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photography

Taken from the road to Sebep. I did the trip on a dirtbike with a backpack full of school supplies a few weeks ago. No badge or golden star for it; and that’s alright by me.

photography

You can screw over a native people so that a few ruins are the only reminder of all that they once were, but you can’t keep the masons from doing their thing. They continue to build damn crazy stairways. This is for you, Mayan stone workers. Keep it up.

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Not long ago 23 seemed really old and far away, practically knocking on codgerhood’s front door.

GIT OFF MY LAWN KID.

(gotta be ready for when codgerhood opens the door)

 

funny, stories

Here in Guatemala, after the rain, these huge beetles come out. I mean, really freaking huge. And slow. Flying, slowly, loudly, seeking..uhh..well, I really have no idea what they’re doing at all. They come in numbers, too; we’re talking 5-8 at every street light, and who knows how many in the darkness in-between. The little ones are the size of a film canister, the really big ones would give your hands mass a good run for its money.

After living here for 9 months good dave gave in to bad dave, in a weak moment my goodwill caved in to crude desire. I punted a giant flying beetle.

So, did I mention that these beetles also have a giant Rhinoceros-like horn?

other

I was thinking about the times forgiveness and I have crossed paths, when was it easy and when was it not.

Entirely buttfuzz-in-the-teacup backwards of what would make sense, the toughest for me is to forgive is the idiot. The person who really had malice in their heart is easier to forgive. (Well, it could also be that I’m confusing forgiveness with willed forgetfulness)

One idea: maybe because there’s a good feeling to forgiving the bad person, kinda like being a martyr or giving money when folks are watching, but not quite.

I’m editing this draft from a few months ago, and having thought about it more, here’s another thing I think: the idiot who won’t admit (to others or themself) they’ve been an idiot is the really hard one to forgive.

 

funny

Great photo that came in on my blog feed (blog: bubblevisor). Or maybe it’s not an out of control hippie van but an engineerhippie van.

 

out of control OR enginerd hippie van

I have one problem and it’s bothering me–what music would be heard coming from such an impressive vehicle?

Would it be bumpy piano hipster rock (Arcade Fire, Avett Bros,…) or heavy metal, old school classic rap (Gangster’s Paradise) or classical (if classical, what classical? Baroque? Romantic? Modern? Stravinsky?). Phillip Glass? Pink Floyd? U2? Classic rock?

Actually nevermind, dumb question. The obvious answer: