sI went to Franke Park last night and went sledding with the amazing SALT group. Sledding at 7:30 though wasn't really what I had in mind to spend my time, but I did it anyway. It just seems a little dark and cold outside at the time to try and have fun sledding, but it ended up being a blast even though I left with a major headache, a bloody mouth, and loss of any feeling in my toes and face. Nothing a few ibuprofen couldn't fix though. Plus, it was my fault all of those things happened so I could care less on how much they hurt... lol

I guess it just hit me that fun depends on who you are with not really what you are actually doing. Well, that isn't always true, but we will just negate those other options, because they don't support what I want to talk about... haha Like I was saying, it may have been 9 degrees outside and you couldn't see the bottom of the hill while sledding, but I couldn't have had a better time. I do wish a few people that I thought may have gone would have but I can't control that. They have plans of their own or they just don't like the cold as much as I do. Another example; think back to the last time you just sat around with friends and talked. There could have been running around, playful banter, or loose flirting, but those moments stick. It may have not been too eventful on the other hand, but you kept on smiling and having a great time. I love those moments and I hope to have many of them, but that just shows that fun is where there are friends and friends are where there is fun.

That does it.
For an ending, I want to just spiel out just random words.

rando mango filliopolis shambango

tada,
Aaron

"Heart In Hand" by Aaron Greene

I fell in love with a new music... but I don't know if I should make anything serious of it. I mean, seriously, it lifted me off my feet and left a smile on my face bigger than I ever imagined... It was like one of those smiles that tend to slap across your face after a heart whelming story was just told or you see an old friend you never expected to see again. There is that moment of bliss; there is that shiver of excitement; there is that keen sense of no senses whatsoever. It's unbelievable. But back to what I was talking about, if my other music ever found out, it would be the end of me. It's not really like I am cheating on my other music, I just am listening to the newer music more. It allows me to tap into my abstract world. My abstract world where nothing could ever go wrong and designs fly past my head non stop. I LOVE IT.

The bands that I am talking about are Metavari and Deastro. A friend and I just got back from their small concert going on here in fort wayne at the tiger room. I left breathless and dizzy, but in a good way, if that were to be possible. If you have never heard of them, I truly recommend them to anyone that appreciates good music. Metavari is all instrumental and Deastro is more of a vocal light rock in my opinion. Check them out!!!
www.myspace.com/metavari
http://www.myspace.com/deastro
you will fall in love as well... i promise

peace

Aaron

"still life" by Aaron Greene

WOW!!!

I got home way too late to post anything... give me a day to shake this off and I will bring you up to date! bleh...

"murder over a broken heart" by Aaron Greene

So this morning I think it finally hit me in what my brother and I are doing. We are starting a company. We are putting our names out there. I mean, shit, we are throwing ourselves out there. We want people to notice us and what we are capable of. At first I thought of it as just some small attempt to start something up, but there is true potential and if we do this right the first time and make a name and designs that people would wear... we are set, we are gold, we would be out there. I can't do this without you guys though. I know that this whole set up won't be up and running till summer most likely, but I still need you guys, my walking advertisements, my readers, my friends. I want to throw myself out into the world were we make it or break it and hell, I hope my brother and I make it, but who doesn't wish that. This is it. I design, my brother promotes and then it's up to you.

- God Bless -

So on the side note, lately I have been getting into sculpting. Actually this morning I bought 6lbs of clay and I want to possible start a small line of bronze sculptures to broaden my art capabilities. I did start a larger sculpture in the past titled "scream" as you can see, but I ran out of clay and suddenly grew tired of the idea. Plus, I have been doing research and I have seen some styles that I find unbelievable, so I may turn that into a newer, more "me" style...

Other than that life has been same old same old. Watched "The Dark Knight" last night with a group of friends and worked on homework. So yeah, it has been great. Once again, take care and stay tuned for another post in the next day or two.

Later Tater,
Aaron Greene

"Scream" by Aaron Greene
(this was it in it's early stages. There are alot more details now, but I don't have a picture on me at the time. Sorry)

Have you ever gotten that feeling where your nose take a lot longer to return to its normal position after a nice scrunch when it is cold outside? lol If that makes any sense to you I'd like to share my story. Snow has been spitting down on Fort Wayne all day today and from what I've heard, we haven't even hit the heavy stuff yet. Cars are piling up, people are taking small breaks on the snowy ground after a nice fall to the bahunkis, and others are staying inside in fear of loosing a finger or two to frost bite. I believe it has been the coldest day so far for Fort Wayne and I'm not sure if I like it. Don't get me wrong, I love the snow and all, but this overdoes it. I was walking to good old Cole Commons today (the main building of student housing) to get my mail and I could not make a straight face. It was either tucked away in my coat or stuck in scrunch position due to the issue I touched on earlier. Now I am back in my mildly warmer apartment and trying to pale down my rosy cheeks from the brisk air. Other than that, the day has been going well. I got a new assignment from computer arts class that will take up my spare time for a little while and I played pool with my brother over lunch break. I also talked with a few friends and I have even more ideas to put on shirts... I believe if I posted all my designs so far, I would have to make new ones for the company for quite some time, but the whole process of time is to eliminate the ones not so good and improve the ones with potential. So it is all in good time. I did talk to my brother (the other one hah) and it may be looking like we won't really be throwing up the business and website till summer where we can iron out all the problems. Plus we are currently talking to companies that can get us the best print for the best price so if you know of any out there, keep me updated.

That about does it for the cool winter day. Hope it doesn't last too long and stay in touch

Aaron "Abstract" Greene

"Eyes Glazed Over with Checkered Confusion" by Aaron Greene

Classes started today and I forgot how boring the first day always is. The teachers talk, the words fly by, and you leave, wondering why you just sat in class that whole moment. They try to teach but students are still stuck in vacation mode, wondering what they are going to do when they head back to wherever they live, whether that being apartments or home. I guess what I want to say is the first day of the semester should be devoted to handing out the sylabus and departing. We have eyes and we are in college, therefore we can read it ourselves. Don't get me wrong though, I am not frustrated with the fact that teachers do this, I just see that students can be alot more productive doing stuff that pertain to their outside life. Like ME!!! I would rather be working on shirt designs for AaronApparel and possibly getting this whole website done and tweaked to maximum satisfaction. Sooner or later. Tomorrow looks promising. OH!!! I did draw during my classes which dragged on and one design may be shirt worthy... we'll see. I'll cut this one short. I have an early class tomorrow. I'll post about something more interesting next time. Later!



Aaron


"Retro TV" by Aaron Greene

Wow. I haven't posted in four days. I feel as though I have failed you in making sure you know the low down, the get up, and everything in between on what is going on. Here, I will make it up to you. This post will be extra juicy. hah.

So the website is finally finished, 53 pages of code later, and my brother and I met up with Martins Marketing (a local screen printing and embroidery company) to see just how much this whole journey is going to cost us, or which is more important, cost you if you ever decide to buy one of our shirts in the future. It is a scary to think that not even a month ago I came home with a small booklet of shirt ideas I just thought to throw together for a class and just for fun and now we may have a company on our hands. Opportunities happen fast and that's where we need to blindly jump on the wagon and go for a ride; fly to the clouds and keep reaching higher. There are no limits to our lives and what we can do with these opportunities if we truly believe in them. I believe that this opportunity in my life will take me to places and leave me smiling along the way. Optimism never hurt anyone.

Other than the shirt business, life has been good. I worked on a homemade screen print for a shirt design today just to dip my knowledge in a new medium; to try something new. By the way, making the screen, transferring the design, and placing it on to a shirt is definitely a harder and more time consuming process if you don't have the proper tools. I spent hours upon hours on that thing and it still looked amateurish. Amateurish to the point where I don't want to post a picture of it. I guess for my first time doing it isn't horrible, but since I like things perfect or close to it, I will take another stab at the medium and possibly share with you the better of the two when it comes to that moment.

Everyone has that one activity that clears there mind. Whether they feel stressed from current events or their mind feels as though it has been clogged and just can't, how might I say it, find the right words (hah), this activity helps keep them sane and on their two feet. These activities can range from eating sweets to boost their endorphins to taking a cruise around town in their car to get away from everything. My personal favorite is taking a nice long, slow pace jog and with all these events that have been thrown across my shoulders lately, a jog has been long waited. I will need to take one tomorrow to truly balance my life of sanity and insanity. There is too much of a similarity between those two words to be polar opposites. Just my opinion. That actually slightly bugs me. Oh well, what can I do about it?

That about does it for this post. Thank you for putting up with my absence and hope it doesn't hurt our relationship that we have so nicely going on! Later Gator and hope all is well and once again, a picture to turn that frown upside down.

Aaron Greene

"Inner Beauty" by Aaron Greene





















Oh and by the way... not to throw pitty on me, but that date I mentioned in the last post did not get to happen. I was dropped at last second due to some overlaps in schedule. Bummer too, because she leaves one way for her college and I take the trail in a different direction. Like I said, I already had my opportunity and I blew it. My bad.

My world. My abstract world. This is where I live 50 percent of the time. It tends to come and go, but I feel as though it controls me more than I can control it. In this world, this abstract world, I lose all sense of time as though in a dream, but I am awake. Usually influenced by the dreams I have the night before, if I can remember them, that is, these abstract dreams fill my head with drawings that will soon be the fruit of the cap less pen in my hand or ideas that I wish could come true, but are far from ever being so. This is where I go when my dreams become daydreams. My world.

I woke up this morning, half drained from the usual morning drag, but I couldn't help but smile. I have a "date" today. A "date" with an old friend whom I love dearly. I use the word "date" loosely, as in "I have plans to get together" with this person, but there are times I wish I could use the word in the way today's society uses it. To Date: to take out; n engagement to go out socially with another person, often out of romantic interest. lol But what truly bums me out though is that this old friend is already taken and I respect that. She was the first girl I enjoyed walking around downtown with (even when it was raining and nasty out), she was the first girl to show me a street sign that said "Hug Street" just because she felt obligated to do so, but she was also the first girl to ask if I liked her and I turned her down. That is where life kicks you in the face. Where tides turn and feelings change and all you can do is sit back, close your eyes, and pound your head against the desk in front of you that never did anything to deserve such a beating. But life will go on. lol Sometimes I love being Optimistic, seeing the brighter side of everything keeps life interesting and a lot more enjoyable.

That about sums it up once again. I usually like to use this blog to keep you guys updated on the process of the company that my brother and I are throwing together, but I felt obligated to share this with you if you ever had the same thing happen. You are not the only one out there. I will most likely blog tonight on the company ideas though so don't worry. lol Here is a picture once again to tickle your fancy

Aaron Greene

"To a girl I once knew" by Aaron Greene