watching expired appliances align

just a normal guy

i have a normal beard now. this facial hair update doesn't contain any new news for those of you i see on a regular basis. it's been awhile since i've done a full scale facial hair update, though.

midway through my second year of college i bought the standard cheap male accessory of oster brand hair clippers. they're good for easy buzz cuts and suitable for the trimming of beards. for more than the past ten years i've used them on and off for getting rid of the hair on the back of my neck and excess sideburn growth. i've never purchased replacement oil for the clippers but since i don't actually use them for haircuts, the oil has never felt like a necessary thing to own.

now that i plan to keep my beard at an acceptable, standard length for the next year or ten, i think it's time to upgrade to an actual, real-life beard trimmer. i'm looking for something that provides more control. i'm also looking for a device that i won't keep stored in a shopping bag inbetween my shelf and dresser at the bottom of a stack of cast-off items. i'm thinking cordless may be the way to go.

having grey hair in my beard makes me feel like i should have the appropriate adult instruments to keep that grey hair under control.

midnight tacos - the last two days of baseball trip 2005

here are the final two days of photos from the 2005 baseball trip. back in los angeles, the gang enjoyed a second dodgers game and a trip to long beach, where we caught the armada take on the visiting japanese samurai bears.

podcast #8 is online

Last week I went on an internet date. Despite describing it as an "internet date" it wasn't actually a date that took place over the internet. I met a woman through one of those internet dating services. We met on a Thursday night for drinks. When I got home I recorded this podcast nugget and now present it as balgavy.com podcast #8.

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I know I always say this, but baseball trip podcast coming soon!

dumbo sunday

As I did a year ago, I spent an October afternoon in Dumbo. This past weekend the event was the 9th Annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival. A lot of artists' studios in that part of Brooklyn were open and since the F train goes right there, it's a tough event to miss. As my legs tired and my brain filled with too many images, I wished I'd visited on Saturday as well as Sunday - if only to provide myself with some rest inbetween the overwhelmingness of everything.

A few of the things I liked:

The Cowboy Images by Brent Spaulding.
In the elevator up to the open studio that featured the images I saw a postcard or flyer. I had no idea some of the images would be so huge. Only a few of the images were 10 feet high, but they were the ones I really loved. Film influenced cowboy culture never looked so good.

The Bird/Clouds/Math Images by Miranda Maher.
I don't think her website is up and running yet, but when it is, check for the series she's working on that features birds in the sky with printed images of geometry on them. Really fun and light and the kind of thing I really want up in my house.

The Animals and Lonely Images by George Boorujy.
Go look at his website. A lot of his work is posted there. I really liked his work which features great animal illustrations. But there's a lot more to it. I bought a print of a roller coaster on the edge of cliff, with lots of white space around it.

It's been a long time since I've written about art, so please forgive my awkward sentences. I had a great afternoon, though. It was really inspiring and I feel like I saw a lot more art I liked this year than last.

before the conclusion of october

i thought i should make an entry. just a list. perhaps.
i need to create another podcast. i'm stuck on not having any ideas. except for the baseball trips. there are plenty of audio clips from that to use.
and i have one more page of baseball trip photos to post. hopefully, i'll get ot that this weekend.

i've also pretty much stopped writing about tv. there are no new tv shows i'm head over heels crazy for.