This is another awesome person who's doing awesome things with their time. I leave the house, she's drawing. I come back, she's drawing. It's hard to catch her not drawing, if she's not busy at work... Anyway, she has some really nice stuff, you should look at it. www.chelseadraws.com

After a certain someone asked me to, I decided it was in fact high time to carve a spot out in the garage, and make some beads. It's not exactly a passion of mine, but I do quite enjoy it. There's something absolutely gratifying about heating glass to the point of melting. It would be wonderful to try it on a larger scale some day. I intended to give them away as gifts for the holidays, but seeing as it's already December 25th... they're going to be late.

If you've never tried making beads, it's something that's really pretty easy to accomplish. Usually the first couple of beads end up being a complete goopy mess, but then you start to get a handle on things. You can pick up everything you need online for around $120. I bought most everything I have from one place online that sells a packaged kit.

He's a good guy. But he's also really good at drawing, and that's what I'd like to bring your attention to. You can thumb through a bunch of his work at www.jessebalmer.com.

It was not too long ago that I noticed an important looking bolt just hanging out of the side of my motorcycle. I was a few miles from home, so I thought I'd try to fix the problem. It soon seemed that it just wasn't possible with the tools I had on hand and the low lighting. I decided to ride home and hope for the best. When I got home the bolt had entirely disappeared (or so I thought).

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Well, this is from a long time ago, but seeing as how it's still a significant event in my life, and I'd like more content to play with, I think I'll put the pictures up.

I fell asleep last night, mostly because it was so cold in my house. I couldn't justify turning the heater on, so I just went to sleep at around 8 PM. Somehow it wasn't difficult after a day full of slacklining and climbing. The result was waking up naturally before dawn and watching as the light slowly got brighter. My window faces West, and this is what I saw.

Today Lauren (one of my roommates and friends) was getting jittery for some slackline. A few weeks ago she bought 110' of webbing and has been going nuts with it ever since. Here are a few pictures of us trying our feet at slacklining. She's much better at it than I am, but we both have some work to do...

I decided that with an odd schedule today, I should have time for a quick surf session. Ocean beach was much friendlier than usual today. Waves were generally waist to head high, and with a good strong push, making it easier to get on.

This was my first test of time lapse photography taking pictures every 2 seconds with my helmet mounted GoPro camera. It didn't come out too poorly for a first try, I'd say I learned a few things. Time Lapse Test

I was on my way back to my house from over in the mission, when I noticed that the sun was about to set, and that Twin Peaks stood between me and my house. I was exhausted at the time, but immediately flipped into moth mode when the sky started to turn orange, and I rode straight up the hill to Twin Peaks. This is some of what I saw.