"meet three remarkable women...."

such an amazing story. stuff like this makes me think about how much REALLY has changed in the last 50 years. think about how dangerous it would be now for three women to drive overland from london to the himalaya now! check out the telegraph article, it's a great read. Also make sure to watch the video which is filled with original 16mm footage from their trip, and interviews with all three of these adventurers. oh yeah, what did they drive? need you ask?

Me, right now, and always

in response to our buddy in the big apple, here's how i usually feel...

beautiful air bear

these are a few of my favorite things

what better combo? can you tell me?
the camel trophy

(also, first 15 seconds may be NSFW depending on your workplaces view on nearly naked amazonian women dancing in sequined outfits...)

anywhere like heaven

there's something nice about listening to sweet baby james on a rainy friday night. solid album, millions of copies sold, but it would have been great still had no one bought it. it's success as a recording and piece of work is not predicated on it's amount of commercial success. it is plainly a very very good album.

i really wanted to find a clip, or an mp3 link to the song 'Anywhere Like Heaven', but i couldn't find one anywhere, which if you know the track, is kinda fitting. here's some early footage of the title track, sweet baby james, from the BBC sometime in '70 or '71



i also tracked down a great little piece about james, also from a BBC program here. (QT video) A really nice look back at that interesting time. who knew carol king wrote all those songs? pretty cool

no sleep IN brooklyn!

so A and I recently returned from our awesome trip to visit Mr. & Mrs. Billionaire out in NYC. we had a really great time! so awesome in fact, we are going to mail ourselves back there every once in a while, just for the heck of it. A is already apartment hunting on craigslist haha!

So we had a great time. the photos, while great, don't really show even 10% of what we were up to. i am sometimes more prone to just live, than shoot pics. i'm pretty sure that most of the photos in the set are of MB and I playing catch in sheep's meadow, central park. while looking at lots of pictures of catch is better than most things, i should try to shoot some more in the future. But for now, just click on the image above, and be magically transported to another website, featuring photos of our fun times! Also, a big thanks to the Billionaires, not only for their lovely friendship and hospitality, but for the free flickr PRO upgrade. AWESOME!!

scurvay...

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? about four people or so..
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? rifle solute, amanda's grandpas funeral
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? if i like the pen i am using
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? turkey+ham
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? none
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? possible multiple levels of reality here. might create a hipster/anti-hipster reaction. like matter vs. dark matter
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? i think so
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? yes, and boy to they smell great!
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? I actually once did the backwards one, where they shoot you up, that was actually fun, though maybe not for the people i barfed on.
10. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? depends on the shoes
11. ARE YOU STRONG? i'm kinda ropey, but i can lift more than i think i can
12. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? darksided?
13. RED OR PINK? coffee.(i'm with gloyd on this one)
14. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? pretty lazy, getting better though... tomorrow.
15. WHO[m] DO YOU MISS THE MOST? my mom.
16. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? if you want to i suppose.
17. WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? mustache, au de toilette, clothes?
18. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? lunch, coffee, sixteen cartons of smokes
19. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? white noise, clicky clack typey typing
20. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? blue.
21. FAVORITE SMELLS? smoke, coffee, leather, poopsicle
22: WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? sister sammye
23. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?? i stole this
24. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH??? waterpolo, gang violence
25. HAIR COLOR? hat
26. EYE COLOR? greyish blue, green
27. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? sometimes.
28. FAVORITE FOOD? coffee, sandwich, cheese
29. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? born yesterday
30. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? grey
31. SUMMER OR WINTER? i like the transitions. fall and spring.
32. HUGS OR KISSES? both of them.
33. FAVORITE DESSERT? pumpkin pie. extra vanilla ouce cream
34. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? i might be last
35. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? mom?
36. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? The Spaceships of Ezekiel
37. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSEPAD? it's a desk, so coffee
38. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT? a little plane move across the US on a little screen
39. FAVORITE SOUND? silent reading
40. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? don't know
41. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? belgium, or like Van Morrison says "i'm nothing but a stranger in this world / i've got a home on high"
42. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? remembering the stupid stuff
43. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? portland, orygun
44. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? tyson trautmannnnnn