ok its the middle of july --and yours truly has so far survived exotic world in the mojave -a crazy ass disco wedding in the redwoods above santa cruz the gay pride parade in sf and last but not least the cher convention in vegas! but wait there is more i have decided that a cross country road trip is in the cards -culminatin in a visit to twinsburg ohio---the home of twin fest--yikes 6 or 700 twins roaming the streets of a little ohio town---course i've also noticed that sturgis and elvis week will fall within my "on the road dates", so well lets just waitn see

ahhh yes--just a few moments here to recount saturdays adventures--so i finally get in touch with this slick guy on the phone -(this time using the correct number) and im talkin to this guy and its like im talkin to tom waits er somethin--i tell em im supposed to shoot these ostriches fer this show called cowboys and cabernet and apparently he's leased the land to "ostrich land", so like hes the guy im supposed to get the ok from--but get this he says, what! what you wanna be doin with them dummostrichs anyways ya know i got a trick horse and the largest herd of wild mustangs in the country--you should fergit about them ostriches -,barrel of trouble if ya ask me--i say well ok so ill shoot your trick horse,will you be around tomorrah and he says sure .
so its saturdayim loadin up the truck with my drop that looks like a theatre curtain with a spot lite painted on it (thanks to chester ava) and also the very special drop that was made fer the midget mexican rodeo(a star with rope loopin around the edges) very cool and of course, (another chester ava original)
so i call him on the cell as im leaving goleta the good and i get a hes busy message but i keep drivin around gaviota i get a call back from mr slick -hes been washin his horse when i called but says hes there and com'on up--so i keep a drivin --i get up to beulton and zoom past ostrichland and turn into slicks place --there are a few outbuildings-stables -barnlike things but no-one around--i call on the phone and he tells me to just keep comin down the road-its fullof ruts and dips andi can see horses all over the place-i drive over a creek and pass all sorts of construction equiptment and dead trucks and stuff till i get to a closed gate...i see this guy up the hill herding 30 horses down the hill and into the pasture-he waves me in and says to drive back to the barn ---its kinda windy at this point so im thinkin barn good wind bad---anyways i says hi and tell him about the project-show him the drops and he introduces me to shit head his trick horse--apparently shit head was not his formal name-its just that he did all sorts of stupid shit like falling asleep in the middle of the road or walkin thru the barn and knockin all sorts of stuff over--so the deal was he was able to do tricks, a once wild mustang from the mts of montana- i set up the stage drop and lights but it was kinda sketchy where exactly sshit head was going to perform--oh ya just before ive got stuff together shit head decides to take a shit--exactly where i was going to stand to shoot from--i congratulated him ....fortunately mr slicks girlfriend actually got a shovel and cleaned it up-so i dont know i shot this sorta half assed trick which to be honest wasnt all that impressive--
and was a pain to shoot cause shit head would only kneel down fer a split second and then was up and it was a bit of a pain getting both slick and shithead to look good simultaneously..my next tact was to get the other drop up the star and rope jobbie--i dragged over a rather filthy highbacked leather chair alla allister cook
(masterpiece theatre)and had slick sit in it-we poured some feed in his lap and he sat there doin various things--readin the paper -tryin to sleep--staring into the camera- the whole time shit head kept tryin to get into the picture to get the feed--i think that i got my picture in that series...so then i goes down to the pasture to see the wild mustangs with slicks girlfriend and it was sorta humbling to see 200 wild horses and little baby horses running around but honestly its not my cup'o tea...i could see everyone one else was moved by the sight but....
anyways i liked slick and shithead..but it was like dusk now and i had to go--long drive home and all that
i load up and get back onto the road and just on a whim pull into ostrich land--its closin time and i tell the owner-(its a one man operation) that i wanted to shoot an ostrich infront of a stage drop--to my amazment the guy says ya well lets just see,yes i think thats possible but first i gotta get rid of these tourists--someone comes in saying the bird feed tray was snatched away from them by one of the birds--the old guy cant beleive it--you musta thrown it. no man the bird he just grabbed it right outta my hand says this tattoed covered heavy set latino dude. so anyways he finally sho's the tourists away and he explains his plan to me--see this one hes real tame-the ostrich was in a corner near a railing near the parkin lot-hes the one to deal with hes real nice and gentle we will drive in--your vehicle can drive in there right? ya i guess so--so were gonna drive in and corral him into this corner kinda make a pen see so then you can set up your backdrop and lites and shoot the foto...im thinkin ya sure thing an adventure on the sarrengeti.....the ambient lite is really droppin quick now as a matter of fact as im drivin down this path i totally loose it in the dark but eventually we get to a gate--the old guy who has been complaining about his back the whole time gets out and opens the gate -i drive into the pasture-he closes the gate and warns me not to drive over any eggs--its pitch black now--we pass groups of ostriches sitting in clumps of dirt momentarilly lit by the headlites--we slowly make our way thru the herd and get too the first section of railing (to create the pen). i stop and we both get out and he yells quick back inside...there is this huge ostrich comin up fast-and we both get back in the truck,,,,they can ram you so hard itll knock you over he says---so now we have ta wait --its real weird to see this head floating on this long fuzzy neck--we get outta the truck but damm he comes again out of the dark --its like hes hiding behind the truck--i think hes gott bored that hes gone but again as soon as we get to the railing hes comin back towards us so its another run fer the truck...im sure the ostrich thought this fabulously funny--we threw sticks and jumped up and down trying to scare him but alas while all this was goin on the tame one disappeared into the nite.....i said ok hes won i give up ...im goin back tomorrah should get there about noon...wish me luck

hello this is the positive uplifting debris here--just wanted to let ya know that im lookin fer this guy named Slick who owns an ostrich ranch where im supposed to be shooting soonly..still searchin fer the midget mexican rodeo and now lookin out fer info on the cher convention in vegas....cant figure out what happened to old brently ---he seemed to have dropped off the face of the world...tang is shootin at a bronc riddin school--im printin e world stuff from last year--shit there is just so much backlogged stuff to print....bens gonna show me how to throw more stuff up---ta de da debris

hello this is the positive uplifting debris here--just wanted to let ya know that im lookin fer this guy named Slick who owns an ostrich ranch where im supposed to be shooting soonly..still searchin fer the midget mexican rodeo and now lookin out fer info on the cher convention in vegas....cant figure out what happened to old brently ---he seemed to have dropped off the face of the earth...tang is shootin at a bronc riddin school--im printin e world stuff from last year--shit there is just so much backlogged stuff to print....bens gonna show me how to throw more stuff up on de web---ta de da debris

ok-so its been a long time but ive been thinkin see--trying to figure out what i should and shouldnt say with this thing---so ive decided to be positive to not mention anything about almost turning into a piece of plywood--of the doctor visits--hmmm looks like "rigor mortis", the excruciating pain, then the flue not once not twice but three times thu christmas and newyears ....of becoming fifty accursed years old of feeling like crap..
what i think i will focus on, is the fact that im mobile again and that the wrectrospective is up and happening in san luis right now---the palace of love et moi-self made the treck up for the opening and the kids had made these goofy posters announcing the palacio's imminent arrival and the rare opportunity to be photographed in el palacio-- it was really fabu--alot of the students were photo majors or graphic design students and had brought their own proppage---whips/furry bras/fishnet stockings etc. etc. ,making for some rather hilarious photo opps--i shall ask ben berry how to post the contacts .....
so im workin now like a fool----my backs feelin better and im what ya would call a happy guy again---which reminds me that ive been totally lovin listening to slim gaillard--and his grooove juice music--spike jones and his city slickers---and freak water---
so there is mass confusion in the latest of dr tangs efforts to shoot a burlesque show next week--we shall see
other projects in the future --- keepin tabs on the whereabouts of the ellusive midget mexican rodeo and im told that there will be a cher convention in las vegas this summer....so keep in touch...el bob

so i was saying to my brilliant and charming sister -pat you old goat you should check out what your tired old worn out brother is up to---i hope ya think it was worth the ride.