Five Days on Paradise

Check out this cool video by my friend Mike. It was made in Las Vegas, looking out the window of the Sahara.


Five Days On Paradise - video short from Mike Senese on Vimeo.

Fight Sequence.

Featuring: cousin Shaadee and my brother Faizi, from a few years ago. I guess its not so much a fight as it is Shaadee taking Faizi out with her high kick.

Bad Memories.

I always think about how old memories, no matter what you actually think about them as they are happening, always present themselves as these nostalgic moments that you'd pay anything to relive. I wonder if you made a conscious effort to remember good memories as good, and bad memories as bad, that you'd have a more accurate vision of your past? Or maybe it's inevitable, your mind turns everything into good memories as time goes by, and you have no choice but to remember everything in your life so far as the best times ever??
I read this article written by Dane Reynolds in the most recent issue of SURFING mag where he talks about the trickery of looking back:
"This is great!! Virs and I haven't done a surf trip since I was 16. My thoughts drift to those long lonely roads of Baja, where I drove our borrowed car as fast and straight as I could, as he gulped beer and chose the music. We got halfway down the peninsula, only to realize we didn't have any supplies and the waves were flat. Funny how time can turn trips like that into fond memories." Then referring to a trip he is on while writing this article: "We're all weary now... I think about the Baja trip again. Time transformed an awful trip into good memories. What will I remember of this trip as time passes?"

Man & Feline Reunite.

Brought to us by Samira Samadani.

This is not a paper cup.

This is a ceramic cup thats made to look like a paper coffee cup (the lid is made from silicone). It's built like a thermos, keeping hot drinks hot, and cold drinks cold. And, its environmentally friendly. Check it out at: http://www.momastore.org/museum/moma/ProductDisplay_I%20Am%20Not%20A%20Paper%20Cup_10451_10001_48661_-1_11515_11516_null_shop__

Man decorates basement with $10 worth of Sharpies

A kentucky man illustrated all 4+ walls of his basement with $10 worth of Sharpies. Check out this site, it has a 360 view of the room, pretty crazy:
http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/532854.html

CA Coastal Clean Up Day! Sat Sept. 20th.

This Saturday (9/20, 9am- Noon) is CA Coastal Clean Up Day! The following website has a list of organized beach clean ups that you can search for by city... some fish will thank you for it:

http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/ccd/ccd2.html

Bellagio Fountain

I know they seem super cheesy, but Im not ashamed to say that I loved the Bellagio fountains.

September 11, 2008

On my way to work this morning, I passed under this group of enthusiastic individuals taking part in some kind of rally/protest/promotion on a footbridge right before my exit. It was early and overcast, and I couldn't really read their signs from the unwashed windshield of my car. But, by the time I was much closer, I could see that they were protesting the current president, and trying to raise awareness about what information, they were claiming, the government is trying to keep from us.
Interestingly enough, it wasn't until that moment when I saw these protesters, at around 9:15 this morning, that I realized it was the 7 year anniversary of 9/11. I was initially disappointed in myself for forgetting such an important date, but then shifted my attention to this group of people who not only remembered, but made a point of "getting out there" and reminding others about it. Im not neccesarily supporting, specifically, what they were saying, but rather trying to support the fact that they believe in something enough to voice their opinion and try and inspire others to think more critically about something that we all dismiss as "a tragic event".

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