Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts

Monday, April 12, 2010

Get inspired for god sake

This is old news but...daydream believer......
in and around Oakland there's many old
homes with many old garages. i look down every
driveway and look into every open garage dreaming
of finding the )OAKLAND GARAGE FIND( in all realityi know it will probably never happen. but the newblue knuckle is just this in my eyes... what i am
always dreaming of finding.it started with a blue raked outpanhead frame i bought from an oldbiker in the oakland hills... he had
it laying on it's side under an upside
down bathtub. it was a few months ago...i kept staring a the frame, wishing it
wasn't so raked.
So 15 days ago i de-raked it. brought theneck back and that's when i saw it...
It had to be done. i had 15 days till
the dave man show and 12 days till my
friends from japan came. long days well intothe night,

Simple Blue PersuasionAll words and photos accredited to 4Q conditioning and MaxSchaff

Sunday, September 27, 2009

almost complete

Ok so For those of you who have had the privilage of enjoying Marty these past summers she is almost back and better than ever. thanks dad and mr kime for the pics Cams, heads, belts and reinstall is next. cant wait to get back out on the water














love that shirt jim

Monday, September 21, 2009

hi is this mr...stelan?

I am sure you dislike telemarketing phone calls as much as I do, but I recently had a pleasant experience. It came up as an unknown number on my blueberry and I would normally just ignore it, but with all these resumes I have been sending out these days, ya never know. so I reluctantly answered and the lady told me I won a sweepstakes to the bahamas and I was like come on give me a break here lady you are wasting my minutes, but I gave her an excited remark of "yes!"and she began laughing out loud, like really loud... ok then she wanted to throw in some free mags based on my interests.
What do you like to do in your free time?"
-"well besides trying to grow a beard.."
more laughter from the exuberant telemarketer
-"I like motorcycles and blogging and enjoy the occasional cigarette..."
"ok Mr Troy i am sending you blah blah blah for free for the next 6 months free>"
-right on
"you have been entered"
i had heard enough at this point and was in the middle of doing nothing so i hung up on my friend, where ever she was located probably rural florida, and felt dirty so i washed my hands and ate a cracker and drank a small glass of sweet tea...
I was out of my element for sure.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

hot dog for thought


The philosophers have long argued-as philosophers are known to do- about what time and what it is not. To some it's one of the fundamental building blocks of our entire universe, and along with stuff like distance, velocity, etcetera can be used as an example that other things exist or are parts of each other. In explaining how time "works" this brand of logician also tosses out the comforting sequential nature of time and how everything flows through it as though were some sort of train station. To another group time is simply an idea that people use to compare or arrange things that happen to them, around them, or near them. Time cant really be measured or traveled through, they say, because it is an intellectual construct- a figment of our imagination- that we use in an attempt to understand what we cannot.

the scientist, on the other hand, set out to prove that by measuring the movement od the sun across the sky the passage of time can be gauged accurately enough for government work. and praise them for that because is the rest of us were left to our freestylin devices time would be base on how long the line is at the DMV or how quickly we eat a hot dog.

Anyways this taking all too long.
Time is money, friends. And we get to spend it however we please. Meeting people , Traveling to the coast, visit friends and family. Getting nowhere is the opposite side of the coin for much of each hour, day, week, month, year, life. Anytime you can just kind of tip the hourglass on its side, foul up the flow of things, not like its a philosophy or science, but its like winning the lottery, then you can count time along with all of your other blessings. Let the rest of them worry about the debits and credits.

Time is yours.
Wrinkle it, steal it, ignore it, and give it away just never give it up.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

The Life of a Hot Dog Dealer

Growing up as a Hot Dog dealer hasn't been easy by any means, yet here I am blogging away. I have had the chance to meet many fun interesting people and form great relationships with them and when it comes down to it the ultimate test of a relationship is how you deal with each other when separated. Now living in the South the great United States east coast, I have to try to remember what my friends look like and how they are represented in my mind. That being said here is a pictorial list I have complied over the last couple of days of them:

Pete Schirripa aka "Rip" self explanatory:


Peter's partner in fashion crimes West Coast livin' Miss Erin Abeln. Seen here discussing the latest fashion with intern friend, whom is unknown, but introduced her to gay friend Jared one time:


Brooke Bowen, a mutual friend, I had the pleasure of drinking PBR with this lass at Lincoln Park's finest establishments last year. Seen here in her signature fashion working it in different social scenarios:

Drew Priest aka sleep master/sleeping guy/big Drew/Sleep-o. May be seen scooting around Chicago chauffeuring on a rickshaw? Well Drew and I spent a large amount of time on the set of 1237 west. So much fun!!!:
Caitlin Darcy the most mysterious women of the know world. She with holds more knowledge about men then most men and has a keen eye for casual cashmere. Watch out J.Crew!:


Ross Young, the ultimate outdoors men or so he thinks. Cousin and friend til the end if mountain biking doesn't get in the way first:
Will Payne. Future politician and father of four. Really great guy ladies he has got a hybrid and is fully committed to the democratic political agenda...just saying:


Mark Albain is a true guy that loves the finest of simple things. Such as fishing, cycling, coffee, cigars, fashion, sneakers, technology and facial hair:


Evan DeKaser, all around swell young man whom is, in the words of Peter, "down for anything" not to mention one smooth motherfucker:

This conclueds the first installment of Life as a Hot Dog Dealer. Check back to see if you make the list.

Disclaimer-not intended to hurt feelings