well I just got back from Michigan! 
                          it was so beautiful... I was really thankful I was able to see such an amazing place....
so thats the good news....

bad news equals... the scratch on my lens is more visible than I expected... but still not worth sending in yet.... (assuming that if it was worse I had the 200 bones to send it in.. which I dont.. lol....)  
i think I will let it get hit a couple more times first... hahaha... but seriously, i will....

            I am now going to generate a list of things that all people should do sometime in their life 
                  (readers note: the following is a metaphorical list, but you should actually do it)  =)
  
         1. Attend a service at a Hispanic Seventh Day Adventist Church
         2. Purchase, and Wear a pair of purple socks.
         3.  Purchase and wear a pair of moccasins
         4.  Purchase and wear a bright pink belt
         5.  Remain calm in a high stress situation and see how good it feels.
         6. Put money in the can the man on the corner is holding in downtown Minneapolis, and almost cry when he says, " thank you"
  

This next list is of things I would like to do before I pass from this earth.
    
      1. visit Barcelona Spain multiple times...
      2.  Have a mark1 fisheye lens with absolutely no blemishes for at least a month
      3.  spend a week in the forest.
      4.  Make ammends with all the people I have lost touch with.
      5. Become strong beyond what I ever have been in my faith.
      6.  Have not only one, but multiple pairs of purple socks...
      7.  Live with my mom for a week.
      8.  Purchase moccasins from some one who made them by hand....
      9.  Excersise more... Since I started doing more filming and less skating, I feel ive let myself go a little.. lol..

  
todays Snipet.
 ".......... He said they let me out of prison, out in Frisco... for ten long years I paid for what I done,
I was tryin to get back to Louisiana,
To see my Rose, and get to know my son......"