D-I-Y by a R-E-T-A-R-D

I needed something wooden to skate around here so I went to Lowe's and bought some plywood and 2/4s yesterday.

Had the skeleton built pretty quick considering how retarded I am.

Had to give it a test on the cracked out back porch last night. It was tipping over a little bit, so today I built a platform and braced the shit out of it. It's pretty damn fun actually.

Jiz came over this evening and we dragged out this old box and rail. It's pretty awesome to not have to drive out of town and bogart someone else's scene to do some hassle-free pivot fakies and crooked grinds. I haven't had ramps and sliders in my driveway since I was a little kid, it was missed.

If Jiz gave a shit and skated all the time he would be so good. Either way, it's still a blast to roll with him. He was riding the new Smash board I gave him for his birthday.

I'm a man of my word. (them shits is on the way)

Putting all these pages in order and stapling them is a time-consuming bitch. Yet it's a satisfying and fun process that I always look forward to. Here's to another issue. Thanks for all that helped make it happen. Especially Meg and Friz.

hippy free PC.

I don't expect many "dudes" to be too psyched on this post.

Lou was itchy and smelly so we gave her a bath. It was only her second one in her 3 year existence, so she wasn't too happy about it. Now she's soft and happy though.

Deluxe in Tulsa.

Brock, Malto, Gerwer, Busenitz signing posters.

Frank Gerwer

Hen-dawg and Ella Gambino. (ellla dresses like a roller girl like her mom now. cute stuff.)

Battling for a board in the product toss. (that's a girl on the bottom of the pile. she ended up getting it.)

Justin Brock- kickflip over the rail and pyramid (in a line).

Epic! Virgil showed up out of nowhere smelling like patchouli and booze. I have absolutely nothing in common with this guy, but he rules and makes me giggle.

Sean Malto- fs crooked grind.

I was really looking forward to seeing Drehobl, Busenitz, and Ramodetta. No Drehobl, No Ramondetta, and Busenitz didn't really skate, so that was a bit of a let down. Other than that it was a good time and some sweet rollerboardin' went down. Good job to the Boardshop for making it happen.

You should try to hit this.......

gimme shelter

Chrissy Bongload called and said he'd meet up with us at the skatepark. It was good to sit in the sun with him and listen to jokes and filthy stories. This is the first photo I've gotten of him on his bitchin' motorcycle. I think with the beard, gut, leather cool-guy jacket, and shades he pulls the biker look off pretty good. Megan looks on giggling.

Friz showed up in his fancy work clothes and ninja shoes.

I have a legit shot of this photo, but I like this one better. We were shooting this and he kept going about the same height, so I kind of knew where to aim. This one he pulled, but obviously I cut off his head. I just think it's cool that he out-did himself going higher and I have proof. This guy and I have bro'd down more than once, but I can't remember his name. Cool kid, good style.

I turned into a fractal.

Chan Marshall

There's always something cute going on at Poplar Ave. I think one of my neighbors is selling crank and there's always a shirtless guy yelling at his wife across the street, but with these two it's always fun times. (the one that doesn't belong is of me smoking cigarettes and listening to music in my car at work, waiting for concrete to set up. common scene.)

working men are pissed

L.S.D. (they really are his initials) and Meg.

This dude has a big interview coming out.

Jiz and I got off work super early, so the squaw and me went to Stillwater. It was too fun skating with Luke and Friz to take many photos, so this is all I got. (If you think calling your girlfriend a "squaw" is a derogatory thing, don't. She thinks it's cute and funny.)

Bite it you scum

This is how Shark Bait looks before it's just black and white and one-sided. I'm down to one more page and it should be done tonight and off to get copied on Monday.

My mom represents the Shark hard. I don't even have stickers on my computer and I'm a skateboarder. Yeah, Ma!

Kitten Update- this is how they were looking on day 5. My parent's dog thinks he's their father and sleeps with them.

Instead of posting this crap, finishing up the new issue, and downloading funny G.G. Allin songs I'd forgot about I should really be writing the treasury department a big check and sending in my taxes. I'll just wait until the last minute like every other asshole. Go America!

Text pistols

It was a pretty uneventful weekend around here- we had to watch my parent's house and the weather sucked. Yesterday Megan's mom and grandma came to visit and that was fun. They're funny gals and it was cool to have them around.
My parents went to Memphis and I asked them to stop at Goner records for me. This band I like a lot called Reigning Sound recorded a live album right in their store and I wanted that. It would've been cool to get myself, but they were already there. Between Sun and Stax records I think the music nerd in me would have a blast in that city. Of course Graceland and the hotel where Martin Luther King got shot would be educational to see as well.
The new Shark Bait is near completion. I'm kind of getting down to the sucky part of putting it all together. Everytime I think there isn't much there until I really start compiling it all, now I have no clue how I'm going to shrink all this stuff into 15 pages. The _ _ _ interview is turning out to be really long, but there's no way I can cut it out. To those of you who read it, it'll be done by the end of the month. I'm sticking to that claim. Have a good week.

Age ain't shit.

Meg and I went to my parents to cook out for my actual b-day tonight. I'd whine about getting old (29) if I felt old, and it doesn't really work because most of my friends are older than me and would just tell me to get over it.

This isn't the best picture, but the black cat, Linus, had a litter of kittens late last night and early this morning. She was being protective and had them under the bed, but they're cute little fuckers, huh?

Get geeked.

Georgie came to skate and hang out on Sunday. We went to the school by my house.

And downtown.

Then he took Megan and I out to dinner at a chinese joint. He and I have a tradition of skating and bro-ing down on our birthdays. We'll still be pals when we're bitter old men.

Coming in April

It's so much easier to just do this friggin' blog, but I'm still going to make the actual 'zine. I'd never hear the end of it from my five or so friends who don't have computers if I stopped.

We jumped up on the table and shouted "anarchy".

Throw this shit on a toy train and it's party time.

The Gambinos met up with us.

Megan took me to our favorite place for an early b-day dinner. The friendly Korean staff just make it all the more epic.

Damian- smither on the new Board Shop ramp. The ramp is only half way done and will be two times wider than this. Do the bullshit skateshops in the mall give you a sick place to skate when it's cold or rainy outside? Buy shit from dudes who roll if at all possible.