green & groovy

"after some digging in, in tulsa, to confront some fears i had about the house i pulled through and made some arrangements that i hope will work out.... and have decided to come to n. georgia:) im so glad you agreed that a mid-year spot (to adjust if something happens) was groovy for both parties... it sure made it a lot easier to make things happen and im real excited about this....so here we go:)"

that is the email i sent out today to my groovy/green/friends and soon to be employers...the second pic is the view from the back deck of their house. for those of you who have not heard any of this, i have this great opportunity to be andrew and vic's nanny for the first school year of andrew's new job, while vic is still in georgia. they are expecting there first child in july:):) im looking forward to 8 months of exploration, growth and creativity...as i plan to focus on some painting and an expansion into wood sculpting... when im not creating a special environment for this kiddo:)

fat rock

im creating a theory... there is a trend going on, with the band i saw last night "red smear" (pictured) and one i caught a few weeks back "whitman". they both have these sexy fat front men and im not sure if im the only one who is groovy with it. but it makes sense, skinny is in and rock and roll has always been on the fringe of what is hip and besides these guys are real, convey life as most of us know it...

consumer

just had a conversation about being frustrated at how much we as americans buy both in product and propaganda as in advertising schemes... sex sells, so lets make our people sexually repressed so we can sell them any thing with a pair of tits/abs behind it...john stewart was all over this tonight ce: the drug companies and all there silicone tempted drug reps... so i bought a new camera on-line, no hottie ads...i know im still a consumer:) but here's the deal, i sold my old one and a painting last week so i only had to pay 200 for everything in needed... bumped up to 8.3 megapixels and a 12x zoom, to groovy. here is the first raw pic, see if you notice the difference, i have not touched it with photoshop??

eat shit

"we are what we eat" we use to tell kids that.... too bad we weren't more serious about that notion. kids are so beautiful, pure, naturally healthy, and we as a society start teaching them very young that what they put in their bodies doesn't matter.... why cant we subsidize health food and make it cheaper for families to feed their kids.... instead we subsidize the industries that make all the shit that goes into the school lunches, 99 cent menu's, lunchables.. that are everywhere, which are killing our people... somewhere along the way we have lost the word "preventative" from our vocabularies or practices and damn it if were going to let the kids have a chance at it... i know, a little harsh for a little girl who loves her ice cream!!

under breath

good weekend in tulsa with friends (old and new) family and good music.. missed out on seeing many of you but my time was limited this round, needed to work on the house and hang with the mom... it was a busy weekend but jazzfest is in denton this weekend... looking forward to chilling with it.

cant resist....

Gay Marriage, the Bible, and the Constitution

On the Proper Way to Address a Bible-Waving Republican State Senator from Maryland

By CounterPunch News Service

On Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at the Maryland state legislature, during a hearing in Annapolis on the proposed Constitutional Amendment to prohibit gay marriage, Jamie Raskin, professor of law at American University, was requested to testify. At the end of his testimony, Republican state senator Nancy Jacobs said: "Mr. Raskin, my Bible says marriage is only between a man and a woman. What do you have to say about that?" Raskin replied: "Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did not place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."........The room erupted into applause.

books, chapters, pages...

its always fun to dig in a little deeper and get to know friends of friends. once again a close friend of malan's came to denton and it was a pleasure to get to learn more about this circle that encompasses us all... i had a great time at the books show and was truly inspired by their use of film (recycled), thanks jeremy and jen i had a blast.

cack

a hat that is very fitting according to some of my friends:)??