+ Wednesday, April 26th, 6:16pm +

- Well, we found out today (after multiple x-rays) that Kato has three worn and/or slipped discs in her back. It's hard to say whether or not she'll get better quickly or take time. Either way her jumping days are over. No more trying to climb trees. I just hope her yelps of pain become less frequent. It's very hard to see her hurting so much.

- I'm not sure if anyone has noticed but my blakck metal intake has increased agreat deal. This is 100% due to Jason hooking me up with some of the best metal discs I've heard in years. Insane.

- And speaking of black metal...this is pretty great: Rate My Corpse Paint.

- This past weekend skateboarding lost a true poineer with the passing of Fausto Vitello. This is a man who was part of starting both Independent Trucks and Thrasher Magazine as well as being a mentor and inspiration to almost everyone in the Northern California skateboard scene. Without Mr. Vitello the landscape of skateboarding would be very different indeed...he will be missed.


+ Thurday, April 20th, 12:41pm +

At roughtly 7:45 this morning Kato was laying on our bed and I had just gotten out of the shower. Out of no where she starts shaking a bit and letting out these high pitch yelps. This went on for about 20 seconds.

Jessica was laying right next to her and tried to figure out what was hurting her as well as calm her down. The yelping stopped and Kato just laid there. Her eyes couldn't seem to focus and she didn't want to move. I ran and got the phonebook, called a 24 hour vet hospital and scooped her up and ran to the car.

All I could think of was that my dog just had a stroke.

As we drove to the hospital she started to become more responsive on my lap. She started to focus on us more, began moving and even yawned and looked around.

When we got to the hospital she could stand up and walk around. The vet tech said it looked like she had a seizure. We were able to walk her into a clinic room and wait for the head of medicine. By this time she was alert, fully awake and acting pretty close to normal.

The second vet did some test and said that he believed she had a small maul seizure. Middle age to older dogs sometimes have these. We were to just keep an eye on her and she should be fine. We walked out with a happy, normal dog.

Now I'm sitting at the airport and Jess is taking care of a pretty freaked out Kato. She seems a bit stunned and very tired but it looks like she's going to be fine.

Man, that was frightening...the vet said this can be a one time thing. Let's hope so.


+ Tuesday, April 18th, 8:37pm +

- 100 years ago today the great earthquake hit San Francisco. The footage on the news is almost hard to watch. It's unreal that the city rebuilt and prospered. I'm proud to have lived there...it's an amazing city and I miss being part of it.

- Hey look! Chad and Emiko are on featured on the Inked Blog. Chad's tattoo is even better in person.




+ Sunday, April 16th, 7:25pm +

Traveling to and from Portland via air is not fun. There simply aren't enough direct flights. Sitting in Denver and Chicago was awful.

Hightlights yesterday included getting out to Coney Island to take in the Side Show and ride the Cyclone (check out Frank's photos) as well as revewing the large volume of photos we've got so far for our site build. It'll only get better from here.

It's good to be back...I'm off to Philly on Thursday to visit my parents and hit Carlisle. I'm going to have to get another book ro something. Not looking forward to flying.


+ Saturday, April 15th, 11:04am EST +

So far this trip has been kind of a bust for me. We got some decent footage yesterday for our site build, but the rain was a drag. I didn't have the energy for any night activity. Hopefully today will be better...but I'm not holding my breath.


+ Thursday, April 13th, 10:14am +

You can't beat the Wi-Fi at PDX Airport. Checking work emails is a drag, but it certainly makes the time pass quicker than a magazine.

I'm about to board a plane for a photo shoot in NYC. Nothing like traveling with a skateboard at age 32. The security people always look a bit puzzled. Nope, there's no kid bringing up the rear.


+ Tuesday, April 10th, 7:04pm +

An Inconvenient Truth - This does seem like a pretty frightening movie. Let's hope it opens in a lot of theaters.



+ Sunday, April 9th, 7:54pm +

- After living here in Portland since the first week of January I finally was able to visit a skatepark. Although it looked like rain we took a chance and spent more than a few hours at Newberg this afternoon. It's about time.

- After ordering 'The Importance Of Being Morrissey' BBC documentary on EBay and never getting it, I was stoked to see the program appear on You Tube in four parts. I spent this morning watching it and it's by far the best Morrissey piece I've ever seen. If you haven't seen it, it's worth the hour of your time.

Part One.
Part Two.
Part Three.
Part Four.


+ Thursday, April 6th, 8:35pm +

- The next few weeks are looking busy with two trips to the east coast...one to NYC and one to Philadelphia. Racjing up those frequent flier miles.

- Today I got my limited edition Peter Beste book in the mail as well as a signed print. I've been a fan of his work for a long while, so it's going to be nice to hang a piece of his.

- Speaking of metal, I recently ran across A Blaze In The NJ Sky. Clever title and some solid writing.

- The Salton Sea is a great film



+ Sunday, April 1st, 6:58pm +

- Last night I saw Thank You For Smoking. Great film. The opening titles were some of the best designed I can remember. It's amazing to think about how close the story is to the truth. All the performances were great (David Koechner is always good) but casting Sam Elliot as the cancer stricten Marlbaro man was perfect. Katie Holmes is just plan creepy. It's hard to to watch her sex scenes without thinking of Tom Cruise and the Scientologists pouring over every detail for approval.

- I also went on interesting test drive yesterday. TOm and I went to Gran Prix Imports to test drive a 1970 911T. The car turned out to be pretty rough. After a 20 minute test drive we got out and could smell smoke. It turned out to be oil POURING onto the exhaust and burning. We opened the deck lid to reveal oil spraying out of the engine and pooling up. Needless to say no purchase was made. And speaking of cars I just purchased my plane tickets to travel back east to attend Spring Carlisle.

- I'm officially a yard owner...I just bought a lawn mower.


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