labor day

rode to brentwood park with inga and frisbee. beautiful day. felt like fall.

visit

recent visit to see the fam.

inga has cataracts.

dad took up organ collecting at some point. he is fond of vacuum tube technology.

parents' wedding gift. or the top piece anyway. i remember this from childhood with the base and glass cylinder in between. glass long since broke in one of the moves.

5th st bridge over lamar

a favorite graffiti location. on my commute home from the borg. see previous 'boobs' post. i enjoy watching it change, though i don't always catch the scene. depends on how far traffic backs up and whether i can pull the trigger in time. sometimes the city gets really diligent and paints it over quickly. i missed the last cats series unfortunately. but here's a guy in air jordan's floating on umbrella.

poop cube

rubio had a nissan cube in poop color for a week while her miata was in the shop. side swiped by an suv. she was not happy to say the least with the rental, but we all enjoyed it.

frels in the trunk on the way to lunch. hipstamatic lens-film randomizer in action.

hipsta-kitty

i realize i need to take pics with something different. at least switch up the film or lens on the iphooon. geez.

tombear digs the chin rub.

she does nonplussed well.

penguin bday

was invited to a nice gathering at black star coop. there were a disproportinate number of cool chicks there. in typical penguin fashion.

the erotic christian poet. i'm still not sure how you fit those three things in one boat, but her logic seemed sound.

the dentist who knows my dentist and isn't afraid to dish about it.

hot ride

hatched a wacky idea to ride to friend's house yesterday. procrastination resulted in a 230pm departure. a pawn shop sign said it was 104. my dentist this morning said it was 112.

more hiptsa

binge trip to the asian market.

trash lunch. or maybe just frugal. $3 is hard to beat.

hipstamatic

enjoying new phone and camera app. functionality is excellent. makes it easy to take a good, fun pic.

wee

jorge's serves its beer with a midgety glass.

remembering amy

amydob i miss you

fuckin horrible obit by the way. sorry amy.

no mention of the names of your father, brother, ex-husband, or dead mother. more plugs for a church than a story of your crazy life. i got the memorial donations corrected to your wishes, aspca, and not a church.

sigh.

i hope the waters were warm and you went peacefully. i suspect you knew what you were doing.

miss you girl.

compare

from new york times via tom. thanks.

shadowplay

07.23.2011 under mopac at 2222

summer fun

07.20.2011 kids in the fountain last night. park at riverside and dawson. passed through on a mojito fueled cruise.


google gets most of the park anatomy, including the sprial hill. cool.

07.16.2011 mid-mint julep, jim cullum's landing, riverwalk, san antonio. pics by domel. need sort through more images. this was nearing the end of an excellent day that included swimming, cocktails with friends, inga, historic hotel, riverwalk wander, and a jazz club.

fortune

1 combo crispy noodle + 3 rounds of iphone mahjong = 1 loveydovey fortune.

at last

it was finally time to give up on dell and microsoft. thanks rove kid for helping pay for the upgrade.


cookies at hea cafe are trying to tell me something.

in all fairness

barf gift from skinnycat. her motto is go hard or go home. and she means it.

longview

7.3.2011 inga on huntington park walk, longview, tx


getting a drink in the piney woods


bell family lake house, lake cherokee


sorting through miles of functional equivalents

phone dump

7.1.2011 hea cafe fortune. may come true in an unlikely form.


jeffrey and liz shelton at biweekly happy hour

dogsitting

6.18.2011
the cost of babysitting a neurotic dog. she had only been there 3 hours. i got home from work to 2 messes on the floor.

parents and pet owners are funny. they never think their baby is capable of evil. i now have pictoral proof that they are.

the last time i babysat a neurotic dog, it destroyed hundreds of dollars of landscaping at the cave, chased the cats, barked nonstop, scratched the bamboo floors and kept me up all night. so by comparison, this was pretty tame.

both dogs came with user instructions along the lines of: oh, she's so sweet. you won't have any problems at all. she's so easy/well-behaved.

clearly.

goodbye cave, good luck rove

sold the cave.

offer came in june 6, closed june 17. had 2 days notice to vacate. it's gone, so i'm not going to complain, but i will say the rove kid (or his momma, or their handlers) was a picky little bitch.

6.16.2011
one last pic before following the moving van to brentwood. props to miss lc for helping, moral support, and drinking our last beer in the driveway.


6.23.2011
cave's parting gift to me. one last jab. $300 utility bill. probably some jackass realtor or their client screwing with the thermostat.


i will miss

• miss lc in the hood
• 2 neighbors
• bull creek walks
• lap pool across the street

i will not miss

• 5 year moneypit project
• the remaining issues that are now somebody elses problem
• 2 flights of stairs to get to bed
• whiteville
• a bimmer driving dentist and his teeny blonde wife as neighbors
• 360 commute

recovery team

6.12.2011
take 3 cats 1 dog and call me in the morning.