshop: Simple trick stand in one spot mark your surrounding with buildings or what have you, and just start taking photos in a circle try to maintain your camera levelled.
Upload to a computer place the series of photos into a folder, open photoshop: File Menu + Automate + Photo Merge = select your perspective, drop down menu where it says ‘Use:’ and select ‘Folder’ and ‘OK’ Bam! instant panorama from your images.
Set to lyrics:
We will have to book some time,
For the holidays,
We will swim with ocean life,
And the manta rays,
We have waited all our lives,
For these golden days.- Whale Bones, Secret & Whisper
Here are some photos from my Hong Kong trip during New Years Eve. Also included are some pics from a movie they were shooting while I was walking down the street that I thought was pretty cool.
Set to a makeshift song:
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares and go
Hong Kong, things’ll be great when you’re
Hong Kong, no finer place for sure,
Hong Kong, everything’s waiting for you
Hong Kong-Me Ruining a song
Just some sketches I recently found myself doing. Also a goodbye card I created for an coworker who was leaving that I think is pretty cute.
Set to lyrics:
Last of the ghetto astronauts:
It gets dark around here early
Sometimes the moon will follow you in the middle of the day
Waiting to be found, we were just standing around
With nothing really much to sayI didn’t know any better
You didn’t think that we should
Said we’re gonna burn down the night
I wanna be misunderstood
All four wheels across the pavement
We used to live in black and white
I only think about tomorrow so it’ll get me through the nightCHORUS
And I ain’t laughing and I ain’t joking anymore
I keep my footsteps to the ground
I keep my eyes glued to the floor
Somewhere in between only the stunners dream on this side of midnightAnd maybe we’re just crazy
Maybe we’re better off dead
Maybe things will never change
Maybe you’ve got it backwards in your head
The Last of the Ghetto Astronauts won’t be ignored
Said I’m gonna go where no one has gone before
Said I’m gonna go where no one has gone beforeBeen walking with the giants
Been sleeping in a town without a name
Been holding on to your arms and legs
Your arms and legs cause
Nobody here wants to put you back together again
Together again, together again, together again-Matthew Good
Not too long ago my trusty Hard Drive Crashed taking with it years and adventures with it, really disappointing me. I did feel a little sad and the idea that all was lost hit a little too close to home, however I would like to reintroduce my Hard drive, back from the dead! And now that its back, where do I start…again.
Set to: this song,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHyUYxBXLdc
Finally been able to rummage through photos. This is my second post on Shanghai the first one dealt with the close ups on objects and there will be plenty of those in the future. This second post has to deal with the people in shanghai from the night life, to the stark contrast in poverty and wealth that is quite obvious in the view from my hotel room. This is still in Shanghai I will be posting Nanjin, Shuzhou, and Putuoshan in later parts.
Set to a tidbit of info:
The two Chinese characters in the name “Shanghai”, (上, shàng; and 海, hǎi) literally mean “up, on, or above” and “sea” The earliest occurrence of this name dates from the Song Dynasty (11th century), at which time there was already a river confluence and a town with this name in the area.”
- Wikipedia (where else)
Photos from a farm in Gray County about 10 mins outside of Collingwood. Where you can off-road and do some dog sledding.
Set to a hiku:
A mountain village,
under the pilled-up snow
the sound of water.- Masaoka Shik
What you can’t do in Toronto is buy Leaf tickets and while in Chicago I managed to snag some Hawks vs. Leafs tix.
set to odds of winning:
Game Time : 8:35 PM
Vegas Odds: Toronto Maple Leafs 1.5 and the over/under 6
Offshore Sportsbooks Odds: Toronto Maple Leafs 1.5 and the betting total 6
Leafs lost unfortunately, but when you take a look at the date Friday Nov 13, 09 you can see why…
2 trips to chicago now only solidify my love for that city. Here are some photos that I have taken showcasing Chicago. I even included an image of the way they celebrate St. Patrick when the river gets dyed green.
Set to lyrics:
“I met this girl when I was three years old
And what I loved most she had so much soul
She said, excuse me little homie, I know you don’t know me- but,
My name is Windy and, I like to blow trees and,
From that point I never blow her off,”- Kanye West
And what I loved most she had so much soulShe said, excuse me little homie, I know you don’t know me- but,My name is Windy and, I like to blow trees and,From that point I never blow her off
