Rivera's best known work is Mythos, a series of six richly-painted origin stories written by Paul Jenkins. Originally published as one-shots, it was collected into a hardcover edition in 2008. He now limits his painted work to covers including The Twelve, The Iliad, The Amazing Spider-Man, and the Wolverine Art Appreciation Month series. He spends the remainder of his time on Daredevil, on which he is currently hard at work. You can see his art and take an in-depth look at his creative process at The Self-Absorbing Man, a blog that he updates regularly.

SUPER COOL: PAOLO RIVERA

Paolo Rivera, a Marvel-exclusive artist, has been working professionally since 2002. Although he began his career painting in oil, he has since moved on to penciling, inking, and coloring (with some occasional sculpting). Rivera was born and raised in Daytona Beach, FL, and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2003, where he studied under David Mazzucchelli. He broke into the comics industry thanks to writer Jim Krueger, whom he met at Megacon in Orlando, FL (while still in high school).

Via: Paolo Rivera's Blog

Coincidence?

Do yourself a Favor...

Love <3

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Creepy Story Time

I have been fortunate to not have any creepy modeling stories. But when I was around 20 years old I was living in Santa Barbara and filling out a job application for this adult bookstore and a bizarre creepy homeless man harassed me. I was sitting on the curb of the street and the man walks in front of me (besides blocking my sun he gave off such a horrible odor) and punching his fist into the palm of his other hand says in scruffy voice " wanna die young or you wanna die old?!" I thought it must be a joke and started laughing and said "old...duh". I guess he didn't like that answer because he proceeded to say he was going to "pull my hair out " with other profanities. Not my hair!! My hair is my favorite attribute so I thought to myself, what can I do if he actually tries to pull my hair out? All I had to defend myself was my job application and the pen I was writing with.So my options were paper cutting him or stabbing him with my dinky little pen which grossed me out to think about. While my thoughts were processing he continued to get louder and louder, until he was shouting all the horrible things he was going to do to me. Keep in mind he is about a foot away from my face. One of those real close talkers no one likes. What the hell was I going to do? I looked around frantically for someone to save me, but nobody wanted to get involved with this insane man. They just wanted to stare from a safe distance away. Turds. I couldn't believe it when 3 cops walk out of a little deli 2 shops down and intervene. They told me they heard the man yelling at me from inside. I shared with them all the nice things the crazy man shouted at me and they arrested him. The cops said he was going to apologize to me and immediately I think oh no he is going to try and spit on me or something. But he didn't. He apologized and they escorted him away and put him the back of their car. I never did get hired at that adult bookstore either, haha.

with model Vanessa Lake

( In Her Own Words)

Coincidence?

Wow. How 

Fantastic. 

Eating your 

Picking your nose and eating it may help your immune system. A study stated that 44% of adults admitted to picking their nose and eating boogers.Mucus filters airborne contaminants. Eating it helps our immune system become stronger and learn to fight off all those contaminants. We swallow a lot of our mucus anyways through the nasal passage down the throat.

boogers is good?

If you put your finger in your ear, and scratch, it will sound like pac-man

DON'T 

BELIEVE 

RIGHT 

NOW 

" I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men, I don't understand them." - Frank Sinatra 

ACTIONS SPEAK  

THEN COULDA, SHOULDA, WOULDA 

Do you ever get that feeling like someone is going to kill you when you want to talk to that one girl you find extremely hot at the supermarket? It's an unexplainable scary feeling. We all at one point or another experience it. Just remember, it's nothing! It's nothing, its nothing. Well, actually...it is something. It's a small thing called it's all in your mind!!

Don't let fear get in the way of talking to the girl of your dreams. Or, that is all they will ever be, a dream! What's the worst that can happen? She say no? A no is better then experiencing that horrible fear and not do anything about it. Talk to her, because if you don't the fear will never go away when talking to other women! 

CAIN CASER: ABSTRACT PORTRAITS 

I pretty much discovered the work of Cain Caser about 2 days ago. I am pretty aware of what is happening in art and design. So, when I discovered the maturity and energy of Caser's work I was very confused why I have never seen it before or why he isn't more popular. That is art for you! At any case, his Flickr page is endless eye candy.

His work makes you think of so many well-known painters yet the integrity of his work shines above all. When looking at his work on the computer screen, it is very difficult to determine whether his paintings are digital, collage or what. But, after much research they are collaged paintings with mixed media and photocopies as well. Below is a quote from an interview he did with Sick of the Radio.

CAIN CASER: 

Via: Sick of the Radio + Cain Caser

In The Matter of The Unemployed Man

It is very evident the economy we live in wreaks hovac in our relationships, or family lives. More and more of our men are becoming unemployed. And alot of them had invested time in their jobs only to wake up and loose it all (or so it seems) which leaves the woman of the household the provider of the family. As a woman it is so easy for "making a way" to kick in. It is natural for us as we are nurturers. We just do what we know, what we were taught to do. However, what we were not taught was to support the man when a problem like this hits us.

We view our men as strong, and able to handle business and when that is out of alignment so is the relationship/family and I won't leave out emotions. I hear alot of women complain that their husbands need to look for other ways to get a job, or that they are tired of going home to him sitting on the couch, or that since he is home dinner should be cooked and the house should be spotless. I could go on and on about the emotional rollercoaster in which some of us are taken. It's funny because out of all that, I never hear them support him and lift him up in prayer. The negative of the situation always gets the attention. It seems as tearing him down is the easiest route to go.

There are alot of single women who when you ask if they would consider dating a man who was unemployed would say "NO, he has to have a job before I enter a relationship with him." Imagine what kind of stain that is to the man who is trying really hard to find a job. It is important for us to remember that even though he is a man, does not take away from the point that he has feelings to. Not being able to provide for his family is heart breaking in itself. Seeing his wife/girlfriend picking up his slack is another blow and the final blow to him is that he has no support from her. For him a sense of responsibility was lost when he lost his job.

I always say that with every cause there is an effect. With him being unemployed there comes many effects behind it,

Communication~ Communicaton may be lost between he and his mate.

Family~ He may feel as if he let his family down.

Sex life~ It dwindles because of him feeling like a failure

Depression~ From being rejected by one job prospect to another

Apperance~ He no longer recognized himself in the mirror because the hurt and pain is now showing on the outside

It is important for us(women) to encourage him. He is the head of the household and no amount of money can change that. However what can change is our ability to stay grounded and build him back up. In order to make him go he needs the support from family and friends. It is very important to allow him to remain the head of the household and we can do that by not stripping him of his duties at home. The economy has already done that, he does not need it at home. Continue to talk to him, ask him how his day went (Yes, even if you already know.) Tell him how your day went. Communication is key. And most importantly show him affection a lot of it. He will appreciate it, and feed off of it.

This economy is not partial to anyone. There are alot of unemployed women as well and being unemployed does not take away from the person we are. The only ingredients needed to make it through is FAITH AND LOVE....

Until next time,

Coach Kim

Integrative Health Coach 

"I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas."

- Ron Paul

Cindy Whitehead great old school rider! She’s in the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame 1990.

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Did you see what I see...

Happy Birthday!

Ownzee turns one today :-)

alex

yanes

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Pat Robertson for Legalized Marijuana 

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Source: NY Times

By: Jesse McKinley