My First Photo Shoot....

Mckay, originally uploaded by Living with giants.

Thanks to my good friend, Ryan Mannie, I now have some really sexy pictures of my newly refinished drums. this is just one of the pics he took.

I really enjoy Hookah. If more people decide to follow my blog, I will suggest that we have hookah night if you happen to be local to San Jose.

Careful and Honest Contemplation, Pt. II

Cuddling, originally uploaded by anotherdrummer242.

The internets have failed me. I can no longer find anything that is remotely interesting. Xbox, you too have failed me. I can no longer while away a listless hour with on a game of shoot 'em up while listening to "double kill" repeat so often it becomes a chant. My mind has failed me. I am the most faithful boyfriend in the world, and yet in my infinite boredom I ponder the "what if" that will ultimately lead me down a path very much as dark as the bottom of the sea. I want more than anything to spend time with my wonderful girlfriend and see her smile. I think that will repair me.

In the lengthening weeks that I am without a car, I am more and more spending my time atop my solid frame 21 speed bike. Yesterday I rode for 3.5 hours at a constant pace of about 10/12 miles an hour. Nothing record breaking, but definitely a work out. Today I went on an hour long ride, and supplemented the remaining 2 hours with several reps of both pull ups and chin ups. Overall, since the end of May I have lost 15 lbs, and am now a respectable 145 pounds. oh yeah, I am 5'10.5" tomorrow I am going to ride to davis and back, probably at 9:00 am. I think I will get some Jamba Juice as a treat once I get to Davis, and then head back after a short rest.

I am also in the process of designing a tattoo for my self. it will be a full sleeve down my right arm. The basic design is a squid, on my upper arm, reaching with it's tentacles down and around my arm to end on my wrist. there are still some kinks worked out, like what the tentacles should look like. The squid itself is going to be dark and evil looking. totally emotionless eyes, and very true to life. the tentacles though I think need to be kinda "gross." An earlier tattoo design I had was one of a heart, draw in a rough "paint brush" style, on my inner right forearm. If there is a way to combine the two, that's what will happen.


OK ladies and gents, you know what I am up against. I shall bid you all farewell for the night, and reconvene tomorrow for a recitation of my day.

Riding the Train

Today I am headed back to woodland after spending my weekend in San Jose with my girlfriend. I have never ridden this particular train before, and I must admit, I am nervous as to whether or not I will get off in Davis. I must assume that I will, because the guy sitting next to me is also getting off at the Davis stop, and unless we are two of a kind, he is not mistaken. Tomorrow I will post some new pictures.

I drink too much soda

0708092218-00, originally uploaded by anotherdrummer242.

but this is what comes of it. my drums, which once looked like the ashes of a dying moon, are restored to a beauty they have never known