This is what I'm going to do.

Nate Race

Way back during the grand ol' Summer of 2011, a claim was made. My coworker Nate professed that he could beat RJ and myself while wearing clubbing shoes and jeans, all the while smoking a cigarette in a footrace. I simply would not stand for such ridiculousness and decided that we must settle the debate in the form of a one mile footrace. Said race was dubbed the First Not-Likely-To-Be Annual Nate Race. The results were a bit surprising. See for yourself in the video below.

*To my mother, father and grandparents I would like to apologize for the obscene gesture I may or may not be making in the video. It was for jokingness sake. I am very much aware that this poor sense of humor plays a large part in the fact that I have yet to find a suitable gentleman caller. Please forgive me of my crudity.

Typographic Music Video

I'm saving this video on here, so I never forget it. I feel like I could watch it for hours staring at the type treatments. Sorry I never blog anymore.

Whimsical print ads

I'm posting this because I love the dark photography in these ads with fairy tale scenarios. They look very Tim  Burton. Ads by Ogilvy & Mather, Mexico

Camp fires

My friend Allie's 25th birthday was yesterday. Her boyfriend bought a fire pit as a present, so they could have campfires and such. But, to make the pit more personal, he gave her smores making materials, ghost story books, a flashlight and coupons designed by me. The coupons are for campfire songs. Allie is to pick a song of her choosing and Elliot has to play it on the guitar. There were ten of these coupons that we held together with rope. I should have taken a photo of them built out. I'll add that later.

Squirrely Calendars

I made calendars this year for my friends and family. I drew and colorized every piece of these calendars. Each month shows the boy squirrel playing a prank on the girl squirrel. The pranks involve activities that happen during each corresponding month. I have a few calendars left for those of you who I have not seen in a while or did not send me your mailing address, you all should know who you are, friends. If you want one for the last half of 2011, let me know.

Camp Cactus Gear

We are currently undergoing a renovation of the regular Cactus building and are staying temporarily in what we have affectionately been calling "Camp Cactus." In December, I was given the fun project of making Camp Cactus swag. I created a Camp Cactus logo, which you can see on the canteen. Designed tshirts for all to wear. Made a stencil of the Camp Cactus logo. Spray painted the logo onto bags, which I didn't photograph yet. And designed a survival guide. The survival guide was the most fun because copywriter Mike King and I filled it with delightful Cactus inside jokes (and made up the term BroDo - Dude Bros that hang out in LoDo). Plus, I got to illustrate everything by hand to keep the look in-line with boy scout guides. In addition to the survival tips, we included a map of the surrounding area with hot-spots to check out. The drawing on the back of the guide is of our head hauncho Joe.

Charity Invites

I have a lot of updating that needs to be done, as usual. New work, new life events that are sort of boring but still new. The life events, not the work. So, I'm kind of thinking of restarting my blog and maybe building it from scratch myself. I have some issues with the formatting currently. I'm thinking wordpress? Anyone have any thoughts?

Oh and these are wedding invitations, RSVP card and programs that I designed for my friend Charity. She got married in Costa Rica, so I had the opportunity to make some really fun wedding goods. I printed and trimmed all the pieces at my house. Charity helped with the trimming as well. These were printed on Neenah Crane Lettra paper, and they feel so freaking nice. Sorry for the crappy photos. One of these days, I will take high-quality images of my work.

Ain't Life Grand

I'm feeling a bit nostalgic. So, here is my 2010 year in review in the form of photographs. Lots of weddings, some traveling, some western stuff, some southern stuff, lots of family and friends and sunshine. And, whoa! It's already February 13. Holy cow.

Look at my family.

Just look at them.
My sister Christina is really awesome. She knit a hat for me that I could have sworn was store bought. I'll have to photograph it later. Seriously, what a talented lady. Also, she knit a pair of mitten gloves for me that everyone assumes I purchased from either J.Crew or Urban. I love family. And friends. So much. Just thought I should let you all know that.

In other news, I'm terrible about underestimating the amount of time work takes me. So, this weekend I worked. But also snowboarded a little and watched the Stillers rather unfortunately lose.

One more thing. Natalie Portman is annoying. So, is Anne Hathaway. But, Ryan Gosling has a band. They are kind of weird and creepy but also surprisingly good. Check out this video. It's a little slow, but just watch hipster Gosling sing and wear a vest and be beautiful.

All Men are Liars

I was on my way home from work this evening and heard this song by Nick Lowe for the first time. It is now my new theme song.



It's pretty common when running, at least for me anyway, to be either really happy and excited about life or to think about a subject matter and become increasingly annoyed. Lately, while running/working out, I have been terribly frustrated with the entire male population. All of you suck. Except for you, Dad. You are awesome.