Archive for December, 2010
another incredible ronnie fieg collaboration with david z in new york. another win for both parties. i don’t know when these were announced but they’re already out of my size in the color i want. don’t sleep on these.
here’s a closer look:
dear black swan, thanks for everything.
i watched restrepo last night on netflix. it’s an excellent documentary on a platoons deployment in one of the most dangerous valley’s in afghanistan. they face gunfire from insurgents every day. i’m so thankful for the men and women that fight for this country. i’m a wuss. i couldn’t do what they do. i would lose my shit.
speaking of afghanistan, a guy who used to work in my building just came by my office to wish everyone a merry christmas. he was sent home a couple of weeks ago after losing his legs in an attack. i’m so consumed with the shit around me that i forget about what’s going on everywhere else in the world. i can’t imagine losing any of my limbs. he’s several years younger than me as well. it breaks my heart. i have a couple of friends who have served but none of them have been killed or lost any body parts. it’s insane.
this week has been a weird one. my grandfather passed away this morning and two more people i work with lost their father’s this week as well. the timing of a death is never a good thing. i’ve been fortunate enough to have all 4 of my grandparents until now. i said goodbye to him two weeks ago. i can’t imagine saying goodbye to someone will ever be easy. i’m broken up inside. i’ve spent the last couple of weeks thinking about how i could have spent more time with him and learned a little more about his life. i’m so selfish sometimes and i hate that. it’s an awful quality to have. here’s a picture of poppy and me when i was a junior in college:
he was a great man and an ole miss rebel fan to the end. i went to georgia and he made me hold colonel reb up when i went to visit him. he will be missed greatly.
it’s been a weird week…
it’s a bob dylan kind of morning and i really like this picture.
blood on the tracks is as close to perfect as you can get. “you’re an idiot babe / it’s a wonder that you still know how to breath,” dylan sings on “idiot wind.” it’s rumored dylan wrote these songs about his ex-wife. jakob dylan went as far to say that blood was his parents talking to each other. listening to the album you can tell dylan was pretty shaken up by his separation from sara. some call blood on the tracks the quintessential “break-up” record. i won’t disagree. get it, listen to it, and repeat.
side note: i saw dylan do a version of “meet me in the morning” with jack white at the ryman a couple of years back. it was amazing. i took my father to the show. definitely one of my favorite memories.
definitely my favorite christmas movie.
yezzir. the ups man just dropped off these red wing work chukkas. merry christmas to me. my desert boots are irreplaceable but these will fill in nicely while i give them a rest.
here’s another good one from oak street bootmakers – the navy hunt boot. it seems to me that they’ve found their groove. these boots look incredible. i’ve blown my boot budget for the year, but if you have some cash to spare then please purchase a pair of these and then send me the pics. thanks.
hello. via novh
i can’t believe i haven’t watched elf yet this season. must watch before saturday.
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to take the train 