Randomness

Ok, so I learned a new term from Joe last weekend. It is "mancrush." I tried to get him to define the term, but he didn't. I got the impression it was nothing sexual, though.

I am stressing over going to Canada due to the fact that I don't have a birth certificate. I have been reading online and all the sites say that you CAN get through with only a licence, but that a passport or birth cert. is a good idea, saince you may be required to prove your citizenship. Julie faxed me something today, though, so hopefully I will be ready.

Speaking of Julie, I met her and I'm glad to to find out that she isn't as scary as she seems online. I'm sure that Paul is going to shake his head. Go ahead, get it over with, dude.

Still haven't seen Batman...I am dying.
~J

Uncanny

I spent $70 on squirt guns for me and the kids. We had a blast (pun intended)! I got one with a grenade launcher. It basically pressurizes a load of water and lobs it straigh out front at high pressure. I had the whole complex doused with water within ten minutes. I was the Aqua-nator. Yeah!!

Canada calls. It appears we are going to be traveling to Vancouver, B.C. for a flatland jam. Now, if you have ever ridden with Cannucks, you know that they can consume massive amounts of beer...I think Joe might not get much riding in... I hope Toku

I ordered another pair of Sequence pegs for the front. I have my Hucks Industries pegs sold to a guy in England who is going to pay alomst as much to ship the pegs as he is paying me for the pegs...go figure. I'm stoked.

Becky told me today that she has figured out her support obligation and it is not $300. The State of Oregon thinks otherwise, but I'll let her figure that out on her own. I called and turned her in. It felt good.
~J

Abby Quote for saturday

When asked about a stack of Lego's she had contructed, she replied, "It's cheerleaders."
~J

Abby quote of the day

"CanI have some watermelon? I think we need to buy some more because I am eating it and eating it and I don't think I'll stop because I want you to buy more."
~J

Good day

I got in a little riding, today. I a hang-ten to halfpack back into a hang-ten. I rolled it for a good ways before lossing it to the side. It felt easy, but it was the last one I did before I had to leave with Abby. If she doesn't get fed every twenty minutes, she starts eating babies, I swear. I also got a switch-footed hang-five into a half-lash to forward rope to lardyard...now, I have been playing with going straight into a forward upside-down wheely and I almost did one, but I touched, so I am not quite sure I did it, or if the touch made it possible. Sarge, if you read this, try going from a lardyard, straight into upside down going forwards, without stopping the tire. I think you'd love that one.

My sitter worries seem to be getting a relief because a neighbor is willing to do it for cheap. Right now the guy I am paying to do it is charging $400 a month for both kids, which is still a bargain, but he is all the way over past Target. If this all works out, maybe I can still get those pegs.

I need to get laid, so if you know any generous prostitutes ( besides the ex-wife), sluts, vixens or flatland groupies, hook me up!!
~J

Get Shorty

When I got home, someone was parked in my spot, so I parked in another spot. There were about twelve spots empty, then I went in and took a shit. While I was in there, Toby knocked on the door and said the neighbor was pissed that I was in his spot. The guy doesn't have a car. I say ok, and get out. My mom and sister are visiting and they tell me that the guy was yelling at Toby and Toby is wide-eyed.
I take the garbage out and try to chill out, but the guy (who we'll call Shorty) comes down his stairs and tells me I need to move my "fucking car." I head his way. Before I get there, he bristles and says, "What the fuck, man? You got a problem?" He stays on the step so that he is above me, but I walk up to him and stare into his eyes and tell him I don't like people yelling at my son. He steps down and gets in my face, calling me names. I lean forwards and press my forehead to the top of his head, since he is about four inches shorter than me , and push him back into the flowerbed, he steps to the side and gets back onto the step. He says he didn't yell, but I tell him I have people who saw him, he says they are "fucking full of shit."
By this time I am staying in his face, yelling and trembling because I want to hit him soo bad. He tells me to move my piece of shit car or he will. I invite him to do so and also invite him to fuck himself.
I go into the house, where Toby, Mom and my sister, Morgan, are bristling and Abby is crying. I calm her down and go out move the car.
Shorty comes down the steps with his phone, I can tell he is talking to the manager. He is trying to figure out what apt. I am in, so I yell it to him, "502!" He repeats it into the phone, so I yell my name as well. He says, "Yeah you better move it you punk bitch."
I tell him, "Just have to escalate it, don't you? Can't just be fucking cool about anything, right?" He invites me to fuck myself. I talk to the manager and find out that they have already been evicted and the apt is already rented. Shorty has nothing to lose.
I find out later from Becky that Shorty has gotten in Toby's face before. Now I am really pissed.

Aaaah, the ghetto...
~J

Stress?!! STRESS?!!

Dream Theater's new album, "Octavarium" is out and I just picked it up. I haven't gotten through it all, yet, but it's heavy. A little more indulgent than the last cd, but so far it's a keeper.http://www.dreamtheater.net

Toby is turning 12, this weekend. I can't believe he is getting so big. i remember when I first left Becky and lived in the crazy house. I bought a razor and it came with a fake plastic blade. He used to shave with me using it. He was four years old.

Abby graduated from kindergarten, today. I almost cried, she was so cute. They are going to take karate. I think I might have found a sitter, since Becky (The Cinch) has decided she can't handle Toby. I hope this all works out.
~J

Aie Kandhie

http://www.eengoedidee.nl/videoz/flatland/battle_at_the_beach_part_2.wmv

http://www.eengoedidee.nl/videoz/flatland/battle_at_the_beach_part_1.wmv

Sign up and get these videos, NOW! I cannot believe the level of riding in these two short clips. They are from the "Battle of the Beach" contest in S. Carolina. Videos like these remind me how isolated we are up here from the rest of flatland in America. My left testicle for a private plane!!

~J

Attention!!

http://www.pedalbmx.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7535 Anyone thinking of getting the aluminum KHE forks should read this post... Papi.
~J

YEEE-HAAAWW!!!!

Tzim was stoked on this picture when he took it. I think it makes me look really short, though. We have to get one of these naked, Tzim.

So the shindig at the Hagnas ranch went down. I rode my ass off all weekend. Saturday, Brett, Joe, Joe, Scott and I met up and then...DEVON showed up. It was trippy. His bike was hosed, but he has a job and says he's going to buy a frame. He was trying hang-5s with his foot on the grip instead of his hand. Scary.

<p>The vander-roll contest was hilarious. I thought Joe might take the whole thing...until he drove his head into the ground at mach-ten. At least when I drove MY head into the ground, I wasn't hauling ass! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

The Sequence pegs are great and I have been able to get into some pretty cool back-wheel tricks as well. I am linking a cross-foot hang-5 into a half-lash popping up into a forward rope and from THAT whole thing I'm trying to go straight into a locomotive glide without sctratching. I can do it WITH the scratch, but that's not good enough for me. Scott and I worked on turbined hang-5's, but didn't really clue into it. Deep trick, that. Great weekend full of riding, vander-roll attempts and laughter.

~J

Perfection

Well, I think I have finally done it. I have found the perfect peg...well, almost perfect. I bought a pair of Sequence pegs http://www.sequencefab.com/. The only thing I would possibly change would be a titanium end instead of stainless. Other than that, they are the best peg ever, for me. I am getting another set for the front as soon as I can afford it. If anyone is interested in two pairs of used Huck Industries pegs anodized in red, let me know. I'll let them go for $35 for all four pegs. New on Flatland Fuel.com they were $38 a pair, so this is a great deal.

Big weekend this weekend and the question on my mind is...will Sarge ride? If he stops flatlanding, it'll suck because now I don't need any of his parts, except for maybe his driver...oh well...maybe he can sell some parts to Devon. Joe wouldn't buy his parts because they weigh too much.
~J