Lots of STUFF dominating my thoughts these days, my mind is crowded and time to spew forth a bit.
First of all, just a brief commentary - we ventured out to the spectacle that is the rib cookoff tonight. Morgan had called to say some coworkers were headed down there after work and would I like to meet them with the kids. Sure, yeah, ribs sound good, I've never been to the event. Wednesday night, shouldn't be too crowded, parking not too bad. Oh the humanity. If I ever think that sounds like a good idea again, somebody smack me. Yeah, I wanna park like 10 blocks away, walk down there to stand in line for an eternity to eat some (admittedly delicious) ribs at like $20 a pound, drink some overpriced (admittedly delicious) beer, and wade through the lowest common denominator crowds that plague special events around here with a double stroller. In the warm August night. Hearing too-loud music that I don't like much. Smelling the port-a-potties. With Sid ready for bed. Ugh.
Now that I've got that debacle off my chest, I can move on to the other things that seem to dominate my psyche these days. Number one: EcoReno. For the few of you who may not have heard, we're opening a business. A little retail shop to sell all things environmental, sustainable, recycled, nontoxic, organic, etc. With any luck at all, we can make a small difference in the future of our planet and make a little money on the side. So we just (well, actually tomorrow) got a small business loan, locking us in to indentured servitude (or, god forbid, bankruptcy) for the next 7 years and are currently navigating the choppy seas of business licenses, tax permits, fire inspections, merchant credit card processing, shelves, accounting, and the like. This is huge. I had no idea how many hoops there are to jump through, and I marvel at how many people are actually capable of opening a successful business. Let's hope we join their ranks.
Number two: Burning Man. Most of you know, I've had a love-hate relationship with this thing for 13(!) years now. Gone, not gone, missed it, gone back, stayed home, etc. We sat it out last year because we had just moved and had a baby boy, no big deal. This year, a confluence of opening a business, babysitting, money, etc. conspired to keep us home. And how it pains us. Perhaps more than ever before (and I have felt this way to some degree quite a few times previously, even when I thought I never wanted to go back), it really saddens me to not be there, thinking about what people are doing out there right now, envying the loaded cars we see coming through, reading blog posts live from the playa. Next year, we will return, come hell or high water.
And with that, may I present some updated photos of Lola, including two series of self-portraits we found on the camera after the fact, and, to a much lesser extent (sorry buddy, when you can swipe the camera and take pictures of yourself, I'll post 20 photos of you too) Sid.
Crummy. I was going to post a new snagfilm but their site is down. Or out of business. Something.
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