International Pillow Fight Day in Dtown

what better way to spend a Saturday with your friends is there than to get drunk and pummel your frustration out on random people...

i'm hiding my face in this photo

smart couple kept their helmets on

John and Vic kickin ass and taking names

it's raining in Socal...

...like hella

funny sign...

saw this at a KFC drive-thru in LA. i guess it's easier and cheaper to keep trimming the tree instead of moving the sign.

result of poor planning

Bonjour!

YPM arrived in Paris today...what a dope city. Mel gave me a tour of the town and we ended up at the Louvre, saw the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo. still jet lagged since my flight over was pretty rough. i've only been here a day and there was so much to see. this city is amazing. i snapped a bunch of pics but i'm tired so here are photos from the Louvre museum. more to come...

Louvre entrance

inside

oh the LA traffic

my driver's seat view on the freeway heading home from work today.

*sigh*

on the way home

i always pass by these huge wind fans on the 580 east freeway when i drive back home to LA...everytime i see them i always say i'll pull over and take a picture next time. well, i never did pull over for 2 years due to the light/time of day, traffic, or weather conditions. and the last time heading home i wanted to get the shot but missed the patch of pavement to pull over and drove away pissed off...but, today i was fortunate.

my biggest fans

shoot @ AT&T Park

it feels good to be home again...and having an empty ballpark to work in with your homies is a plus too. this place is awesome. a good day with good peeps. too bad Bay Area teams are weak right now, except the Sharks. sad, but so true.

a day at the park

sunny socal

i'm going to miss the warm weather.

another happy couple on the Promenade

the loner tree

the tree on Abbot Kinney street (Venice, CA)

you and me both pal.

Hope

what a word...hope. there are times when hope is the only thing someone can hang onto. it's what gets them through the day...but it can make or break that person. a virtue or a false promise depends on you. the easiest person to fool is yourself.

into the wild...right outside my door

a friggin hawk captured and killed a pigeon in the street in front of my apartment today. then this badass bird flew the dead pigeon up into the trees and started having it for lunch. it was like watching the discovery channel in real life. he was pretty much almost done eating by the time i got to snap these. for all you bird fans, my next door neighbors identified this as a Sharp-shinned hawk (aka the badass pigeon hunting hawk from Venice)

the world is just awesome.

shame on you shady parkers

what is it with people and their imaginary right to hog parking spaces? so we have street cleaning every week on our block...this means everyone has to park on one side of the street the night before. "certain vehicles" every week hog the middle of the curb space when there is clearly space for two cars...this extends the length of the whole damn block and forces people (like myself sometimes), to park hella far or to wake up early and move your car before the street cleaners come.

so i made these neat little cards thanking these people using a combination of MS Word, a paper cutter, the laminating machine at Kinko's, and an hour of my time well spent. the first batch went out tonight to a lucky few.

one grin and two dimples come free with each of theseseriously, what the hell dude

photo of the week (Letter to John McCain)

passed by this near the pier...freedom of speech at work. it's a right, not a privilege.

hmmm tell me how you really feel...

Rock the Bells 2008

so i get the last minute call from Erick to shoot stills for the LA Rock the Bells show. the line-up is so dope. if it's coming to a town near you, be sure to check it out. here are some quick samples of some of the talent you will get to see...this will also count for Photo of the Week this week. this show was fuckin awesome. John, Al, and Nicole kept me company...i was glad to have them there.

Wale


Dead Prez


Murs


Rakim


De La Soul


Ghostface


Redman


Pharcyde


Nas


A Tribe Called Quest

do not miss this show.


love,

YPM

photo of the week 06.08.08 (Haight St Fair)

the Haight Street Fair happened this weekend in SF. tons of people showed up for the party.

not just for adults (this is my current favorite photo)

the street

photo of the week 05.18.08 (SF Chinatown)

this week's photo...birds that i tried to scare off in the alley behind my grandma's place in Chinatown SF.

photo of the week 05.02.08

the answer can be so simple sometimes.

photo of the week 4.24.08 (Venice Beach)

this week's photo is the empty lifeguard tower @ venice beach, a short bike ride from the crib.

photo of the week 4.13.08 (Downtown LA)

this week's photo is actually a series of shots since i had hella fun riding from silverlake through downtown LA with john, tim, and rick.

chinatown

little tokyo

downtown art