El Peacho

New

2009-10-21T01:28:00.000-07:00

So we got a house and should be in and renovating by the end of this month. We are pretty stoked been buying appliances and tile and paint and .... Well like I said we are renovating. I didn't score a 3 car but we did get a 4 bedroom and a pool and a crazy big lot. And the garage has a really nice extra portion on one side perfect for all my tools and gear. I am really looking forward to getting this new project started I am also really looking at were I stand with my company and looking around me at my resources what I have available to me and what I can get hooked up to get some other stuff going.

Still Looking

2009-08-03T12:21:00.000-07:00

Man house shopping is hard! At this point I have several offers in back up and we are still looking I am getting a little frustrated but I know whatever we get will be good and we can make it a home. Every time I make an offer though a strange thing happens when i get to my curent house I start looking around at projects finished and unfinished things I and family and freinds have done and yet to do and I start fearing change. I have grown to love this house and its close proximity to my Moms and Grand Parents place. I even currently live next to the park allowing Melissa and her puppy Beef to stroll over and play in the dog park! Its a pretty dope location! Facts though are facts I can get more and pay less by buying a differant house now more sq footage and more space God willing a 3 car garage and a pool!

Home Shopping

2009-04-29T11:42:00.000-07:00

So I am house shopping its pretty exciting and also frustrating there are some great deals to be had and I want in but do I take the screamin deal in a transitional neighborhood or the small spot in a good location? do i hold out for the 3 car and a pool or do I take what I can and be happy? There is so much to consider is the street a good one? What are the neighbors like can i raise kids here? Thats right i said kids! Could happen!?

So I am lookin and its stressin me out but all good I know ill find just the right spot to set up shop and begin remodeling it to the evil lair we all know I need. I am really looking forward to sharing my Lair with my awesome chick and making it our own! Wish us luck !

WEEKENDS!!!

2009-03-04T11:06:00.000-08:00

I am about to have weekends off! Wow I have to say I was at first kinda bummed about to be honest. I have fri sat off now and while it sucks only having one day in common with my girl its nice to roll in sunday and start the week off slow. Mon through Fri will be a change and yes it will cost me my 35% overage but at least I am still 2-11 late shift so I am getting some extra there maybe I can ween myself down to regular schedule and regular people pay and actually start enjoying the things I have in my life. Its gonna be nice to see my grandparents more maybe start a monthly or bi monthly family dinner? I miss those days! Also I am 2 months out from house shopping!! This one I am doing solo so its really important/exciting for me. I have dreams of 3+ car garage miracle homes or cheap industrial buildings with cool architecture converted to a home with a living room view of my rides. I even have my eye on a few buildings off broadway. But only time and the economy will tell. It may sound harsh but I need a few more months of bad news fro everyone else to have good news this year for me.

2nd gear

2009-02-25T02:12:00.000-08:00

So I lost 2nd gear today. I dont mean this in oddly descriptive tone or a metaphore for my feelings on some event I mean.....quite literally I lost 2nd gear. I heard it die as I entered the on ramp. I know the sound of expensive and that high pitched shriek and thunk was it. as I tested and watched and listened and trouble shot determining by rpm vs speed and the feel of tension between gas pedal and velocity, I had lost 2nd gear. Odd fact, did you know that 2nd gear is also reverse. I wasnt sure but when I had to back out of a parking spot and couldnt, well thats a hell of a clue. Luckily my dads early training of me in the secret art of being a tractor allowed me to push my truck up hill out of a parking spot. (thanks dad) Actually being able to tell what failed while driving seconds after the failure is also due to my dad (thanks dad again).

What an odd time to become cognizant of a gift and a piece I will always carry with me from my father. ( thanks again again Dad.) Ill take the Truck in to the GMC dealer tomorrow as its under warranty and I will.... and this I vow punish a rental car for 2nd gears failure. another post without much of a point. Enjoy.

Sad strange

2009-02-11T11:24:00.000-08:00

I am not really sure how to start this off. I work as a tech for a large company i wont name I like it its a ok job, cool in the summer warm in the winter and I get to help people out if only in a small way, so I like that part to. Recently at work they had a contest with pretty neat prizes and all of us worker bees were pretty stoked and started working hard to win. Some, apparently alot cheated and were fired for it. I am not sure how I feel about it. I mean on one hand they cheated and in doing so adversely affected our customers and put my employer in a bad spot. On the other this is the worst time in my lifetime to be unemployed and I cant imagine being without a job right now.

I would have had a hard time cutting those people loose. If only because I know most people are only two to three checks away from homelessness especially now. Cheating is cheating and I am coming to understand some may even have done it without knowing but now they are gone and hopefully someone that has hurting for a job will find their way in. Its just so strange to me that my company held a contest to drive performance and because of it a few are without a lively hood.

Sorry no real point to this one just what was on my mind.

Isreal vs Hamas

2008-12-30T11:10:00.000-08:00

So people around the world are protesting Israelis attacks on Hamas strongholds in the Gaza strip. I dont hear any one but the Israelis and the American government pointing out that Hamas started flinging rockets into Israel killing and wounding civilians and this is Israelis response to those attacks. I also have read and seen many arabic countries protesting Ireals (counter) attacks but none of these countries are sending aid to the Palestinians, interesting enough its Isreal that gives the Palestinians the most aid. Talk about empty support and opportunism Iran! Why take time from your day to offer words of condemnation but provide no support for the people you claim to side with?

Also its really hard for me to feel bad for Hamas when they know that Israels response time is fast and that Israel will send return fire into an area that Hamas has fired from but Hamas still chooses to fire rockets from school play yards and hospitals. You dont have to be a Nobel prize winner to see that Hamas is banking on the return fire and the negative press Isreal gets when that RETURN fire hits a school and innocents are killed. As far as I stand Hamas is guilty of killing those innocents as they knew what was going to happen. And this has got to be hard for the Palastinians to take knowing their children and elderly are being killed in response to an attack launched by their supposed defenders.

And while I dont expect this short essay/commentary to solve any issues at all. I understand that as an American I am perceived to dumb to have any insight by the world at large. I do know this. Hamas is going to get their ass kicked, this is a stupid cycle of violence and further proof that when people dont study or learn history they are doomed to repeat it. This is exactly the thing Ghandi saw going on in India, he saw the British and knew India could never win by force alone and brought peaceful protesting into play. And might I add successfully. A play later used in America by Martin Luther King to great success. Both of these situations are valid approximations of this very struggle and a successfull non violent way out. I understand the Palestinians feeling for Hamas. Hamas provides Health care and schools and support to an area that the rest of the muslim world only talks about but Hamas if they are truly friends of the people they claim to protect has got to change up their tactics and start actually being a help and not getting the people they claim to protect killed.

Peaceful protest and diligence to the safety of their people is the only way to get what they say they want. they also have to realize this path is also bad for Isreal and that both would benefit for obviouse reasons from a peaceful co existence. Whats done is done and all that can be changed is the future coarse of action. Isreals claim on the land is recognized and they arent going any were its time Hamas learns what is winnable and work towards a sustainable peace. working towards co existence and education of sameness and commonality. All people at their base want the same things, Safety, Basic Freedoms and better for their children then they had why not start there and move forward with those interests as the highest priority. When that happens and Israeli and Muslims can have coffee and eat in the same cafes and live in the same neighborhoods without fear of suicide bomber or errant rockets only then Hamas and Isreal will have both finally won. And thats the key both have to se peace as the ultimate victory.

Totally not stached

2008-12-01T11:53:00.000-08:00

So the night i was supposed to take pictures of my silky blonde stachiness. My golden caterpiller of love. The slightly stealthy but well hell I enough of the build up lets just get this over with. You know how when your just doin somthin you do not thinkin and you just do it...... I was deep in thought and shaved the sumbitch right off well half off. Now friends.....I gotta admit i had the thought of takin a pic of what i had left... but that would have been lame so I sucked it up and carved the rest off as well I am out of the running no evidence to show for it. My first foray into the sport that is competitive mustache growing is a bust. But with a revised diet and possible secret sasquatch mustache growing steroids I could be a contender next year.

Totally stached

2008-11-20T11:38:00.000-08:00

Ok not totally tonight when I get home I will endure my first stach photo shoot. I have attempted playing music directly into my upper lip, gentle massages , moonlight walks, acupuncture, and being blonde is not helping! I feel after viewing Petes posse of lip pube greatness I am am just not meant to be the Tom Seleck rock star mustache ride ticket seller we all wish to be. My path may lay else were perhaps in side burns or a classy mohawk? I haven't shaved the upper (or lower for that matter) lip since the beginning of the contest and in just the right light I am stached but all other virtually invisible. I am the possessor of the rare and ultimately unquested for ninja stealth stach. What can you do? pics to follow

The Brothers Anderson

2008-11-09T11:29:00.000-08:00

A tradition has been started by the Anderson brothers. One that I expect will any day now become a national holiday. A yearly mustache race, grow the best smoothest caterpillar on your lip you possibly can. Now I am not braggin but if the only competition I have is these jokers well I feel confidant in saying I got 3rd place locked up. Thats right i am callin it now dont feel bad for the Andersons they will recover. as for me..... and my peachy fuzziness.... well ladies thats just how I roll.

Done and done

2008-11-06T11:48:00.001-08:00

Congratulations to you sir! Mr. president Obama, incredible I am amazed and excited at the promise your being our commander in chief fulfills. I am stoked to be alive at this time in history living through a benchmark time like this is an honor. You have a hell of a struggle ahead of you sir McCains concession speech was amazing i wish we had seen more of that caliber of feeling from him during the campaign but you couldn't have asked for a more gracious bow to your win. I can only hope that this will do something to heal some differences between the parties. I hope you find a good place for him in your cabinet as I think all would agree he would be an amazing help. So now it begins, your fight for paying off incurred debt; building of new jobs, making our trade agreements closer to fair, restructuring and trimming of government spending, and lets not forget a restructuring of our whole energy grid! I wish you and yours the best of luck and god speed in all your endeavors as your fights are ours as are your wins and losses ours as well. You have a lot of promises to keep and a lot of change to be changin.

To you sir my Commander in Chief President Barrack Obama of these United states of America.

were you watching the debates?

2008-10-16T12:04:00.000-07:00

I think its safe to say if you are reading or writing a blog that you are. I was with great interest. And I really was buying into this being a historical election but it doesnt feel that way any more. With McCain and Obama both skirting questions just like the politicians they are both claiming to be so different than, its starting to feel like more of the same. Still no matter what the outcome is this will be an election talked about for quite some time. For the first time in our history, a woman and a black guy as serious contenders and even with the white guy we have something we havent seen in a long time an actual stand up white guy. I can honestly say I didnt think they made those in the politician model any more. Now women and black guys have run before but I think we can all agree never before now has it been for real. This is an amazing time to be alive no matter who wins. And now that its down to the wire Obama and McCain duking it out I have to say I like them both. and both scare the hell out of me for different reasons respectively.

Obama scares me because I think you cannot be unaffected by who you hang with and he has a track record of spending time with communist party members radical church leaders and yes a terrorist. And that is a relevant issue it is something as a voter I want a straight non bullshit awnser to and I just dont feel like I have received it yet. I dont like how its been minimalised by him and his administration and I dont like how none of his rabid supporters seems to be bothered with the ease Obama has in separating himself and denying people he seems to have been freinds with for years. Were is the loyalty? I dont know that I am ok with a guy that cant stand up for his freinds in charge of standing for my whole country. I also found it degrading watching the speaches given by Obama and Hillary in the south. Now I am not from there but watching both Obama and Hillary take on a cheese dick condescending southern accent.... Wow I would have walked out. Are they doing impressions or running for president. Call it a small thing but I think it shows a degree of showmanship i am uncomfortable with it shows me both were willing to pander to the american people in the way an adult might speak to a child, to change even their accents. And as I am trying to keep this a short list this one is a double edge sword so ill talk about it twice. I want to believ in Obama so bad it hurts. To have an articulate seemingly even handed man running the presidency is something I have wanted since I was cognizent of the gravity of the office. Even with the WJC I didnt feel like we had it. Obamas speeches are like music and I want that when the man in the highest office in the land speaks, I want so bad to not be embarassed when my commander in chief speaks to a crowd, but as time goes on and I hear him in the debates I feel like he reads a speach like a Hollywood polished god but get him in the ring and he is all to mortal. Wich would be ok but I fear that his speaches are simply writing out checks his ass cant cash. For as much as he and his party attack Palin( who is scary all on her own) Obama just isnt that experianced disagree? Re watch the democratic debates and Hillary and Biden will tell you them selves! Not only that but want to know how Biden really feels? Listen to those same debates and hear for yourself biden all but asks to be McCains running mate. Moving on....

McCain scares me for other reasons. I dont like how malable he bacame to the Bush admin to get the nomination. I realise it had to be done to get the job but it hurts to see your man take it in the ass. Him bending over like that doesn't sit well with me and goes against my image of him in a way that tarnishes a man I greatly respected. McCains health care plan in my way of thinking puts my health care at risk I have a great plan now and I fear my company will drop it all together and ill be left with a check thats short of what i already had. I loose the buying power I had with my company and I am gonna be trying to get $12000 of health care with $5000. Another thing that scares me is McCains lack of faith in the free market and willingness to screw people like me by bailing out people that simply dont deserve it. Now this is one Obama is guilty of to but with McCain its more surprising. As harsh as it sounds people in homes they cant afford should loose them just like you should loose a car you cant pay for or anything else. And in so doing they drop already crazy values to levels people like me can afford people these are the basic rules of the free market we all are supposed to be living in. I could have purchased a 3000 sq foot home on an adjustable if I was irresponsible and willing to put my family at that risk but I wasn't and didnt but Americans have a real "I want what I want " problem and this is what it gets you. You gamble sometimes you loose but if no one has to pay the price then noone learns anything and worst of all the market correction doesn't occur to the required level. I feel these people need to loose their homes in order for the housing market to fully realise the correction it needs in values and hopefully force local city governments to slow development in order to reestablish a balance in the market and restart the rise in value simple supply and demand.

As a few of my friends may know I have been a fan of McCain for many years I respect his record and his ability to reach across the isle work with the opposing party. It means quite a bit to me he actually served our country in the armed forces and I feel better about having a president in office that actually showed up and knows what battle tastes like in charge when we have sons and daughters mothers and fathers in harms way. Only a man that has been there really understands the weight of ordering our men and women to danger.

On the other hand Obama is the guy that I feel like I have been waiting for. New blood and in some cases I think his lack of experiance could even be a plus! Also as a catholic when the Kennedys came out in favor of him I felt like it was like the passing of the torch. I was awestruck at the thought I may be alive and know a JFK like semonal figure as my president. But the more They both talk the more pessimistic I become. McCain Obama either way I feel like I am gonna get fucked. With Obama I feel like there is just no way he can live up to what the Media has made him out to be and to be honest I found his late reactions to the economy and russia invading georgia Bush like in their lateness. But I dont know that McCain is the right guy to lead us out of this mess I dont however think we would be here if he had won against Bush. I guess I am one of the "stupid undecided" the daily show likes to rail on... this is to big of an election to "vote against the bush party" when any thinking person can see thats a talking point and not reality or to just "vote for change" when there are some real questions as to the character of the man. I continue to read and listen to the pundits seeking out the most critical of both sides. But with Obama hiding till the end and McCain looking for his come back uppercut moment I think i will be making my decision standing in the booth.

An open letter to the pisser.

2008-10-06T10:56:00.000-07:00

To the Pisser,

I have tried to be cool about this attempted to move my heart and mind in the direction that you dont want to be this way. I want to believe that you have a problem; a defect, a piercing, a medical excuse for your actions but last night my mind in other places you caught me in your trap and now I hate you. Why do you do what you do? Do you feel like you are some how sticking it to the company? Who do you picture you are peeing on when you piddle up puddles of urine for the innocent to slosh in? Have you been wronged by the maintenance staff and this is your way of punishing them and us all?

This is an open letter to the Pisser the guy that just stands and pees into the wall right next to a urinal as if it wasn't even there. Maybe you are mad at the urinal you though she was your one and only till you saw the pubic hair of another man? Was that all the proof of infidelity you needed and now you piss on the wall right in front of her to show how you dont need that bitch anymore? I want you to know in a moment of absent mindedness I stepped in your leavings my pant cuff, soaked by your waste the sickening smell of urine and squeak of shoe on wet tile. I knew without looking it was you. This has been going on as long as I have worked at this job almost 4 years now and you have never hit the target maybe its time you sat down and took a load off literally. What your doing is horrible and unsanitary and probably cancer causing. And I just want you to know in all sincerity, from the bottom of my heart, if I find you I will stand on your nuts and tie your dick in a knot.

Sincerely,

Me the guy with a pair of pants he will never wear again.

Pandora

2008-10-01T12:15:00.000-07:00

So my buddy Gabe check the links people, says to me he says " Hey have you checked out Pandora?" " um no but i am willing to who is she and do I know her?" To make a long story short she is actually a website www.pandora.com . And Definitely worth your time basically you set up your own radio stations starting by selecting an artist or song and it seeks out like music. I have been using it lately to get my ska fix and its been doing relatively well. Granted I had to run in here and stop the senseless crying of a few random artists but it has a never do that again button nuff said! I recently got to show off some Pandora action at a little shindig at Twin Palms and it went very well got a few compliments on my selections and everyone seemed to enjoy the back ground joy that is ska. so give her a spin ladies and gents I think you will like what your hear and hell if you dont its your own damned fault right!?

HOLY SHIT!! Dodge WAS paying attention!

2008-09-24T10:32:00.000-07:00

SO.......The more I read about the volt the more its growing on me. Im still and not a fan of its styling closeness to the car that shall no longer be named but the technology is awesome and the interior looks very interesting. Then dodge busts out with 3 different versions of the electric two like the volt ie ev primary drive small gas or diesel only for back up charging of the batteries no direct responsibilities for driving the wheels. And I never thought i would say this but, a minivan totally makes sense. And a jeep? I am not really sure how that one is a good idea other than for research. I mean Give an electric or hybrid to a trail rider and they will break it every way to sunday so good for testing purposes but the extra weight and electronics is a bad idea for off road. And lastly a tesla! I say a tesla because thats what the sports car is a lotus elise modified into a electric car! So I am calling shenanigans on that one.

Been done Dodge put down the hateraid and stop acting like you came up with something new. I am a little surprised no one else has said as much yet. However I am really happy for chrysler and am looking forward to a real functional and original ev design if anyone can make one look cool its chrysler as long as they realize it has to be its own thing completely and its ok to make this cars styling different from everything in their line. If they can do that and make it with descent range and keep it 300 comfy they will be well on their way back. Ok so to the people that know me. What the hell is with the EV shit!?!? How did this happen and why is no one setting up an intervention!?

Volt

2008-09-17T10:47:00.000-07:00

So after I wrote the last blog chevy introduced the final on the Volt and hey it looks like a prius! I thought man I have toyotas little ride on the brain so I called some different people over to my desk everyone of em said "Hey is that the new Prius?" Others seem to think so to CNN article listed below talks about how poorly and obvious this has become to GM current fearless leader Bob Lutz and it seems everyone thinks Chevy pussed out and made a copy instead of innovated and stuck with a design closer to the concept. I wish chevy luck with the Volt and will for sure take a look when they come out but i really think chevy has dropped the ball here trying to play it safe. I understand Aero dynamics could some day dictate styling to the degree that all cars look the same as they began to in the late 80s and early 90s but theres gotta be room guys. We want an American car thats better. Chevy is locked in on the Volt if they are showing this as the final its to late to change the style. I guess all we can do is tray and be open minded till seen in person and hope Ford and Dodge are paying attention.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/11/autos/volt_official_reveal/index.htm?cnn=yes

Prius The full on plug in.

2008-09-13T02:30:00.000-07:00

So Toyota is experimenting with a full plug in electric Prius. Now dont you newbies start acting like this is the latest greatest and no the japanese arent pioneers here Electric cars were once seriouse competitor for fossil fuel powered vehicles. All conceived designed and manufactured right here in the U.S of smokemifyougottem A. In fact everyones pall Jay Leno has a fleet of em. check out www.jaylenosgarage.com. That being said the holy grail of duchebaggery Prius is boldly going were US automakers have gone and refuse to go again. And in doing so acting like they are the first and only ones. Never Mind firms like tesla offering lotus elise based full electric sports cars for midgets (because you have to be a midget to fit in one) and their buyers are taking delivery now. There is also Zap a company inline with Teslas in reguards to size of customer but polar opposite performance wise. And there are a few others. Though none with the backing toyota has. And honestly it will probly take a full electric Prius to make our staggering 3 realise what an opportunity has been missed.

I cant understand why ford or especially chevy cant knock out a greeny full electric 300 mile range plug in under 30 gs . With up dated battery technology General motors ev1 has been hypothesized an easy 250 - 300 mpc (miles per charge baby made that one up). But american companies wont commit to a full on electric because they state there is a limited market. Never mind the people standing in line for the Prius already so much so some people are paying the 30 plus mark up and then dropin another 10 -12 Somalians to convert to full electric voiding all toyota warranties. And with gas headin for 4 bones a gallon again Toyota cant keep the prius on the show room floor. The limited market thing is a bullshit argument any way all 3 have built limited run cars and subsidized them as brand builders which this would also be. Think fords Gt 40 and dodges prowler and Viper, and general motors is now doing a hand built corvette without a doubt the best one ever and we all know about the ev1 wich they killed despite people literally stalking them after confiscation! If any company has proven the fast concept to reality ability its chrysler so why not an ev guys?

I might not be the best example here but I got a few rides and would jump at the chance to not have to put gas in my dayly. All I am sayin is Ford/chevy/dodge think model T with an option list like a 60s mustang. And you know what make people wait for it have a few at the dealer ship as loaners while the car they order is built for them. Make it all star bucks and boutique get the chi chi clothiers in on it like gucci and luis vutton for interior and special editions and Prius will become toyotas pinto. Its so damned apparent to me. But what do I know. I am holdin out hope for the Volt but now its a hybrid and rumors that it may be sold as a cadillac to cover the upscale price abound I am sure it wont be affordable for the average joe. How about restarting the ev1 line and call it a throw back ride!? I guess I am really spit ballin here because I dont really know why the big three wont do it but I sure wish they would Hate seeing the home team down.

My triumphant return

2008-09-02T10:07:00.000-07:00

SO.... I am back from Mexico, well we spent mere hours in mexico so to be more accurate I am back from my First Cruise from mexico. And Yes friends there are stories. I am now the proud owner of a an official Luchadore mask, my life is now complete! Cruising is interesting its kind of like walking into a vegas motel and being locked in for a few days and when they let you out you are magically in a foreign country, then they lock you back in for a few days and your back in the states. Mexico was dirty and weird and every one asked me if I wanted weed and cocaine so on the surface I have to say great service. But on further reflection I dont partake of either and I am pretty sure the last two guys that asked me were federales lookin to give away a free night in the hoosegow so lets just call that a wash. Over all me and my girl had a great time. But most importantly we are back in the states and back to work!

Oh Celly I missed you so!

2008-08-20T11:35:00.001-07:00

I recently went 3 days without my cell phone. Being a good son can be a real bitch sometimes. Basically My mom lost hers and shes a broker so cant be without one I gave up mine. I have to say at first it was strange, kind of like leaving the house sans wallet just constantly feeling like I was missing something, then it was kind of nice. Unable to call people or be called I got to listen to my new cd in the truck (Moonlight Cruisers recommended by my barber, hasn't left my player since I slid it in go buy your self a copy now) And to be able to just think about stuff. Quiet time to reflect and deflate from the day to and from work instead of calling to resolve or hear about the next issue. Almost liberating.

Any way Its amazing to me just how reliant I have, and am sure you as well have become on this little wonder. I dont know anyones number any more. I have no other means of contacting anyone I turned off my landline years ago. And seriously when is the last time anyone even saw a payphone! Talk about something going extinct in your life time. Any way just strange and random and a round about way of letting everyone know I am mobile phone capable again. Oh Celly how I missed you!

crackpot?

2008-08-14T11:57:00.000-07:00

Crack pot? Crack shot? Hot shot? Pole pot? Cracker jack? What the fuck is this guy talkin about? Surely I miss heard that, he isn't calling me a Crack pot a diss from what the Truman administration? I digress so there I am at work and this previous manager of mine walked up with a new guy in tow and says "Oh hey you should sit here with James he was on my team he is a Crack pot technician!" Now let me explain this isn't a guy thats fresh off the boat from any were. No detectable accent seems to be a run of the mill dude I stop him and say "Why Crack pot?" he says, "Dont you know what that means, it means your really great!" "No, no it doesn't, it means I am a wiley old coot. Or someone whose brains must be leaking out of their head a nut job a believer in the insane a moron." The guy argues with me on the meaning of crack pot but he is seriously arguing so obviously someone has been calling him a crack pot with a smile for a long time. Any way who even says Crack pot any more?

And what even in todays lexicon would make you think the two words together would mean something good? Crack well we all know how good crack and head go together and pot slow no job and hungry all the time put them together and crack pot means pretty much the same thing moron. I dunno I am just sayin yesterday was weird that guys a tool and dont piss on my shell tops and call it a shine. I know the difference. By the way I looked at wikipedia They dont even have a definition of Crack Pot !! How out of use is a term when wikipedias got nothin !! Ha! I am also did a search on google for images for my title image under dumb ass and shockingly G.W.Bush and asian sport bikes seem to dominate! Seriously whats that about? Why asian sport bikes? Ok i am done you can go back to your day.

Top Gear....America?

2008-08-13T11:32:00.000-07:00

I am a Huge fan of the BBCs Top gear, And I understand that there will be a top gear for America GOD DAMNIT!! At a time with the whole world in crises everything falling apart at the seems do we really need yet another reminder that America cant get shit right? Jay Leno was approached and wisely declined the host job on the show. He is quoted as saying that he was afraid an american version of top gear might not work because the reason the brits version is so good is they trash what they drive if its a shit box they say so. And American advertisers may not like that! I am paraphrasing of coarse Jay Leno would never say "shit" in public. Jays a good guy and I have mad respect for him as a car guy but he is tied to GM way to tightly to be any good to the show.

However He is right The only way Top Gear should be done in america is if we do it in the OLD version of american spirit, were we say to ourselves damn thats good....hey FUCK those guys were better than that and then and this is the important part, prove we are. Adam Corrola is rumored to be in the lead and some jack off columnist from the la times as well. I like Adam he is not a pretty man but thats ok. With a face only radio could love comes some attitude and hopefully Adam is just rich enough that he can be honest. If this endeavor is to be any good at all it has to be so good so true so unbelievably I cant believe how right they are that the BBC version will want to challenge and debate them. In short we need the respect.

Most importantly we need guys that are regular opinionated NON SPONSORED guys. Keep the goddamned sponsors away from all members of this show. This cant be like electing our president were the candidates are for sale to the highest bidder. The second any one on the show says brought to you by and names a car company the show is done its over. Top Gear is what it is, car guys stating their opinion and you cant do that if your opinion is tied to your wallet being filled by the people you are supposed to be telling the truth about. OH and our stig has to be better faster stronger if our stig goes against thiers theirs must cry! Actual tears! If they call us out we have to match em and better them in every way more honest way funnier a couple guys talkin shit and layn rubber like crazed Roth characters. And let them be real not actors these guys gotta be genuine and likable/hate-able. If its good the ad space will fill on its own when everyone watches no matter what is being said ads will follow. Come on guys lets not screw this up huh?

Midnight Mass!

2008-07-29T11:49:00.000-07:00

Midnight Mass 08! If you weren't there I wont bore you with inadequate descriptions of chrome and women strewn about each glistening in the afternoon sun primped and polished for all to enjoy. Nope i wont do it! I am only going to lay out some reasons why this show isn't to be missed by you again! This is my favorite show of the year for a few reasons. This show starts around 4 but we never show till 6-7 and hang till midnight so the sun is down the weather is perfect and comfortable. Most shows are static park and walk but you can cruise at this show! I rolled the Galaxie around hitten switches and popping flames off and on all night!Besides cars while beautiful parked are meant to be seen moving ! There were 7 bands a pin up and burlesque show (wich we couldn't find) and the cars are limited to style and genre, so no ginormous billet wheels. Traditional styled cars only. A lot of the vendors were locals or from the bay so you can really meet the people behind the cars that are being shown and talk with them. For those reasons and a lot more make this show unmissable. I want to thank the Poor Boys Sacramento chapter for puttin on a great show!

Dodginess, and an ass Sir Mix Alot could write a song about.

2008-07-22T10:25:00.000-07:00

I recently was called by Folsom Dodge to come on in and see the new Challanger! I have been on pins and needles since I read Chrysler would be using the same platform as the 300, magnum (may she rest in peace) and the charger. There she sat a black Srt8 Challanger quietly threatening all lesser models with a look that says "Come to close and ill eat your children." First impression, Hells yea! You just know you are lookin at an American original no mistake. The walk around was fast I was giddy with anticipation could this finally be a credible mustang and soon Camero fighter for Dodge? Finally Challanger resurrected from the dead after a brief come back as a molested econo box in the 80s. Yes and back with a vengeance!

Drenched in what should have been called Vader black this car looks lethal! Driver side view shows the classic long nose short thick deck required by the genre. Side views like this make you wanna grab your balls and say intelligent stuff like "who the fuck you talkin to!?" Moving to the rear the jewel like tail lights a clear nod to its 70s brethren make up an ass that would leave Sir Mix Alot himself scrambling for pen and paper. But at a Dodge dealer happiness doesn't last long, coming around to the passenger side window I reeled back right hand drawn to cover the horror from my disbelieving eyes! $50,000.00 that wasn't the price of the car, IT WAS THE MARK UP ! Holy shit! I quickly peeked past the sticker at the dash no indications of being personally blessed by the pope. Staggering to the Front I was regaining my composure when i saw the carbon fiber applique seemed to be raised or peeling at the edges? This is a new car right? Not a test mule? I am starting to feel sick again.

I gathered myself and carried on and then it started happening, the dodginess wouldn't stop! Over the windshield about a 6 inch long by 2 inch long rub spot wore through clear coat (from shipping?). This car was on the show room floor with a doubled price tag after detail and the paint was fucked up! Fighting the urge to assault random sales people I soldiered on keep looking for the good I said to myself. From any angle (And 20 feet back.) this thing does look good ignoring the pimple on the roof the style is just spot on and everything it needed to be. I moved to the moment of truth opening the drivers side door I was greeted by exactly what I was hoping a weighty feel! Leather smells wafted to me as I slid back the Black leather with Hemi orange accented seat and raised the tilt and telescoping Steering wheel. Read that one again Ford and Chevy TILT AND TELESCOPING YOU BASTARDS!) I pulled the door closed I FIT!

I am starting to feel better. The buckets are supportive and comfy and dare I say This car is roomy!? I found the dash a bit on the cheap side and they lost the show cars cool engine piston top gauge cluster but hey this is a sports car not a Cadillac then I looked to the passenger side.... NO Fn Way ! the Srt8 badge was popped out at the corner and flopping at me I was disgusted. This is almost as bad as.... as the time I went to a strip club and noticed the girl in front of me had a string dangling. Its these Details that make or break a car and even at regular price, a sale! Disappointment setting in I reminded myself this is an early first run car. I wanted this so bad for Dodge. A name plate with history to back it, The look an American car should have and a big time v8 with all the rear drive awesomeness a guy like me needs but alas I got well a Dodge! All I can do is eat less, exercise and maybe donate a few inches from my leg bones and hope I will someday fit in a mustang. Damn you dodge boys and your miss begotten white hats!

Hybrids, gas prices and driving a classic

2008-07-15T10:47:00.000-07:00

So yea gas is like $4.37 at its cheapest around here right now and there is all kinds of talk about electric cars and hybrid cars and diesel powered cars, and I want to say I am ok with all of em. That being said I have a good buddy at work who has a prius (he also rides a few differant Harleys to work which is how we met) and I was tellin him I found a really clean one owner 66 Galaxie wagon for sale I mean this thing is clean original paint nice interior 390 fe block and its runs quiet! Even has AC! His response "Are you crazy ! How are you gonna afford to drive that big old thing?" I was dumbfounded by his question. How am I gonna drive a Galaxie wagon? I know he meant because of the rising cost of gas but lets all be adults here and use some logic. So tell me pal whats your car payment look like $575 a month! how much is insurance on the Prius? $230 a month! Wow now lets not even get into how much services are gonna cost or if your super hybrid computer takes a dump what that would cost. we are lookin at $805.00 per month !! on a car payment!! So if I buy this wagon I am lookin at droppin 5-6 grand cash probly about what his down was on the Prius And thats it broham! even if I buy 3 tanks of gas a week roughly 327.75 at 25 gallons a tank at the above mentioned price brother I am ahead 477.25! my insurance is like 250 a year on my classic cars! Now you say but james the Prius is more environmental and efficient. Is it ? That 66 Galaxies foot print is almost gone! The plant in San Jose were it was minted has been recycled and is now a mall and this car has lasted 157 thousand miles without being restored if it were to be wrecked its almost all steel and 100% recyclable. The Prius has a battery in it no one wants to talk about replacing and the plastics used to make this car are leaching harmful chemicals into the atmosphere for the next few years ( thats part of that new car smell) the Factory it was built in is cranking em out as fast as they can using resources as fast as they can and I ladies and gentleman am RECYCLING! I am recycling a whole car saving the fuel plastic, glass and all the enviro MENTAL impact of building a whole new car! I am just sayin does it make sense to spend 805.00 a month to save maybe 200.00 a month on gas? Notice I didn't even talk about how much cooler any classic car would be over a Prius......Doh!

The other direction.

2008-06-23T02:19:00.001-07:00

SO those of you that know me have seen my car I have been working on it for well ever and its really getting close my dad talked me into going small block and so I went custom with it in the spirit of the bell flower custom very understated low (on air bags) 15 inch astro supremes and pinner whites. The paint is a custom mix green and so far the interior is all stock ie. ratty but I hope to go full on matching trunk and interior installed as soon as I get a leak in the trunk fixed and finish installing all the dyna mat. Any way here is the other direction. If I hadnt let dad talk me into a small block and would have bought that 429 cobra jet motor we found being sold out of a speed boat this is what it would have looked like. What do you think guys did I go the right way?

Quick and dirty

2008-06-20T10:23:00.000-07:00

A guy I work with Jose has a 66 mustang coupe nothin fancy 289 non gt car and he says, "hey man I am gonna paint my car orange!" And I say, "umm orange?" "Lemme think about that." Now orange is a color that you just cant go throwin around and Jose didnt have any idea what style or how he was gonna build his mustang just that he wanted orange with black interior. So after talkin about how he was gonna drive it and what he really liked I knocked this out just a quick 5 min sketch no other attempts no pics of his car to look at just some ideas. I went with a road race/ touring look with the venerable thunderbolt tear drop hood threw some mopar style hood lettering and classed up the headlights in the grill idea. I was thinking that super high pearl lambo orange and flat black on the hood all the way back past the windows following the fender top edge. and a flat black panel surrounding the taillights. As for the wheels I couldnt quite picture how they really look or who makes em but I have seen em on this style car before mustang and challangers aar cudas so sorry they look lame. What do you want for no referance material and no pics at all? Will he build it this way ? I dunno its a 5 min sketch but the orange is growin on em I think it could be ok.

HH Magazine

2008-06-12T07:43:00.000-07:00

So i was reading this months Heavy Hitters magazine and there was an article on the guy that is the owner of skin. If you arent sure what skin is hangout any were and sooner or later it will just walk past you look for an updated gothic logo (Skin) and normally a stripper or two. Any way I was amazed to read he started everything with 4 shirts and a hat! Wow to create so much with so little! And I started thinking I need a hat and maybe a beanie? Does any one wear beanies any more? I guess they do. Well I am not sure what to make of this I started thinking I needed between 6 and 12 but I think 4 is a really great place to start. As for the mag I think it has a lot of possibilities. They follow already or up and coming successfull men and women that just happen to have fly cars and interview them to see what path they took. Very interesting and most important of all empowering. I dunno how many stars I give it but I cant lie I wouldnt mind them knocking on my door sayin "hey wanna be in?"

The reason why

2008-06-12T01:53:00.000-07:00

So I was asked the other day." Hey Jerky wheres your sketches!?" well i hate to say it but i was warned against showin anything with my soon to trademarked company name until, well its trade marked. Between house stuff and gas my access to petty cash and some of the stuff I need to complete images and get this thing off the ground are limited and again I havent registered the name yet ergo, ass hat. You people gots ta wait! Seriously I hope you all arent disappointed and I hope maybe even get a poll out there to pick some of the designs I will offer so far I havent told many people about this thing but so far its been pretty positive. I will however post some sketches that are not totally unrelated soon. In the mean time here is one I have been drawing off and on since highschool and would love to build one day lemme know what you think. Oh and not real sure on the back end never can seem to get that just right but the front six headlights and the bubble are non negotiable.

Were you end up

2008-06-11T02:47:00.001-07:00

usually depends on were you start. I lost my Old man a few weeks ago. I am proud to say he was my dad in the truest sense. He worked hard so mom could go college while raising my sister and I in the burbs and growin up I knew john wayne didnt have shit on my old man. He was a car guy with style a motorcyclist not biker, he was a Harley rider before it was cool and we would argue endlessly over what was cool and what was junk every day laughing all the while and needless to say I miss him. I know that what I am is due in large part to him and am thankfull every day I was smart enough to realise I didnt have anything to rebell against the dude was wise fun and almost always cool. Heres to the old man.

A new direction.

2007-12-14T12:32:00.000-08:00

I recently have been on a kick looking at Early Christian scratch that Catholic stained glass and art in general. And I knocked out an image yesterday that I think is going to really lay the foundation for the style I will be using. I dont have a scanner yet but I have a bonus coming up and think I will be gettin pretty hooked up soon. Work has been pretty chill and I have been making progress on my Galaxie at a real decent clip waiting on a lot of the detail stuff but all in time she is reg and insured and that is a huge step forward.

Inspiration....

2007-11-17T07:35:00.000-08:00

.....STRIKES!! Were does inspiration come from? In this case it was my lovely Girl Friend. Shes got a thing for coffin nosed ford trucks so they have been putterin around my mind lately. Any way 4:00 in the mornin i knocked out 3 designs I am happy with, drawing from scraps of doodles and crap that ooses out of my pores while I am supposed to be sleepin. But when its flowin you gotta get a bucket out and catch whats comin out. Tonight it was the coffin nose ford and some 40 ford deluxe sedans I am workin on for a guy I got set up with by the wonderfull people at Vintage Ford. So its me my pad some pencils and the X box hummin playin The Choppertown The Sinners DVD... Man Ricos chick kelli is wicked hot. Dunno what i am talkin about!? Pray to the Blessed Virgin for your heathen ways then go buy Choppertown The Sinners, its a cool flic decent music and Kuttys Chop is inspiration all on its own. Gettin there slow and steady.. Gonna ride out to see my Amigo El Heffe Mando have a little brunch action. Hey mans gotts feed chewin on erasers aint as tasty as it sounds.... Late!

Launching a legend

2007-11-15T01:39:00.000-08:00

Launching a legend is hard Levi Strauss Nike, Addida, Under Roos. How do you launch a legend? How do you know a niche, see a need and spring to fill it, fill it like the gratuitous porn star you so need to be? I wish I could say. But sons and daughters rest easy El has an idea he has a plan. With the help of a crack team, I hope to start my own version of a clothing legend. I am taking aim at a piece of the pie I don’t see a lot of players playing in. I am watching the new giants Ecko (hey did you know he’s a white guy?) Skin and Famous (all white guys actually). I am steering clear of the over done ghetto fab rapper scene and pulling from my roots my values my very own danglies. I am armed only with some sketches a dream and some friends with far greater skills than I. And people I think I got me a contender.