Chromatic Limbo

Stop Motion Drums and Piano

I Can't Hear Shit

Hindsight

Alejandro & Laura

Harm

More photoshop madness!

Ok, this pic I found kinda retarded/funny, and everyone knows how I like to make fun of myself. So I thought I'd fix it up a bit and hopefully make it look funny, but not so retarded, and take out some of the distracting things about it.

























So first, I fixed my hair up cos look at me! It's fucked up, so yeah, I went and did that. I also took out a smudge on the filthy mirror (it's rowena's room, it's disgusting, mine is WAY more clean)
























The I fixed the contrast, nothing too nifty.



And then I thought, "yeah, I'm gonna be putting this on messenger and the face is too dark". So I went ahead and used some layers to lighten it up, but only the face.


But then I was thinking,"damn, my arm looks all gray and pale". So, "boooyah!" instant tanning. And now the arm and face look kinda the same color. Oh yeah, and the star on my t-shirt got a nice saturation boost to make it stand out.


Finally I said,"my reflection on the mirror is distracting". So, I erased the other me, and that was that.



Looking good there my man ;-)

Stuttgart Hbf

We went to Stuttgart on saturday, and I only got some crappy pics. But I thought I'd show people how I fix photos. The original foto had low contrast, the colors weren't as punchy, there was a lot of noise, and Claudio was yellow.

What's noise? Noise is the grainy thing you see on the first pic, it's all over the place. It happens when the camera is trying to expose correctly in low light, so it has to compensate. The next pic you can see how I fixed the yellow tint, and got rid of a lot of noise.


























The next two are the original, and then the improved version. I know that you can't see a lot of difference, but click on them and see them in a bigger format and you'll tell the difference. The colors stand out better, the picture isn't gray anymore, shadows interact better.

And yes, I am a geek.

Alfonso - Don't Say Goodbye (instrumental)

I wrote this song two weeks ago. There's a version with vocals, but I'm not 100% satisfied with it, so I'll give you the instrumental version for now.

Give Me Moments, Not Hours Or Days, Just Give Me Moments

Note: the following post is not directed at anyone in particular, but more of a trend that I've seen in people, and should not be taken as me trying to send a message to someone, I repeat this is not meant for anyone in particular.

Anyone that's spoken to me for more than two hours knows this: I am a total kamikaze when it comes to love. I never flinch, never see the obstacles placed in front of me, just see the goal. And this has led me through some very painful experiences, and things that have definetly scarred me for life, but I can safely say, after licking my wounds, that I wouldn't have it any other way.

It's not uncommon to meet people, especially girls, who distance themselves to avoid heartache and pain, which I think is a damn shame, cos even though I've suffered a lot (I've made a lot of my female friends cry just by telling them my stories) my best moments in life have been product of my unwavering conviction to see things through, to not have that "what if" linger in my thoughts, eating away at my consciousness and my heart.

But what about the heartbreak of someone leaving, or of someone betraying you after you've opened yourself to them, you say? Well there's always going to be pain, but life isn't worth living if you don't take risks. And we fall so as to learn how to get back up again, and I can confidently affirm that every hearbreak is a little less painful.

What do I mean with obstacles? Obstacles can come in many forms, from the inevitable departure of one the parties, to the skepticism and distance of a person once betrayed by his/her former love. Either way, people fail to act out of fear, fail to realize that life is not composed of time, but moments. A guy who's leaving in three months is no impediment to try to live those 3 months like they were your last, cos believe me, sometimes those 3 months can be your last, and some people are just not the same after letting that opportunity pass them by and piece of them dies with them. Don't let opportunities, along with your life, pass you by.

If I could do it again
I'd make more mistakes
I'd climb more trees
I'd not be so scared of falling

Don't think of time, think of moments... it's frightening how an uneventful year composed of a meaningless recollection of repetitively mundane actions can easily be compressed into a week's worth of memories. In opposition, three months can be your everything, those three months can change your life... forever...

Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another. So seek happiness while you can, as the supreme happiness of life is found in the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves.

(Hemingway and Victor Hugo fused together)