Being obsessed with the mysteries surrounding ancient Egypt, I have found myself reading book after book about the subject and anything closely related. One thing that becomes blatantly obvious through even limited study of Egyptian culture is their worship of not just the stars above, but particularly with the constellation of Orion’s Belt. A constellation which represented their most worshipped of gods, Osiris.
This bizarre obsession drew them to construct the 3 great pyramids of Giza to actually map out the constellation itself. As amazing as this might be on it’s own, it becomes yet even MORE fascinating when further study brings you to discover that the Mayan culture, developing an estimated 4,500 years later but having no knowledge or contact with cultures beyond central America developed a similar obsession with the exact same constellation. And, strangely enough, developing advanced methods of architecture which they used to build an eerily similar complex of 3 great pyramids mapping out the constellation of Orion’s belt.
But don’t sound the theme from “Twilight Zone” just yet. Because there’s more.
Yes, as Theories readers should have come to expect, there’s a World Trade Center connection to all of this madness. That’s right my friends, the World Trade Center complex suffered 3 building collapses on the day of 9/11. And guess what the layout of these three buildings left mapped out quite acurately in their wake? That’s right. Orion’s belt.
(Buildings 1, 2 and 7 mimic the Orion pattern)
Strange, you say? How could that be? It must just be coincidence! Perhaps. But just to take the bizarre to the edge of believability, how about the uncomfirmed accounts I have read that this sculpture, depicting the 3 pyramids of Giza, happened to be on display at the base of the WTC complex the day of the attacks.
You couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried.
So, when NASA announced that they were scrubbing the space shuttle and introducing a new vehicle for space travel, it shouldn’t have been any surprise that this new vessel that will carry astronauts to the moon and one day Mars will be aptly named, you guessed it folks, Orion.
OK, go ahead and play that theme song now.
Just checking back in to let y’all know that the site is back up and running. Apparently all of Wordpress went down for over 24 hours, that’s the site that hosts ours and about a million other blogs.
Have all of you had the pleasure of seeing the new Alex Davis introduction video on Habitat’s site? Amazing! It’s so sick to see an Ohio native finally getting added to the Alien/Habitat camp.
Also, if you didn’t manage to snatch up a copy of “Night Prowler”, I’m sorry to tell you but we’re sold out! Bah-humbug.
And, in case you’re under a few feet of snow feelin blue, here’s a funky little Christmas Jam I just stole off someone else’s blog site. Sorry boutcha.
Check out Lenox Ave’s take on The Little Drummer Boy.
Damn, the book of Broken Dreams is gettin thick, son. Just like y’all blog-nerds after the coming week of punkin pie and egg nog. The BOBD is a regular feature presenting 3 photos from my failed photo career that never saw the light of day, or that may have slipped under the radar. This week we’re featuring the shattered dreams of Ed Selego, Rickie Dixon and Andre Lezama all shot in Miami over 10 years ago……open da book.
With the 9th year of the millennium beginning to sound it’s death rattle, a pale, travel-weary blogger sits with his bowl of half-eaten hippie-cereal and sees an easy opportunity. As the ball drops in Times Square at the end of the month, we will be marking yet another full decade of earth-time. Although this most definitely has implications to astrologers, esoterics, mathematicians, highlight-reel editors at every TV station on the planet and to Dick Clark, it more importantly has meaning to the skate-blog world. Yes, as 2010 approaches we’re given the opportunity to make it rain all over your sad lives with enough “best of” and “top 10″ lists to make your cyber-eyes bleed with glee.
Let’s start it off with the top 25 songs used in 20 years of skate videos……..click here for the results.
I was lucky enough to be at the premiere for “The Dango is Dead” video in Tampa last Saturday. I was stoked to see Johnathan Cruz representing Tampa with a really sick part, Kevrick Evans and James Coleman holding it down for the western Tampa Bay area and Jimmy Lannon ending it off with yet another amazing grip of footage. If you haven’t seen it yet, you should definitely make sure to get your hands on a copy. Check the trailer here.
The video just released today in a box-set format featuring all five Westside videos.
Out of 16 years of Tampa Am and Pro contests, I’ve found myself filming all but 2 years worth. It’s always a grueling weekend to shoot the entire contest, but you get a glimpse of skaters from around the world and get to see them actually skate in person. Sometimes it’s the skaters who land nothing at all that stick out as the raddest of the weekend. Here’s a short mix of footage from my top 3 favorites from last weekend.
How the hell is this video part already 20 years old? Back when skateboards were basically skimboard with wheels this dude was shredding with finesse. The 20th anniversary of “Strets On Fire”…..enjoy.
“I talk shit on ‘em but I don’t dislike these people”…….if you haven’t had the pleasure of checking it out yet, be sure to head over to Slap to see Ricky answer the Slap Pals’ questions.
