wak

Everyone has his or her internet routine.  For me the Wooster Collective never goes unchecked (http://www.woostercollective.com).  It's one of my favorite sites (props to karp).  Wooster is a site dedicated to the celebration of street art around the world.  It's updated often with photos/videos of graffiti, stencils, installations, protests, etc.

During internet time today, Wooster presented me with a really kewl artist that I wanted to plug on my blog.  Zak Smith is his name.  Everyday, Zak uploads a new image from his sketchbook to his site.  The thing that I really resonate with in his images is his narrative of contemporary life...whether politically driven, sexually themed, or purely imaginative, he captures the status quo in a colorful and psychedelic way.

http://www.zaxart.com/sketchbook

The fam came to Flo for a visit last week.  It was a phenomenal time.  Here is part of a fantastically funny email from my bro about the plane ride back to the states:

"I sat next to a total bitch, she was the meanest person I've encountered in a while and she wouldn't stop COUGHING!  At first I thought she was faking it so that I would move to another seat so I was like "fuck it, cough all you want, I'm not leaving witch."  But then she was screaming at the flight attendant for cough drops:  "COUGH DROPS!  TO HELP ME FROM NOT COUGHING!!!"  I wanted to take my headphones and put them in her bitchy ears when she slept and blast Wagner or something.  I hope it was the flu along with the mono that I tried to give her...

kontest

I have decided to enter a photo contest.  The contest is being offered by Glimpse, a National Geographic publication.  It is limited to students who are currently studying abroad or to anyone who has ever lived or traveled overseas.  Contestants are allowed to submit 2 photos of this year's subject matter, which is "street performers."  The cool thing about the contest is not that the first-place winner will receive a $500 travel credit voucher and see his/her photo on the cover of the 2009 Glimpse Calendar, or that the eleven runners-up will see their photos included in the 2009 Glimpse Calendar, BUT... that the photography is going to be evaluated by National Geographic photographers!

I have been taking my camera with me around Florence for the last couple of weeks and got some fun shots.  I am having a bit of trouble deciding on the final two shots that I want to submit, though.  Here is what I have narrowed it down to so far...Email me or leave a comment if you prefer one shot to another (you can click on the photo for an enlarged view).