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The Only Watch With 6 Straps - BJØRN Watch Co.
We truly believe that we offer more value to our customers than any other established watch company at a fraction of the cost. We challenge you to find an established watch company that offers the same or better specifications and details at a lower price. If you do (we don't think you will) we will match their price. Please private message us your findings (or not findings).
Our name, BJØRN, is inspired by Bjorn Eriksson, King of Sweden, and derived from our goal, to ACTUALLY disrupt the watch industry and to give back to the community. According to history, Vikings explored Europe by sea for trade, raids, colonization, and conquest, and were seen as brutal raiders.
That's who we are! The Vikings of the Watch Industry. We are not here to play around. As I'm sure you already know from all of the fast-fashion mass produced overpriced minimalist watch campaigns claiming to #DisruptTheIndustry, THE WATCH INDUSTRY IS A F****** RIP OFF.
Yes, it's a rip-off. Watches are marked up to 1,000% from production cost. You know what that means? A watch that costs $30 to make, import, and ship is being sold for $300. THAT'S INSANE. The worst part of it all is that most of the watch campaigns claiming to #DisruptTheIndustry and be #Transparent ARE DOING THE SAME THING.
Yes, they are doing the same thing. How do we know? Well, we own a watch company and trust us, we have done our research.
Anyways, King Bjorn was not only a fearless leader, as he was well acquainted with his ways and manners, and in his lifetime his kingdom stood in great power, and no kind of want was felt.
That's why, as a part of BJØRN'S mission, we are not only committed to giving our most valued asset, time, but also our resources. After the campaign is complete and our company is funded, 10% of every watch sale will be donated to a philanthropic organization to help children in need in South America.
Our second model, called "Campbell", was inspired by Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans. The Pittsburgh legendary artist had an innate ability to transform everyday objects into art. We noticed that today's watches are unnecessarily complicated, so we reversed engineered the modern watch and took it back to its core essentials.
We set out to design a high-quality Swiss watch that was stylish, unisex, and versatile for every occasion at an affordable price. We spent months perfecting our designs, sourcing quality materials, and finding the best manufacturers around the world. We buy directly from them, eliminating the middleman, allowing you to purchase the highest quality products at the lowest price point.
When designing the Campbell Model we made sure to keep in mind our target audience, millennials. Unlike many watch campaigns and companies, we don't believe in making you buy another watch just to have a different strap. This is why ALL of our watches come with 6 easily interchangeable straps, allowing for a total of 12 possible combinations. In addition, our straps are interchangeable with our first model - The Andy -
We hope that with your help we will be able to launch the first transparent watch company. We are not seeking to make a large profit on our product, but rather we are actively working to ACTUALLY disrupt the watch industry.
We are already focused on the future and working with more young creatives from all corners of the world, such as Barcelona, New York, and Punta del Este, to bring to you more new designs.
Production: For our first campaign, Vale traveled to the Canton Fair to meet, test quality, and hand pick our manufacturer. We met many manufacturers and chose this one not only because they assured great quality and timely delivery, but because they expressed the highest ethical standards and stood against child labor and fast fashion, two cornerstones of our foundation.
Ale and Jero later traveled back to Hong Kong TWICE to meet again with our manufacturer to triple check all of the Campbell Model details and to further develop a great relationship.
Delivery: Jero has vast experience in logistics and international commerce. We partnered with an international fulfillment center to fulfill all of our domestic and international orders. They are located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania near our HQ's so that if an issue ever arises we can personally see to it.
If you have any more questions or concerns please contact one of our previous 197 backers that received their rewards on schedule.
Our founders are three friends who met at the University of Pittsburgh in a meeting they all weren't supposed to attend. The first had a keen eye for aesthetics, design, and style, along with a family heritage in world-class Swiss watchmaking, the second was innovative and deeply embedded in the entrepreneur ecosystem, and the third was an analytical genius (SERIOUSLY), creating a complementary and multidisciplinary team. They all shared one thing in common; a disregard for rules and a love for good times. Be a rebel and join the BJØRN team!
Due to the terms and conditions of crowdfunding we are not allowed to donate any of the backer money raised, but we are allowed to promise that in the future once our company is funded, we will be donating 10% of all of our sales to a philanthropic organization to help children in need in South America.
Once you have backed us and the campaign is finished, we will be contacting you to confirm the details of your order.
FAQ: Should you have any questions, please email us at email@example.com
Thank you for your support,
BJØRN® is a registered Trademark. The BJØRN timepiece is an internationally registered model. Copyright® 2017 by BJØRN. All rights reserved.
Risks and challenges
We have talked to several manufacturers in person and have hand-picked the one we are working with. The watches you saw in our photos and video are functional prototypes that underwent quality assurance by the manufacturer and ourselves. After we fund the project, we will be able to replicate these prototypes in mass production.
Nonetheless, although the product is important, it's the structure of the team that is even more important. We've created a diverse, multidisciplinary, and complementary team to cover all potential issues, especially the ones that tend to be more difficult such as production, international shipping, and legal issues. Furthermore, we've partnered with strategic companies to overcome all major issues.
Backers are responsible for any Duty/VAT/GST charges for their own country, which may vary according to each country's legal and taxation structure. BJØRN legally cannot pay for or compensate customers for their own country's Duties, VAT, or GST. For more information or to calculate your Duty/VAT/GST please visit this website: http://www.thevatcalculator.com/international-vat-and-gst-calculator/
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Refined Japanese Revelry
Ozumo has been an institution in San Francisco's culinary scene for 15 years which is an eternity in todays ultra competitive restaurant business. Ozumo has grown to include Ozumo Oakland and other concepts in southern California. Needless to say they were growing and growing fast.
Ozumo came to Plinth because they wanted to give their website a newer look and feel. After meeting with Ozumo, we realized that a growing company like this needed more than a new look to convey who there were, they needed to establish their brand.
- Update Ozumo's website
- Re-fresh Ozumo's brand
- Discover Ozumo's brand values and create a brand voice that would help them stand out from the rest.
- Re-fresh their overall design to represent their brand while keeping elements of their successful history.
- Create a new website the reflects the experience that Ozumo provides.
Many business can be successful without building complete a brand but Ozumo had plans to grow and needed to tell the world what they stood for. Although many owners have an instinct as to what they're core values are, establishing them in a concrete way helps create a company's north star. By north star, we mean a guide which makes keep the companies mission and soul in mind whenever they make decisions.
After speaking with Ozumo and going through some brand exploration exercises we, established their core values.
After digging deep into what Ozumo was offering customers, we came to the conclusion that Ozumo was much more than what their tagline and design was communicating. Their original logo and website design communicated "Contemporary Japanese Cuisine".
Our solution was to highlight how Ozumo offered more than any other Japanese restaurant. Ozumo offered robata, sushi, specialty items, and a sake lounge where people can gather and enjoy. Ozumo was more than a meal, it was a complete indulgent experience.
While a new design language affects how people see a brand, it's equally important to establish a verbal identity to ensure your brand gets heard. We updated Ozumo's tagline from "Contemporary Japanese Cuisine" to "Refined Japanese Revelry" to reflect their new positioning. The copy on the website focused on conveying the complete experience instead of solely on food.
Based on this new direction and the brand values we uncovered, we created a new anthem for Ozumo.
Ozumo's new logo paid respect to their old logo while giving it a modern spin. We took inspiration from Japanese Family Crests and incorporated the "Oz" form from the logo they had used for 15 years.
Original Website
For the website we wanted to elevate the online experience to represent the modern luxury of the real life experience. The old website showed close up food photography on a sterile white background.
A Fresh New Look and Feel
For the new website we used photography to put focus on Ozumo's main competitive advantage, the complete experience. We used a black background to convey sophistication and indulgence while putting equal focus on the components of the experience: ambience, craft, and revelry.

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UPON REACHING THE AGE OF THIRTEEN, a Jewish child automatically becomes a Bar or Bat Mitzvah - literally a son or daughter of the commandments. This means that a young person is now responsible for her or his religious practice. It is customary to celebrate this coming of age in the context of a Shabbat morning service. The Bat/Bar Mitzvah leads the congregation in prayer, chants from the Torah for the first time and delivers a D'var Torah, a word of Torah or teaching. However, the preparation to become a child of the commandments extends far beyond developing the reading and chanting skills exercised at this momentous occasion. A young person is only truly ready to accept and assume the responsibilities of commandedness when he/she understands the practices and values of Judaism. This broader goal is reflected in the requirements outlined in our B'nai Mitzvah guide. It is our hope that as our students embark on this journey and go through this process, they will strengthen their family's ties to their class community, our Temple family and to the larger Jewish community and in doing so the Bar/Bat Mitzvah will desire to continue a lifelong relationship with Judaism.
Just as the ancient Israelites each contributed in his/her own way to the building of the mishkan (tabernacle), we recognize that today each one of us contributes best to our community in different ways. Consider this preparation time as a time to learn the fundamentals of how to nurture a relationship with Jewish tradition, religion and community.
At Temple Habonim, Bar/Bat Mitzvah preparation takes place over several years with each student coming to the time of his or her B'nai Mitzvah prepared to lead the congregation in prayer. Adequate time is needed for students to develop familiarity and expertise with their knowledge of Hebrew and the flow of the service. For Bar/Bat Mitzvah to be both a meaningful and substantive Jewish moment, it is essential that it be based on more than a crash course of study. Several years in the religious/Hebrew school of a synagogue prior to Bar/Bat Mitzvah is recommended as a minimum of requisite Jewish education.
During the B'nai Mitzvah year students are expected to attend a sufficient number of worship services to allow them to develop familiarity with all the parts of a service. Students will begin tutoring 5-6 months prior to their Bar/Bat Mitzvah so that they may become proficient in the prayers, their Torah portion, and their Haftarah reading. Tutoring for the prayers and Haftarah will be with the Education Director and tutoring for their Torah portion will be with our Rabbi. These tutoring sessions are in addition to religious and Hebrew school classes.
Our goals for the Bar/Bat Mitzvah and his /her family are:
To understand the meaning and importance of Mitzvot (commandments)
To celebrate Shabbat
To deepen their understanding of Torah, God and Liturgy
To foster a relationship with Temple Habonim and the larger Jewish community
To appreciate the importance of Hebrew education and study
To embrace the values of Tzedakah (justice), Tikkun Olam (the repair of the world) and Gemilut Chasadim (acts of loving kindness)
A handbook with further details of the B'nai Mitzvah process is given to all families to help in preparing for this important day and is available through the Temple office.


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ComFest Recap 2010/
Growing up in Columbus, ComFest has always been the OSU V Michigan of gigs in this city. As a teenager in Worthington, I would catch the #2 COTA bus down High Street and see bands like the R.C. Mob and Willie Phoenix and The Shadowlords playing crushing sets to huge crowds and think "I cannot believe our city has something this cool". At that young age the goal was very clear. We have to play Comfest one day.
I can still remember the moment Gabor Klein told me that Watershed was in Comfest and would be performing Saturday night on the main stage. It was a dream come true to grace the same stage as all my local heroes before me and we treated Comfest gigs with extra attention, as we knew we were filling big shoes of rockers past.
Though I couldn't find any record of Comfest gigs before 2000 here are some links to past show notes:
And if you want to read the back story to the McWatershed gig at ComFest, here you go:
So it goes without saying that both I and the Bones were all extremely excited to be back on the Bozo stage to perform this year. The weather was perfect and the amplifiers all worked. Thanks to all the volunteers who keep the festival running so smoothly and for all the people who made it out to the gig. We couldn't say "Hi" to everybody that night so you are getting it now.
The Set: Sad Drive/ Words We Say/ Lonely Bones/ I-65/ Small Doses/ Downed (Cheap Trick)/ Chemotherapy/ See You Tonight/ Superior/ Black Concert T Shirt


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Do you want to learn about the physical origin of the Universe, but don't have the rest of eternity to read up on it? Do you want to know what scientists know about where you and your planet came from, but without the science blinding you? 'Course you do – and who better than For Dummies to tackle the biggest, strangest and most wonderful question there is!
The Origins of the Universe For Dummies covers:
- Early ideas about our universe
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Shaken, but certainly not stirred
Last night I saw Quantum of Solace, the latest James Bond movie. But I didn't leave the theater feeling solace at all, instead I felt nothing but confusion. So confused that I often forgot to be entertained. I wondered: whatever happened to story, whatever happened to plot? Sure, the creators held to some resemblance of narrative by having Bond deal with the loss of his beloved Vesper from Casino Royale, but even that part of the storyline was difficult to follow. It was as if the writers said, "Wouldn't it be cool if..." and then stuck it all in a movie without connecting the dots. There was no cause and effect in the film--people got shot and buildings exploded and Bond flew from Italy to London to Haiti to Italy to Bolivia to Italy and back to Bolivia without any clear explanation. Even the steamy romances the Bond films are known for are subpar in this latest installment. I know, I know, you're saying, "Chad, if you wanted a movie that told a story, you should've gone to see The Secret Life of Bees (already saw it, and at least it pulled the heartstrings a bit). Yet, even the most explosion-riddled action films--The Matrix, Die Hard, the Bourne trilogy-- actually tell the audience a somewhat comprehensible story. Maybe it's the writer and editor in me that expects the same qualities from movies that I expect from good fiction. Am I asking too much? Maybe. Anyway, I don't want to spoil Quantum for anyone, so don't take my word for it--go see the movie for yourself.
You can, however, take my word about this: We'll be out of the office celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday starting Friday, so you won't hear anything from us until December 1. Have a safe and restful Thanksgiving. We hope you all have a lot to be thankful for.
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Monday, November 17, 2008
Congratulations Tayari Jones!
Indiana Review extends its congratulations to our 2008 Fiction Prize judge, Tayari Jones, for being chosen as a member of the United States Artists Foundation! She and 49 other artists received $50,000 unrestricted grants. Other writers honored included IR contributors Joy Harjo and Laura Kasischke.
For more information, check out Tayari's webpage at: http://www.tayarijones.com/blog/archives/2008/11/2008_united_sta.html#more
Thanks to everyone who submitted to the Fiction Prize, and we hope to have the results within the next month and a half.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Favorite Words, Revisited
I recently learned that one of my favorite words, dingbat, has even more meanings than previously discussed. In addition to being found on the page, a dingbat can also be found on the street. In the world of architecture, a dingbat refers to the wood and stucco apartment buildings most often found in Southern California. They are boxy two or three story buildings built on narrow stilts with sheltered parking underneath and were popular in the 1950s and 60s.
But why the word "dingbat"? Some say it is because of their quick and shoddy construction and dingbat is used as "a general term of disparagement" (as in a dingbat is a silly or stupid person). However, others site that dingbat is actually used in its traditional typographic sense, and refers to the stylistic flourishes (metal stars, asterisks, diamonds etc) that grace those stucco facades.
But why the word "dingbat"? Some say it is because of their quick and shoddy construction and dingbat is used as "a general term of disparagement" (as in a dingbat is a silly or stupid person). However, others site that dingbat is actually used in its traditional typographic sense, and refers to the stylistic flourishes (metal stars, asterisks, diamonds etc) that grace those stucco facades.
* * *Now when I come to a break in the text, instead of moving straight on through to the next scene, I'll be thinking of my far away hometown, Los Angeles, home to many a dingbat. And perhaps I'll get even more distracted and start thinking of other favorite words, like the dingbat's cousin: the googie, a.k.a the doo-wop.
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Monday, November 10, 2008
Minor obsessions: "no ideas but in things"
I love poetry. And nonfiction. And fiction. And I love the artifacts those (in many ways) bodiless entities inhabit. Oh, books. There's such a pleasure in the object. The texture of paper, whether the edges are deckled or gilded, and then down to details of typeface and layout. Then there are the things that haven't yet been designed, such as scent, which most often seems to be affected by age. Going into a used book store is like a wine tasting sometimes.
Don't look at me like that. I know you're into books, too.
These days, though, I've found myself indulging in a minor obsession: interior design. And you know what I've discovered in my recent dalliance? Designers are so much like us. Collectors, lovers of exquisite objects. And they, too--almost invariably--have a soft spot for books. Because books tell stories both on the inside and the outside.
Since yesterday, when I saw the lovelies pictured here on DesignSponge, I have been coveting them. It's a major thou-shalt-not, but you're with me, right? Too bad this ten-title set of Penguin Classics is only available in the UK right now, and only through Waterstone's. Darn the shipping.
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Forgive my sentimentality.
No matter your political party, no matter who you are or where you come from, you must agree that last night we made and lived history. Yesterday will be a story we tell our children. My friends and I watched the coverage on television for hours. When the Obama and Biden families stepped on stage in Chicago to greet their supporters, a soaring musical score playing in the background, one of my friends commented that it was like watching a movie with a happy ending. It was, someone else said, like a fairytale. And as Barack Obama walked off stage, I swear I saw him grab one of the American flags standing by the exit, and he let the stars and stripes run through his fingers. That, for me, was a moment better than fiction, because if it had been fiction I probably wouldn't have believed it. But, of course, that's why we read and write fiction (and poetry too), for those moments that surprise us and change us and haunt us, for the moments--big and small--that render us breathless.
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Hey everyone. It's election day. You should go vote (if you haven't done so already).
Here at Indiana Review, we love voting. We do it all the time. We vote on which pieces will go in the journal, we vote on artwork, we even vote on when we should hold meetings. (One time we voted on what pizza we should order.) We're that into it.
Sure, there're going to be long lines today. That's what books are for. Bring your favorite copy of IR, or, if you're in a highly contested swing state, try Team of Rivals, that 950-page back-breaker of a history on Lincoln and his cabinet (It's quite good, actually).
So yeah, get out there and vote. What else are you going to do? Read literary magazine blogs all day?
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Some favorites from a family session back in September. We explored the Tilden Park Botanical Garden and they reminded me why I love what I do. Though I do periodically travel to the Bay Area for photo shoots, I am trying to attract more business closer to home in Grass Valley (greater Sacramento area / Nevada County). If you have friends interested in having family photos taken, please send them my way!
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I have spent an unhealthy amount of time recently trying to find out if Diablo 3 is dead. I have either read or been told that Diablo 3 is "no shit dead". Multiple sources from websites, posts, replies, polls, tweets, and streams have been telling me the game is dead for over a year now. As what I consider an active player (filthy casual to some) I would argue against Diablo 3 being dead. However, that could just be my inner and outer fanboy holding me at gunpoint and forcing me to type those words.
Hi, my name is Tim. I host a Diablo 3 podcast and I am a Diablo 3 fanboy.
Just in case the fanboy thing wasn't crystal clear. I emphasize this because there is a very high chance that my opinion is clouded and biased, but I try my hardest to use facts and logic when coming to an informed decision. Let me point out that I used the word try. When it comes to tallying up the number of active players in Diablo 3, facts become difficult to find. Most of the responses I read were deeply rooted in opinions and "feelings". Depending on what side of the argument you were on, you could use almost any statistic to further your opinion. The only fact I could find was that Blizzard has not released any numbers other than that 30 million copies of Diablo 3 (pc and console combined) had been sold. One could probably argue easily enough that 30 million people are not actively playing Diablo 3, but would that justify calling Diablo 3 dead?
So since my sleuthing skills turned out to be easily defeated by Google, I decided to take another approach and define what a dead video game is. Yes, I also Googled that, and yes I was once again defeated. I'm not one to easily give up, and just like everyone and assholes, I too have an opinion (I'm pretty sure I just nailed that metaphor). I came to a conclusion that Diablo 3 is in fact..........not dead (did you really think I would say anything different?) and here's why.
Dead is defined as not alive (thanks dictionary) and alive is defined as not dead (again, thanks dictionary) but also as still in existence, force, or operation as well as still active in competition with a chance of victory. Other than the Troll living under the PoE bridge, I don't think one could debate against Diablo 3 still being in operation. That's one check for alive.
Now for check number two. The community. Diablo 3 has a very strong and lively community and for a game to truly be dead you have to cut off all it's heads...no wait, that's a hydra, but the same can be said for Diablo 3...kind of. The Diablo 3 community is alive and kicking and a strong piece of the puzzle. It's pretty much an edge piece. I have personally seen the amount of love and passion that the community pours into this game and if the game was truly dead, I don't think there would this much commitment.
Another check for alive would have to be the Diablo team. Yes, the team has taken a couple of hits here recently, but there is still a lot of dedicated members that are working on Diablo 3. During Blizzcon 2015 there was a really cool place in the convention center. The Slaughtered Calf Inn. Diablo team members took turns hanging out and talking to fans. I spent a shit ton of time in there chatting with everyone. The Diablo team really loves what they do and love being apart of the game. Seriously, I'm not exaggerating on this. Maybe they were all just really good actors, but every time I sat down with somebody new and asked them what they did, a gleam would enter their eyes, their mouth would turn up in this huge grin and you could feel the excitement and love for the game coming off them. It sounds super sappy I know, but I'm telling you, it was legit. I would expect if the game was dead in Blizzard's eyes, then I wouldn't of seen the fire, passion, and life in the eyes of those who work on the game.
The one last check I have for alive would have to go towards content. Yes, I can say content with a straight face. It's not all 2.4 up in here all day every day, but it is content. Season 5 and Season 6 were almost mirror images of each other, but you have to admit Season 6 had a little more style to it (yes, that was transmog joke) and I will end Season 6 with a few more friends (yep, and now a pet joke). If you have had a chance to read through the PTR patch notes, you will see that the Diablo team has pretty much made it impossible for Season 7 to be a 3-peat. If a game was dead and Blizzard didn't care about Diablo, then why even bother?
I will end this checklist with a check in the dead column. I honestly do not think the amount of active players is the same as it used to be. Even if Blizzard did release a stat sheet with 10 million active players, I would assume it was photoshopped. However, the player base is still more than enough for me to be able to have a full game for whatever it is I am trying to accomplish. So maybe I just lineout that last checkmark (I marked it up in pen) and place a check in alive. I mean after all, I am a fanboy.


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Usually I get things pre-read, but I don't think this one has been, so. Yeah. Also, does anyone have any suggestions on problems with a very (very very very) mild keyboard delay and Windows 7? I type fast, and trust me, to me, it's noticeable. And really really frustrating.
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AIRPS, Adam, Kris
first part, second part, third part, fourth part, fifth part, sixth part, seventh part, eighth part, ninth part, tenth part
Touring teaches you professional insomnia and the ways to cope with it when you're not willing to turn to heavy pharmaceuticals, and physical exercise is constrained by the limits of a bus. It's surprising the number of things you end up doing after a while, because poker and movies stop cutting it pretty early on. So it's not that he can't think of something to do--or someone, God knows it wouldn't be hard to get laid on his own tour--but most of it would require actually getting up and interacting with other human beings, and what do you know, that's just not happening tonight.
He ends up calling Kris just for the fuck of it; show business also teaches you to turn off your phone if you're serious about sleep, so Kris has no one to blame but himself. Two rings later, Kris answers, voice husky-low and drawl-edged. "Hey, Adam."
Rolling on his back, Adam grins up at the ceiling. "Two am, huh?"
"What?" Sounding bewildered, Kris hesitates, then abruptly starts to laugh. "Fuck you."
"You're going to wake up Katy if you keep that up." Shifting the phone to his other hand, Adam tucks a pillow under his head. "What are you doing up this late?"
"In LA," Kris answers. Now that he's listening, Adam can hear noise in the background that definitely isn't late night TV. "I--hold up, I need to--" Muffled--Kris must have put his hand over the microphone--Adam hears Kris yell, "Gotta take this. Be back!"
After a few seconds, Kris returns, and the room is noticeably quieter. "Sorry about that. They're not actually recording, but apparently being in a studio after hours still requires silence or something."
Adam tries to remember what Kris had scheduled for this month and comes up blank. "Why are you--?"
"Crap, right--sorry." There's soft thump, which Adam assumes means Kris found a comfortable couch. "I was asked to collaborate on a new band's album. They're Austin indie going mainstream, and they wanted--" Adam can hear Kris' smile, "--well, American Idol is pretty mainstream. They're called Romantic Embargo."
"You're writing for them?" Adam doesn't recognize the name, but if Kris is willing to work with them, he really thinks he should find out. "Let me rephrase: you're cheating on me with a younger, shinier band."
Kris giggles, and Adam can hear the sound of the springs in the couch. "I thought we had an open relationship, Adam."
"I'm nursing my betrayal here. Tell me more about my competition." He's mostly joking. Mostly.
"Their writer is also the lead singer, so let's say it's been an adventure." Kris says, with a sigh that tells Adam exactly how Indie these kids are. "He's kind of artistic."
"Oh yeah. Though it didn't help he didn't get a lot of choice about it, either. He'll get over it."
"So why bother?" Though he thinks the answer to that is the fact that Kris genuinely likes to write; being asked specifically was probably just icing.
"Kind of promised?" Kris blows out an impatient breath. "I met Leah last year at SXSW and we really hit it off. She said her brother was on board with anything she wanted to do--"
Adam makes a sympathetic noise: siblings, yeah.
"--yeah, that. It's not that bad," Kris adds quickly, like he's trying to convince himself. "They usually take the fights outside and pretend it's a smoking break. They don't actually smoke, I don't think, but we pretend they do, so it works."
"How long will you be in LA?"
"This time, just this week. I'll be back again next month and stay until they finish the album. And then--" Kris makes a sound that encompasses "my album" and "promotions" and "oh God, 19E", and "FML" at once. "God. What the fuck was I thinking?"
Adam hums agreement, wondering what Katy had said about that. With Kris, what's not said is a lot more important than what is, and the fact that Kris hasn't said they're moving back to LA is a conversation all by itself. It's not by any means an impossible schedule, but it's not one Kris would enjoy it, either, especially considering his attachment to his family.
"Anyway," Kris says after a few seconds of meditating his pain, "how's tour going?"
Adam wrinkles his nose. The answers are "normal" and "boring" and "amazing" all three; language doesn't really have a way to express the surreal state of being that is living on a bus and performing almost nightly, the deafening scream of crowds chanting his name, the experience of being the opposite of invisible and still finding it impossible. If he was high, Adam would compare it to an uneven speedball of life--hard up, hard crash, and sometimes, sleep and a shower. It's not fun, exactly--nothing like this could be encompassed with a word meant for games and trips to the beach and hanging out with friends--but it still blows his mind he's actually paid to do this. Not always liking it doesn't mean he doesn't love it, too.
"Good," he says finally, knowing Kris will pick up the subtext without elaboration. "Miss you," he adds; experience says Kris will miss the subtext there altogether.
He can feel Kris smile over the phone, settling on that couch again with a whine of springs. "I miss you," he answers. "Be in LA anytime soon?"
Not soon, no, but hmm. Adam thinks over the tour schedule and answers before thinking it through, "You have a day or two before you go back to Conway?"
Oh for the love of God; he's never calling Kris when he's sleep deprived again. To his surprise, though, Kris doesn't answer for a second. "I know your schedule," Kris says slowly. "You don't have--"
"I have two days off. I'll use the miracle of flight to make it all work." And his PA, because that's why God invented people with godlike administration skills who are easily pacified with regularly delivered Godiva and sometimes, begging. "If you don't have time," he starts to add, feeling a faint twinge of guilt. Contemplating the horror of Kris' schedule shouldn't lead to making it worse, but it's true; he does miss Kris, and misses the time he lost before. "I'm sure there's something I have to do while I'm there?"
Kris snickers. "Is there?"
"No, but I'll figure something out."
Kris laughs. "Yeah, I have time. Text me when you get in and I'll pick you up." From the background, a voice intrudes; Adam can't make out the words, but the tone is clearly "get the fuck off the phone already". "Okay, I gotta--"
"Go, yeah. Plan to sleep anytime soon?"
"Probably when you do, actually," Kris sighs, standing up with a squeal of springs. "Get some sleep. I'll see you soon. Night."
"Night," Adam murmurs, ending the call. To his surprise, it's much easier to sleep now.
The flight, as flights tend to do when Adam actually needs to be somewhere, gets into LAX five hours late. Getting his bag, Adam scrolls through his text messages and finds a new one from Kris. at leos. call when you get in.
Dialing with his thumb, Adam ducks into the bathroom, surprised to find it deserted; even this late, LAX isn't exactly what anyone would call calm. "Hey," he breathes, leaning against teh cool metal of the stall door. His PA may be in line for a Saks gift card now. "So. Let's say I'm stuck at LAX and trying to surprise someone. A car and a distraction would be nice."
Even for a city that really doesn't sleep, it's late by the time Leo lets him in the backdoor of a West Hollywood nightclub on just the wrong side of shabby-chic, but only just. Adam lets himself take a second to stare at Leo's aggressively shaved head and new piercings and doesn't comment, because Leo would just enjoy it too much. "Mostly cleared out," Leo says, looking mildly disappointed at Adam's lack of reaction, "but the band's hanging around still."
Adam raises an eyebrow, but Leo only smirks, leading him by the manager's office and out behind the bar caddy-corner to the cramped stage. Leo's right; the room's mostly cleared of the usual audience of semi-hipster teens with fake IDs, poetry majors from the local community college, and a speckling of Indie kids who want to pretend they're here to mock the music. Near the stage is a small knot of bodies, skinny jeans competing with ripped denim and at least two latex minis; there's something both hilarious and unsettling about at least three separate schools of youth subculture mixing like that. "Your boys?" Adam asks Leo, who turns from the liquor to frown and cover his mouth with one finger in the universal sign of shut the fuck up.
Rolling his eyes, Adam picks up his drink and braces his elbows on the bar, taking a sip just as a tall, skinny kid cross in front of them, heading toward the group, bleached hair tipped in aggressive robin's egg blue and orange in the definition of a mixed message. Like magic, the little group opens up for him, and Adam sees Kris cross-legged on the edge of the stage, guitar spread across his lap. Skinny takes the quickly vacated spot beside him, extending the beer and taking the guitar before Kris can put up a fight. Fascinated, Adam feels Leo's shoulder settle against his as Leo murmurs, "Yeah, I thought you'd get a kick out of this. Watch."
"...back, please?" Kris is saying, taking an absent drink of the beer.
"I want to hear that song. Wouldn't it be nice if we both got what we wanted?" Bracing a boot on the stage, Skinny settles his chin on his knee and smirks. "Pay or play, pretty."
"Huh," Adam breathes, biting his lip against a giggle, because he may not know it, but Kris has a type. Taking another drink, he watches as Skinny swings one leg in an idle kick when Kris starts to look like he might try the direct approach for guitar retrieval. Scowling, Kris settles back down among the laughter of the tiny group. "Okay, break it down; all I know is what Kris told me over the phone."
"Keyboard is the little blonde chick who looks like she could break in a good wind, Leah," Leo says, gesturing to the table nearest Kris, where a girl in vinyl is seated, legs draped across a tall guy in black jeans. "Her husband David, guitarist. His best friend Dennis, drums," a red-haired proto-punk who seriously doesn't match pretty much anyone there, from the hair all the way down, "and her brother," and that's Skinny, no shock, "singer, songwriter, and changes his name twice a goddamn month, but everyone just calls him Jared, yeah, Bowie reference deliberate. She kept it in the family pretty much; there's a couple missing that are working some other gigs right now, but you've got the core right there."
Adam nods thoughtfully, taking another drink. "She's Julliard, right?"
"She and Jared, yeah, dropped out their second year." Leo shakes his head slowly, looking amused. "Their first album did okay in Austin. Leah went looking for something a little more--mainstream to balance them out and see if they could break out." Leo hides his smirk behind his glass. "Three guesses how long it took Mr. Tortured Artist to feel a little less artistic when he saw who she brought in."
Adam snickers, watching Kris talking to the drummer as Jared strums random chords, tuning the guitar by ear. Not as young as Adam had first thought; he couldn't be more than two or three years younger than Kris himself, painful hair aside; in no sane world is that color combination anyone should embrace. "Refresh my memory; Kris said Indie, but I'm not feeling it from the look."
"They did the Austin circuit," Leo murmurs. "Leah met Kris at SXSW two years ago when their first album was released. Like I said, they did okay, but they were pretty niche and Leah's not stupid. They lost their drummer and their bassist right after, then Jared fucked off for a year; when he got out of rehab, Leah brought in Kris for their music, and as they say, the rest is history."
Adam can do the math on that one. "Which one left him?"
"Both." Adam looks at Leo, eyebrows raised in surprise. "Gotta love those Austin boys. They really do everything bigger down there."
Abruptly, Jared switches, looking at Kris as he strums a familiar chord, mouth widening into a smile when Kris looks up in surprise. It only takes a second for Adam to recognize the song, straightening as Kris starts to flush.
"How the hell did you--"
"You know I only need to hear it once." Jared starts again, fingers sliding expertly over the strings as he picks up the chorus of Postcard Face without missing a note. "Come on, pretty, I want to hear the whole thing."
"Since when do you care about what I write if it's not for you?" Kris answers, making a half-hearted grab for the guitar.
"Since it's the only one you won't let me hear." Switching, Jared repeats the chorus, changing the time to something slower, with the wistful edge that Kris had discarded for something a little more upbeat.
"Jared," Leah says, sounding amused, "what have I said about teasing straight boys?"
"That he likes it?"
"He's still right here," Kris says clearly. "Wanting his guitar back. I gotta leave in a few minutes--"
"Superstar back in town?" Jared switches to a ear-bleeding minor, rolling his eyes. "I think he can entertain himself without you for a night."
"Jealousss," Dennis sing-songs, tapping out a fast beat on the table. Kris shakes his head, mouth curving in a reluctant smile. "What did we say about hitting on the straight boy?"
"Aww, feel left out?" Jared aims a sharp smile toward the table. "Didn't mean to hurt you, baby, it's just the way I roll."
"You," Leah says, swinging her legs to the floor, "need to get laid."
"If you didn't notice, trying here?" Abruptly, he switches into something softer, picking up the piano line flawlessly as he looks at Kris sings, "Maybe you've fallen down, and maybe you just took the long way home, but you could never love you like me…"
Kris bursts out laughing, bent half-over as Leah buries her head in her arms on the table and Dennis giggles into his hands. Throwing up his hands, Jared falls back on the stage dramatically, telling the ceiling, "You're totally fucking the mood here, guys."
"You're such an asshole," Kris says, wiping his eyes and crawling over to retrieve his guitar. "You said One Less Reason were sellouts," he says as Jared sits up.
"Well, so are you, so I thought you'd appreciate it." With a sharp smile, he lets Kris take back his guitar, and abruptly, Adam realizes he's holding his glass way too tight and tries to loosen numb fingers. "I can lower myself for a great piece of ass--"
"So does that like, work for you? Ever?" Kris says, looking amused as Jared slings an arm around his shoulders and jerks him off balance in a rough hug that could be mistaken for a badly executed headlock. "Because I'm getting why you don't get laid."
"Maybe I'm just waiting for the right one," Jared says softly, fingers curling around the back of Kris' neck, and Adam puts down his glass with a thump.
"He's just teasing," Leo says, glancing at Adam curiously. "Kris can handle it."
"He shouldn't have to." Crossing from behind the bar, Adam watches Kris pull away with a laugh, head turning and catching sight of Adam, eyes widening as he flashes an incredulous smile. Jared jerks his head around, and yeah, that's what he'd thought; Jared wasn't teasing, and that's a problem just waiting to happen.
"What are you doing here?" Kris says, sliding toward the edge of the stage, guitar cradled protectively against his chest. As one, the group's attention follows Jared's, falling silent in deeply appreciated shock; Adam is not up to being actively famous tonight. "I thought you were going to call--"
"Flight got in late, so I thought I'd surprise you." Pulling Kris off the stage and into a hug, guitar quickly left behind, Adam ignores Jared's flat stare. "You ready to get out of here?"
"Yeah." Pulling back reluctantly, Kris looks around. "I need my case--"
"Leave it here," Jared says with a quick smile. "I'll bring it the studio tomorrow."
"I'm off tomorrow," Kris answers, frowning a little. "Okay, where--"
"Backstage," Dennis says, setting the chair back down on all four legs. "I can--"
"I'll do it," Adam answers, climbing on the stage; he knows where they keep their equipment. "Where's your jacket?"
"Probably with the guitar," Kris says after a second of thought. "I was running a little late."
Adam turns to flash a grin. "Sorry, baby," he says insincerely. "Did I keep you up past your bedtime?"
Before Kris can answer, he ducks behind the stage, finding Kris' case easily, jacket discarded on top. Coming back out, Jared's sliding off the stage, saying something to Kris about recording this week, and Kris pulling out his phone, flipping through his calendar. "--Tuesday, maybe? I'm leaving Thursday, so we need to wrap this up," Kris is saying as Adam comes back, tossing Kris his jacket before crouching to pick up the guitar. Catching it, Kris smiles up at him. "Thanks."
Leo leaves off trying to talk to Leah when it's fairly clear none of this little group is paying attention, wandering over to Adam and leaning against the stage to murmur, "Is it good to be king, Adam?"
"Simba knew what he was talking about," Adam answers with a smirk, snapping the guitar case closed and jumping down, wrapping an arm around Kris' shoulders and easing him farther from Jared. "Ready, baby?"
"Yeah. I'll see you Tuesday," Kris tells Leah, who nods, eyes wide. With a wave at the group, Kris leans against his shoulder briefly and makes a vague grab for his guitar case. "So chivalry isn't dead after all." Kris glances up at him, eyes dancing as they approach the door, the group behind them still shocked silent. "Have fun?"
"Yeah," Adam says, grinning back. "I really did."
Adam's used to people teasing Kris; it's his own favorite hobby, after all, and he can't blame anyone for trying when they know the odds of success are about on par with ice in hell. It used to surprise him how easily Kris dealt with it from men when women still could throw him; then again, women hit on Kris via underwear and that's pretty disconcerting for anyone when you know your wife is watching. It's not the first time someone's pushed too hard, either, but it's the first time that Kris didn't seem to notice. Kris has flexible lines, though, and God knows, if he thought Adam was supposed to be modeling appropriate ones, there's a fair to good chance he wouldn't pick up actual intent until someone had him up against a wall.
Flexible lines when it comes to friends, Adam caveats, and Jared's a friend, apparently; that makes the difference as far as Kris is concerned. "So."
"Say it." Kris settles into his seat more comfortably, knee pulled up against his chest, eyes dancing. "It's been killing you for the last ten minutes."
"It hasn't--" Adam stops, giving Kris a look. "Do you carry a beacon or something? How do you--"
Kris bursts into laughter.
"Fuck you." Adam half-wishes he'd kept the driver around, but this discussion isn't one he'd want to have in front of someone else anyway. "Okay, you told me he was intense. You didn't tell me he was trying to crawl into your pants."
"He does that with everyone," Kris says, waving a hand. "He's really used to getting his way, you know?"
Adam looks at Kris disbelievingly. Kris frowns, leaning against the door. "Leah told me three things to watch for: Dennis never sleeps, so don't be surprised by three o'clock phone calls, just hang up; David never talks, so don't try, just watch football with him and offer a beer; and Jared never thinks, so when he doesn't take the hint, a punch to the face will remind him he's supposed to. Which, well--" Kris shrugs. "He's trying to prove something to himself, I think. This--LA--is important to them all, but to him, it's like, I don't know, an affirmation of existence or something."
"So he's a musician, then."
"Pretty much, yeah." Kris gives Adam a wary look. "And there's--it hasn't been easy the last few years for him."
"Leo gave me the background; let me add, not reassuring." This topic isn't going to improve with conversation; Kris is pretty much easy on everything right up to the point where he's just not, and Adam learned a long time ago which battles were worth winning. "Okay, so tell me what you've been working on with them."
Kris follows the change in conversation with unconcealed relief. Wrinkling his nose, he leans an elbow on the door and looks at Adam speculatively. "I don't know--should I share with their competition?"
Adam gives Kris a sideways look. "So they're competition?"
"For you?" Kris grins and shakes his head. "Not even close."
part 4
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Awwwww, protective!Adam. He's so precious!
OMFG! This is AWESOME! I LOVE how Adam's jealousy is so THERE and FIERCE, BITCHY and kind of HOT.
Loves how Kris let Jared's comments roll off his back, love how when it comes down to it NOTHING comes between Adam and Kris, and Kris will ALWAYS choose Adam and vice versa. And I'm all sort of in love with this.
OMFG! This is AWESOME! I LOVE how Adam's jealousy is so THERE and FIERCE, BITCHY and kind of HOT.
Loves how Kris let Jared's comments roll off his back, love how when it comes down to it NOTHING comes between Adam and Kris, and Kris will ALWAYS choose Adam and vice versa. And I'm all sort of in love with this.
This fic (& the other one posted tonight) are wreaking havoc with my self-imposed thirty minute computer limit. Right now, I've used up all my half-hours til a week from Tuesday.
Totes worth it. :)
Totes worth it. :)
*falls over* Sorry! I'm very glad you enjoyed, though!
oh man, i love protective adam! and yes adam, i worry that kris is just a little too, i'm not sure, naive? un worldly? nice?
so looking forward to more!
*secretly hopeful cause katy is somewhat absent*
so looking forward to more!
*secretly hopeful cause katy is somewhat absent*
*G* Thanks very much!
This just keeps getting better and better. Love the comment about Kris having a type! Love Adam enjoying being king! Love Kris being at the center of a tug-of-war!
*g* Thanks very much!
I love both Leo and Kris needling Adam about his alpha tendencies.
*g* Thank you!
Damn, jealous and protective Adam is so freaking sexy. That whole scene just played beautifully in my head. In fact, I think I need to read it again now.
Hee! Thanks very much!
Yay, more o this verse. Am loving it hard core :D
Awww, I actually like Jared's douchetastic forwardness. Maybe it's because he's hitting on Kris, and anyone who hits on Kris at least has good taste. :p
Love the Adam POV here: the weariness when he arrives to LA, that quickly transforms to possessiveness when he sees Kris and his newest pursuer.
Love the Adam POV here: the weariness when he arrives to LA, that quickly transforms to possessiveness when he sees Kris and his newest pursuer.
This is true. He has very, very good taste.
Thanks very much!
Thanks very much!
This and One AM, they're are both fantastic and utterly amazing! I kinda really love Jared, he just seem so interesting! I'm sort of hoping there will be more appearance of him *g* maybe because he bring out a side of Adam I really enjoy seeing xD. I really love the writing in this particular story I really can't put it into words but to me the way you write Adam's pov is touching. <3
Also, may I ask if this is a 'verse/series, a WIP, or something else? I want to tag this correctly on my delicious but I wasn't sure what to label it because I thought it was a oneshot when you first posted it *g*.
Also, may I ask if this is a 'verse/series, a WIP, or something else? I want to tag this correctly on my delicious but I wasn't sure what to label it because I thought it was a oneshot when you first posted it *g*.
WIP I guess? I was just snippeting up until this part, so I didn't think about it. I hear you on delicious tagging; I'm superanal about it.
Thanks very much!
Thanks very much!
Another fab chapter. I adore this :-)
is it weird that i'm actually kind of liking jared from what you've written here? maybe not his hair, hahaha, but i dunno, he's intriguing and i can see how kris would actually be a good influence/energy to have around him, considering what he's had to deal with in his life.
so, yeah, i definitely wouldn't be adverse to reading more of jared
even though i honestly kept thinking of jared padalecki and had to mentally chastise myself so many times. besides, a+ taste in guys (can't fault him there), and i like that certain side he's bringing out in adam (who, in this, is just amazing. i love your voice for both adam and kris, but your adam especially).
oh, and kris totally does have flexible lines when it comes to friends. totally.
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so, yeah, i definitely wouldn't be adverse to reading more of jared
oh, and kris totally does have flexible lines when it comes to friends. totally.
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He's kind of fun, honestly. He's douchey, but he has good taste in people to hit on. And kind of screwed up. As one is.
Thanks very much!
Thanks very much!
I love Adaaaaaaaaam. The note about Kris totally having a type pleases me greatly. Adam so clearly has a type and people talk about that all the time, but what about Kris? REE.
*G* Thanks very much!
Do you carry a beacon or something?
LMAO. Yes, Kris's milkshake definitely brings all the boys to the yard. Jared - for all his douchetasticness - definitely has excellent taste.
I love your writing holy shit, and I really freaking love your Adam POV. It's such a treat to read your stories because you just nail it, every time. And I love seeing Kris from Adam's eyes, how Adam knows him so well, and his comfort and belief in the solidity of their relationship. Protective!Adam is UNFTASTIC.
LMAO. Yes, Kris's milkshake definitely brings all the boys to the yard. Jared - for all his douchetasticness - definitely has excellent taste.
I love your writing holy shit, and I really freaking love your Adam POV. It's such a treat to read your stories because you just nail it, every time. And I love seeing Kris from Adam's eyes, how Adam knows him so well, and his comfort and belief in the solidity of their relationship. Protective!Adam is UNFTASTIC.
*glee* Thank you very, very much!
I'm apparently reading AIRPS now... and this was goooood
Welcome to the glittery side! It is awesome and there is cake!
Thanks very, very much!
Thanks very, very much!


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Slow Down, Stuff, Popeye
[Apr. 21st, 2016|
03:48 pm
I am just finishing up drawing Fir Valley chapter 4. About a quarter of the way through the book! I am on track to have chapters two to four printed up for
(May 14 - 15). I am having so much fun drawing this book. I am looking forward to a vehicle in chapter six. Here is the cover of the second collection. Also, an exciting announcement:
is going to publishing the book later this year!
Slow Down
I live in a pretty busy neighbourhood, and the traffic can get pretty intense. People getting crazy over parking and turning and busy intersections. I have seen the aftermath of a lot of accidents, and witnessed a couple since moving here a year ago.
So, as I'm walking around the neighbourhood I constantly see people driving, agitated and impatient. Going TOO FAST for a residential neighbourhood. And I think at them "SLOW DOWN".
In the past months since I have not been working, I have had the decadent opportunity to slow down. If I go for a walk, I am not in a rush. I don't necessarily take the most direct route. When Manien and I are poking around the neighbourhood, we just stop to enjoy any interesting things we see.
And so I think people need to slow down. When they are in such a rush I always think "The only thing you are rushing to is... the grave." Slow down. Enjoy this while you're here. Appreciate where you are. Notice as things change with the seasons. Have a leisurely meal. Enjoy the leaves sprouting, the tidal levels changing.
A friend is moving and posted online about moving, struggling with what to get rid of. During our move last year, I got rid of a lot of stuff, but I still have a lot of stuff. My family in general has problems with getting rid of stuff. Recently I have considered that I might be more open to getting rid of more, if I am moving again. And that made me think that we get so attached to all our STUFF. It is nice, things that remind us of our past. But we hold on so tight. And not just our physical stuff but our history and grudges and so on. We don't let stuff go. We should. We should let go of it all.
That said, I was watching Popeye again the other day. When I was ten years old, I became obsessed with the movie well before it came out. During this viewing, Manien was heard to ask what got me so obsessed with it. As far as I can recall, it was a short news item in Electric Company magazine. I was a big fan of Mork and Mindy at the time, and so the idea of Robin Williams starring in a comic based movie was quite exciting to me, even if I had no notion of Popeye at that time.
I got the soundtrack album. I got the photo book. I got the making of Popeye book. A book about the history of Popeye. I drew my own comic about a sailor named Norm, which was basically just me paraphrasing a comic from the photo book. Sadly many of these artifacts have been lost to time.
When the movie finally came out, it did not even come to the city where I was living. I had to drag my family to the next town over, where we saw a matinee in a tiny multiplex theatre with two other people in the theatre. I wasn't even sure what to make of it, finally seeing the peculiar Robert Altman picture.
Over time my love of it has only deepened though. The first movie I ever got on DVD, purchased along with Punchdrunk Love the day it came out on DVD. I can watch it endlessly, singing along. Almost in tears because it makes me so happy.
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[Feb. 10th, 2016|
11:39 pm
Getting close to the end of a sketchbook. I think it was the same last year, I was just about done one a year after I had started it. And so I have been doodling, when I should be working on Fir Valley! You can see me getting mesmerized drawing all those little trees.
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Hourly Comic Day 2016
[Feb. 2nd, 2016|
11:22 am
hourly comic day
It was that time of year again yesterday - Hourly Comic Day! The tenth year of it, by my calculation. Below are the comics I drew through my day. Watch me struggle with how to draw my current shaggy hair!
I was looking back at past years, and it is interesting to see where I was at each year. Working. Not working. Working somewhere else. Last year we were getting ready to move.
My comics from 2015
My comics from 2014
My comics from 2013
My comics from 2012
My comics from 2011 are MIA.
2009 here
2008 here
2007 here
. And way back to
2006 here
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Sunrise Walks
[Jan. 13th, 2016|
10:30 am
I am reading this book by Geoff Dyer
Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room
which is his appreciation of the classic movie Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker. I saw this movie around 1997 and recalling it vividly brings back the setting I viewed it in: My friend Stu's living room. Probably it was a grey Sunday afternoon, still hung over from our excesses the night before. Stu's place was generally a filthy mess, with dirty cat hair covered clothes on the floor, every surface covered with dirty dishes, empties, overflowing ashtrays. Actually it was a perfect set and setting to watch a long dream-like movie with characters moving through ruined buildings.
Oh, happy New Year. Look at us, here in 2016. I have been on a little break from working on Fir Valley while I draw a short story. The short story is actually Fir Valley related. Here is a drawing from it.
In the late December Lull, I was chilling a bit, doing some drawing, and trying to figure out landscapes, and space, so I was back to drawing North Vancouver houses.
And a run down corner of Krugersdorp in South Africa.
Some days when Manien works, we get up at 5am. If I am particularly inspired, I get myself out the door for an early walk such that I will be out when the sun comes up. And it is like this video.
I was out for a Sunrise Walk this morning. I was trying to remember this song by Le Tigre.
Through a couple of brain steps, I then had this Beck song going for a while.
Somehow that worked its way over to this Wintersleep song.
I also had Hang on to Your Ego in my head for a while.
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Page 100 Project
[Oct. 23rd, 2015|
01:42 pm
Strangely when I received that recent
Page 100 Project
submission, I had been considering doing one for the book I was reading. So I went ahead and did it, here is my adaptation of Page 100 from Paul Theroux's "
Blinding Light
". We begin as the main character Slade is coming down from a datura experience.
I did this in Manga Studio, and it is the first comic I have done using that program. I also have a very old tablet without a lot of sensitivity, so my lines have a certain Sharpie-like subtlety to them.
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On Goofiness
[Oct. 7th, 2015|
03:36 pm
I am nudging ahead with the second chapter of Fir Valley, working on page layouts and pencilling. I guess I should get the first chapter (and other things) set up in the store so people can check it out. It continues to be decadent for me to have time to work on this. Time to go for a good walk every day. Time to spend with Manien.
As I work on Fir Valley, I am finding it is coming out quite serious, and hope that it isn't too grim. Whenever I co-write a comic with someone else, it ends up having a lot of goofiness. So that is just something I am thinking about, balancing the serious with the silly.
I am considering colouring Fir Valley. I quite liked how the colours came out on my transit comic, and thought I might continue in that vein.
Here is a joke Manien made because she knew it would make me laugh (it did).
Here are some quick drawings capturing assorted singing and goofing around on a day Manien and I went on a picnic by the Olympic Village. I am enjoying drawing my slightly shaggy hair.
We saw four spiders that had all built webs around the same Awesome Spot.
And here is a drawing I did of
Duncan Trussel
this talk
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Fir Valley Chapter One
[Sep. 24th, 2015|
04:27 pm
I managed to get the first chapter of Fir Valley done in time for
Word Vancouver
. I will be there at the downtown library Sunday September 27, 11am to 5pm with these fresh comics for you to buy. Check out the swanky cover designed by my pal Josue of
Fresh Brewed Illustration
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Comics in Transit
[Sep. 11th, 2015|
04:07 pm
Manien and I drove around the city yesterday morning tracking down the Cloudscape "
Comics in Transit
" bus shelter posters. It was a fun little scavenger hunt, they are not all up yet. But mine was! On West 10th, at Tolmie, just before you hit UBC.
So that was very cool, having a comic as big as I am. Happy with how it turned out, the colours looked nice, the text was at a good readable size. As we waited to take photos of it, we even saw a couple of guys reading it. It should be hanging there until October 5. Here it is, for those who can't make it out (click to see it bigger)
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2015 Year of Change
[Aug. 17th, 2015|
11:15 pm
Hey look it is lj. How will this post, cut and pasting from my wordpress?
In a year that has been change change change the past month has provided me yet another change. Stuff happened and I decided it was time to leave my dayjob I have had for the past 7 years. It had been coming a while and it just seemed to be the time. This was the longest I had ever been at one job. Strange.
The world beyond the 9 to 5 life I had been living for 7 years is strange. Suddenly these days stretch out with endless possibility, rather than hoping to squeeze in a tired hour of drawing after a day at the dayjob. I can go on a good walk every day, and there is still lots of time for other stuff. Today Manien and I were trying to figure out what day it was, as her job is not a Monday to Friday gig.
So yeah, anyways, 2015. Year of Change!
I spent the past week putting together a comic for an interesting project through
Cloudscape Comics
. They are having a bunch of artists do comics that are going to be put up in bus shelters, so gigantic 5'+ posters. Someone dropped out, and since I just happened to suddenly have lots of time on my hands I was able to jump in and be part of the project. It felt great to get drawing and colouring. Here is a panel, if... instagram displays properly.
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Here is a song I was enjoying earlier today, as I strolled around the hood.
Here is a comic that I was doing on the seabus on my way to and from work each day. I was drawing it quickly, making it up as I went. Hm, look, themes of a new job and change... As well as barf and poo.
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All is Love
[Feb. 14th, 2014|
04:13 pm
Oh hey look it is Valentine's Day. Now would be a great time to remind you of what a perfect Valentine gift
True Loves
would be, right? Gretchen is much better than me at this, and has had True Loves as part of her Valentine's display at
Gretchen's Here and Now Bakery
I finished off one sketchbook, and jumped right into another. Let me share some drawings with you.
Here are some angels and devils. Once I thought to make the angels angry they were great fun!
Manien and I went for a great walk in a different neighbourhood and it inspired me to draw some more houses.
Somehow that led me to looking at Iceland in google street view, and drawing houses there.
And my traditional deformed looking self portrait as the last drawing of my sketchbook.
I wasn't sure about how I felt about that drawing, so I tried doing another drawing of myself from a photo. Mostly I got fixated on the shadows on the wall.
And another house in Iceland, with colour.
I love this Moby video, even though it tends to make me cry.
As I dance up and down the hill lately it has made me think of this scene from Mauvais Sang.
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I've pretty much disconnected from electronic communication for the last week to decompress and spend some good family time. Hence, no posts here. However, I did log in and make yet another cosmetic change.
After some informal "usability studies" and the comments (both on and off the blog), I've decided to revert to my old template but with some tweaks. I tested some mockups using different font sizes, and decided to increase the font size on the "sidebars" on my site.
I also did some "benchmarking" of other leading blog sites to get a feel for font sizes, colors & contrasts, and overall layouts.
Thanks to everyone who gave me their input. I decided to go back to my old format but kick up the font size in my sidebars by a notch.
If you have still have trouble with the font sizes, remember you can increase the font size in your browser. For example, see the following:
Oh yeah - I used "SnagIt" to grab these menus. It was recommended to me by Marc Orchant, and I think it is awesome. Check it out.


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A very bi-lingual tipster sent us this link that basically shows a large assortment of photos from the Brisbane Auto Show. You might not have a clue how to read Chinese but even so the cars are easy enough to pick out. Interesting things to note were different headlight treatments on cars like the Audi TT and of course all those vehicles we wish we got in the states like the new Alfa Romeos and the Ford Falcon GT shown here. Click below for more images.
Thanks to jckb98 for the tip.


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If you can't stand the heat.../
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!"
– A helpful suggestion?
I was reminded of this phrase recently when it was used during a heated debate on an online forum. From what I could tell, it was used in a situation which was at risk of becoming a virtual group attack on a single individual with opposing views. A sort of "look if they are not happy with this discussion, they could always walk away." But could they? Is it really that easy? There are a lot of reasons why humans and animals put themselves into, or remain within, unpleasant situations and walking away can be the hardest choice.
What we are often dealing with is conflicting motivations. I see a lot of cases in the clinic where a nervous dog rushes over to greet another dog. "But surely this shows he is friendly?" explains the owner. Or a dog, with stooped tense body language, rushes into their crate when the owners leave. "She loves her crate" is the obvious assumption. Or maybe it's the noise sensitive dog that hangs out in the kitchen even though every little bang and clatter makes them shy and flinch. Why stay in the kitchen when it makes you so unhappy? These motivations don't always make sense to us but when we start to understand what's going on better, then we can start to help the animal make better choices.
So why does a nervous dog choose to approach another dog, and not just avoid the interaction altogether? There are a several reasons this could happen, for example: they need to understand the threat better; they want to show the threat that they are not a threat themselves; they want to proactively tell the threat to keep away from them, or a mix of these. What about the dog that chooses to go into the crate but all the body language says they are unhappy? Maybe they are keen to avoid the nagging to go into the crate or maybe they are predicting that the owners are about to leave and just see it is a safe haven for when the humans are out – a sort of better of two evils. Remember liking and tolerating are two very different things. And the noise sensitive dog that hangs out somewhere that clearly makes them jumpy? Most likely there is a history of getting food in the kitchen and / or a desire to be close to the family members.
We can also ensure we don't contribute to the wrong choices by creating opposing motivations. For example, it is not uncommon for people to try and want to help their stranger-nervous dog by asking a stranger to feed the dog treats. This is a nice attempt at counter conditioning but with a small mistake on the delivery that could lead to big consequences. By asking the stranger to give treats, we are motivating the dog to go very close to something they fear. The motivation of yummy treats will over-ride their healthy desire to maintain distance and the risk is that they are suddenly in a place where they may have to escalate threat avoidance behaviours – particularly when the treats stop. In addition, it is dangerous for dogs to turn their back on something scary, and we are now expecting them to do this at much closer proximity than if we were working them at an appropriate distance. Much more effective, and safer, is to allow the dog to remain at a distance that is comfortable for them and where they can learn about the threat at their own pace. This is how long term changes in perception are made.
With all these examples, by understanding the motivations involved we can improve our management and training approach. With the nervous dog greeter we want to both change their perception of other dogs and remove their need to approach. With the crate nervous dog we might want to understand better what is making their nervous – is it the crate, being left or a combination of both. When we understand, we can treat. And with the flinchy kitchen dwelling dog, we can start by both motivating the dog to hang out somewhere else and treat the noise sensitivities too.
So when something doesn't make sense, don't just expect them to "get out of the kitchen", think about the different likely motivations and how we can help our pets make better choices.


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Apple Already Using Liquidmetal For The iPhone – Guess Where?
August 17, 2010
After unveiling it last week, Cult of the Mac has been actively digging out everything it can about Apple's latest technology acquisition; Liquidmetal. This week, they claim that this crazy alloy that came from space to make your next iPhone bendable or who-knows-what (and might or might not help with the Antenna issue) has already been used by Apple. Indeed, ever since the 3G version, US iPhones have apparently shipped with a little Liquidmetal sample; the SIM ejector tool. Surprising right? This was something of a test for Apple which was looking for some solid and inflexible alloy for their parts. As Liquidmetal Technologies' production facility was too small, Apple only sourced the US SIM ejector pin there. They still used the steel version for the international iPhones. This story is strange, but does sound plausible. Unfortunately, my pin is steel. So go grab yours right now and try bending it. If you can't without hurting yourself, then it's liquidmetal.


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I'm actually not sure where to start this post so I'm going to just start typing and see where it leads me.. which is pretty much how I've been running my days lately. I spend way too much time with my face in a computer screen, my fingers tapping on a keyboard, my hands gripping some electronic device.
I spend a lot of time on the internet.
A Lot.
Synchronicity strikes again. I'm listening to a Bing Futch song as I type this.. one I've not listened to before.. It's called "I keep my distance" and the lyric that just popped up as I'm typing this is
one house, a sanctuary, is just a prison too
the world is so damn scary, but then that's nothing new
all I need's my computer and a phone
mail comes through the door slot, I get deliveries
books and software, weekly groceries
Aw, shit.
Look, I know this about myself. I hide. I think I've mentioned this before.
The internet is just another way for me to escape. I waste so. much. time. waiting for updates, likes and feedback from virtual strangers on the internet (caveat: some of you, I've gotten to know pretty darn well, and I'd even call you friends. I'm not good at making friends. A few of you I've even met in meatspace and I didn't explode or anything. You know who you are.)
Even while knitting or spinning or sewing, my phone is still within reach. So I can check it.. and check it and check it… it's .. a problem.
That's me checking to see if you like me.
<insert stupid Sally Fields joke here>
This blog.. this blog was supposed to be an exercise is being myself and instead it's turned into my typing out what I think you all want to hear.
I stopped being myself when I started writing for From Scratch Club because I didn't want to reflect poorly on the readership there. But I don't write for FSC anymore.
I wasn't being myself which is the exact opposite of what I wanted to happen when I merged a bunch of my blogs together. I felt so compartmentalized and this site was supposed to be a place for me to be myself and yet I hid.. again. I mean, why am I so ashamed of who I am?
I've been watching Bing really share who he is on his new blog. He seems so willing to just be himself. I'm sure part of it is being a musician…. you kind of hafta put yourself out there when you create music. He's authentic… he's a real person. (I did meet him once… the dude has a vibe). I'm not going all fangrrl… I'm inspired.
I've been thinking a lot about living authentically. I've been thinking about all the things that I haven't shared about myself.. of all the things that I haven't posted about because I was worried that "people would thing I was weird".
Gloves off, bitchez.


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Hi everyone,
We have decided in my company to make all the dev team make on the same distribution, we've choosen for that, DigitalOcean.
DigitalOcean doesn't actually offer multilevel account managements, so each of us had to create a specific Droplet, we have then made database replication to centralize our work, we will do further later.
When I tried to update composer on my symfony project, I've got this error:
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'ErrorException' with message 'proc_open(): fork failed - Cannot allocate memory' in phar:///var/www/headoo/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php:974
What does it mean?
It means that our OS is using a lot of memory and that there is not enough memory available to do some actions. Why?
By default, Linux tends to use all the RAM to speed up its operations, particularly caching datas.
Therefore it can easily happen in situations where the RAM is used at 90% or more, while treatments only need the half.
Let's explain more
Simply run "free -m" command to see how many memory is available on your machine, and let's analyze the result.
Here, we will work on a 7.5GO ram available machine.
[root@~]# free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7873 7289 583 0 251 4272 -/+ buffers/cache: 2765 5107 Swap: 4095 70 4025
It seems to be more than 7 GB of RAM used, more than 4 GB for the cache (buffers and cache), see the last column.
Ok right, so, how to solve this problem?
1. First, you can empty linux cache
[root@~]# sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
2. Swap some space. What is a swap?
The swap is a "virtual" physical memory often installed on a separate Linux partition. Part of hard drive is reserved for this virtual memory that could relieve the system in case of overload.
3. How to swap some space?
Type in your console:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=1024 #count must be equal to the desired block size you need mkswap /swapfile #Setup the swap file with the command swapon /swapfile #Enable the swap file immediately but not automatically at boot time /swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0 #Enable swap file at the boot time
Right! Now your problem must be solved, if not, do not hesitate to contact me please.


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You will find all the same wonderful content as before, just in a better and hopefully easier to navigate design.
Looking for something specific? Type it into our Search bar on the home page. It uses 'smart search' technology to search our whole website and present you a list of potential matches. It is our goal to get you to the information you are looking for in as few 'clicks' as possible.
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Concordia Supply
Create a mailer that gives customers a quick overview of each VBS theme.
Choosing a Vacation Bible School (VBS) theme can be a tough process, compounded by the amount of choices available. We wanted to send our customers a tangible piece to introduce this year's themes, and encourage them to shop with us. Each theme comes with a strong graphic identity, so the format needed to contain and separate the products. This foldout format fit perfectly as the white boarders provided both breathing room for the folds and a clear separation of the product art.
I narrowed down the content to be included, set up a basic grid and assigned theme colors to help each product stand alone. The panels for the shirts and coupons took the most time to develop.
The best part of this project was seeing people interact with the final printed piece. Some people opened it one panel at a time, others whipped it open in one motion and browsed all the panels at once.
I always consider sustainability in my designs, and with all the hard work done, I can easily apply next year's products to the same template.