Monday, July 14, 2008

quissy's engaged!


2.6, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

my little brother proposed to his wonderful girlfriend angela in front of the eiffel tower and she said yes. they are spending the next 5 weeks walking 500 miles along the camino de santiago de compostela pilgrimage route through northern spain.

(this photo is not angela, it's tina from the cherokee trading post in clinton, oklahoma)


update - thanks MOM for the photo of the real chris & angela - and an email update from chris on the santiago trail =
"she going to be Mrs. Bugs Bunny...

walked 18 more miles today and tomorrow to Pamplona...little tired but trekking like champs so far."






Friday, July 11, 2008

struts and frets

i've come to think that drama is a choice. as in - you can choose to create it, maintain it, encourage it, or you can dispel it, be transparent and real and honest, and rise above & not allow it to continue. yell cut.

i think a lot of misunderstandings turn into major grudges because they are not either aired out completely at the start or risen above. you can't let them fester. it gives a negative issue too much power in your life. life is too short to worry about what someone might have meant when they wrote or said or did whatever it is. either tell them they hurt you and ask why, or take a step back, understand where they may be coming from, forgive them whatever their intent, and get past it asap.

i think a lot of us go through life like it's a 'three's company' episode full of misunderstandings and miscommunications, secrets and deceptions, pretending to be gay so the landlord lets you stay. and it's not really necessary.

in my experience some misunderstandings turn out to be funny when both sides realize where the communication broke down.

and tragic when they don't.

so do your best. and follow the golden rule, and if everyone does good will be done to you.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

secret fluff safe


secret fluff safe, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

it was just a matter of time. i made a couple marshmallow fluff safes to go with the peanut butter safes i've done. now it's possible to make fake fluffernutters while stashing stuff.

in related news, a human being can eat nothing but 3 nectarines and a half a jar of marshmallow fluff in a day and still wake up the next morning.

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

mini me's

a lot of my friends are procreating, and damn their kids are cute!

here is liam and dan's kellen -



and here is chris and erin's casey -



heartbreakers!

at the stoplight


at the stoplight, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

just a normal everyday occurrence in downtown asheville

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

most popular


broken toes, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

flickr keeps track of how many people click on your photos

i checked it yesterday and this photo has had 725+ lookers since i posted last month

for reference, most photos i put up there have 1-5 people look at them

the next closest is 120 lookers at a sneak photo i took last summer of a pregnant girl eating gummi bears at the airport

people are funny

they love to look at broken toes in a cast

Monday, July 07, 2008

waiting for my clothes


waiting for my clothes, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

how about when you're doing laundry and get all the wet clothes into a dryer and put in 4 quarters and start it & a lady comes by telling you that one doesn't work.

thanks lady. why didn't you put a sign on it?

i put a sign on it.

and moved the wet clothes to another dryer

and put in another 4 quarters

i feel poor when i go to the laundromat

so it's probably good for me

Sunday, July 06, 2008

happy sorry


happy sorry, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

a friend of mine is a good friend of the rock n roll band turbine & asked me to make a shirt for them, as they are booked to play a birthday party and a funeral in the same day.

vintage vantage blank t-shirt + alphabet stencil stamps + fabric paint = easy as pie

Friday, July 04, 2008

happy fourth


happy fourth, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

wear a helmet


wear a helmet, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

Thursday, July 03, 2008

jj hearts planet earth


jj hearts planet earth, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

the scrap paper they have out for testing colored pencils at mast general store

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

the crappiest unicorn


crappiest unicorn, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

i seriously drew this trying to look like a unicorn in 2nd grade