warm house

so i had a housewarming party last saturday, the 19th, and my friend jim c. of soupcooler fame made a tripped out video compilation of the event.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9BKmP6UPxA


thanks jim.  i have idea's of how to furthur use that camera filter...

Guard

i've kind of been keeping my ear's pointed for any available, cool, dogs (i mean four legged kind) to give a loving home to.   i have loads of space around me now for it to roam and be a dog, and although i probably couldn't afford it anyway, i've been looking at bred dogs.  one thing i haven't seen brought up in any of my searches however, and am curious about because i'd really like it is, if you're looking for a dog from a reputable dog breeder and the dog you really want has three heads, do you get charged for three dogs or is that one dog price? cause i'm looking for a three headed dog to guard over my place when i'm sleeping.

it'd be extra cool if at least one of the heads could blow fire from its nostrils!  if you hear of one let me know.  i'd even drive out of state for a three headed dog with the fire option.
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Pan Diario Pages

Was working in a smaller book this time, about 5x7x1', cutting and pasting found images from old national geographics and random stuff I found around.  Here's some scans of some of the pages.  I call this one, Pan Diario.

you're riding in a car, southwest usa. grand canyon to be exact...

i've always enjoyed old radio show broadcast's, especially the spooky ones, with wind, and creeky hinged door sounds. the ones where they'd create the sounds using handmade or constructed objects. ie. a real person walking over gravel to imitate a person walking over gravel, shaking metal sheeting to conjure thunder..

it was a time before television, when the listening, (not necessarily watching) audience were forced to use a bit more of their imagination; to fill in the moods and atmospheres suggested by mere dialogue and sound effects.

i was reading a bit from one of my journal entries recently, something i'd reflected on, about a family vacation some years back. feeling a bit melancholic, with the company of a couple glasses of white wine, i got to wandering about recording my voice. it was a rainy sunday, mid-afternoon, so i started reading aloud..


zSHARE - rainy sunday 43.mp3

garLic tIts

Earlier this year I initiated a collaborative accordion style drawing book with mi comrade, Gabriel Turner Bryne upon his return trip (first one) from Germany.  We worked on it for about six months during intermittent visits to our Local 44 or during drawing sessions with assorted company.
Upon his second departure we called it quits on the project feeling pleased with the ground covered.

I recently scanned it for commemorative sake.  It measures 5"x118".  double sided.

Here's the long and...

...short of it.

RE:cipe

after my previous post the ever talented, ax and apple axed in a comment, 'what kinda cookies?'.  i thought i'd go ahead and provide you all with the actual recipe handed down to me from hands in the sky.

*what you will need to make austin cookies:

flour.
baking soda.
baking powder.
oats.
bran.
butter.
brown sugar.
2 eggs.
chocolate morsels.
raisins.
sliced almonds.
big sun-glasses or purple wig. 

*to make austin cookies:

preheat oven to 350 degrees
3 parts flour (i use a 1/2 cup scooper so each 'part' will mean 1, 1/2 scooper)
3 dips oats ('dips' also mean 'parts'')
1/4 bran
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of baking powder

~mix them lovelies together with some sort of spoon or relative mixing device, a banana would probably work fine.  whatever you have around that's stick like.   nothing with lead at the tip though.

~insert a stick of butter into your microwave for 55 seconds.  it helps to cut that sucker into sections so it will melt down easier; like 1/4 inch slices.

~once out of the microwave add 3 scoops of brown suga to your bowl.  mix it in real good with the butta.  this is your money maker right here.  this is where the full flavor comes from.  make sure you sing to it.  i've found my best cookies prefer elton john songs.  guess that's why they call it the blues or daniel.  wear big glasses if you have them too. not necessary though in a crunch.

~get two eggs outta your refrigerator and mix 'em up.  beat those eggs like you're angry at them; to a pulp.

~pour your butter and sugar mix into the dry mix and stir all the while. go ahead and pour in those battered eggs for the hell of it.

~after you have a nice conglomerate of stickiness and beautiful texture you're gonna wanna add in some chocolate and nuts because all good things come from the transcendent union of chocolate and nuts.
really you could add as much chocolate as you wanted, of any kind (semi-sweet or milk chocolate ,whatever)  just make sure it's at least 3 scoops for mary's sake.  who's mary?  i don't know.
i add about 2 scoops sliced almonds.

~add about a scoop and a half of some raisins, both dark and golden if you got'em.  goldens are a nice surprise.

that's about when you're going to need to stir all that wonderfulness together.  meet and greet those ingredients.  roll out those morsels of bliss in whatever imaginative shapes you want.

i usually can get two dozen full bodied treats from this ratio in two baking pans.
you should butter the pans before putting down the spoonfuls of your mixture to avoid any sticking.
bake for about 10-12 minutes.
if you have any chocolate left over you can heat it up a bit in a pan and drizzle it over the cookies with a spoon for extra chocolate goodness.  let sit for a couple minutes before spreading them all over your faces.

repeat as often as you like.