The Machine

I hate blogging....

2007-05-28T22:03:00.000-07:00

Yes ladies and gents... I dont like blogging. I actually wish I never had gotten started blogging. It's way too time consuming and way too boring. I have a hyper mind at times, and those are apparently the only ones when I should be blogging. But. No. Ahhh shucks.

Pedernales state park.

2006-05-18T21:42:00.000-07:00

Good trip, what can I say? I needed this visit into relaxation world more than I knew. Luckily I had Gina and Kelly along for the ride. Overall, this was a wonderful weekend! Here are some pics.

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This was our first obsticle. There was a bunch of mud and this nice little log to walk across. Time to bring your jedi ninja skills.

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On our way... yah. We walked for about 40 minutes. Man o' man did our legs itch.

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This was our spot by the river we chose to swim in.

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I liked this picture.

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Kelly, sporting his METV shirt. Oh, and shades. And hat. And pack.

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I am stumped on this one.

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I just like this one.

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What kind of snake was this? I dont know, but that was as close as i was going to go! I really wanted to get closer, but the green geans I was wearing told me no.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!! Kelly didnt do so well on the way back. I totally missed the picture of him going "woah!" and then sick sucking sound of him totally going in the mud. LOL! I love you man. It's all good. Dont kill me for laughing too much!

2006-05-18T21:26:00.000-07:00

So, back at camp we started on our "blue cups of love" and some good ol' games of cards! We played some "Texas Hold'em" and bet with the best thing out there. Goldfish. We had to keep buying back in because we kept eating all our money. I guess there is a lesson there for all....

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Ohh!!! Who is going to win? I am betting that I will! GOOO 10's! The fishys are piling up! Whats going to happen? Lots of little golden lives are in the balance!

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ARR!!! Look there! I am the winner! Pair of 10's wins against ace high! I won 31 fishys and three potato chips. They all met terrible deaths!

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Gina is like "what the hell are you doing kelly?"

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There is wisdom here. Lots and lots of wisdom. Somewhere. You have to kind of look. It's kind of behind the left rim. Yah. There it is. Wisdom.

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Goldfish. I hate goldfish. Kelly made me do this!

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Ok, how about this one? My sexy stupid, "hey look at the silly amount of hair on my head!" I need a hair cut!

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Oh for loving sake. I need a freaking hair cut!

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Where there is a flame, there is a way to light shit on fire. Yay!

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Ahh, the fine art of the spatula. With this spatula, I hold the power to move coals. I completly forgot a huge spoon, so yah. Spatula of power GO!

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Great pic of Gina. Kelly took this one.

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This was our dinner. In it holds. One chicken. Cut up potato, squash, carrots, stove top stuffing stuffed up the arse of the chicken, a lonestar beer. MMMM I wish i had taken a picture of the finished product, but I guess I was salivating too much.

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Arr! There be a moon out there ye scurvie pirates!

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The "man" in the fire. I told everyone he was there. So now they can see! MWAHAHAHHAHA!!!! Anyway, good trip.

The sultry salesman...

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So yah.

2005-12-30T01:27:00.000-08:00

Good movie.

Love song for Bobby Long

2005-12-30T01:02:00.000-08:00

I got to see a wonderful movie tonight. It was something that was awesome. It reminded me of my old heredity. Yes, the music was great as well. It was A love song for Bobby Long. It stared Scarlett Jo Hanson. A gal that has surpassed Liv Tyler in so many ways as far as young love starlets go. I recommend this movie to everyone.

The south has always been in my blood. The music that is. Here is an old remembrance. Something that happened two years ago. Here it is. One of my things on my online diary...

99 years young

October 18, 2003

Listening to: bluegrass babies -
Feeling: kooky

Yah, so today was my family reunion. All I have to say was wow. It was a side of the fam that I usually dont get to see. My mothers, mothers side.

My great grandfather turned 99 yesterday, and so we all appended a birthday cake to the celebrations of togetherness.

It was 80 the whole day, and sunny. The air was crisp with cool breezes and the kids laughed and laughed.

Everyone crowded around the old man in the gazebo and I took some pictures. Then I sat next to him on the swing and just listened to people talk.

For a little while everyone disappeared. So there i sat with this old man who is my great grandfather, who was born in 1904.

I didnt say a thing.

I just sat there, glad to be away from the city, away from everything. There, with my great grandfather, sitting on a swing, overlooking vast fields of green sprinkled with sunny yellow flowers dotted with an occasional oak and juniper.

I wondered and pondered, but made sure I thought about nothing. We just sat and had one of life’s moments. It was more than I could ask for.

Then came the food. Then the singing. Mother made me sing my 'Rolling' song to the whole audience. I could only hope they would think it was about life and love. Which it is, if you look at it a certain way.

But then these three old women from Mississippi came out and sang the sweetest bluegrass ever an ear to hear. Ahhh.... It was oh so good, and oh so much fun. It was as though the movie soundtrack to "O' Brother Where art thou" had come to life.

All in all a good day.

One of the best.

-----That was years ago. The old man is still alive today. Ahh... Roots. Music. Its not about video games, and the online life. It's about talking, singing, and being together. Asimov might have it right. If we live long enough, we might just forget who our parents are. We might grow so much apart from everyone that we forget where we came from, and who got us there. So many people part and go away back to their corners of the earth making us believe that what we lived really was something in our dreams.

I miss life sometimes, but it's good to be reminded of what got me there. My past, and the music that still lives. Oh and the poets! That movie was like watching a Star Trek movie! So many good quotes from great authors! Ahh. It's good, for the perfect frame of mind.

September sighs...

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Although I took these at the end of August. I count them as my semi fall pics. This of course is a walk to my corner store on Bluebonnet. I did not add any pics of that store, because that would have made too much sense. Well, at least I finally got around to putting them on the net. Here ya go folk. Yup, thats right, "folk," not folks.

Cheers-

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ME! I am a street!

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tele pole glass

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reaching. ahh i loved that flower

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that object got nailed!

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ARRRR!!! WHERE BE THAT TREASURE???? ARR

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i am not a fan of this picture...

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a sad little flower...

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purrdy..

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i fell in love with this fence. a great fence to take b/w's of.

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8276309eeenine

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WOAH! Hello color!

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I want a bike like that.

2005-10-01T18:21:00.000-07:00

Dissapointment does not come easy.

Serenity

2005-10-01T17:37:00.000-07:00

Wow. Well, what to say. I must start off by saying this review of the movie will have spoilers for those who have not seen it. Not that it really matters, there are only like two people who ever check in on this thing anyway. But if you are one of those two, and have not seen the movie, I suggest you stop right here.

So yah. Wash dies. Oh, and so does Book. Ahh... I am a mixture of wrath and depression. I never really liked Wash's character. It was only when I saw him do his little dinosaur thing in the extra contents of the DVD did I really start to like the guy. He was funny. Hell, he was the voice of the robot in IRobot with Will Smith. He was some of the comedic glue that held that Firefly and all its crew together. And now, hes gone. A huge fucking spike sticking out of his chest.

And Book. Well I liked him well enough, but didnt really give a rats ass about his death. I feel like it was a total cop-out. Joss had some history with that guy I know he really wanted people to know about. And if it went back on the air eventually I am confident we all would have known. My theory was that he was a soldier that loved a woman and then she got killed. This of course made him turn to God and become a sheppard. I could be wrong, but that would explain in part his knowledge of so many things military.

But Wash! I guess that guy really grew on me. It just pisses me off that Wheadon turned back to that part of his playbook. The only part of his brilliant playbook I hate. Which is "people you love die" "look! look at how real I am making this by making people die!" "look at the pain I can cause! the harsh reality!" 'LOOK AT WHAT I CAN DO!" Ahh fuck that. I was hoping the crew could stay together for a while longer. Book, i understand. He was old. Hell, he looked terrible. "So skinny," kelly told me while we were walking back to the car. But i wish he hadnt killed off Wash. I mean you just dont do that! He was a good person. A caring person. It immediately turned the movie sour for me.

It was a good movie overall. At the beginning I was more worried about the audience not getting it more than anything, but of course what was I thinking? They were all fans, just like me. Plus, Alamo never lets you down and they had the "making of" during the preshow warmup to help out anyone who might of needed it. Ahh I LOVE THE ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE! They even had some new menu items dedicated to some of the things they ate on the show during the season. I wanted the tomato and shrimp with rosemary plate. But i had just eaten, so I figured that I would get that tomorrow when I watched the movie again. Feh. But that was before I left the theater depressed and sad that Joss had to be Joss. Bugger his movie, and bugger the series. I am not going to watch it again. I know whats in it.

The thing that always brought me back to the DVD's (I watched them all three times apiece! Some episodes four or five times!) was the camaraderie and the way that cast worked it's magic. Now some of the magic is gone. I agree with what Tim Buckley of CAD had to say. It seemed a lot colder on that ship. Where was the lived in warm tones that we have all known and grown to love? It was as cold as the space that surrounded it.

Anyway, I feel sad. Joss is a brilliant guy, but his funny way of killing off major characters to rub in a sense of reality is such a turn off for me. But there's nothing I can do. Wow, i guess i really got used to that pilot that loved playing with the dinosaurs. Anyway, he can have his world. I liked that world, even got to live in it for a short while via imagination and dreams. Now it's broken. Heh, but you can never really leave serenity once you have found it right?

It was a fun ride. But all good things come to and end. Goodbye Wash. I dont know how he is going to ressurect the damn series now that he has killed off a few of the team. Perhaps it's his own way of sticking it to Fox. I am sure Fox will bring it back. But now I dont know. I think he made a major mistake. Who is going to be the new pilot? Is it going to be like a Harry Potter book where they get a new defense of the dark arts teacher every year? Too soon Joss. Too soon. You did it way too soon.

I guess, what i am really trying to say is... why does he vex us, in this time and age... Why does he do this, when we really need hero's. Wash was a good guy. The best guy. We needed him. I never really knew that until he was gone. Is gone. Damn it all to hell. Wheadon? What the FUCK are you thinking?

Sigh.. well at least there is one thing that will remain constant.

There's no place I can be, since I found Serenity.

Firefly really IS AWESOME!!!

2005-09-03T02:52:00.000-07:00

Firefly. Wow. Way to go shaun! I think this is a great show! Neat. Joss Whedon really has made an awesome thing! For me, it's sort of like Cowboy Bebop without the animation! WOW! I LOVE this saga! I watched six episodes in one night! Good stuff this! Thanks Dan the man Mouton! Must watch if you want some neat anime sans golden cartoon shit. Haha! Narf!

Has time finally come for The Bitter End?

2005-08-21T18:50:00.001-07:00

I was going home from work today, listening to News Radio 590 KLBJ, when they said the Bitter End was on fire. I thought oh no! My favorite brewry in Austin is going up in flames! Well, so i went home, grabbed my camera, and set to the streets. Low and behold, when i arrived i saw mucho smoke, but not really any fire. So, when I tried to turn my camera on, I got a sad little note from it saying that the battery was dead. SHIT! So, i had to come back home, and charge one for fifteen minutes while the fire actually got worse on the news. When I got back there, most of the smoke was gone, but they were still fighting the heat.

I ran out of my quick charge, and then had to go home again to grab the other battery i had started to charge. So then i headed back to take some final shots. Anyway, I am just pissed that I broke a cardnal rule of photojournalism which is REDUNDANCY! Have some shit to back you up you 'tard! Anyway, it's funny because the same thing happened to me when i was in Abilene trying to cover a fire. Yes, fool me twice! I'm an idiot! But still..

The Bitter End. God i hope the smoke damage on the inside is not that bad. I love this place. This truly is one of the best places for micro beer in Austin. Viva la End!

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is it???????

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When i was sitting on the ground to take this shot, my ass was on fire from the insainly hot concrete.

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I dont know why either pal.

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This is not from rain. This is from thousands of Austinites crying for their perfect draft beer.

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Go that way! And quickly!

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I was walking over to take a picture of the water that was gushing out the front door of the End, and then these guys take this Chinese dragon of a tube and plug the entrance. It turned out this was a wind tunnel to blow the smoke out the other end of, hem, well the End.

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The saving of this building is brought to you by...

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Save the rugs!

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I'm not the only photographer there. I want those lenses!

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"Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink."

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trying the reflection thing again. i dunno...

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"there appears to be a building on fire behind me. just thought i would let you know!"

2005-08-21T18:29:00.000-07:00

Take a picture, it will last longer. I'm really not trying to be funny here, but really. DO take pictures people. Pictures are mere seconds of reality. I like this quote from Robert Doisneau, "you place all the pictures you have ever taken of your life and line them all up in a row. A split second here, a 10/100 of a second there. In the end you end up with mere minutes from a lifetime of memory" well. ... i think thats how it goes... ahhh whatever.

2005-08-21T18:26:00.000-07:00

Yes lad, tis a sad thing that happened today.

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Yes. More heavy stuff to protect me from heat. I really do think that today the sun, our source of life on this planet was the firemans worst enemy.

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Water.. need water...

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Whats goin on up there?

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So many.

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All the firemen kept switching out every 15 to 20 minutes or so. It must have been sooo hot in all those clothes. I was frickin hot, and all i had on was a tee-shirt, with a shirt over that, and some shorts and flip-flops. God these guys kick heat's ass.

2005-08-21T18:20:00.000-07:00

Hooooootttttt... Thats not hoot, thats a really long hot. By this time, I was wanting every drop of water. I was PARCHED! My camera felt like it was about to melt in my hands, and the smoke was killing me softly.

2005-08-21T18:19:00.000-07:00

This is someone from News Radio 590KLBJ. Used to be "Austin's Newsleader" but I guess some other people got pissed off they kept saying that, now it's just NR590KLBJ. And dont forget you have to say this every other sentence when you are on the air.

2005-08-21T18:16:00.001-07:00

"...well, there was a fire..."

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Yah, it's this hot outside. 100 degrees sucks big time.

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Water cables and lines.

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Time to turn down the water buddy.

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Splish splash I was taking a bath...

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Just a kid, wanting nothing more than to be out of this frickin hot sun.

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I think this might be one of the owners. Not sure exactly.

2005-07-28T17:07:00.001-07:00

This is a great show. I love the anime. You should take a look at this stuff. It's called
Rock Gods of Rock and oh. By the way, it ROCKS! I think this is some funny stuff, and if they do it right they will be able to be on the air for a long time. It's defiantly worth some watching! have fun! *Remember to scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the first episode*

Watch me!!! NOW!!

Channel 101 and 102 are kewl!

2005-07-28T17:07:00.000-07:00

Stop what you are doing right now and watch this little diddy.

So Yeah! Apparently Bill Cosby does not like the First Amendment very much. He has sent a lawyer to put an end to a great show, channel 101's House of Cosbys. It's only going to four episodes. So take a look at it while you still can. Thanks Bill, you are an ass hole. By the way, this is a great show for young and old alike. Er... What is this, a fricking review? Ha! I dont do those. Anyway, this a fun show, and if you have not already seen it, please by all means do!

Fourth of July! Fun and Fireworks!

2005-07-06T23:38:00.001-07:00

Also, a dismal first time for me and my camera. Even my friend Rafs advice came up sort of short. Overall, I am not really happy with the way the pictures turned out. They look totally digital. They look like something from a sci-fi show. Hey! That was an explosion from a little ball of combustible paper? Could have fooled me! I thought that was some sort of space battle! Oh well... If you are going to view these pictures, let me remind you to click on the images to make them larger. You will get a much better experience that way.

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A family outing!

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holding hands...

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ahh, love!

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a little girl has fun with a glowing thingy

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goofin with the lights. ahh.. i miss raves... well, not really.

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Frost Bank. Some people say if you look at it a certian way, it looks like an owl. Cant really tell from this picture though...

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The first firework of the night

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