chad and renee switch places in preparation for departure

(wallet for vincent inspired by Huntsville rocketcenter... but first a message from our observational team)

evidence to suggest that chad and renee have switched body/minds:

1. chad leaves clothes all over the place

2. renee picked them up!?

3. chad eats 2 bowls of sugary cereal, specifically peanut butter captain crunch...

4. renee, also eats 2 bowls... smaller bowls!

5. renee makes bed

6. and subscribes to a literary poetry blog!?

7. chad annoys renee when she is trying to accomplish something

8. chad easily distracted when trying to accomplish very important music related tasks

its time to go, today... its time to go ... 

T-minus 4 hours to departure.

and about time too, chad and i have been just running around the house feeling trapped

all systems go:

oil changed:

wardrobe:

trajectory plotted:

moon rock:

on to answer the big questions of the universe:

to the moon!

(that's a fish hat... how nasa really funds the space station.... funny hats)

Follow up on 'Sugar Rant'

whilst cooking breakfast... lemme rephrase that... whilst watching Chad cook breakfast.

i made this video, inspired by yesterday's sugar rant.

the best part is the last facial expression (one of my eye's closes halfway)

oh my god look at that breakfast!

Sun Crystals!

 

Spider+Octopus, now with more Boom!

i'm behind on the blogging, but seriously, i have nothing to blog about these few days, nothing interesting anyways... nothing to you! 

whats interesting about me sleeping till 1, watching chad on his computer 6 hours a day, 

drinking coffee, doing laundry, watching simpsons tapes, (my family's legacy of taping the simpsons for over a decade). We have over 50 tapes, most of them are in terrible condition, but you get used to the fuzzies. 

this one's kinda action packed

this is my sewing room:

I have been working on some projects of fabric and string, but lets get back to our story of Nashville shall we?

We woke up from the loft and came down to the sunshine. Set out again. See, most places, most every place, we wake up and say the same thing: "lets get the fuck out of here"

its not that we dont like  the places we are, we just... we just... we just have to go. we have to. there's another city to see and we have spent more than 12 hours in this one. lets go go go!

 so we went:

Into Nashville to find a thing, a wondrous thing on our way out to Johnson City.

thats not it, but still cool:

this isn't it either, but, good to know

here we are!

the symbol room! so symbolic!

the snare room! ensnaring!

but this... this is what we came for!

it revolutionizes our set. observe:

Boomys! 

Spider+Octopus, now with more Boom!  oh man thats, good, that's totally going in the subject line now, way better than, "the next day"

Johnson City was an awesome show too, I had some pictures... but they don't flatter me so you can forget it. fat! fat! fat!  (not fat) but need to cut down on sugar!

thats another thing we're doing here... not eating sugar, or trying to. the only candy my mom has in the house are these calcium supplements that taste like caramels. they're pretty good. but i feel bad for eating her expensive vitamins when i need a fix. gotta cut down. so i started using all the weird sugar substitutes, not equal or sweet and low or ever splenda, no my mom's way past that... stevia, sun crystals, weird... things I've never heard of. They're pretty good in coffee, but they DON'T satisfy a sugar craving, just the sensation of sweet isn't good enough! my body craves REAL SUGAR! when i get super desperate, i go for Yopait yogurt, in many of the dessert varieties. 

 

this plug is brought to you by general mills... "General Mills, eat stuff we make!"

Alright, that was a tangent, back to the stuff:

I have been sewing, we need a new poster for the Spider+Octopus September tour, i want something funny. Something easy, super cheesy, something very 'elementary school play'

So i did this!

bam!

good god i'm so excited. today i have to go out and find stuffing for the other 6 arms i plan on attaching to the hoody. Then I have to make Chad's spider suit. oh man. I am very inspired by my friends in Athens, friends I've never met, but are relentless artist and bloggers, please check um out and give them support!  Rancho Cocoa  Its a super fun blog to follow.

Tentacle Girl out!

(ssssssssso my default picture forever)

Stay Tuned! Tomorrow will host pictures from the Space and Rocket Center!

Nashville

we had been to nashville before. and it was not pretty. nashville is a tough town to play in if you are nobody. and how many people in nashville are somebody, really now. 

there is another nashville, just outside of downtown off Dickerson...

   come let us explore the  Food Not Bombs house of Nashville, where all the nice people hide.

we would see these later...

we would play here later...

see that pink loft? we would sleep there later

if pictures could only convey the smells, (recognize our ruby friends? this would be pizza... later)

kitty in a box! kitty in a box!

Frankenstein!

Scratchy!

i would just like to note that these are mounted on the ceiling of the bathroom, i took the picture without realizing i would be including myself. but now i can't help but to post it.

Ave Marling   (click please) 

if you look closely, the accordion is the exact same one as we used to use in Bobe Street.

Chicken Little (click this too) 

It was an awesome time. The best show to this point. the best turnout, the best response, the best dinner provided to us. it was just awesome... oh... i didn't get a picture of it...

 but the

   best    

party     

  drink...     

ever

is...   Gaucho Lemonade.   (click)

What is Gaucho Lemonade? I wonderful, beautiful concoction of Yerba Mate, lemon, and just a hint of a crapton of whiskey. 

good

god.

Its hydrating, its refreshing, it's full of antioxidants... and caffeine. It was served ice cold, its a strange alluring color of moss green, it smells wonderful, it tastes even better. Its kicks the crap out of long island ice tea anyday, it gives you a smooth whiskey buzz, but gradually with the alcohol content of beer. you do have to watch yourself, but man, it is so good. 

And there were 2 gigantic pots full of it. 

thank you Dave.

and for the record... i had to create a wikipedia account to create the hyper link for gaucho lemonade. I hope it stays up there... i think its legit. what do you think? ooo! maybe if you add something to it/edit my post, it will have internet street cred.

Here are some selected pieces of art hanging around the house.

and my favorite