Maybe you should check out Post 27 on Grand Ave here in Chicago.  Angela and Barkely are very very good people, and they have a store full of the most stunning pieces.  You don’t have to spend a ton, there are all kinds of goodies that won’t break you little bank.  They have lots of events and fun gatherings, I had just under a half millioin beers there last night for an impromtu BBQ.   I”m not even going to list what they have, you should just take yourself there and check it out for yourself.  If you don’t really trust my word, you can peep post27store.com for a fast stare.

While your there, say hello to Jack.   If anyone is feeling kinda philantropic, you can buy me a dining room set, or some organic cotton bedding, don’t worry about delivering it, i’ll pick it up….  So thanks in advance.   While i’m on the subject of kick ass store, don’t sleep on my place of employment Sprout Home.   Modern Home and Garden spot in the UK Village, We rock, and have lots of super dopeness going on.  Again, don’t take my word for it, sprouthome.com This is pretty much how we get down.

Shake It Photo….. pretty damn cool. I was hanging with some nice-ees last night, and we started taking photos with B’s iphone. I thought we were just using the regular camera mode for the session until I saw Shane shaking the phone. I was kind of confused, about that. She told me she was shaking it to make it develop faster, or something like that, there were beers involved… I instantly thought about the myth of shaking a Polaroid to speed things up, and what do you know, the photo app SHAKE IT PHOTO is just that, and attempt to Iphone out the art of Polaroid. It actually takes nice photos, and it does some real nice work with color saturation. It can be a little grainy in darker situations, but man, those photos were looking good. You take the photo, then you chose whether your going to “use it” or “cancell it”, if you choose the “use it” option, the screen turns into what can only be discribed as a blurred out, gray, Polaroid, and seconds later, that same image starts to slowly develope into that shot. Kinda kitch, but really more on the super dope side. The photos even come out with a white border, just like the real thing. I secretly pulled out my phone and bought the 99 cent ap. Well Worth it. You should start to see some random images in the image page with that white border.  Here is a photo taken with Shake It Photo.

Who knows, just wake up each day and maybe take a second to remember how good you have it.  Unless you don’t have it good.  I”m thinking if your reading this, you have a computer, roof over your head, and who knows… maybe someone who love you, even if its just your moms.  So life is good, chill with the negatives, I mean if your a republican lost ghost of a person who is spending every waking moment thinking of ways to cut down Obama, well… maybe you can keep on with the hate and such.  It should consume you within a couple years.

Earlier tonight I found myself sitting on the sofa leaning slightly forward, nervously watching the Hawks down one goal to the Detroit Redwings.  This is my first full season of paying attention to the Chicago team.  I’m all about the Hawks.  I can’t get with the First Peoples (indian) head as the mascot.  Through the vail of proclaimed dignity, the image is still  what it is, and i’m not down.  Respect the Indian was a marketing battle cry this year, it sifted into my head, and reminded me of of land, lands, and the people that were all over said land.  I respect the vibe of Chicago hockey, and we’re gong to be damn good for a long time.  The youth of this team is crazy, half of the players that played in this years playoffs were under 25.  That a nutty bar!  Even with their little baby faced playoff beards, they still got game.  So check them out next season, and look up Dustin (Big Buff)Byfuglien, I”m donw with his play.  Nice Balance to all of the super fast skill skaters dudes like Kane, Sharp, Toews.  And never sleep on Martin Havlat.  Go Hawks

This isn’t much information about anything, worth any kind of time.  That said, I was thinking of the song Helpless, Neil Young’s voice is at it’s best worst with that one.  Aside from that, im wondering if my roomie who has been touring around that area of the greater whiter north, and i’m having visions of an Edmonton Oilers faded thrift store find.  Or even better a Calgary Flames or Winnepeg Bombers tee.  Yeah, thats what I was thinking as “big birds fly across the sky… leave us helpless helpless heeeh helpless”  Don’t get it twisted, i’m fully all about the Chicago Hawks when it comes to hockey, I just can’t walk around with a First Person’s face on my tee shirt.

The plan will be to use this as a platform for many things going forward: Music, Photography, Sports, Green Concepts,  Design,  Flora & Fauna, and a lot of words about such things.

This Photo above is my brother John.  He is locked up in Vienna Illinois DOC and will be released within a year or so.  My other brother Fahim  (Keith) Helmick is locked up in a federal prison in Terra Haute Indiana.  We try to send them what we can, but they rely on such jobs  that the  article below will shed light on.   Fahim and John both tell my mother and I that this is nothing but slavery.  So be careful, one chunky  drug charge  put on you can make you a slave in the eyes of the law.  Fahim will also be released within a year.  They have both been locked up since late 1997.  You gotta love this country.  (more…)