A Variety of Gnomes

Dirty Gnome








Naughty Gnome







Gnome on a turtle







Naked Gnome







The Gnome Mobile!

So I guess it's a good thing that alcohol doesn't spoil. My buddy gave me a bottle of the first legalized absinthe you can get at BevMo. It kinda takes the fun out of it that it's legal now. I don't think I've even bought alcohol since i turned 21. I had my first sip of legal wine at a party in the desert several weeks ago, does that count? "going out for drinks" is still such a foreign concept to me and i don't think is going to be a big part of my life. It's unfortunate that that's a big part of dating for most people.

Buuurrr! and the burner solution

It's true, LA has made me such a wimpy little baby when it comes to weather, but I've always hated the wind! Today i had an epic battle with the Santa Anna winds opening my apartment windows. Having an old apartment is like having an old car, there's a lot of maintenance involved! I thought i would just be able to move into this cute little building built in the 1920's and set up a cute little place and leave everything else to the maintenance people. I was sorely mistaken.. Maintenance people don't care that your toilet doesn't work after two months of repeatedly trying to fix it, they don't care that the previous tenant painted over the windows with black paint, they don't care that the heater doesn't work, and most of all, they don't care that the windows don't latch all the way... I mean, it's never that windy in LA to blow open the window repeatedly making it impossible to heat up the apartment right?

I love my apartment, no really, I'm really proud of all the work I've done on it. I'm no handy man, but I really do try!

wow man it's a MOON BOW

I went to Moon Tribe for the first time last weekend, it was really cool! Good people, i felt pretty safe. I got to meet some new people and i saw a ring around the moon for the first time. It was rad to share that with Andrew, it was like the world was smiling down on me that weekend. Then i saw a ring around the sun for the first time on the way home. It was really a nice to get out of LA and go on a vacation, but it took a lot out of me. I've been so moody and my energy has been drained all week. I feel like a bitch.

Moon Tribe is rad! i think i almost like it as much as burning man. There's a lot less going on, but i get the same good feeling from it. I feel like i'm a part of something, i get this awesome feeling of togetherness with people. Maybe because we are all out in a harsh environment experiencing the same stuff.

This round goes to Fluffy

Fluffy and Food looked like things were going to work out. They were starting to become the best of friends, sharing food and tank space, frolicking in the onion plant leaves. So a day goes by and i come home to find no trace of Food except for a small flake of orange fin.

Does this make me a bad person? It's not like i killed an animal with my own hands and fed it to my pet, but i definitely had a feeling that Fluffy would eat Food. My real intention was to give Fluffy some excitement and interest in his life because he was looking board. It would have been cute if they became friends, but fish do what they want to do, you cant punish a fish or train it to do anything.

Well, Fluffy's fat now.. and looking a lot more happy.. cannibal fish

Fluffy vs. Food round2

So it's been several days now, Fluffy looks like he's enjoying the new and improved water filter. Food is still alive and well! He looks a little freaked out, he spends most of his time hiding up in the leaves of the onion plant. Two days ago i came home to fluffy having a bloodied side and he lost a scale. I was really worried but it healed up back to new in two days flat.

Fluffy vs. Food

Fluffy's been looking really board lately I think because I haven't been home a lot. So i bought a new filter with a nice light for him and a new friend! Is it ok to name a feeder fish Food? He's about 1/8 the size of Fluffy, maybe he will turn into food? Lets find out!