MR44

Foreign Family on the daily grind
For us it's work, eat, play, eat, play.

here we go:


Today we went to Digital Gravel for some laughs, arguments, checks, pounds, hugs, love, hate, embrace, getting money, giving money, fulfilling, and friendly handshakes.


These guys really do an awesome job with shipping and packing.


A cool Ludwig sticker on Nima's desk... I should've taken it.


Baby D's fade in the back... look familiar?


yuuuup


Ivan from WorldWide Clothing and Chad from Foreign Familia cutting away pieces. Look at Ivan's cute boxers... aww


After DG, we went to go eat some Thai food again... People have been asking me where I go to to eat... but that's a secret, come to the spot and you will learn.


Tommy and I exhausted...


There was a fly that chilled on Johnny Punishment's hat for a good 10 minutes... He's his homie..


Ivan's arm tattoo... soooo sick


In the afternoon we went to the skate spot on Wilshire.


You will be seeing a lot of this guy : Tommy from Japan. He's gonna stay with us for a month or so... The man can rip on the skate!


Even I skated a lil bit... it's good exercise.


Big Calvin who is also a sick rider, stopped by the oFFice. Thanks for the support!

Til next time
peace
44

ps. To see my oldschool skateboarding sticker collection, go here

Got's a lot to blog.
Here ya go:

Caught Bobby working on the 554 Gallery on Sunday.


It's dope to see people painting on walls with their hands, a nice change from a mousepad and screen.


Benny from The Hundies strolled into the gallery... and just watched.


Robert and Johnny Punishment installing the internet... it takes two asians to install DSL.


AAAAAaaaannd
Guess WHO's BACK??




....


Tadaaa!! Ivan from Worldwide / Nike!!


We took Ivan out for dinner with Nima from Digital Gravel. Nima has a new crew called the Darkside. Pretty interesting.


Chad catching all that smoke... hahahhahahahaha


Hannah Stouffer aka Grand Array, chillin at the oFFice. She's moving in right next door to us... literally.


Ivan's keys and passport wallet.


Coooooool

So onto the MONDIESEL update:


Ivan wanted to go to Rosewood to interview Scotty from the Hundreds, so we strolled onto Rosewood. It's the only place where you'll catch hipsters mean-muggin in their v-necks.


All laughs and hugs... but no interview with Bobby...
aww


The one and only Vito. THey say he is the nicest and sweetest person at their office.
aww


Down to business. Benny doesn't like our Financial officer Robert. Well Robert doesn't like Benny either.
aww

DinDin at Romero's









good night

peace
44

ps. Thank you Aki! And good talking to you Ann!

PS.PS.

If you don't know



Now you do.

ReFFreshed feeling like 10 bucks.

Spent the day cleaning my room, then went out with my West LA peeps.


More Wontons. That's a magical finger.


THey did everything.


Then I came back up to the oFFice, and it was a mini party.
How does work get done here.. hahahah!!

peace
44

Today was one of those days where everyone in the oFFice was putting in amazing work. I am so proud of our team! Go Team Go!

So off to my food blog:


Lunch: Pepper garlic chicken with extra cilantro


Fried wontons... mmmm


Hopefully this comes true.


THese guys...


THey are doing a wonderful job! Almost there fellas, work hard!


Dinner: More Korean food


mmmmm dumplings...


The best damn chicken noodle soup... ever...

Have a good weekend everybody!
peace
44

Go shop!!

We are not the same,
We are Shmeshmortions...

So today the good ol boys from The Attic came through. James and Derek have always been family since day one.
peep!


Me and James


Johnny Punishment and Derek. A very rare photo of Johnny Punishment smiling...


They treated us out to lunch at LuLu's on Beverly. Great spot to catch celebs.


My chicken paparazzi salad.


Derek's chicken cobb salad.


James' pasta... mmmmmm

I didn't take a picture of Johnny Punishment's BLT cuz it was really plain..
so... no BLT


Back to the oFFice with Chaddy and the rest of the gang.


They say business meetings involve a lil bit of liquor... even I drank a lil.


One of our first interns Eddie came back into the office. Good seeing ya buddy!


And The Hundreds hooked up Johnny Punishment and I with some mouse pads. Thanks Vito! THem...

peace
44

ps. Check out the Attic blog!! Pretty entertaining!!

Late night dindin at the local taco truck




shmeeee, it's aiiiiiiight


late night sharpie tattooing sessions
shmeeee, it's aiiiiiiight

peace
44

Hello Hello
How is everyone?
mmmmmhmmmmmmmmm
cool

So, I finally received a nice package from my boy CB from Heshdawgz. He's an awesome skater and has an awesome store in Ura-harajuku Tokyo.

I first met CB in '98 in San Francisco. He used to work at this one Video store that had all of my favorite japanese shows, movies, and porn. I remember the very first time he came over to my house, we blazed and he passed out for 2 hours. sheesh...

You can catch him in LA and SF twice a year when he does his buying for the store.
Here are some goodies I got in the mail from him today:


Nice gradient, thanks man.


Nice labels


Chad says thank you too Cheebs.


And the man himself... I wonder if he transitioned smoothly off this one.





Annnnd next week, we got a couple of visitors:


Tommy


Kami


And the one and only: IVAN

peace
44

Anyways check out the lil gnome (Chad) and lil Nima from Digital Gravel interview Trust Nobody.
check it:


Trust Nobody - Barcelona from DigitalGravel.com on Vimeo.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaand


THey're back again. All we do is argue, give high fives, talk shit about each others brand, hugs, pounds, and give each other a liiiittle bit of love.


Watch THem make something into a little more something. hehe

peace
44

Haven't updated a while.
Here are some flix from the week.

Thursday


Meeting with Jason and Ivey from MAGIC. I have no idea if we're doing MAGIC this year.


Korean BBQ with the homies on Thursday night.


Bshhhhhhhhhh waaaaaaaaa!!


Aska's boyfriend JS came to the US last week. Good to see you mang!


Johnny P and Jackie


Johnny P and Jackie laughing

FRIDAY


Jeff from Party til Mayhem. PARTY NAKED!


Christine, Christopher, Goro and Claire came to the office to feed me.


MMmmm


OOooo they're back to the oFFice again.


Benny working like a boss. What are they always doing here??


Just a couple years ago Benny was like the rest of us... not anymore.

SATURDAY


Carne Asada Meeting.


At night I went to the Studio One gallery... awesome gallery, awesome location.


John and Phil chatting it up.


Menthols? sometimes...


My favorite piece of the night... sold... for 5000$... beeeaasst

peace
good night
44

Today is Nosey's bday.


This is Nosey.

If you don't know Nosey, he's the talented artist that made this:


amazing... He made this from bondo, cardboard, wax, fiber glass, and macguyver power.

Happy bday fromn FF mang!
peace
44

What up what up,
if you're in the Los Angeles area this week, stop by our homie Ray's shop: Lions Den in Chinatown. Ray has been a Foreign Family supporter since day one. Can't wait to see the new spot Ray!


Awesome sale prices!!
Don't miss out!!

peace
44

ps. Oh and if you haven't seen the first 6 minutes of THE DARK KNIGHT..here ya go!



looks pretty promising!!Big ups for illspacedreams for this one..heheh

Been at the oFFice working away.
Lot's of people have been stopping here at the office.
Some just to chill and talk, others are more business.
Here are some of the folks.


Matt, the big dude with his back turned to us is Chad's cousin. Him and his girlfriend came down to LA for the weekend to relax and shop.


Next up is Corbin and his boy Kyle. (Whenever I hear Corbin, I think of Corbin Dallas from Fifth Element). anyways Corbin is on his way to start a new boutique shop in Sacramento. Good luck!


Nima Neems. -_- boooooooo
hahah!! Look at him, all refreshed from his trip.
Now go buy stuff at digital gravel.


Next our sales team came up from the OC.


Their identities will remain a secret... not really.


Lunch with The Hundreds. Business meeting amongst friends.


Uuuuu


Mmmmm


Aaaaa


This mustard sauce is the shit.


Thanks for the lunch fellas.

peace
44

Hello! Thank you to everyone that came out this Saturday!
It was our best showing yet, lots of new faces!
some flix from the show, I'll let the pics do the talking:























peace
44

Today Johnny Punishment and I went to The Attic in Buena Park and Sand Diego to set up some store front displays.


The drive to San Diego. Big ups to Alex and John for driving us! We had crazy conversations in the car, I'm pretty sure they think we're just crazy people.


This is what the Attic store looked like for two weeks!? Ew... Not too impressive. Gotta change that.


We started first by painting the walls black to bring out the colors in our posters.


Johnny P setting up the poster print for the window display. Can you see my reflection?


Our helpers for the day: Alex and John putting in good work!!


Left side.


Right side.


Ahhh much better. Gives it that art gallery feel. Hope you guys like it!!


The drive back to Buena Park from San Diego.


Our FForgiveness light box poster inside the store.


Our Coi poster getting shine on the outside!


oFFicial!


Thanks Tim Tim for the help!

Big ups to the Attic store, big ups James and Justin for giving us the opportunity to display our artwork! Push!

peace
44

Wow, it's been nice weather here in LA.
Aaaand Chad's back in town!


chea, room got clean didn't it buddy?


Chad brought us back some goodies, this one's from VanVan from TrustNobody. Carhartt Europe is amazing. These guys coming out with everyday lifestyle product. Awesome.


Thanks VanVan!!


Man oh Man, Ivan from WorldWide Clothing hooks us all the time when we're in Barcelona! I got two pairs of shoes and a sick ass ACG jacket. We'll be waiting for you mang!


Bobby from The Hundreds rolled through to the FF gallery today. Talked about some upcoming projects, friends, fans, excessive sweating, expanding, drama, and lunch.


Bob: "So what happened over there?"


Chad: "Nothing man, it was like this, blah blah blah blah blah blah chaji blah blah"
hahaha Shutup both of you, let's go to lunch


Food. Some PadSieu. mmmmm


My garlic pepper chicken.


O whaat?


O worrd?


More plants, thanks Gracey!!

peace
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Hello everyone,
Another Tuesday.
Another project.

Today I spent the whole day working next to Johnny Punishment.
We were choosing colors and such, but I was annoying him the whole time.
Some flix:


I kept putting a massage tool on Johnny's arm... It's actually Chad's massage tool. I found it in his file cabinet while he was gone. Who knows what it's really used for.


John: "You think you're funny don't you Yoshi".


Me: "Funny looking"


Rob our CFO looking really sneaky. Sneaky with the numbers!


Bryon Bradley... Very talented individual.


The building next to us is almost finished.


This is John Selector's computer. He kept pushing me away cuz I was trying to take a picture of his new upcoming line. You can check it out here. Awesome Reggae stuff.

CHADS coming back today!

Aaaaand this weekend:


be there!
peace
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Yo!!
Hope everyone had a good weekend!!
Gonna go pick up Chad tommorrow from Barcelona!! Big boss!!

Oh and this week is another gallery!
Come through!!



Be there!!
PEACE

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Sup Sup
Damn, I wish I was in Barcelona!! Hahahaha
Seems like Chad is having a great time out there.
Peep on his blog: chaddypooh.

Lot's of Sales going on this week! Get your shopping on!


Unbelievable prices!! Digital Gravel!!


Our boys at attic!!

Have a safe weekend ya'll!
I leave you with one of my first designs I did for Foreign Family:



peace
44

So this morning I dropped off Chad at the airport at 5:45am.
He's on his way to Barcelona. By the time I finish this post, he's probably already going to be on his way to Bread and Butter. Big ups to Ivan, Buba, Nima, and the whole TrustNobody family!!

Today, James from Attic came through the office with Tim to talk about some Window displays.


Tim and James loungin. Thanks for the business talk brother!


Since Chad is gone for a week, Johnny P and I decided to go to LuLu's for Lunch. It was good to get out of the office and talk about future plans for FF.


Johnny P's California Wrap.


Me thinking what to get for lunch... Aaaand you saw it here first! Exclusive new TRUSTNOBODY tee for Bread & Butter. The new Logo Tees come in White and Black. Be sure to get yours this week at TrustNobody during Bread&Butter!!


Oh, and this is what I got for lunch. It's called the Paparazzi salad. Grilled chicken and vegetables on top of lettuce with pine seeds.


Later on the afternoon, we went to BestBuy to look for Wii. Unfortunately it's sold out everywhere. But we still got to play games at the store. Like EA's new soccer game.


So real.


I give props to people that make these games. I think my brother helped market this game in Asia.


C'mon paul, let the kids play...


Dinner... mmmmm


Aaand please go watch this movie!! Amazing animation!! Great story.

O and just as I am finishing this post, Chad pinged me on my blackberry:

CHAD: Just landed
Mr.44: Good to hear
CHAD: Yup, but this lady spilled coffee on me
Mr.44: Good to hear
CHAD: hahahhaha
Mr.44: LOL

peace
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