30 Bloggers, 30 Days

September 1st, 2010 by Tripp | Uncategorized

For $30,000 we can provide clean drinking water to 1500 people for an entire year.

My good friend Tyler has decided to try and raise this amount over the next 30 days through the social network of 30 different blogs – mine included.

Help now by going to http://mycharitywater.org/30

or

Consider how much you might spend in one year on bottled water (your second choice for clean water).  Now consider this:

A $20 donation provides clean drinking water to one person for an 20 years.

or

WATCH THIS

charity: water 2010 September Campaign: Clean Water for the Bayaka from charity: water on Vimeo.

Here’s how you can help:

- donating money here.
- SHARE about this on facebook and twitter
- or BLOG about it

Here are some other things you need to know

- 100% of the money donated goes towards water projects. Private donors take care of all overhead.

- Our money will go towards building water projects in Central African Republic (scroll down a bit).

- If you give, charity: water will keep you up-to-date with the status of your project, provide you with GPS coordinates of exactly where the well you contributed to is being built, and take pictures and video along the way.

LETS DO THIS

Coming Up…

August 31st, 2010 by Tripp | updates

I’ve been pretty slammed on a shoot this week, but I want to let you know what’s coming up.

Tomorrow

I’m joining up with 29 other bloggers to do something cool.  Please bring a water bottle with you to my blog at 9:00am.

Next week

I’m going to release a series of posts that I’m really excited about on the topic of “conversation”

Sometime in the next two weeks

Tyler and I are releasing a new video that is long over due.

More iPhoto

August 24th, 2010 by Tripp | pics


I’m pretty sure this is irony.


It’s real.  Don’t be jealous.


A total find.


I wasn’t told I would be wearing this.  And, the crazy thing was that the shoot took place here.

We Are the World Again

August 23rd, 2010 by Tripp | rants

GREAT NEWS for all of the disaster relief song elitists out there:

You can still buy the original version of We Are The World

It hasn’t been replaced.

For just 99 cents you’ll never have to  rip on the remake again.

Or even better, you won’t have to contribute a single cent towards the millions of dollars the it has earned for Haiti.

And in a few years when you are a better record producer than Quincey Jones you can make the call to never create a third version.

Apology

August 19th, 2010 by Tripp | rants

It has come to my attention that I have wronged someone to an extent I didn’t realize.

Six years ago I stuck my finger in my friend’s cousin’s sister’s pizza, and she hasn’t forgotten.

It was a gross, immature, and disrespectul thing to do.

Claire, I’m sorry.

Secret Ambitions II

August 17th, 2010 by Tripp | videos

A while back I mentioned that my secret ambition is to be a hip-hop star.  Well, I got my one (and probably my last) chance this summer at Bigstuf.

What is that one thing you can only wish you were good at?

Also, watch Tyler get to live his dream of being a roving camera operator.


*shot on an iPhone 4

This week in iPhoto

August 16th, 2010 by Tripp | pics


The most redundant hammer holder I’ve ever seen.


I’ll pass.


Note to self: When in important meetings, close all streaming MLB games before showing everyone a document.  (You’re fired Kevin)


I can’t believe this guy isn’t wearing shoes!


Always a pleasure.

Can single guys and girls be friends?

August 11th, 2010 by Tripp | Uncategorized, rants

It happens 87% of the time. A guy and a girl start off as strictly friends,  and eventually one starts feeling more romantic/sexual interest than the other.

I think women like having conversations with me but can’t get over how I smell like printer ink when I sweat.  Just a theory.

I do know for a fact it sucks to be the one that likes the other more.

But does the potential of this happening outweigh the value of knowing and enjoying another person?

I’ve had some great “friendgirls” in my day.  Some of them are now married to other guys.  Some are still around.

I don’t regret any of them (except for you Rebecca! I hope I never see your fat veiny face again.)

I’ve found that women in general have a lot to offer a friendship – very different perspective, unique ability to comfort, and helpful insight into the other half of the world.  I might even go as far as saying we need the opposite sex in our life as single people.

But, inevitably the relationship will end.   Is this good or bad?

I’ve found that people who don’t participate in competitive sports as children have a harder time participating in activities they aren’t guaranteed to win.  It’s as though they never learned to have fun and lose.

Maybe it’s important in relationships to value the game more than the score.   Even when we lose.

Perhaps  if we can accept that:

friendships are always risks and usually seasonal
and
the opposite sex exists for much more than marriage potential

Then, the answer is

YES

Single guys and girls can be

and SHOULD be

friends.

Even More Recent Photos

August 9th, 2010 by Tripp | pics


There’s nothing more embarrassing that getting caught picking your nose
while wearing two pairs of glasses.


This outfit is for a very specific body type.


Here are a couple of cool shots I took at the NASA space center last week.

Recent Photos

August 2nd, 2010 by Tripp | pics


You can barely see it, but this cop is texting and driving – currently illegal in GA.


I take full responsibility for this new rule.


Since when do you own a bike, Dad?  Or is this an image thing?  Trust me, it will never compensate for the pleats in your carpenter jeans.


My current leather pant brand.


“Don’t even think about it” says my dad as I approach this table in Nordstrom.   Now I want you to guess what my dad assumed I was going to do.  Hint: the “a-ok” sign never crossed my mind.