YOUR COUNTRY, YOUR PROBLEM

Sorry for the lack of post latelly, more post will be going up daily i just havent had much to blog about latelly.

Yesterday i was online checking out my flyer miles credits and filing paperwork out for a passport. Why do you ask? Sometime within the next couple of months. (not sure an exact date) i will be doing a 7 day tour of Europe for a Free Idea campaigne entitled "Your Country, Your Problem" I will be spending 1 day in each country. just walking around and slapping up stickers. visiting potential shops as well as stopping into shops that carry the line or once did. 7 countries, 7 days and about 4,000 stickers handing them out to locals, travelers, shops and of course covering sections of the Cities.

First stop. LONDON
there will be more updates over time about this project along with an actual set day. so stay tuned.

ROEBUS ONE SIGHTING

My Buddy Roebus One got a spotlight on CollegeDJ.net check the video. he was spotted wearing the TRUE TO YOUR ROOTS tee. (now sold out)

you have to love it when a friend is getting the spotlight they deserve.

Just a little late night post. maybe a ramble

its 1;30 am the blog is going through some changes in appearance that I will probably not like tomorrow afternoon and i will start to change it... again.
I have been going through the process of getting the new line all set and ready for printing and setting an official release date. which is going good. but lets not talk about that.
Better yet! lets not mention free idea for the rest of the blog. Sometimes i feel like i talk about it to much even on this which is setup for me to talk about it.

I am going to ignore the fact that i am VERY thirsty and the room I am sitting in is very warm and stuffy, I currently have no shoes on or socks. recently i discovered i Only own 3 pairs of socks. During my move into my apartment i mysteriously lost all of my socks and every time i am at Walmart it never crosses my mind to pick some up.

I take my girlfriend out on a lunch/dinner movie date every week or every other week if my budget is tight. Sunday we seen Charlie St. Cloud which was amazing. I have taken courses on film structure and I have very good judgment on movies.. Go see this if you havent. I dont want to give any spoilers so here is the trailer


It was my Moms birthday this past Saturday and we celebrated it at my brothers new house in Leominster MA which was perfect because his house sits right across from Doyal field where they held starburst so we got a nice firework show.

I think this is enough for the blog right now i need some liquids
enjoy some Anthony Green.

LEGROTRON

Tim Legros, is a local Artist from my area. He is a guest designer for some of the upcoming free idea projects. Thought i would make a post about this rad dude to give you guys a little more insight to who he is and why ive chosen him to reflect himself onto the Free Idea brand.

you can Check out his blog at TIMLEGROS.WORDPRESS.COM

here is a short video that tim shot and cut.

Some tunes

everyone loves music. this is just some stuff that i have been listening to on repeat lately

MIKE POSNER Evil Woman remix (ELO original)


Beastie Boys/ Matt and Kim mix by the hood internet.


Brian Owen covers. A local kid from my area has been booming with some music talent and its been going through my daily plays.


Right Click and Save - This kid contacted me A WHILE back when he was going by the name CRASH SEASON REMEDY and ive been following his music for a good 2 years now.



ok thats all for now just thought i would share some tunes

10 THINGS YOU DIDNT KNOW ABOUT FREE IDEA

So like every day I go over to the Hundreds Blog to check out what is going on over there. This week Bobby Hundreds posted a 8 things you didnt know about the hundreds.. so i thought i would do 1 of my own.

so here we go

1. Free Idea's original name was going to be BAD IDEA CLOTHING, until research brought up that BAD IDEA was used as a Jean company name (no longer around.. i believe)

2. My first ever show setup for Free Idea was on February 22nd 2008 I was asked by Jimmy Hendricks from Flight of the Navigator to setup, It was one of the worst snow storms of that year. The drive to Athol MA, usually is about 40 minutes depending on your driving. It took me just about 2 hours to get there. I was releasing 3 shirts that night and it was the first time i was actually "releasing" a set of designs. through the whole night i sold 1 shirt to a drunk guy who made his sober friend buy it for him. That night after coming home i put the 3 tees onto the bigcartel site. Sunday night (2 days later) i checked if i had any orders. ..1 design was almost sold out and the other 2 where closely following.


3. The Sleepy Hollow halloween release tee. was the 1st ever free idea design that i ever made, And it wasnt released until after a year that i made it. This tee will be released and revamped just a tad for this upcoming halloween season.


4. Free Idea is known as the 2nd largest T'shirt line in Massachusetts based on sales and coverage(dont ask how, i dont even have a real website). in first Johnny Cupcakes
In 2008 I appeared on Johnny Cupcakes for his october halloween releases. His mom is a VERY good cook.


5. I have never payed a dime for advertisement space in any magazine, blog, or any publication But free idea has appeared in over 50 different publications, from blogs to magazines. My first publication was written up by a girl at Attleboro high school (now graduated) for the Attleboro MA news paper. where the paper said i was From Framingham MA instead of Fitchburg. This was the only publication that I ever said i was going to open a store. 1 year later i opened the Free Idea store.

6. My now good friend Dalton was the first person to order anything off of the online store. 3 weeks later i posed up on myspace that i need someone for a photoshoot and him and his mom drove just about 2 hours to come do the shoot eat pizza and then took off back home. till this day Dalton has been one of the coolest Free Idea supporters to date.

7. After Free Idea made it to a Year. i decided i was going to get my logo inked. I am one of 5 people globally to have a Free idea/free idea inspired tattoo


8. Every Year i COVER New York City' Times SQ with stickers for the ideal Free advertisement that it could bring. 100$ in high adhesive stickers roughly cost NYC 10,000$ to remove

9. Free Idea has sold to over 15 countries world wide. Yet I have never sold in Canada even thought its less than a 10 hour drive away. 40% of ALL INTERNATIONAL sales for free idea come from JAPAN. Nationally, MASSACHUSETTS, TEXAS, FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK and OHIO are the top states that Free Idea sells to. but have at least 1 tee in ALL 50 states.

10. I Gave my first Lecture at Monty Tech high school on December 9th 2009, to a business class. in 2010 i have numerous lectures at high schools and some at a few colleges yet i have never taken a business course, a college course, and i missed 41 days my senior year in high school.

BOXING PAST TIME

after surfing through old questions when i used formspring and on my girlfriends formspring. a common question asked was about me being a Boxer. Well its true. I started when i was 10 right at the start of summer that brought me into 5th grade. I was living in Leominster MA and i lived about a block away from the leominster boxing club. And i was there up until it moved. From there i switched to Lowell. and yada yada yada back and forth back and forth.

I became a Junior golden glove fighter at 15, Then at 17 i had to stop fighting competitively and couldent do more than train and spar due to a heart complication. So continued for 2 more years then when i was 19 i got into a little complication, a hit was made and I was put onto a court based suspension for 3 years from any boxing or fighting form. Now I have 8 months left until i can start up again and i cant wait.

but here are some of my favorite Boxing movie scenes and real boxing matches

ROCKY 3 - ROCKY VS CLUBBER LANG (MR. T)


ROCKY 5 - ROCKY VS. TOMMY GUNN



OSCAR DE LA HOYA (every fight = amazing)


MICKY WARD (MY FAVORITE FIGHTER OF ALL TIME) VS ARTURO GATTI
(GREATEST FIGHT OF ALL TIME)



ANd of course a legendary fight
MUHAMMAD ALI VS GEORGE FOREMAN