Sea Biscuit VS War Admiral

Who doesn't love an underdog story...

Above-Sea Biscuit-"He was undersized, knobby-kneed, and not much to look at, and was given to sleeping and eating for long periods" more info on him here

War Admiral-"He inherited his father's fiery temperament and talent" more info here

I'm not into horse racing, I actually think it's kinda cruel-along with dog races-but this story is pretty amazing. You should read the book or rent the movie as well-the jockey Red Pollard is just as interesting. They had a special on PBS last night about the horses-check it here

1 in 3 Americans watched this historic race. Crazy! Sea Biscuit won by 4 lengths!!!

Pet Peeves

"A pet peeve (or pet hate) is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to them, to a greater degree than others may find it. The term originated from the word 'peave'. Its first usage was in 1919. The term is a back-formation from the 14th-century word 'peevish,' meaning ornery or ill-tempered. Pet peeves often involve specific behaviors of someone close, such as a spouse or significant other. These behaviors may involve disrespect, manners, personal hygiene, relationships, and family issues. Road rage itself is considered a pet peeve by many. Other driving-related pet peeves include drivers who speed up to keep others from changing lanes (Gap Snatchers), or distracted drivers talking on cell phones (Motor Mouths). Often a pet peeve will seem illogical to others. For example, a supervisor may have a pet peeve about people leaving the lid on the copier up and react angrily, be annoyed when others interrupt when speaking, or by messy desks of their subordinates. That same supervisor may witness employees coming into work late, and not feel any annoyance whatsoever." From Wikipedia

I have pet peeves.

1) Ignoring me
2) Slapping my face -even if just kidding around I HATE IT
3) Somebody that taps on something ALL the damn time
4) My old roommate Ty used to eat/drink all my food and NOT replace any of it-cheapass
5) People who don't like dogs-esp my dogs
6) Borrowing my car and not putting gas in it
7) Telling me what to do
8) Smelly balls
9) Just kidding about the balls part-or am I?
10) Landscapers that show up at 6 am and those damn leaf blower things.

William Gedney

All photos from here and some from The Selvedgeyard Blog one of my all time favorite blogs-they have taught me so much and have THE best posts. I just had to share this one with you tho.. I love photography and I had never heard of Gedney-DUH! So glad they posted about it. I now have a new favorite photographer.

Once again ***The photos above are all originally from the Duke University Libraries Digital collections. I think I was supposed to put the name and title of each photo but if you go to their website you can see all that info.

"William Gedney was born in 1932 and died of AIDS in 1989 in New York City and is buried in Greenville, New York, a few short miles from his childhood home. He left his photographs and writings to his life long friend Lee Friedlander"
Here's more info on Gedney.

Happy Bday Lil Bro!

Happy 31st Bday Shane!!! My Dad built us a tree fort way up in the tree in our backyard when we were kids. I was harassing my lil brother Shane and I grabbed his "blankey" as he was halfway up the ladder and threw it down. The crazy kid jumped after it. He landed on the ground and just laid there and I saw my whole life flash before my eyes. I was terrified of what my Dad would do if he found out I killed my lil brother. He turned out to be ok-just a bit shocked. That's not even the half of it. My other brother BJ had this stuffed animal he loved SO much. We'd take all his clothes off and throw his stuffed animal out the front door of the house. He'd run out and get it.. man, we were mean older Sisters.

Ouch

Boots here meowwwww.

"The First Day of My Life"

This song is so sweet.

"This is the first day of my life
I swear I was born right in the doorway
I went out in the rain suddenly everything changed
They're spreading blankets on the beach

Yours is the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you
Now I don’t know where I am
I don’t know where I’ve been
But I know where I want to go

And so I thought I’d let you know
That these things take forever
I especially am slow
But I realize that I need you
And I wondered if I could come home

Remember the time you drove all night
Just to meet me in the morning
And I thought it was strange you said everything changed
You felt as if you'd just woke up
And you said “this is the first day of my life
I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you
But now I don’t care I could go anywhere with you
And I’d probably be happy”

So if you want to be with me
With these things there’s no telling
We just have to wait and see
But I’d rather be working for a paycheck
Than waiting to win the lottery
Besides maybe this time is different
I mean I really think you like me"

Daily Heart On

I love when grass grows between rocks. I also love these peoples house it looks amazing. A garden, cool old stoves, dreamy. The furniture above is all made from skatedecks and the two top items I just thought they were cool.. forgot where I found all of them tho. My bad.

Slab City Riot 2009 Pics

Check out the awesome photos WesD took at the Riot here If you look on his flickr acct there's even more. Sucha talented guy. I guess I got a lil crazy while at the Riot.. just a LIL bit.

Here's a link to Wes' blog as well here

Randumbs.

Rad beard Font.

An awesome score.. a HUGE 1958 map. It fits perfectly in the hole in our wall, a lil crooked tho but F-it. I hate trying to hammer nails into bricks so the first try is the ONLY try.

The landlords been coming around. He's starting on the new garage. That means our days at the house are numbered-tho, they are already numbered for me bcuz there's no way in hell i'm staying there with no air over the summer. The few weeks that it wasn't working were HELL.

Don't worry, it's NOT staying this ugly ass color my bro picked out. WTH was he thinking in the first place? I think I like this color combo

Here are the photos of it with the finished interior. My Dad shows me a tube in the lower section of the engine and says "put your hand here and let me know if any air comes out" he then proceeds to blow air thru the hose and all this gross greenish, slimy, black dotted shit came out all over my hands-thanks Dad for warning me. My hand smelled like bad gas (not fart gas, but fuel) for at least 6 hours, even after multiple washings. The shifter is still my fav thing. My Dad showed me how this one worked-it's a bit odd. OH and here's my Dad with his new project-'70 Maverick. I think it's kinda fugly tho.

Chi Chi came to work today. OH yah.. So a typical day of visiting my folks house includes my Mother nit-picking every thing about me. I walk in and she says "do you ever wear your contacts? you should get those rimless glasses-the glasses you have are horrible and bulky" then we go to get into my car and she says "you're sucha pig, I didn't raise you to be so piggy, this is a new car and you should keep it nice" then "you smell like onions" was pretty good-I hadn't even eaten any onions. I left out the part where the T-shirt that I had on had been on my back the whole day before and all night and then all day the next day. I was too lazy to change it. I did shower tho so shut it. The list of her picking on me usually goes on and on. Sometimes I wish I had a Mother who appreciated me for who I am and didn't pick on me. I'm sure she's just looking out for me but there's got to be a better way of doing that. When my hair was long she told me I should cut it bcuz I look better with short hair, when I wear my thriftstore shoes she asks If I have nicer shoes to wear..AAAHHHHUUUGGGGGGH!

Pussy-Cat

I love the Prada ones on the left.I wish I looked good in cat eye sunglasses. meow.

Riding Solo to the Top of the World

still want to see this.. looks awesome.

"Riding Solo... is a film about filmmaker Gaurav Jani's solo motorcycle journey from Mumbai to one of the remotest places in the world, the Changthang Plateau in Ladakh, bordering China. As a one-man film unit, he astonishes you, filming the landscape he passes by and the people he interacts with, capturing moments of beauty, pain, love, hardship, self doubt and spiritual triumphs."

I don't see it on Netflix tho-grrr.

Murder Rap.

xxx xxx love xxx xxx

F'n COPS!

I really don't want to do this but this will cover my speeding ticket. UGH. they are a size 39 Chloe Platform Maryjanes. I will either A put them on ebay (these ones went for $350 a few days ago. I will take $328 (cost of the speeding ticket) this person just sold theirs for $350

Let's All Chip in and Buy THIS!

Titan 1 Missile Base in Denver, CO for sale on Ebay. How fucking rad would it be to have an underground bar/hotel? here (I linked it just for you Boyle.)

"The Titan 1C facility was built in the early 1960s at a cost of
$170,000,000. It was designed as a virtual underground city with
independent power, water, sewer, kitchen, bathrooms, sleeping
quarters, and air filtration.
Price:
$3,400,000
Building Size: Approx. 50,000 square feet of total floor space
- Three 160’ tall missile silos approx. 10,000 Sq. Ft each
- Three 4 story equipment terminal buildings approximately
6,000 Sq. Ft each
- Two 6 story antenna silos approximately 3000 Sq. Ft each
- One 100’ (base) diameter control dome building
- One 130’ (base) diameter power dome building
- Nearly mile of tunnels 9 feet in diameter 40 feet below
ground level
- One entry portal approximately 65’ deep and 40’ in diameter.
- Two deep wells
Site Size: 19 Acres (827,640 Sq. Ft.)
- 37 fenced acres
- 210 total acres
Airport: 20 minutes from Denver International Airport

Ideal building for:

Data storage.

High tech or classified work.

Underground Hotel."