the call to adventure

The call to adventure signifies that destiny
has summoned the hero and transferred his spiritual
center of gravity from within the pale of this society
to a zone unknown. This fateful region
of both treasure and danger may be variously
represented as a distant land, a forest, a kingdom
underground, beneath the waves or above the sky,
a secret island, lofty mountaintop, or profound dream state;
but it is always a place of strangely fluid
and polymorphous beings, unimaginable torments,
superhuman deeds, and impossible delights.

-Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces

tighty whities wipeout

went to the asheville tourists game last night downtown at mccormick field. it's a sweet old field, and the bleachers are shaded and they have great ballpark food and it's good people watching and the tourists usually score every inning i've seen.

after what seems like every out they have little contests for people to win prizes like trivia, or little kids chase the teddy bear mascot around a car sponsored by local business. it's a lot of advertising, but the kids seem to like it.

this was one of the contests - 3 kids fit themselves into a giant pair of tighty whitie underwear and race down to the outfield and back. the kids in white tumbled and rolled around the whole time. kids in red won easily.

close fitting mock turtle neck collars, 4:20

introducing chippy

he's rowing his little kayak above the TV, so instead of watching football, which generally makes me sad and bored, i can watch chippy, which generally makes me squeal with joy.

just say who

i think we should remove the word "whom" from the english language.

3/4 of humans have no idea how to use it.

of the 1/4 that know how to use it, 1/2 don't use it because it sounds so freakin pretentious

1/2 use it and feel superior

it's a lose-lose-lose-lose proposition

drop the "m" - drop the confusion - drop the grammar snobbery - just say 'who'

happy birthday quissy

happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you
happy BIRTHday dear quissy
happy birthday to you

hope it's a great day and especially fun with your littlest red sock, WILL.

you dropped your poptart

looks like frosted wild berry.

talkin at the texaco

uniform:

• super short hair
• chin goatee
• xxxl t-shirt
• jorts
• short socks
• sneaks

welcome to eastern tennessee

eli nacho swimming hole

charlotte street computers retrieved my sd card! no problemo. also gave me tips on laptop power cord management - always unplug the power cord from the laptop when you pick it up - it's a fragile joint, and an expensive fix, and the weight of the battery loosens it and can break it.

here's a picture of nacho swimming in circles, and eli swimming for a stick.

the great smoky mountain national park does not allow dogs. they list the reasons here:http://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/pets.htm


i would agree with them, if they didn't allow horses, which they do. there are giant piles of horse shit all over the trails, so the anti-disease excuses go out the window.

tree hugger

i got a new laptop!

my friend who i shall call the computer whisperer put it together for me. it's awesome. except i shoved an SD photo memory card into the cd rom slot last night and now it's stuck in there. i tried to fish it out with a paper clip, to no avail.

i have many photos of dogs swimming in caribbean clear swimming holes in tennessee from this weekend on that card i would like to share and i can't believe i was so inattentive and moronic to jam it in the cd drive.

going to charlotte street computers when they open this AM to let them disassemble. no, no disassemble!

flossie's sister's partner

if i had a band, and played the clarinet in this band, i would call the band "flossie's sister's partner."

this was a girl on the show "animal hoarders" - which is usually pretty sad and disgusting, but then there is an intervention and animal control comes with a truck load of crates and takes most of the animals, and the people get new carpets and paint, and it has a heartwarming ending. 

the people really have much love for these animals, they just get overwhelmed.

 

little fall of rain

leads to swarms of mosquitoes.

if you want to sunbathe in asheville, you need no sunscreen, only deet.