One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.

-Dale Carnegie-

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Super funny. I'm all thumbs. In an attempt to share my everyday life with You... tragedy ensued. But it was totally worth it. The joys you have brought into my life are priceless. So many days I have walked alone on this ocean, finding my soul as i go home. I'm Awake and Dreaming of You.

Road Trip Assignment

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today

-James Dean-

Another chapter in my life has closed. A new chapter has begun. I'm enjoying the preface. To be continued....

Art Explorers

The art class opens the path to divergent thinking by accepting differences as normal and desirable, and places value on thinking which doesn't conform to rigid standards.

(Horace Heilman)

This one of the best places on Earth. These guys are all my little friends. Some of the best artists too. I love volunteering at Art Explorers in Fort Bragg. Stop by and buy some ART!

Auto Repair

One of the horrors of hell is the undying memory of a misspent life.

-Anonymous-

Doing some minor repairs.

Happy New Year

"The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul."

-G.K. Chesterton-

i flew into michigan tonight and my mom and dad got me from the airport and my mom wanted to stop at wendy's to get food (i did too) so we did and she got a large coke which she complained a little about because they are so huge. as we drove home she lifted it up and said to me in the back "want some coke?" and then it slipped and spilled all over me. my dad then pulled off the road so i could get everything (ice cubes and coke) out of the car as best as i could but it is freezing out so my wet "crotchel region" froze a lot. it was all pretty funny because my mom inadvertently invented the new game "hey do you want some of this?" and then you pour it all over the person.
- Jason Polan December 2009

Audible Cannibals! New Years Eve 2009!

"It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes a chance. It is the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to give. And the soul of dying that never learns to live."

-Bette Midler-

No Cover Charge. A Street party hosted by Carlos de la Luna and DJ Meow Mix! Fill a Yellow shopping cart with Sound. Park on a random corner. Market and Castro. Pump out Tunes. Loudly. Feasting on Ears. Dance til the Cops come. Which was about an Hour and 15 minutes. We Got Caught Stealing. Our following was Modest. But the Free entertainment touched hundreds! Then I wondered... "How can 2010 possibly be any better than this last year?" Incredible. But it surely Will.

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Holiday Burners!

A Balanced Diet is a Cookie in Each Hand!

-some refrigerator magnet-

Polly and I decided to Smear Holiday Cheer all over everything! She is very Bossy in the Kitchen and told me my Balls were too Big! The oven made lots of smoke when the Brownies Burnt. I guess then they are called Blackies. Nevertheless... we packed them up as Gifts!

Pop Stars!

Trouble is part of your life - If you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough!

-Dinah Shore-

Where I go, trouble follows...Pop Pop's are my favorite thing in Chinatown. 20 cents a box! Cheap Fun! Bonus: Blue Caucasian chick! I love to throw them at tourists and scare them! I feel I'm adding to the local attraction. Plus I laugh hysterically. Will was easily coaxed into throwing the snaps at attractive women including this one who seems to be enjoying the Explosions!

Dinner in the Clouds

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky

-Rabindranath Tagore-

Had dinner at Picasso's house. As close as you can get to Heaven! Here is a view of Westport from above!

Flexin my Mussels!

I dont believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive

-Joseph Campbell-

Surrender to the Magic. That's why it's there. That's why you're there - - To learn that there really are miracles everyday, once you understand the truth about your reality

-Unknown-

Dave and I went to "Mussel Beach" and gathered supper. Another new and exciting Pacific experience. Its incredible to have these random opportunities constantly in my life. Sometimes they just come knocking on your door when you least expect them!

Peppermint Pirates win Again!

Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all.

-unknown-

Meet this years Peppermint Pirates! Tom, Riki, Cari Lee and Will
Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum (and Stout)
The pirates scored 3rd place again this year!!!

http://www.lightedyachtparade.com/
Aaaaarrrggghhhh!
Wait til next year!!!

Why???? Because WE Can!!!

Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval

New Chicks on the Block!

Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral

- Frank Lloyd Wright -

Heathers new house is coming along....slowly!

But its going to have a Hen House!

Hello Omelettes!

Aaaaarrrrggghhhh!

Here comes Johnny Yen again

With the liquor and drugs

And the flesh machine

He's gonna do another strip tease

Well, I'm just a modern guy

Of course, I've had it in the ear before.

I have a lust for life

'Cause of a lust for life

- Iggy Pop -

Pirates with Dental Hygeine mis-management made a Stout Stop at Quinns! The Scurvy Dawgs confused for a bit. Sea Shanties steered us up the Straight and Narrow. Maybe a bit Green with the Shadow? For sure today...Baaaaarrrrrgggggffff. But that nite the Mascara to perfection! Peanut allergy averted. And the only thing I didnt spill but shoulda!
Mucho Gracias to my Grog Drinkin Matey's!

Polly, Delynn, Will, Meghan, Cupcake Dan, Carilee, Riki, Vince, Mota,a girl I called Rachael (Roxanne), Jason, Sarah with minnows Jack and Joe-

HIGHking

Alot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life. Reach out. Take a chance. Get hurt, even! Play as well as you can. Go team! GO! Give me an L! Give me an I! Give me a V! Give me an E! L.I.V.E. LIVE!...otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the Locker room.

- Ruth Gordon -

Harold and Maude -

I went hiking through the woods to a waterfall with Racheal and Julian. A magical journey where you can't believe things are real. A slip and a fall but no one went over the cliff!

Trains!

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.

- E. M. Forster

Kayaking for Waffles

The key to everything is Patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.

- Andrew H. Glasglow -

I just cant get enough! Will and I kayak'd up & down the estuary til after midnight. Pitstop made at Chicken and Waffles! Bummed I wasnt the only Honky...but Hurray for their new liqour license! The Moonlit calmness of the water allowed us to ponder. It was a Precious Moment.

Polly-wog Pillaged by Pirates!

Its when Pirates count their Booty that they become mere Thieves!

- William Bolitho -

I have been sailing the 7 seas and the Estuary since 2000! And so when my friend Polly mentioned she'd be kayaking tonite...OMG!...Two of Oakland's most Notorious Pirates raised their Black Flag! Amani and I dressed in the Appropriate Garb....various items from the bottom of Davy Jones' Locker (aka the Halloween clearance section)

Capt Polly was attacked by sea! But being the savy sailor she is... avoided our cannons! The disappointed Pirates headed for the Fragrant shores of Oakland for some Grog! From the Crow's nest the kayaking cadet was spotted and sprayed with Eco-friendly goo! AarrrrrggghhhHHH! The Pirates were tickled and left with 2 Buttered Nipples!

Backyard Hospitality!

The woods are dark, lovely and deep. But I have promises I must keep and miles to go before i sleep.

-Robert Frost-

Went Camping in the back of my pickup last nite. Woke up to the lush forest without a soul in sight... then rushed off for more adventure.

Pee-in on Hydrants!

If Dogs can mark their territories....why can't Carlos?

My Goodbye Gift to Chicago!

Shit on Streets of Chicago thats Neat!

Chicago is a city with many great things! Reciepts come in Jelly's, Silver Palm accents the "Bomb Bag", Straight men have Fashion Sense, Thrift Stores Decay Near Heaven, Pedestrians have NO RIGHTS! The Diesel store sells motorcycle helmets. Uncle Fun's is 2 much Fun! Erdman shows up on Sidewalks! Cabrini Green still offers Space. Oh Shit!

Sittin on The Dock of The Bay

A Total Jerk Off Day

That ended up on the Bay

A day of Influence under the Influence

My day started in the Courtroom

But ended in the Cockroom (Roosters)

Get Outta Jail Card

Tom Cohen is one of the Coolest Guys I know.

He is one of the Greenpeace members who hung banners in Pittsburg.

Involvement gets you into trouble.

Go to Jail and Sit for Hours

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But he's home today

Another great Cause.

(Glitter Ponies featured above)

Meal in the Mountains

Just a twist up from the ocean, where chickens fly and lay eggs above the clouds... Where Redwood Carvings sprout down woodsy trails decorated with Poison Oak....
Where delicious feasts are served for my Unrefined Tastebuds...
....and Whale pie for Desert!

I'm Lost!

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson - Getting Lost leads you in the best Directions.

Bad Directions get you Frustrated.

(sign somewhere above Lake Mendocino)