rip it up and start again

When I type letters or orders, my boss instructs me to get the point across in fewer words, to write as little as possible.  This is a good way for me to write as I'm not the greatest story teller.


werk












Early voting began in Pulaski Co. this past Monday.  I believe there's another week to have a say in these primaries.  IDGAF if you aren't a 100 percent behind Barack Obama, or that you've become disenchanted, if Mittens gets elected (he won't) and appoints another Supreme to this already unconstitutional high court, I will personally hold everyone who said they weren't voting accountable.  I refuse your excuses, your apathy, and laziness.  I threw it out with the garbage.  You've got business to take care of.  This is me, poking you in the chest.  These are also judicial elections; if you don't know who to vote for, you better ask somebody!  I can help with this.  Just ask.  Simple.  amdraheim@gmail.com



We've got gardenia bloomps on the side of the house:






Current read.  This book is so good.  I'll pull up the songs described on page to listen to as I read.  Media inneraction.  Recommended:

MCA

RIP.  Enjoy the cosmos.

Beastie Girl for life.


This one hurts.

Saigon (last stop)

I was quite ill during our last few days in Vietnam, so most of my Saigon photographs are within our room or from our hotel window.  

Circle K:







 





Bathtub laundry:



We had everything we needed:





Metal roofs = loud rain:






I developed a people watching habit:















The horse:

Mui Ne

Sand dunes.  We were told by our guide that Japan does covert ops to steal Vietnamese sand for their own beaches:

Roadside dragon fruit, this one with the red flesh:

Nha Trang

We got a lot of face time in with back home:



Wedding party set-up on roof next door:









Squid lights:



Wedding party:









Vietnam works 24/7, only school children get weekends off.

Lately, quickly

Santigold:  Her voice.  Great beats, zounds, and lyrics aside, it's her voice gets me every time.  Her latest track is SOLID, even if, as pointed out to me, it sounds like XTC's Making Plans For Nigel.  







Watching THEE Satisfaction's QueenS video made me a little emo, but in a really good way.  Get this: it's a video where women are being supportive of each other & helping each other get ready for a dance party in the living room.  Wilin'. There's a little robot action towards the end there.  Whatever you do, don't funk with my groove.







Django Django.  Good grief, I haven't gotten so googley-eyed over in a band in awhile.  I'm thoroughly enjoying it.  I'm THIS CLOSE to making a homemade band t-shirt, shit.







Cumbias En Moog: Cumbia De Sal





And one more to make it an even five...


The Monochrome Set