Change of Directions

Hey, nothing really to post today other than making sure y'all know to also check out the main site www.candidcypher.com

Tattoos and Body Piercings

So, it's 11:32 PM (Eastern non daylight savings time here in AZ) and I can't quite fall asleep and like most American's out there I turned my attention to Google and just searched for random stupid stuff and I came across a whole slew of ridiculousness. For those of you whom are curious enough to try it just do a search of "worlds worst tattoos" or "strange body piercings" and you are bound to find images that will shock you of the sheer stupidity of some people out there.
Now, don't get me wrong. There are some tattoos out there that are pretty cool and quite artistic that I give kudos to those who have them (I'll most likely never have one because in 20 years are you still going to want that thing on your body? Let your life be a tattoo on people's lives.) But, just give it a try and see if you can top this one that I found.

I am surrounded by total incompetence!

Ok, I know that it's been like forever since I have commented on this but it's been like purging experience hoping that the trendy followers would just give up and the die hard readers would stick with it for a while still holding on the little bit of hope that is embedded into all human beings with the hope of a better world. Well, sorry to burst your bubble but that better world isn't quite here yet. I have some ranting and raving about my job to show you how effed-up the people are who surround us truly are..

For some of you that are aware, I'm a Apple Certified Technician (ACMT) among other things at the iStore, which means that I put up with loads of just total fail. Today seemed to be the worst of all of them. (It quite possibly could have been related to things which happened earlier today but that is a totally different story; I HATE girls now.)
1) The first episodes of epic fail were related to having to fufill my usual duties of fixing stuff. I am the one that migrates information and data from PC's to Mac's to ensure "customer satisfaction" with their new purchases. So, there were these two old guys that brought in their old PC's and upgraded their lives as my friend Bill Harding refers to it. This of which isn't much of a problem and is quite easy. The part of fail in this story is that they old, ignorant men forgot to mention was that neither of their PC's worked... "Ok how in the WORLD am I supposed to get data from a PEICE of CRAP to your new Mac when the PC doesn't work.... Now, I can pull HD's and that's not a problem. It's just far to much work and effort than it is worth to manually pull the drive from the machine, connect it to the Mac, and manually have to go through file by file and convert them to a format that is even remotely helpful to import on to the Mac. It's something that can be done but in days NOT hours.... Thanks for letting me know that the machines were dead guys... Do I look like someone who loves to solve your PC problems. Not really.
2) Now there were numerable other instances of fail that I could rattle off like people walking in after 9:00 pm (Store closing hours) to the sight of seeing my friend Chris Hudson and I closing up shop to come in and hang out but that would be a waste of time... Just like it was to type it.. But, one of these poor excuses for a Homo Sapien had the audacity to ask by far one of the DUMBEST questions I have ever heard from a customer who steps foot into any Apple Specialist store or Apple Store, "Are you familiar with Windows Remote Desktop?"
All I could say is "Do you know who we are and what we do?!?" Why would I, a Pro Apple user since conception be familiar with Windows Remote Desktop? It is people like this that make me stop questioning why the human race hasn't found a cure for cancer and AIDS. It's because the more intelligent people out there are preoccupied having to try and answer completely dumb and ridiculous questions posed by lesser beings than themselves instead of having time to ponder the more important things of life. I just wish that people would actually use that 3.5 pound piece of gray matter that is found within their skulls before they chose to open their mouths and inadvertently proclaim to the world their level of inteligence or the extreme lack there of.

Thanks for the Comments

Hey everyone, thanks for the comments. They really do mean a lot to me. So I took them all into consideration and to be honest, part of the reason that I changed the logo is because it all felt very out of date to me (excluding the circle for the flame). There was just something about the font that drove me crazy. I really like this new font and I think that I have realized what was wrong. I was breaking up candle and light into two different words which made it look unbalanced. Now, revising this typo, the two words have become one, which is proper grammar. So, here is phase three of the new logo. I have included all three of them so that you can still put some input on the topic and so that you can see the evolution of the whole process.

Here is the original:

This is phase two:

Here is phase three:

Now, if those of you who do comment still say that I should stick with the original (most people do enjoy the originals of things like Coke for example) I'll concede, and stick with the original but will just change the flame to something other than a ellipse.

NEW image for Candle Light

Hey, as some of you know, I am wanting to get a little part time business doing wedding video and photography. (www.candlelightstudios.blogspot.com) PLEASE share the word because I am a student and so I don't really have much of an advertising budget and I'm depending on word of mouth.

Well, instead of taking a Sunday afternoon nap because I couldn't really sleep, today I have updated the logo in preparation for an up and coming gig. It was something that was in definite need of repair because it was completely unfinished. The new one isn't quite done but it's a big improvement I think.

Here is the old one: Lame I know

Then, here is the new one: still slightly lame.

Something that would be a great deal of help for me and something that I would totaly love is if you guys could post some comments on which of the two look the best. There are some things that I like about each but, I'll let you know later what they are.

Hey sorry that it has taken me so long to upload stuff from my trip to Huangzho last weekend. Things have been quite crazy lately. Luckily there are many wonderful people who I love who are helping me handle the stuff that's off the wall, my mother who I love and Demi.. who you know I love too. Things have been quite crazy with me trying to get home. Unfortunately, I have encountered issues regarding my visa which have costed me an ARM and a LEG. Oh well, I get to spend some extra time with Demi, we're going to be going to Souzhou next week. It's only an hour out side of Shanghai, and both of us LOVE adventures so this will be quite exciting. Well I gotta jet. Later. I'll keep y'all posted.

New Art Photos

Hey, sorry that it has been a while since it has been a while since I have updated my blog with some art stuff. So here it is.