notes from the lab

I was inspired by hip hop again

2006-11-18T02:16:00.000-08:00

I just went to this hip hop show and saw these amazing two ladys perform. I danced a bit and am now sleepy.
http://www.sirensechomusic.com/

These girls are dope live and if you ever get the chance to see them you should!

On another note....Ilona and I both have fancy new cell phones. If you want the numbers email me. Or call our old number and ask us. I sleep now.

The big drink

2006-09-25T23:57:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday I found myself on the Pacific Ocean. We went crabbing and deep sea fishing. The winds were strong, the sun was high, and the fish were not biting. We did come home with several crabs. We devoured them in a kingly (and queenly) fashion. They were nummy. The one downside to being out on the Ocean for six hours is that now I am sicker than I was before going. I have a great wife taking care of me and am on the mend. I just really wanted to say....
I WAS OUT ON THE FRIGGN' OCEAN YA'LL!!!

Why was Mort in my head?

2006-08-17T19:02:00.000-07:00

I just had a dream that went in reverse. We (Me, a few unknown people, Mort Shuman, some strippers/models, a rich writer) were having Christmas diner at Mort Shuman’s house. Then we were walking up to the house. Mort Shuman was wearing a bathrobe. One of the stripper/models was talking about how fabulous the mansion was and how she wished she owned it. A reality lady came out of nowhere and said it was 4.7 million dollars. I think she was Halle Berry.
Then Mort said to the rich writer, “It’s not all my money or my big house that makes me.”
And right then Mort stops, reaches up in his bathrobe and pulls down leopard print underwear. With his underwear around his knees like a flag he reaches his hand back under his testicals and pulling his hand up triumphantly smelling his fingers he says.
“It’s the sweat on my nuts that makes me...Mortimer.”

At this point I woke up, and wished that it was a movie so I could sample it for a Mort Shuman compilation.

Ilona and I spent the majority of yesterday on a rowboat out on Lost Lake. We attempted to catch some fish. It was fun. We both caught fish so big that they snapped thru our lines. And after 5+ hours decided to go make a fire. Ahhh, the good life in the woods.

Well Holy Fiddellyfuk Me!

2006-08-04T23:57:00.000-07:00

I just saw an extrodinary performer!!! Baby Gramps! He is like Popeye meets Tom Waits meets Captain Beefheart. Damn it was good. Hunt this man down and watch him and his great band play! He plays with a tap dancing sax player....WTF! Great night for the music.

Oh yea, I got tickets to see the one and only Digital Underground. And yes Shock G aka The Piano Man aka Humpty Hump aka MC Blowfish aka Enafu Washington aka Daniels favorite Hip Hop cat EVER will be there.

MMMMMM....Life, eat it up yum!

weather

2006-07-30T11:17:00.000-07:00

The weather is getting back to normal here. However...I need to spend some time doing art. I've been slowly recovering from the wedding. Finally got the house back to a close state of normal. Almost got the attic back together, at least the stereo is hooked up again. Now I just need to get my ass up there and paint.
Ilona and I went on a picnic yesterday at a pick your own fruit farm. We sat beneith a pear tree and ate yummies while Mount Hood watched over us. It was very nice.

Truckin' Spam

2006-07-22T11:51:00.000-07:00

I just got hit with about 120 spam comments spread out thru my blog. I don't have the energy now to go through and delet them....some day I will have them gone, slow but sure, one by one they shall fall!

OH YEAH!

2006-07-21T19:03:00.000-07:00

I could go for a glass of icey Kool-Aid right now. It's friggn hot! 103 degrees!
For those not in the know...
Ilona and I got married on Sunday the 16th. It was a great time. We had an excellent mariachi band, yummy food and the best company one could ask for. The following monday we had near 40 poeple over at our house for brunch. Life is full and good. My only complaint about the whole thing is that my friend Dom did not show up. I am sad about that. I am sorry you could not be there Dom.
The last of our 10 house guests left today. I hope people had fun in my new city. I wish I could move everyone I love here...but I know that is not possible.
I listened to the latest 2 Puke Mountain cd's today. I really liked them. It was the perfect soundtrack to my day.
I purchased a cd of an old friend (Carissa), who happens to be in a group called "The God Damn Doo Wap Band". I am so happy that I am getting this cd! I can't wait to hear the whole thing.
I'm sure that there is a lot of other stuff I should write here....My brain is at a slow simmer.

Car Insurance

2006-06-04T13:34:00.000-07:00

The National Insurance Crime Bureau say's that 6 of the top 10 car theft locations are in friggn California! Wow! Actually, I'm not surprized. Cali has some messed up spots.
GEICO has some advice...
1) Lock your car....All windows, sunroof, all the doors. Even while driving! Even if it's hot and you are made of plastic!
2)Don't leave your keys in the car!
3)Park where it's bright and busy. I guess theives prefer dark isolated places where they can't be watched....Who'd a thunk it?
4) Don't leave anything of value in your car. So much for that diamond and gold shift knob!
5) Put an alarm/ anti theft system in your car.
6) I guess there is a bump-and-rob technique that car jackers use. They bump your car and when you get out to see the damage they steal it.... Well, avoid it.
7) Don't leave registration or title in the car. Or if you have to....Hide it.
8) Be aware of your surroundings....Ninja style.
9) Don't go to bad areas. You don't know the meadow, you ain't ever been to the meadow....stay the frick outta the meadow!
10) If you are getting jacked....Get jacked! Let them have the car.
11) Have your car's VIN # etched on all of the windows.

Compare car insurance and save some money....Pretty funny coming from a guy with no license.

Long time...

2006-06-04T13:19:00.000-07:00

If anyone has not seen V for Vendetta.....Go see it.
Ilona has been out of town for her Grandma's funeral since last thursday....I miss her. Time moves more slowly without her here.
I got a big ol' epson 2200 printer....I got it and it was busted! I'm a bit disappointed by this.
I may need to start posting blog entries for money again. So if you see a slew of them on here I apologize.....money is rent and food.

Charlie and I primed a wall yesterday for a mural project. I busted a huge roller piece on the back of the building, it was fun.

Wedding is in a little over a month. It will be cool to use the word wife.

Missing Link is up

2006-05-16T10:57:00.000-07:00

http://www.missinglinktoysestore.com/
Is now up and running. You can now purchase customs from a bunch of artists that were in the Missing Link show, including lil' old me!
And of course there is....
http://www.vinylfixx.com
Where I have a new toy up.
Lemme' see....Minneapolis was great! I love you all and miss you all very much! Thank you Dan and Ashley for letting us stay with you. And thanks to everyone who came out and helped us celebrate our upcoming wedding. We had a lot of fun hanging out with yall' !
My world is again moving fast....I got a couple custom toy commissions in the works. I started a new series of paintings. And I'm working on a fancy poster thingy. We just spent all weekend going to and fro, listening to mariachi bands and eating nummys at catering places.
But alas it is time to go back to work...
More to follow when I take the time.....

2006-05-03T16:52:00.000-07:00

I made it up on VinylPulse!!!

I leave for Minneapolis in the morning! Looking foreward to seeing everyone. I just finished another toy and hope to get it up on vinylfixx.com before to long. I also made some prints with a fancy print making machine and posted some here:
http://www.bigwhistlestudios.com/printsgallery/
Let me know what yall' think.

I made it up on VinylPulse!!!
I made it up on VinylPulse!!!
I made it up on VinylPulse!!!

I'm a little geeked about that....

Art

2006-04-24T02:26:00.001-07:00

Just got signed up for a show with www.blackmarketculture.com, should be fun. Comissions are slowly rolling in for custom toys! I have a toy for sale up on www.vinylfixx.com, hopefully will have more soon! I've been posting stuff like mad on Kidrobot.com, discussion forums. If you go there my username is daniel. You can view my profile and click view all posts and you can see some of my toys!
Going to MPLS soon!!! Can't wait to see everyone!

The last month

2006-04-15T11:23:00.000-07:00

I have been getting ready for that show (see last post). See what I've been doing...

Toy show

2006-03-23T14:21:00.000-08:00

This should be good times!

wowowowowowowow

2006-03-21T16:58:00.000-08:00

So...I"ve been painting...lots. I am working on about 50 toys, and 20 paintings. Unfortunatly I am also doing web design (gotta earn $$$). I wish more of my time could go towards this toy thing. I have a show in april and need to turn all of my stuff in by the 3rd. I'm trying to work fast without comprimising quality. My stuff is pretty good though. At least compared to alot of the customs I've seen. The show should be good. Oh yea and the wedding has changed! It will be in Silverdale OR on the 16th....Long story, If ya gotta know just call us. We sent out new save the date cards already. So...yeah, don't worry it's gonna be good. Now if only I could get rid of this damn cough.

Toys.

2006-02-25T22:52:00.000-08:00

Tonight Charlie and I went to this toy store on Belmont. It's a toy store very much like Kid Robot, with all of the trendy little graf toys and such. Well, tonight I am painting three toys for a guy who is thinking of starting his own toy making business and is looking for designers and artist. I AM PAINTING ON TOYS! I may have a distant opportunity to design toys. This is a dream...
Thanks Charlie!

Big ol' Post day

2006-02-17T17:49:00.000-08:00

Many posts today. This is that kind of day I guess. I rearranged the office so Ilona could be by the heater. Now I think I'll have to start working with my blanket around me. It's amazing how warm it is on that side of the room and how cold it is on this side. At least I'm not commiting suicide with Airsoft Guns (yes plural). I applied for a new job today. Part time doing printing. I figure I've never done that kind of work and may really like it. Worth a shot.

ouch

2006-02-17T17:45:00.000-08:00

So Ilona and I both have commercial office chairs and even with that I can't sit for to long otherwise my back hurts. Perhaps I need a better chair....or maybe I just need to not sit as much. I think I'm gonna go outside now.

put me on the market

2006-02-17T17:41:00.000-08:00

I think I need to learn how to manage money better. I want so many things out of life but it feels like money is the most draining thing ever. Currently I'm going thru a bit of a creative sweep. Paint Paint Paint. Painting has very little to do with stock option investing.

Car stuff

2006-02-17T17:38:00.000-08:00

I recently paid for the cars insurance and now i get to post a link for car insurance quotes. Funny how the world works. I think I'm gonna read some Nick Bantock soon.

Over the bridge and thru the city...

2006-02-17T17:28:00.000-08:00

Dont forget the mother's day flowers while your walking to her house to give her a hug...or else bad boogie things will get you.

New Paintings By Daniel Damocles Wall

2006-02-12T20:20:00.000-08:00

I have just finished updating my website to include some of my paintings from 2005 and 2006. There are at least 27 new pieces up. Please have a look and feel free to send me comments. Some art is still available for purchase and as always I am open to doing paintings on commission.

I may also be available to do web design/graphic design or illustration work if you need it.

http://www.bigwhistlestudios.com/daniel
(Go to the Illustration section there you will find two new categories in paintings 2005 & 2006)

Yep, I copy pasted that... And?

Portland

2006-02-12T15:26:00.000-08:00

This is the view out our bedroom window today. Notice the flowers...It's effn February!

PETER H QUIST

2006-02-11T10:36:00.000-08:00

Will some one please castrate Peets pooperhole. I'm not sure how a procedure like this is done, but I am confident that my creative friends back in the Minny Apple could figure it out. See here's the deal I warned Peet on his blog that if he did not start writing in it again on a regular basis I would try to have someone castrate his pooperhole. This is for all of our own good(s) . Remember how much reading Peets blog made you smile? Remember the warmth found within those great new words and the ways that they were arranged? Remember how disappointing it is to go to see if he posted anything new and you just see the same damn thing...everyday? It's like Christmas in a workcamp with nothing but memories of gifts...Now it's just a stale piece of bread and rust water from a puddle in the floor followed by an ass pounding. Well now it's your turn Peet! You called down the thunder, well now you got it. Post or be asscastrated!
I'm only doing this out of my deep love of reading Mr. Quist's words.
Commence to commencin'.

February

2006-02-07T11:47:00.000-08:00

I hear a friggn lawnmower? It's effn February!

ToneControls.com

2006-02-06T17:05:00.000-08:00

The time has come!
I am now accepting input on the content and look and feel of the new Tone Controls site. Any ideas on functionality are welcome. I am expecting to be selling ToneControls CD's and maybe other miscellaneous stuff. I also want to use part of the site as a web playground for experimenting. This is a call to the crew!!! And anyone else who wishes to help out!
Send me images, thoughts, links, writings, or anything that you feel may contribute.

daniel@bigwhistlestudios.com

Make sure to reference ToneControls in the title line.

My Space is where I am when I'm there...or here?

2006-01-24T23:40:00.000-08:00

I decided to continue to try and post on this blog instead of MySpace. I will maintain my MySpace account and you can go there and if you are signed up make me your friend...That would be fancy. But I have to much on my plate to maintain two blogs.
Sarah sent me the best email. Thank you Sarah hed. I really hope it works out!
We just got back from one of our clients and have a little bit of duckets to show for our hard work...It feels good. Tomorrow we meet with a new client do create their logo. This particular client is the ex-president of the company I recently quit from. He is starting his own new company. It's still so cool to me the way the world works. If this keeps up BigWhistleStudios will be officially a company within the year. Wouldn't that be fun.

my space

2006-01-24T08:20:00.000-08:00

I started a My Space account recently to better keep in touch with people. Here is my address:
http://www.myspace.com/bigwhistlestudios
Check it out. A lot of folks I know are up on there...Perhaps yall know them too. I will try to still post on here but it may not be as often. It's hard to post on two blogs.

Ahh Saturday

2006-01-21T14:45:00.000-08:00

Isaac recently went to China. He returned around Tuesday sometime. I just saw him and his brother for the first time since before he left. He got me a present from his trip. I now own the live action version of Devil Man! For those of you who don't know Devil Man is an old Japanese cartoon about people and demons and possession and violence and crazy fun stuff. Well the live action version is in Japanese with the option of Chinese subtitles so I can't understand it. But, I put it on in the background and sorta watched most of it any ways. Mediocre CG & effects. Probably not worth hunting down...Unless you are a fan of the cartoon and want to see how they made it all look. I mean well... It's better than suffering from accutane side effects, which looks like what some of the demons in the movie are doing. I still enjoyed it even though I don't know what they're saying...I got to see friggn' Devil Man fighting with cheese demon characters! Plus it was a fitting gift and that makes me fell more understood...I really like that.

OH YEA!

2006-01-16T08:28:00.000-08:00

Ilona and I We're talking about life last night and made a great discovery. For the first time in either of our lives we are making a living....I mean all of our income is coming from creative ventures. WOW! That's friggn awesome.

Posts

2006-01-14T11:07:00.000-08:00

Sorry about the barrage of posts. My blog link posting gig requires a separate post and paragraph for each link now. Ahh well, just more to be creative about. Plus this helps to relate some more obscure thoughts to you all thru this blog thingamajig.

Legaleeze

2006-01-14T09:53:00.001-08:00

Those of you who know me know I don't deal well with tax forms and other items of paper that involve legaleeze (the language of law). Reading or otherwise dealing with these documents makes me sleepy. I need to perhaps find some kind of vioxx lawyer (vioxx is a painkiller that has a recall going on) to fight for me in this world of dollars and forms. The reason this is on my mind is due to the large amount of contract work I've participated in latly. I mean really, how much of everything is deductable?

Heavy Metals

2006-01-14T09:46:00.000-08:00

So I've been thinking of how to get this ring fixed. According to the silver market, platinum is up by like 12+%. OUCH! I'm just gonna have to go hunting for jewelery places and ask questions. Also the ring is some kind of antique so I don't know if beefing it up and getting it sized will affect its value... Although that does'nt matter to me really I guess....It's not like I'm gonna try and sell it ever.

Jewelry

2006-01-14T09:21:00.000-08:00

I have a very special ring that my father gave to my mother. It is platinum with a diamond. I don't know what the setting is. My mom loved this ring. In fact she wore it so much that the band is thin at the back. I need to find a place that can not only size it for my girl, but also beef up the band. I don't know if I should look at a place that sells diamond stud earrings or a jewelry repair place. I don't really have the funds to drop on it but I need to do something before July.

Marketing insight

2006-01-14T09:09:00.000-08:00

If you were ever curious about Search Engine Marketing you could look into companies like usweb.com. They company that funds my internet purchasing with blog links. Blog links are found by the fancy lil' googlebot. See google's search engine is populated by the googlebots who look for links instead of content. The more links that go to your site the higher you are on the google list...At least I think that's how it works.

The rain in Spain...I'm in Portland.

2006-01-14T08:52:00.000-08:00

We've been working on Ideas for our wedding invites but with our freelance gig coming to a climax(meaning lots of work), plus or regular other jobs, we haven't had much time. Drawings of flowers are sort of a concept we've been playing with. Ilona has a thing for gardenias.
Once upon a time there was a man and a woman. The man went and got the woman some valentines day flowers and they did it...They humped. Then around November the woman gave birth to a baby boy. I could go into detail about how the boy was to large to exit the small woman...But that doesn't seem necessary.

70 degrees and sunny

2006-01-08T12:45:00.000-08:00

OH MY GAWD THIS PLACE IS BEAUTIFUL!!! I'm near San Diago and the weather is of course perfect. I luv the weather in souther cali but not the social climate type stuff. I don't know if I can explain it well...The environment has a similar thing Minneapolis had for me...It makes me feel kind of trapped and closed in. But DAMN the weather is nice. Hello all from Sothern Cali!

2006-01-05T11:06:00.000-08:00

So Isaac and I went to this comic geek get together last night. It was fun. A lot of folks who create comics more than a lot of folks who are just fans. Half a house full of comic artists and writers... It was almost like being in Minneapolis. But with out knowing anyone there except Isaac. Anyway, Otha, Dom perhaps if either of you make it out this way we could partake of the adventure together... With Isaac of course. So yall better hurry cause he's moving to China at the end of summer.
I leave on an air-o-plane in about an hour to fly to luv-ly southern cali to participate in the celebrations of Ilona's grammses birfday party. It should be fun. I 'm considering telling a dirty joke to her...Not pig in the mud dirty but SUNDAY DIRTY.
Oh and I'm leaving my computer at home...FREEDOM!!!
See ya'

Did it!

2006-01-03T00:32:00.000-08:00

I did it... I striped our poor x-mas tree naked. I cut off all of its branches. I'm thinking about morphing it into some sort of earthly coat rack. I just couldn't throw it away...Not after all of the humiliation it suffered. Besides it's a cheap fun project.
Oh, I've also been doing web design at a place for about a week now. It's part time contract work but it may turn out to be something good. In case yall hadn't heard, I quit my job at TIS. No more arrow keys for this guy. Not for 8 hours in a friggin row anyway. Now I hit many keys... and I get to even use a mouse. I need to call Keegs...Because out of all the people I know he's the one who can sympathize the most with how I feel about web design. I miss ready access to friends. But then again it was like 50 degrees here today...and it was lovely. It's a hard trade off but aside from the financial stress right now I am very happy and sane. Both things I dig have'n in myself.
The rain on my head is a baptism.
Oh yea' I rode the bus finally! They still use those old paper transfers here. And the fare doesn't change depending on the time of day. I live 5 to 20 minutes from a $2 theater depending on when the bus comes. And the theater happens to be the same place as the arcade with crazy Japanese import video games that only cost a nickel! Damn this city is good for me.

Christmas in Portland

2005-12-25T08:26:00.000-08:00

I wake up this morning... There are stockings hung up filled with stuff. It looks like it rained a while ago but now the sun is up so all of the colors look alive. It feels more like a spring morning. Merry X-Mas!

Merry December and a Happy January to you all.

2005-12-24T12:16:00.000-08:00

I have had an exciting week. I quit my job…because of…fuk that! I interviewed as a graphic designer/ web designer at a place in SE, and I got paid $16/hour to do it. It took me four hours to do some of the stuff they wanted. I’m not sure if I would like the work, but then again it didn’t really feel like work. Now we’re about to have a crap load of folks for x-mas eve and x-mas dinners. I decided that a good way to do this thing would be to have Cornish game hens. Yep…each person is gonna get their own little chicken to devour. It should be good. I QUIT MY FRIGGN JOB!!! Sorry… I’m still a little excited that I don’t have to get up super early on Monday or Tuesday or … Oh yea and Monday Dan and Ashley are gonna be here!!! What a frikn’ week. I wish I could go for a long walk with Dom, Peet, and Otha, something about that chemistry of people just feels right, right now. I miss my friends…. once again Merry December and a Happy January to you all.

Daniel Life Update

2005-12-19T16:47:00.000-08:00

So... I just got a call from work. Apparently I am being asked by my supervisor to mutiny. I know the deepest depths of hell are reserved for mutineers. But, I have always wanted to be a part of a huge job quitting. So far the number is up to about 15, including all of the floor supervisors and management personnel... Including the president of the company. Wow the owner must've fuked up bad. I may have a job interview this week doing graphic design and web design so there is a chance that this whole thing is just good timing. I'll try to post more on this later.

Things I've Noticed Today

2005-12-19T14:55:00.000-08:00

1) Food poisoning sucks.
2) Watching DVD's one has made of downloaded cartoons rocks.
3) When you vomit and poop out all of your waters you get really bad headaches and muscle pains.
4) Knowing someone who can make magic rehydration potions is a good thing.

Movie night

2005-12-17T14:14:00.000-08:00

Well we did it. We had our first official Portland movie night. It went well. We made tacos and watched Mystery Men. We had an attendance of four people not including us. I have an actual pull down style movie screen thing so that was nice. The living room here is a bit smaller than the old place so I imagine we'll have to rethink it a bit when we have greater numbers coming. It wasn't like the old days, but we did stay up til' 2 am talking and hanging out with folks. I had fun, and we got to straighten up our place which is mentally relieving. I'mma go paint a vulture now.

"Tookie"

2005-12-14T15:52:00.000-08:00

Yesterday the U.S. government murdered a man. I don't usually acknowledge this sort of thing. However, for some reason this case moved me.

Politicians are just celebrities with shitty day jobs
Pissing on ideals quick as whores give blow-jobs
I right wrongs by taking the time to learn what’s right
Definitions find intentions, that’s intentions plight
The hunt is on with arrows in trail
Friendly fire from the lack of stayed hand
Your highness the running man
Hunting predator with gun in hand
On word could save a man
But chose to kill instead
And now that man is dead
The media will forget his name
But I’ll never forget this day
One less vote to go his way
Five-time nominee for the Noble Peace Prize
Four books to keep children out of gang life
Proven treaties to stop gang fights
Stanley “Tookie” Williams died twelve thirteen ought five

lessee'...

2005-12-12T14:29:00.000-08:00

Since last I posted...
I went and saw the new Narnia movie. It was really good. I feel that it is better than the book.
I went to a big ol' party in Washington. Met some nice folks and had a splended time.
I miss being creative. I haven't found the time to put towards painting or working on music. I did start a short story. It's only a page and a half but so far it's not bad. I can't foresee working on it anytime soon, but perhaps someday.
Ilona and I are in a bit of financial trouble. We had some spontaneous car repair issues, and many bills and stuff. We wont really be doing much of an x-mas this year. Few presents but much luv. Probably how it should be anyway.
I found a couple guitar amps for free on the side of the road. I haven't taken the time to test them yet. I figured I would just add them to my sound arsenal (if they work of course). But, now I'm thinking I could sell them if they work. The money would be nice.
By next year at this time this will all be a memory. We will have paid our dues.

The last friggin sick day

2005-12-01T12:25:00.000-08:00

Today my backspace key stopped working. You never know how much you use the damn backspace key until it's gone. I called in sick today...Actually this is my third day of calling in sick. I've been getting vertigo spells and nausea, I believe that it is a mild stomach flu. None the less, it's hard to stare at a computer screen when you have vertigo, much less ride a bike. However, I am going to go to work tomorrow. I feel like I have to, damn work ethic. At least I have new fancy bike lights to guide my way in the early morn'.
Missin' friends is getting hard to deal with. I could spend every moment of the week talking to them, it would take that long to call them all, but I get overwhelmed with who to call. So, in my very Daniel way I get distracted and don't end up calling anyone. I wish at least a couple of them would move here so I could have crew to go see cheap movies with. Perhaps after the wedding in July some of yall will get the Portland bug. It really is a great city...especially (no offence intended) when compared to Minneapolis. At least here people don't actively try to run me off of the road. Yes that used to happen in Minneapolis, all the time. Although in reality I don't think they ever saw me...I mean how could they in that big SUV with their cell phone stuck to the side of their drunken heads. And while there are large corporations here like nike and intel, they don't plaster themselves every where like target did to mpls. I guess here the people just feel more human than they did there, not quite as detatched. I'm ranting... I'll stop.
I'mma go pay rent and see a fun $2.00 movie by myself at the nickel arcade.

Stupid Harry Pooper

2005-11-26T17:51:00.000-08:00

I went and saw the new Harry Pooper movie for a second time a couple days ago, with the hopes that it would be better the second time around. Nope. This movie lacks some serious features that movies should have like character development, character arc, substance... I don't mind so much that features from the book are missing, that's to be expected at this point. But at least let the poor people who haven't read the book get to know the characters. This movie is nothing but a brief commercial for the book, a fukn teaser. I'm happy that I got to see the dragons and characters and efx and stuff. However, this movie is not a good movie. For all of those who say it is, please stop. This movie is about as entertaining as a two hour sitcom, which can be very entertaining. But it is not a good movie. Wait until they are all out and watch them in a row, maybe then you will get a feeling of knowing who the characters are and feel some form of development in them, which is after all what a good movie does.
Now I will go and see thumbsucker, which has the potential of being a good movie. I'm sure it's because the folks who worked on it didn't expect a majority of the country to pay good money to see it based on the fact that it has a cult following. I'm a little bitter about the Harry Pooper thing.

I can't shake this feeling

2005-11-22T16:04:00.000-08:00

It's been about a week since ringo left. Our living room smells like oil paint, cause of the new creepy painting I did. I can't seem to lose this odd depressed feeling I seem to have aquired recently. I don't know where it came from. It's creeping up to my mom's birthday, and I miss her. That could do it. The sun has been going down around 4:30. That could do it. I miss my friends. That could do it.
The microwave dinged to me that my food stuff is heated.
I'ma go eat on it and contemplate how I'm still and the 4th demension is going past me.
Don't worry yall about my emotional funk...I'll be okay. Funk not only moves funk can remove...dig,

Ode To Ringo Bird

2005-11-14T21:03:00.000-08:00

Today Ringo leaves us for a new flock. It is a sad but good change. We will miss him...

Oh yea B-day

2005-11-14T01:59:00.000-08:00

I had a great B-day party!
We ate chili and everyone laughed and had fun!
I got two great books, a Charlie Craft head, a Piece of Aimee art, a knife sharpener, an eye mask thingy and a beautiful friggin microphone with a new stand!!!! It's an AKG mic and Ilona is the greatest girl ever!

Now I'm gonna do myself a favor and go to sleeps.

Oh yea, I started using AIM again so if any of you have it let me know and we can get on each others buddy lists and keep in better touch.

goodnight.

Scene

2005-11-14T01:47:00.000-08:00

Little girl 1 : I got shot in the head once.

Little girl 2 : My mom got shot in the boob, but luckily she had breast implants so it was ok.

Creepy Italian thug looking guy : I've been shot so many times.

Funny looking black player looking guy : Oh man the times I've been shot...

Mike and I just exchanged funny looks and kept walking.

Scene from Downtown Portland today. True story.

YIPPPEEE

2005-11-09T16:28:00.000-08:00

Mike Tesch is here now!

abstract links poem

2005-11-08T17:33:00.000-08:00

car gps navigation and emerald diamond rings
Mortgage Refinancing, medical malpractice from bee stings
silver investors & investing in Psychotherapy T-Shirts
Another jingle of change in the pocket.
Hope this makes you stronger google... f_ _ _ it.

Life moves...

2005-11-02T19:00:00.000-08:00

So on a happy note, I cut back my hours at TIS in order to do more freelance type work, I won a power conditioner on ebay for my recording studio, we have a string quartet lined up to record for a song, and I still have the use of my limbs. However, life moves. The world is a slightly mornful place for me today. Ringo is leaving our family. Ilona has decided that it is time for it to happen, and I am supporting her in whatever she decides to do when it comes to Ringo. We are going to be putting him up for adoption in mid november. He will be going to a loving home that will have more time for him. This is a good change but it still makes me sad. I will miss the little screamer...not the screaming though...only the cute parts. He is a member of our family and it will be strange without him but this is the right thing to do.
Oh yeah, and the wedding is on july 15th! I still have to call some of you to talk about it. Sheila, Otha, my dad....half of frikn Minneapolis. But if you see this before we call you please call us! It will be in Tacoma, Washington. We have lots of room to store people (more without ringo here), and hopefully we can work out some transportation issues.

Now in order to fulfill another of my many tasks I have to "fuk the google system" or something like that. (see one of the comments on some post somewhere)

Today I saw and almost got an old underwood typewriter...it was awesome. Pink diamond rings would most likey cramp my sophistication... but an Underwood would do me right. Or maybe just some platinum from some precious metal market... I can't eat platinum, at least not yet. Wait until I get my robot head and body though... then it's on.
Some of you should call Ilona (Sarah, Ashely!!!) I think she could use a hug, even if it's just a phone call hug.
I miss you all.

Awesome!

2005-10-31T19:01:00.000-08:00

Zombie Pub Crawl Minneapolis!
http://www.moonpost.com/dv/zombiepubcrawl05.mov
Get there before this guy runs out of bandwidth!

Oct 31st

2005-10-31T18:34:00.000-08:00

Well well well... This is my first halloween at home in years. Usually I'm out working at some bar watching all of the slutty girls dress like cats and all of the guys try to be tuff heros. This year I carved pumkins! This is my Cannible Pumpkin!

Oh, and I am still a spider death GOD!

And here's one Ilona did.It's so frikn evil lookin'... I luv it!

Miss yall!
Happy hallows-eves with yer eyes an shit.

Waiting

2005-10-26T22:17:00.000-07:00

I'm frustrated because I'm waiting for new stuff to show up... See I'm reworking my studio and need a power conditioner. I have a small one coming in the mail but until then I have a nasty buzz happening. I got a new USB audio in off of eBay and it seems to work well. I want a new mic. Dylan said he'd sell me his, but he is busy with his life stuff and it's packed away. I will wait though. I luv that mic. I'm a fiend with the audio stuff lately. I have a big sign in my studio (acquired) that says "RELAY FOR LIFE". I'm sure they meant a race, but we all know it means something else.
luv and missins' for the crew...

Mono signals suck

2005-10-18T05:27:00.000-07:00

Well, I realized last night that the mic input on my laptop doesn't double as as a stereo line in....it's only mono. I need to find a way to get a stereo signal into my computer to make it work as a two track at a time recorder. Anyway, music making is still good. Lifes fuller than I have time for. I'm gonna go convert microfilm to digital images now.
Here are a few things:
diamond men's watches
Mortgage Rates
bextra lawsuit

What do those things have to do with one another?

UpSwing

2005-10-16T08:18:00.000-07:00

SO, according to Ilona we are on the upswing. She has been working like a mad woman to bring in the financials. I recently started helping with some of the home design jobs... Looks like BigWhistleStudios is breathing. We both miss our peoples back in mpls. I wish you all could experience this city from the inside. And I wish we could have small parties every week again, just get together and watch movies and hang out. As a matter of fact the only thing missing from me having a great life right now is my friends being half way across the country.

I know this guy named tom...

2005-10-09T10:24:00.000-07:00

So I think thats it's funny that I got asked to post this link for a portable gps handheld and it's a link to a company called TomTom. I happen to know a guy who is a total gear geek when it comes to this type of stuff, and his name happens to be Tom. I bet their stock will increase when he finds out about them.
On another note....I'm 'bouts to go to the pumpkin patch! I'll say hi to jack and charlie brown for yalls.

noise from the lab

2005-10-08T19:28:00.000-07:00

Is that breathing I hear....I think it still has a bit of life left in it. Listen for yourself....
OdeToTheEasternBlockDulcimer
That is a jam session with a djembe, a harmonium from 1909, and a bowed eastern block dulcimer(hand built). I recorded it all thru one mic. One glimpse of a breathing lab.
I do so luv to have sessions. We have a regular weekend thing happening and many tracks in progress. (most of them don't sound like this one.)
I went and saw the new willy wonka last night. I liked it. But....damn those fuckin squrrrls. Reminded me of loring park.

They'll never catch us...We're on a mission from god.

2005-09-25T09:56:00.000-07:00

WoW Yall! I saw The Blues Brothers in the theater last night with Ilona. Holy shit that's a good frikin movie. There was this lady in the theater that talked through the whole thing and clapped badly during every song...I said something to her but I don't think she was there enough to know. I came to the conclusion that when you mix great fliks from my youth and beer together you get movie go-ers who say to much dumb shit and act annoying during said great fliks. Oh well $3.
I'm working on some new tracks with a couple cats I met out here in the PDX. We had a bit of a session yesterday and it sounded pretty good...Regardless it was fun to play with music again. We're hookin up next Saturday to try to do some things. If they turn out perhaps I will post them up here. Ima' go fix on some beats fer the weekend now....I hope everyone is doing well. I miss yall.
Oh yea and Marty and Laura, I'm sorry to hear that things didn't work out. Hopefully it is all for the best.

powa of rawk

2005-09-20T08:35:00.000-07:00

I was just informed by a coworker that an english teacher of his got up on a desk and folk danced to Iron Maiden in class. If that isn't the powa' of tha rawk I don't know what is.

How the Daddy Long Legs Gained its Freedom

2005-09-10T10:37:00.000-07:00

So as most of you may know I am a Spider Death God. As with all gods I like to test what my minions are made of, so I toy with them from time to time. My least favorite of the spiders is the Hobo Spider, aka: Aggressive House Spider. This is a nasty little bastard. I captured two of them in a baby food jar and let them duke it out. They were both destined to die anyway, a spider of this caliber cannot live where I am. One of them lived and the other hastily perished. The one that survived was given other spiders and insects to feast upon and has been living well for a few weeks now. That is until I introduced the coolest friggin beast in the spider realm...The Daddy Long Legs. I figured that the Daddy LL was toast. No way it could survive against this beast. It's like a crane fighting a tank. Well I just checked in on the little guys progress... The Daddy LL is sitting in the top of the jar and the Hobo Spider is neatly wrapped up in a little web thing. The crane defeated the tank. And since Daddy LL's are the only spider that I will let live without worry or regret it gets released to wander the earth.

I have a whole new respect for this elegant creature.

weekend

2005-08-27T22:03:00.000-07:00

So far so good. Ilona went out of town and took mr ringo-bird with her. She's up in Washington mit her papa. So I've been a lonely boy this weekend. I am very good at distracting myself however. So far I went to a party at a friend of mineses parents house. There were about thirty teenagers there and five older folks. My friend Isaac was playing in a band there and they needed an extra mic hence I went to assist. It was cool. Three man band with such insraments as a electrified cello, couple o' guitars, piano, mandolin, and some other stuff. Most of the songs were good. It was strange to be the old guy in the corner watching all of the teens doing their thing. Oh god, I was a jethro tull song....how sad. I haven't just been wasting my time gallavanting with the youth, oh no, I went to see movies! I saw Skeleton Key, which is a horror movie involving hoodoo. I do dig the topic. I also saw Fantastic Four. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. That's about as much as I can say about it. The pizza in the theater was good! And the movie only cost 3 duckets!
Ilona should be home in a few hours and life can go back to normal. It's too quiet here, unnerving...

Oh the sounds...

2005-08-20T11:46:00.000-07:00

I wish I was there to go and see dumb movies at Block E & to show off the great new sounds I've discovered. I have CD's for you Otha. You will dig the shit I've been hearing. My friend Isaac and I have been doing music trades, plus I got my library card. I started working on a couple more songs as well. I got the dulcimer as finished as I'm gonna get it for now. I strung it with bass strings, it's like bird wings on a bumble bee. I made a lamp thing out of paper and wire. I think I may go see Land of the Dead at one of the $2 theaters this weekend. Today I gotta go to Washington to bring Ilona's mams' back and retrieve lil' besse (our car). It's so cute how cars acquire names. Ilona's mams' has been here all week and we've had the use of her van if we needed to go anywhere. Me I've been using my bike. I need to fix it up though, new tubes and stuff.

Wow, that was a lot of rambling!

power of the rawk

2005-08-14T09:02:00.000-07:00

I forgot to mention something in my last blog entry. When Ilona and I were on our way to see "Sky High" a couple days ago we cut through a McD's (you decide what the D stands for) parking lot. We just happened to be sing/screaming a David Bowie song out the window while driving along. Three teenage boys ran at us screaming like we were Elvis and they were housewives in a doublewide. They flashed us, jumping up and down hollering. What could they do, after all, we were summoning the power of the RAWK! SO, what did we do? RAWKD HARDER!

Take a duke in hazard

2005-08-13T00:30:00.000-07:00

Okay, so many know of my luv of bad movies... I like them very much at times. Howard the Duck is a great fun film I don't care what anyone says. Well I found a new one. "Sky High", it's an awesome really bad superhero high school movie starring none other than Kurt "Jack Burton" Russell! See it at your own risk or... Go to the Hell where People are Skinned Alive, it's that simple, understand?
On a couple other notes... I wish my Dad was more technologically advanced, like had email or could read these blogs. I find it hard to keep in touch with people, he is the one that I regret the most. I luv many people and am sorry that I am not there with you all. Spending time with people is the one thing that humans can not healthily give up. I'm not saying I gave it up....I just miss my crew. I'd pour out some of my chocolate milk for my missed homies but that shits precious. You know how it is. I'll share my dreams with yall' but not my friggin' chocolate moo juice. Damn.
And yes Peet, Ringo-bird has had a high five...Well a high four*. But he misunderstood it as "step up". We were trying to teach him to shake hands, he just got annoyed. At times he can TCB on command. I don't know if you could do that. Now I'm off to the Hell where People are told to poop on command by giant birds, it's that simple, understand? "Uh-Oh...Uh-Oh...Uh-Oh..."
Oh yea! Dukes of Hazard looks stupid and I don't want to see it. Fuck that. Thats my childhood and I don't want it sold to me. I might however someday steal it and watch it then. But I'll be liquidy fecal from a white rappers ass if I'll pay $7.50 to watch that crap.

* See previous blog entries comments for clarification.

weebals wobbal

2005-08-11T16:49:00.000-07:00

Well, long time no being read. As most of you may know it's been eventful. Ilona did not get the "job" she was shooting for. However, she is ever persistant and has picked herself up and is back in the hunting game. I have been working (days again) ... well thats all I can say about that. We are contemplating getting a printer so Ilona can redo her portfolio and I can make some prints of artwork. We figure it'll be cheaper in the long run, and we're right. The printer we've been looking at can do 13x19 archival prints that last 100- 200 years depending on conditions. I have been drinking moo juice and have seen zero signs of Lactose Intolerance which is always a treat. Now, on that note, Ima TCB yall'.

I did that?

2005-08-03T06:34:00.000-07:00

Went to see the Interperter last night at the great Kennedy School. Now my brain is twisted up on some childhood memory desire to help african refugees in some third world country how can I be a good world contributer type bullshit. Wow this work no sleep stuff can really have an affect after a bit. I'm gonna survive this day on candy, soda, and lasagne. mmmmm. But really, I do truely believe that we (each and every one of us) need to leave the world in either as good of, or better condition than when we arrived on it. I just can't exactly figure out how. Ilona said some stuff about me being part of a strong community and being honorable and an example and all that kind of stuff. But, I want to feel like I did something...something really good. A solid shining pillar that I can point to and say "I did that."

Come on thru for the BBQ

2005-07-31T14:54:00.000-07:00

PEETS HERE! He's been here for a few days now, hence why I have not posted. We're having another BBQ today. Some folks is comin' by. I caught a hobo spider in a baby food jar. I'm watching it. I hate them. I am their death god.
We went to the ocean and Astoria yesterday. My head is bright red, like a pissed off high school teacher. I gotta go light some shit on fire now fer the cookin's. Plus we're gonna play some games.

And You Don't Stop

2005-07-24T13:13:00.000-07:00

Over the last few days I have been converting all of my hiphop cd's to mp3...I had no idea I had sooooooo much music. 15 gigs of just hiphop. My intent was to make mp3 cd's. I am now reconsidering getting an ipod type device. Not for carrying around, but for a home music database. Only because it's smaller than a whole computer sitting in my livingroom. I should be able to back up all these cd's onto DVD's and that's a good thing. I have some pretty rare music and the cd's are begining to die slowly from use and storage. I need to get this stuff off of Ilonas computer before I kill it.
Oh yea! BBQ today my back porch. Tons of food and good times! Otha I want to see you here now! Wants suck.

earnin my draws

2005-07-19T12:36:00.000-07:00

So, I'm at work. and that is how it is.
Ilona's always talkin' bout Italian Villa Rentals, and who knows maybe someday we'll go stay in one. It would be fun to romp around tuscany for awhile.
At least my job does'nt entail a lot of Web Database Software, I mean there is some...but I don't have to manage it. I dig that.

A moment of silence...or funky ass wigglin'.

2005-07-15T11:17:00.000-07:00

This just in... Shock G the piano man has decided to retire. I am happy for him. He has made a big dent in my inspiration car and that impact will always show when I do my thing. Those of you who really know me know that this man is one of my musical heros. It may seem odd that a guy who rhymes about sex and stupid silly shit would be anyones hero...But this cat is bad. Humpty-hump, shock gigga', piano man, MCee BlowFish. Good luck. Now lets all bump some funk and reflect on what can happen to an art form if one steps in the box with one foot and leaves the other on the outside. Danglin'

good day to you all

2005-07-15T09:38:00.000-07:00

Here I sit, not much sleep (which is more like home to me as you all may know) in my attic, eating beef stroganof. I have this illustration idea I'm funna start in a minute, but I just wanted to pause and post this. My calfs and thighs are now incredibly strong. Last night some crackhed stole my tail light in front of safeway. I was gonna tell him about my calves and see if he'd give it back but I was scared of his girl...that thing was crazy. So, I left it. I get the impression that people here don't steal whole bikes. They just take pieces of them until they can build their own. Or perhaps there is a bike part chopshop run by some kind of wee folk.
Anyway, keep yall' Hustle And Flow Movie in your momses ol' VCR-a I'ma down this rootbeer. Big up's to Henry Weinhard's. Damn, Ben Franklin...you Blangin'!

Time traveling...1 second at a time.

2005-07-14T20:49:00.000-07:00

Big ol' heads up yall! Mr Lohse has put up some new schtuff! Go and look around. NOW.
modurndae.com

That Yak is nice.

The art or the money?

2005-07-12T09:37:00.000-07:00

So here's me. Flip flop boy. I seem to have a lot of interests and they manifest randomly. I'll go to a book store and a web interface book will catch my eye...that's what I'll want to do! Or, I'll see some art at a coffee shop....BAM! I wanna do art for a living! There is more I want to do but these seem to be the two that manifest the most. I read about a quarter of a CSS programming book yesterday and worked on a new painting, a big one. I painted a rodeo bull bike! I do luv the bike animal amalgamations. I'm thinking that I might try to create some art for postcards and greeting cards and sell them through stores and maybe the Saturday market. My blog link thingy just sent me this link to postcard printing and It got my mind a whirlin'. I was just going to try to print stuff at home. Now I'm leaning towards the idea of not doing everything myself. I want to decide on a couple things to focus on and pay other people to do the rest.

big ups

2005-07-11T14:19:00.000-07:00

Well, I got a promotion at my job....sort of. I get three to five people working under me, I will be working two until eleven insted of eight to five, and I will be in carge of a whole project. For all of this prestige and power I recieve... worse hours, no pay increase, and more responsability. Why did I say yes? I didn't, it is just the way it is. "Do it because that's what your job is." $9.00/hour....WTF mate. I'm gonna use them as a stepping stone to educate me in office polotics and project management. Then when they're not lookin' I'm gonna have a beefed up resume and a better job doing stuff I like. I will just think of it as school, with no grades and they pay me insted of me paying them. Lifes good again...see it's all a matter of perspective.

It's a new era...

2005-07-10T17:40:00.000-07:00

Here were are. What happened?

...that one's fer Otha.

Happy B-day 7-7-77

2005-07-07T23:08:00.000-07:00

"Happy birfday ta use happy birfday ta use, haaaaaaapeeey biirfdaaay deear DOM haaaapeeey biiiiiiirrffdaaay taaaaaa uuuse!"
There I said it and I ment it.Happy B-day brotha'. Remember your never to young to start wearing depends. They're warmer than boxers and sometimes they're squish-e.

Urban Hoodoo

2005-07-07T07:07:00.000-07:00

I have just seen a sign. I was rideing my bike to work and I just got up this really big hill on 52nd and Sandy. On my way past the Jack in the Box there is a bus stop full of lovly P-town folk. Right there inside the bus stop on the sidewalk was a huge water-fowl. A Loon. The state bird of Minnesota. Dead. Everyone appeared to not notice. Ouch. I'm so sorry Minnesota. The state of MN is going to die and everyone else is just going to get on the bus and not pay attention. I SAW IT IT'S TRUE!

They think what?

2005-07-06T14:47:00.000-07:00

Scientist believe that the Bisonalveus browni may be the first discovered mammel that delivers venom through a hollow canine tooth....WHAT?!?!? What they are failing to realize is that it is not a delivery system but a sucking system. The Bisonalveus browni is a friggn' vampire! I just had to put that out there for Dom and Otha. I miss yall.

First things first

2005-07-06T05:51:00.000-07:00

Okay so there used to be this Jessica girl in my life. When I was with her she had just finished AA and was doing really well. We were together for about two years, but I had known her for several years before that and we were actually good friends. Well the relationship ended and now whenever anyone tells me about her it rips me up inside...not because I miss her or anything obsessive like that but because when they see her she's either drunk or high on coke or something. THAT'S ALL TO WRONG! This is someone who I care about. We used to be friends and I want her to be okay. So, I have a mission for all of you. Next time you see miss Jessica, if she shows the slightist sign of intoxication, tell her you have a message from Daniel. Slap her and say " "What are you doing dumb-ass?! Get youself back in AA and do something with yourself so your two little sisters have more than a drunk ass older sister to look up to and emulate!" Make sure she knows it's from me. Thank you.

Now on to more pressing affairs. I have begun to intimidate the spiders. I have not been the spider death god that I once was. I only sent three or four last weekend to that old place. You know the deep sleep. Okay I either squashed them or sucked them into the vacume...there happy now. Anyway, their numbers are dwindling or they're planning something.
Aiight, I'ma go see about somethin' now....Peet, I'm hi-fiven' you in my mind. (that would make a wonderful country song.)

4th of july...agaaaain?

2005-07-03T16:36:00.000-07:00

Yup folks it's here. BBQ and fireworks. I feel like I should be in a sitcom. Some folks is comin round in a lil' bit. We is gonna eats us some foods! I dig food and hanging out with people. Ilona's papa is in town for the weekend, which is always good. And so far this weekend I recorded one song and one spoken word thingy and have another song in process. I also began an elephant bike painting. I'm having a pretty creative weekend so far. I went to see Batman for the second time...still, wow! I also swung by the art store down the street from me and fell in love. They have every art supply I need. I love this town.
I looked at a map and noticed Minneapolis got shut down. That's interesting. You all should move to Portland. The weathers fine and the state still seems to function okay. And besides that I miss ya'll.

Oh, and you all need to post more! Marty and I are the only one's that seem to be keeping it locked down in the blog world.

Sketch of a song

2005-07-02T10:10:00.000-07:00

Here is a sketch of a track I started last night.
Smile lines.mp3
It needs some work, but whatever at least I recorded something!

Alana has her own store!

2005-07-02T10:09:00.000-07:00

damn, damn, damn

2005-06-30T18:14:00.000-07:00

I guess going to see War of the Worlds right after watching the damn PETA animal skinning torture video wasn't so hot of an idea...I'm going to go sit and cry about how fucked up everything is....
today is just to heavy for me. maybe tomorrow will be easier to carry.

Damn evil video...

2005-06-30T13:32:00.000-07:00

WARNING!!! Do not watch the linked video if you have a weak constitution for torture. There are live animals being hurt in the video. ILONA- You are not allowed to watch it. Trust me, I love you to much and you can't handle this thing.
As part of my blogging gig I am supposed to watch this PETA2 video and say what I think of it.
I think it's fucked up and it will haunt me whenever I see animal skin for sale. I'm not sure if it was worth the money. If you want to get outraged watch it. To all my mpls people out there, notice the address of the guy who runs Wet Seal lives in the 612. I think it's messed up that PETA2 put that guys home address and phone number on this site, and even more messed up that they drug his wife into it....But then again the video makes me want to paint bomb his face. With poop.

I need to go see a movie and escape from reality.

cube wins

2005-06-30T08:53:00.000-07:00

The line of the day is :
"I tryed to study the white man, but got my hands bloodied." -Ice Cube
That line just works on so many levels.

workin' 7 to 6 what a way to pay some rent yeah...

2005-06-30T05:58:00.000-07:00

I had a mouth breather moment with Keegs when he was here. I miss that kind of creative poof. Peet posted! He's one of the niftyist writers out there today. I can't wait until I can just read books by him....hint, hint Peter HQ.
I don't know what this is but it's called "Bextra lawsuit", and I'm sposed to link to it. I think it's something about a pain killer giving people heart attacks, and the lawsuit that ensued. I'm also sposed (I luv using that word) to link to some Marketing Genius.
Anyway these here links pay me about enough to pay off my student loans...If they keep coming that is. Now kids, the time is 6:11am and the sky is overcast. I'm gonna peddal my ass up yonder mountain and listen to some Icey gansta rap from the past.

soulful cat on this end

2005-06-29T05:52:00.000-07:00

I work with a lot of "white folk". A couple asian cats that speak heavly accented english and two spanish speaking people. I listen to music and often it is some pretty soulful sounds. These soulfull sounds often make my head move and my body tends to follow in the dance. This is funny to me because no one else there seems to do this. Even though I have begun to sell space on my blog to help make ends meet. And even though I burn at the touch of the sun like a damn vampire, I feel like I still got the soul I was raised with. I still play like a little kid, and still dance when I hear a beat with flavor.
I wish I could find a way to streeeech time so that I could work on music and art...or would that make everything sound like slow motion and all of my paintings blurry?

Stackin' Chips

2005-06-28T14:39:00.000-07:00

Here I am talking about Funeral Flowers and car insurance... Funny huh?
Ilona figured out that if we save three hundred dollars a month we can retire when were sixty. I'm not sure if that will work. I like gadgets and toys.

early birds catch sleepyness

2005-06-28T05:48:00.000-07:00

Today is the day that Keegs and Carly leave for the crappy mid-west. It all just makes me realize that I know so many people that would enjoy it out here. I regret there not having been enough time to explore the city more with special K and fancy C. However, I did get to take them to the Bagdad...I do dig that place a lot. Perhaps after fancy C gradumakates she and special K will decide the want to be closer to neat stuff like the ocean, mountains, other cities, hot springs, interesting folks from all over, powell books, Laurelhurst park, a place where people let their dogs walk without a leash and the dogs behave, TC lab, not negative 40 degree temps, sunshine and rain, and the mostest friendly damn bunch of people I've met. When I moved here neighbors would just approach us on the street to ask us how we were, or how we liked the place, or "Hi, I'm so and so". Just plain friendly.
On another note, I saw an ad on craigslist that asked for bloggers. It said they would pay up to $10 per day, $5 per mention of whatever their clients products are in a blog. In other words, If you begin to see product placement on here, don't worry I'm just saving for a rainy day. $10 saved is $10 earned. aka $300 extra income a month.

This message is for peet.
PEET WRITE ON YOUR BLOG 3 TIMES A DAY YOU FRIGGIN TROLL! I NEED IT! I DON'T THINK I'M THE ONLY ONE. I mean fer real John Fruscante (however you spell it) said he would write you a sweet song if you posted. I know how you feel about that dude.

we went to a waterfall

2005-06-27T17:31:00.000-07:00

We traversed through the wilds of the world to come upon a... holy damn thats a big waterfall! I took six pictures of it to fit it in, then I put the photos together for your viewing pleasure. We packed a picnic lunch but ended up coming all the way home before we ate it. It's been a rainy day here in the p-town area.
I wanna go to the nickel arcade where one may indulge in old scholl video game luv for only a fifth of a quarter per shot. They wernt even that cheap when they first came about. Keegs fell out and is snoozing upstairs and Carlysness is out fer a walk. Ilona is reading some finance book, and ringobird is quiet...ahhh. Maybe in a bit we may attend the fun place. I hope they have Dig-Dug.

Blue outside

2005-06-27T09:02:00.000-07:00

I got up at 5:30 am to come to work today...I so feel you Shiela. I rode to work in the rain. It was kind of nice everything was still blue because it was so early yet it all had a ting of grey due to the rain.
Yesta'day we went to the zoo. Like all zoo experiences I've had, it filled me with a little awe and a bit of sadness. Today we are going to the columbia gorge. I have yet to see this place but I hear tell that it's nifty.
I think they're done reseting the network drive I'm working on here at the big ol' j-o-b so I gotta get back to my quality control work now.

My Vabrato (V-ah-br-A-toe) is very irregular

2005-06-26T09:46:00.000-07:00

I just got up...This is the latest I've woken up in three weeks. The sad part is it's only like 9:30.
Keegan and Carly are here!!!! YEAAAAAH! Were going on massive field trips this weekend. Today were going downtown to saturday market (yes I know it's sunday...It's just a name.) and Powell Books the coolest figgin store fer books ever. We probably will end up many other places but who wants to plan all that.
I destroyed so many spiders...HARD. I showed very little mercy, however, I tryed not to toy with them. If their death was emminant I attempted to bring it swiftly. I am a just spider death god. Not like that last guy.

After the bathroom.

2005-06-25T06:53:00.000-07:00

The weekend is here. I'm living a bad song...I'm working for the weekends. Keegs and Carly are going to be here today. I haven't seen anyone from mpls except for Aimee and Charley since I got here. And they don't count the same since they moved out here more than a year ago. I am really starting to miss doing dumb shit with my friends. Like going to the corner store or going to see a movie. I guess thats par for the course...I just used a golf term, don't worry I still don't play golf. Although I have been giving some consideration to taking up Aikido again. There's a dojo not that far from here. I have to wait until Ilona gets a job first, were under a little to much finacial strain right now.
So today is the first day of cleaning the attic since I got it all set up. Today I am a spider death GOD. I will destroy many beds of webs. So many meat traps for these little eight legged vampires will feel my vacume hose. It's not that I dislike the spiders. I just don't want my friends to sleep were they are if Carley and Keegs deside they would like the attic to sleepes in insted of the living room/office. Besides it's not that bad I only saw two webs and most of the spiders up here in the attic are daddy long legses. They don't even bite (small mouths/ biters)...shhh, I think they're sensitive about it, and I know they have mind control over the smaller spiders that do bite. WHAT AM I SAYING??? I AM THE SPIDER DEATH GOD! I will bring the murder to these little dudes. Even IceCube or Ice-T would flee screaming like small wee tots at the visage I will envoke. I gotta go murder a couple poor innocent little dudes now. After the bathroom.

Playing Doctor

2005-06-23T07:36:00.000-07:00

Well as you surly know my bike went thru a bit of a tramatic experience yesterday. So Ilona and I went to the bike parts place, a nice man repaired the sokes that were broken and I purchased the replacement parts for the rest of the operation. Then we took the patient home. I went into surgery at about 4:00 P.M. and let me tell you, that bike is a trooper. My trusty steed didn't even flinch as I removed and replaced parts. If someone removed my seat and put a new one on I would weep like a one year old. So the operations were successful and my bike handles great.

WTF

2005-06-22T07:36:00.000-07:00

So last night I got a ride home from Ilona and left my bike locked up outside of work. When I came to work today my bike was laying on the ground as if the wind had blown it down. BUT... The friggn' hand grips were gone. WTF! Who steals the damn hand grips??? What kind of sick deprived mutherfukr would do some isht like that? I'm at a loss.