Got To Have Faith

Dreams Of Fucking An R and B Bitch.

This is my favorite Biggie track of all time. I think I first got my hands on this cut on the Best of Biggie Mixtape done by Mister Cee and had to keep rewinding this joint in my car. I used to love buying mixtapes at the local record store. Crew would walk down, pick up or rack some blank tapes at the local department store (HI BIAS always) and then we would each buy one of these mixtapes for like 15 bucks and then copy them for each other. These tapekingz joints were always fire. One thing I remember vividly, was when my boy bought the mixtape that had the Casual and Saafir freestyle batte on it, so dope.

I had this concept for this tee since season one, and we just put it on the backburner for a bit. Once the plan was set, everything fell into place nicely. Put the girls in a grid like the Midnight Marauders cover and put Biggies grill in their so people don't have to wear a shirt that says Fuck /F*CK or Bitch /B*TCH.

We left out a couple of girls from the song, we thought Raven Simone would look a little wack on the tee and we added most of our current favorites R and B gals. I really love this tee and I even love the name we gave it.

Such a dope song.

Got to Stop Playing in the Sandbox

I woke up Monday morning with my knee hurting, I didn't think much of it and went to work. I complained about it all day to my co workers and we googled knee injuries trying to figure out what I had, the consensus was gout.

I had a doctors appointment set for Tuesday for a completely seperate reason so I thought I would ask him about my knee as well. When I lifted my jeans up, his eyes lit up like something serious was going on . He took a look at it, ripped some skin off my knee cap and took a blood swab. At this point walking was difficult and he gave me the blood swab and asked me to walk it to the lab. Is this Ikea? Do I have to do the work myself. The doctor drew a circle on my leg and said if the infection passes this line then you have to call 911 and get an antibiotic IV drip. I wrote "Good Knee" on my other knee in case of amputation, your are not supposed to write "Not this Knee" because sometimes the NOT maybe covered up by your pants or gown.

It turns out I have a skin infection, called cellulitis. If I didn't see the doctor when I did things could of gotten a lot worse. I would of had to spend a long time in the hospital or the infection could of gone life threatening. I know if I didn't have a doctors appointment when I did I would not have showed up to the doctors for weeks.

Update: November 27, 2007 -walking is still difficult and last night I woke up numerous times screaming in pain.

Update: November 29, 2007 -
Nothing has passed the line however my knee is now the size of my head. With this new site, I decided to take a cab to the emergency hospital. In the cab ride, the buldge on my knee exploded and all this puss soaked my leg and ruined my jeans.

I waited in emergency for about 3 hours, and then got to see a doctor. The doctor called my General Practitioner and they talked and eventually got the lab results from my GP. Apparently, it is not cellulitis, its Staph, so now I am on some new meds. Things are looking good now, and this will be how I end this children's story.

The middle finger goes out to all these super bugs.

PELOTON - Super Champion X Finale

The popularity of the fixed gear cycling culture has been growing imensely. Companies like Wood Wood tied into the culture by sponsoring a cycling team and Undftd created a cycling related T shirt.

We really wanted to do a cycling shirt this season. My partner, Vince has a cycling background and he used to design cycling clothing for a local company. So we were super excited to talk to Super Champion about this concept.

Let me take a second to explain the graphic.

The shirt contains the Super Champion logo and their badge which were created by some friends of mine, Chris Allen and Josh of Brknhome for Super Champion.
The Finale lettering is based on the logo of the German camera company, LEICA.
The Finale in the top left is based on the Union Cycliste International logo (http://www.uci.ch/).
The five colour rainbow logo represents the world champion.

Basically, the winners of the Cycling World Championships organized by UCI receive a gold medal and the right to waer the rainbow jersey for a full year.

Peloton is the term used for cyclists that ride in a group to reduce wind drag and save energy.

Check out the Super Champion Website, it has just been updated with their new look. Definately worth checking out.

Finale Fall / Winter -

Well the new season should be out in stores shortly. So check your local retailer to see if they got the gear, if not tell them they should carry Finale. I m moving everything back to the blog format so it is easier to follow. I ll post again this weekend to explain the graphics and the inspiraction behind it.

Hypepeast has posted Finale today, and press releases have been sent out.
http://www.hypebeast.com/2007/11/finale-2007-fall-collection

One of the things I would like to do with the blog is to be transparent about Finale's actions. Hopefully, it will inspire some talented people to do their own t shirt line or clothing line.

So to recap my week.
-Boxed a bunch of shipments,
-Went to the post office numerous times.
-Filled out a ton of paperwork, NAFTA Origins, packing lists.
-Wrote a press release with the help of my communication friends
-Sent out a ton of emails.