just got back from the 10 daymore to come...
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
the suitcase straddle
sweet new moves as demonstrated by the lovely Amelia (last name non-disclosed for privacy reasons) at Spencer MacKenzie's Block Party...radio flyer + stacked suitcases + cute girl + rodeo cowboy pose = amazing!
damn girl!Thursday, August 18, 2011
Fair Fun House Fail
We went to the fair last week to see the Beach Boys!! So pumped - Hawaiian shirts, prepartying in the shuttle bus...probably annoying the shit out of the families in the front of the bus - oh ya! we were in the back.
After dancing to the Beach Boys, perving on underage girls with Michaela and a lovely Ferris Wheel ride, we had to hit up a Fun House. We laid seige to one with a rotating cylinder at the end. We talked Ross into pressing against the sides to go upside down...
yaaaaaaa!!!
ouch!Ross, you're still my hero...especially since you had the dad outfit on.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Santa Cruz Island Fly By
I was lucky enough to get out and see the the islands, at least Santa Cruz, from a plane. It was actually my lovely mother's birthday, and I have long since replaced mere gifts with adventures. This year I took her to Santa Rosa Island on a plane. It was great hanging out on the island and hiking through the Torrey Pines, but the plane ride was the best part...here's why:
potato harbor 
forney's cove & isthmus
willow's
coches prietos and albert's
yellow banks and smuggler'sThanks mom for everything. I hope you had a lovely time...next year I'll take you to the moon.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Sickest SB Weasel!!
It could be the bright green.It could be the sweet rims.
It could be the cute tatted girl.
...but I think its the beer can left on the hood.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
We lost a good friend this weekend...
You brought flavor and spunk to so many lives. In their time of need, you were able to help those on the brink of sleep deprivation or those with an extreme lack of sobriety. When I held you in my hands, my fingers wrapped around your handle for the last time, I felt your intentions so pure and simple...that's when you fell, committing suicide on Jimmy's floor - sacrificing a fresh cup of venetian dark roast so as to 'go out with a bang.' As I looked down at my feet, your broken body scattered between caffeinated splatter with part of your handle still clenched between white knuckles, all I could think was 'we had a good run...a good run, indeed.' Farewell Gourmet Ground...rest in peace.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
New Mini Simmons up for grabs
When I shaped my mini simmons last summer, my dad cut out 'his version' of a mini simmons and we shaped this one at the same time. The template looks nicer. The rails and bottom and everything came out much cleaner and easier...probably because this was the second one - the first of anything is always a bitch.
It's 5'4" x 22 1/2" (ish) x 2 7/8" (ish)...I really don't remember what the dimensions are exactly, because we never measured after finishing the board.
And it had boxes instead of glassed on fins so you can move them or change the fins, which is very handy for surf change, e.g. mussy beach break verses firing point surf.
The glass job is 6-4 oz top with 3/4 4 oz patch, with a 6 oz bottom with a 4 oz fin patch. It's opaque cardboard colored with a double dark brown pin on the deck. And it's gloss and polish.
This thing is going to work pretty damn well. And by being 'up for grabs' that means its for sale if anyone is interested...let me know. cheers.Monday, August 1, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Dance! Baby, Dance!...I mean, Hula!
captain ron and hula ing coco babe with a little post surf backyard shenanigansThursday, July 7, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
mustached coco babes!!
Our neighbor ashley always manages to end up on the floor - guaranteed on a long enough timeline...add a mustache that's been stuck to the frig for months and vwala! pretty portraits.Monday, June 13, 2011
Shocker!!
On my way to breakfast yesterday, I noticed a cross walk sign throwing up the shocker. I know the picutres suck - one can only do so much with an iphone camera. For future reference, this is at the northeast corner of the Seaward and Thompson intersection in Ventura. This is the crosswalk sign facing south. enjoy.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Sportsmobile, eat a dick!!
Sportsmobiles are pretty bad ass, whether it's the 4x4 van, or the sweet truck with campershell. However, they're $100 grand or more, which is waaaaaay out of the price range for us working class folk. Above, we have my car, which was $17 grand, and Kevin's new 4 person tent that he picked up for $130...not bad, especially when your roommate is such a gangster.Thursday, April 28, 2011
Jtree Integrabooster Birthday Extravaganza Returns!!
Look Out!! It's happening again!!...flashbacks:
Stand back!! Hannah Montana is getting wrecked! 
Howlin at the moon
...it wouldn't be a party without shotgunning some beers
da-dada-DA!Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Happy Birthday CW!!!
this pic was taken before ultravibe, and yet he had it in his arms before we knew it was upon us. happy birthday gibby!! see you up in the snow soon - get ready to shred them slips...while watching me fall...a lot...oh ya!!!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
happy 30th birthday, mr pasternak!!!
this was the scene from outside on the deck looking in...and of course alex was nowhere to be found...and when we did find him to get in on it, the photo didn't come out...blame it on shooting film. cheers!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
glow marrow
free show this monday night (1/31) at the silver lake lounge!!!
my buddies' band is playing at 10pm.
you can get their free EP here.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
starting the year off with a full cup of nor cal
Our first trip of the year led us north. We, in this case Ryan, Randy, and I, stayed a night and day in Santa Cruz with our buddy Mike, where we cruised downtown, rode some bikes, ate some delicious breakfast, got some cold but clean surf, and did some fun foto shoots.
the sign on the bike was for a place called 'the tiki lounge' - so coco!!
these girls were kicking out the jams on the street
post foto shoot fun - jump around!!
From Santa Cruz, we drove to the city and raged until the weeeeeee hours in the Mission. We ended up crashing at my aunt and uncle's house where my mother was conveniently staying for the weekend. As you may have guessed this aunt I write of is my mother's little sister. and in true mother fashion, she showed up with a gift for us - what she called 'party glasses.' (My mom usually gets me the funniest and most random shit - this Christmas she gave me a 24" inflatable shark that shoots water out of its mouth, a ninja turtles shirt, a calendar of 'bathrooms of the world,' and a spatula in the shape of a guitar so whoever's cooking in the kitchen can play air guitar in between flipping pancakes or burger patties...ya, my mom's a bad ass.)
mother o' mine with 'party glasses' between the curly-haired twins
After another great breakfast, we moved to the coast to celebrate our friends Alex Pasternak's 30th birthday. He had a party, or 'brunch' as he called it at his parents' house in Martins Beach, just south of Half Moon Bay...brunch started at 2pm, and went until 7am the next morning, when Alex opened a bottle of champagne with a sword like a French soldier. There were bowls of dungenous crab, cornish game hens, wine, cheese, beer, booze, live music, and other festivities including fireworks, on the beach at midnight, followed a couple hours of tasty living room dance party...not a bad way to celebrate one's 30th birthday - good work, Alex!!
the long lasting partiers after a delicious juevos rancheros breakfast the next morning
We drove through Santa Cruz on the way back and stopped at a place called 'burger.' (with a period after the word burger). They had served one of the best burgers I've ever had, they have a great bar with Chimay on tap, and it was crawling with a huge influx of cute girls...most of them were probably college girls, but I don't like to discriminate. They also had great shakes...shortly after we got on the road and mozied on home to Ventura...another victory!
Friday, January 21, 2011
tin types
Last weekend, I went down to Corona to do a wet collodion workshop. This was the photo process before film which includes tin types and wet collodion glass plates (negatives & positives).
The workshop was taught by William Dunniway, a renowned tin typist, wet collodion enthusiast, civil war re-enactment photographer, and nice guy. There were only 3 students total: a friend I work with (Kim Kosai) who actually told me about the workshop, a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer for the New York Times (Angel Franco), and myself. In addition, two gentlemen by the names of Ted and James, helped out with the workshop while everything was held together by Will's wife Frances, who was in charge of the food...us photo people can get very cranky and nasty after being in the darkroom for long hours without eating - we often forget or fail to recognize the need for energy and sustenance via meals.
It lasted two days and it was a riot. There were funny stories, dirty jokes, not too many 'oops' moments, and at the end an overall satisfaction and wonderment in learning a new process...the only problem being now that I want to continue doing tin types, or making glass plate negatives for platinum printing...all that shit's expensive and it will take a lot of ordering and getting things fine-tuned before I'll be ready...so maybe by summer, I can take civil war esque photos of ye'alls.
Here are the prints I made - both are tin types and Will was nice enough to focus and make the exposures on this sweet old 1850s camera:
formal (for mom)
casual (trying to look like an angry urchin diver)
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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