YEAH!

With thanks to Jamie and the help of my pal Jesse I've been able to bring to you
The Gauchos!!


There are so many cool things about this video that I just don't know where to begin...
First and foremost the little girl singer. Amazing with that hair and the head banging. She plays some inspired air guitar and occasionally looks up at her big brother as if completely mesmerized. Suddenly taking a break on the bunk bed like she's slipped back stage for a hit of pure oxygen! Then back up to the front. She's Possessed!
Big brother guitarist-- Incredible guitar playing for a buck as young as he. Really shredding the solos AND singing!
I hope I look as good playing bass as the bass playing little brother! He totally has the moves DOWN! Throwing his hand off the neck when he hits an open string! And the Pokemon on his mic. AND t-shirt. Real stylie! Flashing the devil horns to his brother when the song ends. Fuck Yea!
And last but not the least that drummer boy in the back. Great job holding down the beat boy!
Man if I had kids...Those would SO be my kids! I would be the stage mom. Forcing them to practice Iron Maiden songs in their bedroom with bad wall paper until 2 in the morning. The neighbors would hate us.
Maybe I should reconsider before it's too late..

GGGGRRRRRRR

I've been trying to post several different You Tube videos for DAYS now! I can't get one of them to show up on my 'new blogger' format. I hate that when they FORCE you to 'update' the format and then nothing ever works the same!
If anyone has any ideas please throw them my way!!
I'm sufferin' over here.

JEALOUSY

Back in my 'Hazy' days we played with this band called 'Sistas in the Pit'. As confirmed by this flyer from a show we did.

I just read that they'll be opening for the Stooges reunion tour!!! Oh JEALOUSY!!! These girls are real good tho' AND very nice! Hit the link for some HOT Sista rocknroll.

On another note....If I was tech savvy I might have been able to get this to my blog but alas...I'm with stoopid. Click on this link for a priceless moment between mother and teenage son. I can't help but think with most of my friends the opposite will be true. Take heed my parenting pals...

And thanks Nat. for that link!

Know Your Blessings When You're Sick

I haven't posted in several days. And I just don't know where to begin.
Right now I'm home recouperating from the NASTIEST sinus infection I can remember. My head feels like a block of wood with nails being hammered into it. Unpleasant. Not a blessing.
Two weekends ago my lovely pal Cassie came for a visit from Chicago. This was most definately a blessing as Cassie is one of the most wonderful and talented people I've ever known and worked with (She was the singer for 3 bands we were in together). We spent time up in Sonoma wine tasting for a friends 40th birthday. Did it always cost $ to go wine tasting? If I'm going to shell out $$ to taste wine they better give me more than a sip. Come on people! Get thee heavy handed!
Work has been slow in picking up. I suppose since I'm sick anyway I should feel blessed that we have some extra money stowed away from our recent refinance. Although we did want to use it for rebuilding our front foundation. Oh well, gotta flow....
My little sis. announced that she's going to get hitched to her cute boyfriend. And that her engagement is going to be LLOOOONNNGGG. Which I always think is a grand idea. Blessing.
My Bio. mom (mother of engaged sis.) is coming for a visit on Wednesday. As usual it'll be wonderful to see her. We always have the best time with her. She is our undisputed queen of generosity. She is one of my best blessings! I am always grateful for her.

I suppose I'm in this mood because I feel so SHITTY. It makes me feel a little better to give a holla out to the good things I have.

Crock Pot

I made the BEST Swedish meatballs last night!
Even better than IKEA's.
Yea, I'm not kidding.
I LOVE my crock pot! When I was back visiting in Utah last month my aunt brought over her crock pot filled with yummy pork chops-mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
When I got back to Oakland I immediately went out and bought one. I used it nearly every night for about two weeks. Now I'm down to once or twice a week.
Love me some meatballs!

Fire Pits!

Here's my pal Robin. She's the cute one on the right (forefront). She's on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle today! She and some fellow burners have offered their skills to the city of SF to construct fire pits for Ocean Beach.

Go RH!

My Profile Picture

I've snagged Maggie and Hopey from Love and Rockets as my profile picture.
I feel like I'm a little of the both of these two.
I always wanted a tattoo of them on my arm but I could never figure out which drawing of them I should pick...

The young Punk Rocker girls in love like this one with the green back drop.

The confidant yet obnoxious 20 somethings like this one with Hopey yelling down at someone...

or...
The older in their 30's Maggie and Hopey like this drawing....

What's up in this last picture? Are they living in their car? I've done that.

I guess my decision has been made.

A Hard Stretch...

I've gone through a hard little stretch. Starting on Feb. 25th --the year anniversary of the untimely death of my good friend Tedd.

But it's ending today with the signing of the loan papers which will bury our debt into our mortgage--never to be seen again.

Only paid.

Well actually it really ends next week with a check to me $$$.

That check will be gone in minutes to the vet as I have a dog who is now regularly having seizures. The one pictured with me in this picture at the Albany Bulb. Her name is Gabe. She had a seizure a year ago. Then two just this week. Here we are staring at the sculpture of a woman made out of drift wood. When you get up to it it's like 20 feet high. Very cool.

Kimm and I refinanced our house through my depression. Luckily it kept me occupied.

Other fun things that kept me busy over the last 3 weeks have been taxes, court, and lack of work. It's been a bumpy ride.

But it's ending and Spring is almost here! I'm hopeful of a quiet and powerful equinox.

How 'lesbian' is that for ya?

Albany Bulb

This is one piece of sculpture from the Albany Bulb.

Lots of sculpture--All made from what washes up on the bulb from SF Bay.

I'll be posting more pictures soon.

This is my new favorite place.

Funny how you can live somewhere for so long and ignore all it's corners.

OUCH!

I bruised by shin. No really I damaged it--BUT GOOD!
I was painting a room for a client. In the process of pushing a small scaffolding on wheels across a canvas, the wheels got bunched up in the canvas and the scaffolding came to a grinding halt. My legs did not and I plowed shin long into it's sharp metal step.
The pain was surreal. I grabbed an ice pack out of the lunch box and fell on their couch with my leg up on the arm. All I could do was moan in agony. I couldn't even cry. I couldn't even CATCH MY BREATH--it hurt so bad.
This was a week ago. I am STILL limping. It STILL hurts like HELL!
I don't care how many of you guys have been kicked in the balls or how many of you fine ladies have given birth--
NOTHING is worse then cracking your shin at 90 miles an hour.
I can't even guess when this golf ball size lump on my leg will go down.
And of course I keep hitting it on everything.
Is this some kind of curse?

GRRRRR

More on this at another time...

Blue Herons

Our beautiful Blue Heron's are back!

We get so excited when we see them. It means Spring is on the way. Here's a picture of one of the two sitting on our neighbors roof. This morning both of them were sitting in our other neighbors trees-one Heron in the pine tree and one in the Acacia tree. A very angry hummingbird was buzzing around the one Heron in the pine tree. I love how there is so much diversity in mammals. One bird can be so big and another so small. It was like watching a chihuahua annoyed with a great dane.

These birds are HUGE. They stand more than 3 feet high and their wing span is more than 5 feet.I'm hoping someday to find their nest so I can watch the chicks when they hatch.

When Kimm and I were camping in Monterey last year we saw several pairs of Blue Herons nesting with chicks in some pine trees. When the neighbors saw us screech our car to a halt and jump out with binoculars they told us that the Herons come back every year to nest. These people get to watch it from their living rooms. Must be nice.

Exercise!

Do I want to be this old woman someday? The answer is YES!

Back to the Bump and Grind

I've made it back to the delightfully naughty Bay Area!

Here's a picture I took of the Y on the mountain in Provo. Many of you will recognize this. It's taken from my mom's kitchen window. You can see it through a negative space of the house behind hers. I was thinking how strange that was to see the Y from her kitchen window. Then I realized, if I remember correctly, I saw that Y out some window of every house I ever lived in when I was there. Maybe ALL the homes in Utah Valley have a view of the Y. Creepy.

Anyhoo, I'll just sum up the adventure....

Mom still quite ill but slowly coming through it.

Younger sister who has worked tirelessly for the Republican party was to sit at a table with Orrin Hatch at some dinner. I tried to envision her excitement by thinking how I would feel if I was to even be in the same ROOM as Nancy Pelosi. He ended up being out of state for an operation. Hopefully on his brain-- (Sorry K... I couldn't resist)

And some snow on the ground but nothing I couldn't handle. Which was good because all I brought were my Converse tennies.

Other than that. I ate a lot of fattening food and I barely left the house.

Zion...The Beehive State

Well it's official. I bought my ticket back to Utah for another visit. I haven't been back since my Dad's funeral two years ago.
Here's a picture of three year old me. My mom is holding my little sister in the background. It was X-mas 1969.
This is not the best picture. But you can see the smile on my Mom's face. She and my Dad adopted me when I was 6 weeks old. Then one year and some months later they added another baby who became my sister Keri.
When my Parents adopted me they were 45 (mom) and 47 (dad) years old. They'd already had 6 children of their own. I love my parents. They gave me the best life. I owe almost everything to them. Except my Homosexuality--I owe God for that one.

My Mom has had some debilitating health problems for many years now. Every time I go back to Utah I wonder if it'll be the last time I see her.

It's not easy for me to go back there. I won't go into all of the MANY reasons I hate Utah...But in two words---Mormons and snow.

I do love my family though-even for all of their Latter Day Saintness. And it'll be good to see all of them. Although all of us kids grew up in California almost all of my brothers and sisters live in Utah now. So when I go back it's a real wholesome family fest! They ultimately remind me of where I come from and who I really am.

Maybe just to be on the safe side I should bring my
Dyke Doll and wear my upside down cross.

L is for Loser AND Lesbian

I know I haven't been posting much lately. But with animals like this around it's hard to do anything else. We're constantly being awe struck by their cuteness.

I'm still obsessed with finding another career. I might have even decided on one. But it's a big step and it's the most important thing I'd ever do so I'm not going to tell you what it is. I'm afraid I'll change my mind and then you'll be all like..."She's never going to amount to anything."

Proof

There really is a god.

This post is also proof that I'll never stop acting like a 13 year old boy.

Japanese Tub Finished

So we finished the tub finally. You have to put the two pictures together. We also bolted down the toilet and replaced the vanity and sink.
I'm so glad it's finished.
But now what?

On another note. And this is long overdue..I'd like to thank N. for giving me her BRAND NEW IPOD. With friends like that ..who needs a Jesus?

Japanese Tub

Here's the empty space in our clients home where we have since put a cute little Japanese corner tub. It hasn't been easy. I'll post pictures of the finished product when we're completely done.

This particular job has made me wonder how much longer we can do this kind of work. Every joint in my upper body hurts.

Can anyone tell me about some new careers I could choose from?

Wu-Tang Clan

Wu-Tang Clan - M.E.T.H.O.D. Man

Do you think your Wu Tang sword can defeat me?

I really love Wu Tang. I just found this on YouTube sorta by accident. I thought I'd put it on. Listen to how this guy flows...AAAHHHH YEAAAHHH!
Old Dirty Bastard RIP.