I had to show one of my good friends the primitive and beautiful Fern Canyon, Ca. It's amazing how many tourists were there. Lots of overweight folks who couldn't "make the hike" which is completely flat and under a mile. Anyway, what they missed out on, I thoroughly enjoyed.

Along the coast near Fern Canyon is my favorite beach by far. Perhaps because I ingested some mushrooms there, perhaps not. I'll never know.

There was a man in this photo but I smudged him out. I don't know if it looked better with the mysterious dude or not but this is the one that's here to stay.

summer adventures

my friend and i went on a little expedition the other day around arcata and here's what we found. the picture of the feet was cool because there was a huge boat halfway through construction and we just found it sitting there upside down. the other pictures are all of an old saw mill in town that was quite photogenic. anyway, i'm hoping there will be more to come in the "Arcata: Explored" exhibit.

additional ingredients for an epic summer

Sake Bombs softball

Tailgate parties

Batting cages

Trimming WEED

Smoking said weed

Letter-writing to the out-of-towners

Allergy medication in the form of a nasal spray...

6-packs of PBR tall cans (only $4.99 at the stinky pinky)

Gladiator sandals

Photographizing

River trips

Oyster Fest

and the livin's easy

so, summer is upon me, with it's great weight.

there hasn't been sun in about a week. i even went searching for it inland at the river, and got rained on.

my work schedule is set up so that i'm fucking broke half way through my three days off.

the worst is the block of dead time from 6-9p.m. where there is absolutely nothing to do and i sit around waiting for anything to happen. and i mean anything.

slosh ball? frisbee in the street? wine bottle chugging contest? racy movie? gang fight?

i'm even annoying myself with the incessant whining.

arcata kinetic sculpture race

Every year, a bunch of crazy folks all get together and create these awesome kinetic sculptures to race from Arcata to Eureka, which is about 8 miles away. Today, I walked around and snapped pictures of my favorites. I took the pictures with my phone so they aren't of the highest quality, but I won't apologize for that!

This dragon sculpture breathed real fire, and roared. It was impressive.

Sorry you missed it, but if you are in quaint Arcata, CA June 20, 2009, you can witness another Plaza Event and come to the Oyster Fest, where there are hundreds of different ways to eat oysters, and copious amounts of beer to be consumed.

cyclists riding bikes

So, my two friends are en route to San Francisco, Ca on their bicycles.

They left two days ago, and the first day they went 65 miles and the next (today) they rode a hard 85 miles.

Here's Matt, tired, but not too tired to eat a weenie.

And here is Jordan, loaded to capacity with everything he thinks he needed.

I feel like a proud mother hen when her little chickies finally leave home. I also feel a little bit empty inside because all I've done for the past two days is lay in my yard and get sunburnt.

When the people around me make these great accomplishments, it makes me wonder what the FUCK am I doing with my life other than becoming a professional beer chugger and going to school. The days creep by and the nights are fun, but when can I tell someone I rode my bike down Hwy. 1 from the Redwoods to San Francisco?

Maybe next year...

the beginning.

the most important thing is font choice, i believe.

then? grammar and spelling

then? content

content comes last because who honestly cares about what i have to say?

all i know is that there is nothing better than arcata in the summer, and for that, i am thankful.

headed to san francisco in a few days. that's the kick-start to an (here we go) epic summer.

Epic Summer Ingredients:

crew of attractive and intelligent friends

drugs

cigarettes

alcohol

days and days of freedom

hella moneys

sunshine

road trips with open windows

and thats it.

i'm ace and i want the party to begin now.