Nina steals Dylan’s blog

Notice how the last post was in 2006? Two years ago? Something happened and two years of blogging dissappeared. I think I made a back-up once, and so that is what you now see below. I suppose I can see this as ok, because I had slowly dropped to very intermittent posting, but was blogging almost daily for about a year there. But I really should redo the links - to Dylan’s stories and such.

The update on Dylan Hicks. He’s writing a novel, and having a very good time doing it. He’s a had a few stories published from the period last year when he was working on short stories. He’s not performing music anymore, but you can still find the 3 early CD’s used on the interwebs. He doesn’t have a Facebook, Myspace, or other page. He also doesn’t have a cell phone or watch TV. But he does work on a computer, drive a car, eat meat, etc.

My (Nina’s) current favorite bands are The Heavy, and Jose Gonzalez, and I freakin’ love the song “Kids” by the group MGMT. 

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Originally uploaded by ninahale.

Three days later and this would have been someone else’s problem.

 

Tattoo ParlorOriginally uploaded by nina.

This is where I got a tattoo 21 years ago, before they made the cool new inks, so mine is like a sailor or prison tattoo, getting pretty blurred even after a touch-up.

We ended up driving about 80 mph to and from Chicago. But it went pretty slow due to child carsick vomit all over Dylan neccessitating a stylish truck stop t-shirt. He picked up that genetic gift from me - I get carsick when someone sits on the sofa next to me.

We’re off to a wedding in Chicago and discussing whether to drive 4 miles over the speed limit, 9 miles over, or plow at 11. There won’t be much blog activity until Monday.

Most people think we are slightly nuts to like smaller beds. We had a queen bed for years but then upgraded to a king when our kid co-slept with us (after many howls from Dylan after well-positioned kicks). But I hate the fact that we can’t even reach each other when we’re reading in bed. So we got a sinfully expensive queen bed - at the store we lay down on it and started laughing because it was so comfortable. The bonus is that our tiny hot converted-attic bedroom now has a bed more proportioned for the room.

Hey, Sari created these awesome motorcycle magnets of twisting asphalt. They are to celebrate the alphabet roads in Western Wisconsin, but would be great for any driving or motorcyling fan because the middle loops pop out. Only $7 includes shipping - how cool is that?! Please support our loops and go buy some for all your friends!

Now where is my Ducati Monster 695?

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Originally uploaded by nina.

Dylan and I were talking this weekend about how no one ever uses the term “beeswax” in a positive way.

  

Alien CirclesOriginally uploaded by nina.

Them Aliens landed in our yard! Here’s the proof from the circles their death-eatin’ spaceship made.

I think they probed us too.

Brown Commencement ‘06

Originally uploaded by nina.

The photo has nothing to do with the posting, I just like it.

I’m flapping again down to “sweet home” Alabama for work and unless Dylan has a change of heart about blogging, you won’t get much out of here until I’m back in a few days.

Dylan: “do you think Michel Foucault ever put together a piece of Ikea furniture?… Yet another reason I’d like to be him.”

Then he said something unprintable about Ikea.