HELLO, I am Steev’s blog where he collects things he finds, cool, inspiring, funny, ridiculous, ridiculously funny, inspiringly cool, and all other permutations of those 4 words. A POLAROID A DAY / DESIGN / TWITTERTumblr (3.0; @steevszafranski)http://blog.steevszafranski.com/<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://blog.steevszafranski.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/1050527044/tumblr_l83gc8ZXvI1qzzs0h&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/1050527044http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/1050527044Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:36:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7o7rwjsXM1qzzs0ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I want to go to a waterpark and wear this thing the entire time, all the while refusing to answer any questions regarding the navy seal equipment strapped to my face.</p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/1004651586http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/1004651586Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:07:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7mz4hyN0L1qzzs0ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The boy who played the Tennessee Flat-Top Box.</p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/1001332899http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/1001332899Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:02:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7j0uyzAks1qzzs0ho1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Like a little kid, I watched Transformers 2 twice and Transformers 1 once today. Awesome movies. Optimus Prime is kind of the coolest thing from here to Cybertron. Defintely looking forward to the Autobots coming to Chicago in 2011, but dropping Megan Fox? Say what you will, that is one attractive lady. I won’t say “love”, but yes. I love her.</p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/989727909http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/989727909Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:49:00 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7f9xtZGLO1qzzs0ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>YES</p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/979361580http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/979361580Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:15:29 -0500<p>Over the past 2 days, I’ve <strike>purchased</strike> a lot of good albums:</p> <p>The Tallest Man On Earth – <i>The WIld Hunt</i><br/> Francis and the Lights – <i>It’ll Be Better</i><br/> Arcade Fire – <i>The Suburbs</i><br/> Why? – <i>Eskimo Snow</i><br/> Ratatat – <i>Classics</i><br/> Eminem – <i>Recovery</i><br/> The Black Keys – <i>Brothers</i><br/> Bob Dylan – <i>Modern Times</i><br/> Mastodon – <i>Crack the Skye</i></p> <p>and a few I haven’t had the chance to sample yet:</p> <p>Surfer Blood – <i>Astrocoast</i><br/> Broken Bells –<i> S/T</i><br/> LCD Soundsystem –<i> S/T</i></p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/972494712http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/972494712Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:54:00 -0500“With every breath I breathe<br/> I fight to stay afloat through these<br/> These days that come and pass so hollow<br/> Through the all forgotten trees<br/><br/> Upon that all forgotten breeze”http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/968216012http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/968216012Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:17:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l790wehot31qzzs0ho1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://acidcow.com/famous/6767-rare-photos-of-famous-people-125-pics.html" target="_blank">Rare photos of famous people</a></p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/962799498http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/962799498Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:14:38 -0500<p>So I get caught whistling and humming a lot at work. Among other randoms, I seem to always have that Sha-na-na song from the Brady Bunch and Dio’s Holy Diver stuck in my head. A coworker mentioned that having songs stuck in your head is a form of OCD. Naturally, I Googled. They’re called earworms and they’re linked to a lack of Serotonin in the brain similar to depression. So am I a depressed obsessive person?</p> <p>Nope, I just love 80’s dragon metal and really really white people from the 70’s.</p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/945444677http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/945444677Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:49:00 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://blog.steevszafranski.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/937072453/tumblr_l6zpk2oULb1qzzs0h&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/937072453http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/937072453Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:31:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6wqexIiud1qzzs0ho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6wqexIiud1qzzs0ho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6wqexIiud1qzzs0ho3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I have it good. I leave my place a wreck in the morning and come home to labeled drugs, clean dishes and a made bed.</p> <p>Love ya B Monster</p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/928919304http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/928919304Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:56:00 -0500<p>Work was a little laid back today so after eating my microwaved Roadhouse Chili, I went for a stroll to the bank to deposit 2 expense checks that totaled to a staggering $21.75 and to cash in my $2.00 winning lottery ticket for, you guessed it, a $2.00 lottery ticket. I handed the 7-11 lady my winner and she informed me that I couldn’t cash it in. After some confusion and a “uhhhhh, then where???”, I was informed that it was a Wisconsin Lottery ticket. I’m not burning $10 worth of gas to cash in my $2.00 winner for what will ultimately end up being a $2.00 loser. </p> <p>So I guess there’s more than one way to lose the lotto, if you’re dumb enough.</p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/928516766http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/928516766Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:09:00 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6mrvaPhu61qzzs0ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.nickbrandt.com/index.cfm" target="_blank">Nick Brandt</a> has a knack for being in the right place at the right time. These are awesome photos.</p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/902972583http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/902972583Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:52:22 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6ah9tP2HT1qzzs0ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.codyhoyt.com/" target="_blank">Cody Hoyt</a></p> <p>Will I ever have the determination or stamina to create something like this?</p> <p>Short answer…Probably.</p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/872453361http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/872453361Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:32:00 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://blog.steevszafranski.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/863767249/tumblr_l67064CHNB1qzzs0h&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>I typically prefer Skiba’s tracks over Dan’s lisping emotional 17 year old girl songs, but today was a sluggish day and on the “L” home from work, this song seemed to speak to my apathy. Alkaline Trio, more than anything else, will always remind me of home. Trio is sacred in McHenry, or it was before my hometown was overrun with middle-class white kids who, for some inexplicable reason, think they’re hardened gangbangers. But that’s another blog post, nay, another blog. Damn kids. </p> <p>So Alkaline Trio…yea.</p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/863767249http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/863767249Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:30:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5xtx9D3721qzzs0ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>They’re called café racers and this is the beginning of my enthusiastic plunge into learning, saving and hopefully building one. A stripped down little sport bike with WWII toughness for about 10% of the cost of a Harley. Understated and mean. It’s a total whim and I can barely afford my rent, let alone a motorcycle, but you’ve got to think big or sink into your mediocre, wretched little lives. If you were uninterested in all my track bicycle posts, you might as well stop following me cos here come the café bikes.</p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/843204523http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/843204523Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:36:00 -0500<p>I’m going to put together a small, lo-fi publication that I’m trying not to call a “zine”. I’m asking for submissions. It will be a 5x5 inch saddle stitched book. So I’d ask for a page or a spread. You can go full bleed. I’d like designers and non-designers to give me stuff so it stays interesting. Don’t get metaphorical on everybody’s ass, I just want to see cool, funny, random things that would make a cheap little book worth flipping through. For instance, one spread is simply going to be the word “falafel” set in futura extra bold oblique so don’t waste too much time. Most art zines are weird esoteric spreads trying to say something impactful. I want to do the opposite of that.</p> <p>—</p> <p>So, anybody interested?</p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/836505663http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/836505663Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:17:23 -0500<p>Yes sir. Do you have “The Climb”?</p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/819938998http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/819938998Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:37:41 -0500<p>Earn my respect. Don’t demand or expect it…</p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/819930476http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/819930476Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:34:00 -0500<p>I live in Chicago and work downtown. And I didn’t know you could message people on Tumblr. How’d you do this?</p>http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/819217580http://blog.steevszafranski.com/post/819217580Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:16:45 -0500