Casteller from Mike Randolph on Vimeo.

Rachel just showed me this. It's so cool. These peeps are tough, especially the kids. I want to have tough kids. Maybe I won't force them to do this, but I'm sure I'll be making them do others.

Rog

I get to hang out with this chunky monkey this week and I can hardly wait. hardly hardly.

Holly's blog made my day when I found this on it. Can't wait to start training Tag.

What does this say about my life?

I have had a night of inspiration watching none other than . . . MTV. Yes, you heard me right. There is one show I have been watching for a few weeks - World of Jenks. A. He's a babe. B. He spends time interviewing a myriad of people, spending time with them. I'm a geek for that kind of stuff. You should check it out.

Then a surprisingly good show afterwards is called The Buried Life. It's these four lucky lucky boys that are cruising around the country doing things on their bucket list. The episode I watched is them purposefully getting stranded on a dessert island. You'll just have to watch it to understand, but it's real good.

Chelsea's House

one of Chelsea's pieces

I have been able to hang out at Chelsea's house off and on for the last few weeks and it's such a dream. Her, Adam, and Lulu live in the woods (kind of) and their home is open and airy and just a lovely place to be. Plus I get to hang out with this jelly bean.

House Shows

I have had such great luck and experiences with home shows where friends showcase their friends musical talents for the rest of us.

Tonight was one of those lucky nights. First these two boys played who are Utah locals who have just returned from an East Coast bike/musical tour from Vermont to Virginia. They played shows and slept on couches all of the 700 some odd miles they rode. They were a banjo and acoustic guitar duet.

Next a couple with the most lovely little duet going. They live in San Fran and are in town to visit family. They were magical in person. You can check out their website to learn more about them here.

Mostly I was touched by all of these adventurers out there living their dreams. I love coming across people who are actively doing something they strongly believe in. I see it in my brothers letters he writes home from his mission in the Philippines and I see it in the passion these people have for their music. I guess my point is that it's touching no matter the subject as long as it's an honest and good endeavor. Makes me want to work harder at doing the same.

Let the Right One In

Best scary/vampire movie I've seen in a long time. You can watch it instantly on Netflix.