family

[saintwhocares]

Here is a picture of me and my brothers
from a couple weeks ago
at an indian reservation casino (which is comically HUGE)

Comments

[threestarblue]

you are a fox.
jesuz.

and your hair does look good like that but i am sure it looks fine however you do it.

well then.

[saintwhocares]

wow, you've made my morning
my day
perhaps my weekend, time will tell

[threestarblue]

*blink blink*

oh my pleasure
mm hmm.

time will tell won't it.?

meow meow.

glad i got your response before i went to bed.

[threestarblue]

you are the cutest one.
by the by.

i got all myspace on you too.
hee hee.

[itsolivia]

bravo for the weight loss!

you and your brothers look SO much alike, yet you can still see that your personalities are different (which is my assumption, of course....)

[saintwhocares]

thanks

and yes, we are VERY different
the youngest brother is actually a half-brother
I think he looks a lot like my step-dad
he's into rap and hanging out
my middle brother is into style, the gym
I'm the only one into art and literature
which they find a little eccentric and odd
yet they seem to admire, to some degree
despite being so different
we all get along really well
I'm actually hoping to get my youngest brother to visit NYC for the first time later this year

[rcroaky]

Can't believe that's l'il, fall over continuously, Kirk the Jerk.

[saintwhocares]

oh how he's grown

[threestarblue]

oh and i just went to the greyhound track here in phx. for the first time a few weeks back and it too was so HUGE!!! i loved it though it was like a time warp. free to get in and they have ginger ale on tap. i had a bud in a bottle though and it was exactly as cold as it should be.

there were all these neat ads framed on the walls and old photos from the track. the smokey smell the noises. i enjoyed it very much and didn't bet once.

just wandered.

anyhow.

4 0 4 make a wish.

[saintwhocares]

I love the track
although I've never been to a greyhound track
but the horse track is a wonderful way to spend a day
(and something I haven't done in too long, at least a year)
as a kid, my step-dad used to take me and my brother when we lived in LA
it was very Bukowski, except with a childlike wonder to it
I loved it, the excitement, the dinginess
everyone getting in line to make their bets
the rush before the bell went off
and then yelling and yelling for your horse to win
so much fun, such good memories
and he'd always place a bet or two for us (which, if we won, we'd get to keep the cash and for a 9 year old, on a good day, this could prove VERY lucrative (I think I once won like $60))
then, after the race, my step-dad would take my brother and I to the restaurant where my mom was working, right off the beach
and we'd both get these huge chocolate shakes with sprinkles
life doesn't get much better then that

[threestarblue]

i've never seen horses race in person.
there is this kubrick film 'the killings' i think ... it just came to mind. much of it centers around a horse track.
if you have not seen it maybe you would enjoy it.

thanks for sharing this story.

and no life doesn't get much better but..
maybe i like to think i can.
if we pay attention just a moment or two longer.

oh i am getting goofy it's 4 23 am here.
you are up bright and early aren't you.

i guess since you are all the way on mars it makes sense.

[saintwhocares]

actually I was up too early
I was able to fall asleep for another hour
but now I'm awake cause I have to be (not cause I want to be)
I need to get to the cafe and work (I love being able to work from "home", although I don't do it often)

I don't think I've seen The Killings
but I know that my uncle owns a copy
I'll borrow it next time I visit him

when I was a young lad, I used to stay up all night and paint
those were also great times
watching (or at least reading about) your work patterns always reminds me of those times
great times
although you're paintings are much better
I hope they're going well

btw, I'm thinking about going to the Neue Galerie this weekend
http://www.neuegalerie.org/neuemain.html
cause I'm a sucker for German art (and Austrian)
not sure I'm going to find time, but it's been a while since I've been there, so it's high on my To Do list

[pen]

that's a mighty fine line-up of men there, e :)

don't beat yourself up too much about the smoking. at least you're going to the gym regularly, which is more than can be said for sedentary smoking buffoons like myself, who feel shortness of breath and random aches and pains regularly.

[saintwhocares]

why, thank you for the compliment

as for smoking, ugh
it's the last serious weakness (or rather, addiction) that I can't seem to get over
every monday, I quit
every friday, I buy another pack
it's really tiresome
and yeah, the shortness of breath and serious pains are so unnecessary
like tomorrow, when I wake up, I'm going to hurt so bad
it's pointless, expensive, and I'm it's little bitch

[saintwhocares]

well, I was down $100
maybe that's why I wasn't smiling
just kidding (not about being down $100)
there is another picture that was taken
I think I was smiling in that one
but I don't have a copy of it (yet)