http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Icechicken&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Icechicken en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:33:13 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/29078776/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/29078776/ Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:46:27 PST
it's hard to believe christmas is just a few days out. i don't go back to school for almost a month, which is good and bad. i miss parts of college, but when i'm at school i miss parts of home. i guess that's just how life works.

i uploaded some warped tour shots i never really used, but i just got back to looking at them and i feel like they're even better than the ones i originally put out ha.

oh! i got an internship at idobi radio, which is pretty cool. see -> [link]
i get to go shoot a lot of concerts (next one being quietdrive on saturday) and help out with the website, it's a sweet gig. hopefully it turns into something.

so for christmas, i can either spend a thousand bucks on a desktop computer i'd build myself...
OR
a tilt shift. the ts-e 45mm f/2.8 in specific.
OR
a new camera.

i don't know what to do...

i went to see four letter lie and a friends band opened the other night, what an experience. my buddy and i chilled in the basement of the venue with brian nagan - how cool is that?

i like where life is headed.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/27468778/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/27468778/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:08:17 PDT
[link]

it's just a collection of photographs, graphic design, music, etc. everything i love.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/26030215/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/26030215/ Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:14:16 PDT you're wrong
you're always holding onto stars and i think
oh i think
they're better from afar
i think you're better from afar

i said me
oh i am fading in the dark
so don't you ever kiss on me
don't you wish on me
don't you know that no one's gonna save us?
no, i think they'll save us
oh no.

see you you're always hanging onto stars
and i think they're better from afar
don't you know that no one's gonna save us?

i said me
i'm fading into dark
don't you wish on me
don't you kiss
don't you kiss on me.
don't you wish on me.


she said she said
you know the night life is just not for me.
all you really need are a few good friends.

//

in other news, skateboarding again tomorrow. between the trees tuesday.

yes.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/25972343/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/25972343/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:17:43 PDT
free ticket? check.

worst lineup of bands ever? check.




bittersweet.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/25808596/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/25808596/ Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:38:58 PDT
i love love. i love being in love.



//

i've had two wallpapers popular enough to be on the homepage of customize.org for a few weeks now. check them out if you're looking for something new on your desktop!

[link]

my username is wisher if there's any confusion there.



]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/25388742/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/25388742/ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:33:24 PDT
[link]

is mine.

I'm going to turn it into a portfolio as soon as i finish coding it all. wooo.



very happy.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/25085829/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/25085829/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:01:00 PDT [link] Brian Bonz's set was the highlight of the night for me, but the entire thing blew me away. I have concluded that Kevdev's Tapdance is one of the greatest songs ever. My parents got me a Canon Rebel XS. Ridiculously fun so far. I'm buying a 50mm f/1.8 lens later today when I go up the the Burnsville center. That means that I'll have a perfect concert lens for Straylight Run / Lovedrug / City of Sound tomorrow night. So frickin excited. Hittin up concerts all summer long.

Do me a favor and listen to this.
[link]

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/24350321/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/24350321/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:34:00 PDT
New Manchester Orchestra comes out tomorrow, even though if you're a fan you've had it a while... haha. While on the topic - they're coming to town May 9th, hell yes. Station 4 if anyone in the MN area is interested! Last time I went to Station 4 I had the best time of my effin life. Saw Lydia but there was a giant snowstorm and there were only 20 people in the crowd. Meaning more band members than people in the crowd. I know it won't be quite the same this time but it's going to be incredible. They're playing with Winston Audio and Fun, both great bands, and seeing Nate Reuss is something I've wanted to do for a long long time. Can't wait. Like I have a nervous twitch I'm so excited. Did I mention tickets are ten bucks? What a frickin steal.

Second on the list - nearing 10,000 pageviews! Seeing this new DA subscription offer with stickers and everything makes me REALLY really really want a subby but now that baseball started up I'm not working so I have to save every penny. Sad stuff. Oh well, this summer maybe...

Prom was last weekend that was a hell of a time. Incredible.

Graduation is 4 weeks away. Can't come too soon but I'm going to enjoy these last few weeks. I'm done trying and now I'm in have-fun mode pretty much.

God I haven't been this happy in a long time.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/24098490/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/24098490/ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:25:08 PDT
I suggested [link] for a DD and want to thank for featuring it!

Obviously it's deserved.

Second, I'm home. Got back from the airport a few hours ago. Didn't sleep much last night, ask .

Anyway, got a lot of great pictures in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. I wish I had like a billion dollars so I could just buy a house there.

If you haven't yet, check out my new gradient pack! [/shameless plug]

I'm thinking of doing lots of tutorials and resources in the near future. These things helped me so much when I was younger, and I feel like I need to pay it forward.

I got a stupid looking tan around where my goggles were over my eyes when I was snowboarding haha. Great.

I came home to some devastating news, however it's nothing that can be discussed yet.
Just hoping for the best.

-matt.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/24098426/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/24098426/ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:21:26 PDT
I suggested [link] for a DD and want to thank for featuring it!

Obviously it's deserved.

Second, I'm home. Got back from the airport a few hours ago. Didn't sleep much last night, ask .

Anyway, got a lot of great pictures in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. I wish I had like a billion dollars so I could just buy a house there.

If you haven't yet, check out

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/23886382/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/23886382/ Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:19:36 PDT
- Established a new-found appreciation for Jim Ward. I never realized there was more to the man than ATDI.

- Discovered that Dustin Kensrue covers 'Round Here' better than even the Counting Crows. Believe it friends.

- Acoustic is usually better.

Yeah .. I've been in THAT mood. So in about 45 hours I'll officially be on spring break. Awesome.

For some reason I've been sleeping in the guest bedroom for the past week ... couldn't tell you why. Something to do with the sun rising through the window makes mornings easier for me... hmmm.

In eight days I'll be off to Colorado to snowboard with my dad, brother and cousin. Should be a wonderful time. The other guys aren't so pro snowboarders (yeah I TOTALLY am ... not) so it'll be nice to just hang out with my iPod for three days ... then back to this beautified jail called school.

So I decided I'm going to Drake University in Iowa for college next year. I submitted an application for some art/graphic design scholarship money a few weeks ago hoping for a few hundred bucks. Instead I was surprised to find out I'll be getting $5,000 a year for the next four years! Twenty G's isn't too bad for a hobby I love to death.

It snowed today. So much for spring.

It's rained the past likeeee 3 days in a row. But tomorrows supposed to be partly cloudy! Then rain again for like another two weeks or so.

Oh well, makes for good pictures sometimes. I'll get the camera and go find something beautiful.

Lost is on tonight. And a new South Park if I'm not mistaken.

Until next time my dear friends.
~

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/23822974/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/23822974/ Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:47:21 PDT
[link]

i've done a large amount of research on this place, but it feels as if people are trying to cover up all the bad stuff that occurred there. on the internet you cannot find much more than 5 websites with any information at all, and there's no address or anything listed. the place is hidden so far back in the woods you can't see it from the road.

anyway, today was a real interesting day. we went to the farm because the hospital is blocked off. of about 15 building foundations we found, only two buildings are still standing, the others had been demolished years ago. despite it being the middle of the day there was a definite sense of creepiness .... but i had my camera and i took lots of pictures (might upload a few of these)

[link]

[link]

[link]

[link]

[link]

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/23091416/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/23091416/ Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:20:39 PST
saw this coming the past few days but didn't think i'd be nearly this excited.

blink 182. 1992 - ????.



maybe 2009 isn't so bad after all.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/22991251/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/22991251/ Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:22:58 PST
im such a depressing person haha.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/22833495/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/22833495/ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:02:37 PST FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/22643079/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/22643079/ Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:33:30 PST because this is more than i can take

mothereffingrelapse.

i have to get the hell out of here.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/22615115/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/22615115/ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:39:00 PST
To any Thursday fans - Common Existence is incredible. You're going to love it.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/22579550/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/22579550/ Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:26:51 PST and i told you to be fine
and i told you to be balanced
and i told you to be kind

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/22384405/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/22384405/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:03:34 PST
thirty eight days.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/22374830/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/22374830/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:37:50 PST
i think i'm standing on the edge.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/21636665/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/21636665/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:33:38 PST
the end.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/21461482/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/21461482/ Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:49:43 PST

yay.

so anyway i've been trying digipainting and i suck suck suck. any tips anyone has or brush sets or bleh would be appreciated. gracias.

yeah yeah. that's it.

////
I took my car and drove it down the hill by your house.
I drove so fast.
The wind it couldn't cool me down,
so I turned it around and came back up.
You were waiting on your step,
steam showing off your breath and
water in your eyes.
We pulled each other into one,
parkas clinging on the lawn and kissed right there.

Said all my chicks they smoke these things and handed you a
Chesterfield King.
Held your hand and watched TV
and traced the little lines along your palm.

//// - northstar covering jawbreaker's chesterfield king. love. it.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/20907342/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/20907342/ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:48:32 PDT
it was awesome

anyway, i've in the best mood in a LONG time lately.
there's a good reason too, but i won't tell you.
i started listening to happy music again.

'in less than twenty words you made my whole damn day'
- i just do by dear and the headlights.
so true.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/20606290/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/20606290/ Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:03:58 PDT and i'll draw until i get one right

.

i wish there were massive speakers all over the world playing acoustic scottish music all the time.

.

praying for travis barker and dj am. may the others rest in peace.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/20463476/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/20463476/ Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:31:26 PDT
School is decent. My hardest class might be art ... so it's certainly easy, but still relentlessly boring.

My friend made me watch the first like ten episodes of Smallville today and it's actually a pretty cool show. I'll probably spend my weekend being lazy and watching the first season.

But maybe I'll pick up the camera tomorrow, we'll see how it goes.

The best band in the world (Lydia) is coming to my state on Halloween on like the best tour ever. Copeland, Lydia, Lovedrug and Lights. Cannot wait.

I hope it rains tomorrow.

/this week

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/20202412/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/20202412/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:40:05 PDT
[link]

that was the hardest i've laughed in a long time.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/20166525/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/20166525/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:34:24 PDT
Tomorrow there's supposed to be a thunderstorm I guess. Hopefully we get a little bit, I love taking pictures in the rain.

Everyone should check out this video.
[link]
It's the song 'I Can Barely Breathe' by Manchester Orchestra. Clay Lipsky's effects on this video are absolutely incredible. Even if you don't like the song, watch it for the beauty of it.

I've got a new found respect for singer/songwriter Ace Enders (currently Ace Enders and a Million Different People, also ex-The Early November and I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business). I've been obsessing over the TEN days before the breakup and have always thought he had an astounding talent as a musician, but I've been watching interviews of this guy and he's got such a good heart in the right place. He's not in music for the money at all, the reason he plays is to connect with his fans and to make an impact on people's lives.

Anyways, recently I've been digging Bright Eyes, Manchester Orchestra, Owen, Matt Pryor, and the likes. If anyone has some recommendations of similar stuff, hook me up por favor.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/19453225/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/19453225/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:01:20 PDT
And about 1,000 other things have gone wrong this week, it's been hell.

someone save me

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/18613964/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/18613964/ Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:48:48 PDT
Three days of school left. I'm at the point where I can't concentrate on my final projects because it's sooo close to being done, and the seniors are gone. For the last few days we're top dogs, hallelujah. Last weekend I finished a ten page paper for history, and at the moment I'm putting off another essay for the same class. Next year is going to amazing because I'm taking so many art classes, and my GPA will skyrocket, haha. A perfect way to cover up senioritus is getting all A's in easy classes.

I've been obsessed with photography lately and haven't had any interest besides that. A house burned down in the next neighborhood and I'm waiting for a day when the sky looks amazing before I go over and try to get some photos of it. Photography is so much fun, it's absolutely heavenly to grab the camera and throw some Lydia on my iPod and just go out and take pictures, it's so calming. Everything that's bothering me leaves my head and it's just awesome. Anywho, I need to find out how to work a timer on my camera, if it even has one. That would be really helpful.

I set up a flickr the other day. I wish I got more views and comments (wink wink friends ) but that site is cool even if my gallery is just something that only I'm mostly looking at.
[link]

That just about covers my life recently. Now I have to go write essays and do review packets...

ugh.

]]> ~Icechicken http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/16691228/ http://Icechicken.deviantart.com/journal/16691228/ Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:34:48 PST

So if anyone wants to let me in on any secrets, tips or guides, I'd greatly appreciate anything

]]> ~Icechicken