Monday, October 31, 2005
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
tagged, in the wake of my beautiful wife.
originally from lindsay.
i'll try to keep it short and sweet as hell.
10 years ago: i'm 15. freshman/sophmore, somewhere in there. i'm listening to sad smashing pumpkins songs and acting depressed. wearing vans and flannels. staying up late toilet papering houses with kids that are way older than me. i'm probably just starting to branch into the whole skateboard and punk rock phase.
5 years ago: i'm, umm, 20. living in huntington beach. being an asshole. dropping out of college. delivering pizza. smoking cigarettes, and discovering jimmy eat world, clarity.
1 year ago: like she said, freshly married up. gettin busy in the sack. sorry. remodeling our humble abode. discovering things about each other, about giving and loving in the true sense of the words. road trippin. having good old times with friends. drinking.
yesterday: it technically started with the colour boys, then driving home from our show in l.a. getting home at 3am. going to work at 1pm. tearing apart tile and getting drywall in my eyes. watching crash. drinking hot chocolate. going to bed. pretty damn exciting.
5 snacks i enjoy:
must i remind you of the emenada.
7-11 go-go taquitos.
shortbread cookies.
odwalla superfood.
maybe a nice cold mgd.
5 songs i know all the words to:
in my garage, weezer.
lady madonna, beatles.
rocket town, micheal w. smith.
super galactic chick princess, norpain.
and the family guy theme.
5 things i'd do with a million dollars:
get super selfish and buy a bunch of shit.
build my grandma pool her dream tree house.
get my wife a washer and dryer.
build a vintage recording studio.
travel.
5 places i'd run away to:
narnia.
tokyo.
tibet.
tahiti.
my bedroom when i was 10.
5 things i'd never wear:
pretty much nothing, yah this one's really not making me think.
5 favorite tv shows:
iron chef.
american chopper.
laguna beach.
modern marvels.
seinfeld.
5 biggest joys:
my wife.
my music.
sleeping.
eating.
showering.
5 favorite toys:
unfortunatly i don't really have any,
but i want a quad,
a batting cage,
some kayaks,
an x-box,
and a slinky.
i'll try to keep it short and sweet as hell.
10 years ago: i'm 15. freshman/sophmore, somewhere in there. i'm listening to sad smashing pumpkins songs and acting depressed. wearing vans and flannels. staying up late toilet papering houses with kids that are way older than me. i'm probably just starting to branch into the whole skateboard and punk rock phase.
5 years ago: i'm, umm, 20. living in huntington beach. being an asshole. dropping out of college. delivering pizza. smoking cigarettes, and discovering jimmy eat world, clarity.
1 year ago: like she said, freshly married up. gettin busy in the sack. sorry. remodeling our humble abode. discovering things about each other, about giving and loving in the true sense of the words. road trippin. having good old times with friends. drinking.
yesterday: it technically started with the colour boys, then driving home from our show in l.a. getting home at 3am. going to work at 1pm. tearing apart tile and getting drywall in my eyes. watching crash. drinking hot chocolate. going to bed. pretty damn exciting.
5 snacks i enjoy:
must i remind you of the emenada.
7-11 go-go taquitos.
shortbread cookies.
odwalla superfood.
maybe a nice cold mgd.
5 songs i know all the words to:
in my garage, weezer.
lady madonna, beatles.
rocket town, micheal w. smith.
super galactic chick princess, norpain.
and the family guy theme.
5 things i'd do with a million dollars:
get super selfish and buy a bunch of shit.
build my grandma pool her dream tree house.
get my wife a washer and dryer.
build a vintage recording studio.
travel.
5 places i'd run away to:
narnia.
tokyo.
tibet.
tahiti.
my bedroom when i was 10.
5 things i'd never wear:
pretty much nothing, yah this one's really not making me think.
5 favorite tv shows:
iron chef.
american chopper.
laguna beach.
modern marvels.
seinfeld.
5 biggest joys:
my wife.
my music.
sleeping.
eating.
showering.
5 favorite toys:
unfortunatly i don't really have any,
but i want a quad,
a batting cage,
some kayaks,
an x-box,
and a slinky.
Friday, October 14, 2005
Sunday, October 09, 2005
i was tagged by lindsay
10 years ago: 15 years old. sophmore year of high school. this year had many different phases for me. the begining of the year is when i ended my little "rebellious" phase. i had too much to drink at a jimmy buffet concert. i vaguely remeber sitting on the shoulders of a large hawiian man, singing along to "fins", which was much to the amusement of the people i was with, expect for jaime's mom. i don't think she was impressed. but after that i said goodbye to rum and anything else that pirates drink. i also became president of the backpacking club at my highschool that year and started hiking to castle rock twice a week before school. and i went to the philippines with josh and nadia. pretty much i was a bad ass that year.
5 years ago: 20 years old. my junior year of college and i studied abroad in england. this was one of the best things i've done in my twenties. i travelled through europe with this girl named esther whom i barely knew. i ate gellato, sat in the colosieum for about 3 hours because it was so amazing, sang bob dylan songs with a homeless man in hyde park, worked at a pre-school with the most precious little english kids, thought for sure i would marry some hot englishman but after the charm of their accents wore off i realized i was not a fan of tight pants and turtle necks, i was lonely, and i learned more about myself than i ever had before. when i got back from england i lived with rosie and suzanne in the "costa misery". we made big dinners together and watched the same six seinfeld episodes over and over. my lesbian haircut was growing out, it was a good year.
1 year ago: i just got married, so pretty much all i did was get freaky. just kidding. i went to hawaii for the first time and loved it. matt and i were still working on our house when we got back so we lived in his parents' cabins and had to move to a different one every three days. this took about five months and then we finally got to move into our house. i also went up to portland with suzo and rosie, to move suzo there. it was a really fun trip, but sad to say good-bye to suzanne ( i miss you). matt, derek, nate, and i took a little trip up to san francisco for bridgeschool and that was an amazing time. we stayed in a lighthouse/hostel. we went to a pumpkin festival and went wine tasting and then we saw paul mcCartney. this was probably the biggest transitional year.
yesterday: i went to breakfast and lunch with rosie and then i had to say good-bye to her. she will be back in vegas and i'm very sad not to have her here with me anymore. i was pretty much upset about that all day and ended up having way too much to drink while watching "hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy", which i'm going to have to watch over again. matt didn't notice me boozing it up and he didn't figure it out until we went to bed and i couldn't stop laughing at nothing at all, apparently. then i told him i was going to throw up and then i burst into tears and cried hysterically for about ten minutes. the poor boy didn't know whether he should carry me to the bathroom so i could vomit, soothe me so i could stop crying, or let me sleep it off.
5 snacks i enjoy: tacos from jack in the box, 31 flavors chocolate peanut-butter ice cream, carmel apples, hot tamales candy, and chips w/ guacamole.
5 songs i know all the words to: well this is tough because i rule at knowing all the words to songs. but i'll highlight some of my favorites to sing at the top of my lungs when my radio is broken:
1. shoop, by TLC
2. the humpty dance, by digital underground
3. crazy, by patsy cline
4. ticket to ride, by the beatles
5. everyone ruins it, by annlynn
5 things i'd do with a million dollars:
1. buy my mom a new car and put her through school
2. put rosie through school and support her so she can go to india and africa to help sick people
3. buy esme an entire library with any books she wants
4. buy matt 10 beautiful drum sets
5. travel and be a lady of leisure for as long as possible
5 places i'd run away to:
1. portland
2. disneyland
3. london
4. spain
5. interlaken, switzerland
5 things i'd never wear:
1. anything with puffy paint
2. sweaters with apples, teddy bears, or kittens
3. low rise pants with a thong showing, so tasteful
4. leather jackets with fringe, sorry mom
5. "juicy" velour track outfits
5 favorite tv shows:
1. seinfeld
2. wonder years
3. cosby show
4. felicity
5. smallville
5 biggest joys
1. matt
2. my neice, esme
3. having coffee with rosie and suzanne
4. reading in bed/ writing
5. i'm going to agree with lindsay, "when i am really able to rest in god's grace"
5 favorite toys
when i was little: my barbies, my casio keyboard that made animal noises, my paper dolls, my roller skates, anything that belonged to my brother.
now: my volkswagon, my harmonica, matt (my boy toy), my roller skates (still), and my snowboard.
5 fine folks who can now consider themselves tagged:
becca, linda, joey, derek, josh pool.
5 years ago: 20 years old. my junior year of college and i studied abroad in england. this was one of the best things i've done in my twenties. i travelled through europe with this girl named esther whom i barely knew. i ate gellato, sat in the colosieum for about 3 hours because it was so amazing, sang bob dylan songs with a homeless man in hyde park, worked at a pre-school with the most precious little english kids, thought for sure i would marry some hot englishman but after the charm of their accents wore off i realized i was not a fan of tight pants and turtle necks, i was lonely, and i learned more about myself than i ever had before. when i got back from england i lived with rosie and suzanne in the "costa misery". we made big dinners together and watched the same six seinfeld episodes over and over. my lesbian haircut was growing out, it was a good year.
1 year ago: i just got married, so pretty much all i did was get freaky. just kidding. i went to hawaii for the first time and loved it. matt and i were still working on our house when we got back so we lived in his parents' cabins and had to move to a different one every three days. this took about five months and then we finally got to move into our house. i also went up to portland with suzo and rosie, to move suzo there. it was a really fun trip, but sad to say good-bye to suzanne ( i miss you). matt, derek, nate, and i took a little trip up to san francisco for bridgeschool and that was an amazing time. we stayed in a lighthouse/hostel. we went to a pumpkin festival and went wine tasting and then we saw paul mcCartney. this was probably the biggest transitional year.
yesterday: i went to breakfast and lunch with rosie and then i had to say good-bye to her. she will be back in vegas and i'm very sad not to have her here with me anymore. i was pretty much upset about that all day and ended up having way too much to drink while watching "hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy", which i'm going to have to watch over again. matt didn't notice me boozing it up and he didn't figure it out until we went to bed and i couldn't stop laughing at nothing at all, apparently. then i told him i was going to throw up and then i burst into tears and cried hysterically for about ten minutes. the poor boy didn't know whether he should carry me to the bathroom so i could vomit, soothe me so i could stop crying, or let me sleep it off.
5 snacks i enjoy: tacos from jack in the box, 31 flavors chocolate peanut-butter ice cream, carmel apples, hot tamales candy, and chips w/ guacamole.
5 songs i know all the words to: well this is tough because i rule at knowing all the words to songs. but i'll highlight some of my favorites to sing at the top of my lungs when my radio is broken:
1. shoop, by TLC
2. the humpty dance, by digital underground
3. crazy, by patsy cline
4. ticket to ride, by the beatles
5. everyone ruins it, by annlynn
5 things i'd do with a million dollars:
1. buy my mom a new car and put her through school
2. put rosie through school and support her so she can go to india and africa to help sick people
3. buy esme an entire library with any books she wants
4. buy matt 10 beautiful drum sets
5. travel and be a lady of leisure for as long as possible
5 places i'd run away to:
1. portland
2. disneyland
3. london
4. spain
5. interlaken, switzerland
5 things i'd never wear:
1. anything with puffy paint
2. sweaters with apples, teddy bears, or kittens
3. low rise pants with a thong showing, so tasteful
4. leather jackets with fringe, sorry mom
5. "juicy" velour track outfits
5 favorite tv shows:
1. seinfeld
2. wonder years
3. cosby show
4. felicity
5. smallville
5 biggest joys
1. matt
2. my neice, esme
3. having coffee with rosie and suzanne
4. reading in bed/ writing
5. i'm going to agree with lindsay, "when i am really able to rest in god's grace"
5 favorite toys
when i was little: my barbies, my casio keyboard that made animal noises, my paper dolls, my roller skates, anything that belonged to my brother.
now: my volkswagon, my harmonica, matt (my boy toy), my roller skates (still), and my snowboard.
5 fine folks who can now consider themselves tagged:
becca, linda, joey, derek, josh pool.
Friday, October 07, 2005
tahoe whereabouts pt. 4
homeward. our fourth and final voyage log. as i said earlier, we took reno like johnny depp in fear and loathing, but came out cotten picken' broke. well other than the stuffed purple bear we won esme. we said goodbye for now and plotted a course south, down the redonkyless 395, and by redonkyless i mean spectacular in it's beauty. along the back side of yosemite, erick schat's bakery in bishop came highly recommended. eat there. we too recommend it. soon after we stopped at a world war two japanese relocation camp called manzanar. this was very interesting, emotionally, and deserves a blog of it's own to describe. all that remained were the foundations of a post office, a hospital, baseball fields and shack upon shack bordered by what appeared to be rock or bonsai gardens. the most moving was the cemetary (in photos). the remainder of the drive was to a purple sky over the mojave, and before long we returned to reality in the form of a warm bed and an alarm clock set for 6:30am, when it's workin time.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
tahoe whereabouts pt. 3
at a chilly 2 in the a.m. we arrived at the doorstep of the casa de castaneda (chris & sarah in photos) to a charming tray of cup cakes (also in photos) baked by the mr. of the home. we were taken right in with such warmth and generosity. in the days to follow we toured the valley and were persistently taken aback by its beauty. we shopped candy and toy. we boys kayaked the truckee river (in photos) where i grew too brave and challenged a rock that turned me over, literally, to the icey rapids. we gambled in reno (photos in pt.4). we hiked the mountain. and, if i may be so bold, we very much enjoyed "13 going on 30". all in all we were inspired by chris and sarah to live the life of a toyota commercial as they do.
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
tahoe whereabouts pt. 2
in next to no time we said farewell to josh, nadia, and ewan and were back in the saddle singing over the all too familiar hum of the 101 at seventy m.p.h. it's one of the more beautiful drives in california, the tunnels and trains and pea soup. we passed and were passed by friends all pointed to the same northern nuptials of kristen and dan. kristen was the first girl i ever shared a saucer sled with. an old beloved friend. good food. good drink. good company. and again as the sun tucked itself into the sea, my wife and i were back on the trail, en route for the sierra nevadas.
Monday, October 03, 2005
tahoe whereabouts pt. 1
end of september. part one of the travels my wife and i shared. we drove toward the west's swiftly passing sun, through the wintry air and red leaves, down the mountain's side , through the vaporous city of angels, to arrive at the blessed home of the talbot family. together at sea level we ate fish, puffed smoke, played gap-hide-and-go-seek, all in all spending (not enough) much needed time being friends.
part 2. (wedding)
part 3. (truckee/tahoe)
part 4. (homeward)
all to follow
part 2. (wedding)
part 3. (truckee/tahoe)
part 4. (homeward)
all to follow
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