open up & say ah

say ah, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

today is the day i go for my first dental fillings. their fancy new machine found some cavities back in june and then holden needed major surgery so i put off having them filled til today. i've been flossing twice a day for the past two months and i'm hoping the cavities are gone and they will tell me to go home. not very likely.

mmm...

mmm..., originally uploaded by skippy haha.

donuts

it rained!

it just rained! for at least 2 whole minutes. for the first time in at least a couple weeks. but rain fell. ahhhh.

tps report

megavan!, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

the transportation director of phoreal records has just left this jedi council meeting and is driving a megavan on the road back west. mega fun & safe travels!

eat smart move more

eat smart move more, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

some good advice from the county

new mexico

new mexico, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

modelfest last night was SUPER! en fuego! special guest models from santa cruz! yeah doggy!

the answer my friend

DSC_0004, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

it is HOT as hell! fans in every room don't quite cut it

Goethe, Faust

A longing pure and not to be described drove me to wander over woods and fields, and in a mist of hot abundant tears I felt a world arise and live for me.

michael jackson was here

mj was here, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

i was 8 years old and full of lies!

Michael Jackson was here when you weren't!
P.S. I could bring you an autographed poster!

itch

i highly recommend tea tree oil - a drop straight on a mosquito bite as soon as you feel the itch - it will stop itching immediately and be gone the next day - no more red mountains of mosquito on your limbs

the difference

field, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

here's what happens to grass in a drought, exactly one year later

not too drastic but there's less green

parched

the southeast is in a drought.

where i am it is higher than extreme - it is exceptional.

i moved here from southern california because i missed rain. i felt guilty every time i turned on the faucet knowing that they dammed the colorado river to get water to san diego, a desert, and that's not right.

the past couple weeks ive really started to notice all the lawns in asheville are brown like hay.

it's depressing.

there's nothing i can do about it but move.

i don't have to live here - my job is on the internet and i can live anywhere with electricity.

i love it here and i love all the people i've met.

i feel guilty about sucking water out of an overtaxed system.

i absolutely would not have moved here had i known about this drought.

i'm thinking of vermont. i'm thinking of colorado. i'm thinking of oregon.

is that crazy?

i hate feeling guilty, and every time i use water that's just how i feel.

the rivers are way down, the lakes are way down, trees and bushes are dying of thirst, this is no good.