meet the new pup: Josie

we adopted another dog this week. she's a 5 year old beagle without a tail. other than attacking one of our cats, she seems to be adjusting well. i don't know what it is about beagles, but i've always had one though out my life. it's still weird to look down at her, i think she's Alley.

blizzard 2012 update

dustin boyer making it on the news riding his ural w/sidecar

2012 in music

here are some of my favorite events/releases/observations regarding music this year.

high on fire-de vermis mysteriis
converge-all we love we leave behind
goatwhore-blood for the masters
OFF!-s/t
one man metal documentary on noisey.com
last days here-pentagram documentary
pig destroyer-book burner
melvins playing the vogue on my birthday
JR giving me his entire Iron Maiden vinyl collection
downtown struts- anchors 7" with brad westcott on the cover
eagle twin-feather tipped serpant scale
modest mouse's lonesome crowded west documentary on pitchfork.tv
cat power's instagram account
eyehategod-new orleans is the new vietnam 7"
sleep- dopesmoker reissue
darkthrone skateboard by creature
best live shows: dragged into sunlight, batillus, skeletonwitch,  and iron maiden

cb750 chop progress

finally mocked up the 750 chopper. i got a donor bike a few weeks ago. i mainly needed it for the title. i knew the engine case had a hole in it, right now the plan is to patch it and see if it holds. still trying to figure out front end options. how it sits now, there front is lower than the back, can't really roll like that. i'm still not sold on the plunger in the rear. i know it might be blasphemous, but i'm considering cutting the plunger off and having it made into a proper hardtail.

***here is a link to my build thread on ChopCult

 

donor bike

  

pretty sure there's a hole

  

this is what happens when you run a loose chain

previa report

zach sent me this photo that he found somewhere on the web. imagine that, a previa photo that was new to me. right now the previa is just over 285,000 miles. the lift gate latch broke last month, which means you can just lift it up and it rattles around all the time. i called all the junkyards and none have a previa in their lot. i've had people "break into" it twice in last few weeks. both times they took my spare change and my iphone charger. i'm thinking about putting rusty tacks or razor blades inside the door handles, but i'm afraid i will forget and cut myself. i did spring for new tires in the fall.

the parking block diaries

one of my old skate buddies started a blog. he's always been a great writer. i can't wait to see what he comes up with. check it out... the parking block diaries

mongoose "californian"

so my friend gave me this bicycle over the weekend. it's an '85 mongoose "Californian". i basically bought the same one brand new when i was a kid. i asked my dad to buy it for me and he declined. he had a better idea: scrap enough aluminum cans to raise the money. so he would drive me around to collect cans. we would hit the baseball diamonds after everyone left, dig though trash cans, and walk the sides of roads. i have to admit, as a young kid i was pretty embarrassed and didn't understand why he couldn't just buy it for me (we were far from spoiled). after about 7 months, i had enough money saved to buy the bike. i think it was around $170. looking back, the whole experience was a valuable learning lesson for me. so you can imagine, getting this bike brings back memories and nostalgia. my plans for the bike are to clean it up and replace some of the parts. the grips, tires, brakes, and seat are all newer. i want get OG parts or at least reproduction. i don't have much of my old BMX stuff, but i do have my number plate. i'm defiantly going to run that.