Mandatory request that you comment on my set please in 4...3...2...1...now.

Okay, that's over with.

I have had a relaxing weekend so far. Friday I went to bed at like 9:45. Saturday I ran some errands and did some reorganizing. Then my friend came over and we watched Escape From New York and drank vodka with blood orange soda. I'm not normally a big vodka drinker but sometimes it's great. I went to the Russian grocery store a week or so ago and asked the lady what her favorite vodka was. She immediately replied "Russian Standart!" and handed me a bottle of this:

It's good! I love the Russian grocery. They also have many little candies in wrappers with things like bears, dancers, bears being chased by hunters, squirrels, bears eating squirrels, bears eating dancers, et cetera. All of these candies are either chocolate with hazelnut or chocolate with toffee, so I'm not sure what the different labels signify.

Eastern Europe: endlessly entertaining. A friend of mine spent the winter in Poland last year and she's trying to go back again this year, but is having visa troubles. I would rather go to Lithuania or Russia than Poland but hey, different strokes. Actually if I was going to live abroad I would go to Ireland or Mexico.

Search terms from my last blog: super jerks, sack of pennies, sock parade.

Hey bros. I would like it a lot if you checked out my set.

In other news, how about some google image search fun!

Dale Earnhardt Cupcake yielded this Dale Jr. cake.


Now I post picture, you guess search terms.

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Hurray for fun!

I am starting to plan a Recession Party. It should be good.

Goals for this month: no drinking at bars, go to gym once a week.

Paul Newman is dead and that makes me sad. My mom absolutely loved him and introduced me to his films at a young age. Plus his salad dressing. I should call her to commiserate.

In less sad news, three or more items:

1. Today for breakfast I had fried pickles. Oh god, how I love fried pickles. I should probably learn to make them because the one restaurant that I know of in SF that serves them charges $7. For deep fried Vlassic spears!
2. My friend bleached and razored my hair for me today and it looks so much better. I had not done the roots for 2 months so they were an inch and a half long. Plus the razoring made it a big fluffy cloud.
3. The set Adam_vincent shot of me goes up in MR on Sunday night. Stoked! It's my favorite I've shot so far.
4. I've been nesting: I reorganized all my hair stuff and the shelves where we keep our booze and hot sauce.

Wow, I am a fascinating individual.

Oh hello, Katy Perry.

Did you know that I think you're a tool? Hey, thanks for using fake, Girls Gone Wild-style bisexuality to gain fame and fortune. Thanks for reinforcing the frustrating and stupid stereotype that bisexual women are only doing it for attention, or as a phase, or to turn on men. Thanks! It's pretty awesome when people assume you aren't really attracted to women even though you have known you were bisexual since you were 12.

In conclusion, please go away. Take Tila Tequila with you, and Joe Francis, and have a stupid fake orgy in Hell.

fried chicken beer and superbad. passing out. yes.

I just bought a new phone! I haven't had a phone I was excited about since I first got a cell phone when I was 17. It has internet and GPS and a touch screen. It's not an iPhone but it's the closest you can get with Sprint.

This weekend I'm working at Treasure Island music festival, selling posters for Lil Tuffy. If you're going, stop by the booth! Adam_Vincent will also be there.

Relatedly, he and I shot a set in Oregon. I am really happy with it. It goes up in member review on Sunday, September 28th. I feel really good about the set review process nowadays, much more confident than I did before MR. Anyway here's a preview pic.




Also, just for kicks, here is my personal political compass:

I went to see Frida Kahlo at MOMA today. Unbearably beautiful and heart-wrenchingly emotive. All these little tendrils of lace or veins or cursive writing or flame. The texture of the paint. She clearly had to paint, had to transfer her immense inner world into paint. Art doesn't always affect me very deeply, but seeing those paintings made me feel different, intensely connected to her. The smallest painting was the size of a matchbook and the biggest was the size of french doors.

Also, man. Mexican national heroine. Her love of her people really shone through despite the agony and sadness.

being a grown up is hard.

Today my my Muni ride was actually pleasant. Maybe because I was a little drunk. There were cute kids, and I could hear Journey through someone else's headphones, and I saw a guy dancing like he was at a disco instead of standing on the platform in the heat. It was even kind of... fun.

Now I'm at home and I think I'm going to shower, eat a homemade burrito, and read Gossip Girl some more. Maybe I'll go out later. But probably not.

I am back from Extreme Epic Roadtrip 2008 with Adam_Vincent.

We went to many places. Here is a list of them:

-Camping outside Eureka. We were supposed to camp in Humboldt National Forest but our directions were wrong and we ended up outside Eureka. Note to self: Google requires an exact address!
-Camping at the big sand dunes on the Oregon coast, near Coos Bay. We hiked 6 miles roundtrip across the dunes to the beach and back- surreal, gorgeous scenery and quite a work out.
-Stayed at Hopey's house. She and her husband are amazing and we had a great time. It's great to see two non-boring people making the small town, married with kids life work for themselves. Hopey has been one of my pals on here for a few years but I haven't seen her in person since Prom 2006ish. It was radical to see her again.
-Portland!! We stayed with Erica and Venice. Their house is so adorable, and they have the CUTEST pets possible. Plus they were great hostesses and showed us some rad stuff.
-While in Portland we went to the Acropolis, Union Jack's, Mary's, The Know, Matador, Florida Room, Plan B, B Side, and possibly some other bars I can't remember. Plus countless delicious eateries and coffee shops. Hotcake House and Voodoo Donuts were tops. Acropolis has steak for $5. We hung out with Jane_Tee and former SG Nestor a bit too. Portland is definitely rad.
-Next we headed up to Seattle for Bumbershoot, where we helped (or tried to help) Lil_Tuffy sell his nifty posters at Flatstock 18. Saturday I started drinking at 9 am, had a total of 6 drinks, and made myself ill by following a funnel cake with a Sparks. We also ate at Honey Hole and Unicorn Crepes. Tuffy is one of my favorite people so I always get a kick out of helping with his poster crap. Sometimes I think I am more of a hindrance as potential customers seem to think I am really creepy. OH WELLZ.

Now we are back in SF. Maybe I will post again another time with all the almost-comical problems we had on the trip.