the sound of a flipbook playing

2009-09-29T22:06:00.000-07:00

'09 Playoffs!!!

2009-04-16T21:39:00.000-07:00

back to life

2009-04-04T01:03:00.000-07:00

Eric was back in the states for the last few weeks. I'd like to say we had a bunch of crazy adventures, like gumboy, but we ended up doing not much. Most of his trip consisted of copious drinking and eating. He got a sweet tat on his back.

R.I.P. Eric's glasses.

Kt got her new boobs Thursday. She said she is feeling pretty good, but I think it's more the pain meds talking. That has to hurt, I don't care who you are. hopefully her and Preston are happy with the new toys.

Speak Your Mind is at Lawlor tomorrow night. Staring Sage Francis, Hiero, 2Mex, Living Legends, Kidz in the Hall, and more. Last time Sage came to Reno I found something else to do so I'm not going to miss it this time.

I finally finished playing fallout 3 last night. Amazing game! Should have been game of the year(XPLAY). Chino let me borrow it last week. I played 80 hours in one week. I was addicted. I'm glad I didn't buy it or I would most likely still be playing.

I was out of cayenne but Ash took me to costco tonight and I got 3 gigantic bottles of cayenne pepper so I'll never run out again.

Get well Julie!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

2009-03-16T23:52:00.000-07:00

It's here. Another day of;

Corned beef eatin,

This is actually made out of corned beef cans, not sure who done it, but fun nevertheless.

Guinness drinking

Dog is named guinness, so it says.

finding lucky clovers

or making them.

dying a river green

Chicago does it every year?!

wearin green

listenin to Danny boy

And all kinds of other stupid shit that has nothing to actually do with the celebration of good ol' St. Patrick and his day.

So have a good time I know I will.

Happy Bday G'pa!

Chicken!

2009-03-08T21:45:00.001-07:00

St. Patrick's Day

2009-03-03T14:45:00.001-08:00

Ravioli Bears!

2009-02-22T22:18:00.000-08:00

fakereality of war

2009-02-20T10:27:00.000-08:00

I've been doing role-playing, pretending I'm an Afghan villager. Most of it was sitting around a campfire shootin' the shit, but when the marines did security sweeps it got real intense really fast. The first few days I was an IED facilitator hiding in a small mountain village. I got sold out by my own people the second day so the marines raided our camp, captured me and tossed me in jail. Even knowing it was fake it was freaky having three rifles in my face while being bagged and cuffed. After I was in jail they called a no-play and I got to hang out with the marines. The start learning Eng by age 10 so we could communicate well. I got to hear them sing happy bday in Dutch. After I was released they moved me to a city site.
It is a fake town made out of mill vans rinolined in lt brown. It's quite elaborate. They have a three story mosque with a golden dome. I was no longer the IED facilitator but no one told the second group of marines. So when they saw me this group wanted to arrest me too. This took them off their main target of finding a kidnapped army officer (couldn't be a marine because "marines don't get captured!") we were holding in our village. But they weren't doing thier sweeps of the town correctly anyways so the trainer made them redo the scenario. But this time around they had me drive down the road and fire off some AK shots to liven up the training. My sister was in the village at the time and saw a guy freak when he heard the shots. "What the F!? What the F!?" as he spins aimlessly for 20 seconds searching for a clue, before lifting his rifle and dropping to the ground for cover. The trainers weren't real happy with how things were going thus far anyways.
The last night they planned to enter the village, save the army hostage, gain intel from him, then reenter the village and save the UN hostages that the army hostage told them about. They decided instead to just raid the village while we were all hiding from them (on purpose) so they could free the army hostage and took everyone by surprise. According to the Dutch command this worked so well they felt they needed to mock the training, "Are we done with all this silliness?" among other things. They didn't want to listen to Preston about what they did wrong, so he called the training soon after.
So it was really fun, kind of like getting paid to go camping (sans beer). I have a new found desire to go to Holland, everyone seemed like fun nice people. I have a new understanding on how citizens of a wartorn country could hate the forces that are trying to "help them." It doesn't seem so helpful when they arrest you in the middle of the night while shooting up your house looking for someone you don't know.

girl scouts have a small box

2009-01-31T22:56:00.000-08:00

same price less cookies

Candy bars cost 99 cents now too

new P.O.S. album

never better

Taken was a good movie check it out

I just started reading Good Omens but I'm enjoying it a lot

Scrubs is back. It's on ABC now so you can watch episodes on this site.

just a lil news music movies books and tv I'm diggin right now

I'll take the long way home

2009-01-28T08:49:00.000-08:00

miles total when I arrived in Las Vegas, 2845 in five days!

how the roads look from Flint to D.C.

it was cold in Flint

stopped off in Cleveland to see the "Q"

Obamamania in D.C.

D.C. stuff

I arrived around 6 a.m. It was pretty scarce of people till about 7. Then the cops and bus loads of blacks started milling around. On almost every corner a sardine can (bus) full of black people was empting. On the other corners were cops with thier lights on for no reason. Besides the horrible roads, five way stops and everything being one way streets, it was just getting too crowded so I took off and headed to Kitty Hawk.

I took a lay over in Williamsburg. It was crap. A bunch of junk stores in beautiful old buildings.

World's largest hammock! It was a lot smaller than I thought it was going to be based on the 20 million billboards talking it up.

The Outer Banks of N. Carolina had these painted pegasus statues all over the place each with a different paint theme. This was my favorite with a an old world map paint job.

Kitty Hawk memorial

Horrible!

Boiled peanuts, they were all over S. Carolina

Krystal! Best chicken biscuit on the market. Try one if you ever get a chance.

Bingo parlors were everywhere in Alabama

Childhood home of Elvis. It was tiny.

Corky's dry ribs in Memphis! They were wonderful, best ribs I've ever eaten.

Mississippi River

Arkansas Nuclear One

The Big Texan. Home of the 72 oz. steak

American Quarter Horse Musem, I had to take a picture for my mom.

These assholes stayed side by side like this for at least 6 mins going 65 in a 75 zone. I hate them with the furry of one white sun!

lil bit o' difference

2009-01-15T08:21:00.000-08:00

Driving around the greater Flint area I noticed a few things. Coney joints were the second most concentrated stores next to thrift shops. The normal Stores have different names. Albertson's is called Kroger, Carl's Jr. is Hardeys, there's another burger joint called Halo Burger. Even some of the brand names are different out here. Dreyers Ice Cream is called Edy's Ice Cream. They also have candy bars in Mi that I don't remember ever seeing out west like the Mallo Cup.

end before the trip begins

2009-01-12T18:08:00.000-08:00

We finally made it to Flint. After reading Eric's story I realize I didn't have anything reason to whine. I ended up sleeping till 9 pm and staying up till 4:30, It's Always Sunny season 3 is great! It's cold as all hell (does that compute) here. Snow all over and more on it's way. The news predicts temps in the negatives this week. I know it's MI and I should expect it to be this way but I've only ever been here in the summer so I've only heard old Irishman stories about winter in MI so I didn't really believe what they said.

As an aside I'm planning my drive home. What would you want to see if you could go anywhere in the eastern USA?

grounded

2009-01-10T21:53:00.000-08:00

Our flight to Chicago got delayed in Reno from 1:15 to 2:10 to 3:15, then we boarded the plane and sat for 30 mins on the runway. I was crammed next to loviedovie russian couple and my dad had three seats to himself. Half way through the flight they got up so I ran to take away my dad's freedom too relax. Only to find out that the guy in front of me pushed his seat back farther than legally possible and there was a baby crying behind me while his older sister kicked the back of my seat; damn I love kids! Due to the delay we arrived in Chicago at 9:05 our connecting flight to Flint took off at 9:03.

I lost my dad on the way to the next terminal so he called me and asked if I wanted to stay in a hotel or on a cot at the airport. I sure as shit decided the hotel. But come to find out they didn't comp us a room we still had to pay $75 to stay at a hotel that took over an hour to get to becuase everyone that missed their connecting flights were refered to the same hotel, the Aloft, and they only had one shuttle.

So this is where I'm typing from right now. It's actually a really nice place, but it's midnight now and we have to get up at 6 to get on our 9:30 (cross your fingers) flight.

Here's to travelin'

wagon train is lost

2009-01-08T22:27:00.000-08:00

My dad and I are flying back to Michigan Saturday to visit my G'ma. He will fly back ten days later. I will be driving back in my G'ma's 03 Focus that my dad is buying. I'm not really sure on the plan but I will be heading farther east, loop south and head back west while going through as many states as possible.

I put a link to Kathleen's blog about her and Alx's experience in Afghanistan.

happy xmas and a merrily '09

2008-12-31T09:40:00.000-08:00

Alx called and said they were flying out, then he said kept flopping back and fro with a horrible scratching noise and are you there? Don' you love cell phones? So, I didn't really get any details but Kat and him are gone, '09 at war. They both seemed to be in good spirits before they left. I flew down to vegas the 20th. Their coworkers held a party, not sure if it was a going away party or just a party, but it was fun either way. We learned a new drinking game, 1/4 pong.

The next night we went to midnight bowling. I'm a horrible bowler and Alx almost fell asleep in the lane. The following nights we went gambling. I'm a horrible gambler. I played roulette for the first time, it was pretty fun. Alx killed it the first night. The dealer or roller (what ever she's called) ran out of black chips cause Alx had them all. I don't think he actually won anything cause he took us out for ox tail soup at 5 in the morning on our way home. It was wonderful. The 2nd round of gambling was dominated by Kat. She was the only one that could even stay on the table for longer than 5 mins.

Thanks to Alx and Kat for letting me visit, for all the good food and fun. I wish you the best on your deployment. I hope it all works out for the best.

We went a few miles out of vegas and there is just a giant pile of trash and empty shells where people go shooting. Kat is quite the dead eye, don't F w/ her.

Christmas eve I drove to Elko with Jones. It's a 6 hour drive that ended up around 91/2 hours long. Jones drove most the way but being as he just got his wisdom teeth out his mouth started getting sore so he made me start driving (might be safer if I'm not in the passenger seat anyways, just ask Alx). It was snowing so much we were going marker to marker. It was a complete white out at parts, not being able to see past the windshield. I drove a little more careful than usual because it was Jess' car and if i wrecked it I would never hear the end of it. We made it just fine.

Christmas day was pretty uneventful. My dad got some steaks and we had a good dinner. His friend Jay gave us some deer salami that was wonderful. The next day we heard about the train derailment next to Carlin so we hopped in the ol chev to check it out.

Happy New Year and i hope everyone had a wonder Christmas!

mainstreamclearchannelsucksballs

2008-12-30T16:31:00.000-08:00

I would like to thank Kevin Pereira for making a completly worthless song, inwhich the music took fifteen minutes, the vocals took five and it was all created in GarageBand with built-in effects, to mock pretty much every mainstream hiphop song on the market. Only you can help stop shitty music from being made. Heed my call, stop purchasing or even listening to auto-tune bullshit. *uck-a-kanye

just fyi the shit we are fighting against

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXBqfEwydx8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=740d8sTpM7U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT_fnAjZNDY

sorry to anyone that actaully listened to the links

truth in laughter

2008-12-30T16:25:00.001-08:00

gears 2 in 1 min

2008-12-18T23:44:00.000-08:00

then till now

2008-12-15T17:42:00.000-08:00

1/4th of my thanksgiving dinners. we did a standing rib roast and a balsamic pork loin roast in kt's garage thursday. My mom did a bagged turkey saturday morn. saturday night schy's mom did an alton brown turkey. The next sunday ash and i made the one in the picture.

while ash and amber went on the wine walk i sat back at the tap house. we ended up drinking with the bartender and i think the owner. after they got off we went to there house for some more drinking. it was a really nice house right on the river. but when we got there they stacked the logs too high and when they burnt down a lil a log fell and broke the glass door. later on some guy fell over while holding a box of rice chex, thus dusting the entire kitchen floor with chex. it was a strange night.

scott got his box of heads. those africans know how to pack a box i didnt think it was possible to get all the heads in a box that small.

alx's arm vd

joe s and jess j playin with skin and bones. we had a party over at palmers aparto.

one of the nights joe was up from tempe we went to slots of fun. we lost money.

good thing they werent behind us

were a safe family

family tradition. we did an early christmas at my moms house because kt preston and the kids are going to california, my dad has to work and i dont know what ill be doing. ash and i are going to her christmas party is this friday. saturday im flying to vegas for alxs going away party and driving back with palmer and schy the following weekend.

this i swhat it looked like in reno this morning. it snowed all night and most of the day. mr weather dude says we have another day of it too. when i was just driving around sliding my car i saw 4 car wrecks.

Happy bday alx

the wii reminded us!

for the next few weeks

2008-11-05T23:32:00.001-08:00

true terror

2008-11-03T09:55:00.001-08:00

Hallowed Eve has ended.

The little Hegan boy fearlessly consuming his confectioner spoils.

Thinking the spooks and witches have gone into hidding.

Feeling warm and safe for another year.

Unbeknownst to him,

the True Terror

is just begining

3 days before

GoW2

Happy Halloween!

2008-10-31T09:34:00.000-07:00

These are our Jack-O-Lanterns this year.

Beerpong party tonight!

huevos

2008-10-23T19:46:00.000-07:00

Hofbräuhaus

2008-10-01T23:38:00.000-07:00

Bobbi Jo and her Bfriend Jr. were staying in Vegas for a couple days so we met up for dinner. Palmer and Schy had been telling us about Hofbräuhaus, large beers and good music. We met up and all ordered a liter of beer! My arm got tired holding it so I had to drink it faster! I ordered the Dunkel everyone else got the Oktoberfest.

The band was great...when they played the German music. They played some newer pop stuff that just didn't seem to fit the ambiance. The singer was German but the others were Swedish.

Jon and Santa Maria were an old German couple that got seated next to us. It's fam style seating with giant tables and other parties get seated next to you if you don't fill the table. They live in L.A. and come to vegas every few months to do some gambling. They go to Germany at least once a year and have been in the OG Hofbrau Muchen during Oktoberfest. Here they made us try a German Cherry Schnapps that wasn't sweet...at all, it was like tequila with a slight hint of cherry.

This guy pounded a liter of beer, that's as big as Palmers beer boot, while standing on top of a ten foot tower of speakers! He then played the drums on every table in the place and on our beer glasses at our table. Later Schy and I were talking to him and he gave away his beer chug secret. "It's half water." Moral; don't believe in anything.

"Thirst is worse than homesickness"

planning for the future

2008-09-30T16:36:00.000-07:00

If you had purchased $1000.00 of AIG stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00.
With Fannie Mae, you would have $16.50 left of the original $1000.00.
With Freddie Mac, you would have less than $5.00 left.
If you had purchased $1000.00 of WAMU stock, you would have $49.00 left.
If you had purchased $1000.00 worth of Lehman Brothers stock, you would have nothing left. But…
If you had purchased $1000.00 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for recycling, you would have $114.00!
Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle!

Jr. High!

2008-09-30T01:35:00.000-07:00

I had this hanging in my locker

Early?

2008-09-29T01:33:00.000-07:00

This video is from the day before but it is spot on from the vegas concert

On a side note I had a vision of a comic. Palmer tells me I need to write these ideas down so they arn't forgotten.

Soooo it's a Zombie vs. Robot rip. But this was a wonderful, quite possibly great comic (if you or anyone wants to read it let me know). Idea is; timeframe null, with advanced cyborg tech.

Main character, cop with some sort of shady past, is in a lab solving "x." During this issue a beaker is broken on Main characters gun. This gun is later fired at a perp that dies.....then rises with zombosease and, reawakes (dramaticly).

So the diff from this and all other z'ed word movies/comic/shorts is the cyborg part works perfectly normal on the zombos. The zombies are really slow and want brains (yeah so?) The cyborg parts are just as super-human as ever.

This story however, every zombie is diff. If he/she had borg legs it could run just as fast as before it was a z'ed. But its brain is still dead. If the arm was borg it could crush a can just as fast as when alive and a normal cyborg. (twist) the main characters partner had a Borg mind.... but he/she got bit and is now a zombo! He/she becomes the lead zombo because the body needs brainszore to live but still has the thought capacityto lead as before it was zombofied!

let me know what you think?

Atmos

2008-09-26T10:26:00.001-07:00

The concert was choice! I waited to get tickets at the concert. Last time I went to a HOB concert all the tickets were general admission. This time seated tickets were all they had left. I was pretty sore. I like getting into the pit and getting a lil crazy. But it all work out in the end. There were four fights in the pit and a bunch of people kicked out of the concert, and it was nice not being sweaty and hurting by the end of the show.

Abstract Rude was the first opening band. He was on the Del tour we went to in Tahoe. Then Blueprint come up and Nick and I both thought he was white until he got on stage. Both the openers were fun. Nick and I talked through most of thier shows catching up on the last year. Chantel is back and a real doctor now! She got a house near Green Valley and they are doing great.

Atmosphere tours with a keyboard player, guitar player, a beautiful voiced back up diva, and now Ant tours with the group. It was really neat having that live music and interaction between the band members, instead of the usual dj and mc mix of a normal hiphop act. They played mostly the new stuff at the begining. Most of the new album is like this video. It's quite different than anything else Atmos has done. Then went the show got going they played some of thier old time favs. After a good show they walked off stage and waited for the encore chants and came back, like all concerts. However, after playing thier normal ending song they went on for about 8 more songs then had Abstract Rude and Blueprint come back on stage for a freestyle. It was cool. Abstract was the most believable. His lines didn't sound canned and he talked mostly about vegas and gambling.

I have a couple of really bad pics on my phone I'll put up later.

Vegas

2008-09-22T00:57:00.000-07:00

I'm down in Vegas staying at Palmer and Schys new aparto. It's pretty nice. There is a crack between the floor and the front door. Thier kittens, Skin & Bones, wait in the doorway every night for crickets to come through the crack. They don't have any claws so they just kind of smack them around.

When I got here it was Schys worse nightmare was remanifested when Palmer and I decided to beat GofW on insane mode. We had gotten to Ramm on insane before but I didn't have the gumption to finish him off. But we finally did it! I'm now fully ready for GofW 2.

Friday we got some frolf discs that were surprisingly expensive at 10 bones a pop. We went to sunset park but couldnt find hole number one. So we started on hole 5. The course was really confusing, the fairways overlapped each other a lot and the signs describing the hole were pretty poor. We played a decent 13 holes and by the time we were done non of us could use our arms. I think were getting old if we can't play frolf sans injury!

Saturday we went to a beerpong competition at an "irish pub" It was in a casino, but it's still a pretty cool place. I went to see an Irish punk band there when The Griz and Jneal were here this summer. It was a one on one tournie and we got there early to practice. It didnt help at all. We both got beat in the first round. We watched the 2nd round and both of the guys that beat us lost. So to sum we suck at beerpong now.

Ash you need to watch The Go-Getter and Chaos Theory

AKIRA

2008-09-08T21:08:00.000-07:00

I finally finished reading the Akira manga. Besides the cheez at the end it was a wonderful story. It's way more indepth than the movie. I'm really interested in Leo's new live-action film .

I was inspired to paint one of my helmets like the helmet worn by Joker in Akira

Plan?

2008-09-08T01:34:00.000-07:00

Atmos @ HOB aug 26th

be there

Palmer's 28th!!

2008-09-02T20:26:00.000-07:00

It was Palmer's birthday monday, he drank a few but didn't get quite as far as last year. We went to htown for some good ol' lake boating fun. It didn't work out too well. The wind was really bad so we stayed in town most of the time. He brought his kittens, Skin and Bones, with him. They are sphynx cats, and are actually really neat and nice cats. They didn't bother my allergies and my black shirts didn't get hairy, so I think I like them cats. Happy bday

birthday song

Schy Schy is ok

2008-08-29T14:46:00.001-07:00

Bobbi Jo's Movie

2008-08-21T19:52:00.000-07:00

Jon and Eric's collection can't hold a "wax" candle to the Music Man

2008-08-19T19:54:00.000-07:00

The Archive from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

I told you it would happen

2008-08-19T11:12:00.001-07:00

be on the lookout

2008-07-20T23:45:00.000-07:00

E is back

2008-07-19T00:59:00.000-07:00

I had a wonderful time in Buellton CA. Big ups to Steve and Jen. Thanks for the good times and a roof to cover me. Much thanks to Woody, I had a wonderful time and hope I helped you out a lil.

Eric is back from Japan for a visit. Chuff too but I have yet to see him. Eric and I met up with Jones tonight at an anti xbox hotel. Don't Patron the Nugget... the tv's might essplode

TURTLE Power?

Listen

Palmer's new Kitty!

2008-07-05T10:51:00.001-07:00

Futurama is Backs!

2008-06-26T09:00:00.000-07:00

Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs

cultural funereal

2008-06-22T23:23:00.000-07:00

R.I.P

"shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits"

1937-2008

George Carlin

Born and performed long before my time, yet I still laughed at and agreed with since the day I heard him. Jah didn't kill Carlin. He had a date with death. Lie in your bed.

Story

Oh your God!

2008-06-19T20:37:00.001-07:00

LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!!!!!!!!!!!!

am I at work?

2008-06-18T15:34:00.001-07:00

I get pulled over today for being clocked at 57 in a 40 zone. The cop dropped it to 10 over so it was $130 fine instead of a $260 and two points off my license, but then a horrible injustice was rendered upon me, 80 Fing bones for wearing OPEN TOED SHOES!!! It's like riding a bike is working for a hazardous government regulated corporation. Does anyone remember anything about an open toed shoe law when taking the AMA safety course? Cause I dont...At all! Dos BULLSHIT!

Boston over L.A. 131 92

2008-06-17T23:25:00.000-07:00

my vote for finals mvp

Brian Scalabrine

"I can't see the other guy, look at my EYE!"

2008-06-17T14:53:00.000-07:00

Seth got a lil too personal with the pavement after falling off his bike.

as quick as a week

2008-06-16T13:23:00.000-07:00

MaryKay my dad's cousin in Boulder Co. trying out the ol' break an egg w/your hand trick

How'd she do it?

secret

Jim, Wayne, Brian, Lou

MaryKay

Flat ass midwest.
It all looked this way from after Co. to Mi.

Mighty Missouri

Gateway Arch

This was the most impressive manmade structure I've ever seen. It loomed over the cityscape of St. Louis like in Halo.

Anheuser-Busch Inc. HQ

James Reilly posing next to the waterhole where once his childhood house stood.

The neighbor's farm, still up and running.

The Link family dinner, with home grown organic chicken and farm fresh milk!

My dad and G'ma at the soda shop in Davison.

My G'ma used to work in a soda shop and was going to teach the young girls in this shop a thing or two!

Ben, Franny, Dan, Pattie

G'ma, Susie, Jim

Pattie and Susie are my dad's cousins. Ben is Pattie's son. Franny is my aunt and Dan my uncle.

1979 Honda By David Parrish

Lake Mi.

Rainstorm in Iowa right before the floods

We went 100 miles out of our way to see the Jordan Statue infront of the United Center.

Thank you everyone we imposed on during this trip. It was wonderful getting to meet and match a face with all the cousins and friends that inhabit my dad's old stories.

thunderstorm in Davison

Colorado Campin'

2008-06-16T10:09:00.000-07:00

ESTES PARK CAMPGROUND

Matt and Nancy Reilly lived in Hawthorne when I was growing up. My dad worked with Matt at FMC. He sold my dad the old Chevy that we rebuilt when I was in high school.

The threat of losing a limb is cheap and easy was to ascertain a free campsite.

Matt and Nancy were kind enough to feed us a small light meal

Feeding the wildlife is always fun. Unless there is an AHL (angry hippy lady) whining about the harmful effects of saltines on Chip, or is that Dale?

Elk were everywhere. And everywhere the Elk went, hundreds of camera toting tourists were sure to go.

Bear Lake

Hummin Birds

Camo, the Reilly dog, playing fetch with a giant pirate leg

These mountain tops form a shape that is known as "The Mummy"

For those lacking an imagination this is an artists rendition showing it more clearly

but it is up to you to decide what is being highlighted by the arrow

MMM, elk milk

what once was free is now caged
lawless is now lawed
not fenced is fenced
was is really necessary to lockup the ball tree?

Motto: "COBRA, COBRAAAAAA?"

2008-06-02T07:17:00.000-07:00

quick look

2008-05-27T10:07:00.000-07:00

Burnout didn't even place in the cookoff. It thurned out pretty tasty but it wasnt as good as last year. I think it was a lil like Beerfest, we didnt drink enough this year to remember what we had put into it. It was still a fun weekend.

Palmer was leaving to Paso Robles on Sunday just north of Buellton where my uncle lives. We loaded up my scoot in Palmer's truck and started the 8 hour trip. We stayed at the barracks at Camp Roberts. The first night we were there Palmer's boss Jay and his wife Kim invited us over for dinner. We had 2" thick rib steaks, salad & mac salad. It was wonderful. They let me in on thier marinade secrets; Scotch and 7up. It was a great steak. The next night Palmer and I went to the Elk Horn. They had Firestone Double Barrel on tap. I drank two and was already getting a lil salty.

It was 103 the entire time I was in Paso. When I headed down to Buellton it got down right cold. Thursday morning my uncle Steve and I were heading to Santa Barbara we stopped at Refugio Beach for a morning dip. The ocean is always cool so you learn to just rip the band aid off and get over it. So I ran and dove into the water. There was the initial shock, "damn that's cold!" but I pushed through. I dove under the next wave, and to my shock my balls were gone! I thought to myself, "you've come this far don't stop now?" After the third wave I got a horrible cold headache. I wised up at this point and got out.

I was planning to head home on Saturday but it was raining everywhere. I watched the weather channel for a while and finally just said screw it. I jumped on my scoot and rode. It was a 490 mile drive. I got rained on 3 times. It takes about 45 mins at 80 mph to dry off after getting soked. By the time I got to Hawthorne I was freezing. It took me 3 hours, a scorching shower, and the wood stove to bring my core temp back up.

Now I'm heading to Michigan for a couple weeks.

"looking sooo grood!"

2008-05-12T00:35:00.000-07:00

Here is a glimps of a women's Burnout Chili shirt for the

'08 Armed Forces Day Chili Cookoff

Friday 16th of May 2008

GO BURNOUT!!

Happy Bday Mom

2008-05-08T00:45:00.000-07:00

dont forget mom's day this weekend

the greatest shirt in all the land

2008-05-03T11:44:00.000-07:00

Beer hops pattern!

Chinese Oreo's look Delish!

2008-05-01T18:31:00.000-07:00

Heeran's Wedding

2008-05-01T02:32:00.000-07:00

Heeran's Gpa from Canada told us that we needed to push our way to the front of the line if we wanted a drink. Shortly after we asserted our dominance over the other guests and got to the liquir we became bartenders. Being the only white and asian in the place no one suspected foul play by the "minorities" serving drinks. So we kicked ass. Alx and I got drunk while serving (I would love to be a bartender if this is part of the actual job discription) while Kathleen really put her best foot forward to make the "customer" happy. The large population of old men seemed to really like her service, but she was a lil apprehensive because she was the only woman in the back room "drinkin room". All the other women stayed in the front room and didn't drink...well some of the girls our age were having people sneek them drinks.

This is Pretesh's wife's hands with henna tats on them. They were all done free hand. And anyone that has seen how they look freehand on a dirty Mexican beach knows how amazing these actually look! BTW good job Pretesh, his wife is hot.

Kathleen got into the henna mix and this is how they look after she washed the henna off her hands.

Heeran's cousin started a tip jar while we were bartending and we made a small grip. Thanks Kathleen!

Alx needs more fiber...ewww

While the part of The Gulf of Mexico I saw was pretty nastily dirty the reason people were not swimming in it was not the gross factor; it was

nuf said

Heeran was standing on a platform, he stood on it most of the week without shoes, while everyone wiped tumeric all over him. Then they did his wife. This was most of the wedding, Heeran and his wife standind around, looking tired, while everyone in thier giganticly extended families each performed the same ritual. While we sat in hard plastic chairs.

Warning inside of plane peanut snack bag

Her, honestly I can't remeber the name, covered in tumeric.

Alx and Kathleen enjoying the food. It really was great the first couple of meals, but I got so sick of eating Indian food after a couple days. Kathleen is showing off her after dinner mint that consisted of bird seed with a mint flavor. It is said to help digestion and bad breath. Kinda not good. If you see me before I give it all away you might get some.

She got gifts of blankets and whatnot from everyone. I decided it was symbolic of the weight she would have to bear after marrying Heeran.

More Indian food. The orange stuff was mango and awsome. And the green rings to the side, I have no idea what the hell they are, tasted tastalicious!

Pretending to still enjoy the food after two days.

The stick dance. This was really fun, neat, envolving and other adjectives. It starts out with Heeran and his wife. They both have two foot sticks in both hands and they have to hit them together everytime there is a beat in the song. Then some of the close fam move in and they join in the stick hitting. Every 5 or so hits, I don't really remember now, they switch to a different partner. The dance just grows from that point until everyone is involved.

We got into a shuttle van w/o a back seat and Kathleen thought she was going to die!!!

Alx holds strong that Kathleen is ruining his corsage. Notice how she isn't touching it.

Either way it got F'ed up. Alx had to rewrap it and then used a blade of grass to como the needle he had sticking out of his left chest.

All the old important or seemingly important guys had these "30" marked towels. Vmal couldn't explain what they stood for but when I got back to Phoenix Joe had an Indian blanket with the same logo so it must be a cultural thing. I don't want to look it up but if you do let me know.

Eventhough you can't see it well, Alx is really taking a picture of the coconut behind me, but discreetly. There was a lot of swastikas everywhere. Again I'm not sure what they mean to the Indian Culture, but it was funny to see one on a coconut.

We had a debate about Sony v Cannon. Well this is the picture from my Sony and the Cannon wasn't strange enough to post, so you be the decidor.

They looked amazing on the morning of the actual ceremony.

Like the tumeric thing everyone fed them a rice looking stuff.

Thanks for inviting me Heeran I had a great experience.

Best Wishes!

Did Kt have a Cabbage Patch Doll?

2008-04-18T18:07:00.000-07:00

enter your vote

Snakamousprime

2008-04-18T17:58:00.000-07:00

Vegas, Phoenix, Texas, Phoenix, Vegas

2008-04-18T11:35:00.000-07:00

St. Patty's Day Molly Concert!

Pic was taken with my phone 1.3 mp quality

Black & Tan

Palmer is a grood bar tender

"they" say the Irish never actually eat corned beef, so to protest we had Baja Fresh

Dam!

Dam micromachines

Alley Kat w/ her bird. This cat caught a bird or lizard every other second.

Badace hunter!

Joe's famous Smoked Salomon Egg McMuffin

Fat Burger that sells 99c Coors Light

Guy got stabbed while we were in Fat Burger

"Don't cross the coptape!"

Steak dinner w/ Jamie Joe and Justin

"I have no more left ear left,

Damn green fairy"

Asscrack after the oven started on fire while trying to make a frozen pizza

pink crunch berries with marshmallows

too sweet

Shrine outside of Miami

Old Towne Globe

Remember that Eric?

Roach Motels are real

eww

free camping behind a church

Dinner pretty much every day I camped

They thought I might be dead

Bigger in Texas

Largest Widow I've ever seen

not for long

roadside camping

giant fan parachute flying!
I want me some

Jamie Kate Jen Pete Roane (sp) Justin Joe

best food...ever!

go get some

Grand Canyon

I think you know what's happening

more dam

soneone is watching

2008-04-14T07:10:00.000-07:00

A new work by graffiti artist Banksy appears in central London - ironically completed within sight of a CCTV camera.

Heeran's wedding

2008-04-10T06:55:00.000-07:00

Im in La Porte TX and about to go to Heeran's wedding.

I'm heading back today with tornado warnings for the Austin area!

The Building

2008-03-27T14:26:00.000-07:00

street version

Looptroop is killin it agian

and it's not even hot out yet?

2008-03-24T11:24:00.000-07:00

This icecream truck met its demise just out in front of Joe's apartment. Pheonix/Tempe is that hot already. I swear to actually live in the type of climate you'd have to be a lil bit crazy or a lil masochistic. People keep telling me it not even hot out yet!

Easter sunday Joe's gfriend Jamie invited Joe, Justin (Joe's roommate) and I over for brunch. It was amazing! Ham, cheesy broccoli rice, hashbrown casserole, 20 something bean salad and home made fruit cocktail, while Jamie's mom gave Joe Whipits at the dinner table! Great people great food. Thanks for having me on Easter!

We headed to Joe's sister's house after a quick nap to recharge for more food and beer. Jen had marinated chicken breasts, portobello mushrooms, burgers, skewers all grillin. Then sweat awsomeness that is angel food cake drowned in strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and whiped cream! We bs'ed and got a lil tuned, dogs got into a fight. Rick hurt his knee trying to break that up. Then Jen's neighbor brought her rhodesian ridgeback over to play. These are the neatest dogs ever. I had never heard of them until Daniel Jones got one. Now I'm seeing them everywhere.

It's Joe's bday tonight so we are going to have a lil bbq to celebrate the ol' bas.

Happy Easter
why did it come so early this year?

Happy St. Patrick's Day

2008-03-17T08:38:00.000-07:00

Tim McDonough, a good friend of my family, passed last week. He always loved St. Patrick's Day. Have a green beer and celebrate his memory.

obituary

Happy Birthday G'pa and Boozie!

Flogging Molly

2008-03-16T10:49:00.000-07:00

Last night Palmer and I saw Flogging Molly at the House of Blues. Palmer got his tickets a few months ago about ten mins before the box office said they were sold out. I figured I would just get a ticket from a scalper. Five seconds after we arrived a guy offered a ticket for $150!!! Immediately after he retracted and said he could give me a good deal at $125!!! Needless to say I passed on that BS. Palmer went to the will call while I went to look for more scalpers. I was having no luck but Palmer got one from the box office for $32. I was quite happy.

When we got into the bar I reallized why they could charge so much less for the ticket than the scalpers, at $6 a beer I'm sure HOB isn't loosing any scrilla. The opening band was playing already when we got to the bar. They were great! It's a Japanese band that plays Irish music! The Cherry Cokes. They have six members and they all were having a good time and putting on a show. Yoshiko Suzuki is one of the hottest Japanese girls ever. You all should check them out. the next opening group was ok. It was like folk music, drums guitar and a wash board.

Molly got on stage after what seemed like forever after the opening groups ended. They put on a great show. The sound was leaps and bounds better than when I saw them in Reno. Molly really got the crowd into it. They had a great set list played all the songs you would want them to. They made fun of the people that paid more for seating in the top deck. The pit was going pretty strong, but it was nice there wasn't the assholes that come "to just punch sonone in the face." They came back on for an encore. Halfway through the Cherry Cokes and the other group came up on stage and sang the last song.

It was a great show I'm glad I got to go.

Partial Fix

2008-03-09T15:35:00.000-07:00

When it happened, plastic broken at main mount bolt and large scratches.

I cut out a metal support and riveted it to the fairing to reattach the bolt mount.

Then I sanded down the scratches, then primered and repainted them black.

This is how it turned out. I still need to find touch up paint or new stickers for the scratches in the yellow parts. I have a new crank case cover but I'm waiting until I change my oil to put it on.

How To Photoshop

2008-03-07T19:36:00.001-08:00

Stormtrooper XBOX

2008-03-05T19:13:00.000-08:00

Just a lil project I did the other day. It turned out ok. I went with green for the xbox theme.

Are you a "Tagger"?

2008-03-03T23:39:00.000-08:00

Gingers Unite!

2008-03-02T23:37:00.001-08:00

sign here

Now, quick, where do the Gummi Bears bounce?

2008-03-01T12:48:00.000-08:00

1st to answer correctly wins my respect

Happy Baby Zack

2008-03-01T12:08:00.001-08:00

Fear and Loathing...In E-town

2008-02-25T11:01:00.000-08:00

Here

Gears of War II

2008-02-21T00:10:00.000-08:00

Growing up all of my good friends Alx, Dan, Eric, jon, Nick, Ronn, Tony and even thier women Ems, Azu, Kanae have alway been better at gaming than I have ever been. However, in late 2007, early 2006 I moved into Palmer trailer. He purchased a new game Gears of War. This fps is the best game ever. This is not just your typical fps, it has a completely new type of game play. The main focus of the game is to duck and hide behind objects and fire around the objects. Typical fps games surround strafing and sliding out from behind walls, either completely covered or all out in the open. Gears feels more realistic because, personally, I would hide behind cover if someone was shooting at me. The story line is better than most video game, movies and books that I've played, see, or watched. I won't ruin it for anyone but it's set on a planet with an anti human force, the Locust, that the main characters must study and destroy. The story is at most confusing and I never really knew exactly what was happening through out the game, I did know at the end the Locust were not finished by the end of Gears of War.... And that is why I'm so happy! For there is now

The trailer doesn't show any gameplay, new graphics, or storyline. I'm completly satisfied. If all the game does is fill in the gaps in the original storyline while looking and having the same gameplay I'm already satisfied.

Lunar Eclipse!!!

2008-02-20T22:00:00.000-08:00

Here is the Picture I took tonight, the eclipse was amazing! We had a few people over and drank a few Lunar Beers and discussed the magnetic effects of the moon being freed from the suns magnetic pull on sexual stamina.... no, no I really forgot about it and ended up eating dinner the entire time the eclipse was happening. On the drive home I noticed the moon was a lil dark and I remembered the eclipse was tonight. I went on the net and reallized it was just about to happen so I ran outside, The moon was getting brighter? Question mark for sure...until I realized I was looking at an eastern news website. All thier times were 3 hours off! I missed it all

Sucked all around sucked all around

Dr. Jones!

2008-02-14T11:46:00.000-08:00

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

May 22, 2008

CANNABURGER!!

2008-01-31T10:01:00.000-08:00

The perverbial "blackeye" for the Germans is about to change. When one thinks of evil, horrible atrocious acts commited by the Germans the Holocoaust comes to mind first and foremost. But now there is;

That is right folks, a full juicy cheese burger! With all the fixin's! Lettuce, tomato, pickles, onions, all on a sesame seed bun!...in a can? It's only $5 bones, and has a great addy!

PIGEON JOHN

2008-01-30T11:18:00.000-08:00

Sat Feb 23 Reno, NV Club Underground at Tonic Bar The Tonic Lounge W 2nd St, Reno, Nevada 89501 Cost : $10

Felis Silvestris Catus Warrior

2008-01-25T17:29:00.000-08:00

2009 GT-R

2008-01-24T10:06:00.000-08:00

quicker than the last Dodge Viper, Corvette Z06 and Porsche 911 Turbo

Video

Keep your toungue in your mouth Ronn

Southpa...Elko?

2008-01-19T17:31:00.000-08:00

Dan, Luke, Adri, Tony, Mike, Eric, Alx

The Tossers!

2008-01-19T17:22:00.000-08:00

Good ole Irish music

check um

Atmosphere; free album

2008-01-16T20:38:00.000-08:00

about

where

Fight Science

2008-01-15T14:16:00.000-08:00

National Geographic channel

Sunday January 27, 9P et/pt

video

Turkey day

2007-12-08T09:57:00.000-08:00

I went to Porterville to have Thanksgiving Day with Preston's family

the dessert table!

Traditional shot of Akvavit

(they loved it!)

I ended up in Pasadena to go to Oregon v UCLA

Dex-Star!

Matt & Sara's pug

Tom and Cam came for a visit

2007-11-04T10:52:00.000-08:00

We decided to drive up to some old mines and ghost towns with a caravan of people and dogs.

After telling Tom and Cam that no one knows about these palces they are super secret locations there were already a bunch of people there when we arrived. It was a group that does upkeep on ghost towns so they to fall apart completely. There was 3 members of the honkytonk band the Alkali Flats. It was a pretty amazing day. I hope everyone had a good time.

Nova...

2007-10-26T11:12:00.000-07:00

SUPERNOVA OVA

Is Nova is going down the...

News

Dan, Eric, Jon, Ronn, Tawnya let us know how it's going?

Disneyland!!

2007-10-24T12:15:00.001-07:00

Halloween Theme!

It was raining so they are wet and happy!

The Haunted House was Nightmare Before Christmas Themed

The lil kids cussed a lot and Amber and Ash hid cause they didnt want to get more wet

Tourists...pssft

Julie made sure Ash eat a Mickey head

AVP Bitches

Farm w/ Mexican workers a block away from Disneyland

The best of all Disney rides

Manifestation of Greed

2007-10-15T19:20:00.001-07:00

be careful be warned

Zackary or ery Preston Eaton!!

2007-10-08T21:09:00.000-07:00

Born Oct 8th 2007...sometime this morning...10...ish. Congrats to Kt and Preston. To Seth, they wont actually forget about you itll just seem that way now.

If your bored and want to look up baby names try this Baby Name Wizard

you ended up getting it right Tom

Happy bday Palmer

2007-09-03T17:25:00.000-07:00

It was Palmers 27th bday on Sat. Sept 1. I decided to drive down for a visit. It was quite nice at first. The ride was nice and cool almost cold at some points, I didnt see too man cops so I made good time. When I pulled into Vegas Palmer had a 30 pack of Stones so we had a lil party.

The FIBA Americas Championship was being held in Vegas that weekend. Nick, Vegas, her lil bro, Jones, Mrs. Jones, Say, SchySchy, and a couple others all went. We got to see U.S.A. destroy Puerto Rico 135-91.

We got Palmer 27 beers for his present however, there was one stipulation; he had to drink them all on Sept 1st. He had all day to do this and here he is just starting number 15. Alx was drawing penises on his, while mine remained blank.

We mooned a car that stopped with its headlights shining in through the front window. Had beer chugging contests. Then went to Birthday sushi!! Palmer got mini mochi icecream bites for a cake.
Palmer was starting to look a lil rough so Alx was trying to give him a puke bag necklace.

Palmer didn't end up making it to 27. He put up a valiant effort but fell two beers short at 25. he would have had 26 but he spilt a little bit out of one beer while he was mooning a car and according to the rules of the bday beer game he had to drink another to make up for his party foul.

On sunday Palmer and I both thought it would be a good idea for Alx and I to go for a motorscoot ride. Alx and I figured it would be better for him to ride my bike becuase Palmer is trying to sell his bike. Either way Alx was doing some laps around the block while I started Palmers bike. He did a couple laps when I caught up to him just intime for me to see him... The break went on in mid turn, the bike started falling he popped the clutch and down he went. Alx slid four feet off to the left while the bike slid on its left side for about 15 to 20 feet. Alx got up ok, he had some good road rash, and a sore hip but it could have been a lot worse. the bike was ok. Just some beat up plastics and some scraped aluminum. I drove it home today and got pulled over by one of the cop planes. 84 in a 70 zone dropped to a 75 in a 70 zone. Still a $97 ticket, bikes are dangerous expensive things

Back to Africa w/ the Santti rents

2007-08-28T20:17:00.000-07:00

Hope you guys make it back to Africa safe. Thanks for letting me stay at your house, as gma says "like (I) live there." It was good seeing you.

Superbad: ALX

2007-08-20T20:15:00.001-07:00

I could have totally seen this happening to Alx, right down to the Ghost Busters luch box!!!

SC Norma

2007-08-19T16:17:00.001-07:00

Branding the calf! The SC is for ranch she's from and they slice the ear as an ear mark to help notice it from a distance on the range. ... all » She will get an ear tag on the other ear once we trade her back to Don for a butchering steer!!

Mrs Jones

2007-08-19T15:45:00.000-07:00

11 Aug 2007

Daniel and Jess got married. Alx got his minister license online for 50 bones. He actually did a great job. His speach and vows were well writen and a lil fun. Jess looked beautiful and Jones looked uncomfortable being infront of so many ppl.

The reception was quite fun. Everything went pretty smoothly, besides the dvd, they didnt have the player hooked up to the projector. Despite popular demand they didnt smear the cake all over each others faces. I think the picture speaks for itself.

Heeran will be getting married March 2008.

Dag Yo!

2007-08-03T12:12:00.001-07:00

playing w/ your food

2007-07-30T19:52:00.000-07:00

rice paddy art

go visit

joyous token past

2007-07-29T18:12:00.000-07:00

my dad has been roofing the spring creek shack for the last month or so, everything seems to have gone wrong. (damn you murphy!!!) so i ended up going to elko this weekend to help him out. it really is a beautiful place out by the marina

we were roofing most of the time, but during the hottest part of the day saturday we went to the simpsons movie. it was decent. kind of like a long tv episode but more funny than the last few new episodes i've seen. my dad liked it because at two parts of the movie bart and homer were roofing thier house.

on the way home i drove through elko to see if anything had changed...not really anything. our store is now blue with fresh paint....well half of it at least. i took some pics of peoples old houses

santti

struble

huff or valencourt(sp)...or im not sure what it is now

the chuff and adri's mom's old house

Random Japan

2007-07-17T17:19:00.000-07:00

Here are some fun pictures that I have recieved from the folks living in 日本

Eric & Dog

WILD ZERO

you pervert

pocket bike racer

ppl co.

soooo smooth

It's a drink...I think

free beer swag

French

Kingdongus shoe horn

"Your mouths lover for 50 years."

Deeppresso

Steam Cakie

that's NIKKA

fresh'n natural

100 years black

How can genetic engineering be put to practical use?

one way is to create stronger, hardier plants

Rush hour

Delirium

nocturnum

Black Velvet

2007-07-13T12:23:00.001-07:00

The cat not Palmer

New Car Bee-yotch!!!!!

2007-07-13T12:20:00.000-07:00

Mom's new car!

My new car

July...thus far

2007-07-13T11:57:00.000-07:00

Kt, Preston, Chase, Jen, Jen's mom, Jace and I went up to Bridgeport for the 4th. They have a parade and a giant dinosaur bouncie! It got too hot after a while so we took the back way home and swam in the river.

The next weekend Joe & his woman Jamie came up to visit. Joe, Jamie, Heather Deck and I ended up going out to silver peak 2 for some drinks. Then Heather took off cause she had to go see her pilot (she's dating a pilot for the slow ppl). ((not that I'm making fun of slow ppl, cause you know they can be nice too))
So we ended up heading over to Emperium(sp). It's a neat new bar near the river walk. Eric Ash and I went there the other week. We got pretty blitzed there. Doing shots of bushmills and other strange drinks. We headed out on the town to see what else we could find.

And in true Joe fasion we ended up at Awful Awful! There was a brand new B.L.T sitting on the counter when we came in so some randos and I eat it and the massive basket of fries and thus I didnt end up paying for a meal that night!

We went gambling later. Jamie got the itch because Joe won 80 bones off 1 bone in the slots. We made her play some craps and Black Jack. She did really good too. It was a good time. Glad to see you again Joe and nice to meet you Jamie.