Irreconcilable

This is eight-year old Christian G. He's receiving the flag that covered the coffin of his father, a marine reservist. His daddy died for a lie. The men who sent him to war so recklessly will never know this boy's pain. Be careful who you vote for. It is literally a life or death decision.

Gojira!

After three hours and one numb butt cheek, I left the tattoo parlor with the basic framework of my super bad ass Godzilla tattoo. She only did the black parts of the pic last night. The next time I go, she'll start filling in the rest of the picture with color. Yay!
For reference, you are basically looking at my whole left thigh, from hip to just above the knee. This tatt is huge!

Bookends

Here is sunset from my back porch on my last day of work at my old job.



And this is sunset downtown from my first day at my new job.



All in all, I think nature approves of the change. So do I.

Chinaski Tuesdays

Cut While Shaving

It's never quite right, he said, the way people look,
the way the music sounds, the way the words are
written.
It's never quite right, he said, all the things we are
taught, all the loves we chase, all the deaths we
die, all the lives we live,
they are never quite right,
they are hardly close to right,
these lives we live
one after the other,
piled there as history,
the waste of the species,
the crushing of the light and the way,
it's not quite right,
it's hardly right at all
he said.

don't I know it? I
answered.

I walked away from the mirror.
it was morning, it was afternoon, it was
night

nothing changed
it was locked in place.
something flashed, something broke, something
remained.

I walked down the stairway and
into it.

Friendly Skies

Are birds flying on purpose, or just emphatically waving at lots of friends?

Chinaski Tuesdays: Wed Edition and Announcement

First of all, I am excited to say that this image will be tattooed on my body Dec 26th. Bow down!



On now for something equally brutal:

Cause And Effect

the best often die by their own hand
just to get away,
and those left behind
can never quite understand
why anybody
would ever want to
get away
from
them

If'n yer available...

... we're having movie night at our place again this Saturday. Come on by!

Hey ya'll.

What's the funniest movie you have ever seen?

New source of happiness, shame

A new blog has been started were a chosen few will be asked to post anything that makes them laugh so much they nearly pee. No exposition, and the comments are turned off. This is purely an aggregator for the absurd. If you get an invite, please add your faves!

i peed a little

Chinaski Tuesdays

For Jane

225 days under grass
and you know more than I.
they have long taken your blood,
you are a dry stick in a basket.
is this how it works?
in this room
the hours of love
still make shadows.

when you left
you took almost
everything.
I kneel in the nights
before tigers
that will not let me be.

what you were
will not happen again.
the tigers have found me
and I do not care.

Full contact musical chairs

This Friday. Don't miss it!

Chinaski Tuesdays

The Night I Killed Tommy

You know i love a nice helmet

And these are some of the finest in the land!