twelve for tuesday

a good mix for coming out of a three day weekend.
my itunes tuesday splurge:

nick drake | place to be
ben lee | whatever it is
the weepies | world spins madly on
of montreal | make out fall out make up
margot and the nuclear so & so's | dress me like a clown
rachael yamagata | elephants
ray lamontagne | shelter
iron & wine | love vigilantes
margot & the nuclear so and so's | tall as cliffs
fleetwood mac | second hand news
eels | fresh blood
an horse | camp out

i love stop motion

Sil-Comp2
by videos22

Sorry I'm late
Directed by Tomas Mankovsky
..."you expect me to beleive that?!" I've been in the mood to mess with some animating. This is a great little video for inspiration.

city of rocks.

Three carloads, five tents, six dogs, nine friend, two unbelievably talented lead climbers , one eight year old who will humble anyone attempting a 5.9, one little super hero, lots of sunscreen, yards of rope, chalked hands, bloody knees, close calls, great food, real beer, naps on rocks, three hundred and fourteen photos... and a city of rocks.

The friends
jimmy | melissa | todd | jenna | toby | britten | garrett | erin | dustin

The superhero | noah

The toughest 8 year old you'll ever meet | zoey

the beasts
mazzie | frodo | maddie | colette | lucy | lexington

Here's to a great weekend with awesome friends! see all the shots here
(click on the pics below to see them big)

jimmy | putting us all to shame





















melissa |putting the rest of us further into shame
















jimmy and melissa





















me | climbing owl rock | yup, that tiny white dot four stories up is me





































jenna





















toby and britten





















britten | we were all beat after climbing for two days!
















garrett | belaying erin





















erin
















dustin | nice shades





























noah |trouble
















zoey | double trouble
















mazzie | on the hunt for lizzards
















frodo | duhhhh
















maddie and colette | on the lookout












lucy
















lexington | babysitting





















the campsite

idaho

time to camp! we're heading up to Idaho city of rocks to climb...

(oh, and these things as well....)::
mountain bike
hike
lay about on sun drenched rocks
be lazy in hot springs
look up at stars
play with the dogs
get blisters on our fingers
partake of beer
tell scary stories to kids
play with the cameras
eat like carnivours (and hungry vegetarians)
hide and seek in the dark
write
and of course... frolic

the books to bring::
some steinbeck — as its been elluded to that i am unread and unlearned having not read tortilla flat)
something lighter and A.D.D friendly — Insects are just like you and me except some of them have wings
a little black journal — to spill

the prep work::
Tonight Jenna and I are making vats of chili, cornbread, chocolate brownies, mac & cheese and other fat saturated gluten-full carbohydrates to add to the guilty pleasure!
and most importantly, get out of Utah and swing by a legit Idaho liquor store to make a few investments...

Big rocks await.

oh, and the phone will be O.F.F. saturday afternoon to monday night... because sometimes it's necessary to be disconnected.

making messes

Dustin and I are doing a joint art show at a cool little shop called mode down in provo. so the art making has begun. I'm not ready to show off all the book pieces yet. I'm saving those for a big unveiling as I'm still messing with getting the resins perfect. so I'm working on some other ideas....
Everyone's invited.
Opening reception is at next months gallery stroll -
cut +paste @ Mode Boutique
June Gallery Stroll
June 5 7-9pm

see mode's website for store location. they'll be having a sale on a lot of great clothes as well.

get a lyfe

TreeHouse recently launched the latest site. Lyfe Systems out of Los Angeles. I'm stoked on this design. The CEO of Lyfe wanted something completely unique that would set his offerings apart. I got to get super artsy on it, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. See the site in action here

the kid is geting married

it's official. my favorite kid in the world is getting married. and i couldn't be happier!
Garrett proposed to erin over the weekend super cool style- wearing a bowtie, in a field full of construction paper flowers in a meadow, and the proposal hidden in an old polaroid camera, the day before he moved out to Utah. Super great idea. I'm not gonna lie— I might have teared up a little when she told me, only because i know how much she deserves a happy ending and I know how great these two are for each other. Amazingly huge congratulations to you two!

good songs

i've been hooked on some new music finds lately. and I'm in the mood to make a mess of art to this new stuff.
polly scattergood is an incredible new artist coming out of Essex England. Her voice makes my heart beat fast. she sounds like a reinvention of tori.




angus and julia stone. a brother and sister from australia. great lazy-sunday-morning-brunch music.

brilliant.

Firekites AUTUMN STORY - chalk animation from Yanni Kronenberg on Vimeo.

i always got bad grades in math.