GAY BOYS OF SUMMER

'Life is easier for me because i'm cute.' -T shirt

PLEASE, THINK OF THE KITTENS

Calatrava's Chicago Spire

With an endorsement from the Chicago City Planning Commission last week, Santiago Calatrava's 2,000 ft. "Chicago Spire" has come one step closer to reality. The building would become North America's tallest skyscraper, surpassing its next tallest rival, Chicago's Sears Tower, by 550 feet. The Spire's plan includes 150 stories, each of which would rotate two degrees from the one below it , to a total rotation of 360 degrees.

I QUIT!

God, that's a good feeling.

EITHER WAY, KNOWING IS SEXY

TALL MATT IS GETTING OLD!

A big birthday week shout-out to my "really close friend" Matt.

Happy Birthday Homo!

BEN,

Showing: 1115 today. If i sell the house while you are in CA, i win! Winner!

A FEW SHORT WEEKS AGO...

...I was smack dab in the middle of finals. I was scared shitless as to what was next for me, and everywhere I looked, a mess. Now, my proverbial house is back in order and I managed to snag a dream job. My lesson for myself?

Give no weight to worry

WOULDA BEEN FUN TO GO SKIING THAT ONE TIME

THE LOSS OF DOUG

Sometimes they just go too soon.

http://www.douglasblasdell.org/

AN OFFER I CAN'T REFUSE

RSP is extending an offer. I should get the offer package in the mail today and am expected to accept or decline by the end of the week. Sweeeeeet! I'm doubly excited... first, to be done with this icky job search, and second, to end up at a world-class firm that will afford me so many opportunities. It's exactly what I was looking for.

RSP quickly became a favorite as I went around town and met with various firms. The Office itself is gorgeous, and the collective sensibility struck me as urban and trend-conscious.

God, I'm gonna need some new clothes.

HE WAS JUST A KID

Army Sgt. Joshua Schmit, 26, of Willmar, MN.
Last Saturday, the Humvee Josh was in hit a bomb in Iraq and he was killed.

He was 26.

FUN WITH SHADES ON

HE WAS JUST A KID

Cho Seung-Hui

On 4/16/07, killed 33 people on the campus of Virginia Tech

HE WAS JUST A KID

Army Specialist Conor Masterson

21-years-old, from Woodbury, MN

Assigned to the First Battalion, Fourth Infantry Regiment, Conor was killed when an IED went off as his jeep drove over it.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN

HE WAS JUST A KID

Nick Rossini, the 21-year-old West Point cadet who had been missing since mid-December, was found in a lake near his parent's home today. Rossini, 21, came home on Dec. 15 from West Point for winter break. He went out with friends that night, and crashed his mother's car into a parked car in Minneapolis

A statement from the White Bear Lake Police Department this afternoon said, "There was no trauma to the body nor any reason to believe this was anything but a tragic accident."

This wasn't an accident. This kid was shamed into killing himself. A cadet at Westpoint would know how to do the 'honorable thing' and disappear.

WELL, THAT WENT WELL...

Andersen inHOME- Park City, Utah
RSP Architects

I met with RSP again this morning. It went well. Really well. I felt like I was able to make a good impression while imparting upon them where I wanted to go in the world of architecture. I made it known that I'm green but that I lack the ego that gets most green designers into trouble. I also wanted to make it clear that if I am willing to take a paycut and completely change my lifestyle, I am obviously serious about a career in design. Hopefully they picked up on my sincerity and my willingness to work. So many impressions I wanted to make, so little time. I'll find out if they bought it within the next two weeks.

Who do you want to look like when you grow up?

Fwd:

Fwd:

DON'T CHASE WHAT YOU CAN'T CATCH

Everybody but you. If you're not winning, dont play.

LETS GET SOME BLING

845 MADISON AVENUE

- The Shirt Room, Tom Ford International, NYC

Tom Ford opened his first free-standing retail outlet today. As the head designer of the Gucci lifestyle line for over a decade, Ford found himself on an international stage. Shilling for a faceless entity left him cold, evidently, so he left Gucci and set off on his own.

The design world will be watching with much interest to see if the golden boy falls on his face or if this is just the first of many successes under his own nameplate.

Either way, he'll still be a sexy bitch with millions in the bank and a boytoy on his arm. Few will be sympathetic if he fails.

THINK SPRING

Grant Wood (1891-1942). Spring in the Country, 1941.

Oil on masonite.

If you read this site, you know I tend to lean towards the modern. This print may not fit, but it jumped out at me. The sky goes on forever. I needed a spring sky on this snowy April day. Breathe deep, you can smell the dirt. Folk art is good for rousing the senses.

MINNEAPOLIS DOESN'T SUCK

MSNBC has named our fair town one of the 10- Most Underrated U.S. Cities

"A burst of new buildings from the world's top architects — Herzog & de Meuron's Walker Art Center expansion, Jean Nouvel's new Guthrie Theater, Michael Graves' addition to the Institute of Arts — reinforces the fact that Minneapolis's cultural cachet doesn't entirely depend upon Prince"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18024681/

Hmm. Not bad. Cool that we're getting some props for the shizz we're building. In related news that I do not agree with whatsoever;

Men's Health names Minneapolis one of the "Top five cities to find a mate."

Sure, the winters are bitter, but that's about the only excuse not to exercise--running and bike paths weave around the 24 lakes and along the Mississippi River, no doubt explaining the high fitness ranking. The city is also home to the University of Minnesota, one of the biggest college campuses in the country, so chances are the guy jogging by you has a reading list that includes more than the Sunday comics.

STATS: 98th out of 101 in ratio of single men to single women, 94th in fitness level, and 93rd in education level.

Where the hell are all these sexy people? I mean, don't get me wrong, I love my Great Plains brothers and sisters, but this article makes it sound as though the walls are dripping with gym bodies. Boo.

AWWW...

Jake and his BF, Austin Nichols enjoy a Laker game last year.

So cute.

I wanna fall in love.