..although Stella did kick my ass at air hockey….. … (i let her win..shhhhhhhh! )
..Stella has a great attitude… even when she loses….
..but sorry Stella…….
..she has great style…
..Stella and I went bowling yesterday..
….theres a lot of things I love in life… but there are few things i love more than hanging out with my grandpa Harry playing backgammon…..Granpda is WWII veteran and his stories about being at sea in the navy never grow old…..Harry is the only person in my family not born in California… he was born in West New York… he grew up a tough city kid until I think age 11 or 13 when he drove across country with his family in search of a new life out west… it was the time of the great depression…they would settle in Fresno like so many Armenians of that time did….and let it be know that was no easy thing… Armenians were discriminated against big time in California… they had to swim in separate pools, drink from separate water fountains… they were not allowed to buy land… the list goes on… and that was not just in Fresno. Harry is my grandpa on my moms side. So my moms dad. My grandpa on my dads side was named Levon. He was born in downtown LA in 1903. HIs family , also all Armenian had a cross burnt on their families lawn . You never hear about this in your history books do you kids…..Armenians faced two attempts at genocide by the Turks and then come to California to face discrimination…. funny how that works. Cant imagine what my great grandparents were thinking about this earth… but they continued on and that thought always humbles me… whenever i think i have it bad… come on.. I don’t even have a clue of what that means… See the reason the Turks wanted to get rid of the Armenians was because they were smart, and hard working and owned land and were prosperous. And when the Armenians came to California they were smart, and hard working and prosperous. Always a threat. But i guess if times tells us anything is that you can’t keep an Armenian down…. the trippy thing is that back in Armenia… yes Armenia is a country for those of you who don’t know… well they’re keeping each other down … corruption is a terrible thing….My grandpas Harrys wife was named Sue. My grandma Sue. She was such an awesome woman. I loved her so much. She always told me money was evil. She would say it every time i saw her…..the more i experience on this earth the more I see how right she was…speaking of money I rode my bike down to the Laemle on Wilshire to see Spring Breakers tonight…glad i went to see it…
….i guess in life we all hope we meet someone that inspires us.. that loves us… not only loves, but makes us feel loved….someone that teaches us…that makes and effort to understand us…. that makes us laugh… that makes us think….that tolerates us… that communicates with us….
Im often on an airplane so I guess thats why I’m going to say this next part… like have you ever been landing somewhere at night and you look out the window and you see those millions of lights below….when you are going somewhere foreign you might think wow thats pretty , wow this place is huge and you almost get a bit anxious…… but when you are landing home you might feel that comfort and that awesomeness of knowing one of those lights is your lights… or your families lights and that soon you will be there and warm and all of the sudden everything feels so good… I guess love is like this… or really caring for someone… its human nature to love… and everyone is at some point on that quest… i guess what I am saying that is what love feels like when you meet someone you really care about….out of all those millions of lights…one is flickering for you.. flickering in some pattern like morse code… saying welcome home… you are safe now……im here , you are here…. .i cant think of any greater comfort..
Happy Birthday Stella Maxwell…..I love you…..
… was an awesome mothers day… got to hang out with my family which is my fav thing to do …well i also like surfing a lot and taking photos… but you get the point….so this is a photo of my mom Lauren and thats my arm…. thats the same tattoo my moms dad got when he was in the navy in WWII….I love my mom a lot and feel so blessed …..happy mothers day to all the beautiful mothers out there… much love and respect…..
Anja with her kitty cat…. here are a couple bits of info about Anja
Whats your star sign? Leo
Born: Russia
Raised: Melbourne
Discovered: at a hair salon
fav food: french fries
Describe your style: My style get its influenced by the place that i am at, the people around me and my mood. One day I’m very pop, colorful and mixed matched. Another day I’m very sleek. But always comfortable
Future goals: Be successful in the Industry as the shortest model and be a good mother in the future.
Anja K with the familia…
..got the chance to go hang with the awesome Anja Konstantinova in Melbourne where she grew up…. she such a rad person…. I photographed her with her family for my monthly Japan Vogue column…..
…came across one of my old travel journals today… had this photo of Jerry Garcia in the back… I love the Grateful Dead… I wish Jerry was still around…i wish there was a weekend coming up where i could call up my friends and say hey lets go see the Dead… i envy people who love a current band as much as I loved the music of the grateful dead but who are still around and they can see play live…its a trip when seomthing is gone and u can say woh…i will never experience that again… i guess I can say experience everything you cherish as much as you can…….
California….. back in the day…. me and mom and dad and the station wagon … under the sun…. much love for my family… much love for my home….keep California California….
..was rad havin miss Alana Bunte back in Cali for a bit… she’s a dear friend and was awesome to hang….safe travels babe…..c ya soon….
