at the end of the summer i enrolled at Alliance Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. today i finished my 6th class !!!! WOW, i'm sore!!! great thing about it is the class is sooooo tuff, i HAVE to work on my cardio and other aspects of my fitness in order to keep up. also in the hopes of increasing my # of classes per week. right now best i can do is 2 classes a week. in between i keep up my normal workouts for upper body ... but most of all i really need to improve my core strength...so lots of ab work, etc. i've thrown in some jogging (which i hate!!!!) but it's really helping my leg strength and cardio fitness.
this is the hardest atheletic thing i've ever attempted in my life. my knee hurts, my lower back is sore, oy i ache!!! but i'm hanging in there.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
harvey KURTZMAN book signing
Thursday nite, i went to the Museum of Cartoon & Comic art (MOCCA) in downtown Manhattan to listen to Denis Kitchen speak about the recently published book The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics. Mostly Denis, and one of Harvey's children just spoke about the great creator and the people influenced by his art. His history and career ups and downs. etc.
The book is gorgeous...so go out and buy it (published by Abrams ComicArts).
the following morning Denis came by for a cuppa joe. I wish we had more time. but there are some interesting plans in the mix (wink wink!).
cheers!
scott
The book is gorgeous...so go out and buy it (published by Abrams ComicArts).
the following morning Denis came by for a cuppa joe. I wish we had more time. but there are some interesting plans in the mix (wink wink!).
cheers!
scott
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
you guys know i'm a fight fan...
and that i watch most of the mma events on tv. heck i'm even making an attempt to learn brazilian jiu jitsu (2 classes so far...and man am i SORE!!!!). i've been a big fight fan for years. took judo when i was a kid, took karate in college, and now bjj, and always a fan of watching the related sports from olympic wrestling to pro boxing to mma!
and i'm a kung fu movie fan (and know way too much about that genre) going back MANY years to the days of going to 42nd st to watch triple feature flix in the early 80's. way before the transformed times square of nowadays.
so fast forward to today. listening to howard stern (at work at the gallery), yeah i do that. and Rodney King (yes...of police brutality fame) is being interviewed about his upcoming fight (yes...he's spent all the settlement money) this sept. 11th, and the guy he's fighting Simon "the renegade" Aouad is there being interviewed too. ok, this is funny enuff, all the postering about who's gonna kick who's ass, how big each guy is, and lotsa huffin and puffin about breakin bones, yadda yadda yadda....and then the greatest nugget of hilarity is revealed...and that is if you want to know how bad ass simon is....just watch his workout video on youtube.
OMG this is the funniest thing i've seen since, tropic thunder. i mean BIG CHEERS to the guys who produced this and MORE power to simon for demonstrating how tuff he is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6yu9lmIDbE
everything is great about this video. EVERYTHING!
laff away friends....
and i'm a kung fu movie fan (and know way too much about that genre) going back MANY years to the days of going to 42nd st to watch triple feature flix in the early 80's. way before the transformed times square of nowadays.
so fast forward to today. listening to howard stern (at work at the gallery), yeah i do that. and Rodney King (yes...of police brutality fame) is being interviewed about his upcoming fight (yes...he's spent all the settlement money) this sept. 11th, and the guy he's fighting Simon "the renegade" Aouad is there being interviewed too. ok, this is funny enuff, all the postering about who's gonna kick who's ass, how big each guy is, and lotsa huffin and puffin about breakin bones, yadda yadda yadda....and then the greatest nugget of hilarity is revealed...and that is if you want to know how bad ass simon is....just watch his workout video on youtube.
OMG this is the funniest thing i've seen since, tropic thunder. i mean BIG CHEERS to the guys who produced this and MORE power to simon for demonstrating how tuff he is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6yu9lmIDbE
everything is great about this video. EVERYTHING!
laff away friends....
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
san diego COMICON ...my summer so far
on july 18th we took off for san diego. weeks prior i was working nite and day preparing for the comicon. i was a little worried about the show for a couple of reasons: 1- THE ECONOMY !!!! i worried a bit about this... 2- i was in a new location at the complete opposite end of the convention center.
and so i MADE SURE that i had KILLER art for show. lots of private collection art and stuff i had squirelled away for years!!!
but let me back up a bit. we got in to s.d. early and we stayed in a great area near Del Mar. went to the beach everyday and ate at our favorite asian places in Kearny Mesa!
and so, after a bit of sun and fun and evenings full of prepping for the show, we opened the preview nite with a bang. sold a gorgeous G Herriman KRAZY KAT sunday. yes. it's expensive. and so the show began very nicely. the end results were very good. so CHEERS to everybody who stopped by and said hi and all the customers who walked away with wonderful art!!
after the con we stayed for an additional 3 days and went to the beach everyday and continued our eating ways gobbling up all the delicious food of the area and farmer's market fruit and veggies! aside from the shin splint i developed (it didn't stop me!) i was happier than the proverbial pig in shit.
Next we headed north to L.A. where i stayed with my musical brother Evan, and we continued eating in the great Japanese restaurants of Sawtelle. i played poker with his friends (i won...after grinding away!). and now to the highlight of the trip:
10 DAYS OF CAMPING along the KERN river in the southern Sequoia forest! NO cel, NO puter the whole time. Marcia, Lena, my brother Evan, and our good friends Ed, Alix, and Ella joining us. eating out under the stars everynite, and sun and swimming and great hiking!!! it was heaven. discovered some new spots (this is our 5th year inna row) and found some great new swim spots. i miss it all already.
ended the trip in L.A. with my brother and now we're home. i'm busy planning the year ahead...i can assure you of some great art that's going to be available shortly!!!!!
cheers!
scott
and so i MADE SURE that i had KILLER art for show. lots of private collection art and stuff i had squirelled away for years!!!
but let me back up a bit. we got in to s.d. early and we stayed in a great area near Del Mar. went to the beach everyday and ate at our favorite asian places in Kearny Mesa!
and so, after a bit of sun and fun and evenings full of prepping for the show, we opened the preview nite with a bang. sold a gorgeous G Herriman KRAZY KAT sunday. yes. it's expensive. and so the show began very nicely. the end results were very good. so CHEERS to everybody who stopped by and said hi and all the customers who walked away with wonderful art!!
after the con we stayed for an additional 3 days and went to the beach everyday and continued our eating ways gobbling up all the delicious food of the area and farmer's market fruit and veggies! aside from the shin splint i developed (it didn't stop me!) i was happier than the proverbial pig in shit.
Next we headed north to L.A. where i stayed with my musical brother Evan, and we continued eating in the great Japanese restaurants of Sawtelle. i played poker with his friends (i won...after grinding away!). and now to the highlight of the trip:
10 DAYS OF CAMPING along the KERN river in the southern Sequoia forest! NO cel, NO puter the whole time. Marcia, Lena, my brother Evan, and our good friends Ed, Alix, and Ella joining us. eating out under the stars everynite, and sun and swimming and great hiking!!! it was heaven. discovered some new spots (this is our 5th year inna row) and found some great new swim spots. i miss it all already.
ended the trip in L.A. with my brother and now we're home. i'm busy planning the year ahead...i can assure you of some great art that's going to be available shortly!!!!!
cheers!
scott
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
ashley wood news !!!! POPBOT 8
i have the original art plus lots more. gonna bring it to the San Diego, Comic Con Int'l: July 22-26 Booth 4515
there will be a sneak preview shortly!!!
s
there will be a sneak preview shortly!!!
s
Saturday, July 4, 2009
(women's) tennis rankings (rant) question
if you haven't won a grand slam tourney how can you have a #1 ranking?
the rankings didn't put enuf emphasis on the importance of grand slam events. that's changing next year, so you probably won't see the William's sisters playing higher ranked players anymore.
the rankings didn't put enuf emphasis on the importance of grand slam events. that's changing next year, so you probably won't see the William's sisters playing higher ranked players anymore.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
al franken...it's too good to be true
Al Franken is one of the funniest, brightest, and most intelligent Americans to ever draw swords with the Republican media machinery. His entertainment background, and politically motivated career path has led him to putting a stake in the heart of the conservative right wing movement.
we finally saw an end to the bush regime (mccain and that aweful palin into the white house) with the election of Obama. we witnessed an END to pull of the nasty republican party and we thought....what could be better? well, i'm not sure it's better but i'll just say that Franken as the newly "recognized" senator of Minnesota is the cherry on the cake we're happy to have.
this race was determined by 312 votes out of 2.9 million cast and was contested by the incumbant senator m coleman. not only would Franken's win give the democrats a "super majority" in the senate, but at the same time it would also extinguish the republican grip on things American.
essentially this is like winning the lottery 2x in one year. don't be too happy tho, the soul/blood sucking republican party is retooling as we speak, and from the ashes anything can arise. but for now, we must rejoice.
PLEASE read Al Franken's book
we finally saw an end to the bush regime (mccain and that aweful palin into the white house) with the election of Obama. we witnessed an END to pull of the nasty republican party and we thought....what could be better? well, i'm not sure it's better but i'll just say that Franken as the newly "recognized" senator of Minnesota is the cherry on the cake we're happy to have.
this race was determined by 312 votes out of 2.9 million cast and was contested by the incumbant senator m coleman. not only would Franken's win give the democrats a "super majority" in the senate, but at the same time it would also extinguish the republican grip on things American.
essentially this is like winning the lottery 2x in one year. don't be too happy tho, the soul/blood sucking republican party is retooling as we speak, and from the ashes anything can arise. but for now, we must rejoice.
PLEASE read Al Franken's book
Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right (Hardcover)
you'll get a great idea about what this important american figure is all about.
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