VIVA LAS VEGAS!

neil sent me a text on monday sayin, "vegas tomorrow (tuesday)?" i half way thought he was joking until i saw inter-web remnants of him wandering the strip (ie: fights and "nice smelling t-shirts"). he was a persistent little fish and asked me again on tuesday, "you should convince papa dave to come to vegas tomorrow (wednesday)..." i sat in my towel, fresh from a shower with wet hair and all, pondering what bad could come from this idea? little crossed my mind and i actually thought this could be a REALLY good thing for all of us.

so what did dave and i do? WE DROVE TO VEGAS AT 9 AM YESTERDAY! bada bing, bada boom. we arrive to the party at 1pm with plans to leave at 6am. to make a long story short: 18 hours seemed like a weekend, mike law loves to party, i get emo sometimes, dave knows how to fucking gamble, neil loves getting rough with lamp shades, vegas is the definition of desperate and ive never seen so many bros in my LIFE. needless to say we evacuated that shit hole at 6am, THIS MORNING, making it home by 10. i waltzed into my 12 o'clock meeting like last night never happened.

lesson learned: SORRY FOR PARTYING! im out like a trout - neil talk.

box eight/shake the dust.

on thursday i went to dave and neils show at box eight. it was an awesome night and the group was sooo posi. i think we all left with sore jaws from laughing so hard. i managed to say numerous things that ended up sounding so stoops the next morning. my personal fave, " neil, phil... how awesome would it be if you had a SECOND sister named kali?!"






ohhh otis.

the trip was polished off with an early morning trip to swingers. i forgot about their "hardcore soy shake" but was uber haps to chug one down in about 2 minutes flat. since then ive been making my own versions at home - you should try it out!

"swingers hardcore soy shake"
-4 ice cubes
-1/2 cup soy milk
-a spoonful of peanut butter
-half of a banana
-a good squirt of chocolate syrup

blend away and enjoy a SERIOUSLY yummy treat that is way lower in calories than your average shake.

xo

keep 'em comin!

when i checked out my flickr contacts for the day, lo and behold, what did my blue eyes see?? neil favila photo dumped all over the place and what a good dump indeed. some of these photos are so beautiful they bring tears to my eyes. i know thats cheezy as hell but i cant even express how lucky i am to have a friend as talented as neil. when photographers are willing to step out of their "comfort zone" and shoot something as overwhelmingly beautiful as hawaii with a look and feel that is 100% their own, that says a lot. if you havent already, you need to check out his flashy new site: www.nnnfff.net or his flickr which i raped and pillaged for these photos:







(check the bruised and battered stems from moving)
















(note to self: no more day drinking)






i promise i will only post one more set of photos from this trip. 100% film all from cameras that were $10 or less, haha. i really miss rob more than anything and life is so difficult to live without seeing his sweet face every morning. IM SOOOO LONELY, ugh.

im in heavy water...

your love is enormous
it's lifting me up
i'd rather be sleeping.

in the past two months ive learned so much about myself and the relationship rob and i share. life is quite spectacular if you sit back and enjoy it. it was bittersweet leaving hawaii, knowing it would be the last time i would see the island for some time. i was emotionally and physically drained by the end of the trip. i literally hopped on that plane feeling like nothing but an empty shell. sidenote: i am still waiting for some film to be developed and digital photos from neil, but i have a few more photos i can share:




neil and i had talked concepts of shooting in hawaii. nothing really solidified - i mean we were living on island time. by nothing short of a miracle we took off at 4:30am on monday and shot some nonsense: