:::[20.July.09]:::

:::[10.July.09]:::

I woke at 8. Today i was destined to begin by pillaging. Me and my team of yard sa*i*ling wenches scoured the town for the next few hours picking up random goods and funky items all for nickles and dimes. The last stop i found an amusing coat for 50 cents which i bought in a heatbeat.. in the pocket held at least one greenback. In the car i found within held more than what i had spent all morning.. It was gonna be a fun fun day.

By 10:30 i was dressed like a pirate and headed downtown with Scurvy and adam, to begin Treasure Quest 2010, The idea was to decipher 30 plus clues of local businesses and get them marked off like a passport. The fun part is, 3 of us dressed like pirates walk into a winery, cock a flintlock, and yell at the top of our lungs, didnt just bring surprise but free drinks and laughter. By the time we completed the quest a few hours later, i was staggering drunk. But thanx be deserved to the nini and her weenie for helping me balance my lack of food to overabudance of alchohol ratio.

Then it was off to Guzman's BBQ where more shenanigans took place as the sun wound down, within a few hours, laughs and pizza and, ya, more drinks.. the luau began downtown.. and Damn was that a blast. I ran into more old friends that night then i have in a while. It was packed and the fire spinners were in full form, even a random percussionist was playing alongside DJ lotek for the nights wicked tunes.

Today, i slept smiling. It was perfect.

:::[8.July.09]:::

Dworshak Coming soon:)

:::[21.June.09]:::

Soltice!! What a time of the year to really watch things Spin back to Reality, Shit! theres goes gravity!

I found myself watching the skies open up and cry as i slid into a reclusive internal battle that had me holding kinship with the weather, a month ago. But, life and grass alike stood on halt waiting to resume with great anticipation, sucking in all the nourishment of tears only to watch the sun BURST outta the coulds like a sadistic version of superman making all living thing scream back to life like a man on fire.

During the times of crying skies, I had to let go of some very important [noun] in my life. Most of which ending lie the final of a long semester of some good lessons in the art of life. Sometimes the last test is a quick one, ending with almost violent anger that you even were in the class in the first place, others something you'll miss greatly. Others putting you the brink of your [attribute here], before teaching you about the thresholds. Some were only week long classes, others had been going for years. Each had an ending, but it was how we got there that matters.

And He said, push that button, dude, and there was light. The sun revealed itself, and the world leapt to meet it. Bicycling lowriders round the city, bucking up to the torment of a rototiller, rake, drag, level, flatten, I am all that is beast! another lap around the city on the bike! top it off with a sauna. I drifted off to sleep that night thinking, "OMG, i just did that in one day" I woke the next day my throat trying to strangle me from within. TOo much. Way too much.. i tried to relax, tea, fruit,. this is getting worse, its a bug, .. let me sit down. no shower.. For the first time in my life i found my self stopping a shower, hot, relaxing shoulders that a day before were dirt gladiators, and being wise enough to lose my cookies in the toilet and not on my still wet feet in the tub. Jesus.. tomorrow i leave to live.

I crashed out and woke feeling better, but not great. I seeded the entire lawn that day with the help of the mates on my ship. i was spent, but it was sunny, and i wasnt gonna let one more day go to waste :) How wild that at thatt moment i had no idea how far from the truth i still was, my insides still raining.

Up to seattle the next day, my car loaded with the neccesities to survive, and yes, that meant toys too :) Webbworks met me in seattle to kick back, talk life, talk raves, talk parties, and just be travis. He wasn't the travis i saww last tho,. in fact, this is the OLD travis, nay, the HAppy travis?!?! holy shit, no dark cloud over his sloppy head. in fact there was a purple haired hottie in his posse that holds more attention than the computer screen. holy shit! comics, disney, the creations of this kid were coming to reality.. i hugged kat. w..t..f.. :) nice dude.

Olympia that night. i finally found her house in the dark, my gps placed the "shea are here" sticker about a block off, and inebbitably i found her house, or more a smoking cliff in the doorway. "hey! hey grumpy frumpy, you'se gonne get ass punched if you dont get off the fone and say hi!" i was the only visitor that night.. but then, i'm the only one you really need :) we packed and planned and prepped in unison. The next day we drove passed the nuclear silos to an area of the west coast not many ever see.

I lived in Clallum Bay when i was about 3.. giving me just enough memory to think it was all a dream. We met the rest of the crew at the trailhead to Shi Shi beach, old people all from random various points on the timeline of me, some decades ago, but none less than 8 years back. We had a 2 mile hike ahead of us, and a level of tequila induced disorginization that took over an hour to overcome. But is wasnt long before we were on our way down a boardwalk in the evergreen rainforest of the olympic rainforest, it was amazing, like degoba. Thats when we realized just why Luke seemed like such a poopypants there. It was mud up to your knees in places, with a fully loaded pack this was a 50 \ 50 gamble that you might come out with both shoes. "Throw me a stick" was a good line outta taylor. :) Now, if you didnt wanna squish through the bogg of sorrow, there were awesome mini hiways and byways made by man.. or animal, hard to tell cause these were designed for the cast of avatar than a man with a backpack.. but hey, i'm nimble right? :)

The beach was Incredible. And seemingly untouched.. given we saw people there, but it was so massive and they were so sparse if seemed like ours. like we were Lost. hehehe. The tides were the lowest of the year while we were there, the tidepool tours were pretty wild. As usual with camping with people that only read about the "wilderness" in National Geographic, supplies had ran dry on day 2. hHAAHahaa.. now i didnt take orders of what was needed, but i accompanied a drunken Morello and gonzoles waitstaff and we hiked back through Pandora to townin search of hotdogs beer and .. and? *shrug*. The time spent hiking out and getting things completely took longer than all of us thought, we had enough energy and daylight to get back to watch the sunset.. back through degoba. This time, do it like your the lode runner.

My tent had one of those tarp material bottoms that apparanty reached its lifespan. It frayed at everymove, my pup tent was now a set of walls on a sandy floor. (luau in my tent!) I passed out, beat, and this was only days after working myself SIck. heheheh. I woke for sunset and fire time. a few Lost comrades felt they didnt get their order correct and hiked back into town to make the order themselves.. "i hope they brought a flashlight" i said, looking at the cresting sun. They didnt make it halfway back before ebbies trusty flashlight from the 40's failed. No worries, readers, taylor had glowstick bracelets. hehahah HAHAHAH aHAaa I heard the story the next morning after they returned from a long night sitting on a stump with yoda.

Pandora, once more.. fully packed and getting rid of any and all weight possible. I had to walk that trail once more, and my knees didnt feel good.. by the end, i was gandalf and walked about 60 years older. By the time i got to shea's i could barely walk. My knees gave me the finger. Just like so many things in life .. :( bailing out. My god.. i was breaking in half. Drowning in my cup of Tea. i marched on.. wait. I jumped back out of the car, the enginge warming before i was driving to portland that night. I hobbled to the bushes. Wood, wines all over, i pulled hard and the Sector 9 Bamboo 5 foot longboard came out.. and into the car. VVMmmmmmmm* into the night i went.

Family, is a term like home. Its a safety thing. I landed at the steps of Meghans house, she awaited my tales and company and stayed up until 3 catching up on life. Each time my tale growing in magnitude throughout the week. My knees were giving out. She caught me before i fell. There was much that needed repair.

The next few days were an explosion of Ups and Downs. The history wrapped into every individual upped the ante on every single connection. Every smile genuine. Every word crafted for my ears alone. What ensued was something that nobody could have for saw. Nobody now would be able to look back and understand. What happened was very key elements introduced into my story at precision timing. Even Fate's puppets that delivered every exciting, heartbreaking, mind melding, life changing words had no idea what they held, a useless trinket that combined by my mind alone resulted in a cataclysm of what i felt was the dawning of a new sun.

I Stayed longer than i had anticipated, connection deeper than i was ready for, perplexed in a way that so many puzzles before have never boggled me. And i had conquered far more than i ever dreamed. I was right. there was a leak inside, brought to my limit and weighed-down till my knees gave in. But, there are characters in every story, that maybe at one point dont seem to play a large role, in the industry, we call this foreshadowing. :) I found myself with the weight of the galaxy on my shoulders.. in that moment when it seemed that the pressure was blowing the drums in my ears. I had been scrabbling for a desperate answer. a life line. Everything in the cosmos seemed outta whack. Then i was handed something, it was simple. like a screwdriver. It wasnt the answer by any means, but it was the right tools at the right time, one twist of the adjustment screw and there was clarity. The world wasnt outta whack, my lens was, my scope of perception was off just enough to where i found myself blurred and stuck in a loop. As i looked around with new vision, I realized every single second. every moment i was seeing what i needed to see, hearing the perfect response for the precise moment. My answers were right in front of me. The farther i looked in all directions of space and time, everything i had seen, heard, been handed by friends and enemies aike was what i had been seeking if i only had the screwdriver.

This man caught on fire Ladies and gentlemens.

When i was in australia, i brought a video camera. The plan was to document visually the journey that lay ahead of me, like some scifi, video journal. Eventually i found myself not being able to get the camera out in time.. or just outright being caught up in life far faster than i can record. Sometimes i feel like i havent been able to sit down enough to scribble my tales out, and within the past week its exponentially increased in magnitude. Overseas, i decided to stop living life through a lens and start LIVING life. Theres no way i could explain all the massive wonders that have exploded lately. The last few days alone, i've built motorcycle caddys, a retractable stair system for my garage, websites, IT backbones, motorcycle rallys, pool parties.. I've travelled hard, rode wild, traded goods, information and connected to so many that If i blogged every 10 minutes i still think i"d miss things. But for my avid readers i"ll try, but i can say that even if my deliveries are sparse in comparison to the action packed life i've self bestowed, the snippets you do read will be the ones i value most. :)

Life is blowing up in the best way possible around me now, i've never been more excited. my life is just starting ;)

:::[27.May.09]:::

Rain it wells from deep within the cosmos. the atmosphere hides it like feelings. As the stress builds and the turbulence of disturbance starts to grow theres less and less that can be done to hide it. People start to notice. the clouds that hang overhead. The darker shapes that appear throughout the day. Try as you do, continuing the projects and daily tasks as normal, the clouds build and grow thicker, and becoming harder to ignore. Preperation is begun for the storm that may be coming. Pull back, hesitate, maybe lets reschedule due to the percipitation.

Drizzles begin. Daily life becomes more of a chore than before, but its those closest to the atmosphere that feel the effects first. The rain washes things. Makes them new. Brings life forth. But if the sky has more to bring the sun wont return yet. It always builds stronger as it goes, what starts as a drizzle usually needs to be a downpour before its over. When it rains it pours. today i found myself in empathetic rapture by the weather. I was cold and drizzley, but no level of rain would empty the clouds. It was only after the peak of the storm where the waters rose and the world was washed away that i was feeling the sun again and for that moment truely seeing what was left standing and wasnt just a mud statue that was melted and washed into the retreating aquafer. Clarity comes only after the sky is darkest.

:::[16.May.09]:::

Life. Earths greatest miracle. Something we all celebrate daily in some form or another. Yet, for life, there is a multitude of tiny requirements. For a plant, the right amount of sun, the right Ph level in the soil, enough water, yet not too much.. All these environmental variables that when they are tailor fitted for the plant perfectly this one example of life can bloom to it's fullest potential. It's these moments when something fits us like a Lego that burn into our memory and from then on are used as basis of comparison. We can be all that we can be. Prior to experiencing such perfection, life knows nothing better. But after, striving to match those variables to achieve maximum potential becomes lifes great destination. Without water, plants wilt. Without Love the heart will hate. Without Sun, the darkness invades. When you find what you need, there inst a doubt in your mind what obstacles you can overcome. Without sustenance there is nothing we do not doubt.

:::[07.May.09]:::

So much has happened in the last few weeks..

Starting with a visit from my NM family, uncle lyn, aunt rhonda, grandma & grandpa all joiced up here for a gathering for eatser which fell on moms bday this year!

Check the Gallery of the bday festivities!

Since then MY bday has gone down and the festivities were weeks on end for me.

It started with a journey to meet up with my favorite person, which took me on a wild goose chase hiking into the mountains to bagby hotsprings, which was buried in a forest of redwood ceder somewhere near mount hood. After that there was breif escapades in pdx before jyn set my compass to the coast. She had rented a cabin all for us right on the beach, we scoured the coastline hitting every little goofy thing that struck our fancy. The days spent there were breathtaking*.

It was hard to leave, but i had a great costume party planned for the coming weekend. We doned random costumes and laughed our asses off, there were alot of faces i missed, but glad everyone who made it could. The day after, mom was recognized for an award for her contributions for early childhood education, so i was there to raise a bit of hell and enjoy the banquet.

Sunday was a wild way to finish off the celebration, it was the anniversary of Tiff and Arlan's wedding, so we climbed back up the twin sisters and stood sideways in the gusting gorge wind and kinda had a mini rewed session :)

After we piled back into the car it was off the the Grruesome Twosome tour, where Alice Cooper opened for Rob Zombie that me nor my whiplashed neck will forget.

to: r.Zombie and j.Nelson, I'm never gonna forget this bday.

since then, i've had an interested play of events. I had a peice of coral that came from maui.. i mailed it back feeeling like since i brought it home, i had a nasty string of bad luck. It had to have been returned by now.. but my lucks worse. ha! whoda Thought.

:::[19.April.09]:::

Lately, my head has bounded from the way outer limits of the imagination to the dirt and gritty of my yard. I've been living like a minor wonderboy tweaking systems or fixing issues either here or for others. but in exchange its been fun, even had a buddy drop by today to suss out sprinklers for my yard. i"m gonna build a paradse. Soo thanx to my opposable thumbs the yard has been my major project. Cutting down trees to planting new ones. Even cleaning out my neighbors yard so it looked better :). I'm leaving the 10 foott stump of the Juniper i took down so i can carve it into a toem pool to let it live on longer.

Today was all metal. I weldded together 2 T-bars that stand 12 feet tall and 6 feet acroos so i can hang hammocks that two 350lb tub oh corns could hang in at the same time.. and double as a hammock hanger. Welding is great fun.. just remember your goggles. i almost scarred my eye for real. Arrgyle style.

Its been beautiful out lately. so all this yardwork has been good, and in between efforts its been playing in the surf of life on my Pegged Legged Kikker HAHhaaa. Its been hilarious touring the nooks and crannies of Walla Walla aside my Ruckas riding apedog.

The imagination delves deep as i've been weekly playing out chapters of a story i"ve long written, as i been detaiiling the peices i've been listening to compositions and dreaming not only the story at hand but books ahead of itself birthing itself for the next crew.

I'm gonna throw a costume party on the 30th of april for my birthday and just our early summer:) And psst.. Pirate party August 7th. First Saturday of August. Ye be warned..

:::[15.April.09]:::

I stopped my cd of faith no more halfway thru the remake of "war pigs" cause earlier today i heard Ozzy's original version at a friends place. What awaited my on the radio station as the cd stopped was nothing other than ozzy himself seeing about the black masses..

:::[04.April.09]:::

Happy birthday mom, on this easter. Hope you found your egg.

:::[30.March.09]:::

Its been along time coming. The bike is COMPLETE!! and to mark the occasion i've been setting up a mini site (for my portfolio as well as for you) that tells the trials and tribulations of this epic journey. It's still under construction. I got alot to add. But for now you can see the progress and get a kick outta the bs i went through.

Today was a full moon. It was so very apparant. So many people that i do truely care about just seemed to have the roughest day. Frustrations, tears, anger, hands flailing into the air in surrender then swinging to manic excitement over that which worked flawlessly. Back and forth. Normally i'd be right in the mix of this rollercoaster trying to figure out wtf went amiss with my rudder. Yet, oddly enough, i felt completely detached from the flow of the lunacy this round. My day had its ups and downs.. butall up it was mellow. Just a nice even keeled groove to it, like i was the spectator of this wildly maniacal tv show where all the contestants are people i know and they all get to have a hard time. Needless to say it put me on the edge of my sit, but like a TeleVeiwer I too had to surrender knowing there was no level of screaming or grabbing the tube to tell the people trapped within what to do.

To update everyone on the happenings of the Andy. Things have been a day to day stream of accomplishments. some on the house. some fixing things long since forgotten. Others are creating new wild options in the world. As the sun returns, so does my voraciousness for life. :) Oh you grey days go away, get me high again this way.

I couldnt be more thankful for the disasters that 6 months back brought in my life. Like the Old man that fell from the Waterfall, i went along for the ride and it put me exactly where i needed to be.. and all my wishes are coming true.

:::[21.Feb.09]:::

It's never "too late". Everyday. every moment can be grabbed onto and ran with in a fit of hysterics.. I went stark raving mad last night, and Loved every minute of it. It was a barrage of star studded epiphenies and a wild stallion of ideas. I didn't lay down till 4am when i was done scribbling every idea into existance.

The gas tank paint and a shoulder tatt are far closer to reality than i ever thought. i pinpointed the design idea and even step by step layout with a shopping list of what i'll need :) ..waking up to a cloudless sky with that gorgeous orb cruising through the sky.. it's time to get that machine back into action.

I have a Castle. It dawned on me. A full blown multistory fortress complete with a dungeon and even a dragon. Sometimes late into the night you can hear his roar. HAHHaahaa.

You can do anything you want. Just step up to the plate. The only thing holding any of us back.. is ourselves. :)

You guys have a killer day :)

:::[26.Mar.09]:::

Happy Birtday petey.

:::[06.Feb.09]:::

Unemployed/SelfEnjoyed Well life has really been treating me fantastic lately. Nothing better then getting off the leash of society. No more being just another number. a cog in the greater debt machine. Nott only is it like vacation. It's like a taste of what life really should be like. Like summer break.. only all year. I'm Loving it. and the best part? not only have i had time to do MY thing again.. but i've been happy to help everyone with there's. So if any of you avid readers need anything, or know someone who does, gimme a jingle. I'd love to help.

Brundage So Last week during one of the many wild nights at the Plunder Inn, gurnette's brother was over and asked if i would be interested in coming along on a ski trip.. When? Where? Brundage, McCall idaho and in like 2 days!! Well, going to a megaMountain with 4 lifts and fresh powder, with a private cabin with a hottub, for less than $200 a head for 4nights... I couldnt say no.

Needless to say it was killer. took it easy, Rode 2 outta 3 days with a day off in the middle. the cabin was better than i coulda expected and the ppl i went with were all great friends. I stayed in the loft area with dawz, kurtis and nathan.. it was the 2nd night i found my couch was actually a hide-A-bed... hahahahah duh. to every morning i woke to the view of snow covered trees out my skylite. rad. The snow was awesome, and on the middle day while exploring the badass little town of McCall i even scored new boots for $2.. hHAA

the last night we boarded all day and straight after headed to a Hot Springs Dawes heard about.. after being there.. THIS alone woulda been a good reason to drive the whole way. It was ran by a lady in a dimly lit yert. $8 entry and our clothes got stashed in a milk crate. The cove was like something out of a pirate story. Torch light being the only thing showing the path to the 6 pools.. a large rock wall along one side, and each pool being a different size and bottom cover. even sand on a few :) it was almost religious.

I'm back now, but theres no way i can forget where i just was.

KogaBoards The Boards are BACK!! with a little coaxing and some patience, let alone great friends, the NerdLeague now has the Koga Boards in full function again. :)SO far we got a seperate forum from every running game (almost) and some for party's events, links and other things.. it's like the Koga Kommunity!! Thanx a ton guys!!

KogaStart Recently i also set out and made MY OWN googley Start Page So if you want, you can set it as your homepage, and use it to get where you know and love.. and if you have any suggestions as to things to add, let me know! I'm gonna be modding it a bit more to include a few more links, so i can use it as a dynamic start for my front room kiosk again (i'm rebuilding it)

Plunderin' the Plunder Inn So many little projects and a few biggies. had floods in the basement, a wood stove i'm putting in, a skins raccoon, leather work, room rearrangement. If i was working for the man.. i dont think i'd ever get this much done :) If its been a while since you seen the place.. COME OVER its rad.

:::[28.Dec.09]:::

Like some traveller in roadkill. i smelled. The room wasnt heated and hadnt looked touched in months. I was freezing when i woke but stayed curled to try and use the mornings warmth to sleep in just a bit. The tub had bugs within that had long since given up the fight for escape. As i rocked the lever for the water into place the pipes deep underground groaned like i was waking some demon that has overslept for too long. The water came. And the tub began to fill. The drain was open but the water had already overcome its ability to vanquish. the insect carcasses swirled in the cascading water, merging from the clear water to the black water as the rust within the pipes cleared. I stopped the water and let the drain catch up. Then began again & activated the shower. Cold bed to a hot shower. And best yet, Sun. Pouring through the window.

My disneyland connection fell thru. But thanx to alot of debate and an ingenious thing called ebay i may have a Cheap way (tho not free) into disneyland a day late. My trip hasnt been completely relaxed.. but it's been a growing proccess as i hoped.

:::[27.Dec.09]:::

Happy Solstice Avid readers, Xmas came with a bang, friends, cookies and much merrymaking. Its been a few weeks now that i've been unemployed. But lately its been more like a much needed vacation. I havent posted in a while, but I'll try to catch you all up.

The wildest variable recently was loosing my job due to poor management.. but the only downside to this situation will be loosing my free internet connection. So for now I'm off to finish a few things left long since undone and to have a well needed vacation..

I sit now in a small mobile home in sacramento. Left xmas day and have since, seen some great friends that are too far to include in daily life, but wish i could. Today i was able to drive an expanse of road that years ago i wrote stories along this very road. Ate dinner in Redding.

:::[15.Nov.09]:::

YEAH!!!! Mornin people. Nothin like making a rad realization that you just hit rock bottom to leave you feeling like a fuse is burning and about to send you skyward. So here i am waking to the feeling theres a fire lit thats already outta control and man is it amazing :)

:::[10.Nov.09]:::

"Andy, if you didn't have like 9 irons in the fire at once, i'd be concerned you might be dead.."
I really know how to make a week hectic dont i? Most days i have way too much going on at once. Today is no different. I need a good solid core to a Roadkill game i'm gonna run tonight. So as i'm writing that up, i'm also writing a Litany for the wedding i'm preforming on Saturday. Crap, that means i need a Clergy Stole. I'm also creating a WiFi bridge for the MFR Fire dept. and Jay handed me a macbook that needs a power supply. My mini comp is all sorted, tho my car still needs to be fixed since the wreck. Wow. I'm actually kinda proud i keep it together for at least the majority of a day. :p

:::[7.Nov.09]:::

Typical day in the Life.

Flu Bye - One week till halloween. I felt cold. Hair folicles hurt, head was dizzy, and i had to brace myself on everything i walked past like i was 30 going on 87. It was a flu, complete with a fever. The next 3 days i was quarantined to my house. This was a needed vacation. Good food, good sleep and alot of idle time to tie up a few loose ends. The trick to feeling better really fast? water. sleep. spicy food.

Roach Belly - being home sick for days on end has perks. time being one. I recently scored a great new blade. the Cold Steel - Roach Belly. Its a great littel knife and more durable than i could imagine. My only complaint was the black Cordura sheath it came with. For a knife this oldschool and classic, a futuristic (cheap and akward) sheath just wasnt fitting. So i dug through storage and found a scrap of leather. By the time i was done cutting, sewing and dyeing, i had this.

Handmade Leather Sheath

Spooktactix - The plan was to hit the Corn Maze. i try and see it every year.. this time i missed it thanx to feeling like crud. The costume was done. i finished the crown during my days in quarantine. Thursday night i was up to at least going out, so i went to talk to some friend that put on the haunted Temple near kmart. $8 later and i was wandering through a terror palace. :) It was the next night i'd be there joining the ranks in the ScareArmy. Friday night I met up with the crew a few hours before the doors opened and worked to make the place even more terrorfying then the night before. Removed lights, added sneaky corners and helped with makeup to make everyone absolutely ghastly. I was deemed the zombie king, and with my minions of the undead I came up with an audial que system that the screams from our spooksters would trigger the next. so when jack the zombie appetizer screamed "oh god!" mortimer the zombie would know that 4 tweener girls were rounding the corner.. etc. This was hilarious, by the time we had each other in sync, people were running full tilt just to get out of our infected area.

By the first break, everyone was seething in the amusment in scaring people nearly to tears. Elizabeth asked if it'd be alright to transfer me to help her with her section. So i relinquished my throne as ZombieLord and ripped much of my makeup off and found a mime's mask. Using teeth and nail I turned that things into a destroyed version of the phantom of the opera. The room was dark. the strobe light was the only thing reminding you were the walls were. plastic sheeting was strewn everywhere. like a shower room that someone tore through with something very sharp. The girl struggled in the tub, her hands and feet bound to the claw feet of the ceramic coated vessel. She screamed to anyone who entered asking where he was, and to make sure he wouldnt hurt her. Her corset heaved in her panic. the fishnets torn to shreds. I stepped right through the crowd that stood watching in horror. Gruffly telling them they were just in time. She flailed wildly as i grabbed her hair. The next few moments were a violent enactment of a gruesome scene. Ususally ending with me screaming "your next" and running at whatever girl screamed first. :)

Halloween night was a whole different play of events:) By sundown my house was fully decorated. Mo, perched on the tip of the garage, his eyes shining into the night sky. The reaper was lurking amongst the dead plants and spider webs. Bloody handprints left from a year before in one window and the spectre hovering in the other. All the while, haunting music and effects played across the alexander compound. Tiffany joined me to hand out candy to kids, and watch rob zombie's Halloween. by 9 we were heading to the social events of the season.

Charles Stanger does a corn roast thats pretty wild with live bands and a slew of people. He topped it easy with his Halloween Barn party. 400 People easy. Cars that would fill a football field. This barn was shoulder to shoulder packed and i barely knew anyone. It was rock solid and jumping. The band was great. The barn hand handmade chandeliers outta bicycles. All the while I rocked the Max's suit from where the wild things are!! [Pix soon]

From there i caught another ride to the airport Dance party spun by dj dan and met up with tons of friends and had some very extreme laughs and donned my crown to dance along side the king of kings.

All up this Halloween was one to remember. Thanx to everybody that made it amazing.

eeeBuntu - Breathing new life in to my miniLaptop. Years ago i switched from an iBook to an Asus eeePc netbook. It was one of the first in its class. Netbooks were still new and asus has been around and its experience showed. One of the best features to me was the variant of Linux that was installed instead of Windows. Not only did it make the device cheaper on the consumer end, but less susceptible to virus' and other MS only bs. The downside was the lack of software, and the somewhat behind-the-times feel. Hulu was choppy, facebook was buggy, skype seemed to be a bit lacking in features.. so, the last few days i've been play testing NEW linux versions that could take what was a great all in one super portable laptop into a easy to use, very functional for anything kind of machine.

Ubuntu 9.10 was just released & with it, many updates were available on 2 versions of ubuntu built FOR the eeepc. EasyPeasy and eeeBuntu. I made the choice after fiddling with all (even tried windows 7) and last night i finished the install of eeeBuntu. I've never seen this machine fly so fast and feel so functional.

:::[16.Oct.09]:::

So i came up with this great idea for a halloween costume over a year ago. It started as a real life rendition of disney's lost boys from peter pan.. Then it dawned on me. Why not Maxx from Where the Wild Things Are. I grew up with that book and loved it as a kid.. then in a taoist smack to relinquish the desire to take credit for the originality of such a costume the movie deduts a mere 2 weeks before halloween. The costume is done, i'll be rockin it halloween. And i'll be going to the theater in 15 minutes to see the premeire.

:::[06.Oct.09]:::

Gas tank Concept: Mark I

Welcome to october >:D

This is a great time of year. i was looking forward to riding my bike in the fall weather, leather jackets, leaves falling, and hot cider on point B. After last weekend i found a motormount sheared (due to poor frame design) so the winter project of putting her up on blocks and balancing tires, rerunning wires, new chain, fix headlight, etc.. has begun prematurely. :) One of the main projects i really was excited to do was repainting the gas tank. I have a flat black tank, and Glossy fenders.. it clashes. At first i starting thinkin of ideas to flat the fenders, but that glossy is cool looking, so how do you make the tank match? It finally hit me. Glossy Realistic Black flames on a flat black tank.. SICK!!:).. then it started to evolve in my head.

The last week i've started compiling resources and example ideas.. Prepare yourself.. this is gonna look good.

:::[29.Sept.09]:::

One Epic Weekend.

The plan was to leave right after work on friday. Me and my kikker brother brian barlow, were gonna load our bikes into his truck and haul ass up to seattle. At 4, i found brian at a loss with a turnsignal issue that was blowing fuses left and right. By the time we had it sorted it was past 8. So, we chilled for the night, and i went to see 9 Great flick.

The next morning we woke early to get the bikes loaded and hit the road. When we arrived at Tims Kustoms, havoc was already in full steam ahead! bikes galore, over 30 kikkers, and 2 bbqs. there was more wrenching and laughing than a guy could deal with ahahahaa. Pistol pete was there pinstriping. Spicolli laughin and filmin. Tim was wrenchin, tattoos being done, drag racing in the alley, Even the now infamous Brent was there.

Introductions were more about putting faces to screen names and getting a huge laugh. After food we rode like 30 madmen up to a local spot and got alot more footage. Hopefully someone got footage of Canadian Kelly pushing the DirtySanchez with his foot on the axle at 40mph for about 5 miles. We surrounded them like a swarm of bees, no one even knew :) hahahaa

That night we drove to Anacortes to party at the oyster run pre parties and met up with matt and mary and took the night real Isely. By 3am it got over twice the Isely and it got downright Hysterical.

The next morning was a groggy slow one. But we got our shit together and unloaded the bikes and drove 10 miles back to meet up with the crew of kikkers that were driving from Everett up to Anacortes. At 65 miles an hour the resonance that shook through the bike confirmed my lack of remorse on not making the whole ride from seattle up.. my wheels need balancing.* We waited over 4 hours for the rest of them to show. By the time we found the last 3 lost stragglers it had really been a long day at a gas station.

Up untill this moment i'd been having a great time. Met some great people and really been feelin good. Then we all lined up ready to ride into the oyster run together, 2x2, in a long jawdropping lineup of 80 unique bikes. Thats when my clutch wouldnt re-Engage. Are you FUCKING kidding??? i had to drag my bike to the curb and in a rush try and resolve the issue. Within 5 minutes i was back in full functioning order. But left in the dust of my brethren. FUCK FUCK Fuck. I hauled ASS. brought my bike to 70, which to be honest was Terrifying. I wasnt to far back, i could still make it!!! I adjusted my mirrors so i could see the light show behind me, realizing it was a stater. not a rave. dammit.. YES my headlights fine. i hit a bump and it must have flicked off. see? thanx, ya, i'm trying to catch up. bye... RIIIIIAAWWWRRRRRR!!! 10 minutes in dust.. i caught up with them right after they parked. unreal. i missed the 10 minutes we drove this whole way for.

Amazing Friends and Absynthwell, that kicked me in a rotten mood. I tried to be optimistic, we were at the rally! Sarah is here!, dusty came in to meet up! lets get some good grub! it was my first bite that clarified the fact that i picked the one food vendor in the entire place that was substituting alpo for terriyaki sauce.. wtF? this had to be the worst thing i've ever put in my mouth.. and the worst part.. i've actually TRIED alpo before. (havent you ever been curious) Within an hour, the kikker krew was jetting out, so i at least got to ride out with them, 10 miles back to the shell. ALong the slow traffic jammed way, we all were being a rowdy bunch, revving engines, smoking, passing drinks around, even barlow hit on a carload of girls HAHAHa. yes, it's all on tape. After saying our goodbyes me and barlow rolled back to anacortes to hang at the IselyRV and started our own party.

These girls are a riot, with enough wild concoctions and wilder conversation we were in hysterics and deeply thinking all at once. It was a nice night, and after Anna's shocking request who didnt need air? hahaha But outside i found myself delving chindeep into some amazing talk that now begs a reprise :) Packed into a car, we sought an open bar and found empty streets! the casino had drinks and a money trap that i dropped $20 into within minutes.. the sheer luck of today was appauling, the fact that i was still breathing was fantastic though. but that was the last straw and i was just fed up. I'm all for things going any direction, but there must be balance. Retrospectively tho, i know now there was. Cause i fell asleep smiling and knowing i started the day with some people i knew, and ended it with friends.

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