there are lots of tulips blooming all around downtown atlanta these days! they look awesome.

– ryan

it’s been a long time since i headed to athens on a work night for a concert, but the reunion of godspeed you! black emperor was hard to pass up. i’m definitely glad i made the trek too, the show was epic! godspeed played for well over two hours and covered all of the hits i was hoping to hear. getting to see both songs from the slow riot for new zerø kanada ep was a huge highlight! that came out after i saw them play the last time, which was 1998, so i was thrilled to see the entire ep live. plus they sounded amazing at the 40 watt!!! my ears were ringing even with earplugs.

godspeed used a bunch of old film projectors during their show to play looping videos on a backdrop. the guy in charge kept various film strips thrown over his shoulder that he switched out on the projectors. the layered films went well with the music and added to the whole experience.

i’m glad i made the drive to athens for this amazing concert! i have great memories of seeing godspeed you! black emperor, but they definitely exceeded my high expectations.

– ryan

the sky looked great today on my morning commute.

– ryan

a nice foggy sunrise over the creek.

– ryan

a recent photo…

– ryan

here is my 2011 march madness bracket. i’ve got ohio state going all the way, although i don’t know much about the teams this year. in fact, tonight is the first college basketball game i’ve watched all season. to say the least, there was lots of guessing on my bracket. i did go two for two last night though.

let’s get ready to rumble!

– ryan

ps…anyone else think first four is a lame name for the play-in games this year? and when did the play-in games become the first round?

we have a fun collection of paper food packaging from various fairs and diners. check out this amazing corn dog wrapper! we love the font made out of pieces of wood. i think it came from corndogorama, the annual music and corn dog festival in east atlanta.

– ryan

we are big fans of vintage designs and couldn’t resist buying a box of throwback cap’n crunch cereal. the font is really amazing, as is the flat, mid-century character design. i would say nostalgia got the better of us, however, because we totally forgot how much cap’n crunch scrapes the top of your mouth.

check out this site for a ton of vintage cereal box designs, it’s fun to flip through!

– ryan

i recently found myself at the bass pro shop up in gwinnett. they had some pretty hilarious dioramas, you’d think you were at the fernbank museum. they definitely wanted you to feel like you were out in the wilderness instead of a suburban mall.

– ryan

i saw some sweet views of midtown atlanta last night from the rooftop of the windsor building! it was freezing and windy however.

– ryan