A present from @TheVixy

Choosen

Jesus Was On 44th Street
Originally uploaded by CHRISLIKESITHOT1.

Out for a walk on the town, and the guiding light found me.

Hangry & Angry

2 former members of Morning Musume (モーニング娘。)Yoshizawa Hitomi (吉澤ひとみ) and Ishikawa Rika (石川梨華) have formed a New Unit by the name of Hangry & Angry.

They are 2 female cats who have come from the H44 Star Nebula in order to save the world from global warming.

Check out their English MySpace page so you can order their CD! Its drops 11/19. Alternatively you can go right to the JapanFiles.com website and order there.

Vote No

Vote No
Originally uploaded by BigFreaky.

Vote No

In the recent election, a proposal was offered up to continue the ban of Sales/Purchases of Liquor in West Michigan. A vote for No would allow local area business and stores to be able to sell Alcohol once again on Sundays after way to many years of "prohibition" if you will. The vote for "No" passed by over twice as many to the those opposed to "Joe the Plumber" having a beer on Sunday watching the football game.

zombie

zombie
Originally uploaded by BigFreaky.

Sometimes we all party a little too hard...

Fire eater! *comments may not be suitable for children*

Originally uploaded by BigFreaky.

Once again, I was at the Devil Dolls show! (I love these gals) Doing a little photo shooting. This is just a taste of what the show is about... if you catch my drift! It was another spark in the face kinda night! Nothing beats some good grinder spark action shooting out of a devilishly beautiful woman's unmentionable's hitting you right in the face!

These dolls pack one hell of a punch in their show! Flame eating (as seen in the photo), playing in a boxes of broken glass, swinging high atop the crowd on rings are just the tip of the iceberg. On any given night, the dolls are selling out shows and wowing audiences with the flair that any Large city would bring. I have said it time and time again, you MUST see this show, the dolls are just as hot as the fire they play with... just be careful not to get too close, you might get burnt!

you can find all the info you need on the following links

www.sideshowkitty.com/
www.myspace.com/misspussykatt
www.myspace.com/thedevildolls

I have created a photo set about Grand Rapids Greatness. Devil Dolls, The Burlesque Shows and all the other great talent in Grand Rapids can be found here

self

self
Originally uploaded by BigFreaky.

I suppose I will blog about the zombie walk in backwards order since I have to wait for everyone else to upload the photos.

I didn't bring my camera with me since I was a zombie. So I have to relay on others photos for the zombie story. I know there will be many I will never see, and it is to be expected. I hope I fulfilled my duties as a Zombie and scared the crap out of people.

I know I did which is very funny to me, to be afraid of a zombie, when you are already one yourself.

I guess maybe I am more "cut" out to scare people... I guess maybe BigFreaky has another meaning I didn't realize..

When Hell is full, the dead will walk the earth!

When Hell is full, the dead will walk the earth!
Originally uploaded by BigFreaky.

So I locked myself out of my truck, right after I got to the Zomb game. I was planning as going as a zombie to start, but everything I had was in the truck... So basically that left me as a weaponless zombie.. I did however last about 15 minutes.. and was pretty tired after running around for that entire 15 minutes!!! So I guess I know my chances if there is ever a zombie outbreak and I have no weapon. It was a quick tag, so I might have lasted longer if someone shot them. I however found myself at the back of the pack, which was a bad idea.. but for now... I have a taste for brains.... ..

Devils Eyes!

Taste My Pain

Originally uploaded by BigFreaky.

Today was a most excellent day!

What I will just blurb about now is the Devil Dolls who I saw tonight!! Saying that it was an incredible show would do it no justice. Here is just a teaser photo from the show. There are definitely more to come, and I will be sure to share!! Keep an eye out here and you can also check out my Flickr for more photos from the show and other various things.

Miss Pussykatt

This past Saturday I attended a burlesque show. The "Super Happy Funtime Burlesque Show" , and it was a total blast!!! link here.
The show is put on by a "local" group and it has that big town flavor to it! From the onset you could tell that it was going to be a most entertaining show. Mr. Happy pants greeted the patrons and warmed us all up with some joking and the promise of a great time. Which he indeed did deliver.




Skits intermingled with great band music and sexy stripteases, this show was top notch. As smooth as the show was, it was not without quirks, which made the entire atmosphere very relaxed and fun. It was a most excellent show and I DO plan to attend shows in the future. This was the Halloween show and it delivered everything you would want for it. Tricks, treats, and that little something extra from all the beautiful ladies(and gentlemen..of course). Which even included a little bit of the sexy side from Sarah Palin!!



I totally recommend checking out the show, you will not regret it one bit.

BigFreaky vs. The Bar

nuff said....

ThisIsDeadAir.tv Promo

Here is a promo I did for the Lovely @LesaMay . She is the host of ThisIsDeadAir.tv
This is a little insight into the origins of BigFreaky

You have been Obamanated!!

You have been Obamanated!!
Originally uploaded by BigFreaky.

Took my camera to the @BarackObama rally, nice and early (5am) to go see the Democratic Presidential Candidate; Barack Obama in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Waited in line and inside the venue for 3 hours so he could talk for 30 minutes and leave.

PillowFight!!!

pillowfight!!
Originally uploaded by BigFreaky.

Today was a pretty good day! Other then the fact I had set an alarm for Sunday morning!! Thats pretty lame!

But....

It was all worth it!

Today was 2008 Grand Rapids Pillow Fight! Hosted by none other then Mr. Rob Bliss

This photo also marks the 3000th photo I have on Flickr.
I just noticed it was also chosen as Grand Rapids Pic of the day!

I also had a good time hanging out with one of my new buddies from Flickr! Mr. B.Merwin

#iKnow and My lack of Japanese

So...

I have been "studying" Japanese for years...

It is more like not studying...

Ever since I first heard Ayumi Hamasaki's music, I feel in love with Japan. However though her song titles had for the most part English titles. So I didn't have to study, at all. Even after that Listening to BoA, or Utada Hikaru, they had plenty of English titles as well, so I didn't have to learn much. Also there are plenty of sites that provide lyrics in romaji, so learning to read Japanese was not needed. Then after spending some time on "the scene" and hearing and reading about Morning Musume, I finally tried them out. Much to my chagrin ALL of their song titles were in Japanese!

So that began a never ending journey!

The never ending journey to be the Mega Gaijin! basically I don't foresee myself ever learning enough Japanese to make it through any type of real conversation. I only think I will learn enough Japanese to be a novelty.

I have always kept the flow of Japanese information into my head constant. Most through music, and occasionally through movies, and videos.

I was lucky to pass JLPT level 4, by some miracle of modern science, but that was 2 years ago.

I have applied for the JLPT level 3 this year, and am pretty nervous. However, since finding #iKnow, I think I will be doing a lot better then I had first expected. It is actually the reason I felt confident enough to apply for the test.

So my journey is renewed by the advent of #iKnow. I hope I can keep focused and study my hardest, and really know and understand and keep it all locked up tight in my brain. But not locked away, and forgotten.

So good luck to all those on the site, and to those learning Japanese, and most of all the fellow test takers!

December is going to come all too soon!

みんな様！頑張ってください！

If you have not yet checked into #iKnow, you need to check it out now! It is an awesome site, and I highly recommend it!

Below is a quick link to one of the "games" on the site called Brain Speed, it is what got me hooked on the site. Try it out!!

This example maybe be a little hard, and is a bit different from the ones you will use to learn Japanese, but I think you get the idea.

Sorry another video for a blog...

Yes I am sure this is old... but its funny. Truth seems to be too funny now a days!

Hot Asian Girls Beat Down White Guy

Here is a word to the wise, don't be a jackass... nuff said'

Why asian guys can't get white girls

I remember this back from when it first came out! Its so damn funny, and I have to share it with all of you now!!! 16 minutes and you will laugh your ass off!

Bacardi and Cola

We get the Job done!!

Bacardi
Cola

We Get the Job Done!

shoe?

shoe?
Originally uploaded by BigFreaky.

September Lifestream has begun!!

This is now my second month for Lifestreaming. Last month was done in 2008 also in September. Kicked it off tonight with a slow start for about an hour and then it picked up some. I haven't been streaming for last couple days so people have not been around, but now that I am 24/7 more people can come visit and chat. This is just the start of the month, so come on over and lets have a good time!

WOW! YOU'RE MOST LIKE GWEN

gwen
Originally uploaded by BigFreaky.

Thanks to TheVixy I was pointed to The Harajuku♡Lovers Fragrance website for a free sample! Upon redeeming my free sample a small questionnaire was proposed to me to find out what type of Harajuku Girl (原宿ガール）I was. After completing a battery of questions the type of Gal I was was revealed. I was notified that I was most like Gwen. This comes as little surprise to me since we are pretty much mirror images of each other. We are both young slender, strong and beautiful girls! We have long sun-kissed golden flowing locks of hair and men adore us. Yet we both take Japan by storm in different ways....

Fate....Maybe...
Coincidence...Not Surprising...
The Future...Bright and Delicious...

運命・一致・未来

It's almost over.....

For the last 2 weeks I have been working a split shift. My 1st shift co-worker has been off so I am covering for her. I am only going in at 10am, but that means I have to wake up at 8am. I am used to 2nd shift hours where I would go in at 2pm. Normally that would mean I would wake up anywhere from the hours of 10am to noon. It doesn't sound like much, but just imagine having to get up 2 to 4 hours earlier then you normally do. I guess it is just a bit of complaining, but it is early right now, and it is almost over... Soon I can breath a sigh of relief, I will return to work for 2 days of regular hours and then get up even earlier the next day (Wednesday) and hop a plane to Las Vegas! Baby! The New Media Expo is right around the corner and I am so ready to go! I cannot even begin to list what will be going on while I am there, but I will be sure to share with you all, as it happens, and I am sure after as well.

But anyways... work has come too early and I must run out the door, to make it on time..

Chance of showers with light hugging

Sleepy announcer voice for my MeToday.. Should be sleeping, but I can't stave off the Vampire forever. I have been working an early shift at work. 10-6 instead of my normal 2-10. It is ok for the most part but the getting up early in the morning is still pretty much sucking. I guess by the time I get used to it, I will be back on my normal schedule. Also I will return to normality followed by my trip to Vegas,.. New media expo is going to be a blast, and all the extras that Vegas is going to bring.. If you see a BigFreaky, give him a hug, it will make him smile.

Because the internet is annoying sometimes...

I do wonder back when Jody Gnant was saying that her blog was being hacked on blogger/blog spot, that if it was really hacked or just the spam email that made its way through to her site by way of email. Which happens to be how I am composing this blog as you read. I had something that was not too terribly unique, and I think that is why I have been ghost posted in the last two days. The posts were obvious spam. The kind that some how is trying to get you to buy drugs from overseas, but never seems to be an actual link or anything to buy them.... But that's not what is important. Its the fact that these dumb spam bots are ruining the internet. As tough as gmail should be, spam still makes it through sometimes. Now they just continue the relentless attack on every possible word and number combination on the planet. Those same emails sometimes find their way into blogs (such as mine) or other Web2.0 sites. One thing that is a bit disturbing that some may contain links that will bring you back to their site and install software to make your computer a zombie, and this can happen to your unsuspecting friends. Once you are zombified you will just continue to help pump out the spam mail and infect more people. Unfortunately I don't have any real answers, but only suggestions. Do your best to never click links inside an email, (EVEN if it is from someone you know), also try your best to not click on anything that may seem fishy on someones Twitter. Some spam is easier to spot then others, but the most important thing is to always be on guard and keep aware on what you are about to click. This may seem like a lesson about the net from the 90's but it will always hold true. If it didn't then i wouldn't be posting this blog now...

P.S. even if you think you are an awesome internet user, you should run a firewall, and a Anti-Virus/Anti-Trojan program. If you need a free one, I suggest AVG. You can find it here.

Also... as you see I have posted links, you never know if this was really me or not... just keep on your toes. When in doubt, you can see a website name, and just Google it. You should be pretty safe that way...

easy like a Saturday Morning.....???

Here I am just sitting at my computer on a Saturday morning. Actually its still Friday night, cuz I have not gone to sleep. I got a new lens in the mail today from eBay. It cost .99 cents, but had 9 dollar shipping. But still a 10 dollar lens is awesome! I really want to go shooting with it, but it is night time... and that doesn't work out so well all the time. I think it might rain today, when I am ready to go out. But that might not stop me. I am so geeked to use my lens, I might have to hide under trees to get some shots. The photo bug has bitten me seriously since purchasing my new camera (which is good) but I am not coming away with many photos I like. I hope I am not becoming a photo snob. As someone so eloquently put it. I want to take photos that I and other people will both like. I know I am not going to get shots that have never been done before, but I want to get shots that might not have been seen so often. I am going to Vegas and then NYC in the next month, and I really hope my skills and luck will be up for both of those adventures, because I really want to bring back some good shots to share with everyone. Feel free to see how I progress in the learning of my new camera on my flickr site. www.flickr.com/photos/bigfreaky You will have to register if you want to comment. Please do so, it is awesome when I know peoples feelings about a certain shot. Good or Bad. Thats it for now!

5A

5A
Originally uploaded by Duck Ellington.

So here I am minding my own business... and some yahoo comes around with a film camera!!! I think this photo proves that I am 100% strait and a city slicker!


Plaid shirt : 17 dollars
Nikon D60 : 650 dollars
A hat that rocks your socks off : Priceless!!

フォォォ～

Sometimes people shouldn't be left alone with a camera.....

macbre dusk

macbre dusk
Originally uploaded by BigFreaky.

This is one of the first photos to come out of my new Nikon D60. Of course I tinkered a bit, but I love how the setting sun being not very evident can still show off the purples and reds in the sky. I think the beach and pier in Grand Haven, Michigan, (Hometown) is one of the best places on the planet to see the sun set. So grab a pronto pup and take a stroll down the boardwalk to see a sunset you will never forget.

1 month and 17 lbs

So... This last month at work there was a slim down competition. Teams of 5 people would get together and challenge other teams of 5. The competition would consist of points earned for doing exercise. (cardio and strength training)1 full point for an hour of cardio and an additional 1 point for a half hour of strength training. As well as a half point for 30 mins of cardio and 15 mins of strength training. Well how it works out is that no one added me to their team so I decided to do the competition by myself. My goal was to get every point possible. The total points possible in 29 days was 66 points. 2 points daily for exercise and 2 points MAX for 2 pounds lost a week (1 point per pound). They only allowed 2 points for 2 pounds because they stated that losing more then 2 a week is dangerous. Well anyways I set my own personal goal of 12 pounds. By some stroke of luck I managed to reach that goal in 3 weeks of the competition start. Also by some miraculous fashion I reached a total weight loss of 17 pounds by the end of week 4. I did not starve myself, I did not crash diet, and I did not only eat salad. Actually I ate no salad :) I had started changing the way I ate last year, and just continued to follow those guidelines all along. I did try to be a little more mindful of what I ate however. Skipped a few snacks, but never went hungry! But the exercise is where all the magic happened. I do know that an hour and a half daily of exercise is not really sustainable, so that cannot continue to be part of the equation. But I do know that exercise is the key to it all. You can starve yourself or eat a bunch of stuff you will not continue to eat, but that of course will never stick. Is much as I have heard "it is a lifestyle change", in fact the truth it is that, a life style change. I will not get onto a soapbox or rant for lines and lines. (I have defiantly not lived the way I should for long)But the most I can ask is that you try your best, be mindful of what you eat and what you do. Every little bit does help.

*disclaimer*
On the days of weigh in I would get McDonalds to eat. Just yesterday I also purchased a McFlurry to top off the end of the competition. That McFlurry contained 540 calories. That coupled with meal I purchased, probably contained every calorie I needed for that day, plus a few days worth of fat.

Be wary of Fast Food although delicious it is very full of calories and fat. One thing I will not say is that you cannot have it anymore. That is just crazy talk. The more you tell yourself you can't have it, the more you will want it. If you want some Burgers or something, go for it. Just don't go for it everyday. The same will go for whatever you crave, be it ice cream, candy and what not. During my month I did eat a candy bar or two, and did have some ice creme as well. As well as one night of drinks and pizza rolls :0 !

The Radomness of the internet continutes

Randomness on the internet continues! I don't think it would be possible to explain this video. It is just one of those things where you have to "know it, to understand it" It is my longest video to date...but I think the length is not what makes a video. A little bit of humor I am trying to inject into the internet, a place that can seem so desolate and hateful at times!

Thanks so much and comments would be great! Blog and Vlog (youtube)

#FF1CAE TEAM FTW!

Somehow I have managed to get myself involved into the colorwars2008 web2.0 madness-a-thon! Of course I have joined a most appropriate team the #FF1CAE Team. We truly are Hex and Sexy, and you know we are the true color of victory!

The first battle of the year is BAD-ASS-RO-SHAM-BO. Team #FF1CAE is for sure a force to be reckoned with! All you other teams better keep on your toes! We see you out there "VeryGreenTeam"... what you make in numbers, We make up for in heart!! We shall be victorious it is just a matter of time.... just a matter of time.

Bloggin' Debacle

So many times I am there, sitting there thinking to myself. "Hey I think that would be an interesting blog". Then I sit down and try to formulate it into my head. Well at that point, I realize I just don't have the passion to type about that topic anymore, or can't think of a way to put it into something interesting. So away the blog goes, into the void of nothingness. I begin to think to myself on how I just saved those 6 people that read the blog (including myself) that I just saved them a few minutes of their life.(Depending on how fast they read.) As much as everything in my life is random, there still needs to be some sense or vision of clarity. The debacle I encounter is that I am pulled in so many directions. I want to do and try almost everything. Skydiving not included. I want to be the best person I can be, and the best person for those I care or give a damn about. Sometimes I wonder if it is even possible. I know it is not possible to please everyone all the time, but there surely has to be a way to do it most of the time. But I guess the only thing I can promise is random... random is the only thing I know. I will try my best to keep it informative/entertaining or in the least, light reading. Here is to the life ahead! Lets keep it positive and try our best in whatever we do!! 頑張りましょう！

changed my mind about a blog

I was going to go on about some things I find troubling in my everyday life, but then a little spark in the back of my head told me to think differently about it. Because I know that some of the the things I would be typing about might get back to the people that cause me the reason to type them. Upon reading often how people are losing their jobs for blogs, I figured I would just lay it on the back burner, and see if my feelings are just as strong later. The chances of someone involved reading my blogs are almost impossible, but not improbable so it is best that I just let those thoughts fade into the wind. I guess looking into this blog here it sounds a lot worse then it is, but really it is not so serious. But the outcome of job loss is still a very true reality. So I guess maybe to others who would like to rant about Co-workers and Other people that have a stake into your job, should think twice about posting it into their own blog, and maybe start up a 'fantasy' blog. Just hope that the fantasy blog does not get too popular and you are still revealed!!

This Damn Blog

So I found another "spam" blog today, from 'somewhere' on the internet, posted as if I were posting it. I am not sure where these dumb things are coming from! I have a feeling somehow a spambot is sending them as email and they go into my blog that way. It has happened twice now, and it is getting irritating! I wonder if this is what Jody Gnant [www.jodygnant.com] was talking about. Saying how her blog was 'hacked'. All this damn phishing anyways! Spam, hate, and phishing are ruining the internet! Lets just hope someday some of the crap will get cleaned up...but I doubt it.

Save some Money!

I have been using the Savings Angel website for a few months time now. And let me tell you, IT IS PAYING OFF!!


As of today I have purchased $1015.20 worth of products. (Food, shampoos, deodorants, house cleaning things, ect) But I have spent only $354.11!!!!

Sure that seems like a fair amount of money for only 23 days into the year, but I purchased some things I will not need to buy for the rest of the year, or even beyond.

I have enough laundry detergent for well over a year. Deodorant I think that will cover almost 2 years time. Popcorn, granola bars, cereal, vegetables, soup, hamburger helper, and boxed potatoes for an entire year, or more. These are just a few things to list, many other items will last a half a year or more.

I also have a queue of 100rolls of toilet paper, and 20 rolls of paper towel. That queue is surely never to fall much lower than that, since deals will pop up and I can restock.

If you live in the West Michigan area, you can click the lick above and join the site and save as much if not more that I do everyweek, and put some money back into your pocket for other things!

handed to me

handed to me
Originally uploaded by BigFreaky.

This along with my ass.... Midnight on 1/13/08 BigFreaky and Nat (Ustream.tv) had a head to head Old School battle on the NES. Super Mario Bros. Play to the end. Nat pretty much whooped my ass in under 12 minutes. She finished the game, and I was still in world 6 with 1 guy left. I guess the South won the war this time.

The Apocalypse has come!

Sleepy Hallow
Originally uploaded by BigFreaky.

Some where on earth?
The surface of Mars?
A sign that announces that the dead will once again walk the earth?


Or Just a simple night shoveling snow.

A typical winters night. 2am. Out shoveling the snow. Felt like taking some pictures of the snow on the branches of the trees. I wanted to capture some of this since snow usually doesn't stick to the branches directly. In between shoveling and setting the exposure time, I snapped a few pics I really like. The sky was blood red, but when exposed turned to a yellow fog. The trees bare of their leaves intertwined with the night sky. Poetry Mumbo Jumbo should this Blog never be made of.

So yea. Put my cam on a Tripod and clicked away. Happy with the results!