trevor solo stream

Trevor Garrod's solo performance from Evanston SPACE will be webcast by BigAG tonight from 8:00 - 9:30pm CST.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/biga-space

Live Streaming by Ustream.TV

kickball

a lot going on, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

kickball in asheville is a lot different from kickball in san diego. it is much more laid back, there are no set teams, 2 new captains pick boy girl boy girl from whoever shows up every time. there are babies on the field. there are no uniforms or cleats or refs. it is absolutely just as much fun.

i tried to spread the catching technique of 'the tuckoop' yesterday. when a pop fly is coming, get in a tuck/scoop position, and finish with 'squeeze the pillow.' there's no reason to fear the big red ball!

spilled pepto

spilled pepto, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

sometimes from error comes pretty

follow thru

follow thru, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

going to get holden a blood test to make sure he's clear to have surgery next week. i finally got a tax refund yesterday and have money and his tumors are getting really big. he has about 8 now, two are as big as if his testicles regrew on his chest, and one is the size of a big mac. the other 5 are small like grape or cherry tomatoes.

sofa kingdom

sofa kingdom, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

trying not to be the queen of this

drought

everybody turns their head up
when stepping outside
to see if the dark sky
might get darker
and wash us all with rain
and soak us all with rain
or if again today
these stone gray puffed castles
will glide march overhead
with slightest far off rumbles
refusing still to cry

connect

connect the dots. click to see what it looks like when you make a big star made up of 6 little stars with one continuous line. i think this is how morning glories grow. this came to me in 7th grade math class.

perfect penny circle trick

rainy leaf heart

rainy green heart, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

alleluia! more rain last night!

red flag

red flag, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

wouldn't it be nice if all piles of shit came with red flags this visible?

(this is especially for john edwards, the lying slime besmirching the reputation of unc law school and north carolina in general.)

keep dancing

a t-shirt from a 1984 zeta beta tau dance marathon in philly led me to this juicy account of the 19 day dance marathon at the seattle armory that led to the ban on dance marathons in seattle:

"The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that two nurses would be on duty night and day "in constant watch over the dancers" and that doctors would examine the dancers "frequently." Besides this William Raths, director of a Bellingham physical culture school, would "direct a corps of trainers and rubbers” (Seattle P-I, July 21, 1928)."
...

"By August 11, it was over. The couple that finished first won $1000 prize money. On August 22, 1928, however, the Armory marathon was on page one again. Gladys Lenz, the dancer whose partner had punched her when he went "squirrelly," had attempted suicide."

all this and so much more, including contestants demanding new phonograph records, hysterical giggling, and an Oriental Garden in a crenelated fortress can be found here:

HistoryLink.org - The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History - Essay - "Dance Marathon closes in Seattle after 19 days on August 11, 1928."

pumpkin patch

pumpkin patch, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

pretty sure this came from spitting seeds and was not a planned planting behind a dorm at unc-asheville