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November 30, 2003
Vote for us!!!!
I'm pimping us out to hit you up for some help for our photography collective.
We won a Webby award where we beat out BMW Mini USA and Wisk detergent and are trying to maintain some of that momentum and are entering the Fast Company Fast 50 competition. If we get selected we'd be in their
print mag in a future edition.
You can check out our entry here.
If you can post a few comments and rate our entry that would be awesome
as the deadline is Dec. 1st for entries and comments.
Posted by genex at 11:45 AM | Comments (1)
November 27, 2003
Fucking Politics
I get so sick of all the terrible things that happen just because of politics. Some are people with money using that to get their way. Some is people that are too lazy to do real work getting their way, and others are just liars that will resort to anything to save their own asses.
With our local mayoral election coming up there's quite a bit of mud slinging going on and seeing this sort of thing inspires me to vote against it. These sort of things are also the types of things I think that we are trying to change in our little way with the way we do business and how we are creating orange...
I heard Gary Hirshberg, the CEO of of Stonyfield Farms talk about socially reponsible businesses of which his is, and it was heartening to hear how you can stay true to your values and still be successful even in the realm of big business. It's another obstacle that I would love to overcome, as I've always taken pleasure in doing things that either you aren't supposed to do, or that are outside the norms. Hopefully though socially responsible business will become the norm, but in certain industries there is too much greed and power at play (oil anyone?).
So off the soapbox I go but then that's what a blog is all about eh?
Enjoy your Turkey or vegetarian alternatives!
Viajay spins at a benefit for the Hunter's Point Food Bank and Summer Camp programs in Hunter's Point
Posted by genex at 02:04 PM | Comments (0)
November 26, 2003
Go Matt Go!
I'll have a Newcastle pounder to go... Go Matt Go!
Posted by genex at 12:59 PM | Comments (0)
November 23, 2003
Iron Bowl
Ah yes, it was appropriate that I make a trip on BART to the suburbs to catch the Iron Bowl this past Saturday day. It was also the day of the Big Game (Cal vs. Stanford) but since I hadn't seen a whole Auburn game on TV or in person in a while, I knew I had to make it to catch the game.
Getting off at the station, you have to walk through this huge ass strip mall/mall parking lot, and you realize how car centric everything is out there. There aren't even really paths to walk through the lot!
Well, at least Auburn won. I've been feeling a bit worn out today though. I think I need to chill out a bit which I will be doing with Thanksgiving coming up...
Posted by genex at 02:03 PM | Comments (0)
November 19, 2003
Moons over My Hammy
So Miami was fun for the most part, but pretty damn exhausting. The best thing was coming right back to a birthday dinner, scotch, and waking up to find out we have won the Webby Business Awards.
The bodybuilding season is over now for me, so I get to relax until the end of February of 2004. This was one of the last girls I shot, who was a heavyweight that I think will be a pretty popular athlete. I guess I'll see if my talent spotting skills are still honed or need polish!
Also read a pretty interesting article in the New York Times Magazine about cell phones and technology. I haven't gotten into text messaging or the camera phones, but I suspect I will have some of those features in whatever phone I do get next. Hm, guess I have two more weeks to geek out and figure out what to get and then I have the option to switch to any cellular provider and take my treasured # with me!
:)
Posted by genex at 01:25 AM | Comments (3)
November 10, 2003
ends and beginnings
Saw the Matrix Revolutions last night under the influence and it was farily enjoyable. While some of the themes were a bit overly obvious and it drug on in parts, it was good enough. I think my order of enjoyment starts with the original, then Reloaded, and finally Revolutions.
I guess the thing I missed most about each successive film was the dilution of the themes of what reality is, and the post-modern worldview that seemed to become more and more special effects/Hollywood-ized in the second two films. Plus the Merovingian scenes could have been much more exciting, and worst of all, there wasn't enough Persephone... (some of these thoughts I just saw echoed on this site)
I did see a preview for The Return of the King, and that was the only preview I did like. That should rock, and I'm definitely eagerly awaiting the final installment of that trilogy.
Posted by genex at 08:02 PM | Comments (1)
November 04, 2003
Water pitchers and diplomats
Water pitchers and diplomats just seem to go together. When you see one, you often will see the other in near proximity. Sometimes one or the other will move.
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