tune on in

university of arkansas KXUA honest tunes radio, hosted by dgold, has jerry joseph live in the studio tonight. streaming right now.

a view from my desk

every time i look out the window i see a face smiling back at me



click it if you can't see it

move around

jumping jack, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

it's harder to be outside in winter but moving can be done inside

i just saw andie macdowell humbly floating and glowing through the grocery store. she was wearing a beautiful scarf. she did not bring her own bags but she did bag her own groceries. i realized after i dodged her around the peppers & said 'scuse me' & she politely mumbled herself. i think she is from asheville and still lives here. hey, it's almost groundhog day.

burning man tree

burning man, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

she tosses

she tosses, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

i went to a christmas tree bonfire last night. they torched 150 trees. a few at a time. they collected them all from the xmas tree recycling site. my hair smells like burned evergreen, it's awesome.

verify

the password is...



MUFWETY

just struck me as an interesting random combination of letters

hm

you're fuckin crazy
if you think
you're logical
i thought
to myself
in a flash

mogu holden

mogu holden, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

snugglebeds

snugglebeds, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

nacho bed edge

nacho bed edge, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

dear adam

Dear Adam,
Do you Love me and carin?

carin and Heather




crazy as it may be, he didn't really love us.

jumpsuit

in mexico it's a humpsuit

redacted

i posted a poem earlier today
written about people i knew years plural ago
but took it down because people i know now are living it
maybe i'll post it again in a few months when things are better for them
sorry & thanks

love love

love love, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." - MLK

kick apathy

kick apathy, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

a team puzzle

a team puzzle, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

i love it when a puzzle comes together

there were two of us working on this & we finished in a couple hours
i forgot how frickin exciting it is when pieces fit together
great for snowdays

probably...yeah...

tantrum biofeedback

screaming at somebody's perceived lazy incompetence through a computer screen: "you are EXTREMELY fucking annoying! EXTREMELY FUCKING ANNOYING!" does not accomplish anything but raising my own heart rate & agitation level, and the levels of nearby dogs. pounding a fist on a desk yelling "IDIOT!" also compounds the stress. it seems this can be reversed by walking down the hall, spiked beverages, and/or herbal remedies.

snow day hope

snow day hope, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

i'm really loving the snow we've been getting. especially since we haven't lost power at all. i love how the sky looks brown at night when it's snowing.

silence like a cancer grows

ron paul antidote

pet peeves

packing peanuts

puffed styrofoam bits, overstuffed in a box, can't get out what's inside without a waterfall overflow of the damned things

cant we stuff boxes with newsprint?

rearrange

change is music to my ears

straight outta the inbox

here are a few real text messages in my box right now:

"I an eating some of our brownies. Bad me. We may have to able more. But thats ok cause i have a lot of boxes of crownie mix."



"Awesomest nevermind evermind"


"But i am trying to get a gig for my band at a bar in town called The Virginian. I named our band Reservoir Tip. I play the keytar. I promise video footage."

"Gertrude thinks peyote is a food group."

"Awwwww...Tis good! Damn u old suck dog!"

all reasons i like txting more than chatting.

mosaic

mosaic, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

all fits together

vintage vantage

vintage vantage, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

the most magical shelf at goodwill

the most magical shelf at goodwill, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

fine line

Dear Attractive Friend,
Love you,
the bourbon

some more shantaram

madonna is friends with linbaba?



this AP bit about madonna's trip to India this week mentions Shantaram with Johnny Depp in the present tense:

Madonna, Ritchie Visit Slums of Mumbai
By Associated Press
MUMBAI, India — Madonna visited a crowded Mumbai slum Tuesday, where impoverished residents showered her with rose and marigold petals.

Madonna didn't speak to journalists, and a New York-based spokeswoman for the 49-year-old singer wasn't immediately available for comment.

Millions of people live in makeshift huts in slums along railway lines and roads in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment center.

Wearing a black jacket, T-shirt and jeans, Madonna spent nearly 45 minutes with residents of the downtown shanty township.

She was accompanied by her husband, Guy Ritchie, and Australian author Gregory David Roberts, who made the Mumbai slum his home in the early 1980s.

Roberts worked for the city's crime bosses and set up a free health clinic in the slum when he took refuge in Mumbai after escaping from an Australian high-security prison.

The slum features prominently in Roberts' best-seller "Shantaram," which is being adapted into a film starring Johnny Depp and directed by Mira Nair.

from the LA times

lady

lady, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

junkie

adrenaline's a
dirty whoremone
makes a big man
check a messageboard
sixty five times
in an hour
thirsty for replies
bringing rushes of envelope icons
counting anonymous views
since he last
hit submit

michael jackson's signature

Ewok! [blue ribbon] Ewoks
Michael Jackson is now an official member of the ewoks!
she may change her name to Jenifer Jackson or Jernane

Michael Jackson!
what signature she wants

first modelfest of 08

about 20 models came over last night to have some hot buttered cider and try on some old t-shirts. there were a few rookies in the mix but you couldn't tell from the photos.














it was a great time, i'm down a couple chairs, but they've been wobbly & crappy since day 1

huckapoo

is it a joke that this man might be nominated for the presidency? do these huckabees represent america today? god i hope not.

little america

nothing's ever easy
burnt fuses busted lights
coke and seeds for breakfast
melted guardrail sights

blinded in a snowdrift
glad to be alive
fleeting rolling drama
no one here can drive

woven snow

woven snow, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

this new year is a lot whiter than the old year

balloon drop orange peel

balloon drop orange peel, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

toubab krewe - dick clark countdown last night, here come the balloons!

happy new year

starring, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

the words of the day are transformation and synthesis, go with the changes, change what holds you back, 2008 can be the year

dog that lays like frog

dog that lays like frog, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

flickr is pretty cool. there are millions of 'groups' people have started where anybody can add pictures so you get these global photo albums full of similar subjects. there's a group for photos of cavalier king charles spaniels, for instance.

and one for "Dogs that Lay Like Frogs"

lay vs lie grammar aside, superman dogs are fun to look at

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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