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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

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