o hai!

First of all - Congrats to twwly and the rest of her clan for the new addition of lil Maggie! she is a cutie!

back from the west coast run - thanks to everyone who made it a great and rockin' trip!

things i learned:

- i have pretty awesome friends (old and new) - thanks for the hospitality amina, chopperdave, Chris Payne and rigel! as well as sash and zoli and for going along on my desert adventures in LA and Vegas.

- my facial recognition skills when it comes to identifying SGLA members in a dark club SUCKS! glad i got to meet/catch up with everyone by the end of the evening. holla drew!

- a parking space that is empty in LA, no matter the lack of signs or markings, usually means that you WILL get a ticket if you park there. (thank you echo park traffic patrol)

- playing bad rock (early sammy hagar) really loud and singing at the top of your lungs while doing 80+ on the highway around barstow is pretty damn awesome! (i was alone...thank christ)

- speaking of rental cars - i discovered that you will run of out dry lakebed before the rental pontiac gran prix with a sickly 4 cylinder motor will hit 100mph.

- rental car people tend to get a sour look on their face when you slap the seat and a HUGE cloud of dust rises up. (thanks to 4 trips to the desert and the fact that i will sit on the ground to shoot)

- cops will stop and see what you are doing if they see flashes and a rental car parked next to a broken down shack in the middle of nowhere.

- motorcycle and ATV riders will NOT slow down if there is a naked girl having pictures shot in the middle of a dry lakebed, but 2 creepy metal guys in a beater honda CRX sure will.

- traffic cops in hollywood will ticket your car 2min after the meter runs out...ask me how i know.

- hipster waiters tend to suck. luckily swingers food is good enough to make up for it.

- i miss the sound and ritual involved with listening to records.

- no matter how much time i have in LA/socal, no matter how good my intentions - i will usually end up not doing everything i want to do nor see and visit with everyone i should. <sigh> i guess that means i just have to come back soon. yay!

- Reno is Rad, going to a pool party where the Supersuckers are playing is radder, but having it in a hotel where there are herds of 18year old, 6ft volleyball playin' girls wandering around at all hours is AWESOME! LOL! thanks and happy birthday Chris Payne!

- that i have the only rental car in existance that had sash, zoli and mosh ride (at least a mile) naked in the passenger seat (at different times). i wonder what Avis would say to that? LOL!

i'm sure i learned more things on this recent trip..but needless to say - thanks to everyone for making it a great experience.

oo! lots of cool sets in member review right now - pls stop by and check them out:

Amina - When She Begins


Fatality - Why the Caged Bird Sings


Leandra - Pink Punk


La_Luna - Crystal


Nell - Shears


Sting - The Pianist


Zui - Paradise City


all these and others can be seen (and commented) here!

thanks for stopping by...got a lot of fun stuff in store...but some personal work before i close out:







yay!