I don’t know if you guys ever knew, but I’ve always called myself a portrait painter. I’ve always drawn faces…and I even spent my entire senior portfolio drawing nothing buy eyes. There is just something about a faces and eyes…you can tell what kind of mood someone’s in just by looking at their face. And that’s what I love. It’s so expressive.

With that said here is sketch 2 of the 5 minute sketch project. I might mix it up and do something other than a portrait, but then again…it’s what I love…so I might not.

Let me know what you think.

So I’ve been an artist pretty much my whole life. Drawing, painting, sketching, ruining, breaking you name it. I was doing it. But over the last 3 or 4 years my artist side of my life has really faded into the distance. I don’t want to lose my chops so I’ve decided to create a project for myself.

The project is called SKETCH. The plan is I’m going to sketch “something” for 5 minutes everyday for 30 days. And from there I’m going to take a photo of the sketch, upload it, and then combine them all into a photobook. I’m doing this for a couple of reasons. 1…I’m a big believer of use it or lose it. And I feel like I might be losing some of it. So I want to get a little crisper as an artist. 2…I just want to feel creative again. Doing corporate work day in and day out can really get to me. And doing this…even for 5 minutes…makes me feel creative again. Who knows…maybe it’ll make my corporate work even better.

So above is the first sketch from the project…next to my phone counting down the time. And below is a little closer view. Let me know what you think of the idea, and be sure to check back daily for my updates.

Wish me luck.

Dear Yahoo,

I’ve paid your premium Mail Plus option for almost 4 years now. And the only reason I’ve paid it is so I can check all of my mail in one place. And that one place is my Mac Mail App, where all of my other mail from my websites, gmail, and internet provider all work seamlessly…for free. I’ve debated this for awhile, and the only reason I haven’t dropped yahoo was cause it was the first email address I have ever had. A lot of my contacts have and still use that email, but because I have to manually go to the website to check my mail…I never get the messages. It’s just FUCKING ANNOYING! And the time has come to say “I’m done with you.” So as of today I will no longer be checking my Yahoo Mail rhernandez88 [at] yahoo.com. So if you still use that email…don’t anymore…cause I wont be checking it. If you need to get a hold of me please use the free and easy to use ray.hernandez [at] gmail.com.

It’s a sad day. I’m deleting my first ever email address from my life. I just want to add that this isn’t about money…cause it’s not expensive. It’s about principle. Free is the new black, and when your biggest competitors offer the same service, and some would say better service, for free. Then you should too. That’s all I’m saying.

So goodbye my old friend. Maybe one day you’ll come to your senses…and we can be friends again. But until that day. PEACE!

Sincerely,

Ray Hernandez

I’m writing this post tom my iPhone with the newly released iPhone Wordpress App. It’s pretty sweet…super simple to use…and I think it’s going to make quick idea blog posts actually happen.

If you have the 2.0 software check out the app.

So most of you know…that we’ve moved to Austin Texas. No more hawaii…which is sad…but it’s good to cause it means…no more bugs in the house…and it means our house is a lot newer. We’ve got a pretty cool place that’s coming along. But since we’ve moved in me and doan have both had this crazy cough. And it’s not like we feel bad…we just both can’t stop coughing.

A month has gone by…and we’ve come to the conclusion that it’s the new carpet that the complex put in before we moved in. So we ran to costco and bought a good vacuum. Brought it home and started sucking. So after about 10 minutes…and vacuuming half of the place…the bag in the vacuum was full. And it wasn’t just full it was FUCKING DISGUSTING! I couldn’t believe how much crap there was in this brand new carpet.

So beware of new carpets…vacuum the hell out of that thing. I’ll keep you posted on wether or not our cough goes away and that was the cause. But even if it wasn’t…did you see the crap that came out of the carpet? Crazyness.

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I discovered this channel 2 years ago, at Chris and Marci’s place. I thought it was google’s channel cause it seemed like every stat was from google. After a bit of research I found out they were right down the street from my old office in San Francisco. Then to find out it’s owned by mr green himself…Al Gore.

I just can’t say anything bad about this channel. You watch all of these self made videos, and it’s like having a educated conversation with a smart person at a bar. It’s pretty amazing. Then like today I see this amazing video:

GETS TO DOWNLOADING!!!!!

Doan and I are getting married in Austin, Texas! On August 8, 2008. We invite you to celebrate our wedding with us. The wedding is going to be fairly small so everyone who is invited holds a special place in our hearts and we would be honored to share this very special day with you.

We ask that everyone arrives by Thursday the 7th by 12:00pm because we are planning an a*# kicking, paintball event that afternoon to shake off all my pre-wedding stress. In the evening we’ll be grubbing down on some Southern Texas BBQ and the next day will be the wedding. We plan on renting a van to haul everyone around so if you want to save money you don’t have to rent a vehicle, but you can if you want to because the venue is about 45 minutes away from Austin. Lodging is pretty cheap and right down the street from the venue. Kelly’s Country Cottages, (512)847-5898, is about 8 minutes from where we will be at. Please make arrangements now because they’re limited on cottages. If you really want to come but your strapped for cash we totally understand. Just get your butt to Austin and have enough for paintball and we’ll take care of the rest.

We are renting out the whole bed and breakfast so we’ll be more than happy to share the place with you. There’s a lot of extra rooms and there’s also a huge yoga room upstairs. If we have to we’ll blow up some air mattresses and have a huge sleep over. That actually sounds like a lot of fun. Just let us know in advance so we can reserved the space for you. Oh, and if you do need us to pick you up from the airport we can anytime before 1:00 p.m. on Thursday and we can take back to the airport anytime after 3:30 on Saturday. We’re super excited to see all of you there.

Also, I want to make it very clear that we are not expecting gifts. We understand that weddings are expensive not just for the bride and groom but for their guest as well. We’d much rather have you there than have a gift. With that said, if you really want to we’re not gonna stop you. Here’s our wish list from Amazon. Feel free to go wild and crazy. We also set up a honey moon account for your convenience. We would greatly appreciate any donations so we can start saving up for a honey moon. If there’s no possible way you can make it, that sucks balls, but since your not coming a gift or donation into the account would be a great way to make up for it.

See you guys soon and start practicing your paintball skills now because we’re gonna bust a cap in yo a**!

I started thinking about this idea back in 2006, and it’s been a long time since then. But today my friends…is the day that it’s finally become a reality. I’ve gone through about 4 different developers who all thought the idea was great, but accepted without realizing how big the project actually was. After that…somehow…I talked Beau into working on this project with me. It was a tough sell, but we’ve done it. At 5:42pm (hawaiian time) MyBabyOurBaby.com went live. We built a full on baby scrapbooking website with a twist. The twist is something I think is really cool. We allow you to invite your friends and family to contribute. That sentence doesn’t sound like a lot, but think about how many photos of your kids are laying around on someone’s camera or computer. Your kids go visit your grandparents for a summer, your friends come over for dinner party, you see the family for thanksgiving…digital cameras everywhere and you know your kid is in one or two of the those photos. With the site you just invite the friends and family that are close to you and they get the ability to upload photos and tell stories that you might not have even known about. How great is that? Your whole family and even your friends are creating a scrapbook for your kid.

Anyway I’m really proud of both of us…and excited to see what happens next. It’s the first night and we already got a write up on Mashable. So that’s a great way to start.

Check it out if you have kids or know someone who does (come on…we all know someone with a kid)

My Baby Our Baby

January 23, 2008, 1:27pm (hawaii time) represents a monumental moment in my life. What it represents is the first time in my life that a venture, idea, project that I have been a part of has become a reality. I mean I’ve worked for big companies and come up with ideas and had those go through and be successful, but this is different. This is an idea…a design…and a totally new market…that was created by me and Beau.

It’s crazy. At 1:27pm I sent out the first beta test invitation for mybabyourbaby.com. The online baby scrapbooking site we’ve been developing for about 5 months. It was pretty crazy…my heart was racing while I was putting in people’s email address in my mail app. You always think in your head that it’s just another day…but you are inviting someone to something that you built. It’s like asking someone if your baby is cute. You know they’re gonna say yes…but there is a slight chance that they tell you something you don’t want to hear.

Anyway I just want to say thank you to Beau for taking a chance on an idea…and making it happen. We built something pretty sweet and in about 2 weeks everyone is gonna know about it. It’s a crazy time in my life…and I can’t wait for this thing to take off.

Also I want to give an early thank you to all my friends and family that are going to get hounded in the next couple of weeks to tell everyone they know and invite every friend or family member they have with a child :) So ummm…thanks.

Anyway…just had to document this day.

So I just woke up…just chilling in front of my computer…and Todd sends me this video…that I was a little scared of…but now that I’ve seen it…I’m in the greatest mood. That’s right that was 1 long sentence…get over it…it’s my blog. Anyway…you probably should know that I wanted to be Michael Jackson when I was a kid. Seriously…I would just walk around holding my crotch thinking “I was bad” but really I looked like I needed to pee.

Whatever…to this day…the sound of Michael Jackson songs just make me happy…so you’ll see how happy this video made me.

Enjoy.

I admit…I fell for it. The movie with no name…no idea what’s going on…no idea of what kind of monster. I mean I should have known. If they’re hiding it from you…it’s probably cause it sucks. Cause it fucking did.

The beginning gets you rolling just like the trailer did…gets you into it…but then it just turns stupid. I don’t mean stupid like a horribly produced movie…I mean stupid like the characters in the movie were just stupid. I mean if a fucking monster is attacking my city…I’m not gonna chill in the street and talk it over with my friends on what we should do. Then I’m not gonna hang out in the subway where the monster is above me…and could potentially crush the concrete above my head. I’m also not going to let my friends get me potentially killed over some chick my friend had sex with once. All pretty fucking stupid.

My ass is gonna grab a gun…steal a car…and fucking book it out of the city as fast as I can. Not only stupid but short. The movie was like an hour and 24 minutes. It rolled by pretty quickly. And I use the word “rolled” because the fucking camera work is horrible. Blair witch new york. And I understand the “I want to make this real” approach…but figure out a way to make it real and steady. I don’t like being dizzy and turning my head to watch a movie. It’s annoying.

The ending…was kinda stupid as well…but I didn’t mind it as much as the rest of the movie. The best part of the movie was when the credits started to roll…and I heard from the whole theate “I want my money back!” “That movie fucking sucked” “What a crock”. It was pretty fucking amusing.

All in all…don’t waste your money. I mean there are a couple of sexy ladies…but they just walk through the streets and a couple of times running through the streets. EXCITING. All in all it’s a bunch of hype in my opinion. Cause I keep reading all of these great reviews on this thing…and I can’t figure out what they saw that I didn’t.

So for a recap: Cloverfield sucks balls. The end.

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So today we decided to use the tickets for hawaiian waters adventure park that we had left over from when Doan’s sister came to visit. I was really excited about it…because water slides pretty much raised me. Let me explain. From 4th grade until about 8th grade Wet n Wild was my baby sitter during the summer. My mom would drop me off before she went to work, and someone would pick me up at 7pm that night. My parents got as much use out of that season pass as you could get it.

It’s always been my thing though…roller coasters, water slides, fun and fast…I love it. So I’ve been excited for a couple days now. Finally we’re there! We walk in and look around and it’s pretty nice. Very tropical…not crowded at all…but they’re only open from 12:00pm until 3:30pm. What’s with that bullshit. 3 1/2 hours to ride slides…horrible. Well there is a reason for that.

There are only 6 real rides. Do I seem spoiled? 6 rides might be enough for you guys but that’s no where near enough for me. And get this…they only open half of them every 30 minutes. So 3 are open for 30 minutes…then they close those 3 and open up the other 3. It’s retarded. It’s obviously so they don’t have to hire more lifeguards…but seriously…what do they really do. We had a 450 pound hawaiian guy as our lifeguard for the only good ride at the park. Is he going to dive in and save my ass? I don’t think so.

Anyway…it was fun…but only for about an hour. When you have to be told…sorry we’re closing this ride for 30 minutes…and then you have to walk back down the hill…get a different raft…and walk back up…then wait for the 450 pound hawaiian lifeguard to make it up to the top to turn on the ride. You’d get pissed too. It was horrible. I mean our of the 6 rides 2 of them we went on multiple times. So 3 hours of 2 rides over and over again.

HORRIBLE!

The only good thing about this park…you have to pay extra to ride. They have one of those fake waves that you can surf…which is pretty bad ass…i’d love to have one of this at my house. But to pay 10 bones to ride…it’s not worth it. Especially just to have the local lifeguard and his friends…laugh at you cause you’re not a good surfer.

Tickets were like 30 bones each…and then i get half the rides. STUPID…if you ever come to honolulu…don’t waste your money. They’ve ruined my dream. I really need to go to Cali or back to Texas and go to a good water park this summer so I can get the fun back. Cause right now…it’s fucking gone. Goodbye fun…I’ll miss you.

So the other night I was watching MHD which is like oldschool mtv in hd. Yeah there is a place that actually plays music videos all the time. It’s lovely. Anyway I was sitting here, and I saw this video of t shirts that changed throughout the whole song. I have an obsession with graphic tees so this video was so close to my heart. It’s pretty bad ass. So I thought I’d share. That and I just read guav’s blog and he posted a video…and I want to be like him.

I tried to find more about the firm who did it but could only find a lil information about the directors. Here is the higher rez version of it if you’re all about the quality. Let me know what you think.

Watch the Justice - Dance Video

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There’s a lot going on in ‘08…starting a new business…getting married…trying to buy a house…”potentially” moving back to Texas…voting for the very first time…and now I’ve decided…I’m not eating any red meat. It’s not hard to make a decision like this when you’re holding your stomach in pain…wondering if you’re about to vomit. Cause that’s how I’ve started feeling every time I eat red meat. A burger…a steak…whatever…it just makes me feel horrible. I don’t get that way chicken…fish…or pork…just good ole delicious meat.

I’m gonna miss you…and it’s gonna be hard…but I think I’ll feel a lot better after doing this. So as of today I am officially a Texas Vegetarian. Wish me luck.

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