Love surprises

Just watching Kanye West- My beautiful dark twisted fantasy

It's a feast for the senses. The cinematography has an old Hollywood glamor with interesting camera angles and spectacular lighting. The music is Kanye's best. My favorite part of the film is the bird lady. Her costume is that of a super model phoenix, with life like feather wings that put a Victoria Secret model to shame. She's so beautiful it's like staring into a glimmering jet engine.

The last shot of Kanye running trough the forest being the strongest yet simplest shot of the short film. Directed by Kanye West himself, I have considerable respect for his artistic talent.

You have to buy the whole album on itunes to get the short film but it's worth every penny.

I guess that's my first rav. review!

Peace, Restless Josie

January 2011 Favorite Things:

1. My black Sitka Jacket.It goes with everything and it's really warm. I've been out and seen Noah Cohen in the same jacket.

http://shop.sitkasurfboards.com/products/productdetail/Girls+Explorer+Coat/part_number=F10-SW1930/1746.1.1.2.9323.4799.0.0.0?pp=8&

2. My Merino wool crew neck. The softest, warmest, sheerest piece of clothing I own. I checked out there web-site and the company has integrity.

http://www.io-bio.com/product/womens-contact-ls-crib


3. My Oakley snowboard goggles.The lenses really are the best.


http://ca.oakley.com/women/products/6284/24433

4. My Columbia Aviator hat

http://www.columbia.com/Men%27s-Ridge-2-Run%E2%84%A2-Earflap-Hat-Omni-Heat%C2%AE/CM9918,default,pd.html

My friend Nathan Weathington wrote me his top ten after reading my post. Funny shit!!!



1.New word for 2011: Idiarrhea – When someone has too many damn ideas and never actually does shit. This condition tends to occur in coffee shops and while sucking on a bong.

2. In 2011 someone will be shot for using the work cliché “thinking outside the box” —the most overused and ironic of dumbass work metaphors. Try “Thought Grenade” douche bag.

3. Eat more 12% Yogurt.

4. Missionary position will once again lose its luster and old school moves like the ‘rodeo clown’, the ‘wheel barrow’ and ‘ the drunk Carney eatin’ a corndog’ will see a resurgence.

5. The world will finally catch on that people who do coffee enemas are indeed sticking coffee up their ass. Fair trade or not, that crap is disrespectful. And you know Juan Valdez is pissed. Freaks.

6. Out – skinny metrosexual guys in straight leg jeans. Why? Because you look like a complete fucktard, that’s why.

7. Out – idiotic over competitive parents whom actually believe their kids know sign language. It smells like he said he shit his pants if you ask me.

8. Organic tampons will cause a vegan vagina scare that sweeps the nation. A move towards tofu penises is in the works until women realize it is like getting a gynecological exam by one of the Muppets. A switch back to good old-fashioned meat will happen before the year is out. But I could be completely off base on this one.

9.“Where the Hell were your Parents?” will become the funniest fuckin’ book ever written making Nathan Weathington a household name and fulfilling his dream of being a professional shit-joke writer.

10. Canadians will be shocked to find out that American beer actual does have the same amount of alcohol as Canadian beer. They will also discover there is this thing called the Internet that you can look up old wives tales to see if they are true or not.

What will be the next big thing? Could be coconut water, or perhaps a paleo-fitness work-out? You can't help but stay current thanks to the constant news feed available on the internet but how can be predict the next hot ticket? Maybe we have only to look towards the trendsetters of our social media network. Watch this, eat this,listen to this, try this....
Perhaps, it's found in your latest pop culture magazine. Wallpaper anyone?

Or maybe we can just go for coffee with friends and exchange info the old fashioned way. Gossip? Whatever your preferred means, I would like to throw out my two cents.

2011 what's what:

1.Snowboarding will make a huge comeback. (those new ski's are way to easy to be cool)
2.Singer/songwriters (too much digital music is too much)
3.Sunshine (those vitamin D tablets don't work, go outside)
4.Boot cut jeans (because they make your ass look good)
5.Shit my Dad Said -the book (because you should laugh out loud before bed)
6.Riding your cruiser bike (good for the environment and your ass)
7.Coffee (it's a great drug!)
8. Parties (because people who socialize smile more, are happier and live longer)
9. Napping (because your mother is never wrong)
10.Reading (because I want you to read my blog)

Justine Dupont just won her heat against Laura Enever. This will ruin Laura's chance of taking the ASP 2010 Women's World Junior championship.

Above photo proof that I grab the rails.

It's day 5 of solid rain in Byron Bay. Crazy to think that just two years ago Australia was at the tail end of a had a 10 year draught. Now, there are flood warning everywhere. It makes me think Vancouver Island might not be the rainiest place on earth.

I made the best of the weather today and went to the Spa http://www.byron-bay.com/kiva/
They had a crazy wood burning aboriginal sauna. It was a low round building and you had to crawl through two small doors to get inside. The room was a perfect large circle with a fire place against one wall and only enough head room to sit. After sitting in the intense heat you had a beautiful cold bath outside. I stopped noticing the rain after a while even thought most of the spa was outdoors because your already soaking wet and it's warm.

I went to check the surf later today and it was big gnarly storm surf. Fingers crossed that it will clean up for tomorrow.

Merry Christmas from rainy Byron Bay. We are having a monsoon. It's been raining very hard for two days strait but it hasn't dampened our Christmas Spirit. We decorated a dead branch with popcorn and gummy bears and we even cooked a turkey. The Christmas traditions of your family tend to follow you wherever you go. I still remember the first year I was away from my family for Christmas. I was at school in France and desperately wanted to come home for Christmas but our family's budget was already stretched to it's max. On Christmas day my whole family, all 24, wrote me a 13 page fax and I cried like a baby when I read it. Have a wonderful day and enjoy all the love that's out there for the taking. Love Josie