buckle brown

big break but back if but briefly

2008-12-01T21:00:00.000-08:00

internet friends! so i took a long break there from blogging for no reason whatsoever except that i am known for being "phasal".. you know, going through phases. i coined the term "phasal", even, as far as i know. should i continue now? now that i've become addicted to facebook? dude, i got like, 100 friends in 2 weeks and there's no greater high than that. i will eventually figure out the

fancy

2008-05-24T17:06:00.000-07:00

these are the fanciest sunglasses i have ever owned. same day of purchase, i tried on my pair of $15 ross sunglasses in front of a pal, then tried on my new purchase and asked her which she liked better. she chose the ross sunglasses. sigh. but you know what, these glasses i swear are so lightweight and fabulous they tickle my face and make me kind of nervous and totally self-conscious. never has

happynings

2008-05-07T19:10:00.000-07:00

"I was hovering near the Yerba Buena Center for the Pretensious Arts one evening contemplating my next martini and why i didn't have one in my hand at that exact moment, when i ran into a group of women my husband knew from work. Sitting, I stared at one's stomach while trying to ignore the conversation and noticed she had on one of Kyra's buckles. I was like "Oh! You have a Kyra". She was all

belize

2008-05-01T17:18:00.000-07:00

me, mamacita, papa john, and jimbo & michelle went to belize on holiday a couple weeks ago. we started out in belize city then on to ambergris caye a wee flight away. that's where we stayed, on the beach in a great 3 bedroom place. somewhere in there was a boatride back to the mainland for a rainy mayan ruins extravaganza, a boatride back to ambergris for more lounging, fun in and around all

parched and powerful

2008-04-03T22:25:00.000-07:00

here's a kick-ass video of how your brain works. i personally dig it especially since it seems to advocate right-brainishness, which i am like, big into and am basically powerless against. now i can point to this genius and say, "it's a good thing, dangit, I RULE!" so there.http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229here's some powerful stuff that's sticking with me for good, i think

interviews and chilly views

2008-03-31T22:06:00.000-07:00

a friend of mine, colin, had me on his radio show this past saturday night (dj: coleo, show: spicy meat parade, station: pirate cat radio, 87.9fm). it was my first interview and i was terrified for some days prior but with the encouragement and advice from a number of buddies, the experience and results came out much better than i could have hoped for. here's the link to the show. it takes a

jesus' vs. the bunnies kickball game, golden gate park, easter 2008

2008-03-31T18:35:00.000-07:00

easter sunday was the 2nd annual jesus' vs. the bunnies kickball game. jesus' won. what does that mean? it was chilly out but i still wore shorts and just tried to move around a lot..felipe was the grand master of the games, of course..it was nice and sunny and we had a lot of beer and it was lovely. here's marteeen, cesarrr, and michael soaking up the sun..you can see lots more photos here, if

murals of the mission

2008-03-26T20:15:00.000-07:00

me and michael went to community thrift store on valencia in the mission last week to pick up some nonsense. he calls it "the magic thrift store" because before heading there, he meditates on what it is he's in need of and every single time, he'll find just what he needs. community thrift is on the corner of mission and clarion, & clarion alley is where i took these shots of some super rad murals

fun with a camera phone

2008-03-18T21:37:00.001-07:00

looking out from casanova's on valencia street between 16th and 17th in the mission..sunset along the walk/bike/jogway looking east, along the great highway, ocean beach..bird perches on the great highway at noriega st..

bucklevelution

2008-03-10T21:50:00.000-07:00

the oldest known belt buckle dates back to the 12th century and was excavated in perth recently. cool, huh?! it's made of copper alloy..now check out this "complicated mechanical buckle for men" coming soon out of switzerland..i cannot imagine how that would work. and most men i know would definitely be intimidated by it. i wonder how much it costs. thanks, quent, for those links!and thanks to

yay sun

2008-02-26T17:24:00.001-08:00

here's a shot of the cool wave sculpture at the children's playground in golden gate park..and in front of the conservatory of flowers in golden gate park..it was eery and overcast on sunday when i took these photos. same weather or better than it's been for a while, on the inside and outside of san francisco, it feels like. i just came out of a two-week fog of nasty assty flu. TWO WEEKS. that

whole day out

2008-02-17T18:14:00.000-08:00

i've been sick with the sick-ass flu for 7 days now. i've been getting out a bit anyway, though. like yesterday i went to the beach to walk with tim and karms.people were out in droves enjoying the sunshine..and the sunset..karms loved it as always, of course..and the neighborhood was inspiring to shoot at sunset, as well..we had such a lovely time and we ran into some friends, one of whom

file pile breaks

2008-02-02T16:51:00.000-08:00

i had a lovely time the other night hanging with laurel, allison, sarah, and the concentric circles of folks whom those bright stars seem to attract with the greatest of ease. for hours we discussed politics (is mccain really gonna win like dan predicts, or will my dream come true that hillary will be prez with obama as vp then in 8 years obama takes over or maybe halfway inbetween they switch up

special needs

2008-01-24T20:53:00.000-08:00

cousin kelli's in town. here she is at lefty o'doul's near union square the other night..i had never been to lefty's and i was pretty impressed. there's a long bar for alcohol on one side, a big tommy's joynt style cafeteria food buffet on the other side, and a piano bar in the front! one stop shop. the piano man looked just like kevin spacey, it was hokey and fun, especially when kelli donned my

some fun

2008-01-18T21:40:00.001-08:00

haaaaay, i had some fun! last weekend me and laurel went to see paulie's band, if ever, at the house of shields downtown..the band was great. the experience was strange and a bit surreal, in a good way, in that the bands play in this tiny upstairs area where everyone is kind of stuffed in there. i had never been to house of shields before and definitely recommend it. the place has been in

the engines

2008-01-08T22:57:00.000-08:00

the booty site has been updated with almost 100 buckles..and it's kinda more streamlined now. i'm so happy. and tired. i deserve a beer. i will go buy one now..ahhhhh.....ahhhhhsince last we spoke i discovered booty boutique got the december 31st mention at mighy goods. awesome!the only other thing that has happened besides being completely immersed in glues and tiny shiny things, cameras and

happy new year!

2008-01-02T18:29:00.000-08:00

since last we spoke i had a birthday and birthday PARTY, and so did jesus. plus it's now a new year! the birthday party was super and i have zero photos from it. you'll just have to trust me. i asked santa for a non-xmas to be spent in a vegetative state and he granted me that because i'd been such a good girl all year. the band had an end of year show this past saturday and the famous jeff

it smelled like candy

2007-12-16T21:40:00.000-08:00

i received in the mail the best birthday card ever from my brother, jimbo, today. here's the front..and on the inside it says:She rarelypassed gas,but when she did,it came outpink and glittery,and it smelledlike candy,and people criedwhen itwent away.HappyBirthday,Sisjimbo had bought that card last year and forgot to send it to me, and he's mentioned a couple times throughout the year how excited

take a left at buck and winnie

2007-12-10T22:29:00.000-08:00

last week was spent with family in vegas.. with some of the family members who i hadn't been able to see for thanksgiving and whom i won't be able to see for christmas. it was grrrREAT. we had lots of adventures, we walked a GREAT deal and drank a great deal more, played a load of scrabble in our time share apartments and went to a bunch of shows. we had AWEsome food wherever we went, it seemed.

thanks for giving

2007-11-28T17:37:00.001-08:00

i went to indiana and illinois for thanksgiving last week. i think this particular vacation was jam-packed with every bit of wonderfulness a person could possibly handle.here's my nieces lauren and maddie. well, they're my cousin's kids but same difference in this family, pretty much.i so enjoyed hanging out with all the generations. this vacation was, like, magic. i couldn't have asked for more.

one of the things

2007-11-17T17:37:00.000-08:00

"one of the things about art is, you give people an excuse to take some time to be quiet and pay attention to something. and maybe under the guise of enjoyment, think about important things in life." - tim o'brien, from the documentary, bluegrass journeyand that's what happens when i look at this photograph..and this..i stop and think about how awesome it is that people would buy MY booty

great article on booty boutique!

2007-11-15T08:38:00.000-08:00

check out what the fabulous lorraine sanders has to say about booty boutique in her super cool sf indie fashion blog! lorraine is also a writer for citysearch and tells me that there'll soon also be a similar article on booty boutique up there! i'll let you know when that happens. how exciting!

Y.O.Y.

2007-11-14T19:58:00.000-08:00

who needs sex when you got JETS?!so i'm swimming at the Y and the jacuzzi is located right there beside the pool on the same level, just feet away from my lane. can you imagine my disturbance to look up every three strokes and see an old guy with a half grin on his face, right there, staring at the lap swimmers while.. i know his hoohah is right up against the wall of the jacuzzi and the jet.

taking the cake

2007-11-13T14:15:00.001-08:00

have you ever seen anything so wonderful? any other combo of such gloriousness? ok, besides maybe a betty crocker cake with icing and candy sprinkles..too bad i am not a precious japanese hipster, as i can kinda only see these adorning those chics' feet. dang!

goods

2007-11-13T00:54:00.001-08:00

here's an interesting shot of a corner of the new sports basement on bryant near 16th street..we were there last week buying stuff for this past sunday's treasure island international triathlon.. .. that's me coming up on the finish line, can you believe it?! the triathlon, well, it was a biathlon ultimately, because the swimming part was cancelled. because last wednesday, a ship crashed into the

love thy neighbor

2007-11-07T19:18:00.001-08:00

my neighbor, rico, passed away on halloween. perfectly healthy until july 4th when an appendectomy resulted in the discovery of a giant intestinal tumor. he suffered greatly between then and october 31st. he fought and fought and had much chemo, but lymphoma got the better of him in the end. rico lived directly under my booty buckle studio. if you're a frequenter of this blog, you might remember

on a larkspur

2007-10-29T21:57:00.000-07:00

our band, back40, had a fabulous time playing a halloween / neighborhood / housewarming party on saturday in larkspur, up in marin county. the neighborhood (near dolliver park) was all thomas kinkaid-y and perfect and you know, the streets were built around redwood trees so there's trees IN the streets! it is almost too much goodness for the eyes to behold. i did not want to return to my soma

nothing gold can stay

2007-10-22T21:46:00.000-07:00

Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold, Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. - Robert Frost

warning

2007-10-18T21:46:00.001-07:00

faves

2007-10-16T08:26:00.001-07:00

new stuff i have or want or am reading about or obsessing over.. or some combo thereof: art these 4 greeting cards beautiful enough to frame, by anahata joy katkin at papalicious.com. i'm not sure i like anyone enough to actually write in these and give them away! they will probably go up on my wall: bagplastic sleeping bear shoulder bag with adjustable soft strap, my absolute new

symphomaniac

2007-10-14T22:02:00.000-07:00

i happened to respond first to a first-email-reply-first-get extra free ticket from sarah to see the san francisco symphony with her on friday night. they were playing chopin's concerto #2 for the first half, then saint-saens' organ symphony #3 for the second half. i have never been to a symphony before, except at indiana university once because my roommate at the time was a clarinet player.

stuffy nose banjos & buckle ho's

2007-10-08T18:20:00.000-07:00

oh, the hardly strictly bluegrass festival was sooo nice as always. even though we were sick with colds, we hauled our fannies out yesterday for a wee bit of twangin' good times. this band in particular was quite stellar, the steep canyon rangers..and here's a photo of sick boy all wrinkle-toed in the tub later on. we're on the mend, though, and i selfishly say it was all worth this photo anyhow.

WANTED

2007-10-04T22:52:00.000-07:00

i want this banjulele soooo badand if i win it on ebay, i'm gonna play this song, minus bernadette's trumpet part, of course

bikes and birds

2007-09-29T15:26:00.001-07:00

me and fani, her dad and cesar all rode in critical mass yesterday. fani's dad started cycling at age 48, which was 14 years ago or so, and he's an avid cyclist now. and he's just cute and sweet as all get out. the ride was having its 15th anniversary and it was a blast as usual. the best part was when the front of the pack took off up the south van ness @ division on-ramp to the highway! they

inspiration

2007-09-26T19:02:00.000-07:00

so beautiful a water and dirt stain i discovered atop my refrigerator from a leaky plant pot that i actually hauled my ass up on TOP of the refrigerator to photograph it. very precarious and very worth it. then i cleaned it up. here's a great picture sent to cesar from his friend, fausto. this is from somewhere in russia. dos vadanya!lastly, i recently saw an awesome flick called the future we

cole valley girl

2007-09-24T00:01:00.000-07:00

today i participated in the cole valley street festival, which i do every year and which is always a real hoot. i always meet interesting people and get a suntan, as well as get some booty buckles onto the best folk in san francisco, like these two youngsters.. and here's a great band called pixie kitchen playing on the street a little ways down from where i was peddling my wares.. i was

yays! and nays.

2007-09-18T18:27:00.000-07:00

YAY!i haven't laughed this hard in a coon's age: NAY. riding my bike through the tenderloin and happening upon a wet street when it hasn't been raining. know what that means? well, occasionally - and i wish i had a schedule of this but i still would get caught unawares anyway - the streets & sidewalks of the 'loin are hosed down because it's a crack/homeless haven and folks just do all their

do it herself

2007-09-10T19:13:00.000-07:00

this is a pretty cool and entertaining site for the DIY folks. that over-used acronym blows as most do but i am a DIY-er so oh, well. DIY is Do It Yourself. or as i like to say, "rig it up". or as someone once described as "white trash ingenuity". that's my favorite description. although it's so hip to DIY now that you don't gotta be po no mo. is nothing sacred anymore? ah, speaking of po i

tasking and multi-tasking

2007-09-04T20:34:00.000-07:00

so i've been addicted for quite some time to this american life, playing episodes while i make buckle after buckle in the booty studio. it keeps me going. but sometimes i catch up with all the episodes and then feel quite lost.. npr is great but isn't as sure of a bet. takes more energy to choose what to listen to. kalw kicks ass. bad timing for burning midnight oil but 92.7's fernando and greg

nice pussy

2007-09-03T21:02:00.000-07:00

my neighbor, loretta, was down to one of her original three 16 year old cats as two have kicked the bucket recently. she decided to get another cat to keep the cat-last-standing company. bring in frida, the uninhibited. frida and the old cat hate each other so frida tries to make friends with the rest of the building in order to have somewhere she can hang out and not get bitched at by some old

oh-LAH!

2007-08-28T22:26:00.000-07:00

i went to spain to visit cesar for part of july and august, a small piece of his regular summer vacation (!)..mostly galicia (northwest), asturias (central north), and madrid (central). we hung out at the beach a bunch (and i got tan for the first time since high school!), toured the countrysidechecked out a million cool towns from a million different angles ..and pretty much

no teeth!

2007-07-15T22:46:00.000-07:00

this week and weekend had me on the phone no less than 5 hours with my new web server folks. and double that much uploading and i'm only halfway done. holy crap what an adventure. plus my computer has been crashing no less than 5 times a day. plus i come home this morning to find my new scooter had been violated and knocked over and all broken up. aesthetically, anyway. thankfully my neighbor had

doily sleeves and new cds

2007-07-08T21:32:00.000-07:00

last night back40 had an amazing cd release party. here we are posing in front of taqueria cancun, next door to the knockout where we played. we had to pose here because it had the most light..as you can tell, i dressed up like a girl for once and i liked it so much i may just have discovered a new style for myself. we played the best show ever and we're very proud of the cd. woo hoo!i think

I love U. tah.

2007-07-03T22:25:00.000-07:00

me and cesar went on a big 'ole camping trip over the last two weeks in june. mostly in 100+ degree weather utah. and that's fahrenheit, eh? AHHH! but we quickly acclimated & sort of masochistically started to like it. specifically we were in arches, canyonlands, capitol reef, natural bridges & escalante reservoir/petrified forest. we also hung out in the tonopah motel (NV) on the way to utah,

mama

2007-06-11T22:11:00.000-07:00

my mama came to visit! here we are, john me and mama, outside the legion of honor, in front of rodin's thinker..just outside the legion of honor is a little memorial to the holocaust. very simple and powerful.. we walked alllll along the lost coast trail at land's end, which is right there near the legion of honor....so very beautiful. so wickedly windy, as are all the days, it seems, in

for fritts' sake!

2007-05-30T20:44:00.000-07:00

ok, since we last spoke, things have happened. not much, but things. poor 'lil blog has been neglected again. hey, somethings gotta give when you get a dude and when your contract job turns out to be nevereverever ending. in this case it's pretty much amounted to the sacrificial blog and friends. and the buckles to an extent. it's not been too bad, though. actually, i must thank my lucky stars. i

barely boring

2007-04-16T22:52:00.000-07:00

well, sheeit, i ain't posted in a coon's age, now, have i? not too many photos lately - oh but my little camera for which much love has been lost by it's dissolusioned owner could partially be the reason.. i just haven't been inspired. goddamit i need a new camera! but i also equally if not more so am dying for an equally pricey scooter or motorcycle, plus a road bicycle, you know, a speedy one

brandi carlile

2007-04-03T21:45:00.000-07:00

yesterday i get a last minute invitation to go see a belinda carlyle show. woo hoo, i think, i love the 80's! well, i get to the great american music hall and it was not our beloved we got the beat queen but BRANDI carlile, someone who i had never heard but hey, what the hell. lo and behold this 25 yr. old chanteuse blew me OUT the door with her utter brilliance and soul.. she even made me cry

crash only

2007-04-01T00:28:00.000-07:00

phil and i participated in the san francisco critical mass on friday evening. you know, the last friday of every month at around 6pm when an insane number of bicyclists congregate at justin herman plaza & ride, along with police escorts, through the city completely blocking traffic, hooting and hollering, some with sound systems pumping loud dance tunes, some dressed in costumes, some still in

booty boys

2007-03-26T22:06:00.000-07:00

we had a nice belt buckle photo shoot this weekend, care of the fabulous ruby! here's the insanely gorgeous derrick... super sexy felipe.. and lucky me inbetween the two most spectular buckle models of all times.. i'm beside myself with happiness over the fruits of our labors. we'll soon incorporate lovely shots from our shoot into booty marketing mayhem..

remote control

2007-03-19T20:14:00.000-07:00

this weekend started off on friday at a cafe in the lower haight.. ..eating breakfast in the sunshine on an extremely lopsided table.. we then proceeded to round up all the necessary items (sorta) to take off on a spontaneous camping trip to the spectacular BIG SUR! a recommendation led cesar and i to perhaps THE best campground in big sur - kirk creek! specifically campsite #11. oh, how

advancing defalcation derangement

2007-03-15T19:08:00.000-07:00

last night i rode my bike to my band's show at the simple pleasures cafe on balboa and 35th in the richmond district. along the way i was treated to the most spectacular sunset! i think i always say that about each sunset, that it's "the best!". i actually kind of do that with everything. it's ONE of the many benefits of having ADD.. you just forget stuff so everything is new and the best you've

weekend at the beach

2007-03-07T20:38:00.000-08:00

this weekend was joyfully spent at the beach. cesar was crazy enough to strip down and go swimming and frolic there even though it wasn't really that warm.. felipe took photos.. karms was in her element, as any doggy would be.. it was the lunar eclipse, which made for the most magical sunsets.. surreal, even sci-fi-ish (you had to be there)..

all buckles, all bluegrass, all the time

2007-02-26T23:54:00.000-08:00

hey, guess what? you can click and buy at booty boutique now with the fancy new shopping cart! that's what i've been up to lately. also you can now sign up for the booty mailing list from both the homepage of booty boutique and the order page. finally, huh? i haven't sent out any mailings in a coon's age but i will this year, dammit, and there's gonna be good information in that email. excuse me,

you're so gay, you prolly think this blog is about you

2007-02-19T22:38:00.000-08:00

my aunt ruthie gave me a bundle of family photos when i was back there in the midwest visitin' recently. here's one of me, my ma and pa, and my bowl-haircutted brothers in the double-wide in florida about 4,000 years ago. actually, i think it was a single-wide, but double-wide's more fun to say. much classier, too. notice the kick-ass wood panelling and the last supper painting. my dad and darin

walking the embarcadero

2007-02-15T18:42:00.000-08:00

what a BYOOOteeful day for a stroll..

reprievert

2007-02-13T23:51:00.000-08:00

we had a brief reprieve the other day from the rain, as well as today.. oh beautiful today! anyway, sometimes this whacky weather can produce the most gorgeous light. it gives the town a magical quality. here's a shot of an area between two buildings on natoma between 7th and 8th.. same day, here's a shot on my roof. this was about 45 minutes before a rippin' downpour that lasted the rest of

the latest

2007-02-05T21:31:00.000-08:00

i spent the last couple weeks in the midwest catching up with a bunch of family. actually 10 days i was there and still didn't get to see everybody. i had such a big time but wasn't inspired to take too many photos because i'm mad at my camera for being so terribly inferior. i must get a new one, dammit. but here's a shot of my cousins, kelli & marci, in the limo my brother and his wife got for

deviled eggs

2007-01-22T23:35:00.000-08:00

i have a little devil side. i sometimes snicker on the inside at things you shouldn't snicker at. maybe because of some latent immature vindication stuff. for example, i sure would have liked to have had more of a feeling of "oh, how awful" when i came across this scene last night.. instead i thought, well, serves 'em right those cocky (and many other adjectives i won't go into) cabbies and bus

pantyhosed

2007-01-19T20:56:00.000-08:00

i saw a great movie called "children of men", all sci-fi and making my heart nearly jump out of my chest with it's massive, full-body rapturous engagement. i love movies taking me so so far away. really quite spectacular and provocative. i also found the band called sloan. they're from canada and i heard them being reviewed on npr's fresh air. i fucking love that show. sloan's music is not "new"

frostbite me

2007-01-10T23:05:00.000-08:00

man, it's colder than a witch's tittie in a brass bra in this friggin' town. i rode my bike from 8th and folsom to 19th and lake around 7pm for band practice. it was nippy out but pleasant. i even had to unzip all the zippers on my bicycle jacket.. one under each arm, one across the back, & one down the front, when only 1/3 of the way there. but OH MY GOD it was like, 12 degrees on the way back

last but not least

2007-01-07T22:18:00.000-08:00

yay, i found last.fm! holy fucking shit, now life without a tv will get even better. it's a fun, totally innovative music sharing/listening & shit site. i am listening to very obscure 80's music on it right now. i haven't figured the whole thing out yet. actually, i know pretty much nothing so far.. and still i pushed a button correctly and got great music! now THAT's a good user-friendly place

the urban tribe

2007-01-05T23:55:00.000-08:00

me, pamela, and all the spaniard chicas on new year's eve.. ahhh, we will be talking about this one for a while to come ;-)

colden colfield

2007-01-03T20:37:00.000-08:00

i have a cold. san francisco has a cold, too. it is wet and i am dry, but we are both cold. it is pretty and i am homely. we are simultaneously blowing our noses and spreading germs. but this too shall pass. ugh.

'07 resolutions

2007-01-02T21:46:00.000-08:00

bump up the booty bizno smokingdrink a little less alcoholbe more boring and focusedlearn more spanishread moreget a new cameratake a photoshop classmore physical fitnessdress betterkeep up with the mani/pedi's, facials & waxingthat's it! not too bad. totally do-able. right? yessss!

brothers and hollowood

2007-01-01T22:42:00.000-08:00

my brother, quent, got married to his girlfriend/fiance, linda, on december 20th, the day before my birthday. don't they just look precious and real happy?another brother, darin, recently did a doctors without borders stint in mali, africa and just put up a web album from the trip.. the web album doesn't have any captions & the photos are pretty diverse.. i haven't a clue what some of them are

pikchuresk

2006-12-30T23:45:00.000-08:00

hey, here's a photo scott conway took at my big 'ole bday shindig that went down on december 21st.. there's a few more here if yer interested. it was a HUGE blast, by far the best birthday party a girl could ever hope for. oh god, what the hell am i gonna do for next year?! too hard to beat, too hard to beat. speaking of that, me and pamela feel like last year's new year's eve in san francisco

the birds

2006-12-28T18:04:00.000-08:00

a bird shit on my head a couple days before xmas and i was sure that was a good luck sign. good luck meaning.. maybe my friend charlie would get a new set of lungs! i read the sign wrong. it was a sign of all the luck i had in having the most supportive friends in the country to help me get through charlie dying on christmas eve. RIP, Charlie Stockley, you're free from that shitty cystic fibrosis

the eve

2006-12-24T21:05:00.000-08:00

i'm fixin' to go out (yeah, it's XMAS EVE!!) but here's some shots taken since last i blogged.. me and amy met up with sarah and jacob and a ton of other folks for a party in berkeley last night. we had loads of fun, to say the least. here's me and amy beFORE.. don't have any after shots (never do, never do..) though here's the gracious-hostess-with-mostest-&-the-best-coffee-mugs, amy

life

2006-12-20T19:33:00.000-08:00

charlie's still fighting for his life at stanford. crossing fingers, hoping, wishing, faith faith faith.. new lungs NOW! please please please. wish him well on his site, would ya?my brother, quent, got married to linda today on a cruise ship somewhere in the carribean. congratulations, you two!i'm having a big birthday bash tomorrow that everyone is invited to. thanks to pamela for this flyer!

WISH wish HOPE hope FAITH faith

2006-12-20T08:06:00.000-08:00

pins and needles we sit on waiting for charlie's new lungs to come in. i found a job for myself by making www.charliestockley.com and keeping it up-to-date. i don't do well without a job so this works out well for everyone.

Please Register As An Organ Donor!

2006-12-18T18:50:00.000-08:00

My friend, Charlie, is at the Stanford Hospital as I write this waiting to receive a new set of lungs in order to live. Charlie has Cystic Fibrosis and the symptoms are obviously the worst they could be. He's been on life support now since Tuesday. This is so urgent I have to do what I can, which is to encourage everyone I know to register as an organ donor. It's very simple: go to https://

catalogue of externals

2006-12-17T19:40:00.000-08:00

i'm temporarily contracting at my old job downtown, the one i got laid off from a few years ago. since i was laid off, the company went public and is rolling in the dough but fairly short-staffed.. so i have come to the rescue with a big SS on my superhero cape. the double S standing for Super Secretary. i arrived just in time for the holiday party, which went down friday night. of course the

fly girl

2006-12-13T23:42:00.000-08:00

fall in the city today.. last night i had a dream i was flying. that's good, yeah? only i have to work so fucking hard.. IN MY DREAM to stay up in the air. i have to seriously concentrate to fly. it's nervewracking, really. every now and then when i'm flying i truly love it but then i gotta start concentrating again or i'll lose altitude too quickly. i often barely clear the trees and have

less than zero

2006-12-11T23:05:00.000-08:00

our bluegrass band played a living room show in the sunset sunday night. there was a cute little kid named reuben running around the whole time. we dubbed him "birth control reuben", as you might think twice before having a kid after meeting rambunctious reuben. we told him he was named after a sandwich. at one point we said to no one in particular, "how many more songs should we do?". reuben

xmas xmas xmas

2006-12-10T04:29:00.000-08:00

i love xmas. i could give a flying crap about the religious parts of it. i like the santa and presents and costumes, festivities, togetherness, tradition, cheer.. all that good stuff. here's rosa, felipe, me and anna beginning the xmas fun last night.. this after a full day of selling my wares in union square which was really great except the last hour when a monsoon decided to swipe us into the

bucklemas

2006-12-08T21:14:00.000-08:00

dec. 17th is my last xmas sale show. if i make it 'til then, that will be good. bucklemania in da house! i'm just sitting here making your buckle it's cold and rainy and i'll be out in it all day tomorrow in the middle of union sqaure selling belt buckles to the xmas shoppers. come on by for a visit, yeah?! and bring hot chocolate. i'll give you a discount.love,kyraxmasbrown

everybody's workin' for the weekend

2006-12-04T22:48:00.000-08:00

we sure had fun saturday night at the chillin' show. here's me and some guy who had a nice stomach (and a GREAT belt buckle, i might add!)..so i asked him to pose for the camera and he made me pose with him. awe! there's lots of new belt buckles up at the booty boutique site! but not for long.. i got a big phat show coming up thursday night (appel and frank at the regency) AND on saturday (shop

beautiful day along the embarcadero

2006-12-01T20:18:00.000-08:00

hmmm

2006-11-30T23:14:00.000-08:00

the top 20 search strings for my booty boutique site: fuck mebelt bucklesi love youcigarette casebootygay pornbelt buckle blanksbrown bootyi heart youbooty boutiquebelt buck-pink pussyblack pornunique belt bucklesbig bpeter crisssexypink sna-cool belt buckles i just found out a little bit about how to utilize some of the services my mac-daddy server service people offer. verrry interesting. no

pretty chilly and busy

2006-11-29T19:28:00.000-08:00

pretty san francisco sunset. what you can't see here is how bitter friggin' cold it is outside. all dang week it's been downright nipply! the arctic is visiting and wrapping it's icicley fingers all around and through us. especially my ears, hands and face while i ride my bike all around. i'll be peddling my buckles this saturday night at the chillin' shindig, a great fun fashion/film/music/art

thanksgiving 2006 - fuck, yeah

2006-11-26T19:00:00.000-08:00

thanksgiving was so gorgeous. i went to the beach and took a walk with my friend tim and the crazy little doggy karms..then went to some friends' excellent house parties for snacks, alcoholic beverages, slide shows, wrestling, and general visiting and wishing well. it was about as lovely as it gets. i am so so grateful for my old, new, and future friends, for my health, good fortune, and better

belt buckles save lives!

2006-11-24T20:11:00.000-08:00

Belt saves Alameda County deputy - Bay City News (c/o sfgate) Wednesday, November 22, 2006 (11-22) 17:14 PDT CASTRO VALLEY -- An Alameda County sheriff's deputy's standard-issue brass belt buckle saved him from suffering serious injuries when he was shot by a parolee at a Castro Valley home early today, according to a sheriff's spokesman. Sgt. J.D. Nelson said the deputy's belt

can i get a witness?

2006-11-22T19:07:00.000-08:00

i know it's been a bit boring here lately.. not because MY life's been boring.. i just haven't had the time to fully open my eyes, take it all in, then spend the time writing it down. i miss that. i've been up to my eyeballs in work, then socializing, then work, and some sleep and whatnot. but not today. today i got to do my favorite thing which is to hit the town running errands. and i took it

mutton

2006-11-20T21:36:00.000-08:00

here's me and nelson (he introduced himself as "mandela" all evening) over the weekend.... at the last supper club, which had free gin drinks from 9pm-2am saturday. AWESOME! and we consequently whooped it up and had a wonderful time, of course. how could you not? here's all-cool amy, magnificent michael and icky i the same night. we were at a really cool half lesbians & half gay dudes party (

timeshare bandits

2006-11-10T15:11:00.000-08:00

everyone wanted to sell us a timeshare in puerto vallarta. we liked that more than not because we reaped many rewards from the crazy desperation of the timeshare overlords. we were savy bitches and had the fucking times of our lives.. 8 days of pure crazy bliss. we were proud anti-gringo gringas and hung out with mexicans and locals, mostly.here's some views from our room (the 14th fl. then the

mexico rocks

2006-11-05T12:38:00.000-08:00

me and pamela are in puerto vallarta right now. we have been here since wednesday. this place is one of the scamminest places i've ever been to! the people are relentless in trying to get you to buy stuff. i'm extremely impressed with their tenacity. i am learning a lot. most of the guys work many more than one job.. like bartending, selling timeshares, taxi cab driving. lots of mexicans as well

halloweenolicious

2006-10-30T23:07:00.000-08:00

what a weekend! here's friday night's outfit..i ended up at the end of the evening flying across the dance floor on my head but i'm healing very nicely and it was well worth it ;-)here's part of the gang friday night.. cesar, dj koby, felipe and myleese (2 of those names spelled correctly).. pam dressed up like madonna.. then saturday kevin played drums for george clinton at the exotic erotic

recoverlet

2006-10-26T20:48:00.000-07:00

there were a lot of GREAT outfits and articles of clothing on the folks who shopped at the capsule street fair in hayes valley over the weekend where i sold my buckles. besides the belt buckles, this was the best.. i'm just now almost caught up from that whole crazy-ass weekend.. it was really really great, i met tons of people and just loved every minute of it. it was gorgeous out both saturday

tunnel week

2006-10-20T21:44:00.000-07:00

bucklesi've been sooooo bizzy getting ready for my two big shows this weekend. tomorrow at the noe valley harvest festival and sunday at the hayes valley fair called capsule. so many gorgeous new buckles that i haven't had time to put up on the site and will probably sell. they'll all be up on the sold page or available page next week, depending on what i sell over the weekend. i love these shows

shooey

2006-10-17T19:56:00.000-07:00

hey, look, somebody put their custom booty boutique belt buckle on their album cover!!that's dj shooey. she's hot ;-) and she has good taste.

hi, you

2006-10-16T22:06:00.000-07:00

there were lots of wonderful photo opportunities this weekend but i ran out of batteries way too early. i did get some, though.. here's a lovely man named jason who bought my buckle with the drinking mermaid on it then made his friend dress up just like his buckle. SO awesome ;-) AND he had a buckle-themed party that very same night which we had to attend.. of course.. and here's my favorite

gotophototogo

2006-10-13T20:13:00.000-07:00

the back40 band had a good show at a cafe in the richmond district on wednesday night. i got no photos of it, though (no photos this week! lazy kyra). bob the bass player bought an upright bass and went out on a wing and a prayer after only ONE practice to play the behemoth for our show! very brave of him and he did a wonderful job. 's like he was born playing that thing. he loves it and we're

i love new music. and old music. MUSIC!

2006-10-12T22:17:00.000-07:00

got some new music. lots of great new music! i'm so so so so happy... here they are, plus my take on 'em..the ditty bopsamazing harmonies. wonderful cute clever music. these chics rode their bicycles for their tour. we're talking from l.a. to here and beyond, if i remember the radio interview correctly a while back. broken social scene it's like a female air meets jeff buckley meets coldplay. oh

off the hook

2006-10-09T20:03:00.000-07:00

amy and kevin were kind enough to invite me to a private show at the warfield friday night called "a tribute to sf music". lots of stars not from the bay area played which makes no sense but nobody cares cuz it's a party and parties don't need to match their theme names. here's slash from guns and roses.. and scott weiland from stone temple pilots trying his damndest to be david bowie.. it was

today

2006-10-05T23:50:00.000-07:00

here's a shot of the new mall that just opened up downtown.. 5 or so blocks from my house... aye aye AYE i'm in trouble.. here's my niece, paige, a photo which showed up on my phone today.. and here's paige's daddy and my brother, kevin, another shot that showed up on my phone today. thanks, kevin!! i like your marine hat..

good times & sick bods

2006-10-03T20:45:00.000-07:00

i tried. i even marked off in my calendar to have a boring, all-work weekend. but noooooo. it had to be more fun, dammit. here's me, felipe and michael, at the start of a KICK-ASS lots of good times time saturday night. i'm not even gonna go into all the shenanigans but it was kind of another 4 day weekend spent in 2 days: i'm currently into a terribly awful wonderful fabulous masochistic website

all life

2006-09-27T22:58:00.000-07:00

the pictures from the party are up on birthday girl, colleen's hubby's flickr website.. there's no x-rated ones. they are all on the up and up. here's one from there of l.a. chris and i rockin' out:in other news, the fabulous allison lovejoy and i swapped an accordian lesson for a guitar lesson AND we actually temporarily swapped her accordian for my guitar, plus our how-to-play books for the

weakend

2006-09-25T23:46:00.001-07:00

holy moses, this weekend was one of the biggest, by far far and away. back 40 played at colleen's birthday party saturday.. here's scott, stephen, and chris at the after party hootenanny....that lasted so very long and was the greatest jam session including entire outfit swapping (maybe i'll get THOSE pictures from someone else who was taking photos - but they may not be appropriate enough even

gym dandy

2006-09-22T23:39:00.000-07:00

i went swimming at my gym this evening and got all kinds of great pointers on breast stroke form from the nice lifeguard who also lets me dive off the lifeguard chair sometimes. afterwards i went to the fourth floor where there's another gym inside the women's locker room. it's all decked out in pink upholstry covered gym equipment. PINK! a nice place to linger. there's such an eclectic mix of