The Scandia Series was designed in 1957 by Hans Brattrud of Norway. The chairs were produced until the 1970's when the factory burned down and production ceased. -$2,850.00

I love how beautiful this chair is, the contrast between materiality (Wood and this retro modern metal pedestal).  The wood looks like something that should come out of a ski lodge.

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Lately I have been trying to maximize the fun in having dual screen monitors, one being huge widescreen wallpaper and the other is watching a movie on not 1 but 2 monitors.

Even though I am savvy with computers it took me some google searching to find both of these solutions, if you have a similiar setup and curious what programs and settings were needed, check out the details after the jump.

Hopefully you fully read this review before clowning me on this topic, but this movie is too Real for film.  Trust me I hate overly graphic and gritty movies passing themselves off as “Real” just because they are gritty and over the line but its none of this that conveys this feeling to me.  Seriously you will watch this film and you will believe to have pointed out bad acting and mis-casted roles, but it’s far from this.

Havoc is the film about a bunch of wealthy teenagers trying to mimic street culture.  (yes, teenagers mimicking, once you understand that, the film is way more tangible to grasp.)  Seriously these teens come off as complete caricatures of rapper-street-thug-culture driving around town in there old school impala cursing and drinking.  I really don’t believe any of them fully ever engaged in the drug taking lifestyle they try to portray.  Best case example is Joseph Gordan-Lewitt’s character which could easily be confused as awkwardly bad acting, but actually he truly conveyed his character completely correct and to the point.  His character is a teenager that probably hasn’t ever tried any hard drugs but he tries to act like this hippie that seems completely stoned 24/7.

I am conflicted with a lot of interesting threads of character development that were never fully realize, like the hint of these two girls being lesbians, but this film is simply a glimpse into about a week in these kids life.  Sadly You never fully understand the reason behind this fake culture or way astute student like Allison played by Anne Hathaway would ever be tempted to join this culture or be with her wangsta boyfriend. But you just got to accept what is given to you, young and confused and probably will try anything if they could classify it as abnormal experience.

Again I have some more conflicts with some the hints and attitudes that come off from the actual gangsters.  You almost get this slight humanizing image of man that has pride for his side of tracks and maybe a growing connection to Hathaway’s character.  But this image is quickly curbed by some of his actions which are graphically portrayed on film and become the turning point Bijou Phillips character when she realizes this lifestyle became too real.  Again I am interested on how real these characters are, these people have conflicting nuances to their character, instead of gangster with a heart gold, he can compassionate at times but at core he is ruthless.  Seriously everyone played their role right (I mean the characters) the gangster took advantage of an easy situation with willingness of this young girl and this rich girl, instead of conforming to the thug life she so desire she ran home to her affluent parents to rewrite a tale of how she fully objected of situation that she let happen to her.

I skimmed through the reception this film got by critics and its audience, from praise to unintended laughter and I am left saying the same thing I started this review with: this movie is too Real for film.  Compared to a movie like Kids which seems more realistic because everyone seems so ingrained in the lifestyle they are living, you would be farther from the point of this film, this is NOT these kid’s lifestyle they should probably be surfing and thinking about being prom queen.  Their Rebellious culture is rooted on the idea of staying far away from the life that was chosen for them by their parents but it is funny to see when one of these characters are confronted with the realism of the culture they are trying to mimic they immediately turn to the defense of the financial and privileged security they get back at home.

Plus it’s funny to find out that Bijou Phillips is a seasoned veteran to this genre, she was in movie directed by Larry Clark (which directed Kids) and she was in the Jame Toback’s film Black & White which I can’t help thinking these movies were made in the same vane, (mmm, side comment, was Havoc 6 years too late).  I can’t completely remember Black & White but I know the premise was exactly the same with rich white kids trying to emulate street culture and the constant on the screen documentation with a camera crew.

I will just leave you with this thought, that its realness is probably not a plus in the entertainment of watching a film.

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Yeah today I am getting to the final realization I am an Internet jerk.  One of those punk kid commenters.  I have had 4 cases in just this short weekend, where I was prompted to rethink I what I said.  I believe its an issue with my brand of humor which doesn’t translate well at all online or via any technology.  Idk, but I can usually get away with saying a lot of outlandish stuff, mainly because of my demeanor, past history with said people, timing, tone, etc you just have to be there moments.  Technology breaks all those sensory tools, especially time, probably by the time anyone reads one of my comments the humor of it expired and they are reading in a way different state of mind so I easy come off as a jerk.  (So I don’t over analyze this, so I think I should simply slow down on commenting on stuff completely. Plus if I am ever prompted not to comment, I will just leave it alone.)

I wonder how purposely my comments were subconsciously meant be to be jerk comments.  In two cases I might have wanted my jerk comments to be perceive that way.

Till another time, gradually purging out my douche-bag-ness

Amazing, just amazing…

I am still trying to swallow all my thoughts of tonight’s White Collar and the future of tv.  Damn, what an unexpected ending, so chilling.  I just saying the people behind this show has some balls.  This is seriously the 7th episode and they pull off the biggest game changer ever and then they put the show on hiatus till January (when most of USA’s shows come back.)  I been loving this show so much and last week I even tweeted out that they were throwing some interesting issues into the mix.  But damn, to this extent, seriously again, these people have balls, I could have easily lived with the interesting wholesome con-artist show with a few mysterious hints, but instead they heighten the experience 10 fold.  I really don’t want to mess up the experience I had for future watchers, but they definitely hit me with a cliffhanger, seriously the dynamics of the show have completely changed, the show I watched for 7 episodes has completely become another show.

I got to calm down, I will never stop repeating myself until January when it get back.

As for TV, I got many theories a lot that conflict and contradict each other.  The one learned from tonight, is people are going to return to the tube for live television.  After this cliffhanger happened, I searched on twitter #whitecollar and it was filled with people with the same reaction as me.  I don’t think people are going to continue to sit on hulu as a crutch.  When they wake up their Twitter and facebook feeds will be inundated with people talking of the show they missed the night before.  Yes my theory is premature, probably on the fact that the show has to be well written and unpredictable.  I think we are at time of war between the networks, channels that never once had original content now have hit shows, wink* wink* AMC with Mad Men.  Companies are taking creative risks and we the consumers are winning because of it.

I want to say White Collar put all of us on an amazing unexpected ride.  One that I am sure all the committed fans are happy about, but 7 episodes is very early to hit people with such a game changer and on the other end really late and risky if this was the planned itinerary.  Seriously my hats off for all the White Collar crew, keep up the good work.

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Sadly I learn this lesson the hard way everyday:

Harsh Reality #2: Owning a business isn’t easier than working at a 9 to 5 job.

If you start a business you get to be your own boss and set your own hours, right? Although that is what most entrepreneurs believe, it is very inaccurate.

Instead of having just one boss, you now have hundreds of bosses. Just think about all of your customers because essentially each one of them is your boss.

If you still aren’t a believer remember you have your own business because you are here to make money. And if you don’t do what each of your bosses (customers) want, your business will go bankrupt.

In addition to that, when you work at a 9 to 5 job all you have to do is work from 9 to 5. When you have your own business you usually end up working 10 to 14 hour days and in many cases 7 days a week.

Even after you start making money, things don’t always change. Although I am not rich, I have done well enough that I don’t have to worry about money. None-the-less, I am still working 60 to 80 hours a week.

Sadly, money didn’t change how little I work.

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2009, directed by Steven Soderbergh, stars Sasha Grey. #Watch instantly – Netflix

Surprisingly I really liked this film, didn’t hit me as gimmicky at all (Big director casts popular pornstar). 

Sasha plays a high paid escort that is a committed relationship, yes her boyfriend knows her job, which we don’t know how but he accepts her doing this line of work.  Pretty much the film contrasted these two young professionals lives while they both attempt to push their careers to another limit.  It was edited well to just hinted on this dualism between their careers, but after fully watching the film I see where Soderbergh was going.  From professionalism, working the account books, gaining contacts and keeping a well documented journal of her client’s “meetings,” she shows how escorting is as much a serious business as any career.  The girlfriend experience doesn’t hit on any thoughts of role playing, instead she comes off as a hired therapist in these rich man’s lives which sometimes spend more time talking about their lives with her then actually having sex.  Because of that this film comes off as a period piece, its already dated with the amount of heavy dialogue that goes into talking about 2008 presidential election and the failing economy.

I really believe this film hits you off its emotions instead of some logic in the story.  Even though some may say the moments seem to be randomly placed, I think they were well aligned to foreshadow events in the story. The timeline doesn't hinge on any moment or event, even though she is being interviewed throughout the film, they don’t use that as a datum for moments to derive from but instead it holds the same hierarchy as most the moments in the film.  I don’t think this editing style is easy to achieve but was amazing done to create a puzzle for the viewer to piece together themselves.  I think this sort of disconnect in the storyline suits well with Sasha’s character’s personality where she lives a disconnected lives with different clients, maintaining her business and her home life with her boyfriend.

This is probably a recurring phrase in my head, “I played my cards wrong.” mmm…

Last night was the eve of Thanksgiving, I choose to go out to the key on a bar hop with friends. I sort of changed, maybe I haven’t but some nights I am really cool with “reliving” my past and saying hi to old friends from high school, but last night I was kind of over it, maybe I have been harden after hearing how others coldly interact with old classmates.  It makes sense, most the people you run into you never had a full conversation with ever, and the only connection you share is your alma mater and hometown.  After 4-5 years you have created stronger connections with people you meet while in college, seriously you both have changed greatly in the last few years, you are practically strangers to each others.  But in turn isn’t this the same reason you should try reconnecting, maybe now you are both better people and share more commonalities then before.

So back to last night, I picked and choose who I wanted to confront, I had no issues with people I choose not to approach, I just didn’t find any connection worth pushing the effort to say hi and to have an additional few seconds of random banter.

So why is this an issue for me?  I am starting to get bored with the daily routine, rewind, the nightly routine.  Bars and clubs have become completely benign to me, seriously the whole city.  So I am looking at simple fixes in my own personality that can enrich my experience while I am still in this town.  I do believe in leaving the past in the past, but technically if I barely connected with these people before anything we do will be new…  Really to sum this up, I hate when people shut me down, so in return I shouldn’t be doing the same, so this post is all about self reflection.  To many times I believe in this idea of the “reciprocal,” however they treat me I will mirror that, if you want to be rude I can play that game or if you are excited to see me guess what I am excited as well. (hahahaha)  I think this is where being “the bigger man” shows its true meaning, always express your greatness, no matter what others throw at you.  I got to repeat that, “Always Express your Greatness.”  (This Sunday in mass the priest talk about the selfishness of trying to project your sadness on to others, instead you should be projecting something great, not pompous arrogance to be clear.  Some days you got to throw your Game Face on and just do your thing.)