Monday, April 27, 2009

graceland



me inside of elvis's jacket.  he was like hey and i was like hey. so we took a picture.


in all honesty graceland wasnt all that crazy.  the house was modest from the exterior and actually quite small considering the amount of money he had.  his parents lived downstairs and he, priscilla, and lisa marie lived upstairs.  
come on it was the 60's everything looked crazy back then.
  




i think i know why elvis was so unhappy.  i mean how do you relax in rooms like these?



this woman was amazing.  she was in front of me for most of the tour.  she must have been 80 years old in silver jeweled sandals, an elvis t shirt, elvis rolling suit case, and a purple floral cane.  dont even get me started on all the jewelry she had on.  i almost couldnt pay attention to the rooms at points because she was just so good.


the jungle room is actually the family room.



i like to imagine that this infact is a horse elvis used to ride but i dont really know how that would work out in horse years and such.


elvis's dad was his manager.  i like how they just leaned all these paintings against the desks like this.  seems like the kind of thing a dad would get mad about but hey its his office.


and in his office you cant just loaf around so maybe they never had enough time to hang up those pictures. 




i think that bands should really start making keds that have their name and face on them again.



this hallway of awards just stretched on forever. 



i think all of elvis's songs would pretty much rule if  you hadnt already heard them a bazillion times before you could even figure out on your own what good music was.  theres just something so cheesy about most of them.



wow.


double wow.



i think this car needs the light tunnel floating over it even when its on the road.


once he flew this plane to colorado so little lisa marie could see snow for the very first time.  and then 5 minutes after landing they took off again because it was so cold.  and then one day she married michael jackson.


what you cant see is that the seatbelts are actually 24kt gold.
safety first.


this is his much more modest small passenger plane.

im like a ghost


in case you were wondering "tcb" stands for "taking care of business" which is totally what elvis was all about. work work work. no time for fun.


i had to have a fried peanut butter and banana sandwich when we where there.  i mean come on.  it was actually pretty good.  i figured when in rome right?


oh elvis.

natchez trace


insane right?  the bridge is from 1994 but the trail itself is one of the oldest in the us.  it was used by native americans way before mr. columbus came here and started the havoc that was reaked on our land. 


we took this road on our way into nashville which in my head seemed like a cool town where everyone looked like a cowboy or dolly parton.  not the case.  the grand ole' opry is a giant mega disneyland like mall that wasnt even worth snapping a picture of.  just imagine a huge parking lot, movie theater, and weird applebees like restaurants.  not fun.  but good to know.

WigWams


cave city kentucky.


the town was full of antique stores, and had "gun mountain" a place where you can watch jessie james gunfight reinactments. wow.


amazing! the hotel was built in the 30's and all of the original playground equipment, furniture, and signs were still in tact.  



a couple was celebrating their 42nd wedding anniversary there when we checked in.  they had stayed at the wig wams 42 years earlier because they were still in high school and it was all they could afford.



i want to live in one!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

college is fun


i just want to know why none of those girls are looking at him.
and is that an older asian couple 6 faces down?


wildmen

steve brule:
not real


steve brile:
real


the resemblance is uncanny

Friday, March 27, 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009

Thursday, March 19, 2009

how did i miss this?

usually "these guys" annoy me with their weird improv in public spaces things. but come on - if i would have walked down into this i would have been so excited.  i mean its even my train stop. 

who wouldnt have wanted a drink in the station?




my favorite are the mta workers who are like:

"ok whatever you think this surprises me? ive seen it all"




and this guy is like:

"what in the....these white people are crazy"




i love new york.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

ick - ea

wait......but i hate"Ikea"why'd they have to go and do this:


designed by the lovely ladies of "Janze Brogard Asshoff".


Friday, March 13, 2009

magic men

i just want to put them in my pocket and take them around with me all day.