Holy Crap, it's a kid!

An Ending by Brian Eno

I promise you this, a little's enough

Believe Me Natalie originally by the Killers, redone by Vitamin String Quartet

Guilty Cubicles by Broken Social Scene

Let's pretend to be enemies

-Asbo comics: fascinatingly on target
Yeah, Whatever by Splender

"Not quite roughing it"

Beaver Creek quirkiness!

Your run-of-the-mill Lego Volvo!

This beaver caused me much delight...

Traffic sign at the DAM Brewery in Dillon, CO.

Oh yeah...WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!

In a trance

I couldn't tell which was more peaceful: the running river, or the hug.


Dinner at Billy's Island Grill! Mike has been eating at this place every summer since he moved to Colorado. I can't TELL you how good this meal was!

Mike's OMG THIS IS SO AWESOME face:

On a gondola going up on of Vail's ski passes! It was FREE!!! Not to mention fabulous...

Vail Summer Invitational '08

View from our condo and the fields! Gotta love Vail...

Lunch

You know, even more than I miss chocolate in this new lifestyle of eating healthy...I miss cheese. Like woah.

10 Ft. by Ben Lee

Wrong Wife

Absolutely love the use of blue by this artist. When I'm bored and/or sick, this is what I do! Search the internet for new art!

My thoughts on Tech Competency:

Advil Cold & Sinus

Ode to Hertz

I hate Budget.

Goin' to the Piano Bar and we're...gonna sing diiiirty soooongs

...Sung to the tune of "Goin' to the Chapel" for Nina.

My shoes were gorgeous. And painful. Which would, aptly, fit Ryan's theory on the correlation between shoe beauty and shoe pain. Nina's marrying a smart man.

But! I'm smarter...

At Sing Sing. I do NOT want to be sung to as a future bride! Wow those songs are bad.

Yay Nina!

"Yeah...you're comin' home with me."

"I think I'll give him to Collin for his birthday! Or maybe my mom, cause she'd be like 'WTF?!' OR! COLLIN'S MOM!!!!!!!" And then we imploded in our own laughter.

This will all end in tears...

Light up the night

Same view, different time.

Salmon River

The view outside my hotel in Idaho Falls.

What do you call a fish without eyes?

FSH.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Mike & I made Mahi Mahi. It was fantastic!

"That is a sucker punch to the gonads"

Siegfried: How do I know you're not CONTROL?
Maxwell Smart: If I were CONTROL you'd already be dead.
Siegfried: If you were CONTROL you'd already be dead.
Maxwell Smart: Neither of us is dead so I am obviously not from CONTROL.
Shtarker: That actually makes sense.

Shtarker: Too bad about all the dead movie stars.
Siegfried: Yes. What will we do without their razor-sharp political advice.

Maxwell Smart: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
The Chief: I don't know. Were you thinking, "Holy s***, holy s***, a sword fish almost went through my head"? If so, then yes.

Maxwell Smart: There are 150 special forces snipers surrounding this building.
Siegfried: No there's not.
Maxwell Smart: Would you believe 2 dozen Delta Force commandoes?
Siegfried: No.
Maxwell Smart: How about Chuck Norris with a BB gun.

Ye Merry Ol' Ren Fest

Tucked inside the heart of every nice girl

People like this actually exist. I'm addicted to their complete idiocy. But out of all of them, this one has got to be my fav.

How does one photograph a lack of hope?

I stopped at Wal Mart for lunch when I landed at Rapid City. They have the few foods I'm allowed to eat fresh and readily available. Besides, it's right down from my hotel.

It was packed. I mean, I've been to some busy Wal Marts, but this was absolutely ridiculous! You couldn't even get through the product aisles! I finally gathered my berries, juice drinks, nuts, and avacados and made it the the express line, where I was cut off by an old woman in a motorized scooter. A MOTORIZED SCOOTER!!! You're in a moving chair and you felt you needed to have your 2 items checked out before mine?! And what is with these people?! Don't they shower when they're on vacation? Seriously? What's the deal with all these wheelchairs...it's Wal Mart, not a 10 mile hike. Oh honey, I'm sure those tatoos looked great on you before 50 years of sun made you look rode hard and put up wet. And you, perv. Quit looking at me like you haven't seen a lady in 30 years. It's called makeup. Buy this month's girlfriend some.

It was finally my turn, and I'll be honest, I was happy to be almost out of there. I was silently appalled at the people the tourist season had brought out in the Kitsch Kapital of the US; what wood work had these people crawled out of?!

"You guys are awfully busy!" I started a conversation with the cashier. I was about to add how great the summer season must be for business with all the visiting families and bikers, when she said - and rather louder than I would've thought necessary - "Yeah. It's always busy on the 10th. Food stamps are turned on at midnight."

God forgive me.

I wonder sometimes when traveling will become too much. When being gone so long will make me feel like I've lost a home. When every bed feels the same, every room holds no promise other than sleep. Places lose their luster, I've seen all the roadside attractions, and my friends all work in the service industry, and are paid to like me. I see the Hertz counter more often than my desk, the Internet is my escape. My heart breaks every time I have to say bye - again - to Mike. The pictures stop.

Oh no.

Well, did Punk Rock get it right?

I want to cut my hair. Here are some ideas.

And no, I took no pictures this week...it's been kinda boring. But I've spent some time on the computer - and this is the result!

Estrogen Overload

I'm on the berry and nut diet. Free desserts will not win!

It's a shame 2 years worth of poundage will take more than a week to take off. I so hate meal allowances right now.

Day 4: A Shortcut

The...adventerous...drive home!