These are the sights and sounds along the way to my work.

I was perusing an old blog of mine from 2004 and I stumbled upon a gem (a stupid AIM conversation) that is exactly 3 years old to this day.

Girl: do you remember up until 30 minutes ago i 'hated' you
Me: its a thin line between love and hate lady
Me: i figure you meant something on the other side
Girl: what are you getting at?
Me: well, halloween is coming up, and i am looking for treats.
Girl: mhm
Girl: well good luck using that line
Me: well that's exactly it, it is all about lines
Me: but if you mean phrases to pick up women, you misunderstood me
Girl: i see
Girl: proceed...
Me: because i meant lines around the block for a little kiss on these lips
Me: but i'll let you cut if you want.
Girl: what are you even talking about
Girl: are you rapping still?
Me: girl, i'm planning to wrap up the deal with you.
Girl: ok
Girl: start wrapping

This is my new room in Los Angeles, as you can see I don't have a bed or any hangers for my clothes (among other essentials) but I'm doing just fine with out them.... for now.

This is Tom Peterson

To many - YouTube is a great way to share your videos with the masses (To most - YouTube is a great way to waste time). However, YouTube does more - it allows you to find treasured things from the past that may have been easily forgotten (some more than others resonate on that heart-felt tip). I found this video (below) and was pretty amazed that someone, somehow, saved this and eventually decided to put it on YouTube.

For those who didn't grow up in (the bad part) of Portland - you most likely don't know who Tom Peterson is. But if you are me (which I am - so I totally know where I am coming from dude) than you remember his store on 82nd Avenue (which is now called The City Of Roses Blvd in hopes to blur collective memories - it didn't work). I still remember being a kid - before starting school - before my parents had a car and walking down to Tom Peterson's to rent VHS - it was a hell of a walk (as in having my eyes covered so I wouldn't look at the prostitutes) but those were some good days.

I also remember being really stoned one night in high school and walking by Tom Peterson's huge glowing face outside the store and wanting it for a lamp.

Jason and I always wanted to put a giant word bubble with something really racist (or equally offensive) written in it and stick it up by his aforementioned glowing head.



Who would have thought that this simple (and terribly made) television commercial could flood my head with these memories (and many more).

On a side note - Tom Peterson played a few bit parts in some Portland movies. Tom Peterson on IMDB

A few weeks back my co-worker (Brandon) and I had to drive up to the Hollywood Hills to film Rachel Nichols so we could attempt to make some sort of "viral video" to promote the film P2. At first I thought it was going to fail horribly but, after only being up on MySpace for a day it became one of the featured videos.



Which is cool - sort of. It is amazing to imagine the massive scale this video I made is reaching but, at the same time I wish it was for something better (more personal, more creative).

So I joined a facebook group called 1,000,000 Strong For Stephen T. Colbert and it is growing by an alarming rate.

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Edit 10/25/2007

So the group is already at like 986,882 members - it will probably hit 1,000,000 around midnight tonight - that's crazy!

What sort of message does this send out to politicians? We would rather trust an intellectual comedian (who has no experience) over the consistently untrustworthy people who are officially running. It seems like we would be better off picking a candidate who isn't corrupted by (big business and) politics. It seems like it would be very difficult for everyone in the country to know about someone who 'should' be President without our current party system (though Colbert seems to be proving that point wrong, having almost 1,000,000 "votes" in less than 11 days). And actually (granted I am getting these facts from like the Jay Leno show) it seems like most Americans don't even know their various elected officials in the first place.

There are a lot of people complaining about how many underage (under the voting age to be specific) kids are in the 1,000,000 Strong For Stephen T. Colbert. Is it good that so many 'kids' are actually getting interested in voting? Or is this simply fuel for the (Future of America's) apathetic fire?

The Washington Post has more to say on this facebook group.

This is my cat. I love him. I miss him.

I'll miss Portland, its parks, and its people - especially these kids.

This is Justin's "man shop" - where shirts are screened, bikes are assembled, and doof is smoked. This is my 4th day in L.A. and so far so good.

Before leaving Portland - Jenna and I had to go on one more bike ride.



Peep the dude who flips off the camera at the :57 mark

After taking a break from writing skits - Leah and I smoked a few joints and decided to read the bible.






The best part is when Leah catches me fixing my hair in the second video.

This is the morning after my 23rd birthday (8/5/2007). Jenna and I woke up off the cold floor of the Purple Palace and stumbled into Andrew's bed.

Come and dance on our floor.
Take a step that is new.
We've a lovable space that needs your face,
Three's company too.

I wish that they would play more Soul Train reruns and I really wish that they would never attempt to remake it (same goes for Hee Haw).

A simple night can be just as worth while as a busy one. I got lifted, cooked some food, and watched Soul Train with my dog. It was a pretty good night (in my opinion).



Those dance moves are incredible!!!

Jones' family owns a Schipperke named Rascal (Keith and I always joked that if Rascal was a larger dog he would be the fucking-scariest-looking-Cerberus-ass-dog ever). Jones claims that Schipperkes were used on ships to detect ice-bergs. Which may explain why the dog seems to bark wildly when people are approaching his house from like 200 feet away.

Here is Jones getting his dog to howl - which used to be his voicemail.



Schipperke On Wikipedia

Not sure if this is more morbid or sad but, when Jack LaLanne dies, that juicer company is totally going under. Sell your stocks now! Here's two good wikipedia inserts about Mr. LaLanne and the juicer company.

[LaLanne admits that as a child he was addicted to sugar and junk foods. He was very troubled and prone to rages, which led to his attempting to burn down his family's house, as well as chasing his brother with an axe.]

[The "Juice Tiger", however, was recalled in March 1996 after "14 incidents resulting in at least eight lacerations to the hands, face, arms, and chest and one permanent eye injury."]

You must really fucking suck at making juice to cut open your chest - fo' real.

The internet is amazing for so many reasons (porn, porn, and spam email). But, one of my favorites is the ability to seemingly create a neo-time-capsule.

I had a lot of really great memories in this crum hole and I am happy I filmed bits of it before I left.



this is the room that the flies live in.
this is the room where Evan sleeps.
this is the room where Evan flies.



this is where Andrew used to only cook eggs.
this is where Keith made peanut butter ramen.
this is where Collin cooked too much food for people who didn't live here.
this is where Dan left food out.
this is where Evan put his leftovers.



this is where we brush our teeth.
this is where we wash our hair.
this is where we poop our ass.



this is where we skateboard at 3 am.
this is where we make our mess.
this is where we throw bottles off.