Ryan Lewis's Blog

New Bands to check out

2011-03-22T18:29:00.001-07:00

I'm putting together a list of Artists (that i've compiled through my online reading of blogs and reviews.

Here are some of them with youtube links attached.

James Blake (dubstep meets great vocals)

http://www.youtube.com/embed/LA-lOywYGic

Mount Kimbie (Ambient but loved by indie and club kids)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x1TFxao0oI

Skrillex (somehow i'm not annoyed by auto-tune vocals over great beats)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSeNSzJ2-Jw

Toro Y Moi (if Of Montreal & Postal Service had a musical child)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gxhLiNypVU

Black Dice (Experimental glitchy animal collectivish with some trippy visuals overlayed)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBYp6ZaN67E

Dirty Beaches (a male version Sigor Ros with some 50's surfer rock built in)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1npX5-CP0A

Glasser (Bjork sounding yet less pretentious)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP2YydjRRUk

Telekinesis (fast weezer with catchy choruses)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD8XhRfn6Rg

Jim Jones Revue (Punk/old school rock with a hives vibe)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVClmEKbm0I

Dom (Synth loving music that japanese school girls will blast from their cell phones as ringtones)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdA2SAdSgc0

Eliza Doolittle (A young Lily Allen enjoying her hipster following)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeedRMLUAbo

Grouplove (Modest Mouse sounding but less angry)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzMC3IQ4fiI

Young the Giant (Don't let the pencil mustache throw you off, they are not pedos)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji7B_54Cp_A

Gorillaz - The Fall (All ipad made and still amazing)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTB0JVDBlZk

Wale (Nintendo loving rapper sounds like a non sucky Kanye)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH4oI43hSa8

I'll just throw out a few albums that i've overlooked but you may want to get:

Tom Waits - Small Changes

Velvet Underground & Nico

Mississippi John Hurt

Taj Mahal

Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks

Otis Redding - Best of

Wilco - A Ghost is Born

Rolling Stones - Aftermath

Pavement - Crooked Rain

James Brown - Live at the Apollo

Iggy Pop - Lust for Life

The Stone Roses

Local Natives

The Good Life

Free Energy

Surfer Blood

Broken Bells

Kill the Noise

Computer Club

Evol Intent.

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If you want to send me mail in Alaska

2010-06-30T13:49:00.001-07:00

Send to:

Cruise line Agencies of Alaska

Deliver to Island Princess

Production Department

Ryan Lewis

1249 Tongass ave suite B

Ketchikan, Alaska 99901

2010-05-27T13:59:00.001-07:00

Sent from my HTC.

Leaving LA

2009-12-19T08:59:00.001-08:00

Sent from my HTC.

Open bar @ JFK

2009-11-16T09:38:00.001-08:00

Tangueray and tonic never tasted so good.

Dom, Beer, and a ferret

2009-11-13T18:11:00.000-08:00

Dessert at Harvard Square

2009-11-11T18:08:00.001-08:00

Beer 4: Winter Warmer

2009-11-11T13:50:00.001-08:00

Beer 3: Chocolate Stout

2009-11-11T13:37:00.001-08:00

Beer 2: Glacier Harvest

2009-11-11T13:28:00.001-08:00

Beer #1: IPA

2009-11-11T13:11:00.001-08:00

Thanks Engadget for linking to my Blog

2009-11-11T08:22:00.000-08:00

^ I am that Ryan.

Boston part 2

2009-11-10T17:33:00.001-08:00

Watertown

2009-11-10T13:16:00.001-08:00

Hello Boston!

2009-11-10T09:50:00.001-08:00

In the heights.

2009-11-05T16:57:00.001-08:00

Smac. Lower east side.

2009-11-04T11:12:00.001-08:00

Today was a good day.

South Carolina airport breakfast

2009-11-02T06:58:00.001-08:00

Watch

2009-10-31T23:36:00.001-07:00

Puppy using laptop as pillow

2009-10-31T16:04:00.000-07:00

The trees are changing

2009-10-27T18:42:00.001-07:00

Spelling with GPS.

2009-10-26T16:15:00.000-07:00

I spelled out where I am right now. It took me 2.5 hours to walk around the campus to make this. I intend on trying this again when I get up to New York and possibly Boston.

The scariest part was when I had to cross a river by balance beaming it 15 feet about 7 feet up in the air. It was an adventure.

View Clemson in a larger map

Flight, show, puppy

2009-10-25T16:09:00.001-07:00

Puppy

2009-10-25T05:23:00.001-07:00

There was a service e dog next to me on the flight.

Leaving, on a jet plane.

2009-10-24T21:41:00.000-07:00

I'll be back in three weeks or so.

I am going to try to do my best to update this every day with atleast a picture or blurb of some form, even if it is a GPS google map of where I walked a dog.

I will try to make it interesting as well, no promises and who knows, maybe even a video.

Hugs.

Fayzes

2009-10-18T09:05:00.001-07:00

Rocky horror. La Crosse, wi

2009-10-17T17:41:00.001-07:00

Sent from my HTC.

Running socks

2009-10-17T11:44:00.001-07:00

I had to chase the dog into the kennel to get back my running socks.

Sent from my HTC.

Squirrel v cat

2009-10-16T14:45:00.001-07:00

I didn't know squirrels could do this.

Sent from my HTC

San Fran love

2009-10-11T15:33:00.001-07:00

-- Post From My iPod

2009-10-11T13:46:00.000-07:00

-- Post From My iPod

I will miss the island

2009-10-11T11:30:00.001-07:00

-- Post From My iPod

The next few months

2009-09-03T15:52:00.000-07:00

I wanted to put some things up so that the world will know where I am if act of g-d happens.

Here are some dates to keep in mind:

Oct 11 - I get off the ship in Fort Lauderdale and will be arriving in Minneapolis that night.

Oct 16-18th - Viterbo Alumni Event, La Crosse, Wisconsin

Oct 25th - Fly on Delta 1077 Minneapolis to Atlanta

Nov 2 - Fly on Delta 5312 South Carolina to New York JFK

Nov 2-8 - New York Vacation part 1

Nov 9-13 - Boston Vacation

Nov 14-16 - New York part 2

Nov 16 - Fly on Delta 2568 New York JFK to Minneapolis

If you would like to be apart of this East Coast Extravaganza, let me know via Facebook.

Harry Potter

2009-08-20T16:03:00.000-07:00

I am that lame that I am waiting to finish getting a movie before I go back to the ship. I also got the girl talk discography.

-- Post From My iPod Touch

My Vacation

2009-08-20T15:49:00.000-07:00

I will be New York for the following dates:

November 2-8

November 14-15

From November 2-6 may be busy, but my weekends should be free.

Let me know if you have any upcoming show, events, concerts, or free couches.

Blame Canada

2009-08-17T13:18:00.001-07:00

Vancouver reminds me that there is civiliation outside of the boat. I get back to real life in 56 days.

-- Post From My iPod Touch

Show, setup, show, strike setup

2009-08-14T13:33:00.001-07:00

One of the important points of my job is to understand why we do the amount of shows we produce on the boat.

One thing to take into account is that the ship is pretty much a floating hotel. You have restaurants, place to buy photos of yourself while at those restaurants, gift shops, bars, the casino is always accepting donations, or the spa for a nice haircut/massage. The one tie that binds all these services is that they cost money.

This brings me to the main point of this posting, people are more willing to come to an event if it is free or the passenger receives free things at the event.

If the company was to charge admission to shows, the attendance would be horrible.

The service the theater provides on the boat is a necessary one in order to occupy the night time between dinner time and when you start to drink.

I do not mind this necessary evil upon the ship because it allows me do what I love, travel, and save in the process.

All this I bring up because tonight is my hardest night on the 14 day. It in involves running a show, strike half of it quickly, setup a 6 piece orchestra, run a crew talent show, strike that, finish the first strike completely, and setup a completely different set.

That may sound complex but in all seriousness, it is not that horrible. It is just the pinnacle of physical work/mental strain that makes everything go slowly. I love my job but this is the day that only comes around twice a month.

On a side bar, I started doing a more intense abs workout. Let's see if this pays off in 58 days.

-- Post From My iPod Touch

In case you missed the signature

2009-08-07T15:34:00.001-07:00

If you cannot tell by the signature at the end of my last post, I have found a program that will update my blog from my Ipod touch.

Again, I know it is a little bit odd and pretentious writing text on my iPod, but I think this will give me an outlet to further share my Alaskan experience with my loved ones that cannot be here with me.

Here is me in Skagway, Alaska eating ice cream with some friends from the ship.

Enjoy.

-- Post From My iPod Touch

Sometimes I find myself

2009-08-07T14:54:00.001-07:00

On the hoods of cars in Alaska.

-- Post From My iPod

My brother's blog

2009-07-30T16:26:00.000-07:00

My parent's new Golden Retriever has a blog.

That is all.

Ps. 73 Days till I will be living back on land.

I miss the sun being normal at night.

2009-06-29T17:11:00.001-07:00

For the first time since arriving on the ship, I have an urge to be in northern Wisconsin sitting on a bluff overlooking La Crosse. Alaska is amazing, but staying up all night just to take a field trip to watch the sunrise would be nice.

I say this because the sun rises at 2:00 AM here. Unlike the Caribbean, when we want to take some time to ourselves, smoke a nice Nicaraguan cigar, and enjoy the darkness on the front of the ship, we cannot because the sun is still up.

It is even worse in Whittier because the sun does not go down at night; it just stays behind the mountains. I do love me some Whittier for a variety of reasons but the sun issue bugs me to no end.

On a side note, my brother Calvin, an 8 week old Golden Retriever has now been brought home to my parent's home in Minneapolis.

New puppie

2009-06-22T14:13:00.001-07:00

His name is Calvin and he is my new brother.

I broke down today

2009-06-22T14:02:00.000-07:00

The apple store is a dangerous place for me to go. Yay 32 GB Ipod Touch. Now I get to program it all up.

Pictures of my parent's new puppies coming soon.

Vote for my friend

2009-06-21T19:04:00.000-07:00

This is my old Boss from when I worked in New York who is trying out for a new Television show. Please click the link and Vote for him. Thanks.

His Video is Imagine, Inspire, and Instruct and his name is Bobby.

http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/pac_ctnt_988/text/0,,DIY_24936_78248,00.html?pn=1&vw_arrange_order=DESC&vw_sort_order=BY_RATING&pageref=Photo_Video-1027979

Nicaragua

2009-06-13T19:25:00.000-07:00

Getting of the boat was an experience for a variety of reasons. First, the port had no dock for a boat of our size. We had to use the lifeboats to get ashore. That proved to be a rocky ride.

Here is a view from the beach.

It was the scariest moment of my trip off the boat.

I found a can of Old Milwaukee between a bottle of Sol and an MGD there as well. It was surprising on my hunt to find Nicaraguan cigars.

Here was a nice selection by the port that had a 80/20 ratio of fake to real cigars.

Above was my personal favorite marketing plan for a type of cigar.

Everyone keeping it classy

2009-06-12T14:33:00.000-07:00

Some have a little much.

This is why we’re hot.

And sometimes, others get a picture of me when I don’t expect it.

An Elevator in Ketchikan, Alaska

2009-06-11T13:22:00.000-07:00

Whittier, Alaska

2009-05-29T15:09:00.000-07:00

I have not posted in awhile, so consider this my catch up. Things are well on the ship and I have come into my groove after our second Alaska run. Just as I say this, one of my good friends is leaving the ship at the next Whitter turnaround in three days. I will be sad to see him go but his next contract will be awesome.

At the right is a good example of one of the dancers doing something (not pictured is the 4 other people dancing on chairs) and making chanting noises to whatever song was playing at the time, possibly Don't Stop Believing by Journey. The Alaska Inn in Whittier is the quaint establishment that makes the towny bar in La Crosse, WI look like upscale five star martini bars.

Every 14 days, we get to visit this bodega in the middle of a town where 90% of the residents live in a high rise and there is a bear that roams the streets occasionally in town. I knew it was a wonderful start to the night when one of the Australians tried to run after a Racoon because he thought they were pets you could play with.

Pictured below is our sound engineer from Mexico. This was our response to finding out the ship bar was closed one night before we could get down to buy libations for the night. Oh the joys of late night change overs. We have a habit of doing arm length photos which I will at some point show off.

It was an unexpected night.

Below is a picture as we were leaving victoria, Canada. It is one of the most beautiful places that i've visited since getting on the ship. I can easily see myself wanting to live there at some point.

Oh Victoria, I will hopefully see you again when we go back for another crossing.

We now are working seven days a week on the ship, doing 12 shows. I do not mind it because this is what I expected from this contract. It seems as though the dancers are getting burned out physically and emotionally. If I were in there position, I think that I would be feeling the same.

Despite the change from the Caribbean/Panama runs to Alaska/Vancouver, my days have become less taxing because we are now fully staffed. It is a good feeling to know that I know what I will be doing for the next 14 weeks and 2 days. Freelancing and summer stock theater are some things that I cannot express the joy that it brought to me while working those gigs but there is a bit of security in not living out of a suitcase and having a steady paycheck.

This does not mean that I won't go back on my time off but I have a lot of people/places to visit on my time off.

This is from the caribbean but it's still amazing.

5-15 Tour of the Ship

2009-05-15T15:29:00.001-07:00

This isn't the best tour, but its more than what you've already seen so far.

Enjoy.

Ochos Rios, Jamaica Part 2

2009-04-03T18:03:00.000-07:00

Things are going very well on the ship. I was back in Miami again today and hoped to receive a package from my parents today with new eye glasses and flip flops. It did not come.

I have settled into my position now but constantly look for ways to improve upon what I have already learned. Today is my turn to do IPM (In Port Manning). For IPM, I must turn in my card that allows me to get off the ship and have more responsibilities than normal. I woke up at 5:00 AM to put on a DVD, set out microphones, and make sure music was playing in the lounges.

I am now waiting to setup an induction (introduction) for the new arrivals to the ship (laptop, Powerpoint, and a DVD). It’s a difficult life sometimes: work 30 minutes, 2 hours off, work 15 minutes, an hour off. My life is a series of waiting for events to happen. Unlike some of my friends right now, I have a job and am happy with the work that I am more fortunate than others. The team is also a great asset to my current happiness. If I have an issue, I can call one of them and 4 show up. The Filipinos show signs of solidarity on a daily basis and make you feel like family.

The last post was from when I was at the hard rock café in Ochos Rios, Jamaica. If you look at my daily booth from that day, you’ll see the logo in the background. I do miss friends and the constant cell phone service, but I am finding other things to occupy my time. Once I get some time to myself, I will start making more 1001 secrets videos.

Enjoy the random pictures.

Ochos Rios, Jamaica

2009-04-01T11:36:00.000-07:00

I am currently at the hard rock cafe in Ochos Rios, Jamaica. It is beautiful and sunny. I will be updating a full 'what i've been up to' in the next few days when I get some time to myself.

2009-03-20T13:44:00.000-07:00

We are currently in Limon, Costa Rica. To the side is a picture of the port at 6:00 AM. I had to setup the Shore Excursion lecture in the main theater. It is a basic projector and one wireless mic show. Then, doing crew rounds to make sure the sound systems are on in all the bars. The view is beautiful with the fog over the mountains. Even during the day, the mist is so thick that you cannot tell the difference between the clouds and the mountains.

I am amazed at the amount of tourism that is brought to these ports by the ship. You can see the 13 tour buses and Topatch. I have been told that if I am not working on shore days, I can volunteer to help guide the passengers and do the tours for free, having small duties like counting passengers.

Due to a norovirus alert on the ship, crew is not allowed in passenger areas such as the buffet and on deck unless working. Everyone seems highly annoyed by this turn of events. It should last until atleast the 26th and hopefully clear when the next set of passengers arrive.

The ship will go back to Fort Lauderdale on the 24th. I will be sorry to see the person I am replacing, topatch, leave. He has been a great asset in my learning the rules and regulations of the ship. Today was Combusa, the once a cruise getting of alcohol that is duty free. Topatch walked me through the process as well after our theater maintenance time for the day.

I will be checking my voice mail in four days. Things are great and I am just starting to feel like I know what I am doing.

I'm on a boat!

2009-03-18T10:00:00.001-07:00

Where I am now.

Things on the ship have been good. I am getting in to the vibe of how things work in the backstage and the hierarchy of management. It has been at least a day since I got lost in a stairwell.

In a nutshell, my life is a series of one to two hour work calls that facilitate the ship’s entertainment needs; from setting up sound outside for a guitarist by the pool or being backstage running shows. The skills necessary are quite basic but add all the work together makes a well rounded position that allows me to take time to myself and focus on relaxing and doing the complex show moves better.

The person that I am replacing is named T and he is a great teacher. My department is mainly Filipino guys in their mid 30s who have small children back home. They have worked for princess for 5-10 years and do stage crew as well. The production managers are also Filipino, except for a new head named _______. She is a good spirited woman in her mid 30s also that I have been getting along with very well.

After the shows are done, my Filipino coworkers spend their evenings hanging out in the hallway just outside of my room. I need to take a picture of this event, because it reminds me of college, including the security guards (reminiscent of RAs) that patrol nightly.

Tomorrow I will start using a Moleskine book that Kate gave to me. It will further just how white I am.

I am in port in Cartagena, Columbia. It is beautiful and 80 degrees.

Good morning 7:00 AM

2009-03-14T04:23:00.000-07:00

I haven't seen you for awhile.

I will make best efforts to make this short:

To those that brightened my life, know that its only a few months.

To those I annoy, enjoy the next few months.

To the indifferent, I may or may not miss you.

And lastly, if I less than three you (and you know who you are), you are probably calling me a geek right now.

In four words #1

2009-03-13T21:38:00.000-07:00

3-14-09 - This song describes my life starting tomorrow.

1001 Secrets #3

2009-03-13T18:35:00.000-07:00

3-13-09 - When packing for flying on a plane, your cat will try to help.

I posted this from my widget page

2009-03-05T23:50:00.001-08:00

Maybe I should make this worth while.

Or not.

This has nothing to do with my personal life at all but I love the video and dialogue

2009-03-05T20:53:00.000-08:00

Gnarls Barkley - "Who's Gonna Save My Soul?"

G: You do realize I’m breaking up with you?

B: That’s the strange thing. Its actually yours now. I don’t know how it works this way. I’m never going to be able to get over you. And so, From now on, every girl I meet is going to be meticulously compared
To you and unfortunately, none of them will be able to measure up to the false memory of what you and I once had

G: Maybe I can just use it for small things, for when I’ve had a really shitty day or I need someone to talk to or if I need someone to move something really heavy and then eventually, I’ll give it back to you when we find someone new?

B: Unfortunately, it won’t work that way.

G: Why Not?

B: Now that you have my heart, I am pretty much an empty cavity inside, for lack of a better term, heartless. I will now treat each woman I meet with a passive aggressive contentiousness, which will ruin relationship after relationship for many years to come.

1001 Secrets #2

2009-03-05T00:38:00.000-08:00

3-5-09 - Just because you have the ability to use twitter, tumblr, myspace, dailybooth, and blogger doesn't mean you should.

1001 Secrets #1

2009-03-04T23:19:00.000-08:00

3-4-09 - Taking a trip across the country on an amtrak makes you learn where you don't want to live.

1000 Life Lessons or how to stay alive forever

2009-03-04T21:40:00.000-08:00

After seeing the blog 1000 Secrets, I have decided to do my own version of this

1001 Secrets with enjoysleep

Above is the first video. I wouldn't expect a video for everyone of of them, but it's a start.

Where I am.

2009-03-02T17:49:00.001-08:00

GeoMail My Location

GeoLocation: 42.9523,-74.6255
Altitude: 198ft
Speed: 75mph
Heading: 351 degrees
Time: 03-03-2009 01:46UTC
Message:
I'm here

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GPSToday Users:
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I'm here

Google Sync

2009-02-27T10:33:00.000-08:00

I have found a way to connect my Windows Mobile phone, Google Calandar, and my Mac.

Its called google sync. Here is a video of how it works.

I would suggest not using the contacts backup because I have a lot of contacts in my gmail that I would not want in my phone.

Installing this can be found at this website.

http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99358#ical

So, when you have all this installed, you can either update your google calandar or your Ical under a certain tab, and have it update back and forth.

Furthermore, if you have a windows mobile phone, you then can use active sync to update your calendar even more. Use this link below to finalize the process.

http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138636&ctx=sibling&topic=14299

When it is all said and done, you then can put a date in your mobile phone calendar, active sync it will push it to google calendar, then google sync will push it to my computer.

Hopefully the video above will make all of the above post.

Picture Survey

2009-02-20T19:41:00.000-08:00

Picture of your bedroom:

There's a reason there is no picture here.

Picture of you with someone you don't actually like:

Picture with a former crush:

Picture of yourself real drunk:

Picture of you on your birthday or favorite holiday:

Goofy face:

New haircut:

Picture you might have edited to make yourself look more attractive:

Picture of something you love:

Most recent photo of you:

Picture of you being absolutely ridiculous:

A picture of a time in your life that's over, but you wish it wasn't:

A picture of a time in your life that's over and you couldn't be happier that it is:

Picture of your newest friend:

Picture of you that you had no idea was being taken:

Picture of you when you were a different person than you are now:

Picture of yourself that you hate:

Picture of yourself with someone you love:

A picture that captures how you wish you could spend everyday:

A picture from a time when everything was changing:

A picture that makes your heart hurt:

How you'd like others to view you:

Picture that makes your heart smile:

A picture from one of the worst nights of your life:

the aftermath of one of the worst nights:

A picture of one of the best nights of your life:

My life for the next 6 months put on paper (blog I guess)

2009-02-20T10:13:00.000-08:00

I spend a few weeks in the gulf of mexico then go completely through the panama canal, then spend the summer yo yo ing up and down alaska. Its seems like a lot, but if you look at the places, you can see the trend of where I am.

3/14/09 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
3/15/09 At Sea
3/16/09 At Sea
3/17/09 Aruba
3/18/09 Cartagena, Colombia
3/19/09 Panama Canal, Panama
3/20/09 Limon, Costa Rica
3/21/09 At Sea
3/22/09 Ocho Rios, Jamaica
3/23/09 At Sea
3/24/09 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
3/25/09 At Sea
3/26/09 At Sea
3/27/09 Aruba
3/28/09 Cartagena, Colombia
3/29/09 Panama Canal, Panama
3/30/09 Limon, Costa Rica
3/31/09 At Sea
4/1/09 Ocho Rios, Jamaica
4/2/09 At Sea
4/3/09 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
4/4/09 At Sea
4/5/09 At Sea
4/6/09 Aruba
4/7/09 Cartagena, Colombia
4/8/09 Panama Canal, Panama
4/9/09 Limon, Costa Rica
4/10/09 At Sea
4/11/09 Ocho Rios, Jamaica
4/12/09 At Sea
4/13/09 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
4/14/09 At Sea
4/15/09 At Sea
4/16/09 Aruba
4/17/09 Cartagena, Colombia
4/18/09 Panama Canal, Panama
4/19/09 Limon, Costa Rica
4/20/09 At Sea
4/21/09 Ocho Rios, Jamaica
4/22/09 At Sea
4/23/09 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
4/24/09 At Sea
4/25/09 At Sea
4/26/09 Aruba
4/27/09 Cartagena, Colombia
4/28/09 Panama Canal, Panama
4/29/09 At Sea
4/30/09 Puntarenas, Costa Rica
5/1/09 San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
5/2/09 Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala
5/3/09 Huatulco, Mexico
5/4/09 At Sea
5/5/09 At Sea
5/6/09 At Sea
5/7/09 Los Angeles, California
5/8/09 At Sea
5/9/09 At Sea
5/10/09 Victoria, British Columbia
5/11/09 Vancouver, British Columbia
5/12/09 At Sea
5/13/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
5/14/09 Juneau, Alaska
5/15/09 Skagway, Alaska
5/16/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
5/17/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
5/18/09 Anchorage (Whittier), Alaska
5/19/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
5/20/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
5/21/09 Skagway, Alaska
5/22/09 Juneau, Alaska
5/23/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
5/24/09 At Sea
5/25/09 Vancouver, British Columbia
5/26/09 At Sea
5/27/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
5/28/09 Juneau, Alaska
5/29/09 Skagway, Alaska
5/30/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
5/31/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
6/1/09 Anchorage (Whittier), Alaska
6/2/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
6/3/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
6/4/09 Skagway, Alaska
6/5/09 Juneau, Alaska
6/6/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
6/7/09 At Sea
6/8/09 Vancouver, British Columbia
6/9/09 At Sea
6/10/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
6/11/09 Juneau, Alaska
6/12/09 Skagway, Alaska
6/13/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
6/14/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
6/15/09 Anchorage (Whittier), Alaska
6/16/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
6/17/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
6/18/09 Skagway, Alaska
6/19/09 Juneau, Alaska
6/20/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
6/21/09 At Sea
6/22/09 Vancouver, British Columbia
6/23/09 At Sea
6/24/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
6/25/09 Juneau, Alaska
6/26/09 Skagway, Alaska
6/27/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
6/28/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
6/29/09 Anchorage (Whittier), Alaska
6/30/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
7/1/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
7/2/09 Skagway, Alaska
7/3/09 Juneau, Alaska
7/4/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
7/5/09 At Sea
7/6/09 Vancouver, British Columbia
7/7/09 At Sea
7/8/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
7/9/09 Juneau, Alaska
7/10/09 Skagway, Alaska
7/11/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
7/12/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
7/13/09 Anchorage (Whittier), Alaska
7/14/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
7/15/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
7/16/09 Skagway, Alaska
7/17/09 Juneau, Alaska
7/18/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
7/19/09 At Sea
7/20/09 Vancouver, British Columbia
7/21/09 At Sea
7/22/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
7/23/09 Juneau, Alaska
7/24/09 Skagway, Alaska
7/25/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
7/26/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
7/27/09 Anchorage (Whittier), Alaska
7/28/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
7/29/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
7/30/09 Skagway, Alaska
7/31/09 Juneau, Alaska
8/1/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
8/2/09 At Sea
8/3/09 Vancouver, British Columbia
8/4/09 At Sea
8/5/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
8/6/09 Juneau, Alaska
8/7/09 Skagway, Alaska
8/8/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
8/9/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
8/10/09 Anchorage (Whittier), Alaska
8/11/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
8/12/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
8/13/09 Skagway, Alaska
8/14/09 Juneau, Alaska
8/15/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
8/16/09 At Sea
8/17/09 Vancouver, British Columbia
8/18/09 At Sea
8/19/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
8/20/09 Juneau, Alaska
8/21/09 Skagway, Alaska
8/22/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
8/23/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
8/24/09 Anchorage (Whittier), Alaska
8/25/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
8/26/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
8/27/09 Skagway, Alaska
8/28/09 Juneau, Alaska
8/29/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
8/30/09 At Sea
8/31/09 Vancouver, British Columbia
9/1/09 At Sea
9/2/09 Ketchikan, Alaska
9/3/09 Juneau, Alaska
9/4/09 Skagway, Alaska
9/5/09 Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
9/6/09 College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)
9/7/09 Anchorage (Whittier), Alaska

Trying something new.

2009-02-13T12:48:00.000-08:00

I am trying something new, by plotting my location with a GPS tracker program and exporting it into google earth.

Above is the end result.

Something I found

2009-01-25T00:42:00.000-08:00

This was 5 years ago.

New Ticker on the sidebar

2009-01-21T14:07:00.001-08:00

2008-12-20T01:07:00.001-08:00

Crawl off

2008-11-06T15:48:00.001-08:00

Chase in Hartford

2008-10-21T17:39:00.001-07:00

Living the dream.

Really?

2008-10-10T20:50:00.001-07:00

Good picture

2008-10-07T11:55:00.001-07:00

Driving to Salisbury, MD

2008-10-06T11:39:00.001-07:00

Watching mean girls on the tour bus is bearable if you make some drum and bass the sound track.

Elmo at a hockey game

2008-10-03T09:58:00.001-07:00

Richmond, VA at 5:30 am

2008-09-23T02:47:00.001-07:00

This wouldn't be bad if we didn't have to GET OFF THE BUS.

just ICE

2008-09-22T18:48:00.001-07:00

This is my bus ticket. I'm going to Greenville, SC from New York. I
should get in around 3pm tomorrow.

PLUR.

A night in Harlem with the Frenchies, a Kiwi, and an Australian

2008-09-11T20:44:00.000-07:00

I may be a geek, but this is awesome

2008-09-10T23:46:00.000-07:00

my 6am call

2008-09-08T08:26:00.001-07:00

Click to enlarge.

Cell phone freakout

2008-09-02T20:27:00.001-07:00

This man could not get cell phone service on the one train from 200 street to 125th. Mind you, this is only a 10 minute train ride, but this brother could barely contain his frustration about the situation.

Can you draw?

2008-08-27T00:32:00.000-07:00

Make your own Jackson Pollock.

Linksapalouza

2008-08-26T19:28:00.000-07:00

And here is a start to the flood of links.

My Challenge to my Father

2008-07-20T00:42:00.000-07:00

I have officially challenged my father to a pushup contest. He will lose. Keep looking for updates on when this will go down. He first has to accept.

The challenge is who can do the most pushups after 6 weeks of training through this website I found through lifehacker.com.

The website for the training schedule is at http://www.hundredpushups.com/

again

2008-07-06T22:54:00.001-07:00

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Originally uploaded by enjoysleep

The little old ladies love les mis because they are drunk from the wine tours.

186th looking towards broadway

2008-04-20T13:29:00.001-07:00

46th and 5th

2008-04-19T14:05:00.001-07:00

This is the only thing

2008-04-15T03:18:00.001-07:00

That is making me laugh.

go to jersey, bondo, sand, repeat

2008-04-06T17:22:00.000-07:00

This is my life. It involves a lot of bondo and being covered in saw dust.

I think there was a night of drinking and a diner somewhere in the middle of my trips to Jersey.

Yay load in tomorrow.

To my mother who is reading this:

A load in is when you load in the materials needed (lights, sounds, etc) into a theater to make the show work. Sorry I haven't been responding to all your facebook comments. Please JUST TEXT ME. It's a lot easier for me to respond as well.

my hair is now short

2008-04-05T05:55:00.001-07:00

This is what happens when you let a dominican in the bronx cut your
hair. He does it the only way he knows how to.

been a long day

2008-04-01T15:24:00.001-07:00

Building boxes.

Find big trunks.

Fat kitty.

Recharged yet tired/sick.

2008-03-09T00:00:00.001-08:00

After seeing 'love, janis' down in NJ, I strangely feel like I have a sinus/ear infection.

As a side note, I saw blue man and frunzbrunta this week. Its been very enjoyable for a number of reasons. One being a picture of me and a friend looking up at a mirrored ceiling in the back of a limo.

Switching trains

2008-03-06T19:22:00.001-08:00

I have mastered the art of trying to find the shortest/fastest way to get from point a to b.

On the weekends, I have found that the one train from 207 to 72nd then the 2 or 3 train (which runs express to times square suit me quite well.

On weekdays, it is the A express from 207 to 59th (because I get a seat) then transfer to the B or D to rockafeller center makes my 1 block walk to work quite easy.

This new fascination for finding alternate routes comes out of my frustration that I have been spending a good 7.5 to 13 hours a week riding the subway just to work. This does not include pleasure trips out to queens or going out to eat. It is no longer a simple A/B plan, but on average 2-3 trains are in play.

This all may seem a little crazy but saving 10 to 20 minutes both ways can save me anywhere from 2.5 to 5 hours a week if the trains are going slow.

If you ever come to visit, you will see what I mean.

Day one of photo a day

2008-03-03T11:56:00.000-08:00

Inspired by some random youtube video, I will start this 'arm length photo a day' thing to see how long I can keep it up.

One day down.

Two trumpets

2008-02-28T08:54:00.000-08:00

And he's playing harmony with himself.

It's snowing, for real now

2008-02-22T05:15:00.001-08:00

I woke up to see 2 inches outside my window. Yay almost wisconsin weather.

Home again

2008-02-16T17:11:00.001-08:00

After a night on the town with my boys, I think i'm going to take it easy tonight and relax.

Broke fi broke

2008-02-14T06:22:00.001-08:00

Qoute of the day:

"Its not about that 70/30 stuff, we do it 50/50." - Guy talking about how he pays for dinner with his girlfriend when they go out to McDonalds tonight.