Oh My God...Stop Raining...

I wish every drop of rain that was falling had a throat…I would gather every drop that fell and slit every last one of their throats. This is not a joke....It is driving me insane.....

"Bored"

Just happened to have my camera with me when I went for a walk downtown....ended up on the water front...people watching.

Lambton Quay

they were actually pointing where I should stand and watch for a bit.

a beauty.

these 3 photos are a sequence series I like to call: "Parent FAIL"

I couldn't get the next shot of this kid drowning because I was too busy taking off my socks and shoes...way to go mommy

a grimace vs. grimace on who would finish first.

her head ducks down as she pushes through first and you can see the mouth drop of the defeated --what a wuss beaten by a 7 year old girl.

confused?

good.

ok these last 2 shots were sequence, follow me here. Look closely and this is visually described in what she was thinking: "Time moves slowly behind me unaware...I feel out of focus but what lies ahead of me is clear now."

this guy definitely took the scenic route to work on purpose

Victoria Street

Pics i meant to put up earlier that i forgot about then rediscovered and then forgot and then saw again and was like....oh yea.. I'll put these up

traverse approach

Manuel and myself scoping the arch...I don’t know why no one takes any pictures when we are actually climbing---yea I just thought of that but ill try to get some shots---might be awhile though cuz we are in the dead of winter and the days are fewer and far between when it doesn’t rain….so...but I just bought some new climbing shoes and they are siiiiick…I know no one cares but im talking about it anyway. I am professing it to the world that I LOVE THEM…YES I LOVE THEM, and and and THEY LOVE ME—so all of you can just butt out...I don’t care what you think mom and dad, we are going to live..live lives and be happy together….sob sob smile sob…….and.. I'm done.

me and "me" 3 months from now without cutting any hair

Mr. Meowgi

Mr. Meowgi having a laugh after a joke I told him….

The sky was literally on fire...my eyes were hot and filled with flames....doesn't quite do it justice but i tried.

Sculpture Fail.

Why? No, I mean I’m really asking why…why was this ever thought of as something to be made and sold…look at it…..look at that guy’s face.---what!!! I want to meet the person who went through the thought process of making this. I was so baffled after murmuring “what...” like five times to myself that I got the person who was running the store over there and asked him straight up.—I looked at him and then I looked at this man with a hog strapped to his back and asked genuinely, wanting a real answer---Sir, who would buy this? Who.........would buy this? He had no idea what to say. I didn’t either…silence took the moment…I said “ok.” Then I left.

Victoria Pleasure.

No work.....Tramping we went.

dapper young man

the sun trying to upstage.

this is a bad photo of a good one I was trying to get.

this tree was silk.

approach to swing...

Ruth and Sadie. Actually I don't know their names.

These dogs were cooo. The ones above and below.

expect for this one. This one i wanted to punt gently over the ridge.

this was just one tree-- hollowed out in the middle and sturdy enough to sit up on the top--like a foliage cheerio...it was ok---ive seen cooler things.....phil.

Still Raining...

Back in Wellington. It has been raining now for about 3 weeks…I admit my mood can get a little soggy after coming into the house time after time soaked with the sky’s salty tears running down my chin…its hard not to take on the problems of the heavens after she’s been weeping on your shoulders all day….but ya know what---sometimes you just got to say hey, sing that wet face away…go for a stroll..eat a pop tart…cheer up….my friend Edward Khil has been helping me out with that. (click this.). I am jack's vocal medley.

Roads.

It was raining for more than 2 weeks straight, unwavering…There’s nothing like it I've seen… darkness every day, grey and mauve capes hung somberly over the city and country side blocking the light from the sun…The sun, a fireball of legend in outer space that I have faith still exists…I read ancient parchment by candle fire in a damp corner of our flat of a heat that came from the sky and warmed the faces of children; a burnt yellow crayon scribbled hard on pasty white paper. I choose to believe it. It is clear. We must leave Wellington post haste….we left 4 days ago in search for dryer souls.

We headed north towards New Plymouth, where Phil, our mate from work grew up. We drove for about 2 hours through pelting rain and then something happened…..the windshield was silent and no man made lights were needed to see ahead. The corners of our mouths perked with hope for something above--an unabashed encounter with daylight.

It was wonderful and we saw it once more. We spent the night in New Plymouth and then headed to Taupo in the morning where we would stay in a hostile for the next 2 nights. The first night we went to a spa that was heated naturally by hot springs--awesome, went back to the hostile and met some more people—a girl from France, two from England and one from Boston who ended up coming back to Wellington with us. The next night we found another natural hot spring at the end of a river--awesomer….I mean Jacuzzi hot with yes, a steaming waterfall…got some peeps from the hostile that night and went back out there….it felt amazing considering it was freezing outside. Also we went luging….you get in a small cart and race down a steep tracked mountain. After the second time down, I thought----man you could really hurt yourself doin this….hmm… again we go—it was great. So there’s a few points--….all in all it was stellar trip-- much needed and absolutely gorgeous. I got a few pics but didn't document the whole thing.

frame scotty bear.

phil brew

boom

There are foxes that paint in this small town. it is incredible. you should see the--I am sorry, I was trying to impress you with a tale of wonder. There are no foxes that paint here.

hmmmff

tea, post haste.

snubberson.

planning to burn down every macdonalds.

phil trying to get out a piece of candy I told him was inside the camera

phil showing the girl standing behind me that he could kill her with one sexy glance and that is why the shades remain.

baxter.

return of the yellow

yayyyyy

air sofa

David Cheek this one's for you--objective: get a hole in one on a piece green way out out in the water....I had no idea what I was doing but if you made it you would win 10,000 dollars....i just crammed it as hard as i could and it apparently hit the green out there...so what did i get for getting so close---a free ball...I"ll take it.

hot springs....yes mam.

phil zoning. thinking. planning....the revolution.

driving through a painting.

this looked so fake

the fifth wheel

I want to eat a cow from this farm.

This was "Mount Doom" in lord of the rings

ridiculous.

look at that.

I stopped in my tracks and was just staring at this.

me and scott lookin kinda gay.