the second asheville modelfest!

another slew of hilariously talented models worked their burros off yesterday modeling t-shirts for vintage vantage. they won't be online for another few weeks, so here are a few preview snaps to demonstrate.

batshit crazy

batshit crazy, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

a bat & his droppings

kinda reminds me of this batshit crazy

hello rocky

hello rocky, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

a nightly visitor to the birdfeeders at the pine crest b&b

light reading, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

more nightly visitors to the pinecrest b&b

gators i, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

and one more nightly visitor

nacho pants

nacho pants, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

fried green tomatoes

fried green tomatoes, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

fried green tomatoes & grits from tupelo honey cafe

nobody ordered the shrimp & grits, we're waiting for bobby huntington to come back for that

dog puke ruined the rug

everything is breaking and falling apart and leaking and descending in and i don't see any end in sight. i can't wait til october when i'm back here done with traveling and can breathe and maybe figure things out

BCN

my trip is coming right up and i have a couple days to spend in barcelona, Cataluña , España, espana viva. anybody with advice on where to stay or not to stay, what to do or not to do, what to see or not to see, if you would be so kind as to leave a comment here or email me, i'd be much obliged, gracias.

in the spirit of cheap travel, here is william o. johnson's poem-

"DADDY ALWAYS SAYS WE'RE ON A BUDGET"
"Can we buy three"?
"No only one!"

I want some pizza, Daddy you are no fun!"
Disneyland, Knots Berry Farm, The San Diego Zoo
and anywhere we go,
Daddy always packs the car full of food
because we are on a Budget.

On a cross country trip to visit family and friends, he had a
calculator to track every penny that we could spend. We
brought our own juice, and numerous healthy snacks,
he said we're saving money,
and you know what followed that!
"We are on a Budget!"

We go to the drive-in, so that we can bring our own food.
Dad gets all excited, and he's in a great mood,
as we take our place in the movies,
he pulls all of the food out of the trunk
and as the movie starts
we begin to munch and crunch.

I heard dad lean and whisper,
"It's a good thing we're on a budget,
we can come to the movies every weekend."
Why?
"BECAUSE WE ARE ON A BUDGET!"

hanging shoes

hanging shoes, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

near the skatepark, can't be good for the wires.

falling

DSCN4683, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

it's a beautiful day in the neigborhood, easy to see fall is on the way

putt putt party

jolie's birthday at tropical gardens mini golf


birthday girl, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

tropical gardens mini golf, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

zebra family, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

snow cones, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

sweet!

i came in last place out of 9. it's ok i think i had the best form. i just didn't get any holes in one and i blew up on #12 which had 3 layers of holes you had to go through.

shooting bricks

shooting bricks 3, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

shooting bricks 2, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

shooting bricks 1, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

peace haiku 44 - 50

sip peppermint tea
hot cold hot cold spread hot cold
frosty warm heart balm

if we're all divine
then to believe in yourself's
to believe in god

structure & focus
doesn't let you add fluff fluff
haiku will you write

not so much lotion
as the act of applying
that promotes good health

respect goes both ways
& with it dances kindness
when they're gone they're gone

if you try you can't
fight the inevitable
you can quit the dread

this blow you've dealt will
end up being the best thing
that could've happened

picture pages picture pages

had a splendid weekend with my fluffy brother henry & his parents, communing with nature, touring asheville, going to festivals, dining in little switzerland, the whole works. i just put up scores of photos on flickr, here are a few of the wilder ones -

a bat! living between the screen and the glass of a window in my house! a bat! with bat toes!


mystical reflected henry


the la zoom purple bus tour of asheville, so very entertaining and informative, here a nun eats fire


patches' birthday party!


rocking in little switzerland


lexington avenue arts and fun fest - LAAFFest


justin's booth (justin's also a model)


finally here's henry (& holden & nacho) waiting for some peanut butter on his last night right before he jumped on my bed & slept all night on my pillow



and last but not least - happy birthday graham (yesterday) and phil (two days ago)!

guess who's coming to visit!

henry mctammany, squirrel hunter, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

my little brother henry & his parents are coming for the weekend, holden & nacho can't wait to play with their little uncle.

who's your candidate?

you can check off how you stand on a short list of the issues and this site will tell you who your best match is for the 2008 presidential election.

candidate calculator

i got a tie of 90% match with two guys i couldn't pick out of a lineup (Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel (D) & Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich (D))
and third place was lowly 60% Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D)

i did not know that





thanks to jimmy for the tip

my pet - 1983

give me a break, G-

tick tock tick tock

a watched pot never boils...until it does

fiesta chair

fiesta chair, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

party and rest and rest and fiesta

twisted postcards

teylor jené!

kid d had a baby girl!


"Teylor Jené was born August 28, 2007 at 3:54 a.m. She came right in the middle of the lunar eclipse. She weighs 6 pounds 12 oz and is 19 inches long. She is in perfect health."

awwwwwwww!

congratulations mama kid d & baby teylor! (you may remember kid d as the fantastic winner of the "get fresh with mateo" contest)

computer's back

i got my computer back from the shop yesterday & after a few minor hassles and with the patient and relentlessly generous technolove from my friend Stefan The Computer Whisperer i managed to get most programs reinstalled and my email is back to good and my login and passwords are set for most of the places i go so all is well here in cyberland. it took a whole month and a LOT more money than i care to admit but what can ya do.

full moon last night

full moon, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

full moon pie, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

full moon holden, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

out the windows

fingerpainted in hillcrest, san diego, 2005-6

happy birthday quissy!

it's that day again! do something radical!

early sink

early sink, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

washed wallet

one day a friend washed his wallet with his pants & this is what was drying out on his kitchen table

a frayed knot

i find myself at the end of my rope

computer repairman was here this morning for 3 hours, thought he'd fixed my computer, i paid him $252 & he left to see another customer & turns out the computer is exactly the same as when he arrived. you turn it on & there's a blinking white cursor and that is all. i've been in asheville 5 months & this is the first time i've gone hysterical crying which i guess is good and bad. he's coming back to pack the computer up & take it to their shop & fix it for real and for good. i can only hope.

arachnaphilia

i think i found the "tarantula" that was tormenting me in my bed a few months ago. i haven't seen it indoors since then, but today i saw this spider next to the front door & i think it's the same one

that's fucking big. how terrible karmically would it be for me to pour bleach on it?

[cue i'm melllllltiiiiiiing!!!!! wicked witch]