Our favorite optical craftsman is at it again. Scott Urban has released a set of images of his latest Urban Spectacles of Wood creations, and they are truly badass. Here’s a taste:
Rumor has it that USW will be developing a small scale boutique line of frames. No doubt Urban will come up with some classy, unique & quality-assured designs for this. It will be 6 months to a year before the line is released, but we’ll have our spectaclely-clad eyes out.
March 28, 2009Â 8:30 pm save the date, the hour, the planet!!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjWD8pbK5t8[/youtube]
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You may have seen this spot on the tellie recently – I saw it last night watching something embarassing like Hardball with Chris Matthews… but I had no idea it was the Coen brothers until I was informed by our ninjas at the We campaign.Â
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-_U1Z0vezw[/youtube]
Plus a behind the scenes look at possible new spots on the way:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs9k6UojyD8[/youtube]
I’m back! Don’t know if anyone reading this missed me, but I have finally returned to my real life from my 8/9 month stint in Texas. I say my real life because my life in Tejas was…surreal at the best of times, soul sucking at the worst. BUT, contrary to popular northeastern-elitist belief, this was only partially due to my actual geographic location. As much as I love to hate Texas, I have to admit that I have returned to Boston with a little bit of love for the larger-than-life state. What can I say, all that Texan pride rubbed off on me a teeny tiny bit. I maintain my stance on the environmental shortcomings that I experienced in my region (see comments in this post), but let’s be real: there is more to life than the environment (wait, what? That is a fundamentally flawed statement, but you know what I am saying…), and it’s not like we are perfect up here either. Bottom line, Texans are welcoming, friendly, prouder than hell, and fun fun fun. I’m going to leave it at that.
Much love, good to be back, hope to have some good greenery coming to you. Oh, and thanks to Mr. Ock for keeping up with some green posting…scantily clad ladies & all.
-Jessie
And, as soon as I spoke… I had to take it all back. Well, not all of it, but at least half of it. You know NBC banned this joint from the super bowl? I guess they learned from the whole TO thing… and I guess veggies are the new black.
Never, have I seen anything like it in my 17 and a half years living in Anchorage. Â The organizers had someone walk the rally with a counter, and they clicked off well over 1400 people (not including the 90 counter-demonstrators). Â This was the biggest political rally ever, in the history of the state. Â I was absolutely stunned. Â The second most amazing thing is how many people honked and gave the thumbs up as they drove by.
Thanks to my sis for passing along the good news.
.:: For more photos & a first hand account of the rally –> check Mudflats
[image via amivectio.com]
I woke up early this morning to a mandatory evacuation of the county i am staying in here in TX, Jefferson County. Hurricane Ike is on his way. Now, intuition would tell you that a mandatory evacutation is just that, mandatory. Apparently, not so. After hearing about the evacuation, I went into work, a fairly large construction site, where the construction crews were hard at work securing the site for hurricane conditions. Many of the folks on site i talked to were planning to evacuate north toward Dallas, or east toward Louisiana, or even west into Houston (where the storm is expected to hit directly), but a lot of the guys i talked to from the area are planning to ‘hunker down’ as they call it and brave the storm. As it turns out, I am hunkering down as well (at least until I hear further word from my boss). Needless to say, I have been glued to all the weather websites, my favorite of which is weatherunderground.com. Just in the past hour Ike has been forecast to downgrade to a Cat 2 when it hits the coast. Here are some images:
The above image shows potential maximum storm surges. For reference, Jefferson County is right there on the TX/LA boarder in the orange 24′ potential storm surge area. the weather channel is telling me to expect a 10-20′ surge. i have been told that the sea walls in this area hold until the surge surpasses 14′. So yeah, I am starting to get nervous.
The red areas, which will see the highest surge, happen to be right in the Baytown area, where Exxon-Mobile has their largest oil refinery which, if you look it up on google maps, is the size of a small city.
Meanwhile, in happier news, i was shocked this evening to open an email from the ninjas over at amivectio (friends of the revolution) and find my face front & center (ok, bottom left) in the message. amivectio is the blog-child of Hector Estrada, founder & creative mind behind Triko, a dope street-wear collection for ‘progressive and eclectic individuals’ that embraces environmentally friendly practices [we are big fans & have covered Triko here … I still have my fingers crossed for some ladies threads].
Several months ago Triko sent out a quick survey to their mailing list that I responded to, and this is the result:
Name: Jessie P.
What do you currently do for a living?
chemical engineer & part time ninja (green.myninjaplease.com)
Where are you originally from?
new england & tucson AZ, i can never decide which
How would you describe your style?
comfortable but with flavor
What inspires you in your daily pursuit of Life?
good people working for good things. bad people making us work a little harder
How do you feel about the environment?
it teaches us, we waste it away. in the end, it will have the upper hand
Do you prefer shopping online or in person?
in person. i have to be able to feel the textiles & see the colors. besides, fit is always tricky
Do you believe in extraterrestrials?
i believe it is ignorant to think we are the only beings in this massive universe
What books are you currently reading?
GRUB: ideas for an urban organic kitchen, by Anna Lappé & Bryant Terry; Oil!, by Upton Sinclair
What’s your favorite sound of nature?
a horse neighing in recognition
What does success mean to you?
making steps toward something you believe in
Many thanks to amivectio for calling me a friend of the revolution!
A few words on amivectio from the source:
Our new blog: friends.amivectio.com is clean and simple. We’ll be covering progressive people and lifestyles with features on art, world affairs, music, friends, events, our daily grind, and of course fashion, style, and design. If you submitted an “Art of Life” entry, these will now be feature at friends.amivectio.com, under the “friends of the revolution” category. Please stop by our community blog and leave us a comment. Enjoy!
In summation:
.:: for peace –> stop war
.:: for safety –> track Ike & get the hell out of dodge
.:: for fly earf-friendly street-wear –> check Triko, amivectio & become a friend of the revolution
I heard about this dude T. Boone Pickens months ago, I forget where, and then heard about him again a couple months later on some news program, then yesterday, as i was waiting in the airport (on my way to Texas no less), I was reminded of him again by a ‘Pickens Plan’ commercial on some news channel (which was simultaneously flashing stock/energy numbers across the bottom of the screen). Now, call me skeptical, but When rich old oil hounds miraculously turn into earth-loving crusaders overnight, and then voluntarily drop however many $$$ on a major advertising campaign for their earth-loving cause, one has to wonder…is this ninja for real?
Decide for yourselves, watch his tv spot:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2bOug1d20c[/youtube]
Then watch this PSA from Zaproot.com (be forewarned, this chick talks at the speed of light):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70HFEHB6dag[/youtube]
I say, never trust a Texan. What do y’all think?
This is too much:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxwzNLI8mfM[/youtube]
Just a little heavy on the celebreality gimmick…but you gotta love it nonetheless. I missed the first episode, but I will def be tuning in this Thurs. In the mean time, check the webisodes.
