P.O.T.D. #15

I accidentally didn't stay in Portland and moved back to the Midwest. CA-1 was the highlight of our drive.

For real...

I'm way into this. Thanks, APB.

Why-oming?

Oh, hey. I'm going here in a month. No big deal.

P.O.T.D. #15

The day Mikey led us to the "secret quarry". Sylvania, OH. 08/08.

Operation: Oregon Trail

+ get Food Handlers Certificate

+ complete OLCC

+ make sure car is awesome for cross country travel

+ save $$$

+ make new resumes

+ open bank account at US Bank

+ don't go out to the bars (unless working of course), buy records, etc.

+ try not to die of Cholera, Dysentery, or snake bite

Valentines present to myself.

Aaaaand I'm off! Yet again...

High as a Georgia Pine

Awesome video about Dock Ellis' famous LSD no-hitter.

P.O.T.D. #14

In honor of my upcoming visit to Portland, an old photo of my dude Brandon. We probably hopped the fence into the cemetery later that night. 06/2004, I think.

한국에서 인사말! (Greetings from Korea!)

So our friend Micah came back for a visit for the first time in 2 years. He's been teaching English to adorable Asian children and embracing the culture...riding around (illegally) on a scooter and travelling that part of the world. Anyway, since I picked him up from the Megabus I was given some special gifts from Seoul. Here's a sampling...

These are Silkworm Pupae (?). Apparently people boil or fry these up as a snack. Micah said they kind of explode in your mouth. Gross, dude. I wasn't brave enough to try it.

He also gave me a pack of Hot Squid Jerky. I did try this and it was pretty gnarly. Way spicier and hard to chew than our jerky, but cmon, they're dehydrated squid legs.

Last and most awesome, I got a bottle of Soju! Soju is a distilled liquor that tastes similar to vodka, but a little bit sweeter. Shared among groups of people, it's drunk straight up as a shot. Since it's usually only 20% alcohol content, these people drink several (seriously, a lot) bottles. After sharing some shots with friends, I just poured mine on the rocks and finished it. Gom Bae!

So thanks, Micah. It was good to see you again.

"It's everybody, I mean. Everything everybody does is so - I don't know, not wrong, or even mean, or even stupid, necessarily. But just so tiny and meaningless and - sad-making.

And the worst part is, if you go bohemian or something crazy like that, you're conforming just as much as everybody else, only in a different way."

-J.D. Salinger

P.O.T.D. #13

This is a friend of mine with a beautiful voice and real talent on the guitar. Despite being a sass, you'd never know her skillz; she's a bit shy in that department. &drea. Columbus. 03/07.

P.O.T.D. #11 and #12

Sundowner (Chris from The Lawrence Arms) @ Howards. I wanna say 04/09. A small, but amazing show...

...and just for fun:

Midwestern winters are a drag.

Today is an all-gray-lay-in-bed-listen-to-American-Football kind of day.

Hot new band on the scene: The Finches

via Robert

via metafilter

Art installation by Céleste Boursier-Mougenot

"the best angular, atonal, postpunk, improvisational guitar I've heard in a while."

P.O.T.D. #10

My awesome parents. Mom's holding a cig, Dad's holding a beer. Party on. I found and scanned this, I'm going to guess circa 1980?

P.O.T.D. #9

Little brother Corey Capelle showing my old roommate's dog Mingah some love. Vanity House circa 2004. I think he still wears this Dead Kennedy's shirt sometimes.

"I know I painted you a prettier picture, baby."

Lucero cover of Jawbreaker's "Kiss The Bottle". I think I've seen Lucero 3 times now and still have yet to see this performed!

They just released a new album called "1372 Overton Park" that I have to check out. Matty? Thoughts on it?

Lucero's Myspace

P.O.T.D. #8

d.kine took this on his phone, it's my busted face after having too much fun at a punk show. 04/07/2007. Man, what a babe!

Ecuadorian dreams.

It's cheap, their currency is the USD, and it's far less dangerous than other South American countries! Does anyone speak Spanish? Let's go. Seriously, I'm willing to pay half your plane ticket to translate.

We'll stay here.

"Not my chair, not my problem"

This video was shown to me by my friend Dave (of course). It's the audio of a guy on acid locked in a closet. His friends recorded him talking and made a video to go with it. Comic gold!