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Friday, January 23, 2009
Fear Is the Mindkiller
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So I know it's been a really long time since we've updated this day to
day section. It should really be called "When I feel like it to When I
feel like it." Sorry for my inconsistency. If there's one thing I
hate it's inconsistency and I've devolved into a hypocritical sad sack
with nothing to blog about. Fact of the matter is that after all that
holiday malaise, the crush of the New Year's catchup left me
breathless.
Some of you saw the title of this post and knew instantly that I was
talking about Muad Dib, the Kwisatz Haderat. You would also be the
person who laughs at Cylon jokes and use "frack" in your real life vocabulary.
Sci-fi nerds, I love you. In this fear filled atmosphere, despite the
hope brought by the new pres, controlling our own personal anxiety and
fear is of the utmost importance. If I told you how many times I
chanted the "Fear is the Mindkiller" mantra during a stressful period
(read: almost every day) you'd think I was crazy, but there are some
things that just make you feel better and isn't calming our own resting
pulse and keeping the chi flowing what it all comes down to?
Recently there have been a lot of Keep rip-off sightings. Some
instances, like the Vans watermelon pack, can be pinpointed to the very
moment of rip off when someone at the last tradeshow made off with our
lookbook. Since they're bigger than us they can make it faster than
us, but we take deep comfort in knowing that their watermelon shoes
weren't exactly executed with aesthetics in mind. Other instances,
like Top Shop's pure exact rip of the Ramos, were less specific in
origin but still unnerving nonetheless. We start 2009 with the
attitude we've always had about ripping -- go ahead, if you must.
We're not short in ideas so fine, take them, we'll come up with
another, but don't think we don't notice. And don't think other people
don't notice either. Really, we wish you would just do something amazing that we could rip off. You have the money, the tools, and the power, so why not blow my mind a little and inspire me like you used to.
We spent a good part of January shooting a variety of cats and dogs for
our Fall Holiday 09 Catalog/Dogalog. Shedding a light on our feline
and canine friends, we broke away from the human side of things in
homage to our best friends. Below you can see a few pics from the
shoot, but we can't show too many due to the aforementioned rampant
ripping. Hope you enjoy. Animals are cute.
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
2009, A Year for the Ages!
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