1. CONFUSE. Create a graphic t-shirt design that forces people to look again. It can be a simple design, but one that is just too silly to not look at one more time, or something so difficult to decipher yet catchy enough that people keep looking at your torso while they speak. The graphic t-shirts that have most caught my attention are those who have large lettering to get you to start reading, but contain a kicker in small letters that you must read from up close to figure out. Treat graphic t-shirts like billboards in the subway: if people don’t somehow feel confused they probably won’t try and figure out what the rest of the tee says. Another way to confuse people is to use a graphic design that just makes no sense. One t shirt I saw showed a triangle trying to escape from between rows of bars – multi-color bars. It just made no sense, but definitely forced me to look at it.

2. FUNKIFY. Make graphic t-shirts that have funk written all over them. Not literally. It is a trend for now, but it is an effective way to making tshirts that are cool. Take a cartoon image – say of an astronaut listening to a boom box – add some colors behind him, with an 80’s touch to it – and you will have a funky-looking graphic tee. Curvy lettering, hot colors, simple designs all can give you a funky feel. Design your graphic t shirt while you listen to some Maceo Parker and that should help too.

3. GO RETRO. Take it back in time with a graphic tee design that reminds people of another epoch. Right now, the 80’s are hot. Until recently, it was the 70’s. What does this mean? Plenty of overuse of multiple color schemes meant to bring out lettering, 3-D effects, rock star band t-shirt designs, and Madonna. American Eagle has been using a lot of retro-looking designs in its shirts, using distressed screens to print some of them so that they have an old look. Their designs are getting old though, now that graphic t-shirts are cooler when they look like they’re from the 80’s.

4. BE IRONIC. Design a tshirt that is simple enough that people can interpret and that is incongruent with the situation. The surrealists were the masters of this. Follow Duchamp’s lead and design a graphic t-shirt that says something that is clearly untrue or that just makes no sense. Retro-irony used to be funny, but is now being used less often. By retro irony, I mean an old advertisement that has a new meaning today. Some graphic t-shirts still have these designs.

5. BE UNCONVENTIONAL. Take a common graphic t-shirt design and do something else with it. Take a design that people are accustomed to – say a rainbow – and make it drip like wet paint. Take unicorns and show them having sex. Just whatever it is, make sure it pops with creative thought. Your tee should send a message that is not lost in translation, that breaks some barriers.

6. BE SILLY. Design a graphic tee that will put a smile on everyone’s face. A bunch of fingers on a hand visit their injured partner the thumb, a bear watching TV in the middle of the forest, telling stupid raisins to stay out of your cookies, and two lemons helping another lemon cut in half, carrying him on a stretcher… (lemon aid). Silly graphic t-shirts get messages across easily and effectively, often without offending, which is a good quality to have. It is all too easy to make offensive graphic t-shirts.

7. KEEP IT SIMPLE. Simplicity in a graphic t shirt can sometimes be the most effective tool to convey a message – that is, if you have one. Graphic tees can be made just to look cool, and not to pass any kind of message at all. A giant circle with splotches of paint around it, or just common vector images that do not really say much more than “I like colors.” Sometimes one or two words will do the job. Being vague is important in graphic t-shirts to draw interest and simplicity is the key to being vague.

8. TALK ABOUT YOURSELF. Graphic t-shirts that ridicule others are easy to design. However, what is more interesting is to ridicule oneself. I have seen some funny variations on the idea. There are many tshirts out there that make drunk jokes about the wearer of the shirt. Of course, you can always wear graphic t-shirts that says something about you without doing so directly. If you wear a skull t shirt, it could signify that you are into gothic.

9. USE 3-D. Three-dimensional graphic t-shirts are part of a return to the 50’s with an extra dose of Warhol. These graphic tees don’t necessarily work if you wear 3-D glasses but sure look like you need to in order to understand them. The main use of this type of graphic tshirt is on gangster-type tees that show explicit scenes that are better left in 3-D.

10. CALL TO ATTENTION. You can get someone to look at your graphic t-shirt in various ways. You can draw their attention with an arrow, because usually that means you are pointing something out around them that they may be able to relate to. You can address them by using “You” in your graphic t-shirts. In any case, it must engage your viewers in some way.

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Yesterday morning I went out with Conor and two guys from Kissena (Wai and Patrick) up to Piermont and back, a nice ride with nice company. The weather was perfect for this time of year; relatively warm and sunny. On the way back Conor stopped off and handed me the new El Cyclista kit that had just been made in a limited run by Champion System, super nice kit with great style. I particularly love the subtle pink band around the right leg, very classy.

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New Jersey Blood Services this morning announced three blood drives planned next month in Flemington, Hunterdon County.

The blood drives are scheduled at the following times, dates and locations.
8:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Dec. 19 at Home Depot, 244 Highway Route 202
10:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Dec. 19 at Wal-Mart, 150 Route 31 South
2:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Dec. 28 at American Legion Post 159, 41 Route 31

NJBS, a division of the New York Blood Center, reminds the community that there are children and adults battling illnesses that require frequent blood transfusion. Among these illnesses are leukemia and other forms of cancer, thalassemia and aplastic anemia, sickle cell disease and hemophilia.

Blood donation is particularly important during winter months, when blood supplies diminish while need remains the same, according to a news release from New Jersey Blood Services.

To make a donation appointment or for more information, call 800-933-2566 or visit nybloodcenter.org

New Jersey Head Coach Lawrence Frank was fired today by the head office. After an 0-16 start, one game away from an NBA worst for starts in history. Assistant headcoach Tom Barisse would be coacing the team until further notice.
As said on NBA.com “Frank was in his sixth full season, the longest-tenured coach in the Eastern Conference and the winningest coach in the Nets’ NBA history. But none of those victories came this season, and the team dismissed him with a 225-241 record.

Jsem nemocnej, je nuda, tak jsem tři dny pod dvěma peřinama trávil naposloucháváním hudby. A protože je pořád nuda, taky že se musí uspokojit grafomanský sklony, rozhodl jsem se, že tady nechám krátkou stopu…

Prvně se ale vrátím k důvodu, proč jsem se vlastně doteď potil, drkotal zubama a skučel zimnicí při sebemenším pohybu (ale zároveň v lepších chvílích stačil dočíst Updiekovo Terrorist a rozjet Amisovo Druhé letadlo, jenže o tom až příště). Byli jsme totiž s M & K & K & K na kulturně vzdělávacím (pro mě) výletě v Drážďanech a Lipsku. Podívat se, jak to hraje americkým Silversun Pickups, domácím Jersey a dánským Efterklang. Ze všech jmenovaných byli dánové rozhodně nejlepší, tam nahoře už jsou tak popředu, že můžou nosti kníry a nevypadá to blbě. Všichni mají úzké, legrační kalhoty vytažené nahoru k pupku (kde jsou ty časy fishbone kapsáčů, co, kluci) ….prostě – kluci dánský, šikovný. A holka.

Tak našlapaný koncert jsem dlouho neviděl, v sedmičlenné kapele hrál každý na všechno a zepředu tomu šéfoval hlavní zpěvák, který se chodil dívat na jednotlivá sóla svých kolegů. Divže teda přitom nedal ruce v bok, nebo si něco nepsal do notýsku. Já být v jeho kapele, bojím se, co se mnou bude po koncertě kvůli tomu taktu pozdějc! No ale, však on pan frontman ví, co dělá. Vycizelovaná věc, panečku. A když zpívali acapella akusticky na balkoně nad uplně tichým publikem? Uhůů.

Rewind, wžum wžum wžum
Jersey! No jó. Ten zpěvák je kocour, ale zbytečně stydlivej. Zpívá moc potichu. Ale kytarista, kterej pomalu plešatí (a děti spěj a v lednici má večeři), zaválel dost za všechny. Jersey nehrajou nic nového, nic zásadního, nic, co by vás zvedlo ze židle. Hrajou obývákově. Je to taková urban záležitost pro vyměklé týpky, co rádi dumají o hovně. Takže jsem se v tom našel. Nestačí na kolegy The Notwist, ani na Lali Puna. Ale jsou fajn. Jersey = Fajn a mě ten jejich výstup potěšil.

fast Rewind, wžžžžžž
No já jenom že den předtím v BeatPolu v Drážďanech hráli Silversun Pickups a zvuk byl naprd, znělo to jak z repráku hozenýho do akvárka. Ale nakonec si člověk zvykl a užil si to. Je to nakonec lepší kapela, než jsem si myslel. A v BeatPolu mají ty hajzlové každou kapelu. A jíst místní obří dönner je jako pilotovat nákladní letadlo za bouře nad Newfoundlandem.

hoď tam fast forward
No a atmosféra celých dvou dnů úžasná – cesta auťákem a poslouchání prvotřídních mixtapeů (i z filmovýma hláškama mezi skladbama), krajina kolem labe, která je nakonec docela pěkná – skvělej hostel v Drážďanech (kam se prostě jezdí spát na koncerty, že inženýrko) – Lipsko a opět kazety a náhodou dost romantick(fzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz) a pak jsme seděli tři hodiny o jednom pivu a povídali si smyšlený hororový historky nad svíčkou! Třeba K. začal vykládat, jak jednou ve Finsku se(fzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz) No, a to už jsem cejtil, že jsem nemocnej.

A teď jsem tady. A tu nemoc neberu nějak zle, protože jsem pořád vděčnej M za krásnej dárek k Vánocům, celý to zorganizoval, zaplatil a utajil. Inu dobrá. Tak tu muziku si necháme na příští post.

Gerta. Prý na mě bude čekat.

Všechny fotky pořídil M. a můžete si je prohlédnout tady: 3 days, 3 cities & 3 awesomes

British possession, state of JERSEY

stamp: 20 penny

year: 1997

bird: Dunlin – Calidris alpina

Jersey, one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel (in contrast to Jersey, USA), is a small yet beautiful island, perfect for a short holiday.

The island itself is as far south as France (St. Malo is less than 4 miles away and visible on a clear day) and so whilst still part of the British empire it benefits from far better weather.

This weather means not only an ideal place for camping, beaches and outdoor persuits but also you will see a profusion of plants and animals not normally seen on mainland Britain. Most notable is the only British population of the Green Lizard, often nicknamed the Jersey Green Lizard for just this very reason. Reaching around a foot long, and the males possessing a bright blue throat they are certainly a wonderful (if rare) sight to behold. Red squirrels can still be seen here for the eagle-eyed and dolphins may often be seen during the summer months.

Talking of beaches, whilst the island only measures a few miles long there are beaches for all ocassions. Long, sandy beaches perfect for surfing, more protected “sun bather” beaches and wild rocky outcrops covered in breeding sea birds. There are even some caves that only appear at low tide.

You can arrive by ferry or plane as Jersey is well served by both a safe port at St. Helier or an airport on the west side of the island.

Escaping from the attractive but busy main town of St. Helier, venture to the northern half of the island for the “true” Jersey experience. Rolling fields filled with Jersey cows producing thick, delicious cream. Farmers fields green with the tops of Jersey Royals – the finest new potatos around. Greenhouses filled with flame-red tomatoes. Foxglove-strewn laybys and meadows and the deep blue sea. There are also castles and fishing-boat filled coves to enjoy.

Jersey has a low national speed limit, plenty of narrow tracks and a “no caravan” rule making it a great place to walk or cycle, and an efficient local bus service covers the entire island. Exploring this small island is therefore safe, practical and incredibly good fun.

Other things to see here are the underground tunnels used by the Nazis during the war (the Channel Islands are as far north as the invasion got) and the world-famous Durrell Wildlife Preservation Trust (or just “Jersey Zoo”!). It was here that a small boy fell into the gorilla pit many years ago much to the shock of his parents. Alive, but scared, rather than being attacked, the boy was watched over and looked after by the gorillas until keepers were able to extract him safely.

Personally, I like to camp though there are plenty of hotels around (less self catering accomodation though) of an international standard. Being a tax haven, Jersey boasts rich businessmen, private jets and Ferraris making it a more British Monaco. English is spoken, they drive on the left and they use the pound. There is, however, a lovely “French” feel in the style of the houses, many French place names and in the excellent quality of food available here – especially the seafood.

The Channel Islands also consist of Guernsey, Alderney and Sark, all of which can be reached by one of the inter-island boat services in operation over the summer months and day trips to France from here are easy to arrange.

In case you are thinking of purchasing the new global version of Amazon’s Kindle for Christmas, be aware that there are still quite a few places that the global version will NOT work.  I was disappointed to find that the new version still will not work in my country.

Apparently the new global version will only work in SOME countries.   I thought it would be helpful to most expats to have a complete list of which countries it will, or will not work in (below).

It’s also interesting to note the PATTERN of groups of countries where the Kindle doesn’t work–some countries probably lack satellite coverage or delivery systems, while others probably don’t WANT readers to be able to download whatever they want by satellite.

STARRED (*) countries marked below indicate that Kindle needs to be ordered from a SPECIAL PAGE on the Amazon site.

The Global Kindle version DOES work in (as of Dec. 2009):

Aland Islands, Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Australia*, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Boznia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Kenya, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Latvia, Liberia, Leichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Moldovia, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Mozembique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Réunion, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,  Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands – British, Virgin Islands – U.S.,  Wallis and Futuna, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

The Global Kindle version does NOT work in (as of Dec. 2009) the following countries:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Antarctica, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, Chad, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, French Southern Territories, Gambia, Guinea, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Isle of Man, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea – Democratic People’s Republic of, Korea – Republic of, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco (including the Western Sahara), New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Pitcairn, Qatar, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Helena, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands, Sudan, Svalbard and Jan Mayan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tokelau, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uzbekistan,  Yemen.

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No takers for Team India sponsorship!! http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/No-takers-for-Team-India-sponsorship/articleshow/5262362.cms

BCCI may be puzzled but it is not so unthinkable – at least at BCCI’s current asking price. Gone are the days when miniature radios literally grew out of common man’s ears for the entire five days duration of a test match. Or half the office personnel took a ‘sick leave’ because a crucial one – dayer was on. 

The nation was cricket-mad for long but in recent times interest in the game is witnessing a continual decline. There is an overdose of cricket. And overdoses KILL. Add in not enough match wins and fewer championship wins and the public has enough and valid reasons to lose interest in the game. In recent times the laurels brought in by Team India have been few and far between. The first T20 World Cup seems a thing of the distant past.

The marketer is savvy too. He has an option of lot more avenues to choose from for his rupee and for his brand’s visibility – especially in these economically hard times.

This is the most obvious explanation as to why the marketers have shied away from the BCCI tender.

BUT there might be a deeper and more valid reason for the marketer to be afraid of committing hara-kiri!! If someone like Sachin Tendulkar is being berated for being an Indian first and Marathi next – what if there comes a time when there is no ‘Indian’ team left! The sponsor would then be left with holding empty jerseys with no ‘Indians’ to adorn them.

I got a chance to see “Canstruction” last week at the World Financial Center. They had artists make sculptures out of CANS for charity … Check it out:

I loved it! It was awesome to see what they created.

Anyway…

I (obviously) made that out of an old doll. My grandma it to gave me… I’m not sure why she’s still giving me dolls, but I think it put it to good use, don’t you think? Hahaha

The rest of the week was really chill.

Last Sunday was SO nice out, so I had a BBQ…

I figured it was my way of saying “goodbye” to Summer =( It was cool to have the gang together.

I finally got around to clearing out some old stuff… I couldn’t let go of my Polly Pockets though. I put them in storage.

I may as well share. These are my favorites; this is the treehouuuuse: =)

The city apartment:

The church:

The school:

The mansion:

Hahaha now that I’ve bored you to death or maybe got your attention Look what I saw!

Terry made deep fried deviled eggs for Meagan and Tristan’s potluck.

Turkey makes you tired, right Odin? =)

TIL NEXT TIME!!!

We call ourselves creeptones. We have been waiting for some time now to play and perform live. That time is still a ways away. Working on a large collection of songs. Will perform a long run of local summer shows. Will be exciting to play shows after a band has rehearsed and essentially, been a band already for two years. All the songs will be free. The eventual album with artwork by Nico Lucido (above and below) will be substantially cheap, but hopefully not cheaply made (a joke?) : ) Enough of this, see you soon.

Carmine.

Wie bereits geschrieben liebe ich es, Kleidungsstücke nachzunähen, die ich in meinen Lieblingsläden gesehen habe, bei denen mir aber entweder Farbe, Verarbeitung oder aber Preisschild nicht gefielen. So auch bei American Apparels „le sac“-Kleid, (hier der Link zum Tutorial) das zudem sehr gut in meinen momentan ziemlich straffen Zeitplan passte.

Was auf dem Bügel tatsächlich aussieht wie ein überdimensionaler Jersey-Kartoffelsack lässt sich mit ein wenig Phantasie und einem schmalen Schal oder Gürtel ausgesprochen vielfältig stylen. Hier ein paar Beispiele:

Mehr über meine Liebe zu “Multifunktionskleidung” auf dem BERNINA-BLOG!

Jersey Maldini

Amazon's Global Kindle Reader

I heard that Amazon now has a global version of Kindle. I was disappointed to find this morning that the new version still will not work in my country.

Since I’ve wanted one for some time, but have been waiting until they got a version that would work in my country, I checked out their website this morning, only to be disappointed again. Apparently the new global version will only work in SOME countries.

In case you are thinking of purchasing the new Global Kindle for a Christmas gift this year, since the new version will only work in SOME countries, I thought it would be helpful to most expats to have a complete list of which countries it will, or will not work in.

STARRED (*) countries marked below indicate that Kindle needs to be ordered from a SPECIAL PAGE on the Amazon site.

The Global Kindle version DOES work in (as of Dec. 2009):

Aland Islands, Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Australia*, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Boznia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Kenya, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Latvia, Liberia, Leichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Moldovia, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Mozembique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Réunion, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands – British, Virgin Islands – U.S., Wallis and Futuna, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

The Global Kindle version does NOT work in (as of Dec. 2009):

Afghanistan, Algeria, Antarctica, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, Chad, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, French Southern Territories, Gambia, Guinea, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Isle of Man, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea – Democratic People’s Republic of, Korea – Republic of, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco (including the Western Sahara), New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Pitcairn, Qatar, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Helena, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands, Sudan, Svalbard and Jan Mayan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tokelau, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uzbekistan, Yemen.

Back when I went to the first pre-season game it was suggested that I go to a regular season.  The Colts were still available and that was the game to go to.  Mainly because of the rivalry after Indianapolis stole the Baltimore Colts.  I never will look at a Mayflower moving van the same way.

I got up early, fed the horses, and took a shower.  When I dressed, I knew exactly what I wanted to wear.  Team Smitty T-shirt on the bottom.  The Ravens long sleeved shirt that I got for John for Christmas in the middle.  The Jersey that John got me for Christmas on top.  Luckily, I managed to pull off the look without appearing like some child wearing 20 layers before going out to play in the snow.

John’s Aunt watched Nathaniel and from what I hear the two of them had a marvelous day.  Nathaniel was appropriately dressed in a Ravens jersey as well.

I had my first tailgating experience.  Mmmm… delicious.  I’m not a drinker or a party person, but it was fun to do something different and hang out with adults.  I didn’t have to spoon feed anybody and everybody was capable of getting food into their mouths and not requiring me to wipe food off of their noses.

Tailgating

The girls- Karen, Kari, & Me

After fun, merriment, and full tummies, we headed in to watch the game.

Before we went to our seats there was a stop at the ladies room.  I had to smile and think of John.

When John was interested in purchasing the PSLs he was big time trying to sell me on the idea.  I’d never been to a game.  I thought the PSLs and tickets were way too expensive.  Club level is for the upper-crust… I’m firmly in the filling layer.  On the flip side.  John had been diagnosed stage III and I never wanted to interfere with dreams.  I didn’t want him to ever be dying and say, “I wish I’d gotten the Ravens PSLs like I wanted…”  Without dreams… what are we?

John had stopped by the stadium on his way home from work to see the seats.  When he came home he had a glow on his face and was so excited to tell me about them.

He told me about the nice heated lounges… how the seats were under an overhang and would be protected from the weather… and how close our section was to the ladies bathroom…

I never argued with John about the tickets… he wanted them so badly.  If we could make it work then it was fine with me.  We got a loan and I was supposed to get fence out of the arrangement, but that is still yet to happen.

Smiling thinking of John

Somewhere I see some irony… John… the john… lol…

John was a thinking… he did things on his own time and thought them through.  Sometimes, I appreciated it.  Sometimes, it would drive me batty.  Now, I miss it…

Me in our seats

The view

Sadly, John never got to use his tickets of course if I’m right, he has the best seat in the house.

John certainly didn’t help the Ravens out today.  But, if I know my husband, his answer would be… they need to do it on their own.  They shouldn’t need my help.

The game was exciting.  We lost by two points.  Had we played better we could have won.  Had they played better they could have won by more.  You win some and you lose some– in life an on the football field.  But, even when you loose it doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy the experience– on the football field and in life…

Im surprised I never made a post about this card on here yet. I pulled this bad boy out of a 2009 topps series 1 hobby box back in february or march. This card is just amazing, the picture speaks for itself!

The card is numbered 4/20, AWESOME!!! This card is not for trade, just wanted to share it with you guys! Thanks for reading!

Also, I recently joined Mario’s Wax Heaven page, you can check out my page on there by clicking on the link on my blogroll, or by clicking here (yes i know me and my friend look like idiots in that picture…but thats the whole point!)