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I have not posted in quite some time, and some of you may think”Where did that guy Sean Woolsey go?” while others may ponder “is Sean Woolsey alive? if so then why doesn’t he update his blog? that slacker.” Well for those of you asking such questions I am alive and sipping the slurpee of southeast Asia (if that makes any sense).

I have been to Thailand and Viet Nam thus far, and have racked up some wild stories, and am now in Bali making some more. Unfortunately some guy or gal(not sure) jacked my camera about a week ago in Viet Nam. But thank God I backed up all my photos from Thailand, which I will share with you fine people when I return.

I hope you all are well and that you brave the adventures of life with enthusiasm and an unbridled passion for the future. Time is running out but hope springs eternal.

I leave you fine folk with the words of the late and great Dan Eldon

“You may only have a short while to dance, but YOU choose your dance. You choose the music for your dance, you dance proudly. You dance loudly. You dance with creativity and vigor, and joy, and most of all you dance with love.”

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Every Monday, after work a few of us get together for happy hour at the Flynn’s. Brady and Lindsay Flynn have a quaint little cottage, with a great back yard, a mini but great garden, and of course a BBQ. Some folk bike over, others drive, and all have fun catching up on life and laughing over tasty food and delicious wines. Here are some photos from last Monday.

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So a while ago I heard about an independent film/documentary called 1000 Journals (http://www.1000journalsfilm.com). After sold out screening at all different film festivals they decided to make a book about the experiment.

After checking out their website, I found the wonderful news of their book, and bought it. It just arrived in the mail and I am browsing through and it is such a fantastic idea, and creative way to unite people of all walks of life.

Here is what an anonymous man wrote in journal #667 which sums up this project beautifully and very accurately:

“Strange forms of collaboration, these books. Interesting interactions created. I can promise I never would have spoken to “Razzzberry Swirl” a.k.a. Marguerite, without the book as a medium. No matter how surreal the interaction I can say that there is something fantastic about being the catalyst for interaction (Someguy creates 1,000 Journals from thin air, sends them out to the world, and they run around wreaking havoc, getting lost in train stations, running with bulls in Pampalona, sailing around the world, etc.) You have created something from nothing.”

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My dear friend Jeff Robson emailed this to me about a year ago, and I saw it again the other day while looking at really old email, and it rekindled the love that I have for these strong words…words of wisdom.

Dear brothers and sisters
dear enemies and friends

Why are we all so alone here
All we need is a little more hope, a little more joy
All we need is a little more light, a little less weight, a little more freedom.
If we were an army, and if we believed that we were an army
And we believed that everyone was scared like little lost children in their grown up clothes and poses
So we ended up alone here floating through long wasted days, or great tribulations.
While everything felt wrong
Good words, strong words, words that could’ve moved mountains
Words that no one ever said
We were all waiting to hear those words and no one ever said them
And the tactics never hatched

And the plans were never mapped
And we all learned not to believe
And strange lonesome monsters loafed through the hills wondering why
And it is best to never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever wonder why
So tangle - oh tangle us up in bright red ribbons!
Let’s have a parade
It’s been so long since we had a parade, so let’s have a parade!
Let’s invite all our friends
And all our friends’ friends!
Let’s promenade down the boulevards with terrific pride and light in our eyes
Twelve feet tall and staggering
Sick with joy with the angels there and light in our eyes
Brothers and sisters, hope still waits in the wings like a bitter spinster
Impatient, lonely and shivering, waiting to build her glorious fires
It’s because of our plans man; our beautiful ridiculous plans
Let’s launch them like careening jetplanes
Let’s crash all our planes in the river
Let’s build strange and radiant machines at this jericho waiting to fall

written by-A Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and the Tralala Band

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This year’s 4th of July was truly fantastic. Filled with great friends, speedos, BBQ’s, ping pong, Portuguese horseshoes, ultimate Frisbee and cold beverages we journeyed through the sea of people at the beach and through the backstreet’s of East Side Costa Mesa. Here are some photos of us prowling through the streets.

The full posse.

Sew Creative advocates.

Ian and Sean MacDonald.

We occupied a entire lane everywhere we went.

Did I say we occupied a entire lane everywhere we went…

Bui, leading the pack, on the raddest bike since 1983.

5 guys in speedos.

Abercrombie and Fitch here we come!

Triumphant Jubilee.

The Buimobile got a flat, but we got it fixed in no time at all.

Ty Ty getting owned it at Portuguese horseshoes.

The Redland boys backyard.

Danny, Cathleen, and Bui.

Reddest kid on the block, Justin Bauer.

T. Simmons owning the night and singing the whole way through.

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I wish I wrote this…

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Here are some photos from Sara’s Bday bash the other night. We started the night at my house, then proceeded to the Goat Hill tavern for some beverages and shuffleboard, and then back to my house for Haiku reading and ice cream. It was a superb evening filled with friends, laughs, drinks, and haiku’s.

Steve and friend entering.

Justing Bauer getting weird.

Shuffleboard

Ladies

Back at the house for dessert.

Kyle Spencer eying Bauer’s food.

Bauer and tiffany putting on some moves.

Kyle and josh

Haiku readings were one of the highlights of the night.

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I just got back from Nicaragua a few days ago. It was a blast, 8 of us rented a house on the beach in front of perfect waves in a remote location for a week. We arrived home safely, with a few bruises, lots of mosquito bites, and many great stories. Here are some photos from the trip.

They have some interesting food with some peculiar names.

Grocery shopping for the week. It took almost half and hour to check out.

The longest receipt I have ever seen, 5 shopping cart filled and about $600.

14 surfboards.

Hanging at the house.

Amanda, our house chef, always was keen to stir up some great meals for us.

The house (Mark and Dave’s Place)

Mathias jumping over a pelican that was hanging out in our pool.

Matt Marbles after dinner jam sesh.

The security guard (AKA Animal Dundee) was catching all kinds of animals and was eager to show us.

Here is what we went for…

The crew after watching the Lakers get stomped.

Getting weird in the jungle.

Playing a game of Gin Rummy.

This made Matt’s trip, maybe even his year, Monkey Island.

Until next time.

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Been slacking on the blogging lately…

Here is this weeks Artist of the Week, Miika Saksi, who’s unabashed and charismatically whimsical style defies traditional approaches while adding a humorous touch.

Where are you right now?

At my office in Helsinki.

What’s the weather like right now?

Poor. It’s raining and few +degrees.

So tell us, what is it that you do exactly?

I do loads of different things. Stuff that I like to do. Mostly graphic design, as cd-covers, posters, logotypes, illustrations, tshirts, etc. But I also direct music videos, take photos to magazines, be an art director in fashion and band photo shootings, work as a stylist in photo shoots, do web site layouts, etc etc etc.

How did you get to be doing this?

I started by doing personal web site - some sort of photoshop art gallery as a hobby. Sounds really uncool and it totally was, but hey I was something like 14. By that I got interested in graphic design and typography. Afterwards the hobby became a real job.

What is a typical day like in your shoes?
I wake up, take a shower, go to office, check my email and after that it changes. Sometimes it’s just sitting on a computer, doing some graphics and sometimes I spend my day in photo shoots or meetings or lying on a sofa. Or in a bar with friends.

What is your first thought when waking up in the morning?

Do I have to be somewhere in half an hour or not.

What is art?

I guess it’s anything that someone made and you can look at and feel an emotion.

If you could go back in time to one point in your life, where would you go?

I would go 8 years back and stop myself starting a company with a friend of mine. We loaned money from the bank and it was a HUGE mistake.

Where have you traveled?

UK, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Tallin, Norway and Portugal.

Top 5 bands of the moment:

Elsiane, Burial, Junior Boys, Röyksopp, good remixes

Favorite 3 movies:

- The Shawshank Redemption
- Romancing the Stone
- My Neighbor Totoro

Must reads:

Bible & Wikipedia

How would you describe yourself?

Weird questions for a design blog.
But I would go for best friend material for boys and a boyfriend material for girls.

Do you have any pets?

Not yet. I would love to own a dog though. Maybe someday. I would name it a Bomb, because it would explode everything by being the cutest thing in the world.

What was the last thing you dreamed about?

Dreamed like awake or in asleep? Last night I was dreaming that I was lying in my bed and there was a window that I haven’t seen before. It was really dark and raining out side. I heard some whispering voices in my apartment and got a bit scared. I stood up to look where the voices were coming and I woke up.

Who would you want to be tied to for 24hours?

Shannyn Sossamon

Do you collect anything? If so, what?

Hearts.

Do you think there are aliens?

Sure.

What time did you wake up this morning?

What a question again. I think it was 8:30.

What’s your favorite day of the week and why?

Saturday. Because yesterday was Friday and tomorrow is Sunday. Basically the only day in week that I can spend by doing nothing.

Do you have any nicknames?

Check out my Facebook.

What does your last text message say?

“Hah! In your face! No wait, in my face?”

Would you rather have money or love?

I would choose love for sure.

What is your dream vacation?

Provence in summer time.

Name three things in the world you like:

Mom, food, girls

Name three things in the world you dislike:

Violence, unfairness, reggae

Do you like sushi?

No, I never learned to like it.

If you won the lottery, what’s the first thing you would buy?

Expensive digital camera with good lens.

Where do you think you’ll be in 1,000 years?

Pretty much dead.

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Several weeks ago my friend Sam and I built what my girlfriend Sara later named “the pagethumper.”

The pagethumper is a magnificent book shelf (page) and shoe container (thumper).

The “pagethumper” contains 14 shoe cubbyholes, 2 book/magazine/record holders with tree branch dividers, and storage beneath and above the unit.

In the first of many creative endeavors, here is Sam and I’s first finished project.

Here is Sam getting frustrated because the middle shelf was wavy and we couldn’t get it to lie straight. In the end we left it and it only adds character.

A sturdy device, the “pagethumper” can hold books, magazines, shoes, sandwiches, and even Sam and I.

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