Olympia Free Choir Practice!!!

Here's a video from Free Choir practice! I'm not in it because it was the same day as a Margy Pepper show the time that this person videotaped it, but still totally worth the watch/listen.

Fun Fact: The house this is in is the same one that I checked out way in the beginning of the year with Davy and Spencer! Now Kimya lives there


Olympia Free Choir Practice from Ted Passon on Vimeo.

Morning Walks

I've been waking up early (ok, 8am isn't THAT early) with Erica to do morning walks in the woods.

Foggy view from the A dorm balcony:



A lumpy mossy tree:



A good climbing spot:



The gnome treehouse - named for a dozen gnomes guarding the area:



A little chair for a little gnome:

Holiday M&Ms

Are green and red. Is every holiday associated with green and red? I don't think so.

Here is something that I wrote recently, not a Margy Pepper (formerly 4skin) song, just a solo thing. I didn't work very hard recording it, and my voice is post-m&m scratchy (you know when you eat so much chocolate that the inside of your throat feels thick?) But here it is anyway:

Morbid

A-B-Cs

1. Check out 4skin's 2 recorded songs on our new music myspace: www.myspace.com/4skin4skin We've gotten a lot of good feedback! I check the myspace when I wake up, before class, after class, before I fall asleep.

2. Obama is going to win. Going to gather at a friend's dorm to watch it happen, and then probably dance all night. Wake up to a fresh, bright morning.

3. Gnarliest research paper of all time going on right now. If anyone wants a complete summary of the history and geography (pre-colonial up to the present day) of the Western Shoshone people, hit me up and I'll e-mail you a copy.

PLUS: Really neat guest lecture today about the Indian boarding schools. Did you know: Harvard and Dartmouth both started as institutions meant to christianize and "civilize" native people? Creeeepy.

RIOT

Here's the new work, this one is a bookbag and it is huge, it is designed to fit LPs:



My snazzy stitching job:



Finito:



The lining and the LP pocket (MOM - the lining isn't CAMO, its CAMO-COLORED clouds, not advocating militarism, just clouds that can hide in the wilderness)



I'm going to take my camera OUT of my room TOMORROW to get some good snaps of the red leaves around here, and halloween costumes.

How Nice !

Prospective House

Late for the Mail Room

I was late for the mail room today which means that I missed getting my blanket which means that I'll sleep through another chilly-ish night. It's getting chilly-ish, the days are getting shorter. The few trees around that aren't evergreens are turning yellow and orange.

Tonight I made a fire on the beach with some friends - It was also yellow and orange. We weren't out there for too long, because we meant to go out to see the full moon but .. the coastline faces the wrong direction. We figured out mathematically: We'd have to wait until 1am to see the full moon over the Eld Inlet. Can't do that. Gotta wake up early tomorrow (and pack a lunch!) to go to Squaxin Island with my class. I'm very excited and interested and I have a list of questions to ask.

Here are some new bags. Piers and I have a lot of interested customers, non of whom are interested in paying.... Might set up a stand in Red Square when we've got more product.

Another messenger bag - much cleaner:





And a fanny pack !! Made out of a wild 90s winter jacket found at Goodwill





Also! The girls I've been playing music with (girl band formally called "4Skin") are invited to play a show on campus in November with a few other local bands! Practice all day Thursday (Rock'N'Roll Thursdays, Rock'N'Roll for breakfast, lunch, and dinner).

Just wanted to give a quick update. I'm going to try to carry my camera around more often so that I can post pictures of this world out here.