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Remember: Never Give Up

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"Between you and every goal that you wish to achieve, there is a series of obstacles, and the bigger the goal, the bigger the obstacles. Your decision to be, have and do something out of the ordinary entails facing difficulties and challenges that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else." - Brian Tracy

Never

Give Up


Have you seen the Ninja??

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Spider-Man is Creepy

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WTF?


Maximize Your Google Power

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Maximize your "google power" AND INTERNET PRESENCE

Make sure your Google Places Page is

completely optimized.  It's easy and

100 percent free.

 

In case you're wondering, "Google Places" is the local map page that usually appears on results page of Google business searches.   

 

You may have already claimed your page, or you might not know what I'm talking about - but these 10 steps will help your business get found more easily.  Google evaluates your Places page as well as your website when determining who's on page 1, and in what order you show up.

If you are completely unfamiliar with Google Places, Google has a great tourthat will help familiarize yourself before getting through the rest of our steps.
 
1.  Make sure you have a Google "Places" page. Go to maps.google.comand type in your business name and city.  If Google has created a page for you, or you have already set up your page, there will be a "More Info" link beside your business.  Click it to access your page, then click on the "business owner?" link to edit.  If your business doesn't appear, go to http://www.google.com/places and log in or create an account to set up your page.

2.  Go through each section of your Places page setup and make sure you provide complete information.  Make sure your business name and address exactly matches other online listings (like Canpages), because Google will automatically bring in your content (like videos and photos) from Canpages and other directories.  Fill in as many categories as you can and write a keyword-rich description.

3.  Add all the photos and videos you have.  Google will allow up to 10.  Tip:  To make sure your logo shows up properly, add it as the last photo.

4.  Have a website.  To rank highly, you must have a business website!  Google will drop your listing to a low position without one, no matter what else you do.  Canpages will build you a fully optimized expertly-built website with no setup fee, hosting and monthly updates included, to get you found and ranked higher on Google.  If you don't have a website, contact me now!  We can get you up and running and help you with every step of your set up.

5.  Have optimized content on Canpages.ca, the top local search site in Canada.   Don't just take my word for it.  Google a number of business products and services and add your locality.  (Example:

"boat repair in langley bc.")  Time and time again, Canpages places at or near the top of local Google, Bing and Yahoo searches.  The is because of our rich content, especially video content and constant updates, which search engines love, and because of our extreme local traffic and hyper-local content.


6.  Add Additional Details.  These will help you as powerful keywords associated with your page.

7.  Verify your business listing. You can verify your listing by phone or by postcard. Google will call the phone number on the listing and provide a PIN number to enter for verification purposes. The process should take less than 5 minutes.

8.  Your page is complete!  Now what?  Keep up to date with Place Page Posts - One fun feature that you find here is the ability for business owners to post to the Place Page. Place Page posts allow business owners to give Google Maps users recent updates about your their business. These concise posts are a great way to share information with customers quickly.

9.  Add Coupons Business owners who have verified their business listing in Google Places can offer coupons on the Place Page for their business. Users can either print these coupons or use a mobile coupon.  If you're a business owner, the coupon tool is a great resource. By adding more than just the basic elements, you invite customers to interact with your listing. As a result, you may find that more customers are compelled to write a review or share the listing with a friend.

10.  Get Reviews - Reviews come from two main sources:  directories and social sites across the web like Canpages.ca and Gigpark.com, and reviews written by Google Maps users. When the information on a third-party website matches the information for a particular listing, Google associates third-party reviews with business listings. The more reviews you have, the better Google will like your business!

A properly optimized and managed Google Places page will set your business up

to be found easily online, and provide a great conversion from browsers to

customers.  

 

Please contact me with any questions or requests for help. 

I look forward to speaking with you soon.

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Live with ART

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Fuck being Normal

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For a long time I tried to fit a mode that just wasn't me. I always thought if I cater to other people it would help  being happy and feeling love. Being happy is doing what you want; not fitting into what others think is normal. Find your own version of "Normal."


BATGIRL!

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BATGIRL!


Super Hero Dating

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LOL

Pretty funny.


The Wonders of iphone Pictures

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The wonders of iphone pictures


Vintage Fashion

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My Favorite Thing - Diane Arbus

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OutKast - public announcement

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This will never be yours


Clark Tanaka

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Clark Tanaka - view more!


Scarlett Jo Mama!

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Scarlett Jo Mama!


Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)

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Showdown in Little Tokyo

★★★
August 23, 1991




Who you'll recognize:

Brandon Lee (Son of Bruce Lee), Dolph Lundgren (Ivan Drago in Rocky IV and most recentlyThe Expendables), and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat).


Why should you care?

As campy and outrageous as this film is, it was an entertaining start to my marathon. The two leads and supporting cast understand what kind of film their in, and proceed to take things to the ultimate B-movie best. The most surprising aspect of the film, or at least the most interesting; was the uneven, humorous screenplay. I won't say that I laughed a lot, but I did recognize the comedic value of the script. Even with the actors on screen doing a serviceable job, the film can't help but feel rushed, choppy, and discombobulated. These aren't reasons to watch the film if your a stickler, but if you truly appreciate the idea of mindless buddy-cop action flicks, you'll enjoy yourself here too. Last but not least, fans of quoting really cheesy action films will eat this one up. At one point in the film, Brandon Lee compliments the size of Dolph Lundgren's "member", right in the midst of a shootout. Yes, the writers too, knew what type of film this was; and I believe the decision to make the film nearly as funny as it was violent was a good one.

Neo discusses Wong Kar Wai's 'Fallen Angels'

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'Fallen Angels' on Cinema Spotlight/Screened Vision[s]


Since I'm writing on a new platform, I've spent the last few days updating new readers and listeners on some of my most recent work:

 

Check it out: http://t.co/z4tX3Oh

Here's my review + music from the Wong Kar Wai film, Fallen Angels.

Fallen Angels


90s Martial Arts Action Marathon

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The 90s Action Flicks Were awesome! So much so that i choose them as my theme for marathon #1

In case you couldn't tell with the announcement of what I'm watching tonight, the first marathon I'm going to start up this year with a bang! I'll have a list of the other films I'll be taking a look at in addition to Showdown in Little Tokyo.


The Cars, Guns, Violence, and Money Movie Series Review

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Fast & Furious 5: Dirty, Sexy, Money

 

Anti-Heroes are so much cooler…

 

I’m not a car person. Not because it’s uninteresting, but I always felt like cars were more of a sub-culture than say, a hobby. The Fast and The Furious movie franchise mingles fast cars, women, violence, and guns into this big, dumb slushy of a film series. But it’s also very entertaining. And for better or worse, it’s a crowd pleasing franchise. Especially the last 3 films in the series, all of which were directed by Justin Lin. The latest, Fast Five, is apparently the film in which Mr. Lin decides to “floor it”; leaving more time on screen for explosions, chase scenes, and gun play. The thing that impresses me the most about Fast Five, is that as a continuing chapter in a movie franchise; it still holds up as its own film. And that’s more than I’m willing to say about other film series (Here’s looking at you Pirates).

 

What’s Going On?…

 

The plot of the film can be described as a heist film injected with nitro, where all the players involved are “specialists” of some kind, and they are all looking for one last job. None of them are old, or past their prime, but there is a sense that they are all living on a lit fuse. Sooner or later, their time will come. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, and Jordan Brewster headline an ensemble cast of misfits, ex-cops, and mechanics desperate for the big score. Once the film gets past bringing the team together and formulating a plan, the action quickly takes over from there. Dwayne Johnson is in this film as a DSS agent, and he’s playing his wrestling persona in “Hot-shot Marine” mode. But the acting isn’t a problem here, stripped to bare minimum as to shift the focus toward “the job”. And the whole story with our “heroes” is watching them improvise their way into pulling off a seemingly impossible heist.

The players…
Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordan Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Matt Schulze, Sung Kang, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. And they all get a chance to flex some muscle, pump some lead, or burn some rubber in the film. The on-screen battle between the two muscle masses that are Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson is a sight to behold. And you thought the Transformers 2  battle scenes were intense.
Was it worth shoveling out 10 bucks per?
An explosive experience that doesn’t quite leave a mark, but will crack a smile on fans of the series and fans of the cast involved in the picture. I would say fans of cars would be intrigued as well, but the cars themselves serve (quite literally) as just the vehicles to build the true story upon. Don’t see it for the cars.

(Throwback) Fractale Commentary (Winter 2011) Winter Anime Season Commentary

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Winter Anime Season Commentary

 

Fractale:  Episodes 1-2

 

In Fractale we get a very unique series indeed. In this world, humans and technology have merged so much so that computer generated people (avatars) can now be used as stand-ins for humans themselves. The story does not choose to pin point the time period the anime takes place in, but does give strong hints; such as textbooks being an ancient way of acquiring information. The use of projections and flying machines are also heavily used in the series from the onset. And although the series’ protagonist is a fan of “old things” such as houses, bicycles, and bedrooms; the majority of the characters we see in this world have fully embraced technology. The hero of our story, named Clain, seems to stand out from everyone else. Even his parents, who have left him their doppels, (The avatar replacements I mentioned earlier) have gone out into the world to do their own thing. If the set-up of this house hold appears odd to you, good; because it’s pretty much the way things are in the world of Fractale.

 

                Upon watching the first 2 episodes of the series, I’ve noticed a number of themes the show may be trying to harp on a bit. The most obvious one (or the one that jumped out at me, at least) was the integration of computer technology into nearly every aspect of humanity. One great example of this was a scene in which a man is sitting in his easy chair, watching the news. However, the method in which he was watching (through an airborne, hologram projection out of his own eyes) was what made the scene memorable. Another theme that seems to be more of the series’ backbone is isolation;  the feeling of being alone even with all your favorite creature comforts. Clain has lived in a house with two holograms for parents his entire life. And even with the constant reminder that his parents are alive somewhere out in the world, he’s still stuck with their doppels.

 

These first couple of episodes obviously once us to feel sorry for Clain, but also to feel sorry for ourselves. With every New Year comes some sort of great technological feat; whether it’s a brand new way of processing data, or some cool new gadget to make life easier. Humanity is becoming too complacent with everyday life and we feel the need to make every moment mean something. Why else would we replace hand washing our clothes with washing machines? Has anyone notice how much of an impact the internet has on our daily lives? Newspapers are all but a thing of the past with how easy it is to access information through the internet. “Leisure time”, “down time”, “free time”, “time to kill” these are all terms people have had in mind when creating some sort of time saving invention. As a result of these inventions, people have a lot of down time; or should I say a lot more freedom? Freedom was a word used often in Fractale. Characters used technology to traverse all parts of the globe without any real delay or “lag” (to put it in computer terms). But the same technology taking them to all of these great places, is tracking their every movement. The Fractale system within the series is so precise, and so advanced that it knows the whereabouts of every person within it. It records their daily activities and has memorized the daily habits of everyone under the system. Sound familiar to you? Matrix did have a similar sort of eerie technological feeling to it; but Fractale is different in that the citizens under the system are not being forced into this environment. The people in this series nearly seem to take the system for granted, expecting that the system will never fail them; and will always keep them safe. And it probably will, even if that means protecting the citizens from themselves. Clain, although lonely, has a strong set of morals. He’s a bright kid, and seems to want something more out of life than what the Fractale system in his world is offering him. He doesn’t like the idea of being away from his family and still being expected to act as if he shared the same home with them. His parents, and apparently society at large, believe that families who live together don’t trust each other. I’m assuming the next couple of episodes will go into detail about the standard of living and how Clain continues to seek something more than just “freedom”.

 


Work in Progress - Kiki Valdes

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WORK IN PROGRESS

I've been chipping away at this new painting and about 10 others. I shifted from color to only using black and white oil paint. Stay tuned for more progress pictures and updates.

kiki valdes

kiki valdes

kiki valdes