if you're in the city tomorrow night and interested in checking out an art show, my cousin is showing off his latest and greatest collection at cowboys and angels.
click HERE to check out more of his pieces.
March 24, 2009
March 19, 2009
jam of the day
"she got her own (miss independent remix)" - ne-yo/jamie foxx/fabolous
LOVING this remix right now!
i was so confused when i first heard this on the radio. the hook instantly reminded me of soulja boy/sammie's "kiss me thru the phone" so i was like, wtf? did ne-yo just do a remix of that soulja boy song? haha! thankfully i was mistaken.
anyone else impressed by jamie foxx's recent string of successful singles? he's hit his stride before (a la "gold digger" with kanye) but i feel like he's in a strong r&b zone right now and can't be stopped! go boy!
March 18, 2009
Breaking Down the Madd Blogger
In defense of twitter.........
Since le reegsta had to put it on blast, i felt it was my obligation to share a couple of my thoughts on the matter, especially since i'm a fellow blogger but also an avid twitter user. so here are my thoughts, peppered in within his original post below (in italics). hope ya don't mind the re-post reegs!
quickly climbing off the soapbox now. :-)
Since le reegsta had to put it on blast, i felt it was my obligation to share a couple of my thoughts on the matter, especially since i'm a fellow blogger but also an avid twitter user. so here are my thoughts, peppered in within his original post below (in italics). hope ya don't mind the re-post reegs!
It kinda sucks that all these micro-bloggers pretty much took over the blogosphere.
I don't think it's taken over the blogosphere necessarily as it's just having its one shining moment. right now. and everyone is talking/blogging/tweeting about it. right now.
Are people's attention spans not capable of taking in more than 140 characters at a time?
No - our attention spans are getting shorter and need for information more immediate than ever.
WTF is a tweet anyway? Only Tweet I know is that one singer who Missy put on a few years back.
tweet = n. 140-character post or v. to post in 140-characters or less. reason for the limitation is to allow people to receive tweets via text on their cell phones, enabling the site to be of use while you're on the go, or mobile.
And I know I'm guilty of pasting notes into Facebook, but I've learned. All of you blogless people using FB to put up a pseudo-blogs need to recognize the real. Shoot truthfully if you don't have an actual blog, then I'm not even tryna read what you wrote. Yes I'm mad doggie.
people post status updates or tweets for various reasons. why can't they share their thoughts via FB or twitter, regardless of how trivial? why must blogging be the end all for expressing oneself to the world around them?
I don't know why, but all these 60 second blog thoughts kinda bug me. I know I don’t have anything substantial to say usually, but I've created my own space, generated my own followers and retained my own readership. It's pretty easy to have instant followers when you add everyone you vaguely know on these social networking sites.
i'm actually with you on this point and don't agree with the whole concept of racking up the number of friends/followers you have, whether it's myspace, facebook, blogger, or twitter. that's all pointless in my eyes and a false sense of validating oneself. all these sites make us very narcissistic as is, but "collecting" friends/followers is on a whole other level.
I'm tired of reading pointless, forced and statuses that are trying too hard. My ish be more John Blaze than that. Yes I've toiled in the virtual world trying to carve my niche via my weblog, but damn, its getting oversaturated up in here. I liken it to American Idol syndrome, and just because there's a medium, it doesn't mean you could sing!
this is where i start to disagree. who's to say who's real and who's not, what's post-appropriate and what's not? to each their own. if someone wants to blast on twitter that they're taking a shit and that's all they talk about, then do it. will i follow that person and continue to receive their tweets? not so much. i think the whole point of blogging and tweeting is to give a person a different kind of voice or forum to be heard. some people may be writing to be insightful, others just talk about the random incidents of their day, others reporting up to the minute news/info/gossip. twitter won't replace blogs. it can't. if you look at people's tweets, you'll see that many of them post links to their actual blogs or links to other sites. sites/blogs/tweets - they all go hand in hand from my understanding. what i love about twitter is that it's all very of the moment, right here right now, a constant stream of information right at my fingertips, ready to view when i want to.
personally, i love that twitter covers off on most of my interests that i read online anyway, all in one easy feed. it saves me the trouble of having to open each of these websites or blogs one by one to see if they're updated. national news, local news, gossip, entertainment, fashion, pop culture, day to day life of public figures - all neatly configured on to one site where i can pick and choose what i'd like to note to self and where applicable where i can click on a link and read on further. yes, some people's posts are mundane (many of mine admittedly fall into that category), but who cares? let it be what it is.
and keep in mind, this is just my perspective and what i specifically use the site for. i'm definitely not speaking for the masses. some people only follow their friends and use this as a new way to communicate. stores use it to promote their product or inform the public of upcoming sales. 7x7 magazine continuously posts last minute happenings in the city. there's a user called emergency_in_sf who posts up to the minute news on any accidents, fires, hazards in the city as it's happening so that people in the city know where to stay away from to avoid traffic or even if their own area is in danger. that kind of information was not readily available to the public and in real time like this, before twitter.
Just as essays morphed into articles, then into blogs, then into status updates, then into tweets, then what? Actually, I'd rather see just one word updates. Maybe it'll improve our collective deteriorating vocabulary. Kinda like how albums nowadays rely on a song or 2 with a catchy hook, micro-blogs are ruining the art for me. Your voice is muddled among the other commoners vying for my attention. So…I wonder how long it'll take me to sign up for twitter?
i retract my previous attempts to lure you onto twitter. sign up if you want, but i do recommend trying it out before being so quick to knock it down. there are other uses to twitter beyond the facebook-style status update.
I don't think it's taken over the blogosphere necessarily as it's just having its one shining moment. right now. and everyone is talking/blogging/tweeting about it. right now.
Are people's attention spans not capable of taking in more than 140 characters at a time?
No - our attention spans are getting shorter and need for information more immediate than ever.
WTF is a tweet anyway? Only Tweet I know is that one singer who Missy put on a few years back.
tweet = n. 140-character post or v. to post in 140-characters or less. reason for the limitation is to allow people to receive tweets via text on their cell phones, enabling the site to be of use while you're on the go, or mobile.
And I know I'm guilty of pasting notes into Facebook, but I've learned. All of you blogless people using FB to put up a pseudo-blogs need to recognize the real. Shoot truthfully if you don't have an actual blog, then I'm not even tryna read what you wrote. Yes I'm mad doggie.
people post status updates or tweets for various reasons. why can't they share their thoughts via FB or twitter, regardless of how trivial? why must blogging be the end all for expressing oneself to the world around them?
I don't know why, but all these 60 second blog thoughts kinda bug me. I know I don’t have anything substantial to say usually, but I've created my own space, generated my own followers and retained my own readership. It's pretty easy to have instant followers when you add everyone you vaguely know on these social networking sites.
i'm actually with you on this point and don't agree with the whole concept of racking up the number of friends/followers you have, whether it's myspace, facebook, blogger, or twitter. that's all pointless in my eyes and a false sense of validating oneself. all these sites make us very narcissistic as is, but "collecting" friends/followers is on a whole other level.
I'm tired of reading pointless, forced and statuses that are trying too hard. My ish be more John Blaze than that. Yes I've toiled in the virtual world trying to carve my niche via my weblog, but damn, its getting oversaturated up in here. I liken it to American Idol syndrome, and just because there's a medium, it doesn't mean you could sing!
this is where i start to disagree. who's to say who's real and who's not, what's post-appropriate and what's not? to each their own. if someone wants to blast on twitter that they're taking a shit and that's all they talk about, then do it. will i follow that person and continue to receive their tweets? not so much. i think the whole point of blogging and tweeting is to give a person a different kind of voice or forum to be heard. some people may be writing to be insightful, others just talk about the random incidents of their day, others reporting up to the minute news/info/gossip. twitter won't replace blogs. it can't. if you look at people's tweets, you'll see that many of them post links to their actual blogs or links to other sites. sites/blogs/tweets - they all go hand in hand from my understanding. what i love about twitter is that it's all very of the moment, right here right now, a constant stream of information right at my fingertips, ready to view when i want to.
personally, i love that twitter covers off on most of my interests that i read online anyway, all in one easy feed. it saves me the trouble of having to open each of these websites or blogs one by one to see if they're updated. national news, local news, gossip, entertainment, fashion, pop culture, day to day life of public figures - all neatly configured on to one site where i can pick and choose what i'd like to note to self and where applicable where i can click on a link and read on further. yes, some people's posts are mundane (many of mine admittedly fall into that category), but who cares? let it be what it is.
and keep in mind, this is just my perspective and what i specifically use the site for. i'm definitely not speaking for the masses. some people only follow their friends and use this as a new way to communicate. stores use it to promote their product or inform the public of upcoming sales. 7x7 magazine continuously posts last minute happenings in the city. there's a user called emergency_in_sf who posts up to the minute news on any accidents, fires, hazards in the city as it's happening so that people in the city know where to stay away from to avoid traffic or even if their own area is in danger. that kind of information was not readily available to the public and in real time like this, before twitter.
Just as essays morphed into articles, then into blogs, then into status updates, then into tweets, then what? Actually, I'd rather see just one word updates. Maybe it'll improve our collective deteriorating vocabulary. Kinda like how albums nowadays rely on a song or 2 with a catchy hook, micro-blogs are ruining the art for me. Your voice is muddled among the other commoners vying for my attention. So…I wonder how long it'll take me to sign up for twitter?
i retract my previous attempts to lure you onto twitter. sign up if you want, but i do recommend trying it out before being so quick to knock it down. there are other uses to twitter beyond the facebook-style status update.
quickly climbing off the soapbox now. :-)
March 16, 2009
what are you doing?
twitter usage goes up, while blogger and facebook usage go down. my bad!
so blogger looks just about the same, but facebook? not so much. why must they change the format again? i was just starting to get used to the old one! and anyone else notice how they changed the status update question from "what are you doing?" to "what's on your mind?" haha. score one for twitter!
so my mom's in the PI for the next 3 weeks and damn am i missing her cooking. realized just how spoiled i really am! i kinda like this quiet time in the house though (well technically my uncle's still around but he's always out doing his own thing). at least now i need to fend for myself........or go to my brother's place to eat. ha! what a mooch i am.
work is.....work. trying to find a new way to re-motivate myself. kinda hard to do in these trying times, especially when retailers continue to struggle. in actuality i should be re-energized and thankful to have a job right now, but it's hard to find the silver lining when the workload continues to be almost unbearable.
speaking of retailers though, i hit up hillsdale this past weekend and it was one of the most depressing little shopping excursions i've encountered in quite a while. the mall was dead. on a saturday.
okay enough with the debbie downer moments. on the plus side......
ummmm.....i'm still obsessed with twitter! haha! and i got to visit their headquarters on friday! friday actually turned out to be a fun little day. half day of work (score!), lunch time visit to the twitter headquarters where cheryl now works and got to meet one of the co-founders biz stone (another point!), went shopping and took advantage of F&F weekend at gap/ON. between those two stores i picked up 3 pairs of pants, 6 tops, 2 scarves all for under $200. not too bad, eh? score another 2 points - 1 per store! then met up with phil to sell off some of his clothes at crossroads and then we hit up hard knox for some dinnertime chow. the night almost went to shit after we drove around clement street for 30-40 mins looking for parking but just when we had given up, we scored some rock star parking right in front of the place (as the guys say, FTW!). actually i think the real FTW moment was when i convinced phil to join twitter while we were driving around the city! haha.
i should end this post on that positive note. and with that, i say adieu.
March 10, 2009
WTF of the day
SI is on Twitter?! What the......
I'm about to jump off twitter now just because of that. And because I'm pretty sure that's Mr. Totah there on its list of followers. Oh my freakin god.
twitter.com/stignatius
I'm about to jump off twitter now just because of that. And because I'm pretty sure that's Mr. Totah there on its list of followers. Oh my freakin god.
twitter.com/stignatius
just do it
not sure if you caught the latest from my twitter feed on the right but my goal today is to get off work on time and hit the gym. i like how i decided to log off twitter to keep from getting distracted yet here i am on blogger instead! just can't seem to get focused these days. :-)
anyway, i decided that i need to stop procrastinating, suck it up and get my ass to the gym. i've been wanting to sign up for a HALF marathon (inspired by le reegsta, mos jef, rach, g, mark and all them other loyal runners) and i really need to get my butt in gear. still haven't decided if i'll try for the sf marathon in july though, especially since i just found out it's the morning after the no doubt concert! maybe i'll stick to the nike women's marathon in october instead and give myself a few extra months to train. baby steps, people. frightened little baby steps. :-)
so if all goes to plan today, my schedule should look a little like this:
now to 5:30 - work work work
6:30 - gym time
8:00 - target time - to check out the alexander mcqueen line and to pick up a copy of new found glory's new disc (which was produced by mark hoppus! woo!)
ok, i swear, no more distractions from here on.
logging off...... :-)
anyway, i decided that i need to stop procrastinating, suck it up and get my ass to the gym. i've been wanting to sign up for a HALF marathon (inspired by le reegsta, mos jef, rach, g, mark and all them other loyal runners) and i really need to get my butt in gear. still haven't decided if i'll try for the sf marathon in july though, especially since i just found out it's the morning after the no doubt concert! maybe i'll stick to the nike women's marathon in october instead and give myself a few extra months to train. baby steps, people. frightened little baby steps. :-)
so if all goes to plan today, my schedule should look a little like this:
now to 5:30 - work work work
6:30 - gym time
8:00 - target time - to check out the alexander mcqueen line and to pick up a copy of new found glory's new disc (which was produced by mark hoppus! woo!)
ok, i swear, no more distractions from here on.
logging off...... :-)
March 9, 2009
twitter me this.....
is it just me or is everyone talking about twitter right now? or am i just noticing it more since i'm a (too frequent) user?
today i noticed with some of the people i'm following (celebs, news resources, music/fashion/ent resources), their # of followers has just skyrocketed within the last day or so. it's crazy to see this all happening. in real time. and i think that's the biggest draw with this service - it's very right here, right now. a constant stream of information at your finger tips. seriously, lately i've just been amazed by this site.
it's also pretty cool that the ceo/inventor/co-founders of twitter are all right here in SF. nothing like supporting the local boys! check out their twitter pages. maybe you'll even run into them somewhere in the city. then you can twitter all about it. as will they perhaps! :-)
Evan Williams, CEO - http://twitter.com/ev (or @ev)
Jack Dorsey, Inventor - http://twitter.com/jack (or @jack)
Biz Stone, Co-Founder - http://twitter.com/biz (or @biz)
also check out this talk that Evan Williams delivered just last month at the TED conference down in Long Beach. good stuff.
biggie track of the day
haven't heard this track in a min and where do i hear it today of all places? on the radio?!!
March 6, 2009
march playlist
Another month, another playlist! This one's as eclectic as my January mix.
A couple of new Kanye tracks. Some mellow tracks a la Coldplay, Jimmy Eat World, Q-Tip, Chester French and even N.E.R.D. And a great Rihanna tune to help distract us from all that craziness going on in her life with you know who (I'm so saddened by the turn of events in his life - what a promising, long career he once had in his grasp - that I can't even bear to blog his name. You fool, you stupid stupid fool!).
But I digress......
The highlight of all highlights in this mix is hands down, "Heads Will Roll" by the Yeah Yeah Yeah's. OMFG, I can't even fully describe how amazing this song is. This temporarily replaces The Gossip's "Standing in the Way of Control" as my ultimate power song. Go. Listen. Now.
A couple of new Kanye tracks. Some mellow tracks a la Coldplay, Jimmy Eat World, Q-Tip, Chester French and even N.E.R.D. And a great Rihanna tune to help distract us from all that craziness going on in her life with you know who (I'm so saddened by the turn of events in his life - what a promising, long career he once had in his grasp - that I can't even bear to blog his name. You fool, you stupid stupid fool!).
But I digress......
The highlight of all highlights in this mix is hands down, "Heads Will Roll" by the Yeah Yeah Yeah's. OMFG, I can't even fully describe how amazing this song is. This temporarily replaces The Gossip's "Standing in the Way of Control" as my ultimate power song. Go. Listen. Now.
March 4, 2009
boyfriend of the day, part II
Pharrell on the current cover of Nylon Guys. Love love this guy's style. J'adore the leather jacket/slim khakis/desert boots outfit he's wearing in this video from the style out and shoot...........
boyfriend of the day
* pic courtesy of vibe and perez
t.i. looking quite dapper on the latest issue of vibe.
*double heart*
LOL pic of the day
Judd Apatow crew's version of Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue.
These guys can do no wrong.
I *DOUBLE HEART* Paul Rudd.
March 3, 2009
housekeeping
as you can see, i've been obsessively tweaking the old blog here. still not sure if i'm 100% satisfied with its current state - layout, colors, etc. the width of the main post body is still kinda tight - wish i could widen it somehow. but then that gets into html world which i am not equipped to handle.
i think i'm more frustrated that my alter ego blog turned out much more to my liking than this one. i'm on the verge of just copying all the elements over. we'll see.
so this is where i've landed for now. until i find that ever perfect ah-ha! template.
boyfriend of the day
joseph gordon-levitt
500 Days of Summer (2009) - Official Movie Trailer
* pic courtesy of the new york times
liked him on 3rd rock from the sun.
LOVED him in 10 things i hate about you.
and will probably love him even more when i watch his new indie flick with zooey deschanel, (500) days of summer, which i unfortunately won't get to watch until the summer when it's released on july 24, unless i can somehow make my way to sxsw where they'll be screening it during the film festival.
peep the trailer -
500 Days of Summer (2009) - Official Movie Trailer
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