for my daughter

don't dance near cameras

...........nothing good can come from it.

-r2

mood swings

i quit drinking because i got full........

here's a recovering alcoholic that i met at the fuse conference in nyc who went on to become quite an author after his moment of clarity. he signed a couple of books for me, and i've just started reading the one titled "dry" which deals with his recovery...........pretty good so far (80 pgs in). he also wrote the bestseller "running with scissors" that was made into a movie. like a lot of recovering addicts i've met who have went thru a good treatment program, he is excruciatingly honest about himself, but quite funny at the same time. after hearing him speak about his life as an alcoholic, his life as a creative, and his recovery, i realized that i shared a lot of the same highs & lows (no-pun). thought i would share in case you were looking for a good read.

-r2

The Oracle of Bacon

i found recently that i have a

bacon number of 3 (sorta).

so anyone who knows

me automatically has a

bacon number of 4.

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although i was never

in a movie (that i know of),

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i met rusty wallace in 1999,

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rusty wallace was in

Days of Thunder (1990)

with j.c. quinn,

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j.c. quinn was in

Digging to China (1998)

with kevin bacon.

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http://oracleofbacon.org/

-r2

i heard you missed me..........

..........i'm back. well, maybe you didn't miss me, but i'm back anyway. i spent this week in new york at fuse, which is a brand identity and packaging conference. it was a really cool setting, located at chelsea pier #60 right on the hudson river.

i met some

really cool

designers/architects/authors

at this conference.

i met daniel libeskind, who is a brilliant architect & a true visionary who has done some really inspirational designs including the jewish museum in berlin and the ground zero memorial gardens where the twin towers used to stand. he was the keynote speaker who opened the conference on monday nite (4/16). after daniel gave his presentation and shared some stories, he did the "rockstar" thank you and escaped from the conference hall. i happened to be leaving at the same time and crossed paths with him while we were waiting for rides in the parking garage at pier 60. we talked for less than a minute, but it was still cool. check out some of his work.
http://www.daniel-libeskind.com/

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-r2

last 5 movies from netflix

firestarter 1984 - drew barrymore
the 80s rule!!!





the apostle 1997 - robert duvall
duvall good, movie bad





the warriors 1979 - i suspect that this movie was the beginning and end for many actors
cult classic = bad movie, liked it anyway





dawn of the dead 2004 - ving rhames
awesome movie, a rare remake better than the original





babel 2006 - brad pitt, kate blanchett
a few good scenes, but they felt random and weakly connected at the end

-r2

last 10 songs added to rix myPod

tonight's the night - rod stewart

fa la la song - john voelz

window in the skies - u2

on the third day - michael olson

breakaway - kelly clarkson

through glass - stone sour

all we need - charlie hall

great are you - downhere

we are finding who we are - king's X

x_girlfriend - bush

-r2

things you can look forward to......

watch for these exciting posts in the near future

• find out what 2 mormons, bottled water and me all have in common
• head collections II
• see what religion looks like to me
• why i volunteered to go to prison once a week
• recipes
• and much, much more

-r2

the one & only ray's pizza

i went to new york for the first time this year in january with my design team from work....we were there for 5 days to research trends and to plug into the rich culture that this great city has to offer. as you can imagine, i have hundreds of pictures and quite a few stories to share. i will post bits and pieces here as i find the time.

this first picture is of me my first nite in nyc. i'm standing in the original ray's pizza on times square. i later found out that there are probably 50 (or more) original ray's pizza places all over manhattan,..........and they all have different owners. the restaurant may not be the real deal, but my experience was. new york style pizza trumps chicago style anyday.

-r2

work, work, work

here is a picture of me at work a couple of months ago. i swapped out contacts for glasses in january, mainly because i thought they made me look smarter......and it's the thought that counts. anyway, i work in manchester michigan, i am a packaging designer and graphic artist specializing primarily in the design of plastic bottles. primary tools of my trade are catia 3D modeling software and photoshop. this picture is a peAk into my work environment.

-r2

head collections

i just wanted to share this little piece of random-ness that i experience on a daily basis. i work in an office environment,.............which is basically just a collection of cubicles.....and because of the wall height, when a person is sitting down, you can only see their heads. so when you tour thru different areas, what you have is an odds-and-ends display of heads. it occurred to me that this is also true in other areas of society as well. here are a couple other situations where you might run into these "collections"...... swimming pools, people riding in cars, school year books, drivers licenses,........this odd thought inspired the collage that follows............enjoy

-r2

welcome

i thought i would start this page by posting my intentions for this site. it is born out of my love for life's spiritual awakenings, family, friends, art, photography, music, learning, teaching, growing, etc. i wish to share some of my work. as times rolls on and my comfort level on the web increases, this will become a window into my life as well as a sounding board for those who care.

-r2