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I'm ready for a Saturday morning in Madrid with these gals. In my mind.

S O S I C K

Yearly Sames.

"Still the Same"...I grew up hearing my mother play this song on the piano...

About one year ago I eagerly took my friend Aimee from art school to a Creature demo at 3rd Lair in Minneapolis. There, she learned firsthand why I admire these gnarthrashers, and why the event made a perfect fit into our maniacal school schedule as we were nearing the end of our college careers.

Lately there seems to be a powerful cycle of success going on with all of my friends. Every one is sharing in life hammers right now and I feel like I have just put an end to the first week of the rest of my life.
Hesh-in-training.


Here we are posted up with Janell Carlson, Neil Heddings and Al Partanen.
Saints and Sinners.

altamont

so many reasons to love this:
SXSW TOUR SERIES BY PATRICK ODELL

rippin action

stayin on the indie trucks youtube channel.

always had old style indies, since i never wear mine out and theyre usually handme downs anyway. got the TNT shoes every year or so and maybe a new pair comin soon, to help get my skate legs back in order come summer.

So this is why I have grown my hair so long. To hopefully look good doing these sorts of things. Instead of getting air, getting real low, flailing around on one foot or no feet, to the tune of country music while making turns in the deep end.

thrash your face off

i quite like this.
the al partanen! and tony trujillo! show!!

so i am makin the transition into summer fake life in minneapolis. (at mcad, to be exact)
just telling myself that i deserve to get comfortable in my new 3 bedroom apartment, when these past few summers have been delightfully transient for me in oregon. i wish i had me one of these from skate study house.


and i have been going out entirely too much. last night was the kicker, because as soon as me, ellie, and jake had cheers'd on never returning to pancho villa, who had just served us horribly, they came out with 3 giant flaming shots of tequila/kahula for us. i still dont want to go there again, but its a nice cultural transition into smoothing over bad, or even 'okay' experiences. summer should be a blast 24/7 right.
big things happening this weeeekend and next week and then we're going to chicago!

i seriously would love to grace the nights with these swooping from my ears.

recycled skate deck e'rrins.

yknow what. it would be basic to make these. crafty.

Xterese

fast awake

its been a long end-of-semester. and thankfully these last few days of true vacay have felt even longer!
up in bemidji minnesota at my home.

im excited to start a new designerd blog over at mysterese.com
and i will keep this OG blog up-to-date with the latest of mysterese perplexities of being badass.
today, i give thanks for my freedom.
i have dreams and hopes and not a heavy bloated belly of childbirth. i live in cities that actually have real skateparks and real restaurants. i have a real family and a real list of accomplishments on my resume. real potential, folks. thanks.


these dudes are also headed to WBMC next year: gareth stehr and patrick melcher.

this is my gal! (except i would never street skate in anything but skytops)

ITS OFFICIAL: SKLOG TIME

go on over to my new internets mysterese.com (work-in-progress)
and then be siked to watch micah skate. best ever.


RESPECT HIS SEXY!
i'll be missin him in govylife this summer! maybe?

cripes! i wish i hadnt discovered that vbs.tv now works on our server. im really bummed that jerry hsu and louie barletta didnt demo with enjoi last week at renegade.

sometimes i wish i could do this. all of this. anything to feel more real than electronics, paper, grids and graphics. device device.
i should de-vice for only 2 more weeks of school!

talking to glen glans. looking at glenhaven.

here it is. the glenhaven bowl i speak of so dearly. these independent videos make me twitch a little. they do a video right! natural audio, the good old chatter and squeak of every skateboard and skateboarder.
this edit opens with the ever amazing minnesota transplant Darren Navarrette.

thankfully, i found some footage of this! its awesome that the only feature worth filming for them was the extension. i wish i could even hit the coping on that wall...
i miss lookin out to the street course to see my friends tailsliding the faux brick bank. lookin pretty mean as they would be dodging a whole lot of small children. hey, i think chet stole your line there, glen glans! i miss us skating in oregon.

(someday, maybe, someone will read this sklog and think i am cool.)

skateparks rule the nation

(happy earth day fair! mcad is amazing!)

the busiest day of my life by near. (not far) served tea, skated mcad for once, registered for class, wrote about why i will be a good r.a., and dreamed of bigger skating. lately i have decided i need to be in portland for july, and maybe alot of that reason is to skate (glenhaven).
well....here is the wisconsin version of that dreamland bowl beauty!!!!!

maybe i can stay around here afterall??
(its about time i learn to grind pool coping)

dog days f'real

so it can't be any coincidence that i peered at this top 10 smartest/dumbest dog slideshow this morning, only to then disprove that entire proclamation with the findings of THIS!!!!!

Xtreme Pete!

ITS FUN

(i knew i wouldnt be able to watch this without posting it on my new sklog)

louie barletta, friends.
best is when he tucks one over the pile of scrap wood!!

amazing hair