The Shack

Good morning sunny California.  The sun's out and we're loving it.  Mr. Michael Warnecke said I worked at the surf shack.  I can take that.


Hey, so this week has been intense, super intense.  So intense, I'm not really going to get into it.  But here's the moral of the story: life is intense, it's going to be intense, might as well buckle up and enjoy the ride!  Sometimes there's bumps, you might get a bruise or two, but that's not going to stop this ride from flying around the next corner.  I guess you could call that a word of encouragement, maybe a few words of encouragement; it actually encouraged me, in fact.


So, I've got some exciting news: Mawwiage Films has officially entered the Crexendo website competition hosted by Biola.  They are looking at a whole lot of different factors, but, as a shameless plug, if you wouldn't mind spreading this guy around, that'd be awesome, especially to people who are looking at getting married.

Link: http://mawwiagefilms.com   
Los Angeles and Orange County Wedding Videography

Hey, and if you like what we do, if you've seen Mawwiage videos and enjoyed them, take a second and like our facebook page!  Click the banner below:

Mawwiage Films

Awesome.





So, the topic of Biola University the last few days to few weeks has been Mr. Justin Bieber.  A phatty rumor was started: Mr. Justin Bieber has applied to Biola University for the Fall 2011 semester.  All of a sudden, Mr. Justin Bieber was the talk to the campus; was it true, was it false, was it cool, was it incredible?  People tweeted, people facebooked, in one particular instance, a fake facebook profile was created for the singer in order for Biola people to become "friends" with the legend.  As I watched the internet meme form, I really wondered what could come of this.  If Mr. Justin Bieber actually did come to Biola, how would people react?  I would hope that people would treat him like a normal person, not flip out when they walk past him in the caf, say "What Up Justin" in passing.  This is what I would hope.  However, what I watched form on the internet was a ridiculous fanfare of posts, a surefire way to hestitate Mr. Bieber.  It got to the point where Mr. Bieber was said to be replacing the Eagle as the Biola mascot.  Now, if you were Mr. Justin Bieber and you saw someone post that about you and your potential future school, would you really deep down want to go there?  I can't say I would.  Maybe Mr. Bieber is different.  Either way, people around Biola bascially flipped and went NUTTY over this rumor.  It was the talk, it was the life.  I got asked 3,231 times by people who knew I worked in Admissions if I knew the real answer.  I told them I did, but I wasn't going to tell them the real answer, got to keep the rumor a rumor.  Earlier this week, the Chimes, the Biola newspaper, broke the story, Mr. Justin Bieber was in fact NOT coming to Biola, at least for next semester.  People reacted, but the rumor did not fizzle.  The next day, Mr. Andre Stephens, the head of Biola Admissions (my boss in a sense), received this:

Think what you want.



Biola caught Bieber Fever.  Mr. Justin Bieber, we would love to have you study here, just be warned, you're going to have an audience.  I have a theory though, once you step on to campus, everything will change.  I guess we'll just have to wait and see.



I've got a video for you, it's a good time, a little drumming, took me straight back to winter drumline.  Sometimes I miss it. 













That's the post.  Got a little Bieber, got a little drumming, can't go wrong.  Fun stuff 101.



Have a great week, drink a strawberry-banana smoothie.

Observation

 Happy hunting world.  The world of color, the world of extravagance.  It's around, it's vibrant. 

Tomorrow is April Fools Day.  Why do I say this?  I recall last years extravaganza.  Last year I had this idea: what if I constructed a mass April Fools joke upon my school and create a fictional event that people would attend and then once the multitude of "contestants" arrived, I would break the news?  It's was the plan of the morning.  Here's the video:



Here's the link to the original blog post if you want to read in detail: http://emliv.blogspot.com/2009/04/april-fools.html

That's the story, but I have a new development.  I think one of the problems was the address I chose.  999 Enchanted Way sounds, well, enchanted.  Even though 999 Enchanted Way is the ACTUAL address of the Grand Vista Hotel in Simi Valley, people weren't catching the drift.  Here's the kicker.  This year, Simi's newest electro club, Club Phoenix, is shaking Simi with their mad bass lines on April 1, April Fools Day, at, you guessed it, the Grand Vista Hotel on the plot of land known as 999 Enchanted Way.  Incredible.


In other news, I just recently finished up editing Zack Campbell's latest directing project entitled WAKING MOTION.  Take a look, it's pretty good, pretty experimental, pretty thought provoking if you let it provoke:


Waking Motion


In other news, I recently began a tumblr blog that I post inspiring art/video/poems/epiphanys/other to.  So you might want to check it out!  It's almost an experiment.  But hey, worth a shot and worth you checking it out, because inspiration is straight up inspiring, interesting to look at, a time waster, and everything in between!  Here's the link!

http://morganlott.tumblr.com/

In other news, I have recently discovered what my summer is going to consist of.  I will be spending the entire summer up at Hume Lake Christian Camps as a videographer and/or part of the media crew.  I am extremely excited to be part of the team and am looking forward to working at the camp I have many memories of.  It will be a real test, but I am game for a challenge as I will be working for the advancement of God's kingdom!  It's going to be an incredible summer!




In other news, I'm going to post two formspring questions.  The formspring submissions have been pitiful and minimal, but that's okay.  Hey!  If you have a question, give it to me.  You can literally ask anything, anything suitable for an elderly woman or a young child to read, otherwise it won't make it!  Here's the link, you can go below and check out the box.  Don't hold back.  We're humans, we're full of questions: http://formspring.me/morganlott

why are zip ties so hard to break off?

Zip ties are designed to be a strong alternative to rope and other fasteners, giving the user an easy to use, reliable, portable fastening device. Zip ties are not meant to be able to be broken off easily, but with a pair of scissors or a blade of some sort, zip ties can easily be conquered. Try and break them with your hands though, and the zip tie will win 19 out of 20 times.

What would you do if you found out you were pregnant?

I would be absolutely, positively blown out of my mind. Everything I have ever known to be true would be rendered false due of the the confirmation of this impossibility. I could trust no "truth" I have learned and been taught throughout the nineteen years of my life.

That said, this is impossible for numerous reasons, most being anatomy and the way I, a male, was designed. As a male, I was designed to be on the opposite side of the miracle of life, not the one directly conceiving.

I'll change the question a bit: what would you do if you found out your wife was pregnant? I would be ecstatic. If it's a boy, Edward Morgan Lott V: welcome to Earth.



Those are the two rather interesting questions I received this week.  Got a questiones? Fill in the box belowes:





In other news, I recently completed my second photography assignment requiring Street Photography.  A few Saturday's ago, my photography class took a field trip to Beverly Hills, a rather peculiar and challenging street photography location.  Here are the four prints I made documenting the short lived trip to the Hills of Beverly.

In other news, I normally have a quite interesting selection of videos, but this week is lacking and I have no explanation.  My sources perhaps.  Anywho, here's one I found intriguing.  Throughout high school, I jammed on the drumline at my school and this video not only reminded me of those days, but exemplified INTERNATIONAL JAMMING.  Check it out: 





Surprisingly, this turned out longer than I had envisioned.  I guess that's a good thing, yes? More for you, more to remember, the bigger the better, yay content, straight up ballin', ugh too much--too many emotions to 'splain.  Have a good day people of the internet.  You are sitting behind a computer screen reading this, you may be at work, at school, on the subway, excited, bored, frightened--too many emotions to 'splain.

Have a good one, peeps.