Shea



Shea, originally uploaded by hewins.

Mets are winning so far 6-1

tree overhang



tree overhang, originally uploaded by hewins.

Here is one of a few older Holga shots I uploaded to Flickr last night.

scented oils



scented oils 1, originally uploaded by hewins.

On Saturday, Hillary and I rode our bikes down to Atlantic Avenue in (Boerum Hill/Cobble Hill) Brooklyn and by chance went into a shop that was dedicated to smells. The proprietor showed us his scented oils and incense. As you can see there were quite a few “flavors.” Check out my flickr stream to see one of the more interesting choices.

Hillary looks up the Arch



Hillary looks up the Arch, originally uploaded by hewins.

Two years ago today, Hillary and I were in St. Louis for my 10yr college reunion. It was a fun trip. We visited the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, otherwise known as the Arch.

MUXTAPE

Here’s my first muxtape folks! It’s a cool thing that all the cool kids are doing. You should make one and send it to me. I’ll put it in my muxtape “blogroll” and all the millions of people that visit my blog will get to check it out. You’ll be famous!

Here is mine

muxtape cassette

Beware, my next one might just be full of prog rock.

splashflash



splashflash, originally uploaded by hewins.

I was washing the dishes and decided to get a shot of this splashing

DMX: “Where he from, Africa?”

Today, my friend Dan Ledger sent me a link to an interview with DMX at XXL Mag. There’s a portion of it that’s about the presidential race and Barack Obama in particular. It’s pretty amazing:

Are you following the presidential race?
Not at all.

You’re not? You know there’s a Black guy running, Barack Obama and then there’s Hillary Clinton.
His name is Barack?!

Barack Obama, yeah.

Barack?!

Barack.
What the fuck is a Barack?! Barack Obama. Where he from, Africa?

Yeah, his dad is from Kenya.
Barack Obama?

Yeah.
What the fuck?! That ain’t no fuckin’ name, yo. That ain’t that nigga’s name. You can’t be serious. Barack Obama. Get the fuck outta here.

You’re telling me you haven’t heard about him before.
I ain’t really paying much attention.

I mean, it’s pretty big if a Black…
Wow, Barack! The nigga’s name is Barack. Barack? Nigga named Barack Obama. What the fuck, man?! Is he serious? That ain’t his fuckin’ name. Ima tell this nigga when I see him, “Stop that bullshit. Stop that bullshit” [laughs] “That ain’t your fuckin’ name.” Your momma ain’t name you no damn Barack.

So you’re not following the race. You can’t vote right?
Nope.

Is that why you’re not following it?
No, because it’s just—it doesn’t matter. They’re gonna do what they’re gonna do. It doesn’t really make a difference. These are the last years.

But it would be pretty big if we had a first Black president. That would be huge.
I mean, I guess…. What, they gon’ give a dog a bone? There you go. Ooh, we have a Black president now. They should’ve done that shit a long time ago, we wouldn’t be in the fuckin’ position we in now. With world war coming up right now. They done fucked this shit up then give it to the Black people, “Here you take it. Take my mess.”

Right, exactly.
It’s all a fuckin’ setup. It’s all a setup. All fuckin’ bullshit. All bullshit. I don’t give a fuck about none of that.

We could have a female president also, Hillary Clinton.
I mean, either way it doesn’t matter. I don’t care. No one person is directly affected by which president, you know, so what does it matter.

Yeah, but the country is.
I guess. The president is a puppet anyway. The president don’t make no damn decisions.

The president…they don’t have that much authority basically?
Nah, never.

But Bush pretty much…
You think Bush is making fuckin’ decisions?

He did, yeah, he fucked up the country.
He act like he making decisions. He could barely speak! He could barely fuckin’ speak!
Can’t be serious. He ain’t making no damn decisions.

Well Barack has a good chance of winning so that might be something.
Good for him, good for him.

How’s your family and your kids?

They’re good. My son is rapping now.

And, now for a picture of me and my beard at work on April 1!!

me at work April 1