SPOTTINGS

My dad sent me these videos filmed via motion-sensor from the fences of our farm(s) and before they even played I recognized our land and trees and grass.





I love deer and venison and look back fondly on avoiding the hunting part. Sort of wish I had that choice right now. Im always wishing for a wolf-ish pet to follow me around. They have a stoic way of being which I could use as some protection. The lure of the coyote call haunted me long ago as I laid in bed at Grandma Jackie's farm. Simultaneous to the howling was mooing from the herd and a hissing wild cat fight beneath my window sometimes. No peace in the real world can compare to all those comforting natural reactions. Its primal out here now, in a different way than I remember. Still looking for a lullaby.

http://bit.ly/cantnavigatethiscrapanymore

complex twitter vernacular and awful image presentation.
i refuse.

but im looking forward to letting go of the internet.
its already happening.
thanks for finally making me feel internet illiterate!
truly many thanks @youknowwhoyouare

PORTLAND

playboy rose is scarlet and gold.
cant believe i missed the garage rock festival last night!
roky erickson delight!?

via anambitiousprojectcollapsing
via public collectors
via Documentation of Things Left Behind
Mike Benedetto showcases his son's creations.
Endearing work by a four-year-old and charming collection
by his father. This photo reminds me of playing with my sister.

And this next photo reminds me of my birthday, celebrated this
week in Portland with some of my favorite people!

altamont

so many reasons to love this:
SXSW TOUR SERIES BY PATRICK ODELL

WEEKS/WEAKS

From boating to flying and crying and whining and dining. Northome, MN to Bemidji, to Minneapolis, to Phoenix, to Los Angeles, to San Diego, to San Marcos, to Carlsbad, to San Diego, to Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA. Held together by hours of contact with the lovely and wonderful ladies and families closest to me. Sarah and a Blister in the sun and my favorite Maddie Mug.

im about to sleep when im dead

you know its bad when this song/video is your sanity.
ok—kale, too.

LALALA

IM MOVING TO LA WITH THE SKATE WITCHES.
2 WEEKS.

PHASES

New moons are the new full moons. After a 12 hour work day, tonight my car got broken in to. Now I sit at home and watch a University of Minnesota building burn. The faint smell of burning rubber and the people fighting above me will certainly soothe me to sleep.

"everybody knows a different world, and only part of it." —john beldessari

making moves

is scary like this

When I Grow Up from Fever Ray on Vimeo.

wake up

best wedding ever; 10 hour reception via bars and bikes.
congratulations Tessa & Dixon Bordiano!
You are loved!

repetition

trying not to. now and then and next.

spectacle culture

junk rafts.
i laugh.
they have worn out their welcome
in my hipster mind.

Still, I enjoy this photography of people who think they are harder than the rest of us.
"There are no trust fund babies here." —NY Times disclaimer, for this specific craft.

A Declaration for Real Time

Junk


Recently was told that I need to "update my blogs or delete them, they are boring."
This is me trying to connect with people on a different social level, or not at all.
A real time ultimatum.

daily oregon

sorry. this is all i got. not going back to you for a while yet.

you gotta skate to relate

Marissa Del Santo hucking her corpse down a few stairs.

Thrasher Skateboard Magazine

This doesn't look fun. Except when she busts her tail off.

This video is crazy. A lovely intro by a total douche and some actual babes. Looks no better than a satire from adult swim network. (not without some laaaame ad, too)



Bustin boobs and corpses and boards and bowls and thats all the thanks women's skateboarding gets...You won't find a better online video of women's pool skating in the last 2 years. For reals, go to the All Girl Skate Jam (pretty cute design) and always remember that "girls rock"!?

FOR EMILY

Tunnel Vision Inside View from Jen Stark on Vimeo.

missin this farming gal. going to visit her at dream acres someday soon!

Xactly

"Im just being crazy, I know. Don't pay any attention to me."

TOTAL CHEER

THANK YOU, MARYLOU.

"A REMINDER TO LAUGH AND BE THOUGHTFUL, LIFE GOES QUICKLY"

This painting is bringing out a celestial smile...
My friend Mark makes good words and good paintings.

MY LIFE AFTER COLLEGE

pretty much disconnected from real life at all levels right now...

"Playing in Dangerous Areas"

Please help me gawd. I'm still trying to get ahold of this film. I need it right now, like a drug fix but more like a culture fix.

FUNSEEKER

pretty much i'm finding some time for fun before these last few weeks of school.
this movie here was filmed in the amusement park from my childhood.
one of my first crushes was on the train conductor.

I'LL BE DAMNED

just wanted to hear that out loud.

BEAT TIME

rippin action

stayin on the indie trucks youtube channel.

always had old style indies, since i never wear mine out and theyre usually handme downs anyway. got the TNT shoes every year or so and maybe a new pair comin soon, to help get my skate legs back in order come summer.

PARTY TONIGHT YA SURE

more tinas and less avalanches, maddy!!

ACTUALLY, DONT CALL ME

i am too busy.

I CRY

laughing so hard right now at my sister/family

found this on my sis' facebook.

also, my dad began a string of emails between my family, in pursuit of organizing a summer camping trip. originally addressing us as the "former campers in the mist", dad sought to place us in a woodsy hostel, out of the rain. after a round of concerns about the communal sleeping arrangements, he offered a nudist-camp alternative to which my cousin Darren replied



known for his unbearably dry wit, his email address is literally "thebickersons@...com". thankfully, by the time the sun is bright enough to poach my family's sacred skin, i will have moved far away from wherever the bickersons join the "future campers in the nude"

TWITTER DRULZ

MYSTERESE.COM @ everyone: my liver hurts. too much party. less than a minute ago from old laptop. in reply to everyone who thinks we care

HATERS or HIJINX

I've watched this video before, but a recent discovery has shown me all that is hijinx about the Beagle from Shake Junt! This is love.

Just because he's white doesnt mean he's white.

skateboarding is dangerlouse

take it or leave it, elementary kids are the new wave.

some parents have argued otherwise, but i cant think of anything less dangerous than skatin on a wood floor with 4 lbs of padding and a helmet, the nurse's office is probably next door. yes, a hefty price for all of the equipment. if we have to think about it in terms of money, than that is a desperate position, and i would speculate that the price almost every parent pays for the equipment to enduce hours of videogame play compares quite nicely to the money a grant program spends on each set of protection that makes this controversial "sport" less dangerous.

and DAMN YEAH!! my hometown is getting a skatepark within the next year! visit the bemidji skatepark blog. the future schralping zone is just down the hill and through the woods from my parents house!!

Michael Yonkers Band (with the Blind Shake)
But if you use Pandora, seriously hit him up there.

HAPPY PREZ DAY

LOVE, THE ART SHANTY PATRIOTS OF 2009

love-in this

all of it.

KINDA SICK'UH IT

blog after blog after blog after blog

SWIFS AND SWIVELS

this proves my theory about las vegas. and this probably proves your theory about skateboarders. these basic skate shoes speak their own mind so this guy didnt have to! (first 30 seconds are golden)

NO MORE ART SCHOOL PLEASE

MORE OF THIS. IF YOU HAVENT BEEN OUT TO THE ARTY SHANTY PROJECTS YET, VALENTINE'S DAY IS YOUR LAST CHANCE.

(dammit this is the last time i spend six years paying for my education)

BEST SONG

also in the best video part of the new alien workshop flick, mind field. jake johnson is a wallride master, and together the part was so sick. thanks to familia for the premiere. it was really a good time. tomorrow im headed wheels-first into some walls with janelle.

All Apologies

three reasons why i have this song in my head
1. the weather; activating nostalgia about when i had to encounter the outdoors every day and get messy
2. appreciating the grunge wardrobe; not trying to impress anyone. at least for today.
3. a very long and somewhat painful critique; got me thinking about when i had dreams of being a scholar. now i dream to be back in the physical (contact-sports?) world.

Go here to watch an unplugged version of what i am talking about. I remember watching this on mtv when i was in elementary school. yknow, when i was wearing converse hightops, cutoff jean shorts and tshirts to school everyday and playing rough on the football field. the sun-warmed grass and mud had an embracing effect, for about an hour each day at recess. i remember that the late-melting snow turned in to ice piles on our field that made for pretty harsh scrapes if you really wanted to tackle the ball handler ("smear the queer" - sorry, i said it.) piling up on the ball, on the ice with 10 scrappy boys was embracing, too.

my life was i guess not so innocent back then. we all cycle through these things. i've spent about 6 years trying to convince my mom that my life is drug free, but now i ask that she at least enjoy seeing kids fucked up once and a while...

aurora borealisized

thought you should know

Every week a batch of emails come in from my dad.
Reminders to "keep my eye on the prize."

After clicking through a pile 20 deep that have been backed up since i started school a few weeks ago, i am reassured that although being slightly over-concerned, my dad is killing it. Links to design forums, snowboard realms, malakye, corolflot, print mag, how mag careers, various videos like prom dress rugby, some eyebrow craze, baby commercial outtakes, "my future", jobs falling. LIFE.

I asked that in order to determine the urgency or priority of his emails, that he write descriptions or messages in each email rather than just a link. Now I get a hint to the content with descriptive words such as "funny", "jobs", and "check this out". Sometimes these messages are more sentimental when really sad country music videos are sent to me and my sister. At least he has the internets to attempt filling his empty nest.

Looking at all of these emails thoroughly every week is trying, but i am so glad my dad gives a shit. And I think by now he truly understands my interests. In all of the online capacities of design, skateboarding, and snowboarding, he seen it.

song-a-day i guess

slideshows are pretty bad, i know.
this song is amazing, and unavailable to buy an mp3 it seems.
this is all i got. unreal love.

from sleep to sun

i awoke with this song in my head today. i cant believe he grew up, up north.

"anyone could be that guy"

ABBA is creepy.

TRUTHIN'

i seen it

and i'm not ever going back.

A very beautiful being.

GIVE ME HAIR

Trying to watch this film today, along with this, this, and this.

SLEEPER TUNES

Me and Emily have been sitting inside with the shithouse mouse for the last few days, trying to avoid the frigid cold.

This weekend we will be at our Snap Shot Shanty, and you better be too!

just think of a lady by the flowers and a little guy with wings

and you'll be an alright human


by ractalfece via youtube. My friend Rebecca mentioned that her brother had become somewhat internet famous. I think she's right. Especially since most of his videos are responses to some idiot vlogs which I highly recommend.