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Geoffrey Giraffe

I am addicted to the feeling of exhilleration in exploration, ....loving every second of it.

About Me

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams...

--Eleanor Roosevelt

"LESS TALKING, MORE WALKING"

--Geoff Shively


"Sometimes... it's the wrong time in your life to see something and you cant understand it. When it is the right time, when you are on the right path, you can see it so clearly."

~ Pattie Boyd

" Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. "

~ Ambrose Bierce


"Imagination is a preview of life's coming attractions"-- Albert Einstein
in life u cant see something unless you look at it with the right kind of eyes- i believe. anyhow...
" Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. "~ Benjamin Franklin
Hacking not just a tool, its a lifestyle... freedom in this digital world.
Ive never been one to yield to conformity
How would you act if you fear were removed?
Simplify and solve.
I used to ride street bikes... a yellow one... and my friend a red... sometimes took video... =D
(= Dont harsh my mellow =)
about me, hmmmmmmmmmm i am a scorpio, a sparadic nomadic kooky nut of a dude. a hopeless romantic until the end. obsessed with music, its gotta have soul, and if it does, in my eyes its gold-- no matter the genre. hyper sensitive to energies and feelings. I can turn on and off my OCD and apply it in positive ways, damn did that take a long time to learn how to do. I enjoy exploring my mind and the minds of others. I am horrid when it comes to remembering names, even of great friends, but faces, i rarely ever forget. Photographic/visual memory to the max. My hectic mind is anywhere and everywhere at anytime -- anywhere. ya dig? a friend once said it best "i need a leash for my brain" -- killah whale.
i love my family.
i love my friends.
i love fixed gears.
i love living without fear.
i prefer walkers NOT talkers.
i love happy positive people with good attitudes.
i think it is essential to go with the flow and not to force things.
i firmly believe that positive collective thought is more powerful than anything in the world. read the book "The Secret"
i love being weird. who wants to be normal? what is normal? oooo, mind fuk! HA!
i dont like mean people. that includes bitches too. mean people suck!
i've got the travel bug.
i love getting weird.
i love humility.
i love loving.
i love eating.
i love living.
i love life.
^ in reference to the above article... i've been in money, i've been out of it, and i can say from that perspective... money is a tool but it doesn't mean dick in life. success isnt measured in dollars. friends aren't measured by their net worth. Emerson said it best:

I get stoked on good people, good work, good writing, good music, good tudes, good food, good news, good art, good friends, good ideas, good movies, and good destinations. Im weird, your weird, we are all wierd, accept it already. Who wants to be normal like everyone else? NOT I =)
I try to live by the Golden Rule which simply means "treat others as you would like to be treated." The rule is a fundamental principal in Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam(the not crazy kind), confucianism, and many more religions.
I firmly believe that you can take fundamentals from religions and cultures around the world and apply them to your own life to achieve happiness. I dont feel that any one religion can not be 100% accurate, any that thing or anyone who thinks they have it all figured out, doesnt. I dont think as humans just arent smart enough, but we can feel whats right and whats wrong in our bones if we are attune. We are entering a new age of enlightenment after centuries of ignorance, get ready!
I CANT STAND stubborn or closed minded-ness. People that think that way have a very hard time learning new things and evolving. Who wants to stay the same forever? I want to grow because once I stop learning, I stop growing, and when I stop growing, I start dying-- I believe the greeks said that.


~ 6 story slides at the tate museum in london :::
~ the southies & i with Jasper (Prime Minister of Malasia) at his Zoolander Derilicte New Years rager, London 2007! :::
~ PRICKING OUT ON STAGE AT THE ROXY WITH MY GHETTO BLASTER! :::
~ minding the gap and my tunes :::

~ da volcom house on the north shore, oahu :::
~ gettin weird with visible energy in the english countryside! Slurry in Surrey :::
~ german food, litre of valentines day heart :::

~ slidin da bones in balboa :::
~ Donnie Darkoish light force tickling my soul :::
~ pirating high pressure tools can be a blast :::
~ soho living room jacuzzi party. nice photo sticky! :::

~ muuuuuwhahahahahahahaha :::
~ flyin across the water into manhattan, ghetto blasting pricks, drinkin a heinie, 10am :::
~ moleskin brain-train-orgy :::
W W W . S H O R E S C R E W . C O M
~ jesse towing behind the rv on an exile skimmer, me as the captain of this vessel, Yoche (The French Milkman) on the roof blasting PRICKS on the 1988 ghetto blaster, Lugo and Jarnuld on chase camera. Almost went to jail for this one :::

~ snapped this photo at wedge/cylinders in the summer of 06. I just love the energy in this wave reflecting forward and to the side AND... the color of the water! It will always remind me of one of the best summers of my life in newport with all of my friends. Big waves, clear water, spear fishing, great conversations, exploring my mind, finding new music, new people, new experiences, starting new chapters in life :::

Open Letter to Negative People:
SHHH! If you criticize constantly, you tend to train yourself to focus on negatives instead of positives. If you focus on negatives, you will prolly end up with a scowl on your face and a bad tude. Find something to be happy about every day, maybe you wont be so edgy or snappy if you start your day off focusing on the happy. Not all days can be good, I know, but why not try to make every day good, if u fail, oh well, you tried. If you know someone who is bitchy, mean, negative, snappy, jabby, nasty, or just weird and you want to make fun of them... record them in secret and play it back to them next time they exhibit similar symptoms of negativity. The shits contagious, but the good news is... so is being happy!
My spelling sucks, almost always. Deal with it. Keeps things interesting. =D

Check out Toms Shoes. Great company, great mission, cool shoes!
Toms Shoes, Featuring " Bobby Holland "

My home break, THE WEDGE, photo: Romo
Taking it all in at eVocal, this cat was just chillin under the art while Matt McCluer played inside.

My Interests


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Curiosity by " Bobby Holland ".
It hangs on my wall. I love it.


Sundae fundae in santa cruz!!!!!!

"WWHSTD" - "What Would Hunter S. Thompson Do?" ! Will Crum

I'd like to meet:



"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, shallow minds discuss people."
--Eleanor Roosevelt
"IMAGINATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLEGE."
--Albert Einstein.... Right on Albert, thats not only reassuring but inspiring as well.

Music:

I snapped this shot from the volcom house lawn, slater flying down the line at pipe, pipe masters, 2006

Television:

kill your tv. they call them tv "programs" for a reason. i dont like to be programmed-- unless you like being a sheep, becuase, really, its usually easier to follow than to lead.

Books:

CHOLO BOWL JAM at Steves house on the north shore! History was made this day. I get chills just thinking that i was there and got to experiance it, lugo lugo too!

"Quiksilver North Shore Bowl Jam... On Saturday December 9th residents and visitors to the North Shore of Oahu witnessed what was arguably the most insane skate jam ever assembled. An eclectic mix of old-school legends, underground pool-dogs, bowl masters, young up-and-comers, along with hometown rippers all converged to have the jam session of a lifetime in a Dreamland-built bowl located on an island paradise"..... [ read more ]

Rodney Mullen was the first person to blow me away on a skateboard with amazing creativity and flawless execution, now this cat has done it again. Creative, smooth, fukin awesome! William Spencer... your awesome!

Heroes:

Sincere, positive, generous people.Humble happy souls.

My Blog

dont think

dont thinkdont talkjust door elsedont talkjust door this might happen to youCa doit faire mal .....
Posted by Geoffrey Giraffe on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:44:00 PST

crystal ANTLERS

one of my favorite bands right now... CRYSTAL ANTLERS from the LBC (uhm, long beach, duh)... and i just had to bloggggggggggg about it. Sniped from The Full Discrict Review ..."I am saving fu...
Posted by Geoffrey Giraffe on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:43:00 PST

tesla

YAAAAAAAAthese crazy aussies made a red alert tesla coil hereand some other rad rad radness....
Posted by Geoffrey Giraffe on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:52:00 PST

Pentagon’s Hidden Hand...

A damning piece by David Barstow in today's New York Times that chronicles "a symbiotic relationship where the usual dividing lines between government and journalism have been obliterated." From the N...
Posted by Geoffrey Giraffe on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:16:00 PST

WTF CHINA !?!

from boing boing just now, scooping the major media outlets  on tibet like no other. ------------------------Tibet report - monks forced to participate in staged videos.Posted by Xeni Jardin, Apr...
Posted by Geoffrey Giraffe on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:15:00 PST

Humanitys Identity Crisis

Humanity’s Identity Crisis Posted by Xeni Jardin, March 16, 2008 8:23 PM | permalink Snip from a post on Kevin Kelly’s...
Posted by Geoffrey Giraffe on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:00:00 PST

this time is that

ha!noon is the new 9am and 4am is the new midnightya?i think so.=).
Posted by Geoffrey Giraffe on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:27:00 PST

a wake n bake day goes somethin like this

wake eat bake eat bake eat bake eat sleep repeat
Posted by Geoffrey Giraffe on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:41:00 PST

and the scanning begins...

pricks at the roxy 1.31.08!!!...
Posted by Geoffrey Giraffe on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:07:00 PST

President Bushs favorite painting...

"The Guardian has a silly article about George Bush's favorite painting, a 1916 cowboy scene by WHD Koerner. The painting hangs in his office, and he tells people that it's a "beautiful painting of a ...
Posted by Geoffrey Giraffe on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:51:00 PST