the panty christ

root root root

the ones i want to win
are losing
nothing i can do
from here
not enjoying this
amusement
hard lounging in my
easy chair
the battle's won & lost
in real time
red blood runs when
big men fall
epic scale of acrobatics
chasing orange
bouncing balls

ees no block weedow

after killing a spider behind the dryer last month, i looked at all the windows and corners of the house and found a couple more webs and spiders i thought could be black widows. i called my landlords and they had their friend who has a terminix business come over to look and spray. i showed him and the landlord the webs and the dead spider behind the dryer and the exterminator who is from brazil said "Ees no block weedow." i said "are you sure? it had a red spot on it?" he just shook his head chuckling & said "Ees no block weedow. You know block weedow? Ees big. Ees no block weedow" like i am a nutty broad. he said the spiders and webs i showed him are not poisonous spiders but he went around spraying all the corners with some horrible chemicals anyway just so i wouldn't worry & pronounced me spider free.

well i'm worried. the dryer needs real attention so i finally went down with tweezers & a plastic bag & put the spider carcass in there so i could look at it. how could an exterminator laugh me off that this is a black widow? it shrunk from being sprayed with bleach, but isn't this a red spot?




and still in the same window that i originally showed him is this lovely animal. is this not a black widow? am i a nutty broad? help me out here guy.







baby widows on the way?

won't you help to sing

irie bob marley day!

robert nesta marley
feb. 6 1945 - may 11, 1981

voting controversy from the vintage vantage site

it's been 4 years since this all happened. this is right from the vv site:

It all started with Kat Storemski. The outspoken 21-year-old from Florida complained to MTV that our voting t-shirt was giving young people the wrong idea about voting. MTV News ran the story, and what followed can only be described as a media explosion. We were soon fielding early morning calls from the New York Times, the Washington Post, NPR - everybody wanted to know why we hated democracy so much. Even Russell Simmons was talking poop. Then Harvard University chimed in and our shirts were banned from stores across the country. Uhh, what? Our favorite part was when Fox News came to our house to cover the story - while we didn't answer the door, we did let Holden and Nacho (dressed in voting t-shirts) out to play with our new friends. They got along great! Look, they're kissing! When the dust cleared, we collected some of our favorite quotes on the subject - click here to check em out.

Our vicious attempt to poison the minds of young people.

But the story doesn't end there! With election day fast approaching, we posted an offer on this website - free voting t-shirts for anybody who promised to wear the shirt to the polls. The response was overwhelming, as the Camp Cool faithful proved once and for all that young people can appreciate irony and participate in the political process at the same time. Click below to see photos from the polls.

go out & vote this year, old people

these sticks are uncrossed

there was a camp game called 'these sticks are crossed, these sticks are UNcrossed' where everybody sat in a circle on the floor and passed around two sticks (like from trees. the littlest branches.) and as each person passed them she said either "these sticks are crossed" or "these sticks are uncrossed" and the trick was it had nothing to do with whether she was crossing the sticks in her hands - it was whether her legs were crossed or not. so if she was indian style but holding the sticks parallel she had to say 'these sticks are crossed' or else everybody who 'got it' already would say 'NOOOooo!!' and she passed them to the next person.

i am very comfortable sitting down completely twisted up, my legs crossed once or sometimes twice, and i know this is not good for my circulation or joints or muscles or probably every system i have. it's probably like when a hose is bent and gets a kink. in the past i've tried nailing slippers to the floor so i could put my feet in them and they would stay straight, but the slippers were too easy to slide out of and unconsciously i would be crossed within minutes. i was considering snowboard bindings under the desk or a chair like teylor in the pumpkin patch.

pup of the day

dozer nacho

2-2-8

tracking green through town
adroit bar claws nails from boards
mix like a wizard

saw

saw, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

i saw 'into the wild' at the brew & view last night. he seemed foolishly unprepared to me, his trip almost a suicide mission. he also looked like offspring of taylor hanson (mmmbop) and wheels chipotle. here's a diagram. i should probably read the book before forming any more opinions about it. the soundtrack was excellent, eddie vedder everywhere.

this is a shot of a table saw at a fun construction site i visited today

flower

flower, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

insomnia

insomnia, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

relax your shoulders

there'll be peace

bob seger is america! here's a great video for "In Your Time" some guy mike made for a class




i had to pull over while driving on grand ave. in san diego one time listening to this song because it made me weep & i couldnt see

seger sundays at the silver fox = $20 in the jukebox, nothing but seger...until the bartender pulls the plug...an act of treason

skippy hizzy

gizoogle.com will translate any website into jive

nacho vest

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!