This blog is officially retired :)
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Bam Margera + Bobby Earle = good times
So when I was a teenager, I was all skateboarder. It was literally all I did and cared about. I wanted to work in the industry for the rest of my life, skate all day, get sponsors... I was obsessed. I still love skateboarding -- I just suck at it compared to the old days.
At my old skate shop, we would have autograph signings. This one time the Adio team came in. There were other awesome skaters, but the only two most would know of would be Tony Hawk and Bam Margera. We always loved watching moms line up to get autographs of people they didn't know or care about. My (now) brother-in-law and I decided we'd get our chairs on the autograph table and sign away. So it was other pro skaters (Jeremy Wray and Kenny Anderson for those that are interested), Tony Hawk, Bam, and then us. People lined up, got REAL pros' autographs, and then Isaac and me. They were just as excited about ours as they were T-Birds and Bam's. Amazing.
My friend, and now acclaimed photographer, Jimmy Fontaine, just shared with me an old picture. Keep in mind, this is about 10 years ago...
If you look behind my pen, you'll see the beginnings of my fake name that day. I was signing it as "michael iice"... Why we thought it was funny to spell "ice" with two "i"'s is beyond me :)
Good times.
Bobby
Monday, February 1, 2010
Contest: Showit Sites + Smugmug giveaway
So I have two giveaways today!!!
Giveaway one: This is for the attendants of the recent RPTE that we took to Thailand and Cambodia. The winner gets a free year of Showit Sites compliments of David Jay :) All they need is YOUR vote!
Showit is probably the most integral part of my business. I would be hard-pressed to think of a company that has benefited me more. If you can think it, you can do it with Showit (without needing to know html/flash/css code). I have a hard time figuring out why someone would use the other website options, to be honest...
Giveaway two: The next giveaway is for all of you who vote with a comment below (only on the blog -- not facebook or twitter). One commenter, chosen at random, will get a free year of Smugmug Pro! Compliments of Markham at Smugmug ;)
I've been using Smugmug for about 3 or 4 years now -- and I can't say a bad thing about them. In fact, I can only say great things about them! Their customer service is out of this world. I remember having some question at like 3am one time a few years ago -- within the hour I had an answer from a top Smugmug guy (Andy) on the Dgrin forum. I've met personally with the people who run Smugmug and I can tell you that they care about one thing: Doing what they do to the best of their abilities so that photographers who use them can have more success. They're amazing people.
Now, for those of you that don't know, here's a few quick reasons that I love Smugmug...
- Store (literally) UNLIMITED photos. Backed up by Amazon.
- Upload and display stunning Hi-Definition video clips.
- Powerful image protection including custom watermarking.
- Set your own prices for prints & gifts and earn profit from sales.
Now, the rules to the contest are VERY simple. Vote in the comments section saying which photo is your favorite. The vote MUST be on the blog -- not facebook or twitter. Tell your friends to vote, tweet about it, facebook it, blog it... do whatever you want. Whoever has the most votes by Monday the 8th at midnight (PST) will win! Winners will be announced Tuesday :)
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#1 Megan Tsang
#2 Katie Lewis
#3 Andrea Simcheck
#4 Richelle Dante
#5 Erika Lindroth
#6 Amy Martin
#7 Cherish Drinkard
#8 Nick Simcheck
RPTE trip attendants, I know I said it would be anonymous -- but then I figured that all of your friends/family/blog readers would know which one you posted... so now go ahead and social network all you want to get yourself the win :) Let the games begin!
Bobby
Friday, January 29, 2010
Possums and robberies...
So Josh came down this week and stayed a few days. This is always a plus for us as we both love hanging with him :) A little backstory... Josh got all -- and I mean all -- of his gear stolen just a few months ago. Luckily, he had insurance so he was fine. However, this isn't something one would choose to go through. I'm sure anyone who's filed a claim knows that ;)
So the last night Josh was here, he almost left that night. He ended up staying the night and planned on heading out in the morning. That was until this happened...
Josh got all of his gear stolen... again!! Poor guy. Happened sometime in the middle of the night on our street. He looks mad in this picture, but Josh, being the happy go lucky guy we all love, took it in stride with laughs and smiles. I love when people can do stuff like that. So many people would huff and puff -- sort of that "don't talk to me right now!" attitude. Not Josh. One of the many reasons why I (and so many others) love the guy :)
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Last night when we walked home, we noticed this little guy perched on our fence...
Hate away, but I absolutely love opossums. I'm a firm believer in the idea that if you can find beauty and be excited about the supposed "ugly" things in life, that which is generally accepted as "beautiful" is just that much sweeter.
It took about an hour for this guy to get down -- which was tricky as we had to lock the dogs in the house so we didn't have a little scuffle on our hands. Opossums can fend for themselves, but I wouldn't want it getting hurt at all by Remmy. As of now, he's still hiding (about 3 hours later) in a bush about 3 feet from the fence -- on the inside of our yard, of course. I didn't want him to get hurt, so I built a barricade around him that leads to a tree he can climb -- but that Remmy and Trouble can't get into. If you look hard enough, you'll see that this little guy is as cute as anything out there :)
Bobby
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Lindsay: stories with kids
So Lindsay's good friend (and old boss) asked her if she could sub today and yesterday at her old preschool. Lindsay LOVED being a preschool teacher -- she's the best of the best at it -- so she always gets excited to be back there every so often.
Here's a story from yesterday -- a conversation that she had with a 4 year old girl (she was there when Lindsay used to work there and I would visit).
- 4yr old girl: what's your husband's name?
- Lindsay: Bobby
- 4yr old girl: oh yeah, I remember him. I'm gonna go nuts on him.
- Lindsay: (after my jaw closed) What does that mean exactly?
- 4yr old girl: I like him so much. He has short hair right?
- Lindsay: Yes???...
- 4yr old girl: I love short hair boys.
Ha! My jaw equally dropped! But in the context of an innocent little 4 year old, how funny/cute is that?!
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I should have a photo to post -- but since I don't, here's a random Brule's rule for you. If you've never heard of Dr. Steve Brule, take about 20 seconds to watch the video. Funny, funny stuff...
Bobby
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