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www.catastrophunk.wordpress.com

siick minds

Phoenix
Royksopp
Cut copy
Mylo
yeah yeah yeahs
Arcade fire
Hot chip
Dandy Warhol
LCD Soundsystem
Van she
Midnight juggernauts
Zoot woman
Grand national
Daft punk
Junior boys
Kennedy
MGMT
Brazilian girls

The last high by Dandy Warhols

I am alone
But adored by a 100,000 more
Then I said when you were the last.
And I have known love, like a whore
from at least 10,000 more
Then I swore when you were the last

When you were the last high
high
high
high

You were awake,
And I should have stayed, but wandered.
I was only out for a day.
out for a day.
It was Chicago for a moment,
And then it was Paris and London for a few,
days.

Well, I am alone
But adored by a 100,000 more
Than I swore when you were the last.

When you were the last high
high
high
high
When you were the last high
high
high
high

Well I was the first to have spoken
And I said just about all of the things you shouldn't say.
So maybe you loved me, but now maybe you don't.
And maybe you'll call me.
Maybe you won't.
Oh

So, I am alone
But adored by a 100,000 more
than I said when you were the last.
And I have known love, like a whore
from at least 10,000 more
then I swore when you were the last.

When you were the last high
High
High
High

complete

w.my life coach & soulmate <3

encrypted

though it isn't plain to see, you're still my favorite flavor <3

a piece of my mind for FREE

let it all fall into place...
grow bananas out your belly button.
remember that the day milk spoils b4 the gallon is drank
oranges will lose their color.so drink up!
don't forget to keep all thoughts refrigerated
& from time to time bottle them up.
its not up to mom anymore,
I swear on a chocolate chip cookie.
let it all fall into place...

pretty please w.a cherry on top

they call it the beautiful city

& that's exactly what me and Joey Massoni made happen today. we made magic in the city.

a totally last minute/improvised shoot in the heart of downtown Orlando.

me as the creative director/model

& Massoni as the photographer.

w. nothing but a free-spirit theme in mind & a couple of cruised miles here are two samples of our work. Hope ya'll like.

check out Masoni's website:

www.weheardthat.com

december 6th...feeling pizzaz

a satellite heart

<3

dear miami

i know i said i would only be gone for a couple months (4 to be exact) and it's a month away from a year since. i would like for you to know that is not personal but strictly because of business. i could blame it on my ADHD and all the factors that allow me to side track but i don't wanna point fingers and make up excuses. i much rather apologize.
honeslty, i really like you, but how can i commit to you without first experimenting w.whats out there?
also, before i make any promises, i would really like it if you could show me a little more. something new. i want to see your experimental side. which reminds...can you please tone down the raunchiness. im sick of ur "wanna be fabulous" humor.
oh and still then dont get ur hopes up too high, i should be gone by august. this time is china.

i know you understand.


phunk regards,

casey

sweet little princess

welcome to soffii's dream. hereshe's a flying princess and has wings and a crown to prove it. she's no regular princess though, she's a super hero. with her magic wand she is able to make everyone's nightmares turn to dreams that come true. she lives in a dreamy castle were only wonderful things happen. she always has friends over and makes sure they all have an amazing time! sophiie along with jeweliie, her mystical purple unicorn, like wandering the pink skies to ensure safety around.

cogito, ergo sum

"i think therefore i am" rene descartes

a collecting lid army of one

save the lids to save lives.
as a regular yoplait yogurt eater i figured that collecting these specially marked pink lids & sending them in for a beneficial cause would be a great & easy idea to help out in the community.
& so i did! :)
i started as a lid-collecting-army of one, but decided to join the house of blues team, here in Orlando, "rockin pink" to truly attack breast cancer!
basically, all we have to do is keep eating yoplait® yogurt (yumii) and they’ll donate 10 cents to Susan G. Komen for the cure® for every lid we send in by december 31, 2009, up to $1.5 million. and they guarantee a donation of at least $500,000.
there are several lid collecting teams across the nation. check for local ones and help us put a lid on breast cancer!

for more information visit:
http://www.yoplait.com/slsl

pictured are my lids :)

music is the heartbeat of the world...

Arauz children's foundation

"I can't begin to imagine a world without color, a world were ideas are limited to be in black and white" ca.

As most of you have read in a previous blog, I wrote Crayola a proposal letter where I state recycling and charity suggestions to help minimize the current colorful waste.
But to my surprise Crayola’s response letter was more focused on the quality of their product and on the sanitation liabilities my idea would tie along.

So I decided to take matters into my own hands and got in touch with my cousin/mentor who founded The Arauz children’s foundation ‘Karitas’, Christiane Arauz, to seek advice on how to get started. ‘Karitas’ has been helping underprivileged kids throughout Central America, with a major concentration in Nicaragua, since 2001.

The idea is to call out a crayon drive and continuously ship them out to all the unseen corners, starting in Nicaragua, where colorful dreams are nearly impossible. All those who donate will have their names listed on my blog and will be cordially invited to all related events!!

A bright drive: Collect old, broken, unused (but not limited to) crayons and mail them to:



Attn: Casey Arauz and Christianne Arauz
1521 Alton Road #833
Miami Beach, Fl 33139


Reaching all the dull corners: A list of Nicaraguan disadvantaged schools will be posted for the public to contact or for donation verification.

Help children find their inner artiste.

Trick or treat!!!

i had a vision last month...
(an awsome Halloween costume idea)
to be a mystical creature, a purple unicorn <3
...and so i went to Michael's and bought all that i considered important factors in a unicorn.

rhinestones, fur-like cloth, dreamy wings, glitter, gems, purple spray paint etc etc...
but a picture is worth 1,000 words :)

Party of one (& her orbs)

yes, i believe in orbs. & specially in energy.
these +/- energy spheres have no smell or color (at least to the naked sense) and are best seen in pictures. personally, i get the feeling that these orbs are concious energies that once lived as concentrated physical forms, got divided into unequal parts at "death"...& trough time, eventually, they shape back into physical form.
in pictures, they look like dust clouds but believe me when i say they are NOT.
Soffi knows she's got company... and its concerned b.c. she did not prepare enough PB&J sammiches...on the record player is Frank Sinatra
-don't worry soffi, they just wanna mingle and dance.
On this note, once i (casey Arauz) die, i would love to become cosmic powder and simply shiine, shiine, shiine! The only way i can think for this to be possible is by first cremating my energy into dust and then on a starry night be tossed into the air. i must be tossed far away from any body of water in case the dust (me) sticks to it. like cinnamon on a cup of coffee...that would make it nearly impossible for me to leave this planet and that's NOT part of my will!

i should also suggest locating where the "crack " in the ozone layer is this way i could fly right out ; )
just saying...

"take only what you need from it" MGMT

i guess they don't grow apples in any other planet?!

46 days left for my birffday

1,104 hours left of being 22 & then BAM 23! i get so excited to get older. it feels like i'm getting rewarded a star sticker or lollipop for my good work after a doctors appointment and just like in my elementary years the more the merrier lol.
On a serious note i can’t wait to turn 30 or 50 and even 70. i truly embrace change and for this i must thank mi abuelita Susana, my dad’s mother, who still at 75(total guess) can say she has never covered a single grey hair. i myself plan on never covering my age by buying expensive lardy creams and overpriced undergarments that hold the physique in place. i want to experience what time does to my existence. the older the wiser. & that's a fact!
last year i spent my birthday at the planetarium with two of my closest friends, Valerie Duardo and Katherine Trewin, where a DJ played electronic beats to a 3D laser show display.
this year i am not sure yet since i’m in Orlando and my peeps live in Miami…but believe it when i say that i’m working hard on it ;)

lust

wake up and smell the coffee!

call me a coffee addict if you must but just let me have my daily dosage of caffeine.
coffee is vital to my productivity and concentration span. without it i would nap for hours (more like knock out) and slug my way around life.
but not only do i abuse its benefits i also enjoy its flavor. my taste buds know quality.
the backbone:
my grandfather, Nacho Arauz, was the biggest coffee grower of his time in Matagalpa’s history. abuelito nacho is cosmic powder now,but the coffee farms remain.

a no brainer for my appreciation.

lower case

i love to write in lower case.
metaphorically speaking it feels like everything is on the same level.

My favorite color is c000c0

there is a universal code for every color. these codes are used to match colors on the web and its often referred to as a color picker. i learnt about the color codes back in 2006 when i was managing a real estate website which no longer exists (www.1390fortune.com)
the picture shows what this color picker usually looks like.
on the blank box next to the number sign reads a number as the pointer is moved inside the larger box to its left. Every shade is coded.
my favorite color is c000c0 the phunkiiest purple.

Something about us - Daft Punk

It might not be the right time
I might not be the right one
But there's something about us I want to say
Cause there's something between us anyway
I might not be the right one
It might not be the right time
But there's something about us I've got to do
Some kind of secret I will share with you
I need you more than anything in my life
I want you more than anything in my life
I'll miss you more than anyone in my life
I love you more than anyone in my life

plastilina 3D

meet my molding/sculpting side.

recently at a job training my company placed Legos and Play-doh buckets in the middle of the table along with loads and loads of candy. the function for this in my opinion was for entertainment & distraction since the training would run most of the sun hours in the day, but i also think it served as decoration :) . from the second i saw those bright yellow buckets i knew art sat inside... & my hands started to itch from of curiosity. hehe. the first clay chum was "Terriie" the purple Terradactyl which was a total hit, along came "dreamiie " the orange unicorn but the real commotion was made from "Rina" the pink Rhinoceros.

(haha... Rina was my childhood best friend's name)

it's the right brain in me...

photoShop rocks!

photoShop is truly something else! a tool for the artistic mind to innovate ideas. these pictures are some of my simple work. i don't know much about layering or rasterizing but i do know how to play around with features & brushes. i like to think of myself as a self-taught photoShop rookie. one day (hopefully in this life time) i will be able to cruise layers with great ease. lol

pictured is Jose Manuel Espinosa, lead vocalist and songwriter of nicaraguan band Sossimo.

sofii goes acrylic

as most of you know, my doodles are only on computer graphics or on pen & paper so i decided to take my art to a different level and paint sofii with acrylics. At first it seemed easy to just slop paint on a blank canvas, specially on a 28" X 16", but as i got into it i realized that the style i was aiming for required detailed strokes and loads of patience. the painting took me a week (about 10 hours in total) not a bad outcome for a first time painting.

creating a logo/signature for catastrophunk

somewhere along the "vital sign" concept is what i have in mind. the first picture spells out catastrophunk (designed by me) and below of it is an picture of what i believe to be a actual medical vital reading. the neon purple lights is my color of choice. the second to last picture also shows the shadow effect i wish for it to have. for the development of this "logo", if you may call it such, i reached out for the help from my good friend Baughto.

miami-native Baughto is a Painter/Photographer/Graphic Designer and or multimedia enthusiast. http://www.baughto.com/

iin.house beauty parlor

i have been meaning to illustrate on graffiti but i have not found the time.
instead, of course, i have been doodling my heart away on paper. this one was one of my faves as of lately. “iin.house.beauty.parlor” sofii is a huge flirt bug! she loves mirrors and spends a lot of her time in front of them to assure that her bows (in this case just one bow) are in place & that her dress is spotless. her favorite fragrance is daisy by marc jacobs & let me tell you that its a hit among her peers, specially the boys.

Sugar high

OK. I am UP!
a Skittles, starburst, Laffy Taffy, Nerds & Pixie sticks meal.
WooooooHoooo!
Back in 5 minutes. Gone cartwheeling.
YAY!!
Hello Mrs. muffin how may I help you?
10 blueberry muffins? no problem.
Yes, one moment I will check you out Mr. chubby cloud.
Welcome back Ms. lolly I will be with you in just a sec. Like you asked Mrs. Muffin here are the 10 blueberry babiies.
Here is your change Mr. chubby cloud, come again!
Ms. lolly here is the contract please sign on the dotted line.
You can call me the multi-tasker Queen.
Zank you.
wooohoo....zzZzzZ...hooo
must...keep… eyes… OPEN
ZzzzzZzzzz

goodbye september....

for an unknown reason the month of September was of no creative inspiration to me.
instead it served my soul as 30 days of restoration.
i was able to re-align myself, to step out of my "box", and analyze all that should be changed or needed to stay the same.

two of the most significant outcomes to this was a new job at apple & well i found my best friend/loviie :)

hello October.....

Acrylics strokes

i guess...

ill shut my mind quiet and hear the whispers of my heart.

google Casey Arauz

i googled my name for the first time in 8 years. last time i wrote my full name on the address bar my computer froze and almost broke down from the lack of minimum information required to run. today it was different, thanks to social media i was able to read my name on several pages on the internet. not only did my facebook account show up but my real estate license status, scholarship award, college program/internship with Walt Disney World, Crayola's proposal letter, eBay account and websites i had no idea i belonged to like classmates.com among others did as well.
my point is that i now exist on the web!
i must optimize myself & link thousands and thousands of key words to my name in order to show up everywhere and hopefully become as strong as a virus.

Lego cameras.Lego dragons.

Lego is the shhhhishhnitz.Enough said.


http://www.lego.com/

8:00 a.m. hospitality industry managerial accouting

sugar and caffeine dancing in my veins...

iinlove w. the sound of silence

knock knock...

who's there?

NO ONE!! lmao

go away...

freedom is bliss

home.sweet.home

daydreaming

sofii on pen and paper

HONEY! Deelishiiness...

Ughh. I’m irritated. I just completed the doodle shown above & I forgot to color in the deck brown!
The program I use to doodle is called graffiti, a facebook application, this app does not have a feature to edit the work once it has been saved. It has happen to me more than a hand full of times before, losing art that is! Reason why I still use graffiti is because once it's completed you can sit back and replay the drawing process in a slow motion picture.
this is so frustrating!!! (kind of funny too...)
:( WwhAAahhhhhh just..the deck…brown

the doodle & honey bees
This is the first time Sophie wears something other than her dress and this time she is wearing a Bee suit!
She has a sweet tooth and honey sure takes care of it!
...Remember to not get greedy Sophie! & leave some honey for these tiny workaholics.

HONEY MAKES THE WORLD A SWEETER PLACE...
I OBSESS OVER ANYTHING W/HONEY!
(honey mustard, honey w/milk, honey turkey/ham, honey yogurt, honey oats, honey w/ honey, honey)

But honey bees are dissapering!!
Over the last three years more than one in three honey bee colonies has died nationwide, posing a serious risk to our natural food supply.
One cause of these losses is an alarming phenomenon called Colony Collapse Disorder, or “CCD.” When a hive experiences CCD, the honey bees mysteriously desert their hive and die. CCD symptoms have been reported by more than thirty-five states across the U.S. and in many other countries.
Researchers do not know exactly what causes CCD, but they believe there may be many factors contributing to the problem, including viruses, mites, chemical exposure and poor nutrition.

I found this information on http://www.helpthehoneybees.com/

HONEY, PLEASE DON'T GO.

The CRAYOLA proposal...

Here is a copy of the e-mail I sent Crayola this morning concerning crayon recycling:

My name is Casey Arauz and the reason for my e-mail is simple - yet it holds huge meaning. I have a proposal on how Crayola can recycle even more than ever! My suggestion also serves as a humanitarian deed to aid underprivileged children in third world countries. Currently, I work at Disney's California Grill at the Contemporary Resort in Magic Kingdom and I can’t help to notice the countless number of Crayola crayons that go to waste after a single use. My plan is the recycling of these crayons in order to supply children abroad. It would mean to not only target Disney restaurants but most (if not all) restaurants that employ Crayola crayons throughout the nation. Businesses that supply their little guests with Crayola’s colorful waxy sticks should have an incentive to motivate recycling (discounts or credits per crayons sent back to Crayola). By placing a small mesh container fby the trash/dishwashing point the restaurant‘s staff would be able to sort them out - it would be as simple as sorting out silverware.
I understand that there are sanitation issues to deal with, that being the reason I won’t simply collect used crayons from local restaurants to bundle & ship overseas. I would like to get in touch and hopefully build a relationship with a Crayola representative to discuss this in depth.

www.crayola.com

Dreaming with a broken heart by John Meyer

When you're dreaming with a broken heart

Then waking up is the hardest part

You roll outta bed and down on your knees

And for a moment you can hardly breathe

Wondering was she really here?

Is she standing in my room?

No she's not, 'cause she's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone....

When you're dreaming with a broken heart

The giving up is the hardest part

She takes you in with her crying eyes

Then all at once you have to say goodbye

Wondering could you stay my love?

Will you wake up by my side?

No she can't, 'cause she's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone....

Now do i have to fall asleep with roses in my hands

Do i have to fall asleep with roses in my hands?

Do i have to fall asleep with roses in my hands?

Do i have to fall asleep with roses in my , roses in my hands?

Would you get them if i did?

No you won't, 'cause you're gone, gone, gone, gone, gone....

When you're dreaming with a broken heart

Then waking up is the hardest part

Sundayness

A mid day cup of coffee.
A semi-FROZEN dragon fruit.
1/4 of my heart is on fire.
A Frank Sinatra playlist.
7 ignored phone calls.
No make-up.

& we share the same planet?

its 2009 throughout the world yet it seems as if time doesn't reach all the corners on earth.
in a location with no knowledge, need or care for cell phones, iPods or internet the 12 hours of daylight are enjoyed in a distinct way. a way unbeknownst to most of us in america where technology is a no longer a want but a need! its hard to seize the idea of a day without electronic entertainment, especially without on-demand music and it's range of genres.

i'm sure their days feel twice as long and that they never complain of how they're "running out" of hours in a day!

this image found on Google i love-hate! the purple sweater is irrelevant to the environment but i love how much it pops, it’s almost a joke of their condition because the color does not fit in with the rest of the earthy tones. the temperature, clearly HOT, renders the woven cloth useless.
i want that sweater!

!!!

Ain't nothing but chicken scratch!
The ups, the downs, the highs, the lows, specially the lows are all part of this improvised chicken boogie entitle "life".
Wiggle your tail feather and shake it off! What ever “it” is, it will soon be just another file on the "mental portfolio". Dwelling on unpleasant ideas holds superior thoughts from floating up.

Open up!

Every time I doodle I can feel my soul exit my body as it takes a couple steps back to watch in awe what my mind emits. I fancy bright neon colors over monochromatic tones as I feel flamboyant ones are a real treat for the eyes. Different tones serve as tools to paint groovy visual rhythms.

ABOUT catastrophunk: I fell hard in love with the made-up name the moment it popped into my subconscious. As I considered a pen name a number of ideas came about, but in the end none came close to what catastrophunk embodied. As an individual I feel I bear a case of EXTREME,(which is part of Webster’s catastrophe definition)either too high or too low, too much or too little, too focused or too distracted. Since I already do make an effort to locate a balance in my daily ADHD (undiagnosed) routine I figured I could embrace my extremist nature with this name. Because I am a free-spirited soul I consider myself to be phunk! figures why neatdisaster was its runner-up.
My loonie schedule gets between me & doodling a great deal. I ADORE TO DOODLE and if it were up to me I would doodle myself away. That said it’s no surprise that while in school it becomes dangerously tempting to ditch my homework for some scribbles, which I do confess it does happens more than it ought to.

Aaaaaahhh.... break!

summer schools is over...

Lose your dreams & you could loose your mind

From the time I became cutaneous (or skin tissue) the Earth has fully rotated the sun 22 times. On the 19th round I met my fortune teller who spoke a language that only I understood. Silly to admit that I believe in a spiritual world, but truth be told and I’m not the only one who believes this. There’s more to the gravity of the known universe, more to it’s “floating” self and definitely more than the human EGO. My medium’s fascination was made definite as she recognized ME for who I understand myself, a conscious dreamer.

I more than often wonder:
Where can I go if I don't want to BE?
How long must I stay in this physical form?
Why wait for the future and where is the past…

The I (ME) is: The voice that is heard in silence without speaking; an echo of will.

3rd Rock from the sun?

"The idea of an infinite body of space filled with gazillions of constellations, planets, & galaxies absorbs me" Valerie Duardo.

Valerie Duardo is a stylist that specializes in unique vintage/indie clothing & one of my closest friends : D
www.iqvintage.blogspot.com

Loves me..Loves me...Loves...me

Fearless

"I am an adrenaline junkie"

I've got the world on a string by Frank Sinatra

Merry month of May, sunny skies of blue,
clouds have rolled away and the sun peeps through
may express happiness.
Joy may define in a thousand ways,
but a case like mine needs a "special phrase"
to reveal how I feel
I've got the world on a string, sittin' on a rainbow
got the string around my finger
what a world, what a life, I'm in love!
I've got a song that I sing,
I can make the rain go
anytime I move my finger, lucky me
can't you see, I'm in love.
Life is a beautiful thing
as long as I hold the string.
I'd be a silly so and so,
if I should ever let go
I've got the world on a string sittin' on a rainbow
got the string around my finger
What a world, what a life, I'm in love!
I've got the world on a string, sittin' on a rainbow
got the string around my finger
what a world, what a life, I'm in love!
I've got a song that I sing,I can make the rain go
anytime I move my finger, lucky me
can't you see, I'm in love.


Funny how I learnt about this song after I had already completed this doodle! REALLY I SWEAR!

Really?

bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!

1. (nonce) A sound which represents the symbolic thunderclap associated with the fall of Adam and Eve.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk

ARTsiie checkered floors!

I LAFF this flooring! It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. I look at the black and white patterns and its as if I'm feeding my mind. Art is what my soul grubs on. Phunky bright-colored art to be specific! :)
In this doodle, Soffii is painting her little heart away. I tweaked her eyes a bit and I must confess... I like her much better with lengthy eyes, it makes her look more mature. She looks like an ant or a roach here! LOL! BUT Ssshhh.......

Get used to getting used!

"To most people, the saying to use someone carries a negative connotation, but I don;t see it that way. To mis, over or ab use someone is negative. To use is necessary and if you can't be used...the you're useless" Kanye West

I can see clearly now. Thanks carrots!

CARROTS! They are good for the sight and great for the health. It is true! Compared to other vegetables they cointain the highest level of vitamin A. Carrots produce more distilled spirit than potatoes. IMANGINE A CARROT VODKA!? The orange colored tap-root of the carrot is high concentration in betacarotone.This helps fight diseases like Lung cancer. Also said that it may also help prevent strokes and heart disease. Carrots are a good source of dietary fiber, vitamin-c, vitamin-K, fol ate/Mangenese and a source of vitaminB6.

One interesting thing I tell you is if you DREAM about carrots- it will bring prosperity and health to you.

*I love love love me some Carrot soup, Carrot cake, Sweet glazed carrots, Baby carrots with ranch, Carrot ginger dressing on most my salads, Carrot-Orange juice, Garlic Sauted carrots, Mashed carrots....YUMM! its my favorite vegg on planet Earth.

....3 Carrots sun bathing...