THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE

THIS IS PERFECT.

2010-09-03T07:30:00.000-07:00

Good friend and favorite nemesis Patrick Richardson Wright found this...

I really really like it.

in other news... some other things are not perfect... but dammit they sure are nice.

hearts and knuckle push up

SWC (III)

MY DESIGN: The Tallest Man on Earth

2010-08-24T11:50:00.001-07:00

The Tallest Man on Earth SWC , originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

been quite a long time since i've posted it seems...

for awhile there i didnt have a whole lot of time for fairly big names or semi complex designs..

anyway... started sketching a lot more.. even went to a sketch club last night started by lovely friend Kate Bailey of FreeTime Industries...

lets hope that goes well..

as for other things...

maybe another time... when we are both cats

<3 SWC

MY DESIGN: Neumos Beach Party!

2010-06-24T11:27:00.001-07:00

NEUMOS BEACH PARTY 2010 (July 2nd ), originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

this was my first crack at re-imagining or re-designing an old movie poster for a different design. seen plenty of other chaps do it before with some success. i had fun seeing this one done. i had only 8 some odd hours to get it done too. (grinDING)

also this is the first poster that i know of that has been printed in a weekly. specifically Seattle's "The Stranger" in which it was orinted full color 1/4 of the page. I'm pretty stoked on that considering my newspaper layout background... not cheap. thanks Neumos :)

hearts and such

SWC

MY DESIGN: Father's Day / #SWCprotip

2010-06-20T22:23:00.001-07:00

KC FATHERS DAY 2010 SWC, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

I'd have to say the bulk of my #SWCprotips definitely came from life lessons learned from mi padre KevinWilliamCallahan. much love to you good sir. wish we could have shared multiple beers on the back porch today.

your son,

SWC

Photography: KJ Payback

2010-06-01T23:16:00.001-07:00

Kyle Johnson: Linda's Payback, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

A lil over a year ago one of my favorite photographers and good friend, Kyle Johnson, snagged a portrait of me at Linda's at this very same table. www.flickr.com/photos/kjten22/3422774810

after a pretty rough night/day for me, Kyle invited me out for a whiskey and photos. which helped more than anything else had that day.

did my best to snag a portrait in return

cheers KJ.

es duble u si

MY DESIGN: MATMOS @ The Triple Door. 6/17/10

2010-05-26T10:41:00.001-07:00

MATMOS @ The Triple Door. 6/17/10, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

My newest poster design and first time workin with The Triple Door. (grinDING)

i plan to have this whole city blanketed with my designs soon enough

(evil villian laugh)

(awkward silence)

(i need coffee)

SWC

SLOG: Flickr Photo of the Day

2010-05-20T21:37:00.001-07:00

Deer Head, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

nice lil surprise i stumbled upon...

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/05/20/flickr-photo-of-the-day

anyway...

(smirk)

xx

SWC (III)

MY DESIGN: TORTOISE (with my basic design history)

2010-05-12T22:23:00.001-07:00

TORTOISE @ NEUMOS 06.08.10, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

one of those posters again where i was just kinda learning as i went along...

not sure if i've mentioned yet but i'm pretty much self taught. once upon a time i did some BASIC page layout in quark and indesign where i had to make the occasional sales ad space filler or layout the A&E section i was the editor of in a small college newspaper... (PCC) (2003 - 2005?)

back in Tucson,AZ i had made friends with Matt McCoy (DJ/ Graphic Designer) and was always watching and admiring his poster designs wishing i knew how to make them... (2006 - 2007) (www.squarenoise.com to see some of his stuff)

about 2.4 years ago i moved here to Seattle and with in a month or two i had made friends with Josh (Tigerbeat) and possibly bluffed that i knew..... errr or as my ego may have said back then "hustled" that i knew how to make basic posters... he called my bluff as josh usually does haha... but for whatever reason let me try anyway. (2008)

looking back at my first few tries now hurts my eyes and heart... but kept tryin. kept "husltin." kept "grinDING." eventually got smart and bought a book on photoshop/illustrator and started looking to McCoy and other designer blogs/websites

after that winter i had grown a lot as a designer/promoter/blah blah.. but sparing the details Josh and I stopped workin together yet have remained good friends and he now has a rad designer for all his stuff (wish i remembered the guys name... he seriously kills it)

flash forward to late 2009/now. thanks to a lil faith and good word from friend Blair (bar manager at Neumos) i was asked to do some posters for Neumos through "Market Mistress" Alicia.

since then i've been tryin to step up my game, keep my style fresh and increase my design knowledge. so far i've done calendars, business cards, posters, hand bills and even some ghetto invoice designs haha.

been blessed with this opportunity and plan to take it as far as i can.

wow this turned out to be really long..

thanks for reading and all your support.
(ya'll know who you are.. no more name drops)

hearts and push ups

SWC

MY DESIGN: Mother's Day & Birthday

2010-05-11T09:58:00.001-07:00

Mother's Day & Birthday 2010, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

thanks to Mom i think found a new calling! Greeting Card Designs haha. Just like Tom in (500)Days of Summer.... good grief

best mom ever though... seriously.

SWC

Music: Buke & Gass

2010-05-08T11:34:00.000-07:00

So rarely find music or get excited about new stuff. this is not because i dont love music. but with a past in music journalism that left a bitter taste in my mouth, i tend not to look into the whole scene this much these days...

but on occasion i stumble onto stuff that makes me really happy i did. yesterday, after scrolling pass the article and podcast tons of time, i found Buke & Gass on radiolab.com (my favourite podcast place ever... next to Nerdist.com)

anyway... here is a link.

http://blogs.wnyc.org/radiolab/2010/04/20/the-loudest-miniature-fuzz/

(III)

MY DESIGN: My Goodness, Salmon Thrasher. May 9th

2010-05-04T11:13:00.001-07:00

MY GOODNESS, Salmon Thrasher May 9th, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

quick lil flyer i did for for My Goodness with Salmon Thrasher. two really great local seattle ROCK bands. check em out digitally or at this free show.

SWC

sheesh.

2010-05-03T20:38:00.001-07:00

i
really
need
to
post
some
more
design
stuff
and
get
film
developed....

i'm slackin.

all is well.

umm.....

k bye

SWC

for once...

2010-04-14T14:13:00.001-07:00

for once..., originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

bored. never just played with text, texture and patterns before. i think i might try it more in the future with more care. this only took me 15 minutes or so....

in other news... i really dont know what to think.

feels like a slightly scrambled version of the last to stories in the screen play.... yet this time...

im not wanting to bounce back...

blah blah blog

SWC

well, back to oval seven

2010-04-14T00:45:00.000-07:00

this will do....

ShaunWilliamCorazon

SWC and Nerdist

2010-04-12T12:29:00.001-07:00

SWC and Chris Hardwick aka @Nerdist, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

I havent laughed that hard in a long time.

Chris Hardwick of Wired Magazine, G4TV, Attack of the Show, Web Soup and Nerdist.com played a comedy show at Showbox April 10th.

Epic Nerd humor on sooo many levels....

Chris was a super nice guy too and after seeing him sign someones iPhone I thought I'd step it up and have him sign my Casio Calculator watch. Turns out he has the same watch too. haha.

SWC

MY DESIGN: STARFUCKER

2010-04-06T19:50:00.001-07:00

STARFUCKER, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

For how simple this looks I probably learned the most so far this year from this design. With Starfucker as a band name I was overwhelmed with ideas. too many ideas in fact.

So I decided to go out for a walk around my city one night and see what else was posted out there and then try and build on that while also providing something different than what was out there and expected.

My two main inspirations came from a random mini van I found with one of those Family decals on the back of their window. Dad, Mom, Son, Daughter, Baby haha etc etc.

The other came from (http://outforstardom.blogspot.com) my friend Greg aka Radjaw from Mad Rad/Fresh Espresso. A few months back he had hand drawn cartoons of his band, champagne champagne, and Mash Hall (They Live! at the time)

Thought I would toss those two in a blender and then do my best to take the style/clothes I saw of Starfucker in some press photos

This is what I cam up with...

hope ya'll like..

see you at the show.

xo

SWC

Been using different search engines today..

2010-03-30T17:52:00.001-07:00

Wait. How do you REALLY feel about yourself?, originally uploaded by kevinpereira.

soo i have a new poster assignment...

therefore been doing a lot of image searching and its funny how much better ive become at finding images i want... annnnd what search engines to use to get them

anyway...

reminded me off this screen image thingy by Kevin Pereira (@kpereira) (one of my favorite interweb/cable TV personalities)

thats all.

SWC

PS i need a nap

Roll 24: Fin?

2010-03-05T08:38:00.001-08:00

Nasir Youth Track R24, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

Signed. Sealed. Delivered... 24 rolls of film shot through my Canon AE-1. I've come a long way in this one year since getting the Canon back in my hands after six years of dust was wiped clean from the camera and my knowledge. Some shots I'm really proud of, some others not so much haha.

Yet with over 300 shots I've definitely learned a lot and met some great people who have not only inspired me to grow with my photography but have also taken the time to educate me a long the way as well.

I still have penciled in plans of printing my 12 favorite shots from these 24 rolls of film in hopes a cafe or gallery would be kind enough to hang them on their walls.

again thanks to all who have commented, clicked favorite/like and gone with me on all the countless photowalks. You're all great people and cant wait to make more photos with you in 2010.

cheers

SWC (III)

Roll 23: Closer

2010-03-02T18:39:00.001-08:00

Porchlight Coffee cookie pie coffee R23, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

Just a few days passed Valentines Day I was in a wee bit better than normal which is always surprising because that particular Holiday hasn't always been soo kind to me in my days in Tucson...

Regardless of the lessons learned in the past I've definitely noticed that in general I am much more pleased with my photography when I'm in better moods. Which cant be said about all my other creative ventures for sure haha.

The momentum caught with this roll carried me quickly with confidence into Roll 24.

cheers

SWC

Roll 22: FRINGE

2010-03-02T11:50:00.001-08:00

Saint Cherry R22, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

Being on the fringe? There have been a few number of times in my life where I have felt on the fringe of change. Be it life, occupation, creativity.

This is one of those times where all three feel as if they are at my door. As far as my photography goes this roll was where I had reached my original goal of 22 rolls in one year since I having my 6 years dusty Canon AE-1 and accessories sent up. I decided to up my goal to a solid 24... which you'll soon see.

SWC

Roll 21: RALEIGH'S OWN

2010-02-16T14:34:00.001-08:00

private drive R21, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

the title of this roll is to pay homage to my friend ThePlasticArts.com from Tucson, AZ now living in San Francisco. He just released his 3rd EP called Raleigh's Own (free to download). I was Listening to it the whole time I edited this roll and right now as i type this. His lyrics always tend to hit me the hardest because they are just solid and honest and seem to hit my core somber thoughts and life theme.

anyway just a few pics. tryin to find some more motivation for pics. gettin close to the goal of 22/24 rolls in one year.

wish me luck?

swc

xo

My Design: The Big Pink

2010-02-12T10:22:00.001-08:00

THE BIG PINK 3/12/2010 @ Neumos, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

this was some what inspired by one of my favorite designers Olly Moss (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ollym/) and The Big Pink's song "these girls fall like dominoes"

i liked how this all turned out. i originally had a different idea but then again i was limited to what high resolution pics i could find on the interwebs; which were lame or just non existent.

but as usual.. im always up for a challenge ;)

SWC

Roll 20: Time & Space

2010-02-08T09:01:00.001-08:00

BMW brick bound V R20, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

So every Thursday I have early Manager meetings at work. When these first started I hated them. Yet now I've turned them in to a positive use of time.

Instead of just heading back up to my apartment I've been exploring my city in its morning form, a truly different creature. I also found a way to let the city takes me where it wants. I've been letting the crosswalk lights let me decide me which path to go.. This Particular roll took me down to Belltown mainly where I found a couple new coffee shops I may hit up for wall space since my first picked spot isn't available in time.

Annnnnd as far as the photos go I took a primary focus on using more dead space or voids in the shots. something that I think with these particular ones would really only work well in a larger format...

Anyway... i haven't had any coffee yet and I'm in more necklace/music making mood right now.

cheers

SWC

I wish this was my photo.

2010-02-06T20:57:00.001-08:00

Terra_Wall, originally uploaded by kjten22.

once upon a time in my home town Tucson i over heard a friend kinda bitch about me a lil and said "damn shaun and his collection of awesomeness"

and well i think in the context he was stating it was negative. but i remembered it for some reason when i saw this photo by my good friend Kyle Johnson (kjphotos.com).

i've been lucky enough to get great and talented friends around here that help inspire me in all creative things i like to dabble in. this photo in particular really makes me wanna work on some more portraits of people... (especially gorgeous models like this)

yet i hate the planning of it all since im just doing it for expression and fun.. my best portrait thus far was even shot from the hip. haha.

anyway.. rambling now. been a non stop couple of days and having fun with my collection of seattle awesomes

and im off tonight to freemont.. scary.

next week. i pray for sun for photos, jewelry makin, book reading and guitar/keyboard amp buying

SWC

best DJ poster ever / yes i will. yes i will

2010-02-01T09:13:00.000-08:00

i hope to someday be this awesome (click for original post and bigger image)

here is the text haha

"*Naaaaaaah M8! Seriously! It was fuckin wicked!!
The shittest Djs playing some of the most meaningless music you ever heard in your life!
Grown men wandering around aimlessly like new-born babys!
DJ Fuck-It dropped 400 BPM’s of ‘toxic-lizard-shit’
and I screamed ‘FREEDOM!!’. There was piss and sick all over the toilet cubicles.
We snorted a line and met in the middle like in Lady and the Tramp,
then I said ‘Fuck Gordon Brown!’ and we both laughed. ‘
I love you’ I said. ‘I love you’ she said.
We hugged and she threw up on my dreadlocks.
It was beautiful!"

also if you dont want to be productive

go to http://www.elegantslum.com/

i had to fight to pull away...

today i will be productive. yes i will. yes i will

SWC

Roll 19: Reflecshauns

2010-01-25T17:26:00.001-08:00

Self Portrait Pike Reflecshaun R19, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

My first Canon AE-1 roll of 2010. In the last few weeks I've been doing my best to stick to a variety of New Years Resolutions. The bulk of which have been joke with amongst friends as being a Better Man in 2010.

You can't improve yourself to you see what needs improving. To save other topics for elsewhere, my creativity has never been dormant but I feel that until recently I have been neglecting bringing it to fruition. So this roll was spent documenting myself and my recent creative ventures ie: getting back into poster design, experimenting with necklace/jewelry making and pushing forward towards a photoshow as early as March or April.

I'd cross my fingers but they are too busy doing stuff!!

much love/respect to the friends who have been supportive!

Sincerely,

ShaunWilliamCallahan

Yet another creative adventure beginning

2010-01-23T00:54:00.001-08:00

One (III) necklace makin Yashica R2, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

I've recently been inspired to take a stab at creating my own chain/leather necklaces and other accessory pieces. thanks to my lovely and talented friends at freetimeindustries.com and my newest friend/helper Meghann at etceterajewelry.blogspot.com/

I've been tired of waiting for somebody to make what I wanted haha... so I'm just gonna make it myself. Look for newer/improved designs soon annnnd depending on some hook ups from Tucson some stuff for ladies too.

might have it under the name One(III)... maybe.

xo

ShaunWilliamCallahan (III)

Well hello there Yashica T

2010-01-23T00:48:00.001-08:00

Neon Books Yashica R2, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

So on a random day off i rolled out to Renton, WA with my good friend Nasir. We did a lil thrift shopping and a lil gentlemen conversing. While on our last stop I was lucky enough to find a lil gem of a camera, a Yashica T.

This image links to my first two test rolls where I tested the limits of its focal range and light sensitivity. AKA I just ran around and pointed it at whatever haha

looks for better and more Rolls soon.. but I gotta knock out more Canon rolls soon.

cheers,

ShaunWilliamCallahan

ONE TEN TWENTY TEN

2010-01-10T21:47:00.000-08:00

Been a hell of a year and I'm only ten days in. Right before the end of the year I had, for lack of better words, a true break down. Lucky for me it came in stages and I had some damn good friends by my side. Though some of them actually contributed to the break down haha..

Anyway... its a new year yet not a new me. I'll sum it up roughly by saying I'm not gonna reinvent the wheel, but I am looking to refine it.

Simple basic changes that you stick to can do wonders..

Also website articles help too ;)

-swc

http://artofmanliness.com/HxSC

The "Secret" to Becoming a Better Man in 2010

It’s a new year, a time for both gazing into the future and reflecting on the past. As you look back on the last year, how do you feel about the way it went? Do you have the sinking feeling that you are in the same place mentally/professionally/romantically/spiritually that you were 12 months ago? That the only thing that’s changed is the date on the calendar?

There are always a lot of tips given out this time of year about how to make and keep resolutions and make the next year better than the last.

But I have only one “secret” to impart: discipline. It is the key to unlocking your potential and finally moving forward with your life.

The reason you still haven’t finished that book you started last January but have spent several hours surfing the internet every day? A lack of discipline. The reason that you want to propose to your girlfriend or have kids but keep holding back? You’re afraid you don’t have the discipline to be successful at those endeavors. The reason you’re still just as fat as last time you ate that cream puff before making a new resolution? A lack of discipline. The reason you haven’t made any progress on starting that side business, and your house is a dump, and you feel like your life is slipping away? No discipline!

Discipline is essentially the ability to put off what we want in the moment for what we want in the long run. By now, almost everyone is familiar with the famous marshmallow experiment run by Dr. Walter Mischel. Four year old children were each given one marshmallow. They could either eat the marshmallow immediately, or, if they waited 15 minutes for the lab assistant to return, receive another marshmallow, thus doubling their prize. The kids who were able to wait generally went on to become successful and well adjusted adults, while the kids who gobbled the first marshmallow had more trouble dealing with stress, frustration, and impulse control.

We all probably imagine ourselves as the kid who would have waited for the second marshmallow. And maybe you would have. But even the most disciplined among us have areas in our lives where we’re failing. Areas where we’re just middling by and it’s absolutely eating at us, knowing how much potential we have and how we’re not utilizing it.

Everyone wants a secret or hack on how to be more disciplined. But there isn’t one. It is simply a matter of training your mind to do what you want it to do. Of saying a resounding “No!” to the things that waste your life and your time. You decide what you really want out of life and you go for it. That’s it.

But here are some thing to think over to help your frame of mind, for as Dr. Mischel says, “We can’t control the world, but we can control how we think about it.”

Stop thinking of your “flaw” as part of your identity. Part of why it’s hard to make changes in our lives, why we find ourselves unsuccessful in changing our habits, is that we rationalize our weaknesses as simply part of “who we are.” We assuage our guilt but adopting them as part of our identity, as part of our shtick.

We’re the jolly fat guy who makes self-deprecating jokes and amazes people with how many slices of pizza he can wolf down. We’re the funny drunk who always gets totally plastered and cracks everyone up with our antics. We’re a night owl, dammit! That’s how we roll, burning the midnight oil! We’re the player, not because we can’t keep a girlfriend but just because we crush a lot!

We do so much rationalizing that it can be downright painful to change; we feel like we’re losing a part of ourselves. Maybe our habits aren’t making us happy, but at least they give us the stability of an identity, the comfort of routine. What happens when the fat guy slims down and the drunk gets sober? Who are we then?

When it’s time to shape up your life, it’s crucial to replace your old identity with a new one; it’s the same concept that applies to changing your habits. Instead of being the jolly fat guy, become the super fit, former fat guy who loves being active. Instead of being a playah, become known as the guy women would love to date, a true gentleman.

Stop being haunted by the ghost of your mom. Whenever part of you wants to become more disciplined, another part of you cries out, “We don’t have to follow anybody’s rules! Nobody puts baby in the corner!” Your mind often identifies this voice as your inner-rebel, the part of you that feels an affinity for James Dean. This voice flatters your identity. You’re not lazy, you’re a rebel!

But the voice is really your eight your old self. And he’s crying out against mom’s rules.

Whenever a man first leaves home, he begins to test his boundaries; away from his parents’ prying eyes, he is enamored with his new found freedom. Many men, like myself, saw their grade point averages bottom out during freshman year of college for this very reason.

This is actually a healthy process (provided you don’t flunk out or get a girl pregnant or something). Part of growing up is exploring and breaking your old rules and finding out how you want to live your life. At first you want to eat the whole jar of cookies because you can! No one can stop you! But there has to come a point where you say, you know, eating the whole jar of cookies makes me sick; it makes me feel like crap. It’s the place where you stop doing stuff just because you can, and start living the way you know is actually best for you and will make you happiest. Mom’s not looking over your shoulder anymore. You are in control of your life, and you don’t have to prove anything to anyone but yourself.

Freedom is not the end all be all. The voice in our head that likes to derail our efforts at discipline loves to wave the grand flag of freedom in our faces. You can choose to do whatever you’d like-that’s the ultimate in freedom! You can sleep in until noon, and surf the internet instead of cleaning up, and stay out late instead of studying. Why would you want to reign yourself in with a schedule or goals?

What the freedom voice neglects to tell you is this: while everyone has the freedom to choose, you can’t choose the consequences of those choices. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. There’s no use fighting against the laws of the universe.

The only reward of unchecked freedom is freedom itself. So you spent the day doing what you want-surfing the net in your underwear-what do you have to show for it despite an extensive knowledge of how the next Batman flick is coming along? Without the feeling of personal progress and the satisfaction of real, hard-earned achievements, freedom alone feels completely empty.

Fix your core values first. Let’s say one of your core values is family. And let’s say you’re trying to lose weight while the relationship with your wife is crap. What do you think the odds are of your success? Pretty dang low.

Think of your life like a stack of cups. Your core values are the cups on the bottom, your foundation. What if one of the bottom cups is removed or is missing? The rest of the cups will fall. If you want to be successful in tackling other areas of your life, you’ve got to build on a rock solid bedrock of core values. It’s just like building a house. You can’t put in the jacuzzi before you’ve built the foundation.

Train your discipline like you train your body. Your self-discipline is just like the muscles in your body. When you first start working out, you’ll find that there’s a maximum weight you can bench press. You can try piling more weight on the bar, but it will just crush you. That’s your baseline strength. As you regularly work out and incrementally add more weight, your baseline strength will increase and you’ll be able to lift more weight and do more reps.

Your self-discipline works in the exact same way. Right now you have a limited amount of self-discipline available to you. If you spend it on one thing, you have less to spend on other stuff. If you use your willpower in controlling your diet, you’ll find it harder to reign in your spending. But as you keep flexing your willpower in an area, your self-control will expand and you’ll have more strength to discipline the other areas of your life as well. So don’t take on too much at once. Pick an area of your life where you want to exercise more discipline and work on it until your self-discipline grows and you gain the self-control to take on more and more challenges.

Back in the Poster Design grind

2009-12-30T13:20:00.001-08:00

White Denim @ Neumos Jan 24 2010, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

A good friend recently got me hooked up with a lil side work at Neumos designing some basic Band Posters. Though making all the flashy busy DJ posters back in the day was fun, I'm excited for simplistic and variety in my upcoming designs. the free music and $$$ is gonna be nice too :)

-me

Roll 18: Blues, Blacks & Whites

2009-12-21T14:41:00.001-08:00

blues man 4 R18, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

For 2 years in High School and 5 Semesters in college all I shot was Black & White. I also developed all my own rolls and developed my own prints. At some point life happened $$$$ and I switched majors from photo journalism to just journalism and photography became casual, digital and pocket sized...

When Film Photography and I made a mends the thought of shooting in Black & White didn't even cross my mind. This city is overwhelmingly colorful. Yet now on the brink of winter with rain, temperatures and colors dropping I felt like now was the time to get back to my roots a bit a buy a roll of Ilford B&W.

At the same time I have recently gotten back into all things Blues music (documentaries, books, albums, movies and doing my best to play some myself). Like photography, blues is something that has always been there and can get me where I need to be (good times or the not so good times).

On a typical hungover morning off I re-watched one of my favorite films of all time "Crossroads" with Ralph Macchio (not to be confused with the Britney Spears flic). Though it has some obvious flaws the overall tone, culture and direction of the film is fantastic. One particular scene always hits me where over a bottle of whiskey, Blues Harp master Willie Brown sits while Lightning Boy plays his guitar in a broken down hostel. At this point Willie says one of the simplest lines in the movie but hits me like a brick in the chest every time.

"The blues ain't nothin' but a good man feelin' bad, thinkin' 'bout the woman he once was with. "

Anyway I wanted to take a chance and pay respects to the overall tone and quote in this scene with a few shots (inspired by an assignment from my friends in the "Keep It Light" photo group.

I unfortunately lost a good amount of photos due to the clutch failing when rewinding my film. But the good people at 60min on 14th and a lil photoshop work myself I was able to save a few shots.

thisisthelongestrolldescriptionever

much love,

-the third

Po Dog... My newest lover.

2009-12-12T23:23:00.001-08:00

Shaun William Callahan, originally uploaded by striv3.

random blog and pic stating my love for Po Dog. Also, respect to my boy Nas for grabbin this flic. bacon dog sliders.

SWC(III)

Roll 17: Flashbacks & Flashes

2009-12-06T20:51:00.001-08:00

Variashauns on a Theme R17, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

A lot of heart and headaches went into this roll.

The heart came from 2 recipes and 4 pies. 2 which were delicious and 2 of which were edible haha. In a short period of time I've unfortunately lost the only blood related grandmas I had left. With the help of family and a few pointers from friends I came up with a recipe that reminded me of the Pecan Pies they made in my younger years.

On a lighter note the headaches were actually self induced haha. As stated in some other rolls I always seem to be in a battle with light and exposure. So I blew the dust of my old sunpack flash and read up on its original 80s manual and went to work. With no autofocus it took a lil practice and some measuring (and some shaving of my Novembeard.com) to get the shots in focus and fun.

I saw spots for over an hour after (while eating said delicious pie), but I'm glad finally attacked the flash which should open my options a bit more on these dark winter nights in this city I love.

thanks as always for the comments, views, favorites and reading of my rambles.

ShaunWilliamCallahan (III)

Roll 16: No Directshaun Home

2009-12-06T20:47:00.001-08:00

Seattle Active Construction Zone V R16, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

A split roll of some of my old home Tucson and my current home Seattle. 16 was tough because it was 200 speed film and I kept finding myself in low light situations. But I stuck with and chased the sun and found some shots I was pretty pleased with.

And as stated in Roll 15 I loved being Tucson and will visit it always, but Seattle is home now with the good the bad and the ugly (and sometimes down right sexy).

-youknow

Roll 15: There's No Place Like Home

2009-10-29T01:22:00.001-07:00

R15 Do this dont do that - cant you read the siiiiiign, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

I went down to my home city of Tucson, AZ for 10 days for a cheap vacashaun and to see a friend ive know since before he could walk get married.

While in the (520) i found my self reconnecting with old friends and new more than i ever would have expected. sooo much that i kept forgetting to pull out my camera. (special mention to all the stupid cars that kept getting in the way of great shots i missed... jerks)

what i'll never forget is the great times i had with my parents and the great people i hope to keep connected with for the rest of my life...

ill always have times to get more pictures there later (look for a few shots to be in Roll 16 which is not quite finished yet)

-shaunwilliamcallahan

520 Vacashaun

2009-10-04T11:44:00.000-07:00

or vacation rather...

sooo im in tucson,az till the 13th (my birth city). it has been a year and a few months since ive been here. it feels like its been a decade. i forgot how brown it is flying in over the multi level mansions in the mountains and the double wide mobile homes with above ground pools.

at first glance i cant imagine how i once called this place home.

until i saw my mom at the airport.
then my dad when we got home
ive missed my parents soo much its ridiculous
annnnd my cat max haha

oh annnnd damn i forgot i know some great people here. last night i got to catch up with a few of my favorites Hank, Corybike, Mark, Sabrina , GRILL's Karlin and Sabrina...

soooo many more greats i have to try and connect with and somehow trick to come back to seattle with me.

anyway. time to make brunch and watch some football with my padre and then go hunt down some film for my Canon AE-1.

much love interwebs,

shaunwilliamcallahan

Roll 14: More Than A Couple of Days

2009-08-26T14:12:00.001-07:00

R14 Boy Girl Boy Girl, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

Not really sure what to say..... Sooo many things have happened in the last few months. This roll was taken right at the beginning of some of these epic changes in my life..

New friends, new adventures, friendships growing/fading. some crazy life changing. Also days upon days of absolutely nothing happening and me loving it/ hating it haha.

Either way i finally got enough guts and cash set aside to pick this roll up and myself off the couch (metaphorically, since i dont have a couch haha) to get it developed and edited..

lets hope Roll 15 doesnt take as long. xo

-shaunwilliamcallahan

ITS MY BIRTHDAY!!

2009-06-29T18:22:00.001-07:00

Shaun William Callahan Birthday 2009, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

already kinda tipsy and i havent even slipped on my shorts yet..

but the passed few days of this vacashaun have been amazing..

tonights gonna be epic... hope i make it through all of it.

loves to everyone

shaunwilliamcallahan

Roll 12: Momentary Loss of FOCUS

2009-06-24T19:50:00.001-07:00

R12 I'm Losing Focus 2 HEAVY EDIT, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

This was a bit of a tough roll. Nose surgery (again), a couple punches to the ego, lack of inspirashaun and focus caused me to lose a few shots to poor picture takin and also just not wanting to shoot.

BUT!!! Focus is back now inspiration is on HIGH!! I'm about 7 shots into Roll 13. So please enjoy what I was able to squeeze and edit out of this roll and stick around for my next coming soon

<3

shaunwilliamcallahan (III)

My Birthday is coming....

2009-06-19T20:21:00.001-07:00

Shaun William Callahan Birthday 2009, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

hope youre ready... putas

<3

for once.. PERFECT TIMING

2009-06-13T23:20:00.000-07:00

ive never had the best luck on timing.
(i dont feel like diving into details)

yet could go way back to the monkey bar days if i had too...

anyway.

right as i was about to go to bed after having a really miserable day
and not feeling so great about some other lil life things...
a friend messaged me with this link.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/mis/1219860340.html

"God. Damn. It.

I have the biggest effing crush on you. You're the cutest, most hilarious, creative boy I've seen in a long time. And you don't even know I exist.

I just want to get to know you - without seeming like a total creeper."

whoever you are you had perfect timing.
ive never got a missed connection before.

thankyousomuch

Open Letter to White Male Cab Drivers in Seattle

2009-06-05T09:49:00.000-07:00

you guys are the best... especially yall in the Yellow Cabs.

i haven't had too many bitter solo cabs rides back to Capitol Hill... or from there either. but when i do you guys are always there like an older brother or father to let me vent about fucked up shit and or boost my self esteem when its in jeopardy... this particular instant is in no way related to my last two entries so that we are clear. different characters in my screen play entirely ((for those who are keeping track haha))

now granted i said "white" this does not mean all other male cab driver suck. completely the opposite. they just provide a different service heh. i will never forget the cab ride home from the mansion where the cab driver himself ranted about "bitches" and gettin his dick sucked... then proceeded to sing along to BoyzIIMen on his radio while i laughed hysterically in the back and eventually began to sing along with him when Blackstreet came on... true story.

anyway... to bring it back to focus. all my intentions were honorable last night (which in said company admitingly has sometimes not been the case) and i ended up gettin burned. damn.. really felt like sophomore year all over again ((flashback humor)) and the cab guy totally came through and perked me up enough to continue the night.... though he should have taken me back to my apartment. ha.

thanks white male cab drivers in seattle. keep up the good work.

winkz.

that last one

2009-06-03T09:41:00.000-07:00

was silly.
i felt sooo relaxed yesterday.
great breakfast/walk and catch ups with Carly
and one of my favourites, Moochie, called me from AZ
and we talked for about an hour. love her.
then greens and beach all day with Annie Laurie and rotating guests.
followed up by bloody marys at Honors family mansion
and an awkward walk (of shame) home in just AA swimtrunks haha
(old men kept giving me look backs in there sedans and sports cars)

anyway... its a new day

fin.

Dont speak.... i know.

2009-06-01T20:27:00.000-07:00

that went a bit too easy...
like i literally stopped her from talkin and completed the monologue for her hahaha...
honestly. she's a great girl...
and we gonna be great either way

i knew what i was gettin into.
she just didnt realize i knew .

as it always is...
time just aint on our side.

"this too shall pass"

neeeeeeext

hand half shaped as a heart. if you ever see this.
he'll be lucky when he finds you

Creative Personality Checklist

2009-05-26T11:50:00.001-07:00

Creative Personality Checklist, originally uploaded by Olly Moss.

hahaha....

hungover blog. its been awhile. i dont even own a pencil. FAIL

<2+1

Roll 11: Domestic Days and Summer Crazed

2009-05-25T00:11:00.001-07:00

R11 shes got grocery legs, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

All kinds of life happened in this roll. Domestic days of Grocery Shopping, Breakfast, Haircut, IKEA and Home Depot. (Didn't have enough time for Bed, Bath & Beyond!)

Followed by a superb and crazy post Madison Beach BBQ Roof Top Dance Party complete with delicious burnt hot dogs.

One of the longest weeks of my recent life haha... and this is only the beginning...

::takes deep breath::

<2+1

Roll 10: I'm in to it

2009-05-19T11:24:00.001-07:00

R10 this was when, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

i was 4 shots into this roll and all i wanted to do was burn through the rest so i could see how they turned out haha... free irish coffee, secret gardens, renegades, that good kind of trouble, good times and great fun.

In the process of tryin to burn through i did get some other shots im happy about too. but yea unexpected gifts at unexpected times? Im in to it ;)

Renton, WA and Star Trek... reviewed.. sorta

2009-05-08T03:52:00.000-07:00

why was i in Renton you ask??

well the good people at Intel and Helwett Packard gave me and some other kids a free pass to the new Star Trek.... which before i saw it i was thinkin Star Trek 90210.. and i figured renton couldnt be sooo bad.

but golly was i wrong. RENTON...
yep pretty terrible...
as bad as they say.

BUT... STAR TREK WAS EPIC!!!

and i got shwag! haha

lots of other random stories

but im tired... long story short.

stay away from RENTON unless you need IKEA and burger king.

AND GO SEE THE NEW STAR TREK!!

stands alone as a great action sci-fi movie
but has a lot of goodies for the trekkies
which i can say i minored as one in my youth with my mom
(star trek VHS box set, next gen, deep space 9, voyager whaaaat?!?)

engage! and make it so bitches

<3 shaunwilliamcallahan

PS tomorrow starts 4 days off in a row...
hey good people. youknowhowtoreachme

anoche / this morning

2009-05-06T11:03:00.000-07:00

cinco de mayo was pretty much ridiculous.

favorite line heard of the night haha. get it girl

"hey, do you wanna be each others rebound?"

reallly hungover.

this is helping.

http://bit.ly/alicetube

via

http://www.yooouuutuuube.com

4 day weekend coming up...

much needed vacay

<3

Happy Star Wars Day

2009-05-04T07:41:00.000-07:00

May the 4th be with you

click here

<3 shaunwilliamcallahan

Roll 9: Corazon

2009-05-02T14:57:00.001-07:00

R9 Best of Luck., originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

was a really strange roll of film. first time i used shitty film "rite aid " brand 400ISO... definitely can feel the difference between certain films and ISOs now.

anyway a lot of random moments and events happened during the time it took me to kill this roll. lots of emotions were runnin through my mind at this time.

itll be a nice lil time capsule haha

as long as i get one good shot and or memory out of every roll i take ill be happy :)

<3 shaunwilliamcallahan

you gonna love my nuts

2009-04-29T09:26:00.000-07:00

ugh. long story short

corazon no mas. jajaja

but this is tooo gooood

sooo goood

shaunwilliamcallahan

balanced?

2009-04-24T22:28:00.000-07:00

today was a balanced day for sure

regressed to old actions that i should have stayed away
from. the act makes me cringe now thinkin of it...
just more pages for the screenplay. haha. ugh.

oh and walking home 135 dollars in groceries.
a mere 1/2 mile.. is no easy task for sure

cue tank top weather and photowalk with kyle, nas and nick ..
pretty legit guys and fun... didnt take a lot of photos but
it was cool to see other photographer types do work

followed by surprisingly good hangouts with
a variety of my good peoples. it closed the night well
anyway.. tomorrow looks to be just as good.

gross.. im soooo deep right now..

let me try and balance this out too

-myfullname

instant smile

2009-04-23T19:55:00.001-07:00

Spiderman is in town, originally uploaded by silviaN.

this is nerdtastic...

i dont even know how to explain how great i think this is haha

pretty sure if i ever move to a building with a blank concrete wall next to my window im gonna replicate this... seriously

<3 shaunwilliamcallahan

open letter to linsday lohan (guilt edit)

2009-04-22T19:48:00.000-07:00

oh my dearest lindsay...

MEAN GIRLS still is one of my favourite movies of all time (seriously)

but giiiiiirl... time has not be kind to you.. or maybe it has been..
i mean youve survived a lot of crazy nonsense... mostly your fault.
but some you were probably the victim of the spotlight...

anyway... good to know your humor is still spot on :)

Lindsay Lohan's eHarmony Profile from Lindsay Lohan

okay i feel a lil bad..
you just dont look like the lindsay that
i imagined you'd grow up tobe
yet i did just find these hot flix of you..

get it girl..

in unrelated news.. california.. i have a bone to pick with you.
since when does one week equal two weeks. pinche puta madre!

shaunwilliamcallahan

Open letter to Flo Rida

2009-04-20T08:01:00.000-07:00

Flo Rida.... things must be going bad when your video looks like it was shot with a HD Flip Camera purchased from Best Buy and the boat in your video is smaller than Andy Sambergs (IM ON A BOAT!) oh and my name has been attached to words that end in "tion" and "sion" for years now... oh and that video for "You Spin Me Round" was weak too...

Flo-Rida ft Pleasure P - Shone HQ from Christopher Fernandez on Vimeo.

action vs actshone vs actshaun

satisfaction vs satisfacshone vs satisfacshaun

attraction vs attractshone vs attractshaun

collection vs collectshone vs collectshaun

passion vs passhone vs passhaun

when i say shone im talkin bout sex VS when shaun im talkin bout sex

haha oh and for my random readers... sorry for this post.. this is what happens when i fall asleep watching MTV... and my current affection err affecshaun has been gone for over a minute.

Roll 7 and 8 : Solo Sunny Photo Walk on First Hill

2009-04-19T12:01:00.001-07:00

R7 not a taxi H, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

After a brief nose doctor apt in First Hill I hopped over to a Rite Aid and found some sweet deals on a bunch of film (clearance, buy one get one and etc etc). After returning home i realized the day was beautiful and i had no need for a jacket or to stay inside...

So i blew the dust off of my 50mm found and loaded up my first roll of 100ISO and tossed a 200ISO in my back pack. also decided to pull myself out of the downtown areas and Capitol Hill area i know too well and wandered back up to First Hill where i found some of my favourite photos to date...

you know i dont speak spanish

2009-04-17T11:25:00.000-07:00

mi cuerpo está adolorido.
mi alma está sana.
gracias mi corazón

Roll 6: This and That

2009-04-12T12:22:00.001-07:00

R6 Breakfast for One 2, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

well rounded roll here. happy with a lot of the shots i found. sneaking into the construction going on in the building at my work, a quality breakfast for one and some different street art around downtown seattle. side note: finally figured out why im getting film wrinkles. the clutch on the bottom of my camera is a lil worn out and ive also been installing the film "kinda" wrong. practice practice and patience :)

PS I'm gettin closer to pullin the trigger on a DSLR purchase... been puttin my main focus into the Sony a350...

-ShaunWilliamCorazon

Pro Bowler 2010

2009-04-09T09:43:00.000-07:00

a story ive told a thousand times. just maybe not here in seattle as much. but i really really like bowling. it was a ritual monday event in tucson for about two or three years. had my own ball and shoes. always wanted to join a league but never pulled the trigger on it.. but we did always joke that i should practice harder and turn pro.

once a friend even suggested these laughable sponsors:
pabts, converse, levis and american apparell (i know right?)

my top score at one point was 223.. and averaged around 180 - 200. i would need a slightly higher consistent average than that to compete in any real tournaments. ridiculous right...? but i still semi secretly wake up some mornings and put my TV on ESPN classic and watch old bowling games and occassional crave my old favourite drink, white russians.

i think thats all i may type on this at the moment.

so i leave you with this video

thats Chris Hardwick dad (you may remember Chris from "Singled Out" on MTV or Terminator 3 haha) is one of the tech industries leading modern reviewers of product. he currently makes regular appearances on one of my favourite shows Attack of the Show. i follow his blog a lil bit NERDIST... it truly is nerdtastic

anyway... time for breakfast.

-ShaunWilliamCallahan (Corazon)

Where Did You Go To (My Lovely)

2009-04-08T19:55:00.000-07:00

so last night. crazy sleepy.
but had to go see about a girl.
bimbos, lindas, cha cha, havana,
back to lindas, back to havana,
back to cha. then west seattle?!

morning (saki made it blurry)

back to the hill. amazing weather.
love my new snappy flannel from
club monaco.. price. not so much.
cal anderson park for a minute
odd fellows AGAIN. SO GOOD

afternoon.

i was asked to play my guitar.
1st time playin in years like this...
made me think of the last time.
let down my guard for a minute.
almost passed out to Darjeeling.
laughs of devendra and portman

evening.

solo time. eggs, ham and bisquits
yes this is my epic evening snack
nerding out to the PS3 and here..
not gonna lie. really scared.
really excited. really tired.

i really need to "balance" this post out.

here take this!! haha

thanks for the photos Mo. V

okay.. back to the PS3..
maybe some hot tea

ShaunWilliamCorazon
(new nickname last name)
(cause apparently im spanish)

CINCO ETC ETC

2009-04-04T20:18:00.001-07:00

R5 WAR , originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

a mixture of things in this roll. visits from friends in AZ, random pics of my apt and neighborhood. plus my ongoing ANGRY thing i haven't quite figured out what i'm tryin to accomplish with. another roll down. half way through the next. see you soon.

ACHIEVEMENTS @ WORK

2009-04-04T19:51:00.000-07:00

work was so EPIC slow today. i literally sold nothing.
i am a manager so we aren't supposed to focus just on selling
but i usually pull in over a thousand by myself at least.
i had all my regular paperwork duties done early.. so honestly.
i fucked around all day. twitterd far too much.
and made tons of quotes no one got...

oh and i drew this at the sharpie display.

yep... Earth. Worm. Jim

one of the greatest original video games of all time.

if ya dont know... know you know.

shaunwilliamcallahan

my new best friends - BEAT IT

2009-04-03T20:10:00.000-07:00

oh DAMN!

prepare to get your faces rocked off

the solo... is so... ILL

<3

My Morning Monkey

2009-04-03T10:17:00.000-07:00

so here it is. no apologies.

you are a monkey

you throw poop at anything other than yourself.

eat bananas for.... ammo.

SUPER MONKEY POOP FIGHT!

enjoy? yes.

this is how i just spent thirty minutes of my morning haha.

time for breakfast :)

JAJAJAJAJA

2009-04-01T18:18:00.000-07:00

okay...

i just wanted to document that
i had a really good time last night.

seriously. bout damn time :)

<3

random run-ons and fragments

2009-03-29T22:14:00.000-07:00

events and thoughts from the last few days/hours.

in no particular order... i think.

been forcing myself to play my guitars more so i dont forget i can play them.
(learning a song would help i think.... make acoustic suggestions? yes/si/oui)

while burning through a roll of film today in the amazing
weather we had an older gentleman followed me into a
corner store to ask if i was takin pictures of graffiti. after
replying yes, he then almost forcefully suggested he contact
his random photography friend (of whose name i obviously
cant remember) and give him my name and someway of
contacting me.. i told him look up shaunwilliamcallahan on flickr.
then with a puzzled almost offended look admitted he didnt know
what that was and kept sayin shaunwilliams. haha
(i really hope he doesnt though... my photography skill still feels
very highschool... hoping by summer i will have some more confidence)

also saw mini cacti in the window of said corner store with price tags
on it. pointed at the one i wanted so i could have a bit of arizona in
my apt. she sadly replied they are not for sale. dammit.

im really conflicted on when i should visit tucson next...

2am-4am text messages are hilarious when read after waking up.

i watched Crossroads today... the ralph machio movie. not the britney spears
one. then proceeded to play acoustic blues for about an hour solid afterward.

annie laurie malarkey took my picture today.
a lot of laughs. talent. epic guitar solos in the
background and beastly things in my room haha.
i cant wait to take photos with and of her this
summer when she returns "indefinitely."

im wearing reading glasses right now...
yet i have pretty much perfect vision without them...
though the frames do help keep my massive amounts
of hair tamed a bit out of my eye.

im feel im becoming more selfish recently and more bold.
yet i look at both of these things in a positive way. but at
the same time these selfish acts have been seemingly making
the other people involved in the area happier too. its really quite odd.

whenever i feel my ego maybe gettin out of hand ive found a
few things to immediately put myself back in check.
ie: ask out girls i think would like me yet know will always say no
(most recently tysons former roommate jamie haha). also try
singin a song i know i dont have the voice for but try anyway.
play street fighter IV on hard or online until im tempted to
throw the controller into the tv. look at all the hugh grant
movies i own. view my credit card debt. take out my tooth. damn...

okay got a lil depressed typing that last one. yikes.

im in the best physical shape of my life and probably the healthiest too

i had the best time on the dance floor last night at lofi... seriously
i could have danced till 4am. and for all the hate Mad Rad has been
getting they totally killed it last night. i forgot how much fun it
is watchin those kids perform. its a goal of mine to catch their
shows more often. OH and DARWIN was in top form as well. no complaints.

ahh morgan van holt just popped up on the interwebs....
him and i need to catch up. we are about to gossip so much haha. yesssss

i cant decide if its really worth getting anything better than
the canon rebel xsi and puttin more money into the lenses i want.

ive decided im stayin in tonight just right now. the difficult question now is.

mean girls, (finally reaquired!)
the wackness (still havent watched it)
adult swim (classic standby)
crossroads (again)
episode IV (duh)
darjeeling limited (tooth humor)

hmm.

this really is quite a terrible blog entry haha.

<2+1>

still on my brain

2009-03-28T01:35:00.000-07:00

after sittin through two shitty depressing live bands

and one great one at blue moon tonight...

ive come to an already apparent conclusion by some...

im miss playin music with people

and i miss thinkin of one as opposed to many,

done annnnnnd done

<3 ShaunWilliamCallahan

daaaamn girl!

2009-03-26T13:17:00.000-07:00

seriously all hot and bothered ...

LOVE SEX MAGIC
(in my pants)

Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake from Nashima on Vimeo.

hottest video evur

-shaunwilliamcallahan

PS annie is back in town for a few days...
im only slightly excited about this more.

peer pressure

2009-03-24T16:57:00.000-07:00

so i reluctantly started tweeting.

http://twitter.com/ShaunCallahan

"Twouble with Twitter" sous-titré
by LePostfr

yep

Hey Ballard / Sunday Morning Cartoons

2009-03-22T09:59:00.000-07:00

BALLARD. i thoroughly enjoy you every time i visit. we should hang out more. ski ball (undefeated), mex food, legit blues, rock and country shows, visuals and people similar to the old tucson in my early twenties... and the art walk which ive barely tasted..

anyway..... sundaymorningcartoons

in the style of shaunwilliamcalllahan

shell station on broadway and pike what?

hahaha i love this and i dont even have a mac... and i like spiderman

best quick death in a movie in forever

YIKES

mmmm im bout to go get ridiculous good breakfast at attic in madison

the paul graham killed it for me hahaha

i used to be obsessed with everything whales... hearts

and after.... duh.

grumble grumble. hate that.

i recently watched all 3 robocop movies thanks to OnDemand via Comcast... when that guy gets dipped in the acid then gets ran over by the car...... dang. oh and robocop3, murphy gets a jet pack with wings haha.... (flashback humor)

i was terrible/i am terrible at all math except geometry

if you were payin attention im off to a legit breakfast at Attic in Madison... one of my favourite spots... annnnd carly works there too.. so goooood service. yay for pretty and pretty awesome friends. cant wait till summer rolls up.... ill be there everyday off and stumblin to the beach

summer where are you?

<2+1

LUCK OF THE IRISH

2009-03-18T13:20:00.001-07:00

flickr
sooo after a roll of 800 i was really burnt out on all the grain but both of my closest camera shops were out of 400. yet... lucky me (sorta) found a really old roll of kodak 400 in a lost pocket of my camera bag. (side note: really need to clean that out)

anyway. not knowing how old the film really was but not wanting 800 again i took a chance and loaded it up.. lost a lot of really good shots. after getting them put on disc they all ended up still grainy annnnnd many had exposure issues and terrible contrast. sigh.

PLUS im really finding light is holding me by the balls right now too. i see great shots... hold up the camera and find i cant get the shot due to light. grumble grumble. a lot of these missed shots make me wish i had a DSLR so i could just crank up the ASA/ISO whatever and get the shot. but alas... not yet but soon. soon soon

(john belushi's SNL rant on the luck of the irish used to be here)

(but they deleted the video.... putas!)

lost time / i smell trouble

2009-03-15T23:17:00.000-07:00

i some how just spent 45 mins to an hour here...
equally depressing as it is addictive.
here
apparently a pitch bender is on the way...
dammit.

side note:

i have two visitors from tucson coming up tomorrow for one night and one day..
guess where we are going on monday night??
i hope i can keep up with them...

<2+1

I'm reading...

2009-03-11T18:28:00.000-07:00

page 137 of 280...

its fun.. then dark.. then feels like Tolkien
with tons of nerd/slacker stuff mixed in.
it even has spanish here and there.
starts in portland... i suggest it.
and im not even done yet.

<2+1

too much day n night

2009-03-10T07:39:00.000-07:00

i cant figure out if i love, hate or like this...

cause i liked the slower version and video...

Day 'n' Nite - Kid Cudi from DP on Vimeo.

yet these kids in TJ made me wanna learn to dance like this...

blah... anyway.. off to the daily grind.

-myfullname

MVH.... in morgan we trust.

2009-03-08T12:42:00.000-07:00

its your birthday Morgan V.
Happy Birthday Champ

annnnd for those of yall that dont know
here is his band
www.myspace.com/21pumpstreet

just found this awesome silly video they made hahaha
(clicked and added to favorites)

i need to plan a tucson trip...
before it gets too hot

-shaunwilliamcallahan

too much entertainment

2009-03-07T11:07:00.000-08:00

i drank too many greyhounds last night..
or maybe is was that one shot i dont remember what its called
annnd that other shot of jager and red bull from Eduardo
which i denied calling it by its bomber name

ffffffffuuuuuuckk

yep i just posted a pic containing a cupcake and the word FAIL

followed then by a kitten pic.

this is the diary of a man hungover.

-myfullname

barf

Two and Three Rolled up.

2009-03-04T10:09:00.003-08:00

R3 baked egg greens and ham, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

i finally got around to knockin out some film. the second roll (400) was kinda tough cause the light meter was buggin out half the roll. the third (800) was a lot of fun just takin a lot of random pics through out my day off, yet some crazy business went down when i rolled it back.. a bit too tight..

i have some funny quotes i should type up and some other news to deliver.. but i'm a bit too side tracked with hunger right now...

stay tuned...

KEEP TUCSON SHITTY!

2009-02-28T21:58:00.000-08:00

wow.... interesting feelin right now.

actually kinda home sick.

Saturday nights have been gross here recently. actually kinda glad i have to work at 7am tomorrow.. it forces me to stay in and not try to forget the over crowded bars of weekend warriors, Northface jackets, Budweiser bottles and Canon Rebel flashes going off everywhere being used like pocket "myyyspace" default cameras haha. (bitter much?)

if i could afford it id fly down every saturday
and hang out with my old friends here..
www.myspace.com/bangbangtucson
McCoy, DWTRN, and E_rupt.

yet during the week itd be nice if you could..

dan shipiro you son of a bitch!

k. thanks.

PS i need to rep that shirt up here... seriously haha.

drip.... drip... drip...

2009-02-27T19:18:00.000-08:00

ugh...
received a major bitch slap from the karma gods today.
(i may choose to elaborate on this more... but not at the moment.)

well i guess ive been warned here and there recently...
but today was enough to knock me on my ass.

im gonna start listening to my heart more again...

cause ive come to the conclusion that right now...
my gut /penis has shit for brains.

le sigh

a cat rack?

2009-02-25T19:10:00.000-08:00

okay so i am beyond a lil dorky happy right now.

one of the first friends i made up here "Ryan" is back in town for the week and we just got done having grub at lindas. so yeah our conversations are always so random haha. we talked about everything from opera on a serious level with his old roommate.... to how he thought a tranny was a solution to one problem when i thought a chalkboard was a better solution. haha

anyway. here is a lil blip from our conversation while we were waitin for his ride outside said bar.

randomly talkin about old work stuff.
(cue weird guy coming out of lindas)

weird guy: hey do any of you own cats?

me: like the broadway musical? like have i seen it and own it now?

weird guy: (the most obsurd look on his face and just starts walkin away)

ryan: dont worry bout it man. i got that on laserdisc. laaaser diisc! hey! hey! seriously laser disc.

me: oh damn i was being serious i thought he really was talkin about the smash hit broadway musical. how sad is that.

ryan: yeah man we dont even own cats so its all good.

me: true that. i dont even own A cat let alone many cats. (set up)

ryan: i dont own A cat either let alone many cats to necessitate A cat rack..

(at this point we are both laughin to tears... guess you'd just have to be there and/or think waynes world is one of the greatest movies of all time)

me: hahahaha stop youre giving me a headache.

ryan: (gestures) here try these

me: wow.. little. yellow. different. nuprin.

hahahaha.. so ryan while running into use the bathroom cause weve been laughin too hard says

ryan: hey look for katie to show up.. she drives a volvo!

me: ryan! we are on capitol hill all indie girls with big black framed glasses and dark hair drive volvos you ass!.

------------
okay.. so im probably the only one. annnnd him who would be reading this and laughin my ass off. i miss this guy. also we got in a big discussion about how we would fuckin kill at trivia because of all our random knowledge in terribly good and bad movies like "teen witch" " loverboy" "starship troopers" and "the one" .... ryan. move back.

oh and this is my blog. but i will be good and post something random for you.

like the best award acceptance speech in my life time

that is all for now.

-my full name

SUPER OBAMA WORLD

2009-02-24T17:15:00.000-08:00

go here. have fun.

http://superobamaworld.com/
you. are. welcome.

one of the up coming levels.... Arizona. haha

-myfullname

there is always room for it

2009-02-23T03:06:00.000-08:00

sooo on Comcasts On Demand they have 118 min special right now with old school Bill Cosby... if you dont know this is some golden straight up funny shit. interweb it if you dont have cable.

SO LEGIT

so tonight was another night of balance.

full of good talks with one of my two favorite female friends and funny 'guy talk" with some newer friends of mine which delivered a pretty silly quote for the night....

"SOME PROBLEMS JUST CANT BE SOLVED BY THIGH HIGH SOCKS"

and to save details... for the first time in years i actually was called an "asshole" which was just sooo confusing. everybody is entitled to an opinion but i hope the line was just influenced by the bar atmosphere drama and not entirely a true feeling. if so, oh well. nobody is perfect.

anyway. cosby was hilarious. yet whatever biological clock i had has been shut off because of it haha...

oh and i found these on the net while tryin to find a silly pic of thigh high socks.

yikes

eww.

"one handed typing" was definitely used in a sentence tonight haha

accidental art is the best.

itd be nice to some day be this good at design.

seen a few pieces by this guy before. perfect

for how late it is i still wish i had some fried chicken right now...
i may have to settle for the baby carrots in my fridge

the whole open shirt/cardigan thing in girl pics just kills me right now. that and cute bangs. sigh

second photo i found of this girl and set up.... the placement of her and the picture has been spot on in both so you can still get the flesh tone in her face.. ugh. plus its just so. damn. beautiful.

damn its late.... or really early? i should not have taken that 4 hour nap at 3PM..

<2+1

good start / bad start

2009-02-22T09:03:00.000-08:00

start the day with this.

because i started the day with this.

my sunday monthly manager meeting at 7AM. fuck.

productive day... kinda

2009-02-20T22:18:00.000-08:00

okay. i was borderline sick. or i guess kinda am. a strange act was a catalyst that pretty much floored me. to where i was aching everywhere and felt weak. but lucky me i guess. i had today off to rest up and get better.

did some design work for the captothehill kids (which we lead to other news and posts later)

and while searchin the net for inspiration, humor, and sexy things i realized i need to go shoot another roll or 3 haha. hopefully which will happen tomorrow.

so ya. here is some of what i found on the interweb today.

no really 'there can be only one'

whats a blog without the occasional zombie post?

computer cred and craftsmanship cred.
wood annnnnnd electronics. word.

desert clouds just look different...
i dont even have to know where this is from

fuck yo couch *****

the girl in two photos above... ive never met.
but thanks to flickr i now have a terrible crush on. sigh

hopefully robot chicken will make this into a short soon.

jacks words coming out of my mouth. check.

after bathing in flickr all day all i wanna do tomorrow is take photos. hopefully i can get some of my talented friends to let me shadow them tomorrow. yet i just got paid. i need to go grocery shopping and as always do some laundry (my most annoyin task).

anyway....

k bye

agreed.

2009-02-17T20:49:00.000-08:00

(applause)

in other non related news.
i have been staring at a stack of dirty dishes
and a pile of clean clothes
since i got off work.

all i wanna do is lounge
no i did not fight this bear.

yet.....

-shaunwilliamcallahan

Bitter / Sweet

2009-02-14T16:08:00.000-08:00

still a lil grumpy.

so on top of valentines day it was also inventory at work today..
i mean really? seriously? what ya got next for me life?
bring it bitch.

Untitled from Adrian Bryant on Vimeo.

on a sweeter note. at this time last year i met a lot of great people. some of which have become good friends and some of my favorite people out here. i gonna try my best to stay home tonight. but more than likely i will end up out, and eventually at MOE with blair and josh on the wheels of steel tryin to dance off my funk.

<2+1

shaunwilliamcallahan

grumble grumble

2009-02-13T23:26:00.000-08:00

so the idea hadnt really bothered me in the slightest until about right now while im tryin to go to sleep for an early work shift tomorrow.

its fucking valentines day in about 30 mins.

well now im near the sea and away from the desert...
especially since im not quite sure who "you" is annnnd actually now its 11:34PM-ish...

still cant sleep... and the sheep in the image above me reminds me of an old trick i can use to help get sleepy.

instead of sheep ill count zoey deschanel's... le sigh.

its 11:45PM... soon enough

happy fuckin valentines day

FIRST ROLL IN SIX YEARS (was an angry one)

2009-02-12T21:21:00.001-08:00

angry 5, originally uploaded by shaunwilliamcallahan.

actually i was really happy to shoot for the first time in six years today (film too). i wasnt hoping for much from it honestly and right off the bat realized that the view finder seems to be off a lil on the bottom so i gotta take that into account from now on. so yeah... here is some of what i got today. stoked to shoot more soon. i got about 6 rolls to kill and two other lenses to try. whose game?

if ya wanna see the rest just head to my flickr account :)

too lazy to post more now.

it aint over

2009-02-11T19:14:00.000-08:00

been a ridiculous day thus far.

i forgot to mention that before my doc visit this afternoon i pretty hungover and uh... stuff.

yet turns out being nervous for the doc visit was totally worthless. i showed up and he shot to spot on the scar with some weird steroids that will apparently break down the scar tissue more. blah blah blah.

so after that i actually had the canon ae-1 with me a tried looking through it a lil, but no real images popped out. i think i really only took two. i have plans of checkin out this alley downtown that has somethin i wanna shoot.

once i got home i killed an hour on the interwebs and found some silly shit.

here are some

Snowbiz from Si on Vimeo.

SURFACE TRAILER from silo-1 on Vimeo.

Sigg Jones from Asterokid on Vimeo.

after these randoms were found i actually went to my first dance class ever. a hiphop dance class! all i gotta say is that it was fuckin fun and i cant wait to go again (thanks ERIN). i was surprised how well i did considering ive NEVER tried choreography before let alone have the pelotas (balls) to try until now i guess. oh and ill be honest... i was the only guy with a class of 20ish girls... heh :)

anyway... time to get fed and then off to Sole Repair for Gilbys B-day! one of the staff at MOE bar that occasionally comes by my work and buys stuff... and occasionally pours my drinks haha.

:)

hey scarface

2009-02-11T12:18:00.000-08:00

so im going back to seattle skin cancer center to get my nose scar worked on a lil more today.

and that last couple of visits i haven't been nervous at all... but for some reason its really fuckin with me today.

so to calm myself down i was pretty picture hunting and stumbled upon this.

if this girl can rep such an intense chest scar and still look all sexy i should be in good shape.

though ill admit she would definitely benefit from a couple lbs via bacon cheese burgers and fresh cut fries... which i think i'm gonna treat myself to after my doc visit is over.

sigh

om nom nom

2009-02-10T06:15:00.000-08:00

so occasionally i have to work really early shifts.
and last night i was smart and stayed in....

which leaves me time to make a good breakfast
mmmm flap-jacks, eggs and bacon.
oh and irish tea. sooo good.

sprint

2009-02-08T22:52:00.000-08:00

wheres the love sprint.

i would have done this for free.

though it did remind me of my gradeschool days.
pretty sure no teacher ever called me shaun.

PS started watchin the grammys a bit ago. instead of laundry and dinner.
some pretty terrible performances. but also some pretty epic ones.

TI, Weezy, Jay Z, Kanye and MIA... entertaining.
Sir Paul stickin to classic bass guitar rick with dave grohl crazy on drums. fun.
JT and TI collaborating again..YES. redemption though? really?
adele. girl has some soul for sure.
my blues roots were happy to see BB King

oh and RADIOHEAD!!!
thom youre such a fuckin weirdo on stage.
i wouldnt have it any other way.

yet am i the only one who thought it was messed up to close the night with Stevie and have him play earlier with the jonas brothers? i mean gettin a blind man to close the show. is this so he cant see people leavin?

stevie deserves better...

here you go

that suit is fresh still. damn. i want it now.

-me

could be worse.

2009-02-08T19:42:00.000-08:00

ugh.

battling free wifi spots and weekend warriors last night.
then forget i had to be at work at 7AM instead of 10AM
i didnt realize this till it was 9AM. (sprinted down pike)
MUCHAS PELOTAS. (cause i was the open manager)
fucking long ass day. (yet some texts kept a smirk close)
camera full of film. yet no time to take shots thus far.
all i wanna do is drop down to my CKs and slippers.
and pass out to some Comcast and fried chicken.
but nah! gotta do some epic laundry and folding.

but hey. MrChiCity cant catch a break either.

and his shit is serious haha.

stay up MrChiCity. ive been there.

"this too shall pass"

<2+1

Eternal Sunshine of a Vanilla Sky

2009-02-04T09:34:00.000-08:00

i just woke up from a dream

the clearest part i can remember was that i needed to get to a friends (it was a girl but conveniently i dont remember who haha) and oddly enough there were two horses tied up to a wild west style post thingy in downtown seattle at night. the streets were all empty with in reason and wet from a drizzle. the fog was thick but about 100 feet above us. oh yeah... i had an old childhood friend next to me.

keep the flannel and neckerchief... swap the hat for a headband haha

so minus a short period of trotting around the city we ended up galloping pretty fast but i lost touch with the friend whose horse seem to literally ride like the wind and disappear haha. anyway it got eerily dark and i ended up in what i think was the madison area. or atleast where the apartments become old two story houses. i've seen a few inside. amazing classic design. idealic.

um anyway. just as i was about to get to the door step the dream decided transport me to arizona. (jerk)

from there i tied up the my noble steed and saw a classic arizona wood pallet/mesquite bonfire in the back yard of some house (that smell is so distinct i could never nor want to escape it). once passing through the back sliding glass window there were classic tube TVs of all sizes stacked randomly playin chick flics and old school video games haha.

eventually i came across an older woman and a man who shaked my hands like parents with big smiles and then........

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn.

i wake up to cartoon network with some wierd pokemon show playin on my flatscreen.

um anyway. just finished watching daily show and my shoulder is aching terribly from bowling last night.

hmm. goodmorning. bacon anyone?

-shaunwilliamcallahan

old habits DIE HARD

2009-01-31T22:25:00.000-08:00

so once upon a time i was really into photography.

i'd like to blame/THANK my really talented friends
for inspiring me to get my dad to send me my old gear.

lets hope it all works and i havent forgotten too much.

::fingers crossed::

hearts

the qoute from last night

2009-01-30T14:15:00.000-08:00

sooo

you can always count on friends to provide ridiculous drunken lines that sadly sum up your life with a bit of humor.

"you know how i know your gay? you have like 12 girls who wanna sleep with you and youre walking home alone!"

this of course was yelled at me from about 50 feet away at 1AM... ha. ha. ha.

true or not.. its makes me laugh and shed a tear at the same time.

le sigh.

<2+1

side note: 4 irish coffees in the course of 3 hours right now? yes i can.

SMILE

2009-01-23T09:03:00.000-08:00

so on occasion i get grumpy...
to where its tough to smile...

but..

once upon a time a friend taught me a trick...
think of somebody, anybody, preferably cool...
walking with their hands deep in their pockets

do you got it?

here is a lil help.

(this lil kid is waaaaay too cool...)

or how about two for one

okay you ready?
they are just walkin along..
not a care in the world...

then they trip!

hands buried in their pockets.
(no hope)

haha yep...... you're smiling.

-shaunwilliamcallahan

PS hey karma... im walkin to work in a minute
and well i cant find my gloves... haha uh oh.

CHANGE! CHANGE! CHANGE!

2009-01-19T14:00:00.000-08:00

THIS MAN CREATED CHANGE

LAST YEAR I CREATED CHANGE IN MY LIFE

AND TOMORROW THIS MAN STARTS CHANGE

so tonight i'll be at MOE BAR celebrating good times with good people

thanks to a great year SEATTLE

<3 SHAUNWILLIAMCALLAHAN

Where is my mind?

2009-01-18T14:23:00.000-08:00

oh yeah.... the outtakes
(which no other blog seems to post)