Seattle at it’s finest

So I am in Seattle finally. Getting around looking for a spot to call home and the new design HQ. Got big plans for this coming year remember! Anyhoo…there is a nice windstorm ripping through the sky with some 45-60mph winds. Expecting a good inch or two of rain in the next 24 hours so that should be fun.

It has always baffled me why people suck at driving in the rain up here…then I remember that Washington state has had 1 million people move into its borders the last 18 months alone and that 75-80% of those people are from where I just spent 2.5 years in eternal sunshine.

well it is

29 is young

It’s interesting to think that when you celebrate your birthday you are celebrating the having lasted, lived, or even survived through another year. This was my 29th year doing so. To be honest I forgot about it on Saturday until my Mother in Law Barb decided to remind me. I think 29 is pretty young.  I think the reason I forgot was that the birthday just wasn’t on the big list in my brain for the remainder of the fall and upcoming winter.

We got plans that are being written up. Jobs that are being started and big changes on the road ahead. This next year of life should be pretty interesting. We just got one big box checked off getting the son into the world. Mighty proud about that. He is so awesome. 2 months of living and he knows whats up. Sleeping, eating well, and learning something new everyday. I have to gloat a little, the kid is in the 90th percentile for his size…in every category. Pretty cool to have a growing boy on your hands.

Heres a little list of things I am looking forward to seeing this next year.

  1. Seattle in the winter
  2. Snow in the mountains
  3. Crawling Cohen
  4. A new HQ
  5. GIV getting going
  6. Paints, pictures, and random doodling on our floor
  7. Wearing a whole outfit where I designed each piece
  8. New Rom and Kop album(it will get done)
  9. Cohen Walking n Talking
  10. 6 years with the lady

Gonna be good just to see a few of those come ’round. I’ll let you know when the 30 is finished.

Thanks to everyone who called or wrote. Love you all.

Inspiration

So this jacket here is inspiration. The M65. It was worn by airmen, seamen, and military forces throughout the world all had their spin on it. It has been re-worked and re-done many many times. I am currently trying to utilize its in a fashionable technical piece. I know that war is bad. It sucks, but man some of the coolest outerwear designs originate with the function that is needed during those times.

I was looking at German Military issued outerwear that was used in the mountains of Europe during WW2. Man they were already onto the Asym front zipper and so many things that are coming back into style now. It’s interesting to me to see where all our designs really originate from…I think that our modern day designs are really pieces of many different puzzles that we seam together with some sweat, pencil lead, and alot of dreaming. How’s that for a definition? Ha

I didn’t leave the house yesterday

Pushing Daisies is my favorite show on TV right now. It has taken the top spot from my last year favorite Heroes, which is still a very good show too. But I must say how well done PD is. The stories are great, the color and cinematography are better than most and the creativity oozes out from your TV  set…that’s a lot of compliments in one phrase…watch it and begin to have a crush on Chuck…she’s the cute on on the left. For some trivia you can talk about how the writer for PD actually was a writer for Heroes last year and maybe that loss of talent is why it’s not as good this year..hmmm?

Crazy as it may be I did not leave the house today. Worked most of the day and only went outside I think twice…that is scary to think about. It was a nice rainy morning too so all that good after rain smell was missed by me…tomorrow I am going somewhere. I think I want to go to the bookstore or maybe do some grocery shopping…who knows…seriously I need to get out.

Wish it would rain.

They say it’s supposed to rain today…here in Concord, CA…that would be great. I miss change, and fall colors. The last 2 years it’s been 2 weeks of green hills in the spring, then brown hills, and repeat in the fall. No reds, yellows, or golden leaves that glow. Ok a bit dramatic I know.

Seriously though I miss the PNW…the cold, the clouds…I think I have sun depression.  I get sun too much. A few times a week is ok with me…just give me at least a few days of rain, ooh or snow, and I will be so much happier.

Thinking we will be moving to Seattle again and hopefully soon…I will keep you posted.

Getting back to the grindstone.

This is an old grindstone if you were wondering.

I hate my teeth and the fact that next Tuesday I will be getting a Root Canal is growing like a big cloud…don’t want to think about it too much but I will with each semi-pain free day this week.

Trying to get back to work…got a few tee designs, a new jacket for some new friends back east, and web stuff to grind out.

Check out triko.com if you got the time. Hector is good people.

The wonder of pills

So I haven’t written anything this week…I was thinking of going back and trying to post date my blogg posts but really each day was a blur thanks to what happened on monday, or was it Tuesday…hmm don’t remember. All I know is that on that day I went to the dentist and got a prescription for some anti-biotics and Vicodin…

As many of my friends know I am not a big user of pills or meds but the pain coming from my tooth was so exquisite that alternative means were necessary. So needless to say this week was semi-unproductive but the pain and infection in my tooth are subsiding.  The other downside for the week is that I had great conversations with a few people that I cannot recall…so here’s to Vicodin and me getting back to work.

Taking a break this weekend…

So I am taking a break from blogging this weekend…too much to do…I will be back on Monday after visiting the Dentist and hopefully ending the pain in my face.

Tooth aches and paing

Man today has been a little tough. I woke up and my crowned molar began to throb a little…never felt that before…so I took some advil and thought whatever it will probably go away…right?No it is now night time and my jaw is in total pain…I wish I had some of this candy so I could feel better.

Workin for a living…workin!

hueyAnd I am taking what they’re giving…cause I’m workin for a livin….whoa oh…if you don’t know the rest of that tune you never lived in the 80’s. Anyway…that’s what today is rockin stuff out….so that is all for today folks…ciao.

I put up some new stuff so check out the work

Like the post heading says. I finally put up some more work for people to look at. So go check out the work link and let me know what you think….long day and I am ready to sleep…sleep…

TV has got the best of Me.

So I am quickly realizing I watch too much TV. During the summer and even the winter I fight it off…but not the fall. New shows and re-starts…man I love Heroes and The Unit, am looking forward to Pushing Daisies and really am hooked on Numbers too.

After reading the above paragraph I was told by a good source that I watch nerd shows…just great.

So here we go again!

So I am going to try to do this again…the whole blogging thing. Actually as I am doing alot more freelance work now I figure I should try to let more people in on the happenings and goings on. So I am gonna try and make a promise here. I am planning on blogging everyday. Probably at the end of the day…so it will be ready for everyone to read the next morning…something like that. Cool? Well here I go>>>>>

Cohen William Romney

Well my new boy stole the beginning of this week…not that I am complaining. I love this little guy! Everyone say hello to Cohen!

7lbs 12oz born on August 21, at 1:54 am.