jump!

ready?

first, new years eve, then new years day.

otras cosas

debbie had an 80's themed prom last night. i felt really comfortable dressed up as an 80's prom goer, i even found a new pair of shoes i can wear every day. some sweet burnt sienna and gold pumas. oh my geez god. yum. ouch, it really hurts to look at them b/c they are so good looking. i'm thinking i might ride my moto up to la encantada tonight to see what kind of jeans they have there. i adjusted my clutch on my bike and it is a much nicer ride after doing so. see pictures.

the pictures always get inserted in some random order here, pero... my moto, me and my new jacket (not my moto jacket) on my moto taken from the ground by the timer on the camera, a sweet little succulent garden i put together, i personally would've used a different ground cover, but thats what they had so... a yard i am demolishing, it really looks better, there was nothing there before but some overgrown juniper bushes and a horrible fountain. i will post the prom pics as soon as sarah gets out of bed. it is 5pm. lucky.

my early days of riding

First road trip of my life on my motorcycle. Woke up around 6am, normal morning routine. Hopped on my bike around 7am and headed to the office only to find that someone had broken in the night before. A window was boarded up and glass was all over the sidewalk. I decided not to go in b/c the office manager had written a note on the door to call her if we were going to work over the weekend and I didn't want to call her that early. So I met with Sarah, a client who is best friends with my neighbor, Dirk. We hung out and had coffee and went over ideas for her yard for about an hour. After our meeting I headed home. I got all my gear on, turned the bike on, and headed to the place where sarah and aisha were house sitting. Got there, no answer, rode to anast's place to show off my bike. He's jealous. South on Kolb I turned left on 22nd stopped at a village inn for some breakfast, who knows how long I'll be gone, I thought. I took Old Spanish Trail out to Colossal Cave, turned around and headed toward Rancho del Lago. I found that the frontage road only dead ends, and the interstate was still a little too daunting for me on my first ride. I turned around and went the way I came. Old Spanish Trail to Houghton, Houghton to Speedway, Speedway to Kolb, Kolb to Tanque Verde, Tanque Verde turns into Kolb, Kolb to Sunrise, Sunrise turns into Ina, (bought a tank bag and some new gloves at the end of Ina), Ina to Oracle, Oracle turns into Main, left on University, home.

2008 is great

sarah and i got dressed up for new year's. but i actually rang in the new year in a parking lot at the airport.

1 month

1. xmas eve.
2. xmas morn.
3. tamales.
4. camping.
5. lights. 6. planes. 7. trains. 8. film. 9. friends. 10. music.

quick trip to safford last night to check out a large parcel of land soon to be "graham view estates" barf. rosalee and i are designing the common areas of the development. it is next to a mormon church, so i saw what they had, and will probably use similar plants b/c everyone there is mormon and they will feel right at home. well, it was a nice trip. i rode the yellow ninja today. honestly, it was scary. it was only my 3rd time riding and i kept the traffic interaction to a minimum, but i will definitely need some hours in a parking lot before i hop on speedway. i will probably get it wednesday. i have to ride a few more to get a good feel for the bike, and to get the price down. the ducati dealer has the yellow ninja and they are selling it right along w/ all the other ninjas in town, only they have tax and title. adds a couple hundred. so i let him know i'm looking around and i look around. then he will knock the price down and i will buy it from him. he knows i want it. i come to the shop twice a week to make sure we stay friends. the ninja i'm looking at tomorrow is blue with silver flames. kind of barfy. whatever. yellow is more visible. i'll put a picture up, the pic has flames, mine will not. i thought they might be cool in a funny gayish rainbow sticker way. over it.