S3 - THE MIDDLE - JIMMY EAT WORLD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKsxPW6i3pM

The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
Lyrics:

Hey, don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on.
Just try your best, try everything you can.
And don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away.

It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride.
Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright).

Hey, you know they're all the same.
You know you're doing better on your own, so don't buy in.
Live right now.
Yeah, just be yourself.
It doesn't matter if it's good enough for someone else.

It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride.
Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright).
It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride.
Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright).

Hey, don't write yourself off yet.
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on.
Just do your best, do everything you can.
And don't you worry what the bitter hearts are gonna say.

It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride.
Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright).
It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride.
Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright).


I  think this is a pretty awesome music video.  I enjoy the fact that everyone one is comfortable in their underwear except for the main character.  Most of the guys and girls fit the social norm of what beautiful people are but as the song progresses and you see that even the stocky guy is all good being semi nude.  So it's all in his head (lead guy).  Which is directly translated to words in the song. 

Taken from their fourth album Bleed America, the song hit number 1 on the US Billboards:Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts.http://www.jimmyeatworld.com/

I like the song because it gives me hope and makes me feel like I can to do this...  social outcast or not...

The lyrics are pretty simple but it's more in the way he sings it.  Can't really put into words as to what makes this song great so just check it out for yourself.

** There are two more songs that I recommend which you can find on my blog in the August: Reformation Theory.

Q3: Sylvester Inspires

This quote is awesome and it's telling it like it is!!!!!!!  One of my fav...

"Suffering Succotash"

# QUOTE 1 & 2 CAN BE FOUND IN AUGUST REFORMATION THEORY

Chapter 3: THE POISON AND THE REMEDY

A good method of figuring out what's in your head and how to annihilate indecisiveness is to make a list of pros and cons.  Yeah, i know what you're thinking you have tried this before and it sucks. But here is the difference...

You have got alot of noise in your head...."I know I should but..." etc.
Deep down, some where in the tiny lit rooms of your head you have already made up your mind and know exactly what it is that you are going to do.  So making a list of pros & cons  is like airing out your laundry.

Just by writing it down you are bringing everything to your conscious mind.  After doing this no matter if the pros out weigh the cons or vice versa you should have the answer.

Okay so the lines between the rest of SEP and OCT are blurry!

KETCHUP

1.   BAD: So our land lady sold our flat and forgot to mention it to us...

      GOOD:  We got a new place that is smaller but I finally get a proper room (with windows and walls and even a door) and it's cosy.

2. GOOD:  Started learning to ride my scooter.

     Bad:  The battery is dead and that puts a halt on the lessons.

    GOOD:  SJ decided that he wants to give the scooter to me...:)

3.  BAD:  Cat went missing.

     GOOD: We eventually found him.

4. BAD: I got older! SUCKS!!!!

    GOOD: Got some awesome gifts and wishes and even a chocolate cake with my name on it. A few people made my birthday spectacular...

5.  GOOD: Got a credit card.

      Bad:  Got credit now!

      Good: Helped me a lot to get through some pretty tight moments

6.  BAD: Tried resigning twice now to change the circumstances at work.

     GOOD:  Some changes have occurred and things have gotten slightly better.

7. BAD:  Several people either resigned or got fired.

    GOOD:  Some of them have gotten to a better place in their lives.

8. BAD:  Brother needs to go to hospital and needs my financial assistance.  Money which I don't have :(

   GOOD:  Things got sorted out.

9. I got a runny tummy for a couple days with a little side order of throwing up.  I'm all better now though.

Club Casa Nostra

The weird story about this was that Bonkers had closed down and Club Casa Nostra took over.  So Casa had a Bonkers party.  Eventually Casa closed down much later and then Bonkers reopened.

Tastes like Chocolate

These are pics of  guys that I think look amazing.

GARY BARLOW

Paul Rudd

Mechanical Soul: MORTAL KOMBAT DEADLY ALLIANCE

MORTAL KOMBAT  V: DEADLY ALLIANCE PS2

I know it's a bit old now but been playing this recently since I never got to in the past.

I thought the ad was awesome and a really great idea.

The Art of Words: Pt3 CHESS

CHESS

Behold the future,

                                                                               What lies ahead?

Holding onto the past

Leaves that are already dead

The present being the                         anticipation

For
     life  
           has 
                A
                    gaMbit

THE OTHER MOTHER

The guy who took pics of the band did a good job. 

I like the background in this poster so I decided to recycle it. You will notice it on a few of the posters I've designed.

Most of the work was already done since the pic was great as is.  I just added some lighting effects and text.

There isn't much I can say about this.  The idea or concept was given to me.  I just had to find images and use the right tools to get it all to come together.

BONKERS

The posters were designed to be placed under UV lights.  So I had to use a lot of white and bright colours.

The guy in this poster is so hot!!!  I tried to use the blue swirly design to give it a beach- like feel of summer. 

The logo I designed for Bonkers.   I designed a few logos at first. None of them of which I was content with.  So I left it and gave up. The next morning I was just looking at the ones I had already designed preparing to hand them in with hopes that they would like it anyways.  So I started fooling around when suddenly this design started coming together.  I had finish the last touches a min before I handed it in.  They were very impressed... Sjoe!

Another UV party poster.  This was the second one I did since the first didn't project what the party was about.  They were looking for specific images to represent what the crowd could expect to see at the party.  This was the final result. It all eventually came together easily. 

This took a few tries before I got something that worked.

CAFE VACCA MATTA GOLDEN HORSE CASINO

I was kinda tired and burnt out from a long day at work.  So I wanted a poster that suggested UV but not have club like images. Rather colour and text would project the feel of the party.

The original poster was a bit dark and didn't really project the whole Indian feel to it.  I'm a bit dark in nature as you may have picked up so I had to brighten it up.  I still didn't want it to be the standard Bollywood structured poster.   I used a lot of colour and lighting effects to give it a brighter feel.  At the time It looked alright to me and I got a lot of positive feed back from Saffron.  When I look at it now I'm not so sure I'm happy with it.  I feel it needs to be neatened out more.  Don't always enjoy looking at it since it's over and done with and i certainly don't have time to do it over for kicks.

Quick and easy design.  Had a long list of posters that were needed immediately.  So I took the quick and easy finish off.

FTV FLORIDA RD

This is one of the first FTV designs that I did.  I was still new to the design world so i kept it simple.  the manager of the venue helped me conceptualise and find images.

I enjoyed playing around with the logo and the partial image leaving something for the mind to fill in.  The Lady's legs and breakfast don't seems to fit when it comes to subject matter but I though the brand needed to be outrageous yet sophisticated at the same time. 

This party never happened but I enjoyed focusing on text as part of the design and I like the name of the party.  I'm a bit text shy so I never put much effort in fonts etc which I do understand is important.  So here was my chance to play around a bit.  I had to use what i had though because of time constraints.

This was a special promo menu that was done as a poster format.  Kept it simple.

SEPTEMBER 2011 - EVOLUTION THEORY Chapter 2

MARK PALMER & SCOTT SOLDER - You Need This Book TO GET WHAT YOU WANT

So as I mentioned before if you want something and you have tried three times already and it hasn't worked find another way!

Do things differently. At least once a week try doing something differently even if it is something simple like going to work but using a different route.

Next step is understanding your internal dialogue.  Best time to do this is perhaps in the morning.  Jot down what's on your mind.  It can be absolutely anything, even if it is just something random, like a song.  The next day, if what you have written down is not useful change the thought to a more positive one. 

To overcome your fears...

Think about the thing you are not looking forward too... once you got the mental picture, freeze it.  There are various methods that you can use but this is the one I have chosen.  Make the visual black and white in your head. Imagine that it is being projected on a cinema screen. I like to add large black pixels and distortion lines running across like the old skool cinema projectors did.  Make the screen smaller and smaller till it is far away.

This is how it works or helps.  If you are afraid of flying. the actually fear you have is off the plane crashing.  So if you think about it, your visual picture of the plane falling to it's destruction has not occurred or in other words it isn't real. It is YOU creating this visual.  Trying to change the mental pic to a more positive one can be difficult.  So by making the scenario in your head as though it is all just one big made up movie you are teaching your brain as to what is real and what is not. Simple. 

Okay so September was a like an electrical surge....

To sum up things...

our land lady sold our flat and forgot to mention it to us.