My first official New Zealand shot. I can now say that I brought to many pairs of shorts to New Zealand. Even funnier is the notion that I brought a swimsuit. Who am I kidding? Look at that. That’s penguin weather. I ventured out to the west coast of NZ today to see some real […]
Happy Independance Day! Hold on, they don’t do that here. Oh, well next best thing. A car auction! Friend George [LINK] needs a new car because basically his sucks. So we head off to an auction in my cool ass rental car with cd player and overhead light that no one else can seem to […]
After about 10 hours I arrived in Auckland at 4:30 in the morning. Since the international terminal is not anywhere near the domestic one you have to walk. Finding myself dragging 1000lbs of baggage in 40 degrees from the international terminal to the domestic one I’m cranky. Off to a good start. I completely missed […]
Woo Hoo! Off to New Zealand, Weta, and Lord of the Rings! I’m trading in my warm L.A. summer for a blustery winter in New Zealand. My parents drove up tonight to drop me off at the airport. They figured they weren’t going to see me for about 6 months so they hung with me […]
Oh man, life can be cruel. Today I’ve been packing and getting ready for the big move to New Zealand on Monday. All afternoon this fly was buzzing around my house, so I finally decided to give it a break and try and show it the door. Ya know, why not, they only have a […]
Meet Mark, Dan, and Wayne. Yeah, hi Mark, I saw your face on a mud flap and was interested in your services. This was parked in front of my house and my immediate thought was, “If I ever own a company where my face was on a mudflap, I’d know that something’s gone horribly wrong.” […]
Alana Gentry [LINK] and “friends” at “The Gig”. Sandro [LINK] emailed me this flyer of a friend of his that was playing at “The Gig” Saturday night. He thought I’d be interested. Well yeah, a girl with a guitar, count me in. Try finding parking around Melrose on a Saturday night though. I almost drove […]
A. single straight man B. single straight female C. heterosexual couple D. fan of greek statuary E. lesbian F. lesbian couple G. a gay man H. Siegfried and Roy or I.
28 years ago this house started to cause me much pain. Since the debut of “Happy Days” in 1974 I’ve heard every joke in the world about being a “Cunningham”. Does Fonzie live up stairs? Hey man, your sister Joanie is hot. “Sit on it Richie” My name’s not even Ritchie… My mom still gets […]
So, Santa Monica has the widest and longest sandy beach you could ever imagine, and yet this guy gets his kite caught in the one powerline out there. It just dawned on me today that it’s almost impossible to photograph a sunset over the water in Southern California because most of the beaches face south. […]
Today was one of those days with one cloud in the sky, sparkly blue water, and a fire red sunset. Spent Father’s Day down at my parents and bar-b-queing out on the boat. Cruised around the harbor a bit and just relaxed till I slowly slipped into a food coma. It was a hard day. […]
Can we get a chain put on this or something? Yeah, it’s all nice n’ purdy until the thing starts claiming ownership of your camera bag, bracelet, pant leg, etc. The Shambala Preserve [LINK] is a way station for abused and unwanted big cats set up by the actress Tippi Hedron. Otherwise known as Melanie […]
The mathmatical formula of babies. Charles and Lisa’s little girl Isabella. She needs to start walkin’ and talkin’ real quick so we can drag her around Ireland. She’s the coolest little baby, but vacations are now on hold for a bit.
[SAN JUAN ISLAND ORCA VIDEO LINK – 5m:43secs – 320×240 – 12.7mb] 90’s Journal flashback. This has nothing to do with today. I was just thinking about whales and remembered I had some footage of orcas that I shot a few years ago. The fantastic Kathleen and I flew up to Washington to camp and […]
Ok, it’s really a male Odocoileus virginianus. Ya know, I’ve driven by this house many times on the way to work and thought the deer was a bit odd. Now that they’re trying to sell the house, it seems reeeally odd. As soon as that house is sold that deer is history. They might as […]
Wells Fargo, Wilshire Blvd. “If You want to have your own pen, just buy It, but don’t Take me away, because Somebody else needs me. Thank You.” Someone needs some run on sentence and capitalization lessons. I like that it was written from the pen’s point of view, and that it wrote it on itself. […]
Little secret here. Mother’s Day at Magic Mountain. The only time of year to go because you pretty much walk right on to all the rides. Not a lot of Mom’s want to go to Magic Mountain for Mother’s Day. You’ll find them at Disneyland where the lines are longer. Of course you get motion […]
The smog must be rolling in. Ok, it’s smoke from a fire. I was driving through the Kenneth Hahn Recreation area. Lucky him, he gets oil pumps in his park. Other than the smoke it was a nice day. See the big dark blotch in the blue sky. I just discovered I have a cracked […]
No, really I didn’t take it. I swear I didn’t inhale. Besides, the band was handing out free joints from the stage anyway and telling everybody to smoke up. I see a bust coming up in the bands future. And yes, that’s a giant video of a woman inserting crayons into herself. Judging by the liver spots on her hands, I’d say she was in her seventies. I think she was making some sorta statement with the colors she chose. I’m not really sure what that statement might have been. As of tonight it’s official. A girl sporting a sombrero, low slung jeans, boobage, a pierced navel, raven hair, and a tattoo on her lower back is my new favorite thing ever. And finally freaks are people too. …and usually funner.
It hasn’t even opened and I’m already sick of Spiderman. More Sony propaganda advertising goes up on the lot.