So This Happened.

AND I AM ONCE AGAIN VERY SAD.

THE RING IS CURRENTLY AT THE BEST ICU IN

THE CRAFTROOM HOSPITAL AND I WILL KEEP

YOU UPDATED AS TO ITS PROGRESS.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE STONE WAS NOT LOST.

WE ARE HOPING IT WILL MAKE A SWIFT RECOVERY.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE PRAYERS IN ADVANCE.

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The New Place

I TOOK SOME PICTURES OF OUR NEW CASITA USING

MY CAMERA PHONE.  I AM TESTING IT TO SEE IF IT

WILL BE ADEQUATE AS A REPLACEMENT FOR A BIT.

(AT LEAST IN THE DAYTIME THAT IS.)

THE OUTSIDE- WE HAVE TWO COVERED PARKING SPOTS

KITCHEN- BIGGER THAN IT LOOKS HERE

 THE BEGINNING OF MY JAR COLLECTION 

FOR DECANTING PANTRY ITEMS.

LIVING ROOM LOOKING IN FROM KITCHEN

RECORD BOWL

 WORKING BEEHIVE FIREPLACE

LIVING ROOM LOOKING IN FROM FRONT DOOR

BATHROOM SINK AREA

 BATHROOM SKYLIGHT

KITTY/OFFICE/TV ROOM

STILL IN THE KITTY/OFFICE/TV ROOM

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS HEAD OVER THE BED

THOSE ARE ALL OF THE PICTURES I HAVE SO FAR

BUT I CAN'T WAIT FOR EVERYONE TO SEE IT!  PLUS

THE BACKYARD IS PRETTY BIG TOO!!!

(I THINK THESE PICTURES MAKE IT 

LOOK SMALLER THAN IT REALLY IS.☺)

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Keeylocko 2.0 and The End of My Camera

A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO WE CELEBRATED A
BELATED STU BIRTHDAY WITH A TRIP OUT TO KEEYLOCKO.
THIS WAS THE SECOND ANNUAL EVENT.  I WAS UNABLE
TO ATTEND LAST YEAR BECAUSE I WAS WORKING NIGHTS.
I HAD HEARD FROM LAST YEAR THAT IT WOULD BE
AMAZING SO WE WERE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO IT, AND IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT!

STU RENTED ONE OF THE THREE BARS 

OUT AND WE HAD A NOT-SO-PRIVATE PARTY.

(THE "LOCALS" SO TO SPEAK WERE AT A SEPARATE 

BAR BUT WE WERE ALL IN THE SAME ROOM.)

KEEYLOCKO IS A TINY "CITY" JUST OUTSIDE OF TUCSON.  

IT IS RUN BY A MAN NAMED ED, PICTURED WAY BELOW.

VERY RUN DOWN WESTERN.

I OPTED TO SQUAT INSTEAD OF USE THE GIRL'S 

ROOM.  IT REQUIRED A BUCKET OF WATER.

LOTS OF FARM ANIMALS

BABY PIGS!

I LOVE THE WAY THIS PICTURE TURNED OUT.

THE SUGGESTIONS BOX

AFTER I TOOK ALL OF THESE SCENERY SHOTS I PUT MY
CAMERA ON THE BAR FOR ANYONE TO USE.  A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAD FORGOTTEN THEIRS AS SO I THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE GREAT TO GET EVERYONE'S PERSPECTIVE.
MOST OF THE PHOTOS BELOW WERE NOT TAKEN BY ME.

WE ALL DROVE UP IN A HERD SINCE NONE OF US

KNEW WHERE IT WAS.  THE ATTENDEES WERE:  STU, ME,

ERNIE, MEADOW, ADAN, DALLAS, JASON, AND WENDY

(ALL IN THE PHOTO BELOW EXCEPT ERNIE TAKING THIS PIC).

WE WERE WAITING FOR TREVOR, LAURA AND CHRISTIAN

WHO HAD STOPPED TO GET ICE IN ANOTHER CAR.

LATER JEROD, IAN, AND TRISH MET US OUT THERE.

OH YEAH, AND ANDY WAS ALREADY THERE WAITING

FOR US.  HE IS OUR CONNECTION TO ED AND PLAYED

BARTENDER FOR US ALL NIGHT.

DALLAS TOOK THESE NEXT TWO PICTURES

AND I STOLE THEM OFF HER FACEBOOK.

(KISHI BASHI T-SHIRT!!! STU STILL HAS IT!)

ONCE WE GOT OUT THERE WE SET UP CAMP
FIRST AND THEN GOT TO COOKING UP SOME
HOTDOGS.  OH YEAH, AND DRINKING.

HERE IS A VIDEO THAT ERNIE TOOK WHEN
WE FIRST ARRIVED IN KEEYLOCKO:

THIS IS ANOTHER PHOTO I STOLE FROM DALLAS.
ME AND ERNIE DIDN'T BRING A TENT.  WE PLANNED
TO JUST SLEEP UNDER THE STARS.

ERNIE CHOPPING WOOD

WENDY, MEADOW, ME AND JASON

(ANDY IN BACKGROUND)

IT WAS A BIT BRIGHT AND HOT.

IT WAS ARIZONA PERFECT.

TREVOR, LAURA AND STU

STU AND WENDY

CHRISTIAN, LAURA, AND TREVOR

(LOCALS IN THE BACKGROUND)

ANDY, JEROD, JASON, ERNIE AND ME.

(I FORGET THE KID IN THE STRIPED SHIRT'S

NAME.  HE CAME WITH ANDY AND I HAD NEVER

MET HIM BEFORE.  HE WAS REALLY QUIET TOO.

COMPARED TO THE REST OF US THAT IS.)

MEOW

TREVOR AND IAN

(TREVOR WITH HIS BROKEN

COLLAR BONE, OUCH.)

LAURA AND TREVOR

ME, JASON, AND STRIPED SHIRT GUY

(ANDY IN BACKGROUND)

ERNIE WAS OUR CHEF FOR THE NIGHT.

JEROD AND ADAN

CHRISTIAN

STU, LAURA, TREVOR AND IAN

I SPENT A LOT OF THE TIME CATCHING UP WITH 

JASON.  HE LIVES IN PHOENIX NOW BUT IS MOVING

TO WASHINGTON D.C. SOON.  I DON'T SEE HIM

NEARLY ENOUGH ANYMORE.

DALLAS AND TRISH

(WENDY IN BACKGROUND)

WENDY, DALLAS, AND TRISH

JEROD SPORTING WHAT STU CALLS MY "HEROIN LOOK"
WHICH IS BASICALLY JUST WEARING MY SUNGLASSES.

CHRISTIAN DOING KARAOKE

ERNIE DOING KARAOKE

CHRISTIAN, STRIPED SHIRT GUY, AND TREVOR

I BET STU TOOK THIS ONE.

IT WAS A NIGHT OPPOSITE OF DEEP THINKING.

ONE OF THE LOCALS WITH TREVOR

WEARING ANDY'S HAT

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE NEXT TWO 

PICTURES.  I DO NOT THINK I WAS AROUND FOR IT.

I THINK I LIKE THESE PICTURES THAT MUCH MORE

NOT KNOWING WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON IN THEM

THOUGH.

THAT IS ED IN THE BLACK HAT.

DALLAS AND MEOW

JEROD AND ERNIE SLOW DANCING

(FROM WHAT I CAN TELL ANYWAY.  THANK 

 YOU WHOEVER TOOK THIS PICTURE!)

TREVOR AND STU

ADAN AND STU

THE ENTIRE HELL FOLLOWS BAND MINUS RICH-

JEROD, ADAN, STU AND IAN.

STU OPENING HIS GIFT FROM IAN AND TRISH.

THEY HAD US ALL SIGN A FRAMED PICTURE FOR

THE EVENT.  IT WAS REALLY THOUGHTFUL!

BECAUSE DEHAAN MEANS COCK.

AT THIS POINT THINGS START TO GET REALLY DRUNK

IN THE PHOTOS.  THE QUALITY DROPS DRAMATICALLY

BUT THE FUN HAS GONE UP EXPONENTIALLY.

ED AGAIN, A LITTLE CLOSER UP THIS TIME.

JEROD AND HALF OF MEADOW'S FACE.

WENDY MAKING FRIENDS WITH ED AND THE LOCALS.

HORRIBLE PICTURE OF ME AND ERNIE

DALLAS AND TRISH

MEOW

EYES SHUT

I DON'T KNOW WHO'S HAT THAT WAS.

IT CERTAINLY WASN'T STU'S.

I'M PRETTY SURE WENDY IS SHOVING HER 

WIENER IN TREVOR'S FACE FOR THIS ONE.

TWINSIES!

I HAVE NO IDEA.  UMM, TREVOR MAKING 

WENDY'S WIENIE TALK?

WENDY DANCING WITH THE LOCALS.

CHRISTIAN SINGING IN THE BACKGROUND.

STU & WENDY AND TREVOR & LAURA

DANCING IT UP.

I AM IMAGINING THAT IT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND

THIS TIME WHEN ERNIE TOOK THIS SECOND VIDEO

WITH HIS PHONE:

IT IS VERY DARK BUT KIND OF GIVES YOU

A FEEL FOR THE ATMOSPHERE WE WERE IN.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.  WHY DO WE WANT A

PICTURE OF ANDY'S UVULA AGAIN?

STU AND TREVOR DANCING TOGETHER

EVERYONE IS HAVING A BLAST AT THIS POINT.

THREE DUTCH IN A ROW

TREVOR DOING KARAOKE.

I HAVE VIDEO OF THIS.

UNFORTUNATELY THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE VIDEO

DIDN'T REALIZE THAT MY CAMERA IS NOT A SMART

PHONE AND DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY KNOW WHICH

WAY IS UP.  JUST TILT YOUR HEAD.

ANDY DOING KARAOKE.

I WISH THIS SHOT CAME OUT CLEARER.

SOMEONE TOOK PICTURES OF WHEN

MEADOW FELL OFF HER BAR STOOL.

OOPSIDOODLE!

THIS IS THE POINT WHERE MY CAMERA STARTS

DOING THESE SLIT SHOTS.  WHEN I FIRST LOOKED

AT THE PICTURES I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY

THEY HAD COME OUT LIKE THAT.  THAT IS UNTIL

I TRIED TO ACTUALLY USE MY CAMERA AND IT DIDN'T

WANT TO OPEN THE LENS.  THE FLOOR THERE WAS

A KIND OF FINE DIRT SO I'M SURE AFTER BEING

DROPPED A COUPLE TIMES MY CAMERA COULD

NOT RECOVER.  I'M NOT MAD AT ANYONE, I KNOW

IT WAS A TOTAL ACCIDENT.  PLUS, THESE ARE THE

PICTURES TO GO OUT ON!!!

WHY IS MY BOOB SO WET?  WHAT HAPPENED?

I DON'T REMEMBER THAT HAPPENING.

THINGS ARE DEFINITELY CRUNK BY THIS POINT AND 

MY CAMERA IS ABOUT TO TAKE ITS LAST PHOTO EVER.

AND THAT WAS THE LAST PICTURE MY CAMERA
WAS ABLE TO TAKE.  EVERYONE WAS WASTED.

THERE WAS A HUGE RATTLESNAKE OUT BY WHERE
WE WERE ALL CAMPING AND WE EVEN SAW IT, BUT
NONE OF US WERE IN ANY MIND SPACE TO CARE.
WHEN YOU LIVE IN TUCSON, YOU SEE SOME SNAKES.

I FELL ASLEEP BY THE FIRE WITH ANDY AND
THE STRIPED SHIRT GUY AFTER THE SUN HAD
ALREADY COME UP.  ERNIE HAD WANDERED OFF
AND WE COULDN'T FIND HIM UNTIL THE
MORNING.  THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN
BY JASON AND I STOLE IT FROM HIM.

IT WAS REALLY EARLY STILL WHEN WE ALL
GOT UP AND LEFT.  THE MORNING WAS A BIT
HECTIC TRYING TO GATHER ALL OF OUR
BELONGINGS AND GET OUT.  ERNIE ENDED UP
FORGETTING HIS KEYS AND MORE, BUT LUCKILY
ANDY WAS STILL OUT THERE AND WAS KIND ENOUGH
TO BRING THEM TO US LATER IN THE DAY.

STU HAS SAID HE INTENDS TO DO THIS AGAIN FOR HIS
BIRTHDAY EVERY YEAR.  I CAN'T WAIT TIL KEEYLOCKO 3.0!!! 
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