I haven’t blogged about a commercial in a long time…but this has always been one of my favorites. Actually, most of the E-Trade baby commercials are pretty classic…but this one is hilarious.

Every year, Oprah has her list of favorite things…which is great and all…but if I were to start a top five list of my favorite things, it would go a little something like this…

1. Savanna Lloyd
2. Sunsets
3. Mac and cheese
4. Ice cream
5. Puppies

In that order.

This week was pretty awesome…everything is sort of a blur, but I got to spend some quality time with one of my favorite people in the world.

Savanna and I met this past March…she was in town doing a photo shoot for UCLA and I was in LA doing a casting call for a model/promo company. And when I found out she was going to be in LA at the same time I was going to be, I was TOTALLY excited to shoot with her.

Well, our time together was quick…but it was pretty much the greatest couple of hours ever. She’s pretty much amazing.

So, in the past seven months, we have been dreaming and scheming about how to get together again…and she finally said…”that’s it…I’m flying out there.”

So she did. :)

She got into town on Tuesday and we had the greatest two days ever. We hung out, I showed her the town, we acted like goof balls…and took a TON of new pictures. Some highlights included a perfect sunset shoot in La Jolla, Taco Tuesday with tiny thimble-sized Coronas, lounging on the couch watching The Office, sharing a Gus’s Philly Steak Sandwich, a moonlight walk on the beach in Coronado, sharing fried pickles and a chocolate mousse cake at Hooters, and of course, lots of smokin’ hot and sexy pictures. We both pretty much agree it sucks being 2,337 miles away from each other…we are working on making the distance between us as small as humanly possible.

Anyway, we will definitely be getting together again soon…I’m either going to go out there to visit or bring her back here…but until then, here are some visuals…

Some beachy goodness…

Shoes…

White sheets…

The HOTTEST Jaguar. Ever.

Rock and roll, baby!

Some fun downtown…

After shooting so much, we decided to just drive around…sort of reminiscent of our time in LA. :) So I showed her the city…and we took pictures at every stop light. Damn, we are foxy. ;)

Good times. :)

So, this morning, as I was getting ready for my awesome shoot with Sara, I thought I’d get a little work done…so I opened up the laptop and…

nothing happened.

Hmmm…

Maybe the battery died over night?

So, I plugged it in and tried to power it up.

Again, nothing.

So, I sat there in total shock and amazement. And terror. And annoyance. And then sadness. I went through about 7 different emotions in the span of 15 seconds.

Anywho, took it to the Apple Store and had them diagnose the problem. The computer is working…the hard drive is fine…it’s just the monitor that isn’t turning on. But, thy don’t think it’s the monitor…they think it’s the video card.

Anyway, those are useless details…long story short: I’m pretty much useless until I get my Mac back. No photo editing. No video editing. Limited internet on my iPhone and my MacMini (thank God!). But it’s going to be annoying until I get my machine back. It’s amazing how much we depend on our technology…I don’t know why I’m surprised…and it’s amazing how much it hurts when it’s the basis of our livelihood.

I seriously feel pretty useless. It’s not a good feeling. It’s like when I didn’t have a camera to shoot with. Sad, sad, sad…

So, I had dinner with Ennis, Crystal, and Zack at the Olive Garden and that cheered me up a little and took my mind off the fact that I can’t get any work done.

I also had a GREAT shoot with Sara. I, unfortunately, can’t post pictures…I would have had about a dozen shots done by now so that I could share…but not tonight, sadly. But we had a lot of fun. She’s got amazing ideas and is just so much fun to work with. We’ve got some other ideas cooking…great locations, wardrobe, and shoot concepts we are cooking up. It’s going to be fun. So definitely stay tuned.

And with that update, I will leave you.

If you happen to wonder why there is a lack of photos or whatnot, this is why. I’m hoping to be up in running in the next week or so. So….I guess I’m sort of on vacation now. :)

If anyone needs me to mow their lawn or something, let me know. :)

Yes, it was good. :)

So, I just got done chilling with my friend, Deanna. We had a blast reminiscing about college and choir and we even took in a few videos from our music days. It was pretty much the best time ever chillin’. We even laughed at my copy of Jekyll and Hyde with none other than The Hoff playing the lead role. It’s pretty bad, if you haven’t seen it. And if you haven’t seen it, I wouldn’t advise it unless you had plenty of tissue on hand…I started to cry and laugh even before he started singing. :)

In other news, I had an AMAZING shoot with Samantha yesterday. Maybe it was the whole Latin thing…but DAMN, she’s hot! :) Beautiful, curvy, and totally glamourous. But I love how she can play the dolled up, sexy vixen as well as a ghetto-fabulous thug. ;)

Fun, fun shoot. :)

Before she headed back to LA, we shared a cheese steak sandwich from Gus’s…talk about a perfect end to a great day.

Some shots…

Just Jeans…

Ghetto Fabulous…in my pants…

Sexy lingerie…

She wanted her top back. Not sure why…

Last week, I headed to Laguna with Ennis and Zack to shoot with Sarah.

OMG.

Sarah is without a doubt one of the funnest people I’ve ever shot with. And yes, I know, “funnest” isn’t a word. But man, she’s fun. :)

We had a GORGEOUS sunset as the background, so it was pretty much guaranteed to be an amazing evening.

I’m shooting lots of beautiful local models for a swimsuit contest being put on by Look Swimwear…so be checking for photos, updates, and hopefully more video.

I was glad to have Ennis there to shoot some luscious HD behind-the-scenes video. Check out the full HD version on the Vimeo site. Here’s the embedded version:

Photo shoot with Sarah from Aaron Riveroll on Vimeo.

…is so stinkin’ cute, it’s not even funny. Her dimples could make any guy melt.

Here are some shots from this last weekend…the ones I can post anyway. :)

My bedroom never looked better…

A little denim…

And Steph as a kitty…MEOW!

I’m laying low this weekend. I just watched a little of the Lingerie Bowl tryouts this morning out in PB and who knows what I’m doing later. Have a wedding tomorrow. Should be fun. :)

That’s all for now, folks!

…and back to reality. It was great having Stephy here in San Diego. :)

I dropped her off in Del Mar today and said goodbye. I’m not quite sure what to do now. I’m sorta sad. lol.

But we had fun. :)

I’ll post some pictures from our shoot last night a little later. There aren’t many I can post…but I will do my best. And look for her in the next issue of Revolt in Style magazine. :)

Hello Friends!

Well, I’m enjoying a nice Saturday afternoon at home catching up on some work. I’m lucky to have a totally foxy midwest gal staying with me this weekend…Stephy, who is in town for some shoots, came in LATE last night and went straight to bed. She had a long day of traveling and had to wake up totally early for a photo workshop this morning…so she snuck out in the wee hours of the morning. But we’ll catch up and hang later this weekend…I’m looking forward to fun times, great pictures, and snickerdoodles! It’s just cool to have her here. :)

And speaking of foxy…early last week, I had a gal come down from LA to shoot with Ennis and I. Her name is Glenn-Marie and we’ve been trying to get together for a while now and finally had the chance to do it. If you caught the first episode of ABC’s Wipeout with my pal, Jessi Duran, you might remember Glenn-Marie. She was the OTHER hot girl on that episode. :)

Anyway, we did some shots in the studio…including some I can’t post…but we got some good ones…

We even did a shot with $6000 dollars, give or take a few dollars. :)

That’s one reason I started working in a bank…I thought they would let me swim in the money like Scrooge McDuck. But alas, I was wrong. :)

After shooting inside for a bit, we headed out to Gone Bananas in PB and picked up a hot new swimsuit to shoot in…and had some fun at the beach. :)

Yes, I know these shots proof to the world that I’m a booty guy…but what can I say, Glenn-Marie has a nice one. ;)

Anyway, getting back to running errands…then heading out to shoot Ennis and Crystal before they head off to the Navy Ball tonight.

More later…

Wow, it’s been a busy week. Not enough time in a day, my friends. True story.

I had quite a few awesome shoots with some wonderful people…had the opportunity to snap quite a few frames with Ennis, who was able to come to a few of the shoots this week as well.

We’ll start with Tuesday’s shoot…had a lingerie shoot planned with Elisabeth on Tuesday night…and it only got sweeter when Emily came over too. Double the pleasure, double the fun. Two beautiful, classy, and totally sexy woman…what more could you ask for?

Some samples from the shoot…

Even in non-real-life iPhone bowling…I totally suck.

I think I rolled a 140.

This is pretty sick…video shot with the Canon EOS 5D MKII.

Vincent LaForet - Without further ado: Reverie

…because I LOVE listening to Pandora while I work at home…AND on my iPhone.

GIZMODO - Pandora and Other Webcasters Saved By Act of Congress

I’m running way behind with things…but here is a little behind the scenes video with Melyssa Grace for Revolt In Style’s Ten on 10.

In case you don’t remember, I got to shoot with this lovely lady a couple months ago. It’s all just a memory now…but a good memory…and one I can relive with this video. :)

We’ll hopefully be shooting again soon, so stay tuned!! :)

Ten on 10, Revolt In Style, August 2008 from Aaron Riveroll on Vimeo.

Also…since I’m sharing…and sharing is caring…I had a great shoot last Thursday with the beautiful Rebecca Miller. Again, on my imfamous list of people I’ve been wanting to work with, I’m glad I finally got to shoot with Rebecca. We shot at a gorgeous backyard pool in Pacific Beach…total blast to work with! And seriously, you have to love this weather lately. :)

Enough chat…here are the pictures…