shake, rattle and roll

I am an animal, no different than any other animal

I wake up and do what I need to do

To survive

Then I do what I need to do 

to feel alive

I am an animal

driven by instinct and habit

I love and hate

on a razor thin edge

but mostly

I stay away from the fence, if possible

I'm driven by forces that can't be explained

in simple terms

day after day I repeat what I need

with my animal instinct and

a bit of greed

yet I sit in a cube

and re-arrange bits and bytes 

to fit the needs of those in need

strange engineers through time

have presented solutions to problems

that end up needing solutions

I can't sleep with all this nonsense

but I have a cocktail

that nudges me into rest

I know people that I really don't know

I am someone who isn't really known

yet I go

on and on and on

seeing my face change

knowing what's in store

I've seen it before

the habit of living

is hard to break

work till you retire

and then it's your wake

statements, conclusions, goals

fuck me

contempt for what I see

..................................

shake, rattle and roll

it's tomorrow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AohLQPTlbOA

Dual Sporting in January

Jesse and I tried to get to Virginia City in the dirt. Didn't work so we backtracked and got there on the road. Was cold...The kinda cold that sticks with you when you get back home....If you're curious, check out the vids that are un-edited(let em load)....In time I will edit this down to 1 good video with music.....Keep in mind that Jesse's bike was made in 1974 and mine in 1994.....Jesse's bike is older than him. This is not gonzo it's vintage gonzo....

http://vimeo.com/35816770

http://vimeo.com/35816989

http://vimeo.com/35816189

Ya knew it was coming.

The world of instant information has now included info of your 200 best or worst friends via facebook not to mention the latest crap you need to read just to get to your own email. Ya don't have to but mostly you need a home page to get to it and that home page has world events in blocks...Those blocks of the latest missing kid, celebrity fuck up, stock market lies all add up to stress that takes no more than 10 seconds to digest.


 Concerning FB you now know their every hangover, every downfall or inspirational moment....Watch as they workout while you don't.....The unseen affect of this one thing is gigantic...The obligation is enormous. .It's addictive and fun, yes...I've had mine, but at some point you have to question the implications and information that you are presented with. We channel surf and now we people surf...


I am not guaranteeing anything but I hope to rid myself of FB. I'm going on almost 2 weeks and it feels much better not poking around or prancing around.....


There was a time when things were actually a real event. Photography. It was a process with thought and art and I'm not saying it cannot continue but what I am saying is that it's far too easy to snap and load without changing the settings of our point and shoots. Hasn't been that long since the term f-stop and shutter speed are absent from the photographers vocabulary....just 1 example. Dating is another as well as sex. We show our cocks from the stratosphere without actually finding somebody who really wants to see our privates. 


We force ourselves onto each other in so many ways. We're overloaded and I think there will be repercussions. I couldn't predict what they might be. I think in the comfort of your own bed you can see the world but that doesn't mean you are actually engaged. A conversation is engaging whether online or in person but taking it to the next level and actually being present is an entirely different thing. I won't even go into smart phones other than they are a wonderfully addictive tool as beer is for me. Good luck looking down and not around.


I think facebook is basically thanksgiving dinner over and over again....Home for the Holidays comes to mind.

New Year

This is a new year...This is the Crystal Bay Club with Jim/Jackie ...seeing Jackie Greene.....

http://vimeo.com/35040262

Have a lot to say.....in spurts...

Cheers 2012...