I really do have a thing about cars and driving. I’ve been known to make cracks about The Beach Boys writing more songs about cars than girls, but I am fully aware of the degree of which I get swept up in the mythology of a car. Its not the status symbol of a car;…
Category: Life
The Maxim Gamer Girl Contest and Why ITS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT
When I was modeling, the one thing about it that really nagged at me was that there were very few pictures taken of me as myself. (If this is a revelation to you, I used to model, I don’t anymore, I quit doing it to do something else, and in the way of life, it…
The Road I Didn’t Choose
In the Freshly Posted spread today, the lines “What Did You Give Up To Get What You Got?” jumped out at me. The Truth and Cake article was not exactly about what I thought it was going to be – I was expecting a question about the roads you gave up to take the one…
Make-Your-Own Valentine’s Day Gluttony
Thom and I decided to make our own Valentine’s Day feast. I think we are getting to the point where most of the time, we would rather eat our own cooking than go out and eat someone else’s. We have gotten pretty damn good at cooking. I do wish we had wait staff at the…
To Austin and Back for Zola Jesus at The Parish, in the Rain.
Last night we drove down to Austin to see Zola Jesus play at The Parish. Tickets were a whole ten dollars, and since picking up Conatus in Barcelona, we’ve become increasingly bigger fans of her. The openers were “not my bag” so to speak. We skipped most of Technicolor Hearts’ set, so I won’t really…
Seeing Things I’ve Seen Before – Caddo Lake
I used to describe the life of a model (under my breath, and to close friends) with the phrase “See interesting places.. with people you don’t give a shit about.” That’s harsher than I really felt I suppose, most of the time, and it doesn’t exactly apply to Caddo Lake, as the first time I…
Stupid Blogs About.. Really Good Stuffed Porkchops That Thom Cooks
I don’t even like pork. If you asked me if I wanted a pork chop, that’s what I would say.. “Eh.. I don’t really like pork.” But these were badass. He also does a fairly famous slow cooked shredded pork that’s really good, but this time, he did seasoned pork chops stuffed with fresh mozzarella…
Arcading Follow Up – Stupid Video: The Pink Poodle Begins
We have won the pink poodle.
The Un-Ugly Kitchen Project
When we bought our house, the worst thing about it was the scalloped wooden trim in the kitchen. I meant to take it down, but by the time I realized that would mean repainting, I was so tired of painting that I just decided to ignore it for awhile. Yes its a bad picture. I…
Video – Behind the Scenes of a Band – GiftHorse
I’ve been doing less video lately, because I’ve been conscious for awhile that I want to go in a different direction. I’d gotten really good at the quick vlog.. and I wanted to make something that went behind that. I wanted to document the things I see and people I know in a way that…
Rika Confesses to Almost All of It 