R I P Murphy Roscoe Jenkins

my 12" Oscar fish MR J, Murphy Roscoe Jenkins, suddenly DIED today!!..
:(
AH!!!!
when i woke up this morning the first thing i noticed as i came down the stairs was an absence of the usual "CLACK"ing of MR J's tank heater against the glass, stirred up by his wriggling tail in excited anticipation for BREAKFAST PELLETS! even before going outside for frisbee with ender, fish feeding has been part of the daily routine around here. but this morning Murphy was really sick, his stomach was grotesquely BLOATED and he was hovering at the top of the tank looking BLACK around his face and back. was barely interested instead of his usual hype, absolutely, utterly miserable. if you've ever spent a day in the bathroom with food poisoning, or endured a heavy, major ailment you might be able to sympathize with the awful agony his body was obviously imposing.
3 days ago i went to petsmart and hooked him up with some feeder fish as i've done a bunch of times when his moral seems lagging and i just so happen to be near there. they swim all around and for a while he got to feel tuff hunting and ate them all as usual. but apparently this time was sadly his last.
freaked me out to see Murphy's stomach all swollen up when i saw it so called the fish place and they told me he probably got constipated or just gulped some air, give it a couple days, watch him..
but when i got home tonight he was floating on the top, unresponsive to knocking on the tank or the magnetic-cleaner brushing past nearby. no demeanor... and Nester Judkins (a feeder fish Murphy has kept around as a buddy, that's grown from a tiny half inch to 4") was darting all around frantically.
was difficult dredging my homie's heavy carcass out of the space i made for him and taking it outside..

Murphy enjoyed pellets, listening to our jams on the organ, feeder fish, judging epic PINGO battles from his tank, and general lurking.. we'll miss him :(

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it's just a fish
but

RIP MRJ

Ender loves

fribee!!
in order to avoid any confusion between tug-of-war or frisbee, every morning we go out in the yard, find two and trade off. ender LOVES this arrangement, as he never has to give the frib up unless he's getting another one he'd now prefer (or i make him for manners training). i try to throw out where he can get them, he bolts for a 1hop, scoop or catch with some incredible leaps or crashes here and there! ender counts on this routine, a great frisbee sesh in the morning and he's much more relaxed and happy for the rest of the day. thought it might be interesting to make a clip by combining different angles into one, these were all catches. with only a vague idea to start, this is the result. or for a better view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwkUXWJo7BY
ended like that because i wanted to continue, show the trade off and a second loop.. 8

telepopmusic "genetic world"

nollie nose manny 3 shuvs

nollie nose manual 360 shuvit out, at church of mannyended up havin a full day of skating today! went to "church of manny" for warmups, were going to leave but john filmed this first. later one of john's neighbors came charging down the alley on his board, stuck in some gravel and body slammed on his way to invite us to check out their little 1/4 pipe they were setting up. having practiced on the ramps at home made that fun and easy :p johns roommate Ean doesn't have our experience, but pieced together a board and is pickin it up which rocks! we took the grind box to the streets and destroyed it (with our moves). dropped that off and went on a WWU skatethru run. it's straight up some steep hills on a 1way st (hiking the steeps on foot), then up across campus cruising on bricks which is super fun. shred all over what the campus has to offer on our way to some ledges where we post up and work on stuff. finally high speed charge back! gaping, swooping, then risking powerslides down the road home.
my body's feelin it already!

broken board ender mobbing!

ender LOVES skating! YIEY!! working on varial heelflips, and undramatically broke my board getting front-shuvit pop going for them :(

just found out Phil Verd died.
we became great friends while in baker oregon during the most volitile times i've lived. literally didn't think i'd make it through, but found an out with you in laughter and antics and a friendship. can remember the silly fun of going on 40 energy-drink runs across sheets of ice, the legendary freestyle walking mayhem, laughing our asses off enduring the taser, reviving hacky sack and creating sweatbands while rocking jams, smoking out the hallway with the fire extinguisher to stir things up, the hilarious ridiculous art, on and on like it was last month not four years ago. you helped me find joy again in my days when i'd convinced myself i'd lost that. thank you, i'll always remember. i bailed after i went to visit and your mentality was still cycling down, didn't know what to do with it. it's a jolt to think you still had a foot in that life of hurt and never made it out. when i randomly went to look you up again you are gone.
i'm so sorry Phil, hope you've found peace at last man.

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fdale gap redux origional

had originally edited to this song, Radiohead "i might be wrong," but suddenly changed to Radiohead "there there" because it was longer and still seemed to fit. i think this version is better

skating ferndale yesterday

solo skating day around ferndale. finally did the loading ledge gap! at the ferndale ledge spot we'd always eye the gap but the bank up is mellow and the flat is far. yesterday i decided to go for it. wasn't sure if i could even get my body to clear it at first. was running full speed before dropping my board and PUSHING as fast as possible, getting my self and board over. then really focused in, and made it! good thing too because on the one where everything came together a guy in a truck was driving up to investigate what i was doing. i didn't even see him until i was already starting to ollie, already had the speed and balance right and knew i could make it. if i'd kicked out things would have gone differently. would have hit the truck, or gotten my board run over and i'm sure he'd have wanted me to leave. instead of seeing me mach-ing right at him, launching the whole thing and landing triumphantly in control darting past. WOOP!
also a couple little tired switch hardflips and some 5050 and front board action. the round rail is actually harder than a skinnier one because there's nowhere for wheels to hook on and get good purchase to balance. floaty.