I have met my match.

For the past couple years i went through life thinking i was unique, special, and individual. All because i could flap my hands back and forth really quickly, kind of clapping. Some people called it the fish flop. I had never met anyone else that could do it like me. My friend sent me the following video today. This man has to be my dad.

Project Apple Pt.1. The Rules. The Rome Apple

Project apple is underway and if you don't know what i'm talking about read this first. Done? good. So i unfortunately didn't get to eat all of the apples. I had to leave before i got through them all. I will continue when i get back though. I will lay down the ground rules for you now. I ate each apple and took notes in the trusty moleskine. I took note of the taste texture and any other notes I had. I also rated them on what i call the Capone Factor. Let me give you a little history lesson. One day I was eating an apple and wanted to see what Capone (my dog) would do if given the chance to eat an apple. I soon found that he is a fiend for apples. We don't normally let me him eat "people" food but I usually let him nibble on my apple when i'm done. He eats it like a human. Using his paw to hold my hand down.

So I rated each apple on a scale from 1 to 10 based on Capones reaction to each apple. 1 being he didn't even notice the apple and 10 being the apple is his first born child and I am trying to eat it, except he doesn't want to protect it, he wants a piece of that sweet, sweet baby. I will also rate each apple on a completely arbitrary scale from 3 to 17 (this a whole other blog post itself) based on taste and texture. On to the first apple!

The Rome

The Rome was one of the apples I'd never heard of. It was one of the prettiest apples I'd ever seen. The picture doesn't do it justice. Its taste was very sweet and quite delicious. The texture wasn't very good. It was soft. I really like a good crisp apple, something with a good snap when you bite a chunk off. This apple is a tough one because the flavor was amazing but I'm not sure it's worth it because of the soft texture. If given the choice between a granny smith and a rome I would take the rome. If you prefer a softer apple you will love it.

Taste: 12

Texture: 5
Capone Factor: 5

Here are a few facts about the rome apple from produceoasis.com:

"Usage: The best apple for baking, but also good eaten fresh & in salads.

Selection: Good-quality Rome apples will be firm with smooth and clean skin. The coloring is a brilliant and almost solid shade of red with white lenticels - natural tiny white dots that allow the apple to "breathe". Test the firmness of the apple by holding it in the palm of your hand. (Do not push with your thumb). It should feel solid and heavy, not soft and light.



Avoid: Avoid product with soft or dark spots. Also if the apple skin wrinkles when you rub your thumb across it, the apple has probably been in cold storage too long or has not been kept cool."

Strange Things On Scooters

It's that time again. That's right. Time for another installment of Strange Thing On Scooters.

This one is one of my favorites. This guy was driving along side us for several blocks. Can you imagine building a treehouse or something for your kids like this? One piece at a time, no kiddin'.

A New Series. Strange Things on Scooters

Toady I arrived in Vietnam. If you asked me 10 years ago to name 5 places I thought i would never go in my life, this would be one of them. It is very strange being here. Sometimes before I leave to go to a city or country I've never been, my mind starts running wild with ideas of what I expect it to be like. Usually when i arrive there are certain aspects that are what I expected but I'm usually way off. Vietnam is exactly like I thought it would be. Palm trees, houses practically stacked on top of each other, scooters everywhere. Which brings me to the purpose of this post. After seeing many people on scooters carrying things that any mortal man would deem impossible I decided I should document as many as I could. So here is the first installment of what will hopefully be a recurring series of posts with people carry strange things on scooters.

Note the packages in between the legs as well.

I'm no marketing genius but...

At first I thought this was a horrible way to sell something but now I'm intrigued. There is something magical about this ad on craigslist, something mysterious.

Bike for sale

Peektures

I finally got around to making a web gallery. I will eventually have my website up with more galleries but i thought i would throw up some pictures in the meantime. There is a few pictures from our honeymoon and my first developed holga shots, which i'm pretty stoked about. There is some other random non sense. More to come.

The gallery is here or i will have a link on my blogs main page.

Mac Heist is on.

If you are a mac user and like charities you should get in on this. Every year there is a bundle of software that is heavily discounted. This year you get 7 applications for $50 with the possibility of getting three more based on how many bundles they sell. 25% of the sales go to a charity of your choosing. They've raised $22,000 so far. There is a couple apps that are worth $50 on their own. Check it out here Tell all of your mac using friends, cause i want pixelmator!