Thursday, January 26, 2006

Zubizuva


Check out this video clip from the "New Japanese Music Festival."

Click here: ZUBIZUVA

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Photocast

This is my new photocast: heyhey's photocast

It's a new concept to me, so I'm not exactly sure how it's gonna work, but supposedly anyone that has an RSS reader can subscribe to this photo stream and view my pictures whenever I update them.

For Mac users, my photos should appear in your iPhoto Library.

For Windows users, an RSS reader is required. Bloglines seems to be a quick and easy way to subscribe to RSS feeds.

If anyone gets this working or has some problems with it, please let me hear from you. Like I said, this is new to me, but it's got great potential for sharing photos with family and friends.

Saturday, January 21, 2006

Recent Viewing
















I recently saw a couple really interesting documentaries that I believe are worth checking out.

The first, Why We Fight, came to my attention after seeing it mentioned on the Daily Show. The Internet Movie Database describes it as so:

In President Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address in 1961 he said: "In the councils of government we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." Director Eugene Jarecki's documentary, Why We Fight, examines America's relationship with the privatized military corporations of today and how they influence American foreign and domestic policy. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at last year's Sundance Film Festival Why We Fight includes interviews with John McCain, Richard Perle, Bill Kristol, and Gore Vidal.


The second, The Future of Food, was recommended by my friend Daniel in a very funny email message. Evidently, he made contact with the writer/director Deborah Koons Garcia who was once married to Jerry Garcia.

The IMDB describes this one as:

An in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled grocery store shelves for the past decade.


Both these movies will incite debate into the current state of affairs inside the USA and hopefully get people thinking.

Friday, January 13, 2006

Sayonara Parties


These are pictures are from the last couple days of my brother Darrell, his girlfriend Stephanie, and my cousin Stuart's trip to Japan.

Check out the photo album here:
http://homepage.mac.com/heyheygig/PhotoAlbum22.html

It was great having them here, and I hope they had as much fun as I did.

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Bradley's Message in a Bottle


This is a short video clip of my good Aussie friend Bradley doing his best Sting impersonation in a Hirafu izakaya after a long day snowboarding and a few drinks.

To watch this video click here:
http://www.archive.org/download/Bradleys_Message_in_a_Bottle/BradleysSting.mov

Enjoy.

Stuart Skiing Powder



This is a short video clip of my cousin Stuart skiing deep powder in Niseko, Hirafu during our recent trip to Hokkaido.

Click here to watch this video:
http://www.archive.org/download/Stuart_Skiing_Powder_in_Niseko/StuartSkiing.mov

Winter Wonderland.

Saturday, January 07, 2006

Niseko, Hokkaido



Still got family here and little time to tell all the stories from our trip to Hokkaido, but my cousin Stu is doing a great job getting some pics up on the internet.

Check out some photos from our ski trip here:
http://homepage.mac.com/heyheygig/PhotoAlbum21.html

Family time is now running short, so I gotta give them a big send off!

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

NYE



A lot is happening right now with my cousin Stuart, my brother Darrell, & his girlfriend Stephanie visiting Japan.

No time to write it all up now, but Stu has published some photos on my .mac account for all to see.

Check out photos from their arrival and our day trip to Nara here:
http://homepage.mac.com/heyheygig/PhotoAlbum19.html

Check out our NYE party with Big Frog here:
http://homepage.mac.com/heyheygig/PhotoAlbum20.html

I'll do my best to get some pictures from our ski trip to Hokkaido up as soon as possible.

Happy New Year!!