responsibility & abundance

i was supposed to be in falls church virginia right now, tea leaf green about to start ripping sh!t up at the state theater, a big reunion of old friends from up & down the coast, new year's kickoff party vibe at its height, but after a tragicomedy of errors and a string of sad stories involving trains, heart attacks, donuts, and 90% precipitation, i'm here instead. i cancelled my hotel in time & will called my ticket to a friend, so there's no loss, other than my missing the greenest time ever that's about to start.



one of the coolest things i got for christmas this year was from mappy camper - it's a paper box with scores of words on little pieces of paper inside, and every morning i shake it around & pull out a couple & think about it. for instance, yesterday (black widow hunting) i got "courage" and "flexibility." today's were 'responsibility' and 'abundance' and i think the lesson to teach myself in this situation is to take 'responsibility' for my dogs and self by staying here, and don't worry there will be an 'abundance' of tea leaf green shows in north carolina, south carolina, tennessee, georgia, and/or virginia that i will be able to get to in '08.

cool present, isn't it?

crime scene

crime scene, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

murder

the dryer doesn't blow hot air

clothes spin damp

if you unplug it and replug it sometimes it blows hot air

but last night

black widow

behind the dryer

ran upstairs

got clorox spray + flashlight

light shine on red spot

3-4 good sprays in before it disappeared

5 minutes later check again it's back

couple more good sprays

it's gone

hour later check it's back

sprayed til it stopped moving

counting its legs it was 1.5 to 2 inches

big

it's the second one i've killed

first one in nc

the bleach stained my jacket

the dryer's blowing cold air

sky lanes

sky lanes, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

let's bowl let's bowl let's rock n roll, west asheville's sky lanes is a great place to have a birthday party.

my scores were 63 and 87. bowling is my worst sport but it's always fun.

feed the monster

play the peanut butter game
and we shake it all around
play the peanut butter game
and it's such a joyful sound



the dogs seem to love this


justin's nut butter

from boulder colorado

squeeze pack

SQUEEZE PACK

delicious

like reese's topping at friendly's

thanks for the tip tofer

is there peanut butter rehab

5:30 services christmas eve

530 mass christmas eve, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

i hope everybody is merry & bright & happy tonight walking in your winter wonderlands.

xmas treesshelf

xmas treesshelf, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

kris kringlestein is the angel, holden a joint underneath, willie o. johnson stack under that, then come ipod speakers, there's a lamp turned off on the bottom shelf.

the magic carpet

The Magic Carpet

I went to the north pole, and a raindeer bit my arm! I liked it there but it was freezing and i frogot a coat or a sweater all I brought was shorts and t-shirts. Then I took a sleigh ride. Then I went home on the way i ate some cloud, and then Thump! it started thundering and raining and I forgot and unbrella so I got soaked. The End.

radio's alive mon

if you're by a computer with speakers this afternoon and want to bring sunshine to this gray saturday, stream dj ras chalice's "roots & conscienceness" radio show from the local station WPVM - the progressive voice of the mountains. from 3-5PM (eastern time, noon-2 cali time) every week, 2 hours of interesting positive new and classic dub roots reggae music. click on "listen live" on the left. there's a live studio webcam for fun. call wpvm to make requests @ 828-258-0085.

short day sunset

short day sunset, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

infinity free (in need of repair)

infinity free (in need of repair), originally uploaded by skippy haha.

happy shortest day of the year! it's only getting better from here to june!

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