WHAT DOESN'T BELONG IN THIS PICTURE?

Finally got to whip out my camera and take some pictures! Chances are they're not getting published in the magazine, but it will be printed with all of the media kits that are distributed. Not so much of a big deal, but I got to mess around with some studio lighting (for the first time). So it was some good practice for me. Hopefully there will be more and more opportunities to mess around with the soft boxes and stuff. I've been able to brush up my InDesign skills and learning a lot of new stuff from Jeremy and Jesse while re-designing the media kit. Anyway, that is about all I've been up to. I'll post more pictures that I take in the future. The above picture was one of the few that turned out well yesterday. Jesse also helped a bit on a portion of this. Let me know what you think.

PS: Love You, Pookit.

HEY, LETS CROSS THE SEA AND GET SOME CULTURE.

Before I say anything, I would like to say thank you to my father for the past 21.7 years for the dedication and love that he has invested in me. Being fathers day, I think that he should be recognized as a big part of why I'm here (you too, mom... and grandma). I would like to thank you, Dad, for every single second you've allowed me to be your son. Anyway, I really didn't want to come up with a clever way to word this... so I'll simply state that today was a Monday. You know... they start slow, about halfway through you're nearly asleep, and it ends with the realization that you have to wake up and do it again four more times. Eh, I shouldn't complain really--it wasn't that bad of a Monday. It just pales in comparison to the weekend I had. Over the weekend, I got sweaty cleaning out the garage with my housemates and afterwards jumped in the pool. To top it off, we threw some steaks on the grill and lived the "high life" by slamming a couple of Miller's. Following this, we sat around on the patio and had some casual conversation with a couple of tobacco-filled pipes. I guess you can say it was an "all american" night with the steaks the beer and tobacco. Keep in mind that all of these elements, aside from the steak of course, were used in moderation. Me and Chris also decided to go on this 8 week diet and exercise program called "Belly Off." It consists of workouts three days a week and guided eating habbits. So... next time you talk, text, or call me... ask me how that is going and help keep me accountable. Welp, that about sums up my weekend. I promise to update on the actual reason that I'm out here either tomorrow or the next day. I love and miss you all dearly.

PS: I was on the weekly Relevant podcast last week. The podcast is over an hour long, but I come in at 47 minutes. I would reccommend listening to the whole thing because it's just awesome and they have a great sense of humor. I'm trying to find a way to post it on here but at the very least I can email the MP3 file to you tomorrow. If you want to keep on listening to future or past podcasts, you can subscribe on iTunes. Just search 'Relevant Magazine Podcast" and then click the "subscribe" button. It will automatically upload every week so you don't have to worry about it after that.... just listen!