All grown up.

Well, my brother Kenny and my sister-in-law Ameeta just had their first child. Ashmi Ameeta Larson was born 33 minutes ago. I'll muse on the importance I feel from being an uncle later, but for now... 

Congratulations Batman, I'm proud of you.

Late nights with the brother in law.

This is my sunday.

Church
Meeting
Choir
Family Dinner
Game Night with siblings and cousins
Last Sappy Sunday
Late night chat with Walker
Late late night McDonalds run, with Walker, (polynesians favorite.)
Late late night chat
Sleep.

Goodnight.

Little band with big dreams.

This is my band, Frequent Visitors. We're huge among young mormon kids between the ages of 18-23 living in Eugene and Corvallis Oregon who know a band member and has listened to us talk about it for months. Thanks everyone for the great show.

Fast Lane

12 credits, 4 weeks, crazy. I have picked up some interesting stuff though. Here's a couple of great videos I've seen this week. 

It's a bit stereotypical, but great advertising nonetheless.

This isn't the whole interview, I think you can watch the entire one on Hulu, but both sides bring up some great points about political economy. This is why you should never trust media. 

That's it for now, more this weekend, I promise.

Oh and Limp Bizkit's new album came out today, according to Google News. Two questions: Why? and why is it on Google News? 

The Oregon Coast

An Ode To The Coast

by Erik Larson

Oh oregon coast

so windy, so cold.

Newport cafe

foul temptress

draws me in 

I regret it every time. 

monster burger regret.

The patty tastes like meatloaf. 

Not in a good way. 

Oh oregon coast

so windy, so cold.

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Delicious warm

Delicious cold

Not delicious with sand in it.

Oh oregon coast

so windy, so cold. 

I curse to the wind,

spill my guts to the chaos,

smell the salt 

trip on driftwood.

Oh oregon coast

so windy, so cold.

The End.

It's so deep you can't even fathom it. 

Oh wait Erik, the Ocean or the Poem?

Double entendre. 

Midnight in Paris

Once in a while, I see something so great, I can't describe it. A few vistas I've seen on backpacking trips, an ocean sunset when a storm is coming in, a truly great novel, or a great film. Tonight, I saw a great film. I cannot describe it. Go watch it. You're welcome.

My dream job.

I've been an advertising major for a while now, and I'm still not sure what path I want to take. Do I want to be a grunt doing the graphic design? Do I want to be the decision making art director? Then I see stuff like this, and I think, 'I want to be the guy that gets paid to make this.' Enjoy.

I'm going to call this the first post of summer...

Just because I got stung by a bee. I know that sounds like something that happens to five-year-olds, but it hurt. I've learned 3 things from today's trauma. 

#1. Do not walk around barefoot through clover. It looks great on paper, but clovers in bloom attract a lot of honey bees. 

#2. Do not pull out the stinger with your fingers. There is a little bulb of venom that usually detaches with the stinger, and when you grab it to pull it out, it sends more venom into your middle toe. Or into wherever you got stung. 

#3. When walking barefoot through clover, do not take a picture and say out loud to yourself  "What a great start to the summer." One of the many traits bees have that most people don't know about is that they love causing ironic situations. 

Now don't worry everybody, I'm okay. I don't need a casserole or anything, but thank you for the thought. Oh, and this is the picture. Really, it was about two seconds before I got stung. 

And this video/song always reminds me of summer. 

Summer begins...

Summer 2011 is finally here. What does that mean for me? 4 weeks of intense school, hawaii for my sisters wedding, Camp Attitude with Tyler Young, a road trip to Utah, multiple backpacking trips and... what else? a job? Starting yet another side business? An internship set up for just september? The possibilities are endless. Awesome.