rodeos and indians

went to a rodeo and concert at the rodeo grounds in Interior in 1990. me and a guy named Tim (some of you know him). we had some beer and a pack of smokes between the two of us. nothing more.
we hit the grounds and quickly realized it was an all-indian affair. didn't matter, we pushed in and got the truck right up against the arena. couple of remarks about crazy wasicu and it was left at that.
we ran out of beer right quick because folks asked and we said "in the cooler". we had about 20 bucks between us so we moseyed over to the bootlegger and bought Buds for a dollar a can ...
then we plumb ran out - no cigarettes, no beer. friends filled the gap. we'd made friends by giving and the response was giving back or maybe giving again would be a better way to say it. we smoked and drank all night. if the truck didn't know it's way home on it's own, we'd have slept in the dirt parking lot. safe as horses.

here

i like to sit outside and watch my cat and good friend Willie
he sits in the grass, eats it, barfs and chases bugs
usually, when I say Willie "come here"
he does
but only when I can't see him
when I can he see him he just looks at me like I'm a Moron
and doesn't come
tonight it dawned on me
he didn't understand my request
he was already "here"
maybe I should have worked on teaching him "come closer"

why do you call it hootenanny

someone asked me about this website
what is it about?
what does it mean?

since i didn't know how to answer and I didn't think she would get the interplay of my literary references (especially DFW and HST)
i simply referred to jackson pollock
i don't like his work so much as his approach - splatter art

so i told her
he throws paint at canvas and other people look at it
and they probably don't understand
but they wonder
they think he's an artist

maybe you and i are artists too

blackhawk down

i was out in the backyard mowing the four square feet of lawn and trimming up with the Black&Decker window breaker when a Blackhawk helicopter flew over, hovered and then the dude in the doorway sniper-scoped me. i flipped him off. the copter careened off to the east. i suspect an arrest is imminent.

sizes

two feet, two shoes
a pair of pants and a shirt
requiring sizes
thought and estimation
because shoes are expensive
shirts and pants not so much

favorite almost uncle ever

Can you really do better than that? My favorite-almost-niece-ever Twittered me with that line. I'm her favorite almost uncle. Her Dad is my best friend.
She is smarter than me. That's why I like her so much. She is wittier than anyone else I know, so that's a plus. She's lazy, like me, and loves books (tho I'm a bit of an ass when it comes to chic-lit). I bet she likes opera too. She has that quality. It's pretty rare.

time ain't nothin'

Walking down dusty roads
Looking for horny toads
With the sun on my back
Thinking about people past
Memories that never last
When you're young and naive

Time ain't nothing
When you're young at heart
And your soul still burns
I've seen rainy days
Sunshine that never fades
All through the night

Had a motorcycle at 10
Never got into heroin
I guess I want to live
Maybe get a house someday
Find a wife raise a family
That don't mean you have to die

Time ain't nothing
When you're young at heart
And your soul still burns
I've seen rainy days
Sunshine that never fades
All through the night