WENDY GOT A JOB

N.E. BULLDOG

LET'S SKI!

Afton Alps, baby! Sweet! Killer power! Dude! Thrash it! Totally Gnarly!

I'm going skiing on Sunday. All this snow, I figure I should strap some sticks on my feet and slide down a hill somewhere.

GOTCHA!

This guy took a photo of himself, doctored it to look like a Gucci ad, and sent it to a Swiss paper. The paper printed it and billed Gucci the $50,000.00 for the FAKE two-page spread. Now this dude is nowhere to be found. Zoinks!

IF ONLY I WERE KARIM RASHID

If I were an internationally-renowned designer, then they would HAVE to hire me.

Cairo-born Rashid is considered an industrial designer by trade, but has forced his vision onto the world of fashion and interiors as well. Criticized for his use of plastics and 'disposable mediums', his flagrant use of color annoys high-end design traditionalists. It also sells out each run.

PLEASE SEND GOOD ENERGY TOWARDS...

I've expressed interest in working for the furniture design firm, Blu Dot. Based in Minneapolis, they are creating edgy 'new' furniture that is being recognized world-wide.
http://www.bludot.com/

All I need is one interview.

WHAT ARE THESE TWO TALKING ABOUT?

Anderson Cooper is all aflutter as Daniel Craig unleashes his steely blues.

LE SIGH

He didn't win, but... look at him!

COMPUTER SAYS: STUCK IN THE SNOW

It's Adam's fault. I was going to have apple juice, but he forced me.

LAURIE MATURES

Last night was Laurie's birthday. Fun times, fun times.

Blonde temptress on the right? That's her. Well, she is.
Her loft is crazy. It's in a converted warehouse. The bedroom is in the original stairwell.
Good taste in furniture. Sexy. Smart. Cool. No wonder they're all intimidated.
Trifecta.
To the bar in the snow.

ARCHITECTURE BREAK!

You could stand to learn a thing or two...

Walter Gropius, of the Bauhaus movement, built his boxy home to relate to lines and glass rather than the surrounding environment. This makes both the landscape and the residence uniquely and simultaneously interesting.
The school itself had to make the grand statement. If this building didn't sum up the movement, those who were critical of modernism would have won their argument. Luckily, function preceded form in everything from the slab canopy over the vestibule to the off-set hallways curtained with glass and reinforcing mullions.
Furniture quickly followed suit. Le Corbusier's 'Relaxation Machine' happened to be beautiful because it followed the human form.

BIZARRE VEHICLES- LOT, CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND LOWRY

MEMO TO SELF

Air tran. -S.D. flew to Chi for $50...

AM I DETECTING A THEME?

KILLER Bloody Mary's and delightful company courtesy of the Dreissens made Saturday morning brunch at Hells' Kitchen a special thing.

BRUNCH IN HELL

How scary!

COMPUTER SAYS: RYAN GOSLING

Adam and I watched Half Nelson last night. Ryan Gosling won the Golden globe for this role as a strung out, inner-city grade school teacher. He is nominated for an Oscar as well. This was the best movie I've seen in a long time. We didn't feel as guilty smoking cigarettes as we watched Ryan's character tweak his way through life.

It is still undecided which one of us gets to marry Ryan Gosling when we grow up.

THINK WARM

It's sunny here today.

The oppressive cold has lifted, and there is a new energy in the people on the street. Think warm, people! Think warm!

I'm going to think about how funny it is to watch someone smoke on a pontoon.

It's windy out there!

TORONTO SEEMED SO NICE

This entire time, I assumed Toronto was this cute little harmless city. Don't I just look the fool?

GRETCHEN, STOP TRYING TO MAKE FETCH HAPPEN.

SATURDAY MORNING WALK

A buddy and I went to the Walker this morning. It was finally warm enough to be outside for more than 20 seconds, so we walked through the park. Sunshine!

Get that thing lit, Mark.

I don't know if the sculpture garden is better in the summer or the winter. Art in the snow? That's pretty rad.
Angel, in an appropriate place.
Mayslacks, which I walked past on my journey home, and their cheeky signage.

At Grumpy's, three old men were sitting just INSIDE the door, with the door cracked, smoking cigarettes. Close enough, gentlemen.

BRITNEY SPEARS SHAVES HER HEAD

We drive them crazy and eventually they kill themselves. We broadcast the entire thing.

PEACE OUT, DUDE

This is how and when it ends, evidently.Fights via email and text? Thought we would do better by each other than that. Good luck to the new guy.

Just don't say we didn't have a good time.
I'd argue we had a few laughs over the years.

THE HAT

Jessie rocks the hat in profile.

I'M A BAD INFLUENCE

Tall Matt and I had an AWKWARD PROM on Saturday night. We started at Lee's and ended up... well, I'm not entirely sure where we ended up. Evidently we got kicked out of the Brass Rail and caused a scene in the parking ramp elevator. I remember nothing. Seems like I had a good time, though. Matt found his phone three days later.

DREW!

CHARLIE!

TEAM LIBRA hit the 331 on Tuesday night for a bizarre little electronica show. Estate, which was comprised of two dudes in robes and pajamas, had some fun, poppy stuff. Strangely enough, they set up for two hours, played four songs, and started tearing down. This reminded Charlie of a Crystal Method show he saw once.

OH, we also solved world hunger, mapped out a plan for dealing with climatic change, and came to the conclusion that our current administration is full of shit. World leaders should meet over pints.

IT JUST GOES AND GOES

This was once suburban. Sidewalks for days.

GAYSTED?

Straight guys are so hot.

PRESERVATION OF THE SPECIES

SIX DEGREES

Many men could be the father of Anna's daughter, Dannilynn. If Prince Frederick von Anhalt (Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband) ends up the father, Dannilynn will be the great step aunt to Paris Hilton.

AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY

It's hard to be good. Particularly when bad stuff comes so easily. Sometimes it (skin, chemicals, opportunity) just falls in my lap and I have to say, "why the hell not?"

Sometimes it gets me in trouble, sometimes it gets me laid. That's the chance you have to take.

WHAT I DO

A couple of you have emailed me and asked "What do you do?"

Now, there's a loaded question. I do a whole lot of things. Some of them really well. [smirk]

If you're asking how I pay my bills, then I can only vaguely say I work in finance. I'm not about to loose my licence just because I wrote "Britney has become a slag." on the same page as the name of my firm. Besides, one must remain an enigma to some extent. As far as to what do I do, I would say I am a designer. I am working towards the day when architectural, interior and/or furniture design will pay the bills.

For now, i toil in the trenches.

Gimmie a job. I'm willing to move internationally.

Future by Design Trailer, William Gazecki Director

The future... That should be interesting, huh?

Shoes

ITS BEAUTY WILL KNOW NO SEASON

The cover image of a January 1971 issue of a magazine called 'Texas Highways'. It describes experiments in astroturfing highway medians and traffic islands with a special landscaping surface developed by Monsanto. (courtesy of TexanFreeway.com ('your public library for Texas freeway history'

MARTIN FROM SWEDEN

I have to say hello to my friend Martin. Martin and I met at a bar called Rupert in the West End, London. He was smoking too and we felt awkward smoking in this clean bar with all the pretty boys posing. We went out to the street and stood, ashing in the gutter. Able to have an actual conversation save the Disco Inferno inside, we got to have a couple good chats throughout the night. It was obviously a working girls' corner, but they didn't mind the gay boys agreeing to admonish the Bush administration for it's treatment of global warming.