Shout-out to Nana

Here's a photo of me escorting Nana down the aisle at my sister's wedding.

Television or Movie Still

This image is from a television or movie still. However, I can't for the life of me remember which television show or movie it's from. Maybe an episode of Twilight Zone...

The Tempest

Fruit of My Loins

Yo! Check out my sons!

Hope they like public school. And I hope they like paying their own college tuition.

Marriage

Erin and I got married.
I had been thinking for a while that she was pretty cool.
And then one day I was all like, "We should do this."
And she was all like, "Fine by me."

And then BOOM we got married.

E to the Mitchell, E to the Mitchell's daddy-o (col' textin'), and me checking her out.

Bowie at Night

I recently found out that the skatepark in Bowie is fully lit until 10 PM, so (despite vowing to never return) I headed out to P.G. County yet again. On the way there, Bulldog and I were gabbin' on the phone, and he seemed convinced that the lights would cast a bunch of "weird shadows all over the place," which, of course, would be terrible. However, upon arrival, I immediately noticed that the folks in Bowie aren't playin' around when it comes to lighting their parks. Apparently an electricity bill ain't nothing to those people.

I made the following video just so that the SweatHog posse could keep Bowie in mind if they're ever in need of an evening option that isn't as life-threatening as Bridge Spot.

Things you should know before watching:

• I do not know how to skate that bowl. It's crazy-hard. I could blame it on being goofy, but you know that's not a good excuse.
• I edited out the ongoing conversation I had with a 9-year-old who asked me about fifty questions (I'm not exaggerating) about spiders, mosquitos, and other assorted bugs in the bowl. He wanted to skate the bowl so bad, but he was SUPER freaked out about bugs, and he seemed to be stuck on some kind of infinite inquiry loop. I was nice to him, but at around question #45, my responses became, "Listen, what kind of answer can I give you that will make you stop asking me questions?" and "I don't think you're hearing my responses, so I'm gonna just keep skating now."
• When the place eventually cleared out and I was finally left by myself, it only took about 15 minutes of skating before I was out of my mind with exhaustion.
• The slow-motion hippy-jump you'll see is a total fake. I included it in the video strictly for laughs. It was like piecing together footage from Thrashin', and I couldn't resist. I did, however, attempt to land it several times for real (again, out of my mind with exhaustion) and got close once. But I also got close to breaking every bone in my body, so I stopped trying.

Alright. Here ya' go. Enjoy.

Click here.

Get Up Morning

I think Jason Hutto once told me that he used to wake up to Eddy Current Suppression Ring's "Get Up Morning" every day. Somehow, that jam seemed appropriate for this video.

This past summer I skated as often as I could, but I didn't capture too much footage. It's a small hassle to set up the camera all over the place. And most of what I film is garbage.

That being said, this next video (the link is posted below) is a collection of many of the random bits of skate sessions I captured during the summer months and on into this past weekend. The only footage I didn't include was the stuff I shot in Virginia Beach 'cause I was sportin' an unflattering tank-top undershirt (I just can't seem to type what those things are typically called), and despite the current state of my hair, I am somehow self-conscious and vain.

Time for some shouts:
Shout-outs to Percy, Todd, Bulldog, Nice Guy Andy, Bret-I-Just-Met, and Skater Ed for showing up in this video.

Additional shout-outs to the SweatHogs who aren't featured here, but those fellas are tops.

Obligatory girlfriend shout-out to Erin MitCHILL for puttin' up with me while I sit around wearing headphones and make skate videos all night long.

Random shout-out to my Minutes posse in Michigan 'cause I haven't seen or spoken to them in a while, but I think of them every time I post a video. Consider it my way of keeping in touch while we stew on our next record. 

Special shout-out to Dale Miller for coming out to a Soccer Team show the day after he got back from Europe (he should've totally been in bed).

Bandmate shout-out to the Soccer Team posse for nearly finishing a record that's been eight years in the making. The majors are hounding us.

Old friend shout-out to Kate MacDonnell... Hey, where you at, girl? I know you're not reading this. 

Shout-out to Soung Wiser 'cause, hey, that poster you made looks great.

Shout-out to Dan Bodner 'cause, man, you're supportive as all get-out, and I just like hearing from you.

Alright. That's enough outta me.
Click here to jump to the vid.