Two articles I recently read about Hipsters:

The Hipster Must Die
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/features/4840/why-the-hipster-must-die

Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization
http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html

I had a disturbing dream earlier this morning. I know it was the morning because it was 5 a.m. when my eyes opened. Here’s what happened:

I entered my dream going back to an Asian man’s house who I originally had sold something to from a yard sale we had. For some reason I wanted to see how his purchase was working out for him.

I knocked on the door and he looked surprised to see me. Immediately I could tell something was wrong and he accused me of selling him something that was broken.

The thing he was referring to was, in my mind, a Mr. Potato Head doll. He kept going on and on about how I should refund his money, but I disagreed because I sold it to him in perfect condition. I remember thinking in my dream that I would never dishonestly sell anyone anything that was broken. Outside of the dream world I pride myself on my honesty.

My friend Gabe sent me a post yesterday from Joshua Blankenship’s blog. Apparently he discovered a new word: Collabroation Read on…

This reminds me of my childhood when my friend Anna and I would make up new words by talking to fast and jumbling up our words on accident. We had some good ones and I used to keep a list, but that’s long gone now. I might pick it back up again.

This wrapper cracked me up last week. After I consumed this bar I took a look at the wrapping and noticed the ‘now softer!’ message in the corner. I thought it was funny because I hadn’t noticed Odwalla bars to be that hard. I’ve never thought to myself that Odwalla really needs to make softer bars. Seems like a marketing ploy to sell more bars. At least they’re good for you.

I was asked to update my profile on evogear.com so this is what I came up with…

Brands I am stoked on:

This year was the first time I’ve ever been on a Ride snowboard. Remarkable. I coupled my Ride Decade 162W with some black Union Force bindings. I’m not rocking anything new this year as far as outerwear goes, but if I found a bag of money I would buy the Prost jacket from Holden in a heartbeat—one each in Thunderstorm Blue and Grass (hemp). This year was the first time that I rocked some shoes by Adidas, now available in the evo store. Coal always impresses me with their headwear. Never Summer floored me with their Titan board. I pretty much slashed Stevens Pass all day, earlier this winter, like Freddy Krueger in the 80’s.

Friend and co-worker,Tre Dauenhauer, sports a genuine Arnold Palmer Robert Bruce shirt, which was my grandfather’s before it was passed down to me after he died a few years ago. This shirt features pastel colors and fits really well. Luckily, I had my camera to capture this vintage moment. Enjoy it Tre!

My Google search for arnold palmer robert bruce

My dad always used to tell me, ‘Watch what you’re doing,’ usually because I was wielding two by fours with abandon or some other destructive device around tight spaces. He never said this with his six inch voice so it’s a lesson I was sure never to forget.

Yesterday the evo crewmet up at The Summit to do some snowboarding and skiing. Some people switched sides and tried skiing and vice versa. I kept with snowboarding, but I wanted to try skiing. Whatever, I’ll try it some day. Once, during the 6th grade, my mom let me skip school for the only time in my life to go up skiing with my cousins. It was the first and last time I would attempt the sport of skiing or so I thought.

A friend dropped this sticker from Good Magazine on my desk one day saying it was ’”for me” like she thought I would enjoy it the most out of anyone else she could have given it to.

The message: ”_______________ like you give a damn.” is a direct sign to me. I thought for a minute what I could put inside that blank. I can’t even remember what I’d originally thought was clever and it was all forgotten once I thought of the word, ‘Act.’

The word is simple and its meaning is complex. I realize that its usage is in danger of being a trite considering it was probably the first thought of many people who received the stickers. However, at the risk of being unoriginal (which is the trigger of my deepest darkest anxiety) I felt that the statement, or rather, the command, “Act like you give a damn.” was more appropriate.

I had a cup of hot cocoa yesterday. I came into work this morning to discover the remnants of the syrup had dried – and cracked – forming the shape of a heart. I know, not as fantastic a sign as Christ on a piece of toast, or the Virgin Mary on a cracker, but a sign nonetheless.

Love each other people.