New Paris Building Casts No Shadows, Generates Electricity

Le Project Triangle is one of those buildings that make us think that we may actually drive flying cars one day. To be completed by 2014 in the Porte de Versailles area in Paris, its most impressive feature is that, according to the architects, it won't cast shadows on adjacent buildings. The trick is the orientation and its shape: While it looks like a massive pyramid from one side, the other side shows that it really is an ultra-thin triangle resembling a shark's fin:
(read more here)

The G-Men Were Off Today, But The Jets Did Their Thing

Jets won today against the Arizona Cardinals 56-35.......Brett Farve had a career day with 6 tds.....peep the uniforms.

Its Ranting Time...

Well I have been in Baltimore for about a year now and one thing that I am certain about is the fact that PEOPLE IN BALTIMORE CAN NOT DRIVE. While I know that I could be ranting about something worst but as of right now this is how I am feeling. You have people waiting for the light to turn yellow so in turn they slow down at every traffic light, nobody in this city knows what a signal is, and for some reason drivers can NOT fathom the idea of staying in their own lane. And whats more is these "drivers" will turn out in front of you and drive 16 mph below the speed limit and their ignorance will disallow them to let you pass. I know that Baltimore has a history of corrupt behavior within the city but......corruption at the MVA?????

All I am saying is that if you are driving, you are driving to get somewhere SO DRIVE LIKE IT! SAFELY!!!

Ok I am done for now.

WOW.

iPod Touch Survives Brutal Pickup Truck Crushing

(taken from gizmodo)

Individual Thirst.

Located in none other than Manhattan....one of these days.

Things Could Be Better.

House ignores Bush, rejects $700B bailout bill

WASHINGTON - In a stunning vote that shocked the capital and worldwide markets, the House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue for the nation's financial system, ignoring urgent warnings from President Bush and congressional leaders of both parties that the economy could nosedive without it. The Dow Jones industrials plunged nearly 800 points, the most ever for a single day.

Democratic and Republican leaders alike pledged to try again, though the Democrats said GOP lawmakers needed to provide more votes. Bush huddled with his economic advisers about a next step. The House was to reconvene on Thursday instead of adjourning for the year as planned.

read the rest here.

I Feel Somewhat Similar to This Guy About These Kicks..

David Letterman Speaks on John McCain

The Knicks Are NOT Ok....

This guy has to be on something....we will see

Knicks' D'Antoni prepared for success despite unchanged roster

ESPN.com

Updated: September 27, 2008, 4:52 PM ET

NEW YORK -- Stephon Marbury is still here and perhaps will be for a while longer.

Zach Randolph is still here and apparently was never close to going anywhere.

The New York Knicks will open training camp next week with mostly the same roster that was an embarrassment on and off the court while going 23-59 last season. President Donnie Walsh has made only one notable move since replacing Isiah Thomas in April, and it's the reason he believes next season could be better even if the personnel suggests otherwise.

"Mike D'Antoni. I think he's a great coach. I hope people give him a chance," Walsh said Friday. "He'll make them better, I think, than anybody else would.".....read the rest here

More Negative Effects of the Economy (excerpt Wall Street Journal)

Neiman Marcus Sees Bleak Holiday

Luxury-Goods Retailer Reports a Doubling of Its Quarterly Loss
And Warns the Wealthy Are Cutting Back

Upscale retailer Neiman Marcus Inc. offered a bleak outlook for the holidays and said its quarterly loss more than doubled from a year earlier, signaling a further downturn in the U.S. luxury-goods market.

Neiman, which posted a $35.7 million loss for its fiscal quarter ended Aug. 2, warned that the American luxury market is likely to be hit hard by the recent financial crisis as wealthy and upper-middle-class consumers change their attitudes toward spending.

I'm Not a Motorcycle Person....But

Ferrari Superbike Concept, designed by Amir Glinik.

A Starry Night, The Best Painting Ever.

June 1889 (210 Kb); Oil on Canvas, 72 x 92 cm (29 x 36 1/4 in); The Museum of Modern Art, New York

The Starry Night was completed near the mental asylum of Saint-Remy, 13 months before Van Gogh's death at the age of 37. Vincent's mental instability is legend. He attempted to take Paul Gauguin's life and later committed himself to several asylums in hopes of an unrealized cure.
Van Gogh painted furiously and The Starry Night vibrates with rockets of burning yellow while planets gyrate like cartwheels. The hills quake and heave, yet the cosmic gold fireworks that swirl against the blue sky are somehow restful.
This painting is probably the most popular of Vincent's works.

One day I will own a very detailed replica of this painting.

April 2009.....Sweet.

Introduction....(continued)

Well I seemed to have picked up a little more focus as of late (that damn girl shut the hell up), so back to my introduction. I am originally from Queens, New York but I have lived pretty much everywhere in NY, however I have also lived in New Jersey, North Carolina and most recently Maryland where I currently attend Morgan State University. As I mentioned before I am attending school for Fashion Merchandising and Business Administration. I recently picked up Fashion Merchandising as a major after finally realizing that my life passion is fashion (no rhyme intended). Living in a capitalist society, much like most, I am driven by money.....which is where the interest in Business comes from. I always have been someone who wanted to money inside and out, and how it functions as an element of society. With both of these majors under my belt I plan to one day design my own line of clothing, while designing for others as well (ill go more in depth in later posts). As a person I like to believe that I am a complex minded individual...lol... in a very wierd way. My mind operates in a wierd way, maybe because Im left handed ...I dont know. Also I love BMWs, I love technology, I love clothes, I love sneakers, I hate public restrooms.

Good Financial Advice is Always Appreciated (from www.walletpop.com)

Easy Ways to Make a Money Mess

Just as a snowball can start an avalanche and one match can ignite an inferno, these 15 mistakes are easy to make and can lead to financial trouble for the rest of your life.

From your choice of college to your choice of spouse, from job selection to retirement planning, we take a look at 15 common ways you can mess up your money future.

1. Don't Discuss Money
Before Marriage

Our blogger married for love, not money, but wishes she had asked her husband more questions about the latter before they tied the knot. It wasn't until after the wedding that she learned about his six-figure student loans and credit-card balance of $15,000.

2. Get a Divorce

D-I-V-O-R-C-E. A well-known song, the follow up for which should have been P-O-V-E-R-T-Y. The process of divorce is costly for both parties, financially and emotionally, and the ongoing expenses of divided households and shared parenting, of alimony and child support, often ruin the financial futures of both of the once-lovebirds.

3. Buy a House You Can't Afford

What happens when you buy a home that you really can't afford? When economizing doesn't work, people often liquidate assets and borrow from their 401(k) to keep up with payments. Talk about putting your financial future in jeopardy

4. Don't Diversify Your Investments

By not diversifying your portfolio -- for example, investing in just a couple of
stocks -- you run the risk of tying your future to the fate of a single company. If you bet on the wrong horse, that mistake could put you in the hole for the rest of your life.

5. Drive Stupidly

The National Safety Council estimated in 2006 that the average cost per auto crash where there were no disabling injuries was $8,200. If someone was hurt badly in the crash, but not killed, the average cost was $55,000. If someone died because of the wreck, the cost was more than $1.2 million. Survivors of such an accident could spend the rest of their lives recovering their financial health.

6. Start Smoking

The financial costs of this nasty habit are far more than the cost of a pack of cigarettes. Smokers pay more for insurance, dry cleaning, and dental care. Their homes and cars have less resale value, they are at higher risk of having a fire, and many companies won't even hire a smoker.

7. Go to a College You Can't Afford

Here's the reality: attending a private school at the expense of taking on a large debt load -- or worse, depleting the parents' nest egg -- will result in increased stress and constrained career choices, without increasing opportunities beyond what a student of the same ability could have done with a less expensive public college education.

8. Choose Wrong Health Insurance

When you're young and virile, health insurance can seem unimportant. Choose unwisely, though, and you can spend a lifetime paying for your mistake. Too little, and a neck injury can leave you broke for life. Buying too much saps money that could be invested, compounding for decades.

9. Rack Up Credit Card Debt

Instant gratification, the mantra of the late 20th century, has resulted in a massive amount of credit card debt. The result? Millions of Americans paying the minimum on their credit card debt, compounding at a usurious 20% interest, all for the privilege of buying a meal they can't remember eating, a tune they now loathe, or shoes that Carrie Bradshaw would burn.

10. Stay in a Dead-End Job

Given the advances in medicine, today's twenty-somethings may well have a work life of seventy years, and that's way too long to spend in even a good-paying dead-end job. Once you've become accustomed to that income, have a family and a mortgage, you're locked into that job with golden handcuffs.

11. Don't Save Enough for Retirement

We are doing a terrible job saving for retirement. The median 401(k) plan balance is a paltry $18, 986! While there is raging debate over how much you need to save in order to retire with dignity, everyone would agree that most Americans are falling woefully short of achieving this goal.

12. Ignore Credit Disputes

Think you left disputed credit card issues behind when you changed addresses? The company may not have your new address, but it does have access to your credit ratings. When you decide to buy that first home, you'll find a land mine awaiting you in your credit report.

13. Don't Create an Emergency Fund

Not surprisingly, few of us are prepared financially for a hurricane. Sadly, many of us are not even prepared for predictable calamities -- a car breakdown, a broken arm, a plane trip to the funeral of a loved one. Whatever happened to the rainy day fund? Because we guarantee it's going to rain.

14. Squander Youthful Riches

Sudden wealth thrust upon the young, such as was common before the dot com bubble burst, poses a temptation few can resist. Driving hot cars, visiting hot spots, hobnobbing with the glitterati, seem like such a good idea at the time. Too bad such fun often comes at the cost of a lifetime of financial security.

15. Do Business With a Handshake

A man's (or woman's) handshake is his/her word, we would like to believe. However, if the devil is in the details, how can every nuance of an understanding be communicated with the pressing of flesh? There's a lesson to be learned from a house closing; all that paperwork is there because doing business with a handshake can lead to financial calamity.

A Different Form of Art......Laugh Out Loud

Just watch....the whole thing

Definately Dope

If you know me as a person, then you know about my love for the world's greatest city, my hometown....New York. So with that said I have to show love to my favorite baseball team the New York Yankees, who just played their last game at their 85-year old stadium (they will be moving across the street to a new stadium next season). Lego artist Sean Kenney, along with a grade school student constructed this replica of Yankee Stadium made of Lego pieces (around 45,000)...pics taken from seankenney.com

Individual Thirst.

These are hands down one of the illest Adidas I have ever seen and I usually don't mess with the whole boat shapes shoe ordeal but I must say the folks at Neighborhood/Adidas (the 2 collaborators) have put a creative spin on the fusion between sneaker and moccasin, therefor folks I give you....individual thirst. (pics taken from hypebeast)

Very Important Piece of Info.

Now Im not a very political person, (but who is?) but I do know who I am voting for you know with me being a Democrat and all but no matter which party you support I believe that voters should know this (and it isnt being made very public either, probably because most Obama supporters and very expressive about their support for the man and tend to wear paraphernalia....so I am sure most people do not know about this, please spread the word). It has not been set in stone yet but I would rather have people informed about it.
http://forwomenonline.com/dont-wear-political-paraphanelia-to-the-polls-to-vote/
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20080918_GOP_seeks_ban_on_political_clothing_at_polling_places.html

Introduction:

Steve and Marcus tend to call me Seany Seans for what I dont know but I like to refer to myself as Sean Aikens, the master blogger, just kidding, but I am a student of Fashion Merchandising and Business Administration at Morgan State University. The reason I made this blog is because well.....everyone else has one. Wait....lemme try that again, the real reason I made this blog is because I am a complex individual who enjoys expressing myself using different methods. The internet is a large place where an individual like myself can explore different things freely and put all my interests and thoughts all in one place, a blog. Well my introduction has been soiled by this loud ass chick sitting in the booth next to me at the library so my once freed mind has been contaminated..... so I will get back to this later