I’m Ricky Van Veen. Welcome to my web page! Here are my Flickr photos. My Vimeo videos. An archive of my blog posts from Dec 2004 - Dec 2007.Tumblr (3.0; @rickyv)http://rickyvanveen.com/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzafsbQUNy1qz4mrgo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Smitty’s- Lockhart, Texas.</p>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/448263228http://rickyvanveen.com/post/448263228Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:04:00 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kza0r5HRU21qz4mrgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tacodeli completely delivered on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/dining/10united.html">the hype</a>.</p>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/447721729http://rickyvanveen.com/post/447721729Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:40:00 -0400<p>Don’t usually plug stuff like this, but they asked me to mention it, so:</p> <p>I’ll be interviewed next Wed at “<a href="http://www.catielazarus.com/">Employee of the Month</a>” at the Tribeca Y. 8pm.</p>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/444170987http://rickyvanveen.com/post/444170987Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:55:00 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz5hnzcKq91qz4mrgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Just finished third and final day of the Blueprint Cleanse.</p> <p>Heard a lot about it and wanted to see what it was like. Biggest takeaway was the realization of how little food you actually need to eat to get by.</p>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/442574187http://rickyvanveen.com/post/442574187Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:57:24 -0500““After the incredible experiences I have had healing my life and truly connecting to my dreams with healer intuitive Aiden Chase, I have officially asked him to become my manager,” Montag says. “Having an intuitive psychic leading my team gives me an edge no one else has.”

”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20350406,00.html">Heidi Montag: Husband Spencer Pratt Is No Longer My Manager</a></em>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/441234573http://rickyvanveen.com/post/441234573Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:18:24 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz1dowGqaC1qz4mrgo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Apparently <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_%28physicist%29">I</a> was on Colbert the other night.</p>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/437598443http://rickyvanveen.com/post/437598443Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:41:20 -0500<p>Are you going? If so, from when to when (I’m talking about the tech portion, of course. The music portion is obviously for losers)?</p>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/435039750http://rickyvanveen.com/post/435039750Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:44:51 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1929037&fullscreen=1" width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" quality="best" value="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1929037&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1929037&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="225" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>DIE HARDLY WORKING: The CollegeHumor Action Movie</p>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/434849467http://rickyvanveen.com/post/434849467Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:19:50 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyyx4y7jRo1qz4mrgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Well done, Post.</p>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/434734774http://rickyvanveen.com/post/434734774Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:48:00 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyvkbggPer1qz4mrgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/430698292http://rickyvanveen.com/post/430698292Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:18:52 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyuagvrmz61qz4mrgo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dear Ke$ha,</p> <p>Do you mean Mick Jagger now or like 1960’s Jagger? I’m legitimately curious.</p> <p>- Ricky</p>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/429372608http://rickyvanveen.com/post/429372608Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:48:31 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kytsueutT81qz4mrgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Charlotte, NC.</p>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/428779648http://rickyvanveen.com/post/428779648Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:27:50 -0500<script src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?height=456&embedCode=1uZWk4MTrcAV2dxS-IUwAmRNZSM5D-eJ&width=608&deepLinkEmbedCode=1uZWk4MTrcAV2dxS-IUwAmRNZSM5D-eJ"></script><br/><br/><p>Loved this SNL sketch from over the weekend.</p> <p>As a big fan of hypothetical questions, one that I would frequently ask last summer was “If you could have Smashmouth play at your birthday party for free, would you do it?” The responses were interesting as the band fits somewhere in between “novelty act” and “good band.”</p>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/426504658http://rickyvanveen.com/post/426504658Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:26:11 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyqoe86u5x1qz4mrgo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Jonah mentioned this <a href="http://blog.okcupid.com/">blog</a> to me tonight and it’s absolutely fascinating.</p>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/425506298http://rickyvanveen.com/post/425506298Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:58:55 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyjbygBQjV1qz4mrgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>And they say people in LA freak out at a little rain.</p>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/416841826http://rickyvanveen.com/post/416841826Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:45:00 -0500““There are too many hip kids,” mused A.P.C. founder Jean Touitou on a recent afternoon. “Hip is not a job. It makes me worry about the future.””<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.style.com/stylefile/2010/02/apcs-jean-touitou-hip-is-not-a-job/">style file: daily fashion, party, and model news</a></em>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/405718073http://rickyvanveen.com/post/405718073Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:27:18 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky8eyjmgr51qz4mrgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Is it just me or are the frozen yogurt places in West Hollywood kinda gay?</p>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/404481213http://rickyvanveen.com/post/404481213Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:18:00 -0500<p>Been hearing the phrases “a good look” and “a bad look” constantly within the last few months. Anybody know the etymology?</p>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/403912904http://rickyvanveen.com/post/403912904Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:10:03 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0IsLifh8SkM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0IsLifh8SkM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>In case you forgot, Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince was the voice of Shredder on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He took the role very seriously.</p>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/403204830http://rickyvanveen.com/post/403204830Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:06:59 -0500“In November, 19.4 percent of all men in their prime working years, 25 to 54, did not have jobs, the highest figure since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the statistic in 1948. At the time of this writing, it looks possible that within the next few months, for the first time in U.S. history, women will hold a majority of the country’s jobs.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/201003/jobless-america-future">The Atlantic Online | March 2010 | How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America | Don Peck</a></em>http://rickyvanveen.com/post/403052550http://rickyvanveen.com/post/403052550Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:40:26 -0500