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I wake to the sun. It was a good late night after a wedding for bob and stacy, hell of a party and great people all around. Sitting outside, yawning into the day, the sun is warm and i watch a butterfly that perches on a stick in my firepit. I warn her of the impending doom if she was to stick around later than night, but within minutes she's onto another spot of sun elsewhere.

The remainder of my morning was spent lazily cleaning up messes that started from parties from long ago, and other ending only the night before. I found the garter i caught at the wedding last night, and picked up trinkets from the pirate party and bottle caps left from the bbq weeks ago. I hang my clothes to dry and climb into the hammock while listening to "Hybrid - Saladin", mille decided this was the best time to stealth in beneath me and use all 4 paws to claw into the most low hanging extremities of the hammock, i later found that her full name is maleficent..

It was a lazy mornin, but felt great. Part of my lack of starting my fires early on was due to my wait for dad, the boat was coming out of the water today (colder weather is coming and the next few weekends of good weather are booked) but it wasn't till afternoon that i had heard anything. And by that time, the rest of the days plans were already underway. Still though, the ritualistic boat retrival is a significant milestone every year for the summer coming to a close and the journey into darkness beginning again. I dont look forward to the cold, but death is a necessity to appreciating life.

Indy FilmThe days main event, was a local indy film project called, "crotch rocket" that i've been recruited into being a sturdy hand in. We needed bikes today, and help getting everything ready for the shots. So i decided, what better than to ride out myself to the touchet set on my now fully functioning "lub macheene". That was a great ride, rolling thru the fields of wheat, dropping through nippy pockets of cold irrigated air then back up thru the warm summer sun.

Once on location, the plan was to help pick up the last of the bikes and set them up on scene. So i hopped in the crash wag, and took off to get the last of the rice burners. Traffic was held up for miles on hwy12 due to construction, but luckily we got stopped right in from of harrisons place, my buddy's dads!, we pulled outta line and into his drive, had a beer, laughed our asses off then took off another way completely bypassing the traffic jam.

On set i was the "most experienced" rider that was left so they had me tearing around on this homebuilt rickety looking crotch rocket in a large gravel patch. The plan was to have me skid to a stop and also get shots of the rider peeling out. So it was inevitable that something could go bad, but i knew that from the start.. The good part?! it's all on film, so hopefully soon, i'll be on youtube shredding on a badd ass cafe racer and throwing the bike down.. on my own leg..

I was fine, pride hurt worse than any injury sustained, and the last of the wrecks (yes there were a few) disabled the bike and snapped the rear controls. By then the sun was setting quickly. So i needed to get home, cause it wasnt gonna be goose bumps on the way home.

That had to be the coldest ride ever. no Low beam, no sun. Every valley felt like and ice cave.. i awaited each warm hill crest like a man in the desert awaits water. on Frog hollow, i found a safe haven, and great friend from long ago. Shannon was there, offering a warm house, and a great time catchin gup on my insane stories to date and hers as well :) looks like we both ran the ringer, but came out just fine.

At home depot i noticed i had no tail light.. getting the rest of the way home like this would've ended with a ticket for sure. I stopped in the home depoet lot, under the light, and with numb hands opened up the bike to find the reason why i had no lights. Looks like i had no lights the whole way out, as the plug was detached... wow. I'm headed home!!

It was getting colder by the minute, but it wasnt long before i was home, to find the Nerdleague waiting with a fire roaring.. roasted food, good laughs and great people. Was lulled into relaxation by a good tale, passed hotdogs around, then we were visited by a huge owl.

What could possibley make a day like this any better?? How bout getting picked up around midnight, and taken to a swank yogic b&b outside of town by a rad friend with super clandestine access? We fired up the sauna, rocked the stereo, raided the fridge and cultivated ultimate relaxation. At 3am my head hit my pillow smiling. what an amazing day.

:::[12.Sept.09]:::

Ever have those moments where you feel like you lost your shiniest penny? like you've been busting your ass trying and no matter how you exceed your efforts the same fruitless effects come out of it? It's frustrating to say the least.. but down right intimidating after too long. god dammit.. when am *I* gonna see the f*cking sailboat.

:::[11.Sept.09]:::

911.. remember. remember that your government is just a group of people trying to push power over another group of people. Enacting Laws, staging punishments, and even using terrorizing tactics to make people think we need them. thank you 911. and thank you usa for keeping us in fear.

trying to update this really wont go far.. i've been quite numb for a while. feeling more mechanical than man. So, why not own it? lately i've been pouring my time into fixing everything i've let linger for far too long. ethernet in the garage. check. mfrfd. tanarama. inlovewithbodycare.com. bike. glue. handle. scabbord. this. that. fix. fix. fix. out of the 14 hour days of late.. a few moments of thought protrude.

:::[19.Aug.09]:::

Its been forever since i've updated it, and frankly ALOT has happened. The pirate party was a mega success, i only had one stabbing and 2 naked people. :) I gave away concert tickets, tattoos and swords. All up it was fantastic, and those that showed had a blast! If you didn't, damn, did you miss out.

Reunited to Ancient Family : Missouri

Flights have a feeling of a new book being opened, Even in preperation, you know that opening the cover is starting a new adventure, and leaving behind reality even for a moment, as this r venture may put you in a completely new places, with new faces, and new stories that forever leave you changed. This is what I've been needing lately. A new Beginning. My story as of late, was by no means stale. but the roots of the plant in progress had twisted and turned from years of growing so closely that they seemed entangled and therefore complex. When trying to decipher what needed to be done it was overwhelming. Sometimes the beginning can start in harsh reality breaking numbness like a punch to the face.

steve In life there are sometimes people that, even tho you may havent talked to in close to 10 years, are there for you in the drop of a hat, holding structure when yours crumbles under your feet. Santuary in the moment of chaos. Talking under the haze of cigar smoke about fighting on all levels, with a place to sleep providing and a ride to the airport. A City uninviting had a backdoor.

The first night there was warm, and like a break from reality. Me and dad jacked crab breakers from joes crab shack and argued gps vs gut feeling till we landed at my Great Aunt Dorris'

Finding clarity through chaos.

I found myself swinging from the sign of an ancient cemetary. It was where my Great Great Great Great Grandfather is Buried, Henry Houchin, oct 3 1881. It was here i found refuge*. :) That night, we all sat on the back porch of my great aunt dorris, checking out the mystique that is fireflies. IMagine seeing a faerie in real life. or some other mythical thing that you've only read about in books. It's like magic to see them in your eyes. So in that hot magic night, Mischief was in full throttle so sneaking a swim in the neighbors pool was a must. Dad saw me plan my route and slip in. It was when i was getting out and stealthfully darting back to my home turf that the rest of the entire family was on the deck. They had no chance to scorn me cause when i leapt back onto the deck my wet feet on the newly painted surface made a perfect frictionless union and sent me right off the other side slamming me full tilt into a post. Gotta pay to play.. The runion was set in a park, and it was amazing to see my Grandpa reunite with his siters and all their kids, and their kids..etc.. My family is HUGE. Most of these people i hadn't seen since i was 10, others were either absent when i was their, or hadnt been introduced into the picture yet. Blood is definately thicker than water. being in the shade awning with 70 people you barely know, yet not feeling like your surrounded by strangers, is welcoming. I hadnt seen jason in over 20 years. Last time i saw him was when we first met. It was a week of caddle prods, jalepenos, milk fights, truck rallying, swimming and more laughing then a gut could take. It was like seeing an old friend, and immediately kicked back into gear, after the reunion we headed back to his place, still out on the farm, but a ways off where he built his own house. Was it nice! He did a great job. Leah his sister met us there, where we proceeded to continue the festivities that were started in the park. "Hey, lets go swimmin'" Jason jumped on his dirt bike, i took the 4 wheeler with leah on the back and we set out to look at the creek, then pond to decide where to swim. A 4 wheeler has a throttling system that took a bit to get used to, its a thumb trigger that is activated when you Squeeze*. Hauling ass through the ozarks, it was a fast, dirty, trail full of gravel, sharp turns and the occanional tree trunk to jump over.. with leah screaming in a hyper thrilled fun. somehow i rode it like a champ and didnt faulter once. to the creek and back, to the pond, we ride. We decided to swim in the pond and headed back to the better side. Shredding back, like a minor race, i turned hard toward the pond to cut jason off, the 4wheeler rocked onto 2 wheels, and leah screamed again, only this time it was terror, shit went bad when i Squeezed* the brakes. We were heading right for a cluster of trees, fuck it, i wrenched the bars and pulled it to the left, we slid barely missing the trees, rocking hard back onto 2 wheels leah was thrown clean from the 4wheeler, the weight shifted and slammed me back to all 4. i then realized i had been throttling and let off screaming into another cluster of trees locking the breaks, i was airbourne, twisting my ankle as i cartwheeled into the pond. one deep breath later i swam backward into the warmer water.. "I think i lost another button".. Leah was laughing, jason had thrown his bike down and had ran at us to see if we were ok. i climbed out.. drenched. After realizing somehow both me and Leah were fine, the laughter really took off :) HAHAha AHAHahahaa , jason looks at leah, "sis, you pissed your pants" HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH AHAHahAH AHAh AHAha We were still laughing 2 days later.

The empty seat next to me on the plane reminded me of the ever changing home i was returning to lonliness is hard, but it is the void of the bucket that allows it to fill. had i not been alone i would not had the story i have.
cuts and bruises are the cost of experience. evolve let the chips fall. be ready to flow as water , like my reminder says daily.,

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

THats right, it's time yet again!! Ready yourselfs my friends, this year, its bigger, badder, bolder.. and camping is available to my favorite friends. Come early and pitch a tent :)

Bring your meats to grill, flaggons of Swill and chests for ye to fill. For this year, its booty galore, as we hand out plunder for all the events!

Follwed by the bbq. Bring yer own Meats to grill and flasks of swill! donate fruit to the table if ye wishes.

At 7:00pm a sword fight competition across a high rise plank, with a prize for the winner will begin!

Promptly at Midnight we'll have a MultiPrize raffle this year with everything to win from pirate swag, rum, a real sword and even a Certificate for a free tattoo. Tickets are one for $5, or 5 for $20

Don yer garb, dress like a pirate, for only pirates be welcome! Others be soaked and flogged.

:::[30.June.09]:::

For so long i have refrained from saying what is on my mind in fear that i will dissapoint those i care for so much.

Why is it after lunch my ambition bombs out.. it's like when i'm tired i can't make my mind want to do anything. That mid-day lull is killer. But i find when i'm sleepy theres more to tackle. Logic and courage seems to take back burner to a sleepy mind, emotional desire seems to take precidence. Things that, for the short term, FEEL better seems to be the right answer. I've always put so many peoples hopes and dreams over mine? Why.. cause everything will work out wont it? i need to learn to be a bit more responsible for what i have control of. I think it'll make so many that much happier. The only reason i havent been so vocal is fear that being vocal might cause waves in my potluck.

Never did i do anyone justice when i have no direction, when i'm not trying to reach for what i want. I was the kid waiting till everyone went round the potluck and just eat what was left.. i shouldnt expect people to guess what i'd prefer, let alone expect them to leave me any. No wonder i get frustrated when things dont work out. wheres MY brownie?? I need to be assertive and at least reach for my brownie, and maybe then could i make others happy for real.

Now this is all easier said than done. Imagine never putting your ideas first, letting the weather dictate when you will be outside, then, make the descision that it really would be best to at least be more vocal. How do you go about that? what do you say? It's like always sitting passenger and then decideing, fuck it, i'll drive.. buttons, wheel, pedals.. its overwhelming. If theres one thing i know from lunch, overwhelmed is a great state of mind to be in when you dont wanna try.. but being overwhelmed because you want to? conundrum. Like a chinese finger trap. And like those it's a matter of RELAXing.. the light will come quickly if you sleep through the night.

:::[18.May.09]:::

Comps With the release of Fallout 3 i finally had a reason to upgrade and get a better computer :) Luckily one just so happened to fall in my lap :)

bikes I finished my chopper. But i'm sure everyone is now wondering why i havent been riding it? well i finished it right before that 1st snow we had. that snow was hard and stuck. i wasnt gonna ride till spring so i figured thats one great time to do some custom work. I wanted to move the fuel petcock to a lower location on the tank, giving me more out of each tank. When your tank holds 1.5 gallons, not being able to reach that last half gallon is a big deal. One of my step cousins was recommended by a local bike shop as someone that could do this.. 4 months later (well into the good spring riding weather) i finally got it back.. i say "it" because it wasnt a tank anymore, and that chunk of slag wouldnt even fit on the bike anymore.. let alone get gas to the engine. i was pissed. So now i'm tankless. But thanx to the kikker nation I got to meet up with a few people to look into different gas tank options and even have jforbes going to bat for me and getting me a stock tank. I was thinkin about putting a harley peanut tank on , but the time, mods, and $$ that woulda needed to be done far outweighed a basic stock tank. i just wanna ride. so hopefully by next week i'll be back on the road.

New galleries: i married Arland and Tiffany ;) What a cool ceremony in such a fitting spot.

balloonatic I rode one. Some things in life you only get one shot at. Don't pass it up.

New galleries: Wicker Basket at 2000 feet..

kites - Its amazing what something so simple can teach. No matter how much you pull, tug or even ingeniously design a wind machine, really a kite will only fly when the winds are right. The moment they are, the flight is effortless.

SO maybe i do make shit harder than it needs to be, but theres one thing i learned in life.. and that go at your own pace. Water never struggles to get downhill, it goes as fast as it needs to. Keep things easy. Take your time. Enjoy the process. Stress is harmful. If you ever feel likke its not working just let go. Fly a kite, remember how it should go.

:::[28.April.09]:::

New galleries: The Goonies Venture

:::[17.April.09]:::

Why so serious?? Relax. Lets put the FUN back in Functional. A happy worker is a productive worker. A fun person is great to have around. Relax, evolve let the chips fall where they may. :) I'm a pirate for sure, but i'm not looking to harm anyone just point A to point B without the red tape and crappy rules that stifle life, and maybe a laugh on the way. Put a plant in a pot, i gaurantee it'll only grow a fraction of it's potential. Bonsai. Even Laotsu's kicking against the Confusianist box, created Taoism.

:::[14.April.09]:::

Reverend Andy, at your service. I am now officially Ordained. ya. no kidding.. i am just as amused. Marry and Bury. Exorcise and Baptise. So the story is basically that a great friend of mine is getting married. Its going to be a very high Juju, low key and close knit wedding, and they asked ME to do the ceremony.. :| ... :D YA!!, i said without thinking.. "I want it to be something heartfelt and sincire, what better than a good friend bringing us together.. "Ya!" i kept saying.. It was unsure whether i was qualified or not, but i was to do the service regaurdless.
Last nihgt i got a call from the Hubby to Be, "dude.. turns out for the state to recognize htis as legit we have to get you ordained.." "ya!!" i blurted out.. "so your down?" "Ya!!".. "alright good!, cause you've been a Reverend for about a week, i just wanted to make sure you were cool with it!".. "shhhhyeaaah!!! BOYyeeee!" I even get a clergy park permit. So let me know if you need me to Vanquish demons, pour a 40 over your new baby, christen a ship, or bury your pet. :)

I was up way late last night after celebrating my new fatherhood, and in a moment of pure compulsory consumerism, i bought wasteland Radios.. perfect for a Bug Out bag. Not that i think you care about my new flashlight, but the bug out concept is interesting, as well as a good idea; keep a bag of emergency "lets bail" neccesities in case the chemical depot takes a dump or hanford has a conniption fit.

Saturday, me, Jyn, and shaggy went and played LaserTag which was mad fun, i'd never done it before, played my share of paintball and war games.. but not lasertag. There was about 10 adults total and an army of kneehigh hobbits. We had a blast, and the shire was ours. It really got me thinkin.. why dont we do more of this!! So i looked into Airsoft, and Paintball, Nerf games and even some of the old classics like Kick the Can and Capture the Flag:) I paticularly like the Humans versus Zombies game.. Where a team of humans try to survive the Zombie Outbreak. If tagged by a zombie, you drop weapons and join their undead ranks. If you are human and shoot a zombie they have to "freeze" for a 20 count. :) last human living wins. I'm seeing we can get bulk Nerf darts for cheap online ;)

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

Happy Birthday Peter!!: A Very Merry Unbirthday TO YOU!!

People are complex. We all have many sides to us that are attractive and others that are not so. Everyone has there upsides, and darksides too. I can think of a handful of people that i'd trust about any given skill needed, but each of them has other things they lack at. I've got friends that can SHred at guitar, but i'll be damned if i'm gonna let em near my bike engine with a wrench. Others, i'd be releived to know they are under my hood, but taking their advice on health advice might come with a grain of salt. etc. Everyone has something to offer, sometimes many things just depending on the perspective of who needs help. But, as a grown man, its up to me to discern what advice to take, and what to leave in my wake. I could be judgemental, and neglect all the great information thats is being offered, and focus my attention on some dark side of that coin that we all have. Why waste all that musical talent that is being offered, all because the guy sharing it does a line of coke from time to time. Sometimes its just part of the package. Every cat has claws.

:::[24.Mar.09]:::

Sometimes in life you just gotta do something dangerous. Tempt fate a bit. Keep that blade of life sharp; drive fast, skydive, get in a fight, drink a liquor with a black mamba in it :) You never really know what might happen so live life to the fullest.

I find myself trying to pack all the thoughts that seem to come at me in bursts when i actually get a sec to update this. I think my hands are on a different time plane then my mind.. what a conundrum.

I had a great weekend. Spent alot time with the girl i care most about, and got to hang out with some good oldskool friends. It's always cool to find that some of the "biggest" moments arent the one's that you'd planned for, sometimes its about the right peice of cherry pie or a wrong turn down gibbon road. HajiBababa:)..

Post Apoc News: Broken Sea Audio, a web radio show producer, just released Mad Max Tomorrow Road. Terminator Salvation has a New Trailer out that is like Mad Max meets Transformers!

.. will write more later. Recently i've finally turned my eeepc into the best embedded all in one device for everything.. Now if i could just get a chance to sit down and use it.

:::[10.Mar.09]:::

I really should get a tattoo of an ethernet jack below my ear. Lately my ventures have been so computer related its been almost daunting. Web site construction, fixing boxes, building laptops, selling others, NAS construction and even buying the cusp of the new tech wave. I must say, i'm jealous cause jyn's new laptop, the hp mini 1030 is SICK!! and it makes me wanna sell mine.. But really, thats a pattern that if i get into, i'll never actually USE a device, only consistantly upgrade. All up, i really feel like i've been repairing the world :) It's been busy lately but by choice, even my freetime has been circuited and bitted & byted.

So wanna talk nerdness? I just finished making my eeepc all that it can be. Totally usable and every function i can think of is working (short of a rebrth like 303 emu :)) ok.. now the nerdy part.. I'm seriously considering trying out another OS on it, like ubuntu or eeebuntu that are supposedly way cooler than the default Xandros OS. BUT i did all that work!!!,.. Now, i'm sure some of you uber NERDS are saying "livecd!!!!" as am i.. :) a livecd is the easiet way to test drive an OS without damaging or comprmising any installed data. in the case of an eeepc, let alone many netbooks have no cd drive.
install a LiveCD to a bootable ThumbDrive!! :) so my project now is to try out 3 different OS's than what i currently have.. if i fall in love, then my dear Xandros may be facing the axe.. but i can't say that it hasnt been a blast and a serious learning curve:)

Push yourself daily.. Do something you either are afraid to, or have never done.

Stories galore pour from moments like these, and thanx to finally geting my laptop into a fully functional USABLE machine, I am really kinda stoked to start writing agin, and finishing the tale of our dusty friends that seek the darkest corner of the apoc world. Let alone been having a blast playing Spirit of the Century, with the NerdLeague. *talk about success of a mailing list.. whew*

Vista to XP 'downgrade' lawsuit : Microsoft has used its market power to take advantage of consumer demand for the Windows XP operating system by requiring consumers to purchase a PC that includes a licence for the use of the Vista operating system and to pay money to downgrade to the Windows XP Professional operating system"

�Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.� - Bruce Lee

:::[24.Feb.09]:::

Ringfinger: I drive to portland, this has been an ongoing thing, we talk, text continue contact, but i'm looking for an answer to a question that has been holding me tightly in the position i've been standing in. we in, we out, thumbs up? or thumbs down? yay or nay? Within moments after arriving a rush of emotions not felt anyother place on the planet engulf the senses.. Fingers trace her jawline as I pinch myself. Heres a face i could never forget, yet i could spend decades trying to memorize.

The weekend was a blast, not only was the answer i needed there, but in such magnitude it almost bowled me over. Still buzzing, we reunited like stars colliding, 2 days passed and my grin hasn't faded. The call was a shock to everyone that got it. Tami Huff was gone. Heart problems from an accident 9 years ago finally beat her. Jennilyn already had bought a train ticket, i told her i'd be there to pick her up.

What started as a few days of mourning, turned into an entire week of passion on all fronts. Near the end, tangled in arms and legs, breathing souls, words weaved into a web too strong to be anything fanciful and fantasy. "Can I keep you?".. "Really?".. "Really." "i always thought you were kidding". *digging through pirate treasure i find the smallest trinket that fits my pinky, on her its loose, but holds fast.
Does that look like i was kidding :)? .. *she flutters her eyes and rocks like a drunk.*

The hows and when's have been the biggest question left unanswered for time will tell these things, but the what was the question i believe we both needed. I think we both may have hesitated before, unsure if the other would call if we ante'd up. You'll never win big if you don't play big.

On another note: I think a huge defining moment in the transistion between childhood and adulthood, is when naps cease to be a dreaded idea, and start becoming something to anticipate. When cookies and naps go from far opposing ends of "WOOHOO!" spectrum to basically the same team, face it, you're older now. :)

:::[02.Feb.09]:::

i think we evolved faster than our host.. we have circumceeded the planet and evolve faster than she can provide. it is our evolutions greatest feat.. yet greatest folley. .. but if it wasnt us.. it would be one of our other primeval brothers.

In life there are those in pursuit and those being pursued. its healthy to have balance of both in your life. Having both the strength of the hunt and the abilty to evade capture.. but its also heathly to have both something in your sights as well being sought after. i am worth being the object of the chase too..

I was thinking the other day.. really heavily actually. What happened between Mad Max 1 and the Road Warrior? i mean max watched civilization collapse around him. survived it.. whats the story of the ripped sleeve? when did the shotgun get cut? how did he meet dog??? when did he add the charges to the gas tank?:) All stories i'm intrigued to know.. and something i would pay heavy money to watch a prequil of.

:::[26.Jan.09]:::

This weekend was a wild ride of ups and downs. Building new memories and feeling the pang of old memories of times past.

Seems like everyday within hours my time is booked solid. This weekend we were blessed with a blanket of snow yet again. roadtrips turned into catching rides. Quick runs to the store became, postponed chores for later. SO plans changed a bit, but as some things cancelled, others rose in their place to excite anew :)

The Backbone: The main plan of the weekend, SevenDust was opening for Disturbed in Kenniwick this weekend. Even the bands said it.. the energy here beats even the bigger mega cities. It was a riot of energy, complete with wristband piracy and merchandise theivery. :) I came home smelling of 16 fat brickworkers and just beat from keeping my tiny ass alive in the pit. but it paid off. I got closer than many to the bands, even got to knock knuckles with Lajon Witherspoon, fastest way to the front? Take the HighWay.. crowd surf baby.

This next morning i woke late, the night before still buzzing through my head.. but i had another plan.. "my secret project" had a vital step to be done.. and low and behond with arms reach was a friend that could help!! i shall soon, unleash the demonseed i have been incubating all winter. ;) after that was done, i had many things to clean up, insulation is on the way to my house so i needed to clear a path.. this had me diving through old postcards and boxes of trinkets of my past. left me feeling empty and ill. Between talks with an amazing friend, and just fun companions i had new stories building and new perspective to remind me how good the things are that we had once.. and not to forget, but never regret. tide in, tide out. Birth

:::[13.Jan.09]:::

"We have our civilization, our personal plans, our own petty emotions. We divorce ourselves from process, even as we yearn for love, companionship, understanding and communion. We constantly defeat ourselvesby questioning, asserting ourselves at the wrong times, or letting hatred or pride cloud our perceptions. Our alienation is self-generated.

In the meantime, all of nature continues its constant flow. We need to let ourselves go, enter freely into the process of nature, and become absorbed in it. If we integrate ourselves with that process, we will find success. Then the sequence of things will be evident as the coming of the sun and the moon, and everything will be as it should be. "

:::[04.Jan.09]:::

Web Chain Wallets.

I used to rock a chain wallet. in fact it was something i picked up from my dads friends when i was younger. They wore them cause on a rocked back, hardtail chopped bike, your ass was kicked up at an angle as you thundered around corners on a vibrating 1200 cubic inch Shovelhead.

Wasnt a bad idea, considering any length of time on a machine horse and your wallet is bound to work its way out and leap for its death on the asphalt sea below the stern. Made sense to me, that and i was so damned wound up i was trying to do flips off walls and climbed anyth9ing that stood in front of me long enough to pose a challenge.

That wallet was an inevitable loss, to join its brethren my glasses, retainers and pagers, whitch were sacrificed at the river to the void that belongs to the elemental gods like water. But, THere was hope , teathering the wallet to me with a link of cord or even badder lookin.. chain, in hopes that at the inevitable escape of my wallet, it wouldnt go far for the retrival of the fugitive.

Why did i stop wearing one? This takes us back to the rockin days of 90's american corperate takeover of the public high schools. At one point my chain was pointed toward "gang relations" HAHHAHAahaaa.. and also "improvised weaponry on hand" or whatever technical excuse they had. It was the days after the institution forced me to unleash myself and disarm my silver embelishment, that i lost my wallet. dammit.

Why did not put it back on? beats me.. guess i got used to it. yeesh. And this is yet another reason i love the net. In my quick search for wallets that support the chain tether, as well as chains themselves.. i found theres quite a market for these. In fact theres an almost undercurrent of society (much like any underground society) that crafts and peddles them, as well as dons them. During my search i sumbled on http://weblog.failure.net/, and was quickly intrigued.

This is what to me the internet is all about.. its not so much about the posted sites that are advertised on the net "click here for shoes" , but people. people with personal ideas. in this case someone had wrote up about their thoughts on wallet chains as well as his story of his own quest across the planescape that is cyberspace.

At one point he even is giving his personal review of the 2 online peddlers he found and how they rated. "i finally narrowed it down to two sites. my favorite (www.walletchain.net) had much cooler choices, but they were in south korea and their english wasn't so great. it made me a bit worried about their legitimacy. i was getting ready to go with my second choice (www.amigaz.com), then i saw that walletchain.net was selling their wares on ebay. they had a lot of positive scores and comments and very few negatives or neutrals, so i decided they were probably legit."

Not only did my discovery lead me to 2 sites that harbor the wares i seek.. but opened my up to a whole cache of information. This kid has written on a multitude of subjects.. much like i do in my odd outbursts and rants.. its certainly not a diary is it?

Now, if i do this.. and this kid does it, imagine what other possibilities you could find by searching or "spidering" the OH-so_baddass cyberspeak term for crawling from link to link surfing the personal interconnections of the web-Admin's site.

yes. when datajacks are available to be wetworked into your cranial mainframe.. i will be one of the first in line. :)

:::[02.Jan.09]:::

Last night i was up late dreaming of wonderful things, woke up feeling groggy and oblivious to my suroundings.. i had to work today so it was a typical run of protocol.
Putting on my shoes was easier now, thanx to all the snow melting i was able to wear something other then mud stomping boots. I was popping on one shoe when a ruthless crash came from out front. *rolling my eyes* wtf was that?... I stood hanging out my front door staring at this "widowmaker", A gigantic branch that fell from the heavens and wedged itself ominously in the tree just above my driveway threatening anyone who dares venture beneath it, it had finally crashed down seemingly diving between the wires i would have thought been ripped down for sure.

I took my shoes of and dug my boots back out, leaving a trail of size 10 footprints between downtown and my house..

:::[21.Dec.08]:::

Christmas or Christ's Mass is one of the most popular Christian celebrations as well as one of the most globally recognized midwinter celebrations. Christmas is the celebration of the birth of the God Incarnate or Messiah, Yeshua of Nazareth, later known as Jesus Christ. The birth is observed on December 25, which was the winter solstice upon establishment of the Julian Calendar. Banned by the Catholic Church in its infancy as a pagan practice stemming out of the Sol Invictus celebrations,[9] Christian churches eventually recognized the sustained practices as a Christian festival in various cultures within the past several hundred years, allowing much of the folklore and traditions of local pagan festivals to be preserved. So today, the old festivals such as Jul, ...... and Kar�csony, are still celebrated in many parts of Europe, but the Christian Nativity is now often representational as the meaning behind the holiday. This is why Yule and Christmas are considered interchangeable in Anglo-Christendom. Universal activities include feasting, midnight masses and singing Christmas carols about the Nativity. Good deeds and gift giving in the tradition of St. Nicholas by not admitting to being the actual gift giver is also observed by some countries. Many observe the holiday for twelve days leading up to the Epiphany. Read More here..

:::[24.Nov.08]:::

This transmission is coming to you from the stellarsphere ;) Talk about a great morning, and to top it off the youth of WW gave me a fantastic reason for me to happy for having a camera on my fone ;)

This weekend was a blitzkreig of accomplishment.
My secret project now has all the needed parts.
My car has all nonfactory speakers now.
The house is finally looking like mine

So now i'm just laughing at not only the mischeif of kids, but this story of a private investigator that illegally was searching houses, but would leave a huge crap in the toilet but leave everything else untouched..
I'm the God-Damned Devil. HAHAHAHAhaahaahahahahahahaaha.. i feel like me again ;)

:::[11.Nov.08]:::

If at first you dont succeed, try, try again... It's funny how quickly repeated failure can eat one's self worth to a shadow of its previous standing.. and once this state is attained, how minor the fault need be to incure immense wrath.

i'm gonna have to resort to attempting a maccaroni noodle necklace.. just to gain a sense of accomplishment.

:::[31.Oct.08]:::

Happy Halloween everyone!

I've started the day in full holiday spirit, and at 40 mph i came screaming off rose onto 2nd on my way to work and found myself inches from tearing a mans leg off with my bumper, he was so scared he leaped out of harms way and ran, not just to safety.. but kept running. Needless to say it scared us both. What a great way to start the holiday.

Maui was rock solid cool. In so many ways it reminded my of parts of Australia, sewed together with chunks of Mexico. WIthin the first 24 hours I was already exploring, finding great dives to eat in, funky hangouts and street vendors. There was even one guy that built bicycles in his garage that offered to sell us bikes then by them back when we were leaving. by the end of that 2nd day I'd already surfed.

One part of the trek led into a park that was completely shaded by the trees around.. only upon closer inspection it was one tree. A banyon tree will branch out and root down, creating an interconnected forested grove.

It was SO warm there. Even the water was bath tempature. So it was hard keeping me out. The next few days consisted of snorkelling, swimming with sea turtles, clownfish, collecting coral peices and body surfing, let alone just hanging out in shorts again.

Within days I was good friends with a few of the guys in the wedding party and found hilarious company.

To submerse ourselves in the culture as quick as possible, we went to a proper luau, roasted pig and hula dancers conbined. .. WOW. i thought belly dancers had hip action.

The plan was at one point travel the "road to hana" a winding roaded journey through the backside of maui, leading to a town known as a "true" hawaiin town by harley.. but after finding three cars already heading that way, i opted for saving $ and joining brandon & james in the car o laughter .. it totally lived up to expectations.

Our accomidations was at a 5 star resort is personal porches and 11 tennis courts. wtf?

Great food, Great people. All up it was spendy, but well worth it. Check the Pix!

:::[20.Oct.08]:::

projex up to my elbows!! As if i didnt have enough crap to do, i keep finding myself getting inspired to do more.

When i was younger, i loved howto books.. they were way more fun to me then novels. Lately, for all my wild hares, i found This Site to help show me the light :)

Insecurities are like pitbulls, if you dont have control of yours, it could bite someone you care about.

:::[17.Oct.08]:::

When i was younger, i remember alot of people would mention that it just seemed like everything worked for me. I used to laugh cause it was like "what??" cause to me it was just how htings went.. i was lucky.. but really it boiled down to alot more, we are all just cars in the bigger freeway and if we are to do whats best for ourselves, then the rest of the stream can act accordingly. no miscommunication, no collision. Big city traffic to me is easy. why? people drive like they have an agenda.

I watched my brother once almost lose everything solely because he was spreading himself too thin trying to help others. "take care of yourself first dude, then you'll have everything you need to help others.. how much help can you be to anyone if you cant even hold yourself up." sometimes to make life good, just let life be good.. not make, force or wrangle it into what you want.. just ALLOW it to be. And its my time to just release, and stop fretting and just allow my boat to pull itself back into the wind. I need to put myself first and just breathe. i need to be an adult.

I almost spaced it, but it's like it came at the perfect timing. Hawaii. I've venturing off mainland to go to a world of sunshine and rest. I need a break, from the clouds, the cold, my life. So on my journey i'm keeping an open mind, and an even more open schedule. i have no expectations, for its a new land with new people, so how could i.. though i must say, i have a few goals in mind.

:::[13.Oct.08]:::

On a dark and chilly morning its hard to have a smile big enough to cut through the frost, so to help combat that wombat I've included an essential tools that can be used in case of an emergency..

:::[08.Oct.08]:::

Sometimes it feels like going with the flow sends you into a dead end. It's a bit discouraging, but nothing you can be upset about because its circumstance usually. But if theres enough dead ends at once it feels like you got off at the wrong stop.. or straight woke up in the twilight zone.

:::[29.Sept.08]:::

Recently i've become quite the fan of FX's Sons of Anarchy And near the end of the last episode, the narrator refrences Emma Goldman, who had written several great essays on everything from feminism, atheism, and Anarchism :)

:::[17.Sept.08]:::

Life is a wild ride at times.. and soon you'll all understand ;) Theres been a surge of creativity and I've really only let a few people in on the secret mad scientist work ;) But worry not, i shall unviel my work shortly.

:::[30.Aug.08]:::

My biggest motivation as of late, is to just figure out what i want outta my life. Cause its really only up to me.. Funny how sometimes things get dropped into your lap without even asking:

:::[29.Aug.08]:::

this has been a very trying summer. I was forced to let go of something i desired greatly. this became a journey that started with drowning and became learning to tread water again.

now my path puts me back in the water. I gave myself hope. I Forgave the unforgiving. My folly was putting forth to much faith. I got sent home from work monday cause i couldn't keep it together.. i hadnt slept all night and it was severly impacting those that counted on me. I was gurgling on water again after thinking things had changed.. only to find myself battered but knowing now i need to hold true to myself. have faith in myself and trust that my gut is only looking out for me. fall off and get hurt once.. hey things happen. get hurt again, shame on me. But, i Tried. :) and i'll try more than most of you.

I'm weary. I'm exhausted. i'm finding that no matter how i put a wrench to things the situation it still isn't correcting the issue. This is the moment i tell most people to put it down.. walk away.. let it be. The situations sometimes isnt about wrenching it.. sometimes the source of the issue is beyond what you can accomplish with your hands. Sometimes the more you meddle the worse the problem becomes. ask yourself "what is this going to help?" take your hand off the wheel. I've been spending alot of time by myself and have many good things to show from it. my desire now is to continue that & ramp up the legacies i've created and renew the ANDY that you all know. :)

laugh when you can, apologize when you should
& let go of what you can't change
kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly
take chances, give everything & have no regrets.
life's too short to be anything but happy

:::[17.Aug.08]:::

There was a knot in my gut.. something formed long ago that recent events have undone with the ease of putting peanut butter in the hair of a kid who had bubblegum in their hair.. its like the world shifted right, it was wobbley as hell on its axis causing my to feel quesy but trying to maintain, cause all i could do was tell myself to just "truck on" one foot in front of the other.. someday i'd be ok.. but i knew it wasnt gonna be soon.

Follow your heart; have faith that dreams can come true.. that you never have to settle in life.. and with enough perseverance anything is possible to attain. Trust your gut; rarely will it lead you astray & many times you'll find that weird feeling coulda kept you outta harms way had you listened.. Magic is real. Maybe not in a sword and Socery magic missle kinda way.. but sometimes things are too Serendipitous, too coincidental to be just written off as bs.. things happen for a reason.. be patient. Dont rush, and many times the peices will fall together for you.

:::[05.Aug.08]:::

:::[03.Aug.08]:::

Lately i"ve been trying to figure out something.. who the fuck am i anymore.. seems like everytime i get a handle on it, it all changes. Thats when i kinda realized, i'm the product of my environment. I'm the reaction to my situation. But with something like that, how can one possibley get a handle on what is static. Easy. Truths. Things that never cease no matter what variables are in play nearby. The creek may change its path but the water is still present. So what am i now..

:::[25.July.08]:::

:::[22.July.08]:::

It's coming.. i've been working hard.. this has been my deadline, my goal.. my life recently...

Dress like a pirate and climb aboard.

Invite Only, no scallywags or scurvydogs!

Bring yer own grog and meats for the grill, we be filling table with fruits and eats, and if ye like ta contribute we be much abliged.
Pirate croquet begins around 6.

Much lollygagging and merry making to be had.

We'll be having an OPTIONAL raffle for everything a new buccaneer will need for a proper plundering.

Click here to see the plunder!!!

:::[11.July.08]:::

Huge life changes have been happening lately, and to really up the ante, today is my last day at Pocketinet. It's been way fun and educational, but there is sunshine on the horizon, so as much of a hard descision this has been, it's for the best, and shall make things easier in the future.. but for now my deadlines have been ramped up and my lists of things to accomplish have been bigger.. SO much, so little time.. the drunken parrot? the cackling barnacle? the Plunder Inn? what should the house be? gas stove in TC, pot rack. fire pit.. grow plants.. dammit grow!! fuck i gotta water again? SHea's in town. *sigh* lights.. netting..candle holders. porthole, wheel? flags-check. flagpole. pirates.. pirates.. PYrates..

:::[24.June.08]:::

Every angle of my life right now is heaving. So much upheaval.. be it for good or bad, seems to be happening all at once. The result? mental overload.. for the past few days i've felt "high" for lack of a better discription. Just daydreamy and half here. Like i can't keep a train of thought and forget things all the time. where am i? wtf? I'm starting to realize now it's my minds way of not cracking.. i basically floated off the ground and disengaged my reality clutch. It feels weird.. but then again, so does shock. Ever gone into shock? it's almost euphoric. So much on my plate i've gotta figure out how i'm gonna chew up and deal with. where is my mind? THere is a cable unplugged..i feel disconnected, like neo in that white room.. come in cpt. blipto...

:::[18.June.08]:::

Nothing is a mistake. The world has a way of putting you where you need to be.. whether you know it at the time or not.. I just need to make sure i have the wisdom to look at the situations presented in the right light to see the rhyme and reason of the purpose. I stood under a magnifying glass on saturday morning with the cayuse tribe, i was invited to join in a religious ceremony on tribal holy land. It was a place that should just be on the xFiles.. but in that situation, you can nay say and guess all you like.. but denying what's there, is impossible. Some things you just shouldnt try to expain. But alot of enlightment came to me in the sun that day. Smile about the vinegar. It is what it is, and sometimes there's more than you think.. you just arent looking close enough.

From Tribal ceremonies to Rice krispies on the boat.. this weekend was like a tryst with the sun. :) Now my eyes feel open. It;s time to really look around.

:::[01.June.08]:::

Doesnt matter how many toys someone buys, new computers accuired, $$, houses, wealth, accomplishments.. it's still easy to feel that void. That exteriorLy induced emOtion altering, behaVior modifying, biochemical rEaction i've found I absolutely live for it.. and i don't regret it. It makes nothing else matter. It's all you really need.
"These stages are characterized by constant cravings and preoccupation with obtaining the substance; using more of the substance than necessary to experience the intoxicating effects; and experiencing tolerance, withdrawal symptoms, and decreased motivation for normal life activities." The similarities between seemingly unrelated things are amazing to me.

:::[30.May.08]:::

I'm half asleep today.. it's putting my emotional chemicals on overdrive and setting my sensitivity on high.. it's like all those little things that normally go unnoticed i can smell today.. even the lack of, I hone in on like a blood hound. Some people out there have an impressive ability to completely shut off their emotions and let the logistical side of them to dominate how their feet land on the path.. but if you can't feel how do you know you are alive?

:::[27.May.08]:::

What's life without living? Lately i've lost a lot.. i've thrown in and watched my efforts render the worst results.

I spent the last day in a casino blowing $$ both outta my pocket and others. I was down, finacially and emotionally, but for some reason I just kept trying, ignoring the fact that my luck has long since run out.

My friend is always happy to just be where he is, but this time he was way up and feeling lucky. He handed me $15 & sent me to the blackjack table.. it was there I sat, in almost familiar comfort. next to me was an old man in a wheel chair that was getting the worst cards on the table.. but ceaselessly throwing in $40 bets.. his 2 daughters more than once cautione him to take it easy.. 'i'm over 90 yr old.. let me live ;)'

That struck a chord.. and that's when I noticed that for the first time this whole weekend I was up.. in fact I repaid all my debts, all cause I finally followed to my gut feeling, sought what was comfy and just makes Sense.

When the payoffs are so big, I'll return to the table no matter how heavy the losses. Cause when I win it feels incredible. But, to lose so heavily it rings a note of defeat that will just linger for a long time. I cant walk away on a badnote.. And its that mentality that keeps me sucked in.

:::[21.May.08]:::

Progress. hope. It's amazing what loss will teach you about what truely is important to you. My gut usually knows the truth of things before my head wants to accept it. progress.. faith. Things have to be ok, eventually. They have to even out. I feel like lately, i've been chasing a rainbow. But what would life be if we didn't try for what we dreamed? Maybe someday i'll catch my rainbow.. someday. Faith. hope.. they bring restfull sleep..

I'm self indulgant. I am the grasshopper. I'm going to do what feels good and strum my fiddle untill it kills me. Like a Heroin junkie i keep tapping the vein even knowing full well that it's gonna hurt later. But whats life without living. How do you get XP without EXPeriencing? Better to love and lose then never know love. Would i really be the andy you guys know if i didn't take the risk, take the gamble..

Misunderstanding is the root of all things gone wrong.. not knowing is the shadow that breeds insecurity and worry. My gut gets whats really going on.. but will my head actually do the right thing about it? I feel the world shift, the tide pull from me, the wind shift direction from my sails. Silence and distance, isolation.. things wouldnt happen unless they needed to, so i'm being understanding..

:::[06.May.08]:::

My fone just ate shit but i got it up and running.. it just lost all numbers.. contact me if you dont hear from me..

that said.. things are ok. My kitchen is coming along, i'm getting a new lapop.. i found solar tiki torches that look real, and i'm very grateful for the things i have.. doesnt mean i still dont have bad dreams and wake myself in a bad way.. life's like surfing, sometimes you catch the wave.. sometimes it catches you. but like the tide it'll all even out.

:::[22.Apr.08]:::

Sometimes you just need a reminder that its not just life.. it's a comic book. its a fairytale.. if you make it. The only rule in life is what a man CAN do, and what he can't do.. I left and cleared my head, i came back feeling accomplished for the first time in a long while :)

:::[02.Apr.08]:::

Music is incredible. As are all the people in my life.. new and old. THeres been a huge flux of strength in reminder of what i once was and helpful hands handing my the tools I need to clear the rubble from the foundation of what i am, so that i may rebuild :)

Lately there has been many realizations, mostly about personal character. There's alot that happened and like most fires i've walked away from theres been damage done, but alot learned as well. I think one of my greatest fears is really that i bring more frustration to people than I relieve. Not to say that i feel personally responsible for peoples frustration, but i give shit. I don't wanna see people i like have greivances and issues.. not if i can help in some way. But, it's these times when i feel like i'm trying to help, and find that either i'm not, and that work has been for nothing.. or that i'm just straight making it worse. It makes that fun feeling hit the bottom of your stomach like you just ate a hunk of concrete. The important thing i've realized is my intentions have always been sincere. In the right equation with the right surrounding variables, this equation is gonna work. It has to:) It HAS. If it didn't then the story sucks.. and i'm not about to be living a crappy comic:D. I believe in fAte, fairytales.. the STORY. There's WAY too many circumstances to just write things off as "coincidence".. It's something i hold blind faith in, and it's yet to let me down. I am the grasshopper.. and i will fiddle untill it kills me.. but i"ll be smilin.

:::[18.Mar.08]:::

A punch is thrown, you move, parry the attack and counter attack. Somone has their arms outstreched, gaurd is down open to let you in,.. you return with putting your gaurd aside and letting them in as well.. hug. Two very different scenario's each with an appropriate reaction. Problem is sometimes someone you really care about comes at you angry, with the outward approach of intent to harm.. natural instict? fight mode.. but the right reaction. open up. let them in.. smother the fire with a blanket of comfort. It's just hard, i know that. It's always hard to side step instinct, but sometimes it can lead to a better connection. Honesty requires trust and its hard to trust anything when your instinct switches to fight / flight. But trust takes faith. Hold faith. Give faith.. you'll gain trust.

:::[16.Mar.08]:::

Woke up in a fog.. it was a hazy day where i was having trouble just making sense of my own thoughts. It was like i was stuck on auto pilot. By 4pm grant had the kitchen half painted and we were headed to tricities to hit the skate park there.

About the time we hit pasco, some wildman in a red honda was blazing up my tailpipe.. It was one guy driving and another girl in the passenger seat.. riding me like he couldnt read the paper in the back of my car.. then he'd back off, and jam up on me.. back off to the right.. the left.. back up on me.. then over to the next lane, pushing and trying to get through traffic.

At the point where he finally got past us, i suggested to grant we get his license number and get this guy heckled.. but he was floorboarding it at 100 mph. Red honda.. oregon plates..

About 4 miles down the road everyone was pulling over.. thought we had a cop or something.. then we saw the carnage.. There was a red car, make was indiscernable because of how many peices is was in. We ran across the roadand immediately saw *shudder* everything.. there was a girl lying face down amongst cat parts.. her leg was a few feet away. i was trying to just figure out what was what.. grant saw the half of the driver torso missing and immediately turned and pulled me to turn and head back to the car.. we both saw more than anything we ever needed to.

But this just helped me really get a grip on things lately. Dont rush, rushing never gets you anywhere quicker, it just heightens your chances of failure. Live eveery moment like its your last, don't take anything for granted.. you never know when you might be torn limb from limb.

:::[10.Mar.08]:::

I'm a boy.
An optimist,
forgiver,
social butterfly,
but sometimes it all bites me in the ass with its darkside.

Came home last night to find grant sobbing with a beer next to the fire.. Said yesterday he could just feel the sorrow through the walls of the house.. and when i was leaving last night i was talkin to him and had to walk away cause i started getting choked up real bad.. he says it was then on he kinda lost it.

Dont remember if i even slept last night.. last time i saw the clock was 4:30.. then about 7:10. Dreams rushed me of the apocalypse. i was all on my own and got jumped by 3 desperate guys. the only thing they took was my fone. Which was worthless. i was left for dead in a public bathroom.

I lost my boat. This hollow feeling inside is overwhelming.. fear that even the sun will never feel warm again. Music will never sound again.. these little fingers are so alone now. i'm drifting.. without my boat. forgotten too long ago how to swim. For so long i swam thinking i wouldnt ever need a boat. now my entire forsight has to be adjusted cause all the adventures i envisioned.. i envisioned with my boat.

**Update** Every storm has a moment of light shine afterward. as much things still hurt. i had an amazing talk with jyn. we were both smiling at the end of it.

:::[27.Feb.08]:::

Ok it's cheap pizza day. 2nd.. honey and cinnamon can cure aids.

Whats been new with me? I've recently been helpin a buddy of mine re-enact the war of the worlds radio show as a stage production.. this is inbetween training. Thats right, i'm back at it. learning the ins an outs of the ruthlessness that is kill or be killed.

Speakin of, Theres a new Post Apoc movie coming.. and my god does it look good. Thanx jynface

And to add, chritian BALE will be leading a Post Apoc army through the wilderness of NM in the next Terminator Film

:::[14.Feb.08]:::

:::[13.Feb.08]:::

Stress: in science its decribed as Force per unit of Area. This can be translated to Pressure per Capacity.. which almost corlates completely with the medical definition :"stress is the disruption of homeostasis through physical or psychological stimuli. "

Theres alot in the mechanical world (which i seem to sometimes understand far more than the people world) That has stress factors that like most things, can be good in the right circumstance.. though in excess this pressure can be detrimental. Look at a piston in a combustion engine. The explosive pressure of the combustion itself produces the productive force that cracks the shaft moving the car. But in excess you'll find it'll crack the block, or blow a rod through the hood. The trick in most cases is finding ways to releive this pressure. Not too much mind you or the engine becomes inefficient.. but enough to where you won't experience a meltdown. Oil. Fans. Both are there to cool the excessive stress that comes in the form of heat. Just one Form of stress in the mechanical world. It's amazing to see an entire cluster of servers come to a crashing hault because one machine had a fan crash, which in turn allowed that machine to become the victim of its own stress. Data loss, corrupted network traffic, even a mouse that goes on crack, all due to something simple like a fan not properly venting stress away.

Stress can be the leading cause of death for many creatures. It eats at the immune system. Degenerates the body and mind leaving us vurnerable to factors that normally would be easy to overcome. Myself included. Tossing and turning doesnt help one sleep. Lack of sleep doesnt really help the troublesolving abilty.

Lower the tempature, relieve the pressure, reduce the load. Many things can be done to help deter stress. Relax. Take a deep breath. Hold it in. Let your shoulders drop. Go find a creekside rock and listen to the water. Watch a goofy youtube video, have a laugh. In fact theres a whole style of zen meditation that revolves around the healing benefits of laughter. Make a fire. Feed some friends. (not to the fire.. unless you feel it helps your stress)

:::[29.Jan.08]:::

The snow was so heavy so quick i couldnt drive.. my car sits so low its more of a plow than a car. So i walk, in huge boots, that weigh like 90 pounds. and after a long day of Snowboarding my leggs are jello. Ever seen a jellyfish pick up a brick. :)

:::[09.Jan.08]:::

Jennilyn has never been on a plane, so for xmas i got us tickets to go see my friend Reiff and his wife for a week, kinda wanted to see what the sun looked like again and see some old friends that i havent seen for a while. All while exploring new area's i've never really explored. Art Mueseums, Shopping districts, creepy urban area's devoid of people. We really did alot while we were there, yet not enough to deny the fact that we were on vacation ;). Rebuilt my friends comp to full working order again as thanx and for his bday.

Then i came home to havoc. The armegeddon hit WW, 90+ winds attacked the city while we were gone. My house wasn't brought down, but it sustained some pretty heavy beatings. Half my 80 year old sycamores attempted to breach the front, pulling down gutters and pocking 4 inch holes through my roof, jacking the porch off cilter and pummeling the posts off the foundation. Then my neighbors tree fell, missing my garage by a foot. The fence is gone as well as half my ceder. Home owners insurance is a good thing. And grant has alot of work cut out for him now. :)

:::[23.Dec.07]:::

Water finds the quickest path to the bottom of the mountain, but the difficult part at times is trying to determine whether you are on the right path or not. From my experience, sometimes you only realize you are not in the right place, sheerly by noticing that the harder you paddle, the more in the wrong direction you become. Thats a frustrating moment, especially while it feels like no matter how hard you try, you still are unable to do the right thing. I'm paddling my arms off, yet i'm just making it worse. SO how do you find the current again? Stop. float. drift.. it'll find you.

:::[13.Dec.07]:::

In oldskool tradition i built a monument of nature in my house. .. i literallly built a tree, its fake, but for an oversized pipecleaner its surprisingly deceptive. next i will grow a house:) The snow has put a serious damper on me.. but i've still been tinkering about, learning things and fiddling with all sorts of devices and expanding my brain, probably more into an abstract equation, but its progress nontheless.

The Upside is my understanding of alternative OS's and storylines are growing heavily, last night i figured out the tail end of the epic roadkill campaign (so worry not it will be soon) But Xmas really has got the best of my time lately, lights, gifts , trips, plans.. plans plans.. I dont plan things.. in fact my plans usually go foggy about 3 days in front of me.

:::[18.Nov.07]:::

Tx Rx ACK. Transmit, Receive, Acknowledge. Why can't i connect. I really shouldnt write when i'm frustrated. Hell i shouldnt really be thinking.. when i'm frustrated everything is the crux. Understanding comes with communication. Send Receive, acknowledge. Formulate the data, Listen with intent to understand. Acknowledge. Rodger. If understanding is not reached, continue untill file completion. The internet is closed for business and alienation has begun. slowly slipping from the grasp of one human then another.. Solitude is inevitable. Send Send Send.. Ack? ack? .. no ack. disconnection. Solitude. Dammit. i'm spending more than i have coming in. I'm the only one paying rent.. Yet I park on the street. Feels like its about effort in but more whoever gets to the kill first. Send, no recieve, communication lost. How long does the boat fill with water before it starts to sink. how long I let the boat fill before i throw out the rat that chewed the hole? Unfortunately, I think it's my nature would be rather sink with the boat so that the rat would be comfy then drown the lil guy just cause he was hungry or frustrated himself..

One thing that always nails me to the wall and renders me downtrotten is the lack of accomplishment. I didn't do it. Not all day. it's dark (already) and not a single point of XP. dammit. but at least i understand this more. Clarity under your butt sometimes pushes you to find the truth that was right in your vision that the rain was blurring from vision.

:::[13.Nov.07]:::

Old comp new tricks: FluxBuntu | TinyXP - So its one of my quests in life to take old junk.. something somone views as trash.. and refurbish it, renew it, like an evil priest bringin life back to the dead. For years I've been trying to find ways to give new life and abilty to a computer that rendered obsolete. 98 is useless and installing it nowadays is like installing a duck into a horses butt. NEITHER WANTS IT TO HAPPEN. 2000 is about as user friendly as a man with a machete. When most people here linux they think of a stack of books taller than them. Easy. Small. Functional. Well I've done it. 2 options actually. ]

Found one called FluxBuntu. THis is the lightest weight yet friendly install of linux I've found yet. Documents? check. web? duh. Chat? yep email? got it. ... now the heavy shit.. pdf? YES. Music? friggin streaming breakbeat at 128k now.. MOVIES? heroes ep7 played FLAWLESSLY on a 400mhz box with a little more than 200mb ram. O> M> G. :) and its the penguin.

Next up is a Windows hack (ya not so legal) called TinyXP installs unattended, uses 400mb HD space and can be running on less than 50mb ram. NO joke, it works. I just did one yesterday. far as i can tell its not lacking anything i miss :).

Halloween was hilarious this year.. tried to think of the Creepiest custume possible.. and i came up with.. The Burger King. So a week before Halloween i spent my time sneaking up on people and just nodding and creeping them out. HHAHAHAHHa..

New galleries: Halloween 2007

Life is short. Have fun with it. Like water trying to make it's way to the ocean it finds the path of least resistance. If you feel like there is more frustration than fun the majority of the time, maybe its not the right path.

:::[14.Oct.07]:::

F*ck Microsoft. I've had a Hotmail account since about 1993. They bought it somewhere in 1998. It's almost like the moment they gained control quality of service has screamed downhill only to match their awesome track record. My problem is like Neo i'm jacked in.. have been from the start. Every angle of life has some interconnected twist that routes back to my email addy. It's like my cyberDenity. And its changing. I can;t stand the bs anymore. Hotmail is slow. it suchs and its about as featurefilled as a paperbag. So i'm merging contacts, changing registration and trying to notify everyone i've ever exchanged emails with. Ughh.. The fun part is i think i've found a way to create a httpPOP daemon that will literally act as proxy. so i could in all essence make gmail check my hotmail. So worry not i'm not unplugging just changing faces. Same ol email just "@gmail.com"
[update] Found a snazzy way to push my hotmail over to my gmail account without having to forward each one at a time.. "getmail for hotmail"

Conclusion It's that time of year again. The sun is starting it's journey away. everything is getting colder, quieter. It's the time when summer rolls its end credits and you get that feeling that you'll never see such a great friend again. I miss you sunshine.

Hi jennilyn. I noticed i can use these whitman computers to ssh out.. even if i dont have credentials. .HAHHaa.

:::[10.Oct.07]:::

I'm tired of feeling like i don't ever do anything right. With as many times as i hear that things under my control are not working right, it really wouldn't take much to even the score. All i need is one "Damn Andy that awesome, thanx,.. i mean wow. you really know your shit. Right on." and months of "it's OK" and "it never works" would dissolve quickly. It's just a hammer to the confidence level that makes a person just give the finger instead of try harder. Honestly, its the biggest reason my kitchen is still destroyed. I'd rather not do it.. than do it wrong. [update] You know what? I dont' do anything 'great'. But, i can do 'more' than you.

I did however find one remedy. Skating. Fork the duldrums, knife the woes, grab a wheeled plank of wood and take it downa steep hill. Me and grant ransacked the drive going back into town from the resevior and it was a blast.. nice ride the whole way.. though the last hill was alot steeper than i thought. High speed wobbles. Stiffen up, carve it? Oh damn.. OH no. Just point it for the grass! .... i don't really remember much after that. in fact, i woke up a while later in a ditch. No recollection of any crash. I've got scrapes on my face, and every part felt stretched well. And to be honest, i felt great about everything for days after that. :) Something about a near life experience really puts it all into perspective again.

Halloween is Coming again. Cold nights. Dark days. Ghastly things creeping in the dark. and FREE CANDY!! I got a costume that's gonna kick ass! THere WILL be a party. where and when is still in the works.

:::[10.Sept.07]:::

This weekend was a rush follwed by a mellow sun bask. Summer is closing but it didn't go out without a bang. I completed a goal i'd set at the age of 15.. i freakin saw Alice in Chains. Was it worth it? Did it live up to expectations? Were they even the same even though Layne Staley bit the bullet? YEs. Hell Yes. The lead singer was something i was prepared to be dissapointed by. But had i not been looking right at the guy.. i woulda thought the dead could sing. And to have Jerry Cantrell still bring out the mainsails of the band.. i gotta say that was a great show. Followed by the guitar licks of Slash and the whiney Scott Wailen. Velvet revolver followed up and dropped not only their stuff but Guns and Roses tracks along with some STP. So not only did i walk away happy that my childhood dreams had been satiated.. but found that i Also got to see Stone temple Pilots.. essentially ;)

The next day was more recoupe than anything else. Me being tired usually doesnt help a day that i feel trapped without sanctuary.. maybe i was just way tired and took shit wrong but yesterday i was feelin the burn. So i took of on the Porkchopper.. nothin a lowride cant fix :) But the night really helped. Caught up with Jennilyn while she studied and read the tale end of yet another trash Deathlands novel. Those things have the same equaltion everytime, but somehow i cant get enough PostApoc fiction.

Jim Hough's dad departed in a bad car wreck on friday. I found out yesterday so after spending the remaining hours of light with my sunshine, i cruised over to Jim's and consoled throughout episodes of adult swim cartoons. There was enough food there to feed a small country.. sometimes its like when you loose someone people think they took the fridge with them. :) Afterword i went back to the Whitty library and chilled on one of the couches and learned about tcpdumping and william walker[ what a dick. ]

I slept like a baby :) and today its like everthings coming back around full tilt. even grant is painting my house ;)

:::[06.Sept.07]:::

:::[31.Aug.07]:::

So it's kids night at the fair tonight.. the fair sucks.. but on a night where every ride is $1?!?!?! all i gotta say is funnel cakes, corndogs and some serious stomach jolting chaos..
those carnies are askin for it..
So? anyone wanna come down? meet up? jennilyn is off at 9 figure i'll be there after then.. more than likely before too ;)

:::[01.Aug.07]:::

New galleries: Ye Olde Pirate Party 2007

:::[20.July.07]:::

I am an anarchist. However, i dont strive for this political agenda for the desire to see the world swallowed in chaos and destruction. It merely is a reaction to the current standing in the world. The beleif that in order to make the world better we need to imprison the people with more laws, regulations, standards, and all out big brother style control is exactly where I believe most societies fall short. I could go on and on about this but really it is all about balance. I don't wish for anarchy because I want chaos. I strive for anarchy because it in order to change the direction of a currently moving force you must pull in the oppisite direction. This sense of balance is also why I always have this outlook of optimism (even to the point of being unrealistic). There is plenty of things wrong in the world, and even more that can just get you down at a thought. With the magnitude of this Yin present it only makes sense that there needs to be balance. There needs to be an opposing force willing to combat and pull the other direction. I figure why can't i be one of those Yang's. So i'm half full, always able to find that brighterside of the coin, and looking for the silver lining. Not because I dont respect the Yin, the bad & the ugly, but becuase it is apart of me.

:::[05.July.07]:::

4th of JulyThe 4th was a great day all up. bbq's.. twice, swimming twice..Electrocution? twice. Ok so just to prewarn, if you cross a cattle fence, remember where all your limbs are. My first run in was at zach's place, at a secluded swimming hole. He pulled the fence down low and i decided to jump first. Flying mid air feeling the sting of an electric fence across your shin is a scary feeling that causes you to loose all dexterity. I landed flat footed only to feel the second pulse of the fence hit me right in the solarplexes. duck, weave, step, fall.. i layed in a pasture for a few moments trying to regain feeling in my limbs. wtf was that. according to grant, the funniest thing he's seen in ages. It was, i'll admit. It was leaving the swimming hole that i got hit again. 2nd time round it just pissed me off and made be feel retarded.. i mean a FENCE got the best of me. Lotta good food and some poorly constructed fireworks really set the day right though. Rode the harley out to Neher's place to watch some people light off some fireworks that had severly bad timing problems, so everyone was ducking for cover here and there. food, fire, choas, water and jennilyn. How could i imagine a better day?

Pirates the 3rd annual Pirate party is coming up sooner than you think! so my plans lately have really been revolving around a better costume, a better setting, more decor, a new improved firepit (now cemented together so kicking rocks in the fire is no longer a threat), not to mention an inventive new design to pipe music around the party. Using FM tranmissions, my plan is to not have one huge loud stereo system, but a multitude of little boomboxes an d fm radio's placed strategically around the site, pushing low volume music from every bush, tree and cranny. Hopefully this can help lower the overall volume of the party without lessening the music ambiance.

Transformers Wow. I grew up watching the transformers. I know names like megatron, starscream, and ratchet like they are long lost friends. But to see them brought to life like they have been in the new feature film, was beyond all expectations. I really am speechless. All i can really say is go see it.. now. quit your job, sell the neighbor kids for money for tickets. It will be worth it. i promise.

Kitchen So the ceiling is gone. The walls ripped open as well. I learned alot about the oldskool wiring in there. The coolest discovery was the dining area (where i'm planning to put in booth seating) the studs there in the ceiling were purely cosmetic, they were there solely to hold up the ceiling.. no structural value at all.. so, i'm gonna vault the ceiling ;) wrought iron chandelier? reflective lighting in the shelves.. rad.

:::[25.June.07]:::

:::[21.June.07]:::

From the mind of Jennilyn's friend RaeLynn:
Rae says:
the dream I had about you was fuckin hillarious!
Andy Wan Kenobi says:
tell!
Rae says:
Okay so you call me up one night telling me that a rival ninja clan come and took jennilynn in the night and you needed my help, you said you built a state of the art propeller system for your honda(or space car as I call it) and that you were flying down to get me. We flew clear to japan in record time, and kicked some ninja ass! Saved jennilynn and partied the night away!

:::[24.May.07]:::

Stop Capitalism Ebay can die. I recently sold 3 guitar effects pedals on ebay. But it all came to a crashing mess when one buyer RUDELY shoved regulations in my face about a NEW policy that i was unaware of. Now that ebay has purchased Paypal, they found it was an easy justification to render all other forms of payment "insecure" and not fit for ebay's use. It used to be that having a personal account with paypal would give you free transactions, now policy states that as an ebay seller i MUST upgrade my paypal account to business level. This gives me not only the oppurtunity to accept credit cards (at a low 3% fee) but now EVERY transaction with paypal is at that nasty 3% cut. but i can afford it right? I'm only a huge corperate comglomerant. fuckers. So now aside from the 4% cut ebay takes , paypal (aka ebay) takes another 3%. wtf!?!? The buyer that decided to be a dick about it said that money orders were to slow, and doing a bank to paypal transfer could also take over a week. too slow. Well, now that i have Massive increases on my fees thanx to him, guess whos gonna get there guitar pedal at the SLOWEST possible snail mail.. only to make up the difference in profit of course. >:) It's the principle of the matter that chapped my hide. If you now are FORCED to use a business level paypal account as a seller, that means that more and more PEOPLE won't be able to afford to take such a cut and make it improfitable. The only sellers out there that will be able to afford it though are the large companies selling through ebay at bulk. This is only enabling "the man" and cutting out the little guy. The only way we as private sellers can maintain, is to drive up prices.. And thats no good for you the consumer is it? Just think about that the next time you ebay. I'm betting most people would love it if you offered to money order your goods instead. And it also explains all those sellers that sell at LOW pprices with HIGH shipping. to AVOID giving paypal and ebay a cut. 3% of 40 cents.. here. have it. :) All that said: check out craigslist.org, its free to post and local people only, so no transaction fees.

Yardsale All this started cause i'm getting ready to do a mega yardsale, it'll take place at my parents, but will be a combined multiHousehold stock. Finally i'll be able to get rid of all the stuff i was left with when harriet passed (she was the previous owner)

Stump Removal Anthes went ape crazy, me and him ripped that huge tree stump around and took a good amount off it. Then Grant and Co. attacked it and rendered it into firewood size chunks. At that point i gathered a small army and rented a woodchipper. Needless to say i got a hell of a pile of mulch now and a serious gratitude towards my friends. You guys really kicked ass. That thing has been there since i was like 12. To see it finally gone is accomplishment in all forms.

At World's End Be ye pirates. Full garb. Full sail. We be there As pirates awaiting the setting sun and the rise of the grat Jack Sparrow. Hope to see you there!!

:::[15.May.07]:::

New galleries: Super Heroes, AND the Super Villains Party.

:::[30.Apr.07]:::

YardSale! I've got a bunch of stuff i'm gietting reid of soon in a yardssale, but if anyone wants I'm giving a sneak peak in case someone wants it..

First i've got a HAndRefurbished Black Powder coated schwinn BeachCruiser. With custom Apehanger Handle bars, new tires and a fatBoy seat thats so comfy you'd think you brought your couch. :) not asking alot.. just mainly enough to cover the costs of the refurb. It was teal and rusted to shit when i got ahold of it. :) i even added an Armada Road Pirate bell, to drive away gremlins.

You guys need computer or networking stuff?? i got a bunch of towers in my basement that are all refurbished and ready to rock. I need to get rid of these things so i'm letting em go CHEAP. in fact i've got a few that would make rad servers or remote control torrent boxes.. for like $75 ..let me know if you need a machine, i can build to custom specs.i've got NEW and old.I WILL TOTALLY ACCEPT BARTER> :)

Super Villains The party went off without a hitch, though alot of "i'll be there's" weren't but no worries the party was rocked so you missed out. Pictures are coming.. i'm hopping to make One big gallery of both the super parties combined. Food, Fire, and great people! there was a ton of awesome costumes! And as a combined bday Present Jennilyn had not only got me cool trinkets she orginized a group gift of a UtiliKilt!! She said it's back ordered so hopefully i can rock it the summer! Thanx you guys for making my birthday Rock!

:::[26.Apr.07]:::

Yesterday was my birthday and needless to say it rocked so hard i'm dizzy still. Woke up to a perfect view and a bag of gifts. Followed by an eggwich and a run to the tucannon Lakes to contemplate survival in the aftermath in the wake of a devastating fire.. the damage up there was unreal. The Fishing sucked but Anthes made it a laugh the entire time. Stump destruction and Sodas in the yard till dinner where Me and Jennilyn met Mom, Pete, Jim and anthes for some TeriYaki at that new joint downtown. Bang for the Buck? oh agreed. Everyone really lit my bday on fire. But Jennilyn and Anthes deserve full mention.

:::[14.Apr.07]:::

KogaBox, more ram! i doubled the ram and hopefully you might have noticed it's snappy new life lashing out as you click for pages.. That aside I also added (after numerous complaints that it was missing..) the Weekly Piracy Report link!

Super Villians unite! My bday is coming up, and in answer to my bros Super Hero Party, My party will be on the 28th, starting at 5 and going untill the evil is worn thin. Villionous attire required. Dress to kill.

The house is coming along quite well, Jennilyn has helped a bunch with the planning of the Kitchen, pulling me out of the rut i felt jammed in.. Bamboo, out the yang is going in where i recently had shovel fights getting rid of the arborVidees. Though i know i can't afford all the bamboo needed, so to surplant the gaps in the wall i'm going to plant corn :) Peppers, tomatoes, ferns, and groundcover.. lots of ground cover.. Let alone a cedar, or a japanese maple to put in place of the birch i just finished knocking down. The wildest part about cutting that birch down was that we had to do it with handsaw's. For some fuckered reason the chainsaw chewed into the bark like a hot knife in butter, but when it hit the meat it's like i found some jediBirch barrier. On another note.. that bastard willow stump is still there. So if you want to come over and take some aggretion out on it.. i'll supply the weaponry.

Computers Like some cosmic act of chaos, i recently survived a tidal wave of parts that flooded my basement. If you want a computer, i've got a few that are actually great machines. One of which is peter's Ex-Box. It's a screamer.

:::[26.Mar.07]:::

Happy Birthday Pete! : For his Birthday i'm building him a gaming machine that should match none other! Parts should be here on the 28th. ;)

:::[23.Mar.07]:::

Parties out the Yang, tomorrow is my brother's bday party in my yard, my firepit will finally see some action and as a theme he's asking that all guests come not as there secret identities but as the true crime fighter's within. It's a SuperHero Shindig. So tonight my main concern (aside from retard proofing my house) is sorting out my Costume. Jennilyn had this great idea of going as the "bowler" from Mystery Men, god knows how many hecklers referred to my Yamaha 650s as my Harley Compatible, Mr. Furious i shall be. Cause ya know what? I'm like a powder keg and right now you are getting my fuse way too hot for comfort! Shortly after (next weekend) i DJ calvert's reception, he married Jen (reiff knows her). After that it's up to Seattle to usher the sheep to their seats at Steve's Wedding on the 7th of April. And it's not long after that the sun's gonna start getting brighter and my bday will be here.. what's the theme you ask? Super Villians:)So tonight i gotta make metal gauntlets outta motorcycle parts..

Xbox I finally got another hacked up and pimped out, perched above my living room TV. The Modded Xbox scene has come a long way since i toyed with it last and the capabilties seem endless now. So here's my TV. No cable. CNN news videos, Comedy Central videos, YouTube, Apple Movie trailers, Tetris, Maelstrom, Shoucast Radio, SMB streaming, Sega, NES, MAME, let alone watching all those dloaded episodes of jericho i got upstairs... i even got Jennilyn rehooked on a childhood Bubble addiction. All WITHOUT cable.

:::[02.Feb.07]:::

Holy crap. Busy. Way busy.. Networking, computer repair.. lots of it.. just finished a 56 port LAN with WPA wifi and a m0n0wall network head. How is it something so NONphysical can be so draining.. but it's the consistant endless supply of molten amber that always reminds me that Life is never gonna get over my head no matter how big the wave.

Snowboarding. Been up a few times now and i'll be honest, in the dead of winter, there's nothin closer to what a church should really be like. Sunshine. Nature. Though somewhere during the adventure Dawz lost his wallet and on the slopes he told me it had $20 in it, kinda sucked. Lotta jumps, lotta powder, and it was so warm we had to stop and take off a few layers to keep cool. One head plant later it was proven to be relatively easy to cool down in a hurry. Back in the car we picked up Jennilyn on the way back who went snowmobiling with her family who were at a cabin (instead of homework). It was there the ambiane was quieter and the ears weren't muffled with hats and wind, Daws retold his tale and i found he really said $200 in the lost wallet.. :|

Roadkill. So there's been rules posted on the Roadkill site for years now about Radiation poisoning and Poison effects.. but wtf nothing to explain the effects of Disease on a person. With whats coming ahead in the latest adventures of the Roadkill survivors, i was going to need some guidelines as to not just outright KILL some of the characters.. *DOOM*

:::[03.Jan.07]:::

It's been a good few weeks, with the tail end of Jennilyn's xmas break i get her up on the hill at least once to try out snowboarding and she took to it like a fish in water, Took a weekday up to go romp in the snow without heavy traffic and even almost through the car into a ravine.. but moms minivan prevailed and it was only a 180 in the highway..:) Lotta snow, lotta windburn, but fun. Way fun.

Friday night we went to a party above the Coffee Perk and in a moment of sure ME, i ended up in the air after a rug came out from under me in a flying sidekick.. my feet level with my head i came crashing down flat on my back, though i'm told that somehow i knocked a lamp of the shelf next to me, caught it and placed it back into position before my ass met stone tile.

This rendered it not only hard to walk, but kinda pointless to try snowboarding this weekend, but in serendipitous response there were at least two cars heading to seattle for the New Year. A few texts messages later and we are assured entry into a huge rave at Studio 7. The ball dropped and the Kiss was intense as well as the rest of the night. By 10am we were waking back up after one hell of a night, but plenty of time to make some hawaiian chicken and shoewr before trying to get past the pass. Though at 9am we had noticed adam and jim and peter were talking.. once we emerged from slumber it was apparant they'd been up all night drinking and were going to bed as Me and Jennilyn were crashing.. By 1pm the pass was freezing over with sleet and traction tires were required. This was the defining moment that prompted a wake up call to get the drunks in the car cause the seattle to WW drive via Portland was gonna be long.. But we made it, with enough time to hit the store for provisions and have a good laugh while tucking in Tigerlily. The Holidays have been good and to be honest i'm still recovering.

:::[19.Dec.06]:::

Winter solstice will occur at 4:22 pm PST on December 21.

:::[01.Dec.06]:::

'Be like water making its way through cracks.... Empty your mind, be formless.... Shapeless, like water.... water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.' - Bruce Lee

Inked: Water, it's the essence of all living things. We all need it, 90% of us is water. It can reach places no man can get to, it can carve stone, and rinse dirt away. Formless, yet rigid. Mizu, is the name for water in Japanese, most of the time it's spoken as O-Mizu, giving it an honored title. The Japanese, like Native Americans hold water in a greatly honored place, appointing it deitiship. Water Spirits. Water though on it's on is incredible, and means great things to me. The Sun is something civilization was worshipped from the dawn of time. Nihon, means land of the rising sun. Cultures worldwide all had a Sun god, usually Cheif of the gods. Even christians in a roundabout way worship the sun.. (look at the popes staf.. and what is that halo made of??) Winter Solstice was the orginal holiday celebrated by the "pagan" celts.. it marked the shortest day of the year, or the REbirth of the SUN (but sadly was spelled SON, after the christian church blatantly stole it..) The Sun's energy, it's warming fire, and waters breath.. you have life.. The sun in symbol has been represented many ways. Most often it was the center of all things. the highest point, the circle.. a perfect circle. The circle itself bring with it profound philosophies.. cycles, there is no time, it's contruct of man. cycles though exsist. breathe in, breath out.. repeat. sun goes up, sun goes down. winter to spring, to summer to fall, to winter.. brith .. death.. The circle is the strongest structure from outside, yet the weakest from within.. and being that Xmas is coming.. next time you see a wreath, the circle of evergreen.. think about what the pagans were trying to remind you..

All this is but a glimse into the Philosophy i've held so close for years, crystallizing during my vision quest in Australia. Land of the Sun. That turning point for me held a clarity for me unmatched untill that point. In honor of that moment, and in reminder of my foundation, i have been inked. Permanantly marked with a symbol of my perspective. A symbol that gives a taste of that which has held my head up. This has been something in my mind for a long time. [anyone notice i mentioned it back in 2003?] A creed i've held in me for ages. To take the final step and place it outside, was something that needed the right moment in itself. I found the girl that i've been dreaming of since i was little. Strong, intellegent and on the wavelength for so long i assumed was only my own. She too had a creed she has lived by, her plan was to mark her wrist with this creed when she attained what it stood for. To take that final step was something that required courage and a descisive mind, like that final moment as you leave the edge of a 50 foot cliff into the water.. For the first time, i stand next to someone that doesnt breakdown the foundation, doesnt second guess my integrity.. contrarily she gives me that final burst of ki, of strengh, to follow my dreams to reality.

Yesterday we inked our creeds together. Marking our mindsets on the outside, a very personal experience, to share it with someone would be an honor, but an honor so well deserved. i Love you.

:::[22.Nov.06]:::

It's been a while since i've updated this, but there are a few very loyal viewers that i need to update for.

The Samhain Shindig went off well, with about 70 people showing in costume and 2 bands playing i had a rockin party till about 10:30 when the cops had shown for the 3rd time, we had to stop the band.. but the party rocked on late into the night anyway

New galleries: Check out the PICS of the Samhain Shindig!

Tattoo The tattoo i designed and talked about way back in july of 2003 is actually going to be marked for life on my left leg. Nov. 30th. *eeek* I figure its been in my mind for this long, it's a sure thing.

Bday Jennilyn turns 21 on the 3rd so I have been planning my contribution for her celebration, there is much in the way of surprises so i cant say much. but thanx out to those that helped it come together.. i'll let you know how it works out.

House The living room is done thanx to grant, and within the week i should have bookshelves and a completed hallway, let alone the complete BATHROOM My next projekts include a flicker light mock of a street lamp in the upstairs hallway, and Internet. I've wired up the whole house now with ethernet, and even have a full network rack in the basement. I've been waiting over a month for my DSL circuit to go live but waiting on Jvo is like waiting for the moon to sing.. So in the meantime I've been pirating WiFi off my dads house with a tiny AP set to bridge.. so my comps are online.. but barely. The plan is to put some 18 inch patch antennaes in the attics of the 2 houses and create a WiFi bridge between the houses.. :) I've got my Antennae mounted in the attic and the cable run, but i need the proper ends now and to help dad get his side installed.

Technologeek WiFi bridge aside, i've also been working some fun ideas to enhance the house.. and life in general.. I've recently completed a Kiosk for my living room, for anyone that wants to use the internet while at my abode. It boots off a CD (no Hard Drive is even in it) pops up a browser and your off! if you close the browser, another pops in its place. ;) Check out KioskCD for more info. From that i ended up with a surplus of old comps thanx to anthes.. One of which is now being set up for my buddy tim for Xmas. He wanted a way to be able to download stuff and play games at the same time.. which is more than taxing on a single box, but Phil showed me the perfect solution, TorrentFlux. I built a standalone machine, that can be remotely controlled to download torrent files and set so your exsisting machines can access them to retrieve all the dloads :)

So needless to say , i've been busy but having a blast and for all that are probably asking, she's amazing. Perfect. Thanxgiving is coming up and i've been eating stuffing and realizing that it reminds me of camping and fireside dancing. I can't wait for the return of the Sun.

:::[20.Oct.06]:::

:::[07.Oct.06]:::

I just pulled into my driveway and looked in my garage.. there are currently 2 man-eating pitbulls that are each about as big as i am, and they are starring back at me through my window.. I can see one of my sponges torn to shit. This is most likely result of my roommate grant.. he said he was gonna be coming by the house a few times today in his quest to migrate his stuff to my place. So i wont be using my garage tonight, but the trade-off is fantastic: Aside from helping me pay the mortgage, he's also totally happy to finish some of the painting jobs that I have lingering in my house projekts list.. So soon enough i'll have a new lookin house, a finished living room and hallway let alone a HUGE weight off my chest. <

:::[26.Sept.06]:::

Poison Ivy is the worst thing to rub up against. This is agonizing.. but whats more agonizing? Doctors.. I can deal with wanting to claw my back open cause it itches so bad, but what really twist my panties.. is this crew of pompus *$cks think that we the people are cattle.. our time, money and will are expendable.. I went to the doctor twice about this rash, mainly cause the first trip ending with a poor misdiagnosis of something so easy..yet still was charged $175 for the first visit.. for what? If i come to your house to fix your comp and its STILL broke when i'm done, i'd totally understand if you felt unfair to be billed.. yet doctors think it's their inherent right to extort the population cause they can? Well, (*&^ them! The next doctor that even looks my direction for advice is either getting charged triple, or strangled.. i just wanna say this, to everyone, YOU ARE NOT BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE. You are all the same decaying organic matter as everyone else.

The last few days i've been remodelling my bathroom. I was hoping to complete the entire bathroom, walls to floor to faucets by the end of this week, only now i found that the colors i picked out looked like someone ran ahead of me in the bathroom and crapped all over the walls.. it was HIDIEOUS.. the worst part was this was the 2nd time i'd painted it cause the first time ended in a grey poupon babypoop kinda look.. which was just as nauseating! If someone comes into my bathroom i want them to feel free and compelled to remove clothing and shower.. not puke.. or crap their pants..

So, I was LIVID last night..Seems like everything with this house i gotta twist an arm to accolmplish the simplest task.. all i could do to calm down was cook, something i really can't screw up badly.. unlike the color picking of the bathroom.. So going with the gross brown color i made a japanese curry and it really was good, halfway through making it Jennilyn came over after teaching Karate and chilled me out quick. I've never met somone who didn't just wind me up worse when attempting to calm me down..So to find a serine calm in the midst of a storm was really amazing. Luckily "Mad Andy" comes off as more of a cynical clown then a raging monster.

So tonight the plan is to seal the tile and at 6 when Jennilyn is done teaching , drive to TriCities to Lowes and gather all the vital parts for the finishing of the bathroom..Lights, faucet heads, a new lever for my shower cause those ball knobs are straight up frustrating to create the perfect tempature. But i'm stoked to use my shower, i got one of those rain heads, so it'll be like bathing in the rain ;)

On the up side my buddy Grant Goddard is a ProPainter now and was not only happy to, but insisted that i let him paint my living room.. I figure by the end of next month i'll have everything but the kitchen done ;)

In Apocalyptic news, our dearest friends Abadon and Kilvani died in the maw of a 20' tall King Lizard, because they didnt think RUNNING was a suitable idea.. They died saving the lives of the rest of the party, though Kindles has seen better days. The Stories of Kilvani and Abadon will live on through the tales of Sarai, Baker and young Kindles :) More to COME!!

:::[11.Sept.06]:::

Yesterday was the annual blockparty.. It's a neighborhoodwide event my mom has been putting on since i was little, everyone on the block is invited to bring a dish and potluck in my parents yard. It was well under way when i got there. So, i pulled into my driveway, not bothering to go all the way into the garage cause i was planning on going back out later. Me and Jennilyn hop out and head over toward the smorgishboard. I head to see how peter's been, being that it takes a city wide gathering to run into him. All of a sudden, the powerlines to the house shoook and there was a pretty loud *whomp*.. "what was that?" says peter, and the neighbors, who filled my lawn, were all freaking out.. my car had rolled its way back out my driveway, nearly devouring 3 little kids on there way to the feast, rolling across the street and coming to a stop after cracking the telephone pole it collided with. So i gimped over there as fast as i could (yes my leg is still all forked up) only to find that my car had bounced off the pole like a rubbermaid trashcan. Now it was kinda miraclulous it didnt kill anyone, let alone damage my car.. but the part that blew my mind? Everyday I back out of that driveway, and struggle to miss the TREE that's so damn big that it's growing halfway into my driveway, squrreiling outta this driveway has always surprised me that i havent hit the tree myself.. so to find that my driverless car just back out without even a scratch? There's no way i'm this lucky.. my life is one crazy chevy chase movie.

:::[03.Sept.06]:::

The fair was good, rode the rides for the first time in years.. hey all i needed was a partner in crime.. add food and a candied apple, what more could i ask for?

Saturday i took Jennilyn out camping again, we decided to hit the river again, and have people meet us the next morning. Her neverland will be next, i'm looking forward to it..

The lochs had recently been let out and all the water was about 5 feet higher than normal, all COLD snake water.. Caught a 10" bass for dinner and sided it with green beans, tomatos, hummas and stuffing.. to say the least camping was fantastic. This morning, Dawz, anthes and Kalin met us to get the wake on. Thanx to the inlet of cold water i rode nothing short of crappy. Ended it with my back foot popping out, cracking my knee against the board and rolling my ankle that i already hurt at the luau. The ride home was interesting, trying to drive with more knee than ankle, chasing it with hobbling and IB profin. one movie later, and a shot of shock, it was decided that checkin it for fractures would be good. So Jennilyn drove me to the ER and found nothing wrong, just a bad sprain. So here i sit in my mom's basement i wont make it any farther than 8 feet. So once again, labor day is the unofficial ending of my wakeboarding season.. but it just goes to show that the shit can hit the fan hard, but a little good ju-ju can make it all trivial in perspective.

:::[01.Sept.06]:::

I hit the Demo Derby last night, few fires, couple of rollovers and all and all good carnage. Had Jennilyn on one side of me and this little guy on the other side of me that was a few crayons short of a whole box, but such a great natured kid. I dont know whether he was screaming cause of the chaos,.. or cause i was, but nonetheless i had 6 year old back up :)
So i had a ticket for the demo, but at the gate the gatekeeper told us that we had to pay to get into the fair... "ughh, i have a ticket for the demo right here.."
"yes, but you still need to pay to enter the fairgrounds"
"I can understand paying to enter the fairgrounds to see THE FAIR, but considering i'm going to be in the demo, how would I simultaneously enjoy the fair? What is it i'm actually paying for?"
"um..."
"So, i gotta shell out another $6 so i can walk 60 feet to the demo?"
"....yes."
I had gate passes.. which i blew on me and jennilyn to walk 60 feet. Guess the fair is in town to remind you about aspects of your community.. or atleast its capitilstic traits of greed..

That aside things have been great, the house is still in progress, the ethernet is getting closer to done, along with the living room and shower. Sounds like camping is on for this weekend :) The suns getting farther away again, so in its last thralls i think using every moment to the fullest is in order. Fishin, stars, crickets, fire.. and an aussie sunset. I wouldnt want anything more.:)

:::[15.August.06]:::

Control: Everyone gets down sometimes, every feels off once and again.. but it's really nice when you find that you have all the variables in place.. and you look at the situation and don't actually feel confused.. and everything is just laid out infront of you making sense.. and its all a matter of putting the pieces where they go and hitting the right button.. and you realize that all you had to do was take the light in your life and shine it into the dark corner to vanquish the shadow. You have all the peices. You have the means. For the first time you really have Control.

New galleries: The Pirate Party 2006 are here!

I know everyones been waiting.!!

The last few weeks have been immaculate. The house is coming along.. and now i'm moving alot into the new plaace and trying to find a way to make my tub look cool without dropping $1000.. Between the brat pack and getting the house in order, and riding mutant butterflies, life's farkin great. I'll expand more as it comes.. but for now, enjoy the full moon and let your fingers seek what it is you want. :)

:::[24.July.06]:::

Went to spokane to pick up my cousin last saturday, and had my check engine light come on almost into spokane.. while driving in the dark and reading the owners manual simultaniously i found that this meant the gas cap was loose.. dumb. oh well james is in town.. if the gas cap is tight , and the light persists for more than 3days consult your service department.

The last week has been a blast, between good friends, movies, pikies, butterflies, tacos, pirates, trampolines, excalibur and water.. its been way fun. The beginning of the week was just flowing my natural pattern and james taggin along. But as the weekend rolled in there was much to prep, and people to call.. the 2nd annual Pirate Party was going down on friday. Fruit. Rum. Eyeliner. It was a blast not to forget.. The cops only came once. the music cranked till 11, the neighbors even came (with a Free Parking Pass) so they didnt get the "anti-pirate" flogging.. THough everyone else was in full pirate garb there were a few that showed without. most of which through a stink about getting paddled in front of the masses.. If your going to show up to a pirate party NOT as a pirate.. umm.. seriously, dont be surprised when there's consequence.. The last thing i need is to be the only jackk ass dressed as a pirate party cause nobody has the sand.. I even had one tubby tard tell me he wasn't going to take any consequence cause he was way more pirate then me cause he bought rum... Sticking feather's up your butt does not make you a chicken..nor does buying rum make you a pirate.. it makes you a consumer whore..

Word of Pirate advice: Don't show up to a party and tell the owner of the house to get fucked.. thats a good way to get smacked in the head with a boat oar, your rum taken (as a pirate should) and kicked out.

It brought itself to a good close, though i noticed at 6am i still had a few staggering pirates in my lawn. Peter.. if you cant find our balance how are you going to find an earring? Go the fuck to sleep.

The next night we returned the favor of froom coming to my shindig to drive back to spokane to his luau. Once again my check engine light came on at the same place it did last time.. bermuda triangle style.. (cause its out now) $5 at the door bought james and i food off the grill, croquet, and enough jungle juice to convince james that marauding the neighbors trampoline is definitely a pirate thing to do. So after talking a while with some old people, we beat the piss out of each other with a wet noodle as we bounced , me in a grass skirt and lays going everywhere.. when it was time to escape i chose the risky sprinkler hazrd path and jumped the fence with cat like skill, and landed with drunk-like ferver. the only hole in the yard and my right foot bull'seyed it. After i pulled my head outta the grass i caught alot laughs and one "HHA he's the SOBER one" hheheheh.. once again for all those that ask me "why dont you drink?"

The following day was a trip to the river.. by now peter had sobered up from the pirate party..and opted to drive, so me james pete and anthes (YEAHHHhhh back from china) romped out to the cliffs and water.. Everyone (but me, thanx ear and ankle) wakeboarded.. peter included! I've been wakeboarding since i was 12.. and far as i recal i've almost drowned that kid but never got him up on the board.. With an earful of advice under his wing he popped right outta the water.. though immediately ate shit. It was pantomimng the act of "relaxing" did he finally stabilize and ..riiiiide.. So i got him up on the board, and james got him off the cliff.. turned out he hasnt been on the boat (WE OWN..) in 3 years.. and this was anthes' first time in a few years.. and he 2 jumped right to it like he never left. Stale PB&j, bass and a 8 foot sturgeon.. we headed back in time for the family BBQ. Topped off with words from a samurai i dont think this weekend could have been better.

Life's good, doesnt matter how new it feels when you find the right path theres no worry at all. At first it resembled pirate gold .. Then i realized i saw it before, in the place i was exploring myself as much as the land around me. Aussie Sunsets will forever Calm me to the core.

:::[10.July.06]:::

WOW. Life's rad. I'm back. Like full andy, full force. And its nothing but rad. When you actually go with your gut, and just roll with the current you'd be surprised just how well things go. I love mutant butterflies.

New galleries: The Bday Shindig 2006 are here.

:::[06.July.06]:::

TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT!
Pirate of the Carribean : Dead Man's Chest opens at a sneak preview time at Midnight, i'll be doning the pirate garb and hope to see ya there bucko!

:::[03.July.06]:::

After a good Sunday and a great few wakeboard runs I blew out my eardrum.. (and for those of you that know me that�s time #3) First time, accidents happen, I was surfing in hurricane aftermath kindaups the chances for an accident.. 2nd time was last memorial day, at that point I shoulda learned my lesson. This third time I took a blow to my ego more than my ear. So I'm back on antibiotics again and I'll know in a week whether everything is going to be ok or not.

Needless to say I had some people very close to me that were quick to respond, guess all i'm getting at is sometimes people don't really realize just what they are worth to someone else, this is my token of appreciation.

Let go of the wheel, it'll all go right, the things go wrong when you have to fight.

:::[26.May.06]:::

Rat City Roller Girls: Went to seattle last weekend to catch The Rat City Roller Girls roller derby. If you've never got a chance to see something like this.. make one. It was 7 kinds of punk rock. Fishnet stockings, face paint, and roller skates. It was hockey with chicks. Things you cant argue with. The only downside to the whole show was this crazed neandrathal family that lumbered into the bleachers in front of us. One was such a franken-troll that part of her head was shaved to make room for the metal shockprobe jack in her head.. This must be how they conditioned her before releasing her into the general populice.

To make things worse it was obvious she climbed into the bleachers already in pain. Eaves dropping not only confirmed she suffered a migrain (already, and the show hadnt started yet.. which usually involves loud punk and screaming) along with her baboon sister pestering the entire herd of monkeypeople about what soda she could scrounge for them..SHUT up already!

The show kicked ass. It was everything I expected. The DJ started in, the game took off, and the bolt-headed troll couldnt take it and left. :) but not for long. By half time she had returned, feeling better I assumed when she got in line to the grease burger stand, ordering a salmon burger and a classic poop. It was nauseating the way this beast smelled of fish as she crawled back into her bleacher area. I barely had time to get back into the chaos that was roller derby when she started to dump a beverage all over her feet..OH F**K! The Troll is PUKING! Classic poop and Salmon Burger erupted from her in a program deflected spew.

Rat city was rad, puking troll aside, the rest of the weekend was hitting a house party with travis, meeting some crazy people, U district street fair and hangin with Shannons family. All way cool people. We unloaded a PC to her dad in trade for an iMac and a mini-arsonal for shannon. I think she has more guns then i've ever shot. :)

New galleries: Projekt: Garage & The Rat City Roller Girls

..The Bday Shindig 2006 are here.

Advice from Tech Support:
If you dont like the way somethings working, fix it. If there is nothing in your power you can do to alleviate the issue, replace it. Too many people settle for the mediocre. Bad jobs, windows, etc.

:::[15.May.06]:::

YES! The Garage is done. It's Painted. It's reRoofed and i can finally get the insurance Co. OFF my back *insert finger here* And i couldn;t be happier about it. Shannon has been helping a ton, even to the point of throwing her back out during shingling.. i mean thanx and all , but jeez no need to kill yourself for me ;)

SO just in time (as if it were planned celebration) Shannon bought me tickets to the Rat City Roller Girls this weekend, so its a road trip. Only up to seatlle, but its open roads again.

I've dine alot of work on the page, recoding alot of little things to load the page faster and also added rss feeds below ;) just for you.

On another note i was able to find the MegaFish tank a happy home. After today it will reside in the office of BMI, which ttally makes me laugh, cause Blue Mountain Internet is a company that is "kinda" a competitor of my company's.

So i'm free again. Though theres alot more work to go on the house, and i still havent moved in , but at least now i can get the things I NEED to done in order to get in.

:::[08.May.06]:::

My birthday bash was great. Thanx to all that showed up! Abe lincoln came, betty page, some twisted mad doctor and rednex and fairies.. couldnt of seen a more twisted lineup. THe house proved itself as a worthy party palace. I'll be uploading pictures soon. It's taken me a while due to all the work i've been doing on the house..

This weekend was the great ROOF-OFF. i started early friday after work, ripping out the shingles on the north face.. the next morning i got up at 8am and started in again. with the help of shannon and tiffany we completely faced the garage. Took the shingles to the dump which was a horrible experience thans to the windtunnel we had to through the shingles into.. which usually was interupted every 3 minutes with either me or shannon screaming profanities and turning away from the wind trying to pull whatever nasty black tarcrap that just embedding itself into our cornea's..

The rest of the ceder shake that was left we had seperated out and delivered to the "Alpha Male Frat House" which apon receipt they were so thrilled about inciderary gifts they offered to pay. So that night we went back to watch the garage burn. ;)

The next day we all came back, and with the added help of corey we split into teams and sheeted and tar papered the roof, not letting the rain storm break our stride. With a fire going and the rain falling we got it done, only to watch the sun come back out the moment we finished.

Thanx again to Everyone. Shannon. Tiffany. And corey, watch those roof jacks.. hehee.

:::[25.April.06]:::

Woke up nice and late, like 10am. Took the day off today so i could just do anything i wanted. no schedule, no chores, no burning need to accomplish all that i signed on to do. After showering and having a breakfast burrito i checked my email, then me and Shannon set off for jubilee lake, picking up trailmix and gatorade on the way. To our dismay The snowlevel was still so high way up there that the roads were closed to jubilee, not that we could get the truck over the snobank anyway.

So we continued on to Elgin, where we barely had fone service so i tried to contact Morello. No Answer. So we used the john, and took off for La grande. La Grande had a minor stop for a pair of shoes which Shannon was looking for though didnt find there either. On to Pendleton. Halfway there we found Emmigrent State Park. Hiking in the thick of the woods there were scattered pumphouses and ground squrriels which we chased into a 15 foot wood stove. (really..) In pendleton we shop for junk at a crap store, and withdrew cash, for it was off to Wildhorse. After good chicken Marsala that went kinda wrong in my gut, we played slots and keno and drank my weight in free soda. after $20 i only walked away with a cheap cowhide braclet that was not made by indians.

We stopped on the way home to turn around to slow view a rigor mortis cat that seemed to be frozen in a state of consistant panic. Shannnon wouldnt let me poke it with a stick. Once home we stopped at the $1 store for a bike bell, and hit Kmart to pick out the BBQ the folks wanted to buy me, and Shannon bought a seat for the black cruiser so her ass wouldnt hurt when riding the tractor seat that was on it.

Peter, Shannon, and I, all rode into the night stopping to gather Sheridan for the first Armada ride of the year.

:::[12.April.06]:::

:::[05.April.06]:::

Recently I was trying to find a set of rules to a dice game the temple kids taught me called Kuriki. After searching all over i felt it was kinda sad that even wikipedia only referenced it but held no viable information (such as game play and variations) So i researched and gathered and posted it on Wikipedia. As of now it up there.. but i'm currently arguing with one of the administrators of WikiPedia about the relevence and verifiabilty of the game Kuriki.. its like citing references for Hopscotch. So, theres a good chance it may be deleted from Wikipedia and lost once again to the world, but i wont let that happen. Here is a mirror of the Game Rules for Kuriki. It's a great game especially when played for stakes, steaks, beer or whatever house rules you set.

:::[28.Mar.06]:::

Vegas This last weekend for my brothers birthday, he never has seen vegas, so shannon took us all there for the weekend.. Probably spent more time travelling than we did IN vegas. With saturdays flights starting at 6am, and not actually getting to vegas till 11pm.. lets just say i know alot about SeaTac now. hehehe.

had alotta fun, alotta $$ spent mainly on taxi's, food and general survival (sanity included), lotta walking (according to mapquest it was only 3.5 miles.. but i'm thinkin it was more like 16...), and a lil drama.. it was vegas, and everything was to be expected. Not to say that i didn't have fun! we saw the Treasure Island show, and alot of nooks and crannies i'd never seen (find the desert passage under aladdin sometime) and took random pictures of peter with random statues and people.. typical good ol' vages, was ready to come home.

So getting home was about the same, spent another 12 hours trying to get outta vegas, by 3am, we got to portland, napped on a cold floor for an hour then got to seattle by 6am. by 9am we had no idea how we were getting back to WW, but last minute we caught the 10am flight back.. and now i'm at work.. on the clock again. no sleep, little food. and here till 5pm with no car..

New galleries: Sayulita, Mexico 2006

:::[13.Mar.06]:::

Extention: My home owners insurance backed off a bit when they found i had replaced the roof on the house, so i now have untill May 19th to get the garage done. So at least now i can wait for warmer weather.

The house is coming along, i've now beat a few holes into the upstairs to gain access to cable runs for getting the new electrical up there. The garage is half scraped and i have a slew of people standing by to help (thank you all) So the weekend of painting and roofing will be a big shindig, i plan on having a large bonfire and BBQ to feed and appease all that help.

Gaia: The last few sundays have been spent shed hunting up in the blues with corey and riley. Most the time its a 5 mile hike up and down he canyons and trekking into the thicket looking for the antlers bambi dropped. Theres been success, though none on my part, but i'm not up there for antlers. From sitting in the fields, cooking MRE's while crouched outa the wind in the scrub, heckling the birdlife that hackle back, spotting 50 elk, and trying to spear each other with plantlife, its just been good getting close to her again.

So because of that i've decided to build a survival kit, no reason really, just amusing. One friend asked me, "Are you planning on getting lost?" at first i was like, "Who plans on getting lost? No , I'm not planning on getting lost, but i certainly am planning on putting myself in a situation where it could happen."

:::[08.Feb.06]:::

Thoughts seem to form from nothing, spawning from the dark resources of our minds. The best things always happen when you have a free moment. No plans, at that moment where you really have nothing taking your mental process away from where you stand at that very moment, and you'll have nothing stopping you from seizing the moment at hand. Grab the guitar, eat your free cake and smile.

:::[01.Feb.06]:::

:::[29.Jan.06]:::

Return of the Traveler: I'm back kids. The rash is gone, the sun is missing again.

The last few days in Sayulita were great, we travelled to a few cities, which gave me a good taste of the less touristic view of mexico.

Bucerias was a good place to see with a great beach and they were obviously prepping for some kind of a fair, with trashy rides and even trashier venders setting up shop. Everybody sold the same crap. all of it something nobody needs.. though shannon scored a great mask for her brother.

La Pannita was an absolute shithole.. but i loved it it had the feel of a post-apoc amusement park, with really not much there.. a few bars, restaraunts all dirtier than you can imagine. On the way there while waiting for the bus we watched the brutal beating of a cow.. this guy was just beating the beast of burden silly with a 2x4, the other "cowboy" held the beast steady with a rope.. this is when we all kinda figured what was about to happen. moments later it was a confirmed though when the mexican with the 50 gallon hat pulled out a big kitchen knife and shived this cow in the neck like a prison stabbing.. its was unreal.

The follwing day we heard there was going to be a market in La Pannita, and in light of a minor burglary it was a needed trip to go back to the only ATM within 50 miles. So we hiked back up to the freeway ( a 15 minute hike from salyulita) and sat back on the familar crashgaurd, right next to the cowpen, waiting for the next bus. We morbidly joked that at least there wasnt another cowshanking in progress that day, though we spoke too soon. within minutes 2 trucks pulled up and this time (with a more cooperative cow) got the cow into the concrete slab without having to beat the thing with a 2x4.. needless to say it was a bloodbath.. once again, right in view. the worst was over when the taxi pulled up that offered us a ride cheaper than the bus.

markets in a small 3rd world village are an experience all their own. try one sometime. its fun.

we returned to seattle friday night and got through customs with only minor harrasment for the garbage bag i carried. I had to explain to the guy that it was a bargain suitcase. Though on the plane i told the people i was next to that i brought my dog with me to mexico and he didnt make it, and i vowed to bury him on home soil.. HAHAHAH they were uncomfortable the rest of the flight till i finally broke character and told them it was just a hammock.

Once home we dashed for Thai food and crashed hard. it had been a long flight and a great trip.

:::[24.Jan.06]:::

Well,. i have taken good care of the eardrum.. though somehow i ended up with some disease that rendered my hands and feet covered in a rash and after (atempting to) surf the sayulita bay all day i ended up in bed with a fever yesterday.. shannon scoured the town for advil and gaterade for me.. today we traveled north to "san poncho" though it wasnt the one in cali.. it was a little beach town where we walked the beach and ate in a beachside restaraunt.. (ask me someday about the mexican shrimp cocktail...ew)

That aside the rash is stil here and i feel less sick.. and i'm coughing like mad.. but my spirits are up and the ice cream is cheap.. so today I may not surf but just enjoy the surf and all the many wandering dogs.. (they are all over the place), including spotting about 15 chihuahua's packed into a chicken cage on the back of a moped..

The other noght me and shannon came up with a great form of entertainment for the night, which consisted of $1 slingshots, and a $1 bag of pink and white marshmellows, all purchased from the corner market.. the register girl had a good laugh realizing how the 2 items were a match made in heaven, and even today the marshmellow assults continue between us and her parents. the fun part is we have been involving all sorts of indeginous people into the marshmellow warfare as they passby under our second story balcony. There is no way to stay mad after being pelted with a high velocity marshmellow.

the sun is shining , the taco's are great.. dont drink the water.. and the surf is up.. we've all taking a beating from almost all of thos .. hone of us has a sunburn, felt damage provoked by the surf and felt are stomachs twist thanx to something less than clean in something we ingested..Nonetheless i am still having a blast. This is something that will easily be remembered.

For now i'm going to run, but i'll be back soon. As always everyday is one more notch on the belt. rendering an experience i will never be able to repeat but always remember. Pictures are to come.

:::[21.Jan.06]:::

Sayulita, Mexico:Im here.. got here after a wild journey and its been fun.. like australia, i have very limited internet acces ( i have to pay for it).

ok so the night before me and shannon left we were supposed to fly out it got so foggy that there was little to zero chance that the plane would fly out the next morning.. so the descision was made to climb into my car and drive to seattle the night before.. at 11:30 at night we left walla walla, and it was a terrible long drive, with about 15 foot visibilty almost the entire way.. thanx to a few trucks along the way.. i was able to have guided travel through the worst spots.. i{ll note that my car does not do hillls well at all..

after we got there i was able to have a 1.5 hour nap before i had to wake back up , move my car to a safe locale and get to the airport to catch the flight to port of vallarta.. the flight was long, but my capabilty to tell time was SHOT. so in and out of sleep i flew across N. America..

Port of Vallarta was wild, it was almost immediately aparant that i was not in kansas anymore. street vendors, taxi and hotel touters... it was like australia all over again.. just as hot with less english.. but in some places you couldnt tell they really speak english well.. after a monor busride, we ended or journey in sayulita.. a tourist beach community that reminds me too much of airlie beach, surf, sun, coconut tree's and enough tourism to really make the experience bizaare. BUT ITS fun..

We are staying in a lofty 2 bedroom hotell that is more like a familiar tropic daze hostel. it really doesnt cater to a large number of people at once, and the view from the balcony is fantastic.. overlooks the whole of sayulta.

Tomorrow we plan to surf , though we have been playing in the water everyday, in between mexican feasts and touristic shopping for crap we dont need..

:::[17.Jan.06]:::

Honda I've had the new car now since the day after thanxgivin, and i've only filled it up twice.. not like i havent drove it. I drove it about everyday, even drove to tricities a few times.. twice.. yeah, you hate me. But i was put in my place when my friend recently showed me VIDEO footage of a 300hp magnetic repulsion engine that was built in aus. this engine ran on magnets. no fuel. no gas. no cost.. 300 hp.. i about cried.

Mexico: I'm heading for mexico with Shannon and her parents on thursday morning for about 10 days..The plan is to fly to Portal Viyarta, and buss to some place called Sayulita, i speak basically no spanish, (aside from yo quero probar tos chichis?) So it should be a fun adventure full of sun and surf and maybe some seen's from "The mexican" so if this is the last blog you see in a while.. its cause i'm surfing.. or blew my eardrum out (again) doing so and got eaten by a shark..

:::[27.Dec.05]:::

New galleries: Space Bike and The Nutcracker

One rad xmas. Everybody had alot of fun. Shannon spent xmas with us, this was the first year she wasnt able to get home for xmas, so i think the psuedo family made a good replacement. :) Everyone made off like a bandit, Peter loved the bike. Mom adored the season one of Fraggle rock. Shannon got me some japanese style lights for the yard and her dad gave me a "utilty knife" that looks like its meant for gutting people. It was a great weekend, filled with food, presents, games and general good times. Hope everyone had a fun time.

:::[11.Dec.05]:::

1207 Figueroa Got the house. It's a mess, right now i'm working hard to just get it cleaned up. Basically it needs a new roof, it needs alotta work done within, including new electrical wiring ran to every room. which i'm actually looking forward to, cause i'm gonna run ethernet cable to everyroom as well. :) i have many idea's for the house, from a torii in the yard to firpits, and maybe even a computer controlled cirvuit system.. even grafetti based decor.. should be wild. For now i will resort to cleaning up garbage and hanging up a few xmas lights..

Winter solstice for 2005 will occur at 10:35 am PST on December 21.

Phoenix Directly after the closing of the house, i left for Phoenix for about 4 days with shannon. It was great seeing john again. We spent alotta time just BSing at jon's place. Saw narnia, and just general merrimaking in a slow and low pace which was so "john", so it totally felt right. It was also great seeing the sun as well. Luckily john had shorts i could borrow. 2 weeks till Winter solstice! Coming back was a bit more of an advture, to get home we had to leave phoenix by 7am.. so that meant waking at 4am our time. Once back in seattle we found that weather was so adverse that flying into walla walla was not an option. So we had to drive, but being that shannons brother was coming down with us, he drove. Talk about a roadtrip.. i was laughing the whole time i was awake.

Chores When I instructed snowboarding at Spout a long while back I learned something about quality. when i went up to go boarding, as most of you feel, it was fun. In fact, I yearned for it. But when it became a job i started to hate it. it became not so fun.. it became a chore. i started to actually DISLIKE boarding. If you like something dont ever let it get to the point where you feel like its a chore. What you love should never feel taxing.

:::[29.Nov.05]:::

Honda Insight: The car is here. I picked it up the day after thanxgving. After getting there and finally meeting Lou (the salesmen i dealt with via email for close to 3 months) we talked and talked about everything from martial arts to what we considered "real people", lou is definately one that i consider real. After the paperwork was done i meet up with dusty and traded off my car to him, so we both walked away with new cars. We went to A&W for food (good god it was nasty) and talked and met his friend who brought his little 6 month old son deacon, they were all cool, and the kid looked like a keebler.. cool little guy. I dropped almost $22k on the car, and hopefully it'll pay off. So far i'm very happy and have been averaging 50miles to the gallon. The only thing that struck me as odd was the fact that I bought a brand new car straight from the manufacturer.. and it had no floormats? wtf. But it does do this creepy thing where the whole car shuts down at stoplights.. given the Climate Control is set just right.. Now my plans are to get floorlights, blue mood lighting, some nuclear decals, maybe a 3 foot invader zim sticker on the hood (it does look like a space pod) and a laptop mount inside..oh yeah, and floormats. I'll get pics soon.

Winter Solstice is coming, so i've been working on getting things ready for people. I have a few surprises this year that i think should create some smiles.. isn't that the point in these dark days?

Pheonix: Shannon has booked us for a flight to pheonix for a few days with a layover in shannons turf in seattle on the way. So prep up pheonix-heads.. andyclaws is coming to town. We'll bail here on the 7th spend a night in seattle and then fly in on the 8th. and leave on the 11th. :) Sun, Warmth and Reiff. Mischief. Mayhem. Soap.

Still in a holding pattern on the house. Kinda feel like i'm in a holding pattern over many things. Winter is a time of slumber for many things, though it's a moment i use to reflect inward and usually create the seeds of the excitement to come. Last winter i got a huge start on the next A.T. Kommand album, amongst all the other projekts i have going, to get more distance on that would be fantastic.

:::[21.Nov.05]:::

News: The car is coming.. should be here within the next few days, things to be thankful for :) SO i've been cleaning my car for dusty and getting finacial stuff ready. House paperwork continues, i'm now in a waiting pattern and looking into insurance stuff. Shannon has so many idea's for the house that i'm getting stoked for the house. (ie. Plants, Torii's, computer controlled circuitry) Lately i've been trying so hard to just get the little things outta the way. cause when it all hits i wont have much time for the stuff i've let sit for so long. Sorry if i've seemed distant and MIA. I'll be right back.

Value: Three people are heading from seattle to pheonix AZ. All of them are going to be going basically the same route, but using different means of transportation. All three will be getting there around the same time of year.
One of them will be flying, riding coach eating maybe a bag or two of salted pretzels and maybe a glass of ginger ale. It will probably only take hin short of 4 hours for the whole ordeal, before he reaches sunny pheonix.
Another will be driving, he's packed his car with food and camping gear. He'll be staying at a hotel hear and there and possibley camp out a night or two. It'll probably only take him -5 days to get there, depending on the sites he may stop for along the route.
The last one has a large task in his future. He plans to walk to pheonix from seattle. He has a backpack, with the lightest gear he could find. He'll buy food along the way and seek shelter hear and there in hotels. But whether he is sleeping under open sky or eating at McDonalds, he will being going by foot the whole way. Following the roads that lead that way.
So my question is about value, we can all imagine the details of each persons trip.. but who is going to value reaching pheonix more? Which one is going to look at the "Welcome to Pheonix" sign and grin the biggest. Life is only a one time ride. Don't rush it. Remember it's not about the destination, it's about the journey it took getting there.

:::[10.Nov.05]:::

I'm not dead, just had my hands full. i'm actually doing well. Very well. It's been a long time since the last update, but i've had nothing but good times and alot to tackle, not to mention the nasty COlD weather (though check out the new weather badge, do you need a jacket?). There's been a hefty load of things on my plate. Gotta get that last bike finished for pete, it's the one project that still lingers for me.

New House I've mainly been dealing with an absolute mess of paperwork for getting a loan to get the house. One philosophy of mine is that if you can't afford something you don't need it. In other words, if you can't pay for it in cash.. then find another way around.. no sense in going into debt over anything, hell half the western civilization suffers from a folley like that. To put it bluntly, i have 0 credit. None. SO it's just making the loan process a bit more sticky, let alone dealing with all the flak from all the bureaucrats. "What?! no credit card?? why? HOW?".."ughh, cause i didn't wanna be in debt up to my nostrils by the age of 18 like the rest of america?" Either way, the house is mine.. its all a matter of paper work. hopefully within a month i'll have that house and will be renovating it into the attraction you all expect from me.

New Car I have the VIN number of my new car. To me that means a few things, the guys obviously seriously holding it for me, and also its coming soon. From the latest correspondence the car was built on 10.20 and is now floating somewhere between japan and USA.

New Girlfriend :),Aside from all the red tape i'm plowing through due to this house and car.. i have actually been having a monkeybarrel of fun. A few weeks ago i got a note on my car. It was from one of the girls that works upstairs from me at horizon, the girl that perpetually propped one leg on the weigh scale while working the terminal, giving her the resemblance of a famous pirate icon. The note was even signed "Captain Morgan". Between twig breaking, curbside taco's, conversations over a pool table, things just hit it off with unbelievable ease. Since then we've been hanging out a bunch, lounging, helping prep for the dark festival, and staying up way late sharing stories and ideas. I'm really glad I found her.

Halloween: As you all know I always Prep for halloween more than most. There was alot to do this year, but it all paid off as you will see in the new Gallery update--> Halloween 2005. Not Available yet The pumpkin carving seemed to hit back burner till Samhein was almost apon us. Though i hold no argument at all against the events that delayed the carving ritual. The actual weekend itself was good, dressed up as raiden and brought my trusty hobbit sidekick along to a party in Spokane at Steve Froom's house. So it was a night of One Nightstands (frooms costume) and talk of Spicy Chibatta's among being relieved that we had a hobbit in the party when "the ring" was found on a girls finger.

Concrete Surf --> just scored an Arbor Longboard from a good friend.. CHECK IT OUT. It rides like a dream. Hopefully i'll still be as stoked over the board when the nasty weather subsides to clean dry pavement.

:::[27.Oct.05]:::

Another good one coming, for all you punk fairies, batgirls, hobbits, and zissou members. Let the good times roll.

:::[03.Oct.05]:::

OMG! - I'm getting that house! Turns out the estate has been promised to me as i thought so i have dibs on buying the house of my recently deceased 100 year old neighbor. It's all coming along so fast its exciting but definately a bit stressful. This is happening all about the same time i'm buying a new car. New car + New House = Broke Andy. I friggin hate $$, but it looks like i'm not gonna have much after this so not to worry.. though i'm gonna have to really crack down on all the little guys that owe me a nickle or two.

To all my Friends Woke up this morning feeling like santa clause, a list of old friends and people i've known scrambling through my head. So who's out there? drop me a line!! for christ's sake, it's been too long for some of you.. i'll be making a point to seek out everyone. It's been a wild ride lately, but i haven't forgot you guys.

Halloween Update! - I have finally reached the descision of what to be for halloween. Rayden from the Mortal Kombat series. Turns out i almost have the complete outfit. Just need to make a few things.. and we're good. LOL!

Take a ride on the Wild side - No matter how much logic you try to utilize in life, sometime your get these overwhelming urges to do something that on hindsight is downright ridiculous. Primal needs of somesort of maslow-eske quality that feel unfulfilled rendering you scratching at the walls unable to continue the path you traverse. For a while now I've been searching for something. It's funny how no matter how "evolved" we feel. There are still very instincual basics that if left unchecked can override all your evolved intellegence.

:::[26.Sept.05]:::

It's officially the end of summer, the boat came out of the water yesterday which normally is a closing ritual for me, but due to a few really good friends leaving town yesterday, i opted out of the ceremony to spend the remaining tail of the weekend trading a few more story's and snippits of chatter with the italian rebel and the elven girl. The earlier side of the weekend was one wild ride at one point ending with me in a full tux at the green, surrounded by people i havent seen in a long while, some dressed to the hilt like me.

After a few weeks deliberation i've come to the conclusion (due to thorough attention being paid) that the harley gets a little more than 5 mpg better than my car. Really there is little reason to strive the cold mornings in my armor when i could just take the car for little to no repercusion. Though the harley will still be getting its use, just because its a harley. :)

Jim underwent severe training this weekend, subjecting him to mini-assualts, his game will be fully operational soon, so long as i can pry my external HD case from brian so we can rescue jim's storyline.

Justin is now back online, wired his house last night, and we were surfin in less than 30 minutes.

Hopefully everything will fall into place at the last minute and all the debts will be paid back quickly cause I'm starting to stress heavy, time is running out.

:::[21.Sept.05]:::

Stayed up late, to socially masterbate.
This weekends reunion was outta the norm.
To wax and dine with a friend of mine,
the italian rebel was still in form.
Chased by the cops, not till 4am did it stop.
Fuckin' "A" man, wanna play some pool?

Many friends from afar, DnD in a jar,
and a shipment of Pirate Bandaid's.
A troubled soul on a grassy gnoll,
Cryptic advice was all i could trade.
To form new bonds to friends once thought gone.
I'm making this boy band look cool.

:::[07.Sept.05]:::

Once again i have blown out my eardrum. Labor day called for a great ride back out to the boat for a little fishing/wakeboarding. I was way sloppier than i thought and the crash came fast and i came up dizzy, just like last time. I tore my eardrum, but the doctor said it's already healed up. It just needs a while now to strengthen. Good god, i'm i really this fragile? 2 eardrums in less than a year, in the same ear. That aside, the weekend was really good. But like summer it had to end in a fall. I'm healing faster than normal according to the doctor, but it doesnt mean that it didn't damage my spirit a bit.

:::[01.Sept.05]:::

Ok, so we can send tons of people to Iraq to fight a battle that has nothing to do with us. We can rally $thousands of dollar$ to aid people in the tsunami catastrophe. Our own New Orleans floods and we can't get Government help? We can't get them food? You people claim patriotism? What part of any of this looks like voting that little oil monkey into office was the right descision? Patriots my ass. I'm an Anarchist. Can you see why? How is it i seem to have more patriotism then these self-proclaimed americans.

In a world of global communication, i think we need to stop thinkin about what country we live in, what tribe we belong to.. can't you see it? WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD. I'm not an american. I'm an earthling.

The majority of this rant was in response to FEMA's lack of action. A friend of mine was in new orleans when this happened, along with 250 emergency medical assistants in the area that were there for a conference. When shit his the fan, they offered their services (which would have been helpful in thousands of ways) and were gruffly told to stay out of it. *insert look of astonishment here*

We need to be responsible for our own actions, and our own lives, we can't rely on the "concept" of a government motherhood that will take us underwing. I mean argue with it as you may, but really, ultimately we are responsible for our own wellbeing. If you feel otherwise, fine, but when nobody comes to help you may be surprised. Just be prepared. If you live in a region of eminant danger, prepare for it, or at least dont act astonished when you live in tornado alley and you get hit by a Tornado. If someone comes to Aid you, feel privliged.

:::[29.Aug.05]:::

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John van oppen time is a whole new scale of measurement in fact we didnt get to Vancouver BC, till about 12am.. by that time I not only hadnt got to drive an Insight, but was way bushed.. so we stayed in and watched the aviator.. good movie but kinda creepy howard hues kinda goes mental by the end of his life. but it kinda reinforced my own philosophy: too much in life is never good, to simplify is the answer to making things better, lower the amount of variables and you'll see the real equation. (sometimes i feel like that guy.. come in with the milk..)

Vancouver is really wild there were loads of people out so we went out to raise hell on saturday night, which ended up being us walking 3 miles in a large loop and eating some great indian food. By 1am the nerd league was tired and cranky and needed a nap. so we went back to the condo. by 1am i was ancy as hell and needed some excitement so i went back out alone. Talked with all sorts of wild people and ended up in a brawl. Some guy started shit with another guy. Next thing you know i was getting out of the way as they started duking it out.. i was in no way gonna stop the fight.. it was the most amusing thing i'd scene in a while. Then some dumb girl jumped in (just as drunk as the rest) trying to "break it up".. that ended with her dropping like a sack of potatoes as an elbow showed her how fruitless her efforts were. That's when i stepped in, not to break it up, but to drag her ass outta to the curb to avoid her getting trampled. The moment "drunk boyfriend" spotted me grabbing her by the arms he fliped and was ontop of me, and his assailant jumped him. That was the cue for the rest of the brawlers friends to jump in. After crashing through a set of trashcans and into the 4 lane road the count was me and 5 other guys. Some people question why i don't drink, it's moments like this that i shine. These retards fought like girls in slowmotion. It was fun, hell i was laughing the whole time. Got socked good here and there but ultimately it was just funny.

After returning to the hotel i was able to catch the scene they were filming at the base of the building we were staying at. They had converted the "shaw tower" (the building that john has a condo in) in to DART "Digital Arts Research Technology" for a film called "The Cleaner" starring cedric the entertainer and Lucy Liu, i hear Elizabeth Hurley is in it as well but i only say the other two. The movie is set in Seattle (funny that Vanc BC ended up being the place) so there were tons of Seattle police cars and firetrucks outside the building and at 1:30am the main outside scene was taking place.. so i sat behind the director and watched the scene burn into film.. what a way to end the night.

I got back in around 2am. The next day was slow going, we got outta vanc by 12pm. breakfast didnt happen till 6.30pm, long pass over the border but i at least got to test drive the insight. So now i have to deal with colder weather. fixing my old car for dusty, and picking a new car..Toyota prius? (looks like ass, but great room/mpg), Honda Insight? (Better mpg, but tiny) Honda civic? (worse mpg, but more room that the insight)..Bah! let alone so many little things.

So here i sit in a public coffee spot trying to stiffle a tear., and i just recieved word from my mom that ms. harriet robinson just passed away.

Whe i was leaving the house i walked out to see ambulences in front of her house, she had fallen in the bathroom and it was unkown as to how long she had been there. For the past few months from what i've heard she's been waiting to go. She was sharp as a tack untill the day she passed on. Never a moment went by that she didn't have a good story.

Two days ago was her anniversery to her late husband, she mentioned that she wished she could be with him on their day of celebration. I truely will miss her. Ms. Robinson was a pillar of my youth, a facet of knowledge since i was very little. I'm not sad for her, in fact, i'm glad this happened. It was what she wanted.

*a Dr. Thunder spills to the curb* Ms. Robinson you were truely amazing.

:::[24.Aug.05]:::

So i say this everytime. The last few weeks have been a wild ride, ups downs, but mostly just good stuff, when you roll with the general current in life it all becomes an overall good deal.

My palm died. Was writing a message in when it gave me a "fatal exception error" that quickly turned the screen into an etch-a-sketch. At first i was a bit miffed.. but all my data is backed up.. and the model i'll get to replace it will be twice the machine this was for something like $40. A minor sum considering the tithe i owe to PDA dieties.

LAtely i've been helping, in anyway i can, a great friend of mine move, She's headed right now down to LA for orientation at the college she got into so it's been a rowdy few weeks, packing , fixing and generally doing those last few fun things before she had to go. Saturday night we all ended up going camping out on the river, it was fantastic, chilli dogs from the fire, so no bulsshit mess. The moonrise that lit up the night like a virtual daytime, and the beaver that woke us up around 3am. THat morning i stumbled outta my sleeping bag, grabbed my fishing pole, and within an hour had five 12 inch samll mouth bass.. it was UNREAL. geneva got kinda ticked though watching me pull in monster after monster and not even feeling the nibble of a guppie. THe rest of the day was spent wakeboarding and sunning. It has definately been fun having her around.. this ones for you *cracks a Dr. Thunder onto the curb*.. but it aint the last time. :)

I got the new bike done. Electrostatically painted and all reconstructed. It Looks Amazing. I just need some pics of it for you guys ..and maybe a name for it, its a 26" beachcruiser thats been modded to an adult size lowrider. :)

Now its a catch up time, i have many things that have been in need of attention, while i was busy making use of the summer that came late this year. Still Car shopping, test driving, and debating which to get. Theres a few little things i need to do to get the car ready. let alone my room is a mess. This thing hasnt been touched in a bit. Peter's bike still needs paint.

:::[06.Aug.05]:::

Even Steven: The last few weeks have been a wild play of events (as always right?) Car broke down, again. Plans fell apart, and my last chance of hope was to go to my sanctuary of lions ferry and wake board myself to zen status. The first 10 minutes there landed me massive damage to my left hand. I gave myself a caustic rope burn that has still yet to heel (it'll be a week tomorrow) This damage i've sustained really reminded me that life is one big RPG. Given enough time it's only in the interest of good plot to maintain a balance of the set-backs to the rewards, to many of each could result in a poor story. Almost in accordance to this thought it's like everything spun back into line.

Car: Swapping the engine out all of a sudden became a resort option. I recently have been looking into a new car. I know the batmobile will be no more. Sell the neon and get a hybrid. I'm actually excited but i'm with you guys, it's gonna be sad to see it go.. but it couldnt last forever. But the new car idea has got me nothing but excitement. It's time for a change, and the car I have in mind gets something close to 650miles to a tank of gas. and looks like something from teh far reaches of space.

Armada: The 2 bikes I've been working on finally got the break i've been wanting. I was planning on airbrush at least my brothers bike with a scene from the outer limits of the galaxy, this would require a black base coat, the custom airbrushing followed by a clear coat. After looking into doing this I realized i was getting in way over my head, the best option would be to outsource the base and clear coats. Like a Shiny Knight outta the shadows Tyler offered the services of his latest workplace which happens to be an eletrostatic painting shop. He not only has them snadblasted down but also is in progress of getting them painted which should be done by the time I return. I really wanna get Pete's bike up in function before the cold weather gets here. Give him at least a chance to ride the damn thing.

Metolius Cabin: I took friday off to have an extra day playing here in the sticks of OR, Geneva got me a ticket for some concert here in Bend, OR.. Stragically it was close to her grandparents cabin on the Metolius River. This is where I am at the moment, mucking about in the wilderness thinking of the next wild twist to the roadkill story, Planning the best course of action for the car swap, calculating the checklist for the bicycle brigade to be most efficiently finish the project with decent timeliness, but mostly I'm chillin. Forced to relax with little option of those "things that need to be done" Which kinda brings me to the realization that all you guys know me to rant and blast wild philosophy and ideas that somehow go unnoticed on this great communication platform. So on that note. Live life like a comic. It's your comic, make your story good. Dont fret the little things. You're not gonna starve, or die no matter how poor your desisions are, it's a learning experience. Just jump, cause the moment you "think" about it, is the moment you hesitate, and thats when you usually miss the oppurtune moment.

I also Password protected the "media" folder in the toybox, so all you jackasses in europe can go get your music elsewhere;)

Newly Updated!:
The Ye Olde Pirate Party Gallery

:::[25.July.05]:::

WOW. what a weekend. Prepping for a large number of pirates was costly. In both time and money. But it worked out great, i got alotta help on both ends. Painted a number of the armada to represent their pirate nature better, The turn out was impressive, the help was fantastic. The Pirate Soiree was an imense hit. The place looked fantastic. All i can say is thanx to everyone that really pitched in. That was by far the best party i've seen all summer, and it was you that made it happen, not me. :) I'm still trying to take it all in. Can't wait for the pics and video footage that i plan to put up. We gotta do that again. That was flawless. there were so many great lookin costumes and the attitude all up was great.

Ended up saving my friends ass. He got robbed at gunpoint, and i ended up sticking my neck out to pull him from the mess that ensued as a result.

Also scored a sweet old school teeal beachcruiser for $10 at a yardsale. i figure a good new paint job and that badboy will look amazing.

After the clean up of the pirate party happened faster than expected,I decided to make a run to the river which was a plan since last week with spence and derek. ABout 11 people caught wind of my sailing, needless to say i did my best to get as many on board as possible, but a few got left behind. That just means i'm gonna have to go out again ;)

Today is all about battoning down all the loose lines that were result from this weekend. I have alot of peoples things that they contributed, and many people to say thanx to.

:::[22.July.05]:::

Well the weather is warm and the ScallyWags are rousin, its time for the Armada's: Ye Olde Pirate Party! It's at my place THIS saturday (Tomorrow!) the 23rd! I hope to See all your scurvvy bastards there.

Contact me for details!

ON other notes I've been well, weddings and floggings, seattle and pyro technics! Been very busy setting up for this party and training the new guy at work, got roadkill going again, with a new adventure in mind and shortly that pumpin straight remix will be done. The last few weeks have seriously been a blur, with all the work I've been doing for where i work and the offtime favors and things to be done it's been hectic, but i'll admit i'm still laughin like a hyena. Life has never tasted so tangy.

:::[20.June.05]:::

"Hey, Corey's Bachlor party is on saturday, wanted to see if you can come" "..sure" "OK, we'll be meeting in front of the armory on the 18th, 3pm..basically gonna kidnap him and have a blast, bring $25 for the strippers and stuff." "..ok"
I got there and found about 15 other guys waiting, we piled into a van, 3 of them clad in black leotards (kinda creepy) drove into corey's lawn and about 2 minutes later they came out corey bagged and zip-tied under their arms, threw him in the van and drove off. It was about 15 minutes outta town when i decided to ask where we were going, everyone kinda laughed and were like "you dont know??"..."no".. "We are going to Spokane for the weekend..","shoulda brought my toothbrush.."

So that night pretty much was a cluster bomb of naked girls, boozin buddies and trashed hotel suites. As always i had a blast and a half, keeping the crew amused and myself on the edge. By 8am the next morning, we all were hurtin from laughing, tired from a severe lack of sleep and back in the car heading home. Most everyone was hung over, but they all still managed to keep the party rocking all the way home. Congrats Corey.

After i got home, i found i had about 10 minutes to get to the park to watch mom dance for the race unity days. After that the day was just way to gorgeous to do nothing with, so i picked up my bike from justins and tried to gather a crew to go to the river with. This time it was the fathers of the world that held me back, everyone had father's day things to attend, so i was able to conjur nick and jon up, so we headed out to the MF pool. THat was deemed futile when we waled in and found it was almost time for some afternoon break and the open swim wasnt going to open for another 2 hours. Luckily i had poles in the trunk so we instead ended up out near nine mile, on the WW river.. fishing, swimming and catching tadpoles.. general sun-god worship.

When we got home, we hit the store and jon sponsered a BBQ that involved more food than i've seen in ages. THanx jon! WE worked up some new characters to get me into the game Nick is running, and generally bs'ed till the sun went down.

By the time i was ready to crash one of my dad's friends was over and we started talkin bikes, next thing you know he had an answer for about everything i was stuck on, so peter's bike is now well under way, and we even have an idea for how to paint it!

:::[16.June.05]:::

Batman Begins Opened in theaters last night, I'm sure you all know where i was. Front row. It was off the hook, and not like "wow, that was good.." more like "OH MY GOD, that is hands down the best BatMan movie ever, and a serious contender in Andies Top 3." They got it right, they stuck with the comic and left nothing open to kinda chew apart later. My favorite Villian was introduced, Jonathon Crane, the Scarecrow. Let alone one of Batmans worst enemies, Raz Al Ghul. But he wasn't badly portrade like they did Bane in Batman and Robin. Wow. I'm still in shock. in Awe.

What else? Lately i've really been putting my hands to the grindstone, fixing bikes that i've found in ditches, repairing a multitude of peoples screwed up computers (when are people gonna feel the drift that windows is a clunky peice of trash?)

Got a new mp3 player, the Archos gmini XS200, it's tinier than the ipod mini and holds 20gb (not the ipods 4gb) and its price tag was the same $200. I'm stoked so i've been compiling loads of music together for it. Now i just need to figure out what i did with my good headphones.

on the note of music, travis has recently been pushing for an A.T. Kommand track to be released on a major label, and actually has succeeded so i've been steadily pushing tracks from the 303 into my mac where i can convert them to Reason files. Listen close kids, you may just hear a Pumpin' Straight rendition soon!

Van Oppen straight up , hooked me up at work, got me a faster machine and dual 17" LCD monitors, so i've been surfin in style when while at work.

:::[01.June.05]:::

Memorial Day Weekend was a wild adventure in itself. Started with an early kick, saturday morning i crawled outta bed and went straight to my boat.. by noon we had it cleaned out and running strong. I frantically grabbed my stuff and jumped in the car. WakeBoarding went great even after 8 months off season with no snowboarding to keep in the groove. It was cold and a bit choppy but that didn't stop any of us. Near sundown we hit up some fishing and made plans to head back out the next day.

Saturday morning We all got up early and went to the set of The Man Who Hated Music" and did the class room scene. By 2pm Derek, Justin, Nathan and Geneva all had wanted to go to the river and camp out Being that we all had Monday off. By 4pm we were back on the river. Justin and Nathan opted to stay at the ferry to check out the party scene, While Me, Derek and Geneva found a great spot to camp, we set up a rack of chicken over the fire, and fished well into the night, stopping occasionally to sacrifice a chicken leg to the FireGod and fire bottlerockets at the boats floating in the Palouse Mouth.

The weekend was a steady pulse of fishing, wakeboarding, laughing, tasty babies, and Sun. The only fish we kept we put in Mom's pond. What a great initiation to this summer. Next weekend i only forsee as being even better: Aarons birthday, Wakeboard in Tricities, new bike parts on friday, and more lions ferry goodness i'm sure.. the armada is restless the sun is out. I know where i will be.

:::[27.Apr.05]:::

My Birthday was a shindig not to be forgotten, started friday night and went till sunday. Damn Cool, I think we all have to agree. I think the lack of sleep is catching up to me though.. not that it wasnt worth it. :P I would like to thank Justin and Gurnette for Really making it happen. Also; gus chiggins, the makers of the tiki's, derek and his endless knowledge of "fence", and to everyone that showed up, and for those that didn't; You missed out. Klick Here for Pix of the Party.

The PorkChopper is complete! The koalition even helped by chipping in advice and parts. The gallery now includes pics of the infamous PorkChopper

:::[18.Apr.05]:::

So the weekend before last was a wild ride on an outta control coaster. A BBQ at justin's that end in a hail of gunfire when some dude got mad at a passing car. This started off the weekend nicely on Friday. Followed by 4 BET comics in a local tavern at a fraction of the cost of a normal show of that stature was saturday's adventure. Somehow i ended up on stage as more of a prop for the last comic than anything else. This LARGE and in charge black woman had me answering questions into the mic that i'm glad my mother didnt hear. It was when she started moving the furniture on stage that I started to get nervous. She finished her act by throwing me around like a ragdoll and bending me over the stage railing. Needless to say, I gained a bit of recognition from that moment on with the locals.

Sunday Me, Corey, and Tim went up in the Mt.'s to find mushrooms but ended up only with a bucket of pond frogs and a black bear in a tree. The next day all the frogs had jumped ship and went elsewhere.. i know they are live and well as i can stilll hear them at night.. somewhere in the dark.

This weekend was not a bad chaser; Starting with the smile of a cute redhead, immediately followed by the contruction of a lowrider bike that journeyed my direction in the trunk of a car. The Weekly BBQ at justins getting a late start, and a plethera of Poetry mixed in throughout the weekend. Computers were fixed and prepared for their owners and bikes were set to be ridden by the armada. We journey on and relax our feet in the Coffee shop venues that mellow us out with the soft chatter and dim lighting.

Just Added pics from Bumbershoot 2004 to the Gallery. CHeck it out if you get a chance!

There is also some new NIN added in the music section.. dont tell it's still unreleased.

Announcing the Gallery
Newly Added: The PorkChopper

:::[05.Apr.05]:::

The Weeked was insane. Keggers, Parties, 3 fires and one dudes head going through a plate glass window.

Pinkee came into town on friday, i happened to be at a party when she got in. I bailed from there and picked her up and brought her back. I got a little chicken in my system and about 2 sodas before pinkee got bored and needed to purge some fix she had to "do something" forgetting it was WW, and we probably were at the coolest shindig in town.. We drove on, hit the underground, the stone hut, the blue.. by 1 am we were ordering a pizza in the parkinglot of pizza hut.

Day 2 got weirder. It started with Me, Pinkee and Peter "trying" to go to El Sombrero. After driving through a few drivethroughs the wrong direction and watching general chaos ensue, we had got some substantial mexican food in us. I had planned on getting a few things done, like changing my oil, and fixing a comp or two. I got sidetracked so badly by so many variables by 5 i was like "fork it". I ended up fishing with corey for a while out at the resevior. I wasnt home for more than 15 minutes after that, but that was plenty of time to score that laptop that tim, brian and nick had all been passing around like the PHB, for $250. Happy birthday pete. I was then kidnapped. Peter, and pinkee found me there and dragged me to another barbecue. No arguments here, free food and soda.. ok. I thought i was going to catch up with corey for comedy night but by 10:30 i realized that plan was long behind me and young drunk people held more of my concern. The party ended as abruptly as a large mexican guy putting his head through plate glass while falling down 4 steps head first because he was more concerned with spilling the beer in his hand. After he bounced of it like a raquetball and the glass stopped falling he sat up and we knew it was time to go. I split from the rest of the group and tried to meet up with corey. Nope. Turned out the battery in my car was dead, and i mean dead and gone. So corey picked me up for a night that wouldnt end untill 5am. I ran into more people than i eveer thought. Christina parsons included, which was really cool. We got to put away all the animosity we ever had. She seems really happy:)

Day 3. A late morning. Worked on getting my car running to no avail. I did however, get one of the copms werking, yet found that wiping the drive on pete's new laptop caused it to die. Had some chinese food with Pinkee and Pete. Ended the day with Sin City. Good flik, great job.

Monday was like a day of reckoning, everthing turned back around. Got a new battery for the car. Got many loose ends tied up all over town, favors for friends, machines fixed, even changed my oil at 11pm. It was even this morning that i got the laptop going. I was up way late last night though.. While i was in kmart earlier i found a lowrider bicycle that was off the charts. :P I'm getting one.. no question. Low-Ri-Der..

:::[28.Mar.05]:::

Eastre (yes, that's how you really spell it.) The celebration of Rebirth. The day of the vernal equinox or the beginning of spring. With every shedding of the old and dying there is new life underneath. If you ever hope to gain new life, you must shed the old. It's a constant cycle to be reminded of, especially at this point in the year. As I walk outside i see new life springing from the ground, more and more everyday. It's good to see the similarities on the inside as well.

:::[22.Mar.05]:::

Many of my faithful readers i consider great friends of mine, it is that reason why every so often I feel you guys have not only the priveledge but the right to hear some of the inner workings of my head.

I just receieved what i feel like, one of the most self-indulged emails I've yet to have to read. Truthfully it got me thinking, and for a good while now I've felt this way but never felt like expressing it. There are even a few select people that i felt were more than welcome to a copy, even if they feel the need to respond. If you feel like you deserve part of that pie, let me know.

The subject matter was basically an ex-gf inviting me to a very uber-formal bureaucratic-style rightwing "meeting" to discuss closure. A formal Dumping. To put it simply I responded very rationally, letting all parties know that when you sign your name with an anarchy symbol the chances of a "bureaucratic" meeting, or anything with a significant amount of redtape, sounding attractive is less than NIL. My closure happened on my own. No help from the other side, frankly, if she wants closure she can find it the same way.
I've really felt on top of things for the first time in years. Hindsight is always 20/20. Frustration happens when you found you've lost more than you've gained in an experience, but it's when you learn to take your regrets and turn them into learning experiences that you can take with you that you know you've conquered the demon.

The Inner Workings: Relationships are living things, much like a plant. Communication is really the key to a relationship of anykind, much like water. Withhold water from a plant and eventually it WILL die. No matter how much water you pour into it after this point, there is no chance of ressurection, or healing of anykind. Too little, too late. Much like a deep wound, left unattended for too long and it will begin to heal in its own way, try and stitch up too after that and it will only cause an infection, and complications. I fail to see how this is much different.

:::[10.Mar.05]:::

Welcome! To a brave new server ona wild new Domain!
What does this mean? It means I now OWN KogaKoalition.org!!
I even built my own custom server just for such a purpose. Now i can have my server do what i want and what for travis to make it happen.. which as you guys no is something not to hold your breath on. It's not the grandest server, but it works and its on a wickedly fast pipeline.. so all the files and data we share will share faster!

Tim has his own sector on it for the World of the Weird, and now that he has his own laptop I think we can all expect to see that storyline boom. Come on you little creative monkey TYPE!

I've been totally grooving on web radio lately. There is a ton of tunes and stuff to tune into, everything from crazy dervish music to beats that possess your soul, hell i even listened to an audibook online yesterday :P

I've had loads going on, mostly for others. Mom got a grant for this Huge Science project she wants to construct in the breezeway in her school. So i've been helping her with concept designs.
Gotta rip into my car again.. the center console lights have begun to flicker at a pace that is nothing short of seizure inducing. i think a resister went out... Let alone all the website and artistic design I agreed to do for people.. i better get some new pens.

on another note audrey and carrise would like you to know that I kick ass. and if you would like to argue, please contact me for relay information to them.

MAME Project Back off the shelf, that idea of making my own arcade game is way easier than i thought, one hacked xbox later and i got a machine that cost me 1/3 the price of the machine i'd need, and it'll do way more.. including webradio and apple movie trailers.

So this isnt the greatest post But the fact is www.kogakoalition.org is UP and i CAN update it, which is saying more than before! Use and Abuse.

--The world I see -- you're stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You climb the wrist-thick vines that wrap the Sears Tower. You see tiny figures pounding corn and laying strips of venison on the empty car pool lane of the ruins of a superhighway.
-Tyler Durden

Announcing the Grand opening of the Kagashi Forums!

:::[28.Jan.05]:::

A man reborn. A hero brought back from the darkness. Like a spark in the shadows, a new light shines again within to start paving the road i started on so long ago. A good friend once described me as my very own superhero, that seemed that I was contemplating saving the world or taking it over, but I just hadn't decided yet. Well, thats changing people, that guy is coming back. It's amazing how much of myself I never noticed was missing. But it's all different now. Every valley is just a spot between peaks. It's all coming back uphill now. HHHehhHHAHHAaa
It has been a whiile since i've updated in a while, but mostly I've been just having a ball. running about living life, not so much recording it. There honestly been so much going on it's really hard to figure out where to start. So much in fact, that the things were cool enough to justify posting them here literally happen on a daily basis now.

A.T.Kommand -Back on Track
With the Addition of some new software and a midi controller, (oh and a new iMac), A.T. Kommand is getting back into action and theres some new music on its way. In fact, this new method of programming is allowing me to pump out the idea's faster than ever. I think it wont be long till i'll release a new album. Any takers?

Site Restored!
Travis finally figured out the issue behind the downed website. I just thought he hadnt even worked on it.. Turned out, it was working fine the whole time, but some kid hacked the router above it to a point of no return, let alone a point of malfunction. One fixed router, one web-domain BACK ONLINE! The plan now is to actually move the site into kogakoalitoin.org, which means the webbwerx family will become the koalition. damn that sounds cool.

Roadkill & DnDJust finished running the finale of the epic Saga that was the "Slaver Plague". I'm absolutely drained now, but i can tell that i'm not alone in the feeling that had to have been one of the top ten games any of us have every been involved in.

Pool & AfterParties Imagine the last few months of all the crazy things i've got into. Now consider the fact that I have the ability to do what i wish everyday, everynight.. Gurnette and I, have made it a regular occurance to get a good beat started with some pool playing, going bar to bar, seeing who is where and surfing from table to table. I've ran into many people i knew long ago, not to mention got a few things started from it all.

When life comes at you with all teeth and fangs, you do the best you can, and sometimes you walk away with more than you started. Usually it's experience thats accumulated, in my case its alot of thinking and a t-shirt.

:::[09.Nov.04]:::

Pocketinet gave me an offer i couldn't refuse. I'll be starting with more then i ended with at 123, fuck em, i'm out. I'm excited, though i still gotta finish out 2 weeks.

I'm beginning to make full circle with the kara thing. I'm hearing that shes happier then she ever has been before. She found her happy place. Her happy thought that made her fly. I kinda see things as a catch 22, like i was a gymnists springboard: Without me she might not have had enough bounce to make it over the obstacles that gave her so much despair.. but there is no way to stay with the springboard unless you dont jump. So like peter, wendy found that she'd be happier back home and i'm left with neverland. I'm really glad she's finding her center. Even if i did get left behind.

:::[01.Nov.04]:::

Advice to Myself: The best path is the path less meddled with. I need to realize that I'm being missed just as much as i miss her, and "If you love something let it go..." If the love is true... she'll hunt me down.

:::[31.Oct.04]:::

Happy Halloween everybody, the house is decorated, the movie Praey went off well and its been a nonstop shindig all weekend. Between the movie premeire, Dusty giving me a surprise visit, and a 2-day costume fest i think i'm wore out. Maybe now i'll sleep.

:::[27.Oct.04]:::

I don't sleep much at all. I'm so exhausted. My hat goes off to all the people trying to kick a herion habit. You probably are going through a worse time then me , but right now it's debatable. Just 4 hours of solid sleep would be a welcomed gift.

:::[26.Oct.04]:::

I left Jon's place thursday afternoon, the sky was starting to cloud over quickly a desert storm was coming in fast, so jon's flite got cancelled. It was a Great time at jons. We hung out a while before i took off for Vegas. On the way there the weather was wild, storms then clear skies. I got pulled over once.. for going 80 in a 75.. we were being passed by people going at least 95. I think he saw my car and wanted to harrass me cause the questions outta this guys mouth were unreal.

When I got to Vegas i found my hotel and went to check in.. passing the police carrying out the BODY on my way to the lobby. yeah. Some dude got shot about 15 minutes before i got there.. my luck man. I must have walked like 10 miles that night.. stayed on Tropicana Ave. and walked way past Treasure island and back down to Mandalay bay. Dinner was about 11pm when i finally was like "fine McD's... whatever" I went back to my room down money, wet (it was raining) and undersatisfied with the food. I went to bed unhappy.

The morning came to quick, at about 4:30am my smoke detector decided it was time to go tits up. BEEP.. BEEP ..(5min).. BEEP. I called the front desk about 3 times before they decided to come fix it.. or more take it outta my damn room. So Vegas let me down.

The drive home following took 2 more days, stopping at Aunt Eve's in Mountain Home for the night in between. Long Drive, and alotta thought time.

I got home a little before planned, to an empty house. Mom and Dad were up in seattle for the weekend. An Empty house. I was Imediately filled with grief. So i called a few friends to see "what was up" all of them said "welcome home, yeah i'd love to do something, lemme call you in a bit.." most of which still havent gotten back to me. I talked to Brian that night, and Tim called on Sunday.

For the past month i've kinda been on the run. Going from one place to the next with little time in bewteen. This weekend was really the first time since "The Fall" that i've been home and alone. It nearly killed me. I realized that this whole situatioin really has alot in common with getting ones eardrum blown out, just on a grand scale. I surfed the wave while it was there. It followed its natural course and rolled over, like a civilian causualty i got swept under when it did. At this point i was caught under the water, my head hurt, my face bruised, my eardrum blown. There was little i could do to rectify the situation, except wait for the wave to let me out. When it did, i stood, stumbled, and staggered to the beach. The world spun, my head throbbed. I sat down realizin best thing i could do was sit and let the world stop before doing anything else. Eventually the pain would subside, the water would drain, and my hearing would return. But like before i now feel like my whole world is spinning. My support moved away. My structure stands but it tittering. The best thing i can do is wait for the boat to stop rocking. I hope it stops.

The wind in my sails is gone. Halloween is coming quickly, i havent prepared at all. I have many different things I think about doing, yet the ambitioin is at an all time low. My dreams remind me of what i miss so badly, every morning feels harder than the last. It takes all my concentration to keep it together all day long. I think i'm starting to feel like she's never coming back.

:::[18.Oct.04]:::

Here I am at jon's place, Phoenix AZ. It's been a rowdy time since the last post. Spent a few days at Grandpa's house, Played some dominoes with them. Helped grandma learn a bit more about the computer, which is impressive. She's 74 and doing more on the internet than many people half her age. I also Spent a while at my Unkle and Aunts house (fixed their comp as well) hanging out and catching up mostly.

I've updated the Gallery section So you should be able to see pics from this trip so far.

Made it to Jon's a few days ago and have been talkin and hanging with him for the last few days. Got him hooked on MAME, and last night we saw that Sky Captian and the World of Tomorrow. Very Good movie, but realize that they made it to act and feel just like an old buck rodgers style pulp mag. So dont expect a huge plot.

It's very warm here and today both jon and nik have to werk so i'm home alone. (good time to update the site) let alone a great time to werk on roadkill, and a few graphic desgn jobs friends have me on.

We finished the day up today by watching "Man on Fire", at the end the viewers are witness to the last moments of the mans life. The thought occured to me that really there was very little people that really knew him. Makes you wonder; if i died who would miss me? You have lots of interaction with people on a day to day basis. But everyone comes and goes with their priority leading their way. Would your loss really cause a ripple or would the water adapt quickly like a river flowing to fill the void of a recently removed stone?

:::[11.Oct.04]:::

Ok so I'm literally sitting my the side of my campfire in my humble campsite somewhere about 8 miles outside of Green River, UT To start catching you up on whats been happening i'll start back where me and travis where in WW.

The last week has been spent running small errands, tying lose ends and helping travis see people he hasnt seen in a while. But, the time consuming yet fun project we had going calls itself MAME. It stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. Basically most arcade games only play one game. By running an emulator you can pretend your machine is actually hundrends of these different machines. At first it was fun to play the games we grew up with.. but then we realized how easy it would be to build a stand-alone machine with the sole purpose of just playing arcade games. With a little time and money, we are actually gonna try to build some in house arcade machines that give the option of playing MANY games.

Ok, this brings us to yesterday, we left around 1pm.. and got to caldwell to meet Ben (where i was gonna crash) around 7. We hung with ben untill travis' friend emily arrived to drive him the rest of the way to Sun Valley, ID. So since last night i've been on my own.

I carshed out at a normal hour, but woke early.. and being there was nobody in the house, i felt it was a good sign to get the travel on. I drove all day. Alone. i Navigated perfectly, the only hiccup was my check engine lite came back on, but was off again in less then an hour.. *shrug* I was gonna call home to see if dad could help diagnose the issue.. but the fone card i have is useless. I only got errors instead of a call home.

So here i sit fireside waiting for the coals to get perfect for cooking.. it's hotdogs tonight. I found a state park to camp in for $14.. and turned around and went to a local bar ad asked where to "locals" camp at.. some older woman gave me these directions here (which is perfect & free) but the last thing she said was , "watchout for the bears.." so that has me a bit nervous. but i'll sleep in the car instead of the tent and if I cook anything that leaves smelly leftovers.. i'll take them down the road to a trash box i saw. At least its away from my car. :) I'll be taking pics of the site in the mornin.

:::[07.Oct.04]:::

Got into Seattle good and late, but it was good to get back and get food. I was gonna return home the next day but Travis coaxed me into sticking around till Saturday cause they were throwing a rave at stevens pass in an abondoned train tunnel. It was intense to though really cold, we drove up there saturday night and decided to sleep there over night (in the car) which left us achy and cold till we came down the mountain and had a little food at sharis in union gap.

Now we are chilling back in Walla Walla for a bit till the next leg of the journey. I plan to drive all the way to Phoenix, AZ to see jon Reiff and my grandparents in NM. On the way i'll drop travis at a friends place near Boise ID. Theres really no plan which keeps the feeling of adventure high.

So in the meantime, I'm tying up lose ends; fixing my car up, updating the site, and me and travis are werking on making a MAME box for playing old arcade games on.

:::[30.Sept.04]:::

Well i'm in the airport in Mobile, AL waiting for my flight, james and april both had to werk so they could only take me about 4 hours before my flight. No biggie, gives me time to reflect on the events past.

We did see New Orleans that was an amazing experience just walking down bourbon street at night watching the crouds drink themselves to a stupor, then think back how long the tradition has gone on. Then there was the Tombs. Incredible. We got lots of pictures and left offerings at the tombs of the Voodoo Queen, and other "marked" tombs. After that we saw the New Orleans aquarium, and you'll see alot of pictures from there.

Since we got back the rest of my stay was spent hanging out, beach combing and crab eating. The eardrum is healing.

Now to add a few rants to my shit list, A) Mt. st. Helens is gonna blow? Theres another thing that might battle my journey. B) That fantastic Palm i was getting off tim is a liabilty according to 80% of the reviews from other owners.. It's disposable, cause when it dies merely 6-8 months after puchase it cost almost as much to repair as it would be to replace. So thats a no go. But I'm still looking to pass on the minidisc player to anyone that'll use it more than me. It's almost 9am here.. my plane leaves at 12.30pm. gahhh... I'll watch a movie.

Bad Boys II became the choice flik, which finished just before i boarded. I've been awake since 2.30am Seattle time. So the last flight was spent in/out of slumber and now i sit in the Charlette NC airport; it's huge and i got a 3 hour layover. I might eat a bit but the food is extortion, so a snack and maybe another movie, hell i might take a few pics of the place :) So far both airports today has had no free internet connectivity. lame.

Announcing the Gallery
Newly Added: Updated Trip to Florida

:::[24.Sept.04]:::

Yesterday was fun, we went to best buy got my cousin some speakers for his comp, then headed off to the beach with some cheap "Corona" Boogie Boards. no more than 20 minutes later i got sent to the bottom of the ocean and got my ear boxed. So the rest of the day was spent in pain with a mixture of ocean water and blood coming out my ear. james kept boarding for a while but after the waves found a way to touch his ass to the back of his head.. he stumbled out in pain as well. we decided to call it good. I'll be hitting the doctor this morning.

Doctor's Update: Andy has a perforated eardrum, No Swimming and 2 different Antibiotics for ten days. When he gets home he should see an ear specilist to check progress.

I miss kara. It's not just the missing of a girlfriend.. it's missing a good friend that hurts.

:::[21.Sept.04]:::

Well, here i am on the plane headed for Pensacola, FL. So far there has been more and more fixes down there so it wont be the dark ages down there for too long :P

Notice i got the webserver up again? that took me dragging travis myself into his workplace to get the sytem up again. well now that its up i have a few idea's to up the rating of the site. I got a new digital camera, so for an example I'm going to start a Gallery where i'll be posting thumnails of the pics i'll take :P being that the webserver basically is unlimited in its space why not:D

So one minor dilema I found while packing was trying to consolidate my needs versus my devices. Laptop=Check, Digital Camera= Check, Palm, Minidisc player.. power armor.. sweet god anything else? So i decided for mylifestyle and general nerdliness selling my minidisc player and getting a flash based mp3 player instead would be best.. then it dawned on me, tim offered to sell me his new Tungsten E palm device (it has mp3 playback built in) so i took him up on the offer. and the remainder of the night before i left was spent tranferring data to the new palm. this is when i found that the DOWN button didnt werk... son ofa bitch. so i hopped online and found that tim (you slacker) never registered his palm. Now this werked out to my advantage. registered it, saying i bought it on Aug 15th, the following morning i called in for tech support.. after they saw that i was well within the 90 day warrant period they authorized a free repair. so on the way outta town for seattle i dropped it by the post office. so for now its the good ol visor, and minidisc player combo.

Well now i'm typing with orange juice in hand, so for now i'm gonna watch a dvd, i mean aside from communication this is why i brought the laptop.

:::[16.Sept.04]:::

I'm sure alot of you are asking "what the hell is up with andies server? whats andy up to? its been so long since i've heard anything."

well heres the quick nitty gritty. Things went pretty one way then the other this summer. tried to pack in some wake boarding.. little camping, but mostly was gettting ready to move. away from walla walla? away from that big job you had.. yep. kara got a scholarship and alotta finacial aid from yakima valley CC she was gonna go be a vet tech. wanted me to come along. i was up for a change.

I think some personal issues (of her own) kinda got the best of her and she really felt like trying to tackle them. i comend her for that, it took courage, cause the next thing that happened was she made the descision to go to yakima by herself.. and there she was gonna try to learn to be her own person. She wanted to learn to be happy with herself.

It wasnt long before her plan changed. She found something called the master's commission, (look it up if you want) basically the way she explained it was its aone year long boot camp for god, where by learning to put HIS goals first in your life, then you will find happiness. the first thing i asked was when she recieves the punch. but she truely feels like this is the best and right path. and if there is anything i care about most its freedom. so i wont stand in her way. so i stand supportive. Usually the RIGHT path for someone is the one THEY feel is right.

Right about the time that all this came to a head, my job had my cornered in a very uncomfortable place. it ceased being fun, and had became a place of mostly verbal abuse. with kara leaving i had little reason to stay .. especially if nobody was gonna be there to listen to me gripe and vent.

so i put in my two weeks.. and timed it perfect with karas leave. i figure its gonna get rough for me losing my best friend and all, so the best i could do was plan to get away for a while. take some trips, i still needed to see my cousin james and my friend jon in phoenix.

so my last day in the store is tomorrow. kara leaves tomorrow. that'll give me 3 days before i gotta fly out to .. yep.. pensacola FL.. which was just eaten by a hurricane.

That brings you to ground zero. with me. it's only after you've lost everything, that your free to do anything.

:::[8.June.04]:::

I've been doing some serious cleaning last weekend, and i came across a 5 foot square Spiderman Window Cling, just in time for the second movie!! I'm gonna stick it on ebay in a bit so stay tuned! If any of you guys want it make me an offer quick... or its bid frenzy!

:::[1.June.04]:::

My boss fired by friend Brian. So now I werk twice as hard with an Ozzy look-alike. BS saved me alotta time and effort here at werk, so BS this ones yours.. *Dr.Thunder spills out onto the curb*

Went fishing as planned this last weekend while waiting for kara to return from portland. brian, tiffany and tim all went. BS and tiffany got licenses so they could fish too .. which was cool cuase that way i didnt fish alone. but the current was very strong after all the rain we've had, and to make things OH SO MUCH MORE FUN, the wind was blowing at about 18miles an hour.. so the whole trip was kinda against us.. but it got me out side in my happy place. so regaurdless of the lack of catfish, or disappointment of having not one crawdad, i had fun. after about 3 hours everyone (but me) had enough and decided to pack it in. (i coulda stayed for days) but they were right the wind was harsh and the fishing sucked.

But this was soon remedied! After finishing up a bit of homework kara went with me to rooks park where i taught her the fine art of catching mudlobster. Though, kara schooled me nicely when she found where the little craws were hiding. we walked away that night with a few, that we cooked and ate as a side with dinner.

I got to finally see DEATHLANDS the tv movie!!!! (i think it was a series)..but nonetheless it was a flik based on that book series i like! i've always wanted to see one. it was great!

:::[12.May.04]:::

Announcing the Grand opening of the Kagashi Forums!

I've recently set up a forum where you guys are welcome to come register to post about any of the RPG's we have going, or anything at all really. Let me know any suggestions, idea's or complaints that anyone has. This forum board is still wet from birth so I'd be more than happy to tailor it to the user needs!! This ones for all you!
Also notice the new Google search bar, and Weather sticker on the right pane! WOo!

Kara got out of the coffee business and into the field of knick-knacks and patty whacks. So she's feelin a bit better about things. We've been using saturdays to game. We got to a heavy break in Roadkill, so Brian has ran a bit of Star Wars, and Tim finally got his shit straight and began a new game based on Resident Evil. oh how i love zombies :p errr. Anyway i thought this game would really give me a chance to screw around and play a character based on a Latino Gang-member. Can't you imagine!? "What up, vato?"... "brains... unnnghhhh" "nobody's getting this 40" (Carlos rides away on his lowrider Bike)

My birthday went off without a hitch! The whole weekend was a grand celebration starting with a heavy RPG session on saturday. Later that night me and kara went to the Creektown Cafe for dinner, and then had an hour to spare before Eternal Sunshine for a Spotless Mind started. So we hung in the parking lot & chatted and opened her present. She gave me a 1 qt Pot-kie (kinda like a dutch oven) and a book on outdoor cooking! The movie was incredible. If you liked Vanilla Sky, you'd love this.
Well Kara already set the celebrations to HIGH, so sunday was gonna have a hard act to follow. Early on me, jim and amanda piled into the car & went up to blue lake, where jim was gonna school me on fishing. After several failed attempts to pring in the fish with this bait he was using I popped on a rooster tail and schooled him. HA! When we got back we got the BBQ started and had a fun shindig outside with the firepit and a slew of friends. Kara, and guys: thanx.

So now its back to the shop with the BMX, i got Chain tensioners finally so i wont fear the ike if I pedal to hard. Me and pete have also found a solution to the seat issue I had last year.

:::[20.April.04]:::

Last Sunday we finally pulled Roadkill off backburner and got it rockin STRONG! Hopefully the guys liked the game. By the end of the session the party sustained severe wounds from a few 8 foot scorpions. and are now facing an 8 inch steel door leading into an old military redoubt. Now i'm racking my brain to figure out the next phase. "What's behind Door #1??"

:::[29.Mar.04]:::

Enter Yuichiro. 1:20pm My japanese exchange student arrived on the 24th, the following few days have been an absolute blast. Trying to give an amazing experience of american life as well as a heavy refresher course in japanese lifestyle. What a reminder of old memories, yet an experience of it's own. One of the first nights Yuichiro was here we had some time to kill and I thought it would be fun to teach him a simple domino game. Needless to say he must have liked it, because the following day he came home from his ventures out with a full set of dominos.

Yesterday I thought it would be fun to take him to a true dining experince so we stopped at a Taco Wagon grabbed a few Cat Burritos (really chicken.. but you never know) and hiked up into the hills near tiger canyon to eat from the top of a cliff. I'm sure he was impressed. I was for sure.

:::[22.Mar.04]:::

Well the weekend was good, except for one detail left left us with a bad taste in our mouths. The whole weekend while we were in Seattle, Travis agreed to do most of the driving. Naturally, we parked Kara's car right out front. Sunday morning, we took things easy. By about Noon we were ready for Breakfast and all piled in travis car when we noticed a guy taping a note to kara's car that read, "Do Not Drive"... Turned out he had a Volkswagon Van strapped on a flatbed trailer and was hauling it up Travis's steep Seattle road. It broke loose and gained a mind of its own as it gained speed as well. This guy was downright lucky, considering the number of cars parked along the road, the trailer only happened to clip kara's wheel. That's it. A wheel. Given it bent the rim, and busted the steering knuckle, but it didn't total her car. I think it could have.
This guy was ultra cool about things, he coulda bailed long before we even knew what happened. But, not only did he pay to tow it to Les Schwabs, but when we found out that the part needed was going to take 3-4 dyas to get there, he loaned us his Fiance's car to get home with. When the car is finished and road ready again, he promised to bring her Geo down and trade it back for the flashy little Accord. Now, maybe this is an act of faith.. but the guy gave us alot to work with.

:::[19.Mar.04]:::

So we are on our way to seattle as we speak, I'm using my new Pismo as kara drives.. It's kinda wild, the first laptop I've ever owned. Kara was gracious enough to drive her kar, considering the last umpteen times it's been me who drives. So we are Crankin along in the GEO. We added a can of B-12, which I've never used before, so this caused a bit of stress on kara. See the B12 has to be added to the crank case as well as the fuel. So when I was done the car stalled heavy due to the compression of the crankcase disapating thanx to me popping it open to get the B12 in.

Travis actuallycame down for a few days. It was tight having him come hang out in my shop as I werkt. The funny part is when I left for seattle (where I'll be staying with him) he was actually still at my place when I left, assuring me that he'd be right behind me.

Kara is getting a kick outta the laptop thing as well. Hopefully I'll be able to get a DVD rom for it in seattle, I left the stupid module casing at home so even if I do get one, we won't be able to use it till after we get back:(

The last one I actually have almost completed, I've shapped a sunglass lens to fit perfectly.. if there was just one electric appliance one would need, it is the mighty Dremel tool.

:::[01.Mar.04]:::

It's been a good few weeks, the sun is starting to return a bit, making things easier. This weekend was highly eventful. In part of celebration for kara's sister coming to visit, we watched the "Passion of the Christ" friday. Immediately following the show I went and got the Score for it. :::[highly suggested]:::

Took quite the blow, saturday, when I found out my cousin is being shipped out. If he isn't able to return before i'm scheduled to fly down there, I'll have to reschedule the flight, which while rail me with a $150 fine. These bastard airline companies use the whole 9-11 annoyance as an excuse to screw people into all sorts of unavoidable fees. Between this and the fact that I'm stuck with the bill for repairing the boat this year I'm feeling quite a kick in the wallet.

Later this week I should be recieving the laptop I agreed to purchase from a friend of mine, John Cress. It's a Powerbook Pismo. Stocked with USB, Firewire and possibly an 802.11 card. To say the least I'm absolutely stoked, considering the extra purchases that will end up being needed to make it a complete setup (AC inverters, DVD rom, etc.), it's definitely not helping the finicial strain lately.

RPG news:Gaming has reached an all time high in the last few weeks. My friends and I have been leaving Roadkill on back burner for a bit to explore the world and rules of Palladium. Thanx to Ben and his catacombs, I think we all hate cows now. Tim as well has been running a palladium game & i think he finally found his niche. He was bouncing around making his own system, then using D6 rules.. yet he knows the palladium rules up & down. I made the suggestion to keep his own story, just using the palladium rules, it was a perfect match. I'm sure i'll have roadkill back in action when either Joel re-emerges or I find a work-around for the current situation :::[which I'm in the progress of doing now]:::.

Finished the Linux Dual boot on my dell at home.. so now I gotta PC that meshes with a mac like it was it's own kin. Morphix was the way to go. Easy to install & easy to learn!

:::[20.Jan.04]:::

Oddly the cold weather has me dreaming of greener pastures. With my car still buried thanx to the nasty cold streak this year. I've dug it out, but I'm reluctant to drive it. The snow keeps everything slick and generally cold, including me. I find myself thinkin about boating, camping, fishing, honestly anything that involves me running around in the Outdoors. I yearn for the Mighty Sun to return. So, I figure the best thing one could do with these dormant months of inside living, is work on maintenance and preparation for the season to come. So far I've fixed a compression bag for my sleeping bag, ordered any kinda equipmnt I feel i needed and then stumbled on a Crawdad trap. This could be interesting i thought. I got it, and in May I'll try my luck possibly bring home some freshwater mudlobster.

My cousin is stationed in florida, which just so happens to be a great coincedence. I want the sun, and its been a while since I've seen him, let alone he needs his comp fixed.

A recent Roadkill session spawned some wonderful in character drama in my basement a week a back. It all started with a plot seed I dropped about a guy that had information on a "treasure" deep in the wasteland. Well everyone jumped on the idea, and weaseled the info out of him. It was here that the party split in motives. Joel was happy with getting the info and wanted this informant to go his merry way, Brian, Jim and Tim had alternate idea's for this informants future. Mid-City in a town that has a security force like a prison, these three decide that shiving the poor sap in an alley would be best. Needless to say they were forced out of the city, Including Joel who was heavily against the slaughter.
So now the party is hogtied to a nasty situation: Joel has the map, they got the muscle. Neither side wishes to have the other side, though they must endure. "I love it when a plan comes together."

:::[01.Jan.04]:::

I work far too much for my taste. and lately there has been so much snow that it has made everything slow down. My car got so icy & frozen that brian has been giving me rides to work. i figure when it gets a little warmer than freezing I'll have better luck digging it out. Well on recent agenda I set up an Ebay Seller's account, so I'll finally start to get rid of the weird piles of "stuff" that I've collected, though had no use for. So far the only thing slowing me down is finding boxes to ship stuff out in. How is it I got all this crap?

:::[28.Dec.03]:::

Xmas was great this year.. i ended up at 3 different present sessions; One for my family, one for kara's mom's side, and one for her Dad. It was really cool this year nobody seemed to be dissapointed very much. We left for kara's dad's xmas morning after my seesion with mom, dad & pete. I got kara this really nice watch she's been wanting, dad got a new tuner & subwoofer, mom was really excited about the sauces & fixin's we got for her and dad. I got Pete a bunch of LOTR books. Hopefully everyone was really happy with it all. I got some books I've wanted, a new cd burner, a weight bag, and the Deadpool Comic I've been missing!! Thanx again kara. Thanx to everyone else too I got some great things this year, so i dont want anyone to think any of it wasn't wanted.. it was!

So its all over & now I'm using my time of werk to get everything functional. put in the cd burner, clean my room, and get everything I want to sell on ebay ready. I got an ebay seller's account so i figure its a great time to start getting rid of all this Junk.

:::[22.Dec.03]:::

Well i shouldnt be here today, I'm at work and it's 3 days from xmas. Normally the store would be closed right now, but my boss has some kinda workaholic binge going.. last week it was, "We'll be closed but we'll still come in to get a few things done.. ", now I'm hearing "We'll be open pretty much this whole week." Needless to say that i wont be here.. and i'll fight for my freedom to the death.

:::[19.Dec.03]:::

Taken down by the flu. This year it was really harsh, like the news had said. I'm just heading out of it, though still feeling a heavy energy drain & a nasty cough.

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King was Released this week. We've begun our LOTR bonanza, watched the hobbit & the extended version of Fellowship of the Ring. This last weekend we the extended version of "The Two Towers". So this week we will follow up watching the special footage & extras. Tonight we'll go to the "Return of the King".

All my xmas shopping is DONE! I'm not scrounging about like years past, I kinda had everyone all figured out & went to it.. damn near in one stop, thank you amazon.com. HAHaha.

:::[18.Nov.03]:::

Well it’s been eventful. It’s also been along time since I chimed in. Brian started werking were I do, since then the workflow has generally advanced, so finding time to drop entries in is rare.

Roadkill News! The NEW SITE is done & uploaded. All you roadkillers out there check it out, i need feedback. Let me know if you find any discrepancies. Sorry its taken so long, but know that I''ve put alotta backbone into it. Theres lots of good stuff added.

Lately we’ve been doin alot of RPG’s playtesting my friend tim’s game “tidal wave” along with continuing a saga in the star wars chronicles. My game is about to go up.. I’m puutting some final touches on the changes made before I upload it to the server.

I finally got hold of ryan which was great, since anthes left its hard getting solid advice ont eh computer fixin’s in life, but ryan was more than handy on multiple occasions. I found out that he got a DVD burner, & one of those unlimited rental accounts.. so I can kinda see how he went missing for so long. heheheh

As for my computer amusement? Well, I just experienced my first virus.. on the mac you ask? hell no. That doesnt happen. It was my Window$ 98 box.. 11 files infected, 5 different viruses.. what a damn mess. BUT! (i always have an answer) Mere DAYS before this happened I recently have been toying with a linux distro called Knoppix, its a “live cd” so it will boot straight off the CD, not touch your drive, giving you the chance to preview & testdrive linux without the dreaded “install”. but if you like it, its gotta handy super easy process of setting it up on your system. That virus crap was all I needed to see to make my descision.. so now I’m setting up my box to become a dual boot system..

I know you all wanna know why I dont just leave windows in the dust.. I want to trust me. but there a re few vices in the world for my, fallout is one of them. So the coolest part about this.. once I get this running, i’ll have a PC that looks like its running OSX. HA! ( check out Gnoppix the distro using Gnome as its GUI)

Hope Everyone had a good Xmas. Sorry I didn't write this year. Things have been crazy for the holiday's.

:::[24.Oct.03]:::

The Koga Koalition Reconnaissance Award goes to Layne! He recently sent me a link to one of the radest pages on the web. Check out the Rat Bike goodness! Thanx again layne!

Roadkill Update:
I've recently been changing the contect & design of the roadkill game drastically.
Recent Changes:

Sadly the weather has been cooling down a bit, but it's not really that cold yet at all. which makes me think that there might be some time to go camping at least once more before the snow comes down.. and scares us all into hiding.

Aside from all this I got sick of the idea that its getting colder, and built a patio Fire Pit. I used an old oil drum, cut it in half & mounted a small grill inside for ventilation. I'll try to get a picture for you guys up soon. It's damn cool making a fire on your back porch. I'm gonna go get marshmellows.

:::[29.Sept.03]:::

Brian Sheridan is back from Japan, & he'll be crashing with me for a while. It's good to have him back around.. hopefully it will inspire have some good stories for once, instead of this random banter.

Jason McGimsey Came into town this weekend. He's recently been living in italy for the past few years, helping fight in the protests & working for Glodal Radio translating news reports. It was good seeing him, too bad he wasnt here longer.

Yeah!! MAD Master Travis WEbb!!!!! as in WEBBwerx.. the man got the ToyBox WERKINg! Go check it out!!

:::[18.Aug.03]:::

Jon Anthes, has started his journey to china. Soon he'll be on his plane and over in china, with everything all cozied in. Good Luck man, dont take any shit like Brian did.

Afterwork I was able to fix my car alarm.. after dumping like 6oz's of water outta the siren, now I gotta find a cheap airhorn setup.. that outta make that small dog have a big bark.

:::[13.Aug.03]:::

13 hour drive, Vegas to home, in one day.
We woke up around 9, got everything together & bailed vegas, 10 miles down the road we stopped at the iron skillet for a great breakfast. I think Kara really enjoyed herself, cause this was the last day of our trip & she's still glowing, like she was from the start. It was 3 am by the time we were home.. which I crawled straight to bed.

:::[12.Aug.03]:::

Haven't seen the Grand Canyon Since I was a kid. So getting to go again was really neat. Though, like the first time i was there, I think I enjoyed the wildlife & vegetation of the area more than the hole itself. But I have to admit, it's a really gorgeous site.

:::[10-11.Aug.03]:::

Spent the next 2 days at my grandma's house. Exploring the terrain, and Helping Kara look for "Creepy Bugs".
During one of the "Creepy Bug" hunts i was standing with kara, and had looked around the house and spotted a skunk right on my grandma's porch. Just then, Grampa had run up behind us from the other side of the house. "Okay you two, be quiet.. Andy keep that flashlight on that Skunk.." He pushed between me & kara, armed with a long riflr he ran forward toward the skunk. I taled behind trying my best to keep up and keep light on the "mark." It started to run but me & grandpa were right on top of it. As it got to the ledge Grandpa squessed off a shot *BOOM* the Shotgun rang out into the night, Kara squeeled, and the skunk had dove off the ledge in the nick of time. He got away.. this time.

Later we found that Kara had assumed it was a BB gun like her dad keeps by his door. So it startled her quite well when it went off.

:::[09.Aug.03]:::

Waking up by the heat of the sun cooking us all in the back of a minivan, what I way to wake. We were stiff & sleep deprived. It was when we got out & had a good look around in the sun that we realized this service road held some of the best campsites we'd seen yet. Some off beat place that many a youngster had used for a place for a kegger or general campsite, complete with remenants of campfires.

As we looked around more we realized we were right above the blanders lake. So we drove down for a good swim in a very refreshing water.

The thing I like most about down south, is that it really spawns idea's for the roadkill setting. Southwest tribes & the Post-Apocalyptic seem to mesh hand in hand. Canyon de Chelly is one of those places that can take you back (or forward), and let you imagination run. The tribes here used small earthen houses called Hogans. Let alone dwellings carved right into the sides of the cliff wall.

:::[08.Aug.03]:::

Last night we left on our trip to NM, headed southeast, through boise yesterday, got as far as this cool gorge we stayed at last time through here, calls Malad Gorge. It was relatively painless, but was dark by the time we found it. Note to anyone looking for it: its off I-84.. not the tiny road to Buhl, which takes you nowhere very slowly, we know.

This morning we were back in the car. Got a good distance down the road, but took a longer route in hopes that it would be faster.. Around Salt Lake City. We were able to hit Arches Natinal Park before dusk, to check out a landscape that looks like it was taken straight from mars.

By the time we got out it was too dark to find a camping spot..so I figured its gonna be just as easy finding one right then, as finding one a few hours later.. Dark is still dark. So we drove farther & Ended up in a huge thunderstorm (rain included). everyone decided that the tent idea was out.. we stopped by the side of the road, & made soup & hotdogs with a propane stove in the back of the van.. & only a few miles down the road decided that a service road would work fine as a camping spot.

With the rain & thunder as our enemy, we nestled in to our minivan, for a "cozy" & rough night.

:::[07.Aug.03]:::

Alright this goes out to my buddy Layne, for diggin the fact that I etch the Post Apocolyptic genre. So all you true belivers out there look out, we got Brian Sheridan on the Script writing now, & a whole slew of techniques that outta grab some attention & open your mind.. you ready for the waste? Here's a SNEAK PREVIEW!

Dad got his Airport card Finally!, problem is now I have to make the network ready for him to use it. It's like one of those Sears bikes that parents get for there kids, that they have to build first..

Well I'm leaving for my big Road trip today, everythings packed & ready..If you guys would try and refrain from jamming my email with huge pics that would be nice, but feel free to write. I'll be napping in the back for the first few hours (woohoo SLEEP!) Hopefully I got everything I need.. ya always forget stuff, in my case its something important. like a tent, or pants.

Last weekend I found that Papa Roach was in town last weekend, why you ask? A wedding. Turns out they're guitar tech was marrying a local girl. Who? an ex of mine. I wasn't even invited. She always had a nice way of making me feel special.
But, it doesn't even matter. Cause I'm with a girl that blows her clean outta the water, she makes sure I know how much I mean to her, She is the one that makes me smile at the end of it all.

:::[05.Aug.03]:::

When it Rains it Pours
The summer is starting to go away, & the rain is coming more frequent. I had put in a car alarm after kara got her stereo stolen. After it rained for the first time in weeks.. the alarm now needs repair. But that will have to wait because my power locks are trashed.. I tried to fix them, & now instead of only working half the time they dont work at all. Plus, the panels of my door are in my back seat. I feel like i break more than I fix.

Kara got a new stereo though that her insurance covered.. turned out to be better than mine ;) I think she'll be happy.

I need sun. the cloud cover is starting to get to me already, its only been 3 days.. though last night there was a refraction of sun & the cloud cover, that made everything look like you had red tinted glasses on.. it was very very strange, but so far it fits the mood.

burned laynes ATK Enhanced CD, and a 700mb MP3 mix of all NIN remix, singles & bsides.

:::[28.July.03]:::

Found that my brother got a tattoo started on his calf... mom was not impressed. i figure if I ever get a tatoo.. it would look like this, simple and small:

Went back up to Kara'z dad's place this weekend, Only to be reminded that we were going camping up there. So without planning at all for a camping trip we were completely unprepared, but personally I think it usully works out better that way. a tarp became out shelter, which I jimmy'ed into a makeshit tent, but without walls it actually worked out better.. Everyone has slept in a tent that by about 8am is roasting like the colonols own oven. So, our 'tent' acutally didn't suffer from the roast syndrome. It was nice.
So far the only downside came yesterday.. an hour swimming in the river up there & i'm one nasty sunburn richer & i think everyone got a mild case of heatstroke from the ride home. Myself included. I pretty much slept & chilled out for the rest of the evening. Can't remember the last time I had a headache like that.

:::[22.July.03]:::

:::[8.00am]:::
Andy: today was a day
BS: (damn, it's only 8am there... what could have happened so far?)
Andy: yesterday i meant
Andy: dave was riding me about everything (typical),
tried to put in an alarm on my car, as of now half the alarm works. & half the car works
BS: holy shit! lol
Andy: by about sundown we called it a day.. gave up & then my dad wigged out.
cause I tried putting his car on the street & moving kara's in the driveway
BS: so?,what's wrong with that?
Andy: considering it has a plastic bag for a window it seemed logical
BS: fair enough
Andy: dad. logic.
BS: ah...oil and water?
Andy: that mixes like baking soda & vinegar
BS: (dude, that's fun!)
ever made a baking soda and vinegar bomb?
Andy: you bet, though dry ice & water is much better
BS: I used to take little plastic film containers...fill it 3/4 of the way with vinegar float a little piece of aluminum foil on top, sprinkle some baking soda onto the float, put the cap on,and throw it at people ;)
by the time they catch it it pops in their damn hands and their soaked with vinegar
(I learned THAT trick in church, actually)
Andy: we took dry ice in a 20oz bottle once into jackpot while ross was working
now you can carry this thing around as long as you like
so long as you have the cap loose so air can get out
as I was leaving I closed up the bottle nice & tight & dropped it in the trash .. as if I just finished my soda
BS: LOL hahahahahahahahahaaaaa!
Andy: needless to say we were only about a block away when there was a sound familiar to a gunshot ...from what I heard the next day ross had dove to the ground thinkin he was under fire
BS: holy shit...
Andy: he said trash had hit the ceiling , then went everywhere
BS: well, considering Jackpot's rep, it wouldn't surprise me for employees to think they were under fire
Andy: as long as he worked there I was never allowed inside if I had a drink
BS: shit, I wouldn't let you near me with anything more dangerous than string (and even then I'd watch what you do with the string at all times)

Andy: that fuckin alarm pissed me off
BS: well no shit, if your car only half-works now
Andy: well you know on the drivers side, there are 2 switches that are triggered when the door opens
BS: yeah, the dome light and something else, right?
Andy: right we tapped this to make the alarm sound when the dome light is on
Andy: it doesnt work.. but the dome light still goes on
Andy: this other switch tests to see if I left my key in my car, well that doesnt work anymore & we never touched it
BS: how much would it have cost you to have it professionally installed?
Andy: (bout $150)
BS: how much have you charged your sanity with this installation so far?
Andy: so far i'd say $50 sanity dollars
BS: well, so far you're still on top...

:::[17.July.03]:::

Thunderstorms are starting. The nights have been so warm. Running around barefoot as much as possible.

Me & jon went to work on those alcohol stoves. Jon, was very amused. 9-inch flames & alotta pop can trash.

Got the boat back in the water & it works like a charm. thanx to the plumbers tape.

:::[14.July.03]:::

The Apocolypse has came & gone. I made it through the weekend, which was a wild one thanx to travis. The apocolypse party went great. the visuals weren't happening but that's nobody's fault. the lights still went nuts, along with the people.

Boat update.
Friday we hit the river only to find that we finally pushed the moter mount to the limit. the motor stopped going up and down. So we pulled it out of the water, only to find that the rise gear had completely broke off. The odd part was that there were barnacles growing along the crack.. if anybody out there ever had a marine biology course you might otice that barnacles don't grow in freshwater.. & i've never had this boat in the saltwater. meaning this crack has been there sonce well before we got the boat.
Problem is, it's still broke. Do we fix the part? get a whole new bottom end?? A new boat???
Fuck it, lets Jimmyrig the bastard for the rest of the summer.. & figure out the rest when it's too damn cold to board. A little plumbers tape later, and now we should have it in the water again by tomorrow.

The Hobo Stove Project is a mess, me & jon worked on it late last night.. made little headway, & for the most part came out smelling like a fire. So, I think we are going to start moving on to try Alcohol based stoves. *shrug*..

This is pretty much lead by the Trip i've been cleared to take. I'll be going to New Mexico again, as kind of a reprise trip that I took with Mom about 2 years back. This time kara, & hopefully my brother, will come as well. Last time we camped all the way down, and all the way up as well. It was quite the roadtrip. So, Lately it's got me really entertained with Ultralight Backpacking, and the SAS.

:::[08.July.03]:::

The Fourth of July came & went without a problem, no fingers blown off, no serious fire damage. It was a good night though. We even managed to meet up with some friends I havent seen in a while. The Following few days were great though. We went camping out on the river. Me, Kara, & jon all gathered our stuff & headed out just after 6pm on saturday. once we were on the water jon wanted to get a bit of wake before the sun slipped off the sky.. It was right when jon was coming in that gordon & jim rolled up on a boat, they were out with some friends. Not ony were they out there to share the fun but they were camping as well. So, we pulled in next to them & shared a site & a fire. All in all it was a great time.

In retrospect I've been doing alot of research on ways to make the caming scene a bit easier, & fun. So I added a few more links to sites that could help. Check it out.

For you others out there. Camping & wakeboarding may seem to docile, so, for you I've stumblied apon some cool pages on converting your car into a Cornohol Engine. Anthes went nuts with this & hopefully soon I'll be helping him convert his engine, & build a still. HEHEhehehee, fuck you exxon.

:::[02.July.03]:::

The weekend was Wild. Let alone Long. The moment I left work on thursday we piled into the car and headed for Kara's dad's place. It was his wedding that was the occasion. Friday we went out & stocked up on fishing supplies, rented a canoe, and went all over a lake. The following morning we chilled out a bit because the wedding was that night. So the time came & we headed up to the casino in Coure d'Laine where the wedding was & after half hour of getting ready the ceremony began. The five minute ceremony was followed by a 8 hour reception, a $1000 table of food, & slew of idaho people lookin to get smashed. They did. All in all, it was a great weekend, thanx Kara.

This Week I've found yet another way to amuse myself. I like to think of this goofing off as "Sanity Reimbursement".. I've decided to make cases for all of my svcd's which is quite a few, but in the last 2 days I've already made about 10.

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Kara had never been to an Arby's® before... So yesterday we made our way there to engulf her in the world of the Beef & Chedder©. As soon as we went in I recognized the cashier, It was a friend of a friend that went wakeboarding with us last summer, (though I couldn't remember his name till a bit later). So moments later I was seriously hooked up with food, & had plans to hit a infamous fishing hole that NoBody is really allowed at.. Thanx again Gordon.

I was on my way home, in an absolute rush. David had proceeded to talk my damn ear off, well after 5pm, so I needed to make up for some lost time. I took off like a bullet. When I came to 2nd street I was contending with 5oclock traffic.. but I saw an opening after a bit & decided to take the chance.. I peddled hard, but half way across the street was when my chain flew off the gear again.. sending my torque driven knee into the handle bars. After sliding across the street, feet dragging behind me, I stopped for a while.. trying to regather my brain activity.. the pain was harsh. I tried remounting the chain but it only came off 6 blocks later. So I figured that we could all learn a lesson, I stopped trying to rush everything & walked the bike home. Ok, Gimped the bike home. But, I got there, with no major injuries.

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A very unEventfull weekend, Too cold to play, but just enough sun to make it undreary.

Webb UPdate!
There has been some heavy updating on the web, just about everywhere, but every so often there is work done that hits close to home.

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Hopefully everyone likes a good joke. I stumbled apon a list of the greatest College Pranks ever. Check it out, Maybe it'll inspire a bit of chaos in all of you.

Comp Giveaway
The NixBox is gone, it has went off to a better place to become a PHP server, which is kinda cool , so I really didn't mind how little it went for. I probably would have liked more, but I figure it's like donating to the cause.

I still have a Comp Quadra 660 AV left.
Let me know if anybody is interested, i'd rather see it get used, than sit on a shelf rotting.

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Wake season is officially on!
Last night we were able to get out with the boat. We got up to Lyons Ferry around 7pm. And literally dropped it in the water. Dad was a bit freaked out when the trailer went off the side of the ramp.. but hey.. it landed in water. So me & jon hopped to it, unstrapped it and pushed it the rest of the way in. Moments later, Me, Kara, Dad & Jon were all piled inside. So we took off, heading straight for the Pallouse junction. Before we were even stopped jon had his clothes off & was in the water. So, i gathered the rope & threw it out for him.. let the wakeboarding begin.

Once up jon never did get happy with the speed of the boat.. so after going a few rounds he called it good & came in. My turn, up & out I went.. into what i found was WARM water.. like bathwater.
Up and away! The boat pulled off & i was up, but, like jon, I really wasnt enjoying the lag of the boat. It wasn't till my headplant that kara noticed the boiling water all over the inside of the boat. Dad freaked, jumping out of his seat he rushed to the engine, finding it half engulfed in water. The petcocks were still open, its a procedure used at the end of the season to help air out the engine.

Well after bilge pumping the engine & getting the majority of the water out, we were back in business. So after we failed to talk kara into getting into the water we thought was so warm, jon was back out & ready for boarding. He rode with a much fiercer force, now that the boat wasn't taking on water. You could tell be the grin on jon's head. All was happy, then on our way back in the mouth to the cove dad decided to hug the left and follow it around. I was opening my mouth to warn him right as the boat, in it's full speed, lurched hard.. Sand shot into the air, jon skidded to a full standing hault. This is where I decided to finish my warning by telling dad about the sand bar that's now 2 feet under water, and right under our hull. "i had now idea" he said, I just followed by saying "yeah, i didn't either before I found it the same way a few summers back." Luckily the moment we hit dad pulled the engine up instead of trying to stop. So once again there was no serious damage to the engine.

We all counted our blessings, and as we headed out of Lyons Ferry, i think everyone had the same idea...This is gonna be a good summer.

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Lately, main street has been heavily loaded with young kids hanging out where ever there is room to stand. I happened to be down there visiting my girlfriend while she was working at the coffee shop down there, thats when chaos broke out. Some kid started Kicking the crap outta his mountain bike. kicked it, threw it, bent it. Then left it for dead. After he ran off when the cops came, everything settled back down. 2 Days later we found that he left his bike downtown, bent to hell. I figure 2 days is a reasonable time to consider something finders keepers. So we threw it in the car & took it home. With the pats that we were able to salvage, i'll be able to not only get my mountain bike fixed, but also use a bit of it, to extend the coolness of my BMX.

Aside from that I'm testing some web serving software, & maybe I'll be able to make my own toybox. I could link it from here. hmm.. By the way thanx again Steve for the wecams. If things work just right maybe I'll make a live webcast show.. heheheh.

Roadkill news..
Sounds like things are going strong in japan, Sheridan has picked up the script that kody started years ago. It was the script for the fabled comik book for roadkill. He's continuing where kody left off & from the sounds of it, it's actually coming along alot quicker than I thought. Hope your having fun with it Brian.

WakeSeason!
Yeah!! We worked on the boat, fo the most part of the entire day sunday, only to NOT getting it running in time to actually take it down to the water. But after dinner me & jon went back out to give it a whack, & I'll be damned if it wasnt the same thing that made it seem like the motorcycle wasn't running either. After rescraping the points, we actually saw a great spark. it was only moments later that dad came rushing out the door to see me & jon screaming over the roar of the engine! WOOo!

So hopefully in the next day or so we'll get the boat out for the season, & wakeboarding will be only one quick trip away!

Welcome to the darkside tim.
Finally the weight has lifted off my shoulders, for I got that mac working for tim perfectly, no errors or anything anymore! God knows why there were errors to begin with, but I've squelched them none the less.

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It's amazing how fast time seems to go when your running through daily life with allergy medication pumping through your veins.. It seemed like a good idea last night. Helped me breathe over the night, just long enough to sleep, thanks to this farming community. It was the waking up part that was a bit more difficult.. it was like pulling myself outta quicksand. good god, i'm so drowsy. hehehe,

The Red Cross made a cool page about bring prepared for a disaster. There's alot of good info, but I hink I can use more for idea's within the world of Roadkill. I'm sure a few of you might see the same value in such a cache of info. nonetheless it's pretty cool info. In the event that disaster it's your area. I mean, where else would you find step by step instructions for survivng a Tsunami.

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Looks like the powerhouse mac I built a few years back is moving on with a friend of mine, he seemed to really want it. That sounds like a pretty good home to me. Ever notice though how you have something thats really working great it always goes to shit, the moment you try to pass it off to someone who could really use it. So, it looks like I have a good mess in front of my to figure out whats the problem on this machine. Soon as I figure out the bug, tim, the powerhouse is yours.

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I updated the little head to the right--> So, at least now it fits the page, & its not an obnoxious weird black box..

Check it out it's the 4th of June not only have I NOT gone fishing yet, but I still haven't gotton started de"winterizing" the boat yet.. & getting alot hotter out, i guess this week of almost 90° might get my ass in gear.

I got out my minidisc finally & used it to give a better soundtrack on the way to work.. its kinda wild riding a BMX with a heavy track blasting in the background.. i feel like I'm on some 80's movie. hehehe.

One thing I did decide to figure out is getting a longer seat post bar that I'm gonna bend (somehow) so it'll get my seat rocked back over the back wheel, which will make it look like a lowrider, but at least it will give more legroom.. heheh.

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Roadkill News..
We finally got to begin the wild Roadkill Game i had planned o so long ago. For some reason everybody's schedule came into agreement. The game began without a hitch, though my brother wasnt able to make it till the following session I had to improvise a bit & give joel & jim a bit to chew on to keep them busy.. & busy they were. Jim got to experience a crossbow bolt in his shoulder along with a 1.25" wrench to the temple.

Joel I'm sure woulda died if it wasnt for his perk which came at a great time, causing his attacker to break his leg in a rabbit hole.

Needless to say the two survived long enough to find Peter's character tied to a cross. after much monkeying about they eventually got him down.

They all survived the fight that followed when they stumbled apon a small group of slavers..yet it was a few days later that they all realized just how big there foe really was. lets see how they deal with a 30 man army of militant slavers. Especially considering there near death experiences already.

The Bike
I realized recently that driving to & from work is disturbingly hard on the gas milage let alone a waste of good sun. So i found the first bike I ever had, the old red beater that it was, covered in cat piss & years of rust & weathering. I pulled everybolt I could find.. took it all apart, and set to the task of refurbishing the old beast. 2 days, & $29 later I have a new bike. Armed with new tires, a new chain, a completely repainted frame & handlebars, my new bike moves not like new.. but way better than it was.

Now I'm contemplating making a custom seat, one that is rocked back a bit, hanging me over the back wheel, but it will increase the leg room & the ride..heheheh

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Well after destroying this page, kinda pieced back together. Hopefully all will come together quickly, though it really depends on the feedback.

Roadkill
Ok, the game is coming... i've been saying that for a while, i know. I'm hoping we can get everyone togther soon. Me & Brian have worked hard on it, & i think the guys will enjoy the story. I'm shooting for tonight. by god jim, dont let me down. hehehe.

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Here it is. The Beginning of a new blog to help keep the communication lines open. Let me know if you feel like something is missing. (though right now I feel like everything is missing... damn machine)

... I had this whole page built. Then I accidentaly wiped the whole thing out.. fuck. I'm so damn mad. i had a hell of a lot more content for you guys. so for your wisdom, remember this: When a computer asks you for confirmation about OVERWRITING data.. stop and think.

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I've finaly completed my training. I got my Cisco Certification a few days ago, so now I guess I'm a boneAfide geek..

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Reunited to Ancient Family : Missouri

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