fighting the war against blowing it

new coconut records video by billy strobeck and mark gonzales

i dont hate it at all. check out all the bros!

spanky was going to the autumn bowl one day and wanted to bring the puppy. considering i had never really seen any of my friends who skate actually skate, i figured id come along. vander’s lil motorcycle workspace is in the bowl, so i went to hang out and snap some photos of him as well. i took a few rolls, so here is the first round of black and whites. i used my dads old canon ae-1, the camera he bought when i was born. figuring out how to use it when there is no light, and learning how to use such a strong flash in such a dark dusty place was a bit of a challenge, but its good for me to learn these things. so i basically experimented, hence each photo looking so different.

im sitting in my parents back yard in pasadena as i post this. for various reasons, mainly due to a lack of money, im going to take the next year off of school. so im going to relax here and take as many photos as i can for the next couple weeks until i go back to ny and need to, well, basically figure my entire life out. jobs anyone? cuz i got time.

strobeck and circa 2002

gross side table off

alicia:

me:

two emails i just got that were awesome:

1. dustins new tadoo

2. gnarlitude jen’s new line “spilt decisions” first tee. buy it at gnarlitude.com

these are kinda old. im in la and figured id post old stuff while waiting for the 15 rolls ive taken in the last 2 weeks to get developed. im taking a few weeks off from ny to spend time with my family and think about what i wanna be when i grow up. the picture below was taken a fuse gallery-the sculpture was made by miss meryl smith. genius.

livy and lindsey

15 dollar cigs at the bowery

sweet paradise to torture ted

BAAAAAAAAAAABY BAAAAAAAAAAAAABY strobeck

me looking tired.

jasmine. just casual.

infected foot

obama fries

pink buildings

killin it

i was just featured on jordan bachs website as a part of a project hes doing on domesticity. i love me some bach

reza (arab parrot) took this photo of my new pup, miller, while he was chillin at the fish the other night. my apt is now my own personal farm, and ive been drowning in dog pee and cat puke. awesome.

couple friends came to town the past month. since i dont have my t4 anymore ive been using the canon my parents bought when i was born. here are some randoms.

twuan

lizard got a tattoo that says “i am satan” but in reality looks like  ”jam satan”. karma.

twuan tried to shave lizards head and the buzzer died.

my totes bff alicia moved out. miss lindsey thornburg moved in. this is her with alicias kitten a few days before the move.

dustin and his girlfriend shelly came into town. she and alicia did some yard work.

dustin watched

the boy across the street from my bbq on the sidewalk.

this is paris and his dog venom. its casual.

joe is my own personal neighborhood watch.

there are 5 pitts in their building, not including 7 puppies.

they come hang out in my backyard sometimes

miller!

vander drove alicia and i up to albany to pick up her fathers motorcycle. she has grown up watching him ride and build bikes, and after his passing a year ago shes been waiting for the day she could get it into the city and learn how to fix and ride it. vander is the perfect guy for the job, and he owns a pick up truck so that was helpful.

she had forgotten about the fact that its a huge chopper with 130 horsepower. alicia weighs like 100 lbs and looks like shes 12.

r.i.p. big tom