papat

heh
"and not the good stuff like robert johnson, but the cheesy kind often played by glitzy white dudes. "

that made me laugh. there is an aspen based station back home like that. it seems to me like most places get to be like that after a while. i have a serious case of wanderlust, so staying put has always been a bit of a challenge for me, and i can definitely relate to stuff like that getting on your nerves.
if it makes you feel any better the southern california bros and bro-hos make me feel all stabby, i actually couldn;t stand the culture here for the longest time, but somehow recently managed to find my niche. i still get bored and annoyed with the monotony though, which i guess you can find everywhere.

i miss that glowing green you mentioned in oregon, i also remember spending some nights out and about on various hallucinogens watching the fog roll in through those giant old gnarled trees over the green, and thinking "this can't possibly be real". the only place i've ever seen that might be greener is ireland, and if so it's only a little greener

i dig it.

you post some of the most random and wonderful music

and i never got a chance to get down to eugene, i've heard it's a lot like boulder though, which sounds like a decent place to me

not sure if you ever went to The Music Box in the mall in glenwood (it was the only record store in town), but that was my parent's shop, and i worked there all through highschool and in the summers during college

Ahaha yeah I wasn't partying up at CMC at age 11 or 12 (or getting lost on backroads tripping )
I do have an older half sister but she grew up in Denver. The photography program up there is quite good from what I understand. I probably was at the pool while you were working there though!
Ski passes at Sunlight are still pretty cheap (I LOVE that mountain), Sopris is beautiful as always, the only thing that at times is hard for me coming back is not much changes. I'm kind of realizing that I probably don't actually want to move back here, my life just isn't here anymore...
I'm thinking Southern California may be an okay place for me for the time being, and eventually as the economy starts to recover, I can look at relocating to Portland, because I love and miss Oregon.

Honestly, this doesn't surprise me at all. I shall stay happy honoring family and my heathen ways.

*sadness* While I agree that the origins were heinous, I can't help but love what Thanksgiving has come to mean to me... a day to snuggle up with my family at home, make yummy food, and just be grateful for all our blessings.

Blessed be, soul brother, whatever you do with your day!

Almost
A friend of mine posted that article on Facebook today too, and it made me giggle ceaselessly. Hahahahaha. Brilliant! Especially the flowers

Don't mention that to TSA, otherwise they may just try to go there!!!

The way I see it is if someone really wants to take a plane down, they will probably find a way to do it without using banned items, as we've seen. Not to mention the people since 911 have mostly been whack jobs rather than calculating criminals. The best method of prevention is locking the cock pit, possibly having air marshals on board (kind of creepy, but...) and passenger prevention in my opinion. Feeling people up in TSA security lines is just retarded.

aw spanks for the birthday love
i actually had a really nice fondue dinner with a derby friend (and lots of red wine).

and that video is hysterical, i may steal it, the blonde has a touch of the crazy me thinks, she frightens me a little. actually she should consider derby

Fucking hilarious, and I would do every one of those girls.

gratitude and love are far from the same....

and as jaded and awful as it sounds, i have realized over the years that sometimes love isn't enough on it's own, I have a hopeless romantic and a realist living inside my head and those two are constantly at odds with each other

Thank you. I love coffee.

One kid........from the first marriage. So a bit easier with no custody to consider, but no less hard on my little guys..........seeing how the current husband is there much more often that biological.

ahhh yes shrooms in the woods, damn that growing up thing that happens to us! i remember those days well!

Thanks PapaT. I will let you know when to be in Vegas for the wedding at the Elvis chapel.

You've granted me with perspective of what it is like to free, thank you.

I believe I enjoy your writing far more than my being able to write. I believe that we should be mates.

well that's a good intro, can't wait for the full tale!

details pleas.e

Yes...do tell.