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(@ Mitchell Park by the Senior Center)

At first I thought this guy was talking to some old guy coming out of the senior center. But then a whole bunch of oldsters came out and he turned his back. So maybe he was talking to me.
This hobo had serious dreads. Serious, matted dreads. I saw one that dread that was 3 inches wide.

Anyway, as I skate up, he grabs his crotch and shouts,

“Feel uncomfortable bi**h; feel uncomfortable!!”

Feel uncomfortable? With a crotch grab? That’s the best you got?

Here’s the video. Sorry so dark; it was pretty shady.

Day 17 in a row
Wheels: Day 9 (2 on this rotation)
Bearings: Day 14
1/5 – Fingers!
Manny’s – Hon (short for Honey, which is what she calls me…)

New Feature: Teh Mix – What was in the headphones today.

Birthday Boy – Drive-by Truckers (from the new record)
Massive Nights – The Hold Steady
Wasted Time – Kings of Leon
Tattooed Love Boys – Pretenders
Isrealites – Desmond Dekker
Every Single Day – Pennywise (Still don’t know if I like these guys yet.)
AM World – Louden Wainwright III
Rats in the Cellar – Aerosmith
Punishing World – NY Dolls (Having a little renaissance lately.)
Seen Your Video – Replacements (Besides Prince, the Replacements were the only good thing about music in the 80′s.)
Walk This Way – Aerosmith (Doubleshot!)
Whiskey in My Whiskey – The Felice Bros. (Wish they wouldn’t do so many slow songs, but this song rocks.)
Cut the Cake – AWB
Monique the Freak – Ween (Doing a dead-on Prince imitation.)
Sunday Morning Coming Down – Johnny Cash
Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way? – Joe Ely and Uncle Tupelo
Making Up for Lost Time – The Hellacopters
Baby Stick Around – Joe Jackson
Miss Alissa – Eagles of Death Metal (One of my fave bands lately.)

(@ Santa Rosa and Marsh)

“So…you just roll around…taking pictures of…whatever?”

“Yep. I’ve had some run-ins with bad drivers and cops and…ahem…such, and it’s nice to have some documentation.”

“Yeah? That’s tight.”

“Uh huh.”

” Got any spare change?”

“No.”

Years ago, when I first started making videos with my Palm Zire 72, my son suggested that I do one of my spins while spraying water out of my mouth.

Here’s what happened that time:

Today, I finally got it right. (Check out the SLOPD sticker at the bottom of the screen. Represent!)

Day 15 in a row
Wheels: Day 7 (4 on this rotation)
Bearings: Day 12
0/5

Manny’s: FNG

Today I ran across the funny little white dawg again. I was skating down the path behind Scolari’s when I heard some furious yapping. I looked around for a dog but, well, it was right in front of me. He was hanging out of a hobo’s backpack as the guy rode his bike down the path.

“He remembers you,” says the guy, over his shoulder. Then to the dog,

“Back in the bag!”

The dog is yapping and trying to crawl out of the backpack to chase me. I wanted to skate in for a close-up, but I thought he might actually jump out, and he was on a choke chain. I didn’t need to kill the dawg for a close-up.

Also today, at Mitchell Park, I saw the semi-regular group of young hipsters playing songs for each other. But the groovy thing I noticed today, is that they tip each other with food! While one pair was playing and singing (in matched t-shirts, they were pretty good singers, if a little nervous-looking), I watched a girl get up shyly, and put a loaf of bread in the tip box-lid. Another one was holding a can of soup.

Groovy, man.

Day 13 in a row.
Wheels: Day 5 (2 on this rotation)
Bearings: Day 10
1/5: Coffee Machine – .15
Temp: 81

Everybody wants to high 5 you when you’re wearing a camera. Even in Vegas.