VICTOOOORIA!

A few weekends ago we had the short but totally sweet opportunity to go on an adventure to Victoriaaaah! None of us had been, and we all had high hopes for this mysterious and beautiful island. We were heading over to visit some fellow tall bicycle lovers and attend a Where Are You Go screening! We stayed with some really lovely people, and met some hardcore Wink fans. One girl we met told us that one of her favourite songs of all time is the "Bmx Bmx Bmx!" song by Weak and Determined, as featured in a 15 second clip in the Winking Circle. She wet her pants when Benny told her that there was a full version out there, and she kissed Christian's toenails when he revealed that he was, in fact, a Weak and Determined original. This is actually how excited she was.

Highlights of the trip with photos to follow:

Ben barging in on a helpless, sleeping baby.
Almost forgetting Stephen at the ferry terminal magazine rack.
Eating delicious burritos with good company.
"The Pepper Game" invented by Stephen Huizenga.
Jordan elbowing a man in the face who was fixing his glasses.

teehee.

THE PEPPER GAME

Instructions: Put pepper on your tongue.

That's pretty much it!
Hours of fun for the whole family!

Good Times in the Beetle

I recently found this drawing in an old sketchbook. Seeing it made me miss my old beetle. I feel that car was really apart of me. I knew how its brain worked, and if it was having a bad day. We had to work together to get anywhere. Mostly I drove the car alone, but it was always nice to have someone to share the experience with.

One of my new favourite illustrators

I recently received a fantastic, short illustrated story from Shelby Huffman. The illustrations are super stylish and amazing. Thanks Shelby!

we were once kids.

Jordan and I as kids.

I spent my day working at the shop trying to perfect the art of Tig welding. While working in my own space my mind often wanders. It is amazing, I can be super focused on what I am doing and still think about other things. Anyways, today I was thinking about what it was like to be a kid. How important simple things were; like Halloween candy, comic books, and Lego. It is amazing to think about how much value a child puts on a few tiny chocolate bars, a package of three half sized licorice sticks, and an air filled chip bag.

A summer night with my lady and my bike.

A friend recently sent me this photo of Jordan and I cruising on my motorbike. It was taken on our our way home from the beach. The photo made me miss my bike, and the adventures that we had on it. Sadly my bike sits in the back yard uninsured. My bicycle will do until the spring.

Summer......

Summer has come to an end. It always feels weird when fall suddenly takes over. Seasons are so important because they split up the year allowing us to look back on what we acomplished. For Jordan and I, this past summer was very eventful. We packed the four months with as much as we probably could.

Basement Shows!

Over the past few months we have had a few basement shows in my house/ church basement. First we had a folk show, which was really nice. Next we had a punk show, which we thought was awesome, but the neighbors didn't. I guess you cant have a punk show without the cops showing up.