greetings loyal blog reader, and greetings to you! new friend who curiously wandered in from the Kade-o-sphere. here is my second blog about arthur kade. i hope you enjoy it.

when last we left i was seated at my local coffee shop (in the corner) and i had just finished an amazing blog about my day with arthur kade. i was pretty happy with myself as i had met the man and lived to tell the tale. all that was left to do was to sit back and patiently wait for death which i would greet without struggle because i had somehow made it into the greatest blog in the history of the universe. as i exited the coffee shop and stood in the parking lot, unsure of what to do next, i thought to myself "this must be how Neil Armstrong felt after returning to Earth." suddenly my phone rang! it was a friend of mine who works for a certain television channel (sorry, i'm not allowed to say) and he was freaking out. "how did you get arthur kade to call you back?!" and i was like, "huh?" my friend explained that his office had been trying to get arthur to return their call. "i'm working on a reality show and we want to bring him in!" i was so confused, wait...what? why was arthur schlepping to burbank to meet me when he could be returning calls for actual work? i said i would try to call arthur and ask him about it. he thanked me and i got off the phone and dialed Kade.

KADE: hello
me: hi, arthur, it's kent
KADE: hi kent
me: um....how's it going?
KADE: good, what's up?
me: oh, um two things, first i wanted to tell you that i blogged about you--
KADE: yeah, i heard about it, haven't seen it.
me: no, no, that was Thurop's blog...um, yeah, i guess i should have told you that he didn't really know anything about you, and jessica and i are the ones who are really fans and--
KADE: no, it's fine. i don't care what he said, he could have said i was the greatest thing ever, he could have said i sucked, i don't care, i've got guys in Afghanistan right now, who have shit blowing up around 'em, and they're liking what i'm doing, so...
me: oh. (wow!) well, um, ha ha, nothing's blowing up around me, but i wrote this blog about my day--
KADE: just send me the link and if i think it's interesting i'll post it.
me: oh, ok thanks. and the other thing is (i tell Kade about my friend who's trying to get in touch with him)
KADE: yeah, i think i have a voicemail about that, i gotta call them back, i've been really busy...

the call ended and i went to grab a sandwich. five minutes later i received a text from my friend at the channel i can't talk about. (sorry!)

"Our office just talked to Kade! Thanks man. I'll let you know how it goes."

i texted back:

"Holy shit, that was quick"

his reply:

"He loves u

i walked home thinking about Kade. would he like my blog? did i treat him with kid gloves? why am i continuing to call and talk to him? where is this going? are we going to be friends one day? he's so hated. i started thinking about this kid from the 7th grade. his name was Mark Hazen and he was a special needs kid that the teachers wanted to integrate into our class. he was two years older than us and had weird hair. he said stupid shit all the time and wore a three piece suit on his first day of school. everyone HATED Mark Hazen. i don't know why, but one day i was just like, "fuck it, i'll be your friend" and walked down the hall with him. everyone made fun of me, but i didn't care because the school guidance counselor said she was proud of me. then one day Mark was having some sort of freakout and when i tried to talk to him he grabbed me and threw me into a wall. i banged my head and screamed that he was a fucking retard and went home and drew a comic called "The Mark Hazen Scrapbook" which was basically one hundred drawings of Mark Hazen attempting to perform simple tasks and failing miserably. the following monday i brought the comic to school and showed my friends and everyone thought it was hilarious and started passing it around. eventually it wound up in the hands of my math teacher who showed it to my guidance counselor who was so confused. "why did you do this to your friend?" she asked? "he's not my friend" i said, "i hate that guy."

by the time i got home, Kade had not only friended me on facebook, but he also linked my blog in a post titled, "My Fans from Dusk and CN" i spent the evening reading new comments (The Doc and Walt Disney's Ghost were the best) and enjoying the fact that i was now a part of the Journey two days in a row.

the next day i drove over to rebecca's to watch the movie "TipToes" (if you haven't seen this movie, it's AMAZING!) around 2:15 Kade texted me, "U guys hangin 2nte?" oh shit, i invited him to play ping pong! i texted back that i was still waiting to hear from gareth and liza. i excitedly told rebecca that Kade just texted me and she said, "wow, that's crazy." i told her how tempted i was to tell him that it was her who introduced me to his videos and rebecca laughed, then thought for a second and said, "yes. tell him," she nodded, "i'm curious to see what happens."

that afternoon i came home and heard from gareth. he was busy with Luc. liza texted as well saying that she had to take her roommate to the airport. even shelby was busy! fuck, i can't believe it. Kade is about to be blown off by a bunch of nerds! this is terrible. i called Kade and left a long rambling message apologizing that no one was available and maybe we could do it the next time he was out in Kade Angeles. about ten minutes later my phone rang and it was arthur.

me: hi arhur
KADE: hi kent, what's up?
me: oh, uh, did you get my message?
KADE: (chuckling) no, i don't listen to voicemail. if i did, i'd never get things done.
me: oh! well, i was saying that everyone's busy tonight, so maybe it would be better if we did it next tim--
KADE: that's cool, i have about 18 other things to do tonight,
me: oh.
KADE: my friend thinks you're hot.
me: oh!
KADE: she says you're the "anti kade"
me: ha ha, hey i have something to tell you too! remember when you asked how i heard about the blog?
KADE: yeah?
me: well i didn't want to say until i checked with her, but it was my friend Rebecca Romijn. (pause) do you know who that is?
(long pause)
KADE: (softly) Stamos?
me: (oh god! this is a terrible idea!! why am i telling him this?!?!) uh, no, actually it's O'Connell now.
KADE: oh right.
me: (nervously) ha, ha, yeah she spent a lot of money changing her headshots! ha ha (this is a joke i've used before)
KADE: wow. (wheels turning) can i blog about this?
me: yeah! sure, she said it was ok.

later that evening, arthur posted "Famous Fans" and i was mentioned in the Journey for the third time in three days. holy shit! i read the post excitedly and was surprised to see that arthur started things off by mentioning that he and Adam Scott were Facebook IM'ing. (rebecca had recently told that me she and Jerry first learned about the Journey from Adam Scott so i thought this was an amazing coincidence) just then i received a group email from Adam Scott saying, "Ok just about all of us are mentioned in Kade's new blog....this rules." wow! he's on top of this! i texted Kade, "Just got an email from Adam Scott...."this rules" and before i could put the phone down it vibrated with this reply:

"Welcome 2 the kade show"

O M G. how does he continue to blow my mind? HOW?

the next day Kade was still in town because he extended his trip by a day to work on the reality show that my friend is making that i can't talk about. (sorry!) he texted me during the day asking, "Out 2nte?" and i replied that Jessica and i had bowling but would be available after nine. he responded with "Ill hit u later" liza and shelby were ecstatic to finally meet the man in person, but we couldn't get in touch with gareth. we decided to all convene at Earl St (gareth's house) around 9:30 for some ping pong. i texted arthur the address and didn't hear back. i then realized that jessica, liza, ceci and I were going camping the next day, so meeting arthur after bowling meant i had to pack for camping before. as i was going through my closet, trying to find my sleeping bags, i came across rebecca's codpiece from her Mystique costume. would it be funny to show this to Kade? one of the comments from "'Famous Fans" asked for proof that i really know rebecca, could this be proof? or would it just look like i bought it on ebay? would that be funny if people thought that? (incidentally this is around the time i started to go a little crazy)

later that evening at the bowling alley, Kade called. i handed the phone to jessica who answered while i bowled. after i was finished i ran over and jessica was shaking her head. (the following is testimony from Jessica Yost)

KADE: i don't know, i'm really tired.
jess: yeah but it's your last night, you got to soak up LA
KADE: i don't roll like you dorks
jess: Kade, you're breaking my heart, i mean, i know i'm not the first...
KADE: (laughing) look at you with the sarcasm

our teammate sean heard us talking and said, "aw, the guy who was in the studio the other day? i wanna meet him." i said, "well keep your fingers crossed." around 8 we still hadn't heard from Kade so i brought out the big guns and sent this text:

"FYI i have a prop from x-men. could b blog-worthy"

Kade's response:

"Nice. Ill head in shortly"

YES! we started calling people and everyone was excited. (especially liza and shelby) driving home from bowling i received a panicked text from an out of the loop gareth, "So wait, Kade's coming?! where are you?! Who else is coming?!" i responded, "we are en route. ceci is bringing some friends, maybe sean...." gareth texted back, "You better arrive soon, i'm stoned and alone!" we all arrived around 9:00 and anxiously awaited Kade's arrival. naturally we got into a conversation about him and right as i was telling the Adam Scott story the doorbell rang. all of us froze. it's him!

i opened the door and there was arthur (a little winded from his walk up the hill) i invited him in and we all looked like idiots just sitting there waiting for him to arrive. it was awkward. i asked if he wanted a drink and he said "just water." everyone introduced themselves and pretty soon arthur was making his first video.



we gave arthur a quick tour of the house, "wow, do you guys need a roommate?" i asked if he wanted to play ping pong and he said "why not?" so we played a quick game while more people arrived. at one point jessica did one of her high kicks to my face and arthur was impressed. he whipped out his camera and made his second video.



i really wish he could have trusted her and just stayed still because she's so good at kicking, but considering all the recent comments calling him our court jester he was probably thinking this was a set up, so in retrospect i don't blame him for flinching.

let's see, what else? oh! liza and jessica told me that arthur claimed to have an 11 inch penis. (although jess later said he was joking) he also told liza that she looked like Katie Holmes "back when she was annoying" liza frowned, "excuse me?" and arthur clarified, "no no, i didn't say YOU were annoying, i said back when SHE was annoying, when she wouldn't put out for Dawson."

at one point, hank (gareth's roommate) came home after a long day of work, quietly surveyed the situation and went to bed.

early in the evening there was a pipe going around and arthur said, "that sure smells good" so we offered him some but he politely refused. later he made a similar comment and we offered again, but he said no thanks. this happened a few more times and eventually michelle (owner of bambi and hank's girlfriend) got in his face, "why don't you want to smoke pot with us?" arthur seemed like he was into michelle and chatted her up, but after a while she said, "i'm going to bed and headed up to hank's room. arthur chuckled and shook his head, "right up the stairs, i love it."

i think it was around this time that arthur remembered my text about the X-Men prop so i said, "yeah, but i want to show you on camera" so he pulled out his camera and we made our third video.



i don't know if this video is interesting or not, but i think the comment "You went all the way to LA to lick underwear in a frame. good for you." is pretty priceless. after the video we started talking about the commenter who requested proof that i know rebecca. i told arthur i had a picture in mind that i thought would be funny because it was from when we first met, when i was a joke writer for Rob Schneider and in the picture i'm holding a cue card and-- arthur cut me off, "send it. send it tonight." i tried to describe it more and why it was funny and he shook his head, "i already know what i'm going to say, just send it."

later we were talking about people who are engaged and arthur started getting really animated, "you wanna know how to pick up engaged women? all you have to--" he stopped himself, pulled out his camera and handed it to me, "you know the drill." i pressed the button and arthur nodded at jessica.

jess: (holding up her hand) look, i'm engaged!
KADE: (nodding cooly) so when's the last time you had sex?
jess: oh, you know, it's been a while, we've been busy with the wedding, it's been pretty stressful....
KADE: (beat) so, should we meet upstairs in 5 minutes or 10?
jess: wha?
KADE: Kade out!

i pressed the button and we all laughed. that was a good one! i handed the camera back to Kade who looked at the screen to review, but something was wrong, his smile faded. he pressed the button a couple times and then shook his head. "nope, we didn't get it." i felt terrible, "did i screw it up?" Kade smiled, "it's ok." i couldn't believe it, "did i press the button wrong? did i press play instead of stop?" Kade just smiled, but i could see in his eyes he was sad to lose that one. someone said, "do it again!" and Kade hesitated for a moment before putting the camera back in his pocket, shaking his head, "nope, i never do anything twice." then he sat down on a chair in the middle of the room, and everyone else sort of wandered in at the same time, (including two female friends of ceci's who had never heard of the Journey) there was an awkward moment with all of us staring at him and arthur finally broke the silence by laughing nervously and mumbling, "jeez, i feel like you're all going to kill me."

we spent the next ten minutes asking arthur tons of questions. gareth wanted to know if he really aspired to be an actor or if he just wanted to be famous. arthur responded sincerely, "no i want to win an academy award." we asked him questions about all the comments people leave and he said he never reads them. we asked about the Kade Scale and he said people take it too seriously and that he's just being like Kim Cattrall from Sex and the City. i asked if he's interested in pursuing roles where you get to improvise, like on Curb Your Enthusiasm, and he said he loves improv and that he really admires Robin Williams. as soon as he said this jessica laughed and whispered to me, "just like Michael Scott." i looked at arthur, who was looking at us, smiling, eyebrows raised, wanting to know what she said and in that moment, i swear to god he was channeling Steve Carrell. i explained, "what you just said about Robin Williams, you're reminding us of Michael Scott." arthur laughed, rolled his eyes and slapped his knee, "all right, i'm outta here" with that he got up, said goodbye and left.

we sat around talking about him for an hour or so. everyone was really excited to have met him.

the next morning i emailed two pictures to rebecca and called her. "hey, i wanna send one of these to arthur to prove that we're friends. is that ok? which one do you like?" rebecca sounded confused. "well, yeah, they're ok, but... it doesn't really look like we know each other." i cut her off, "no, no, I know! that's the point! it doesn't prove anything and people are going to freak out." rebecca was trying to understand, "oh.....ok." i kept going, "isn't that hilarious?" she was trying to understand, "well.... it's a twist.... and i appreciate the twist, i guess..." i told her that all i wanted was to see one comment that made fun of me for the picture. i told her that it would be so awesome because then it would be the people commenting who aren't in on the joke. rebecca thought for a second and said, "well then send the first one because it has a date on it." i got off the phone and sent the pic to arthur.



"Cable Project" was posted while we were driving up the 5, on our way to go camping. i read the post aloud off my iphone and we all celebrated. arthur wrote, "Kent wanted me to put this picture up of when he met Rebecca in 1997 to prove they were friends.." ha! "prove they WERE friends." even arthur doesn't believe me! right away people were commenting on the picture and that made me happy. (i'm still not sure why) i think i got a little too excited and began commenting back at people and making stupid jokes which wasn't a good idea. (you can't have your cake and eat it too)

later, my mom called while we were camping and told me she had been talking to my cousin (who's from Philly) and she sounded so disappointed in me. "kent, what are you doing?" i tried to explain, "no mom, it's really funny, it's a blog and people don't know if he's real or not, you have to see his latest video where he's dancing? he takes off his shirt with one hand and it's so awkward, and then you have to read the comments because they're all like, "remember that time you tried to fit a cock up your nostrils?" and also --" she cut me off, "kent, seriously, what are you doing?" i sighed and i told her i didn't know what i was doing. then the signal cut out so i went for a walk. jesus, what WAS i doing? this had started out as a joke, we wanted to meet him in person and see if he was for real. is he for real? i still don't know, for all i know he could have left Earl St, walked to his car and sobbed for half an hour. he could also accept the Academy Award next year for best performance by a blog. (can you imagine? Christopher Guest and Sasha Baron Cohen could present it to him, and while he was accepting he could unzip his Kade costume and finally reveal to the world that he's Andy Kaufman) no, i don't know him at all. but i know he wasn't like the person in the videos. he never rated anyone or said anything mean. i had fun hanging out with him. i would hang out with him again (if he even wants to after reading this) and as long as he doesn't throw me into any walls Mark Hazen-style, i'm going to keep being his friend.

hey everyone, the new blog about night two with Arthur Kade is coming soon, i promise! in the meantime, here's a funny drawing Pen did of Arthur and his new f-ing girlfriend. it made me laugh so hard i scared my cat.

hello loyal blog reader! so if you don't already know who Arthur Kade is you should go to arthurkade.com right now and get acquainted with him before reading this post. (but don't read his latest post about Cartoon Network! spoilers!)

ok, so i've been following the Journey for about a month now and i'm completely obsessed with it. i show it to everyone, i watch the videos over and over, i bring up the homepage on friend's computers when they leave the room, i quote him constantly... you get the idea. late sunday night, i was over at gareth's and a bunch of us were talking about the Journey when i casually mentioned that according to his blog Arthur Kade was currently in Los Angeles and that's when everyone started freaking out, "dude, you have to contact him!" "invite him over!" "tell him your brother directed Kung Fu Panda!" "tell him anything!!" i was jet-lagged, drunk and high, so i said "OK!" and got to writing. about an hour later, with the help of the group, i had composed this email:




we all felt it was a pretty good email and so i hit send. then i went home and went to bed. i awoke the next morning like a kid on Christmas and was delighted to find a reply from Arthur:

Do you have a cell phone that you can be reached at?

AK

holy fucking shit! hells yes i have a cell phone. i sent him my number and then i waited. when would he call? i was freaking out. i forwarded his response to Gareth, Shelby, Jessica and Liza. "First contact!" we were all excited. then i contacted my friend Rebecca (who first told me about the Journey) and she freaked out and told some of her friends and pretty soon i was being bombarded with anxious texts every 30 seconds from people wanting updates. a couple hours passed and i was starting to go a little nuts. why was this taking so long? i decided to go to the bowling alley and take my mind off it. around the fourth game i started worrying that maybe my original email was too jokey and that Arthur might think i was fucking with him, so i wrote him a second email that was a little more professional and to the point.

hi Arthur,

Sorry to bug you, just wanted to let you know that I'm directing a voice record today from 2 - 5 in Burbank and if you wanted to come check out the studio, you're more than welcome.

- kent

30 minutes later i received this response:

I tried the number and I don't think it's right. If you want to call me I can be reached at xxx-xxx-xxxxx

WTF? i sent him the wrong number? i checked my email and sure enough i accidentally inverted a couple digits. AHHH! i felt like such an idiot. i went outside and called him immediately. he picked up and i said, "is this arthur?" he said, "yes." i said, "hi arthur, it's kent." he said, "hello....." i started babbling and apologizing for sending the wrong number and he chuckled and said he figured it was probably a couple numbers off. i asked if he was interested in coming to the record and he said he was. he asked how far Burbank was from LA and i said, "where in LA?" and he said, "just outside." so i gave him the address and he said he'd try to be there by two. i got off the phone and raced back inside the bowling alley. i could barely concentrate as i packed up my ball and shoes and got the hell out of there. i texted Jessica and told her what was going on and asked if she would come down and meet him in case he got there after the record started. she said, "absolutely i will!"

i arrived at the studio around 1:30 and sent Arthur this text:

Hey Arthur, so the zip of the studio is 91502. There's free parking on Palm, just down the street from the building. Don't worry about getting here right at 2, if you arrive after 2 just ask for Jessica Yost and she will come meet you and bring you to the record. Also I told reception to expect you so you shouldn't have any problems. See you soon! - kent

he replied immediately with this one-word text:

Perf

HA! holy shit, i can't believe he's coming! i sat in the lobby and waited. every time the intercom buzzed i got super excited. "is that him?" around 1:50, the actors started arriving and i gave everyone a heads up that i had a guest who'd be sitting in on the record. as i was trying to explain Arthur's blog, Brian Doyle Murray interrupted and said, "So what you're saying is he's crazy and he's going to be here." everyone had a good chuckle and went into the booth. holy shit, did i make a mistake? would Arthur come and make everyone uncomfortable? would he ask Brian Doyle Murray for a job? what have i done?

we started the record and i kept looking over my shoulder. when would he arrive? around 2:15 the door opened, i turned around and saw Jessica smiling at me and then, right behind her was Arthur Motherfuckin' Kade! yes! oh yes! this shit just got real. i quickly said hi and told him we were already going and asked him to have a seat and gave him a storyboard so he could follow along. he happily sat down and quietly watched the entire record. he was super respectful, and polite, he didn't really say much except for an occasional "this is so cool!" or "wow, everyone's so talented!" at one point we took a break and i was finally able to talk with him a little. he said he was really enjoying seeing how everything worked and i offered him some water and showed him where the bathrooms were. i asked if he needed anything and he asked for something sugary because of his diabetes, so i showed him where the cookies were and he grabbed three. i went to the bathroom and when i came back Arthur was explaining to Julie (our talent coordinator) how to use his camera. "Just press this button to start recording and when I say "Kade out" just press it again to stop." (holy fucking shit, he's doing a video right now!) i asked if i could be in it and he said sure. this was a dream come true.



the rest of the record went without a hitch. Brian was the first to get cut and I introduced him to Arthur as he was leaving. i had the feeling that Arthur didn't recognize him. later i told him that Brian co-wrote Caddyshack and Arthur said, "Really?! Is he still here?!" i felt bad telling him that he was long gone, but i was also relieved because i'm still a little terrified of Brian. when Roz Ryan (who plays Bubbie) was leaving, i introduced her to Arthur and she stopped and removed her sunglasses. "Look at your arms!" she said, and Arthur flexed and smiled and told her he was from Philly. "Home of Will Smith" he added.

after the record he asked if he could take pictures and i said sure, so he went into the booth and sat down and put on some headphones and posed. (i took the picture!) then i brought him up to Jessica's cube and that's where he recorded his second video.



i thought Jessica was a lot better than me at hamming it up and playing along. (i was just a grinning idiot) then Jessica and i showed him around and he kept telling us that we should make a cartoon about him. we introduced him to some other people in the office, "hi nice to meet you," "nice to meet you too, you should make a cartoon about me." at one point he said very loudly, "i wish i worked here because you guys do nothing all day!" (?!?!) then we brought him into Thurop's office and asked if he could make a video with Thurop. Thurop looked at me like, "What the hell is going on?" (i didn't really prepare Thurop for this, it all happened so fast!) anyway, next thing i know, i was shooting Arthur's third video and i think you'll agree it plays like an incredibly uncomfortable vaudeville sketch. (sorry Thurop, but you're now a part of the Journey)



we didn't know what else to show him so we kept walking around in circles. finally i walked him outside and we chatted on the sidewalk for a bit. he asked me what i really thought of his blog and i told him i thought it was amazing and that he was really smart for making the videos so short so you can watch them over and over and that i was impressed that he doesn't have ads or edit any of the comments from the people who hate him. i rattled off some of the videos i liked the most and i even quoted a couple and he looked surprised that i knew them that well. he said he had to get going and i invited him over to Gareth's to play ping pong on Wednesday and he said he might. then, in a single glorious move, he shouted, "Kade out!" spun around and disappeared around the corner. it was then that i realized that i didn't get a picture of us together. GOD DAMMIT!

after that i left work and headed to Silver Lake Wine because they were having a tasting. i texted Liza and Shelby and they came down and i started filling them in on everything that happened. while i was in the middle of the story, i pulled out my iphone to check his blog and DUDE ALREADY BLOGGED ABOUT IT!!!! seriously, this was like an hour after he left and he managed to blog faster than i could tell the story. Arthur Kade is amazing.

reading the post a couple times, i noticed two minor mistakes so i sent him this text:

Hey dude, just saw the blog. Awesome! I can't believe I'm now a part of the Journey! Just a couple minor corrections (if u care about that) Brian Doyle Murray co-wrote the original Caddyshack (not sure about 2) And there's no U in Osborne. Other than that, genius!

this time i received a two word reply:

Ill change

we couldn't watch the videos at the tasting because it was so noisy, so we all went to our respective homes. on the way home i called Kevin (who is equally obsessed) and here's how our conversation went: (keep in mind Kevin is not on FB and had no idea that this was all going down)

Me: Hi Kev
Kev: Toes! (this is Kevin's nickname for me) how are you?
Me: Are you near your computer?
Kev: Yes. Why?
Me: You should go check Arthur's blog and call me back.
Kev: (laughing) What?
Me: Just go.
Kev: Toes! What did you do?!?!

i think this was the most awesome part of the day.

the comments started pouring in and people were immediately accusing us of fucking with him. i wasn't sure how to respond. were we? is it that cut and dry? sure, like most people, when i first saw his blog i couldn't get over how full of himself he was/is. his Kade scale is hilarious. (he wouldn't fuck Julia Roberts?!?!) and the way he speaks in superlatives is unsurpassed. ("Saucony was the premier running shoe of the 80's" "People say this is the best picture ever taken of anyone.") as i became further and further immersed in his world, i went through various stages of disbelief; "holy shit, is he for real? no, he can't be, holy shit, he is. no...wait, he's not. holy shit, he is!" i can now say, that after meeting the man, he is absolutely for real. (or maybe he's not) but what i am sure of is that somewhere along the line i went from laughing at him, to being completely in awe. say what you will but there's a million blogs out there that no one ever reads (like this one!) and there's a billion actors who would kill for the kind of exposure that he's generated all on his own! people give him so much shit and he doesn't care. he gets hit over and over and will never fall down. the man is a fucking champion.

osborne out!

hello to anyone still reading this blog!

new episodes of FLAPJACK begin airing tonight at 8:30 on Cartoon Network. some of the writers and i made these videos to promote the show. if you know anyone who likes FLAPJACK, please forward!

Pennsylvania!

Looking good!

We blew up the Death Star!

Wooooo!

Yes we did!

Yaaaaaayyyyy!!!!!

OK, I cried...

I owe you $1,000

We are getting drunk on America

Fuck yeah!

We did it!!!!!!!! Wohoooooooo!

Yippeeeee!!!!

Yay! Not moving to Canada

We don't have to move to Sweden.

Tears!

We did something right!

Yes.

Awesome!!!!

Hoooray!

!!

Woooooo!

hello loyal blog reader! thank you for checking in. i haven't blogged in a while. truth be told, there hasn't really been anything bloggy going on. same old same old. BUT i recently received an email from TODD ROHAL. he's returning to Los Angeles! that's exciting. in honor of this blogworthy occasion, i re-present my youtube masterpiece, "FIVE DAYS WITH ROHAL". (FIVE DAYS WITH ROHAL is an award-submitted chronicling of the historic 2007 visit by Todd Rohal) this slideshow features the barn explosion from PINEAPPLE EXPRESS , a brief clip from "UNTITLED A LOVE STORY", some choice snaps of my nephew kicking ass at T-ball, and the never-before seen first take of Todd and my's viral youtube sensation "HOW TO BLOG". enjoy!



BONUS!!!!
this slideshow also features my friend LINDA ABBOTT. she is having an art exhibit here in Los Angeles and all the proceeds go to Obama so if you live here you should go!



BONUS BONUS!
here's one of the awesome trailers from SXSW 2007 featuring Rohal!

behold! my favorite episode of Blind Date....ever!

shortly after this self-timed photo was taken, a golf ball mysteriously slammed into my lens and destroyed my beloved powershot 600.



i was able to bend back the lens, and manually open the cover, but it was pretty wrecked. it couldn't focus or close on its own. and the gears sounded weird, as if they were saying, "why did you place me on the ground in front of you while you were hitting a golf ball?" anyway, here's a picture of me and joe. it's the last picture i'll ever take with that camera.



now, i know what you're thinking. "wait! how did you take all those amazing pictures of urinals?!" well, i went and bought a new camera. if you're keeping track at home, this is the 6th digital camera in 5 years.

camera one - stolen
camera two - accidentally run over with my car at Burning Man
camera three - accidentally dropped at Comic Con, shortly after my cousin Paul blurted, "Quick! Take a picture of that girl!"
camera four - smashed when tripod tipped over during self portrait attempt whilst drunk
camera five - smashed with a golf ball.

greetings loyal blog reader! i apologize for not blogging my Portugal adventures sooner, but truth be told, the week has been a bit overwhelming and the internets over here are a little weird, so i'm going to wait until i get home.

IN THE MEANTIME......i hope this brief photographic excursion into my continuing fascination with european urinals will satisfy your hunger.

PLUS! as a special bonus! ....yet another semi-homo-erotic photo of me and joe in a foreign newspaper!

enjoy!