When you have an ample amount of water balloons but your kids don’t want to get wet, you pretend the van is a zombie and you have to pulverize the dang thing with “grenades.”

What would have been really fun is driving the van around while they squashed it with the water balloons…hmmm maybe next time (And make a mini movie).

It is a creeper van. But now it’s a creeper/zombie van.

Hwwahhahahaaw…

A few times on my early morning route to work I see a fox cross the road around the same time each morning and at roughly the same spot. I see his silhouette: bushy tail, small body, pointy nose, and gangly legs rush out into the street and grab him something to eat (roadkill most likely?). And rush back out into the woods. He looks rather skinny but I think most are (And it’s summer in Texas so all that winter fur is gone). Tonight I was thinking about that little fox and hoping I get to see him again soon. Hope he finds a tasty meal tonight. Sweet night little fox!

Here’s my first attempt at drawing a fox.

2 beers in hands.Pool in front yard (for all the neighbors to see and judge). Sweet vacation time playlist. Kids are already in bed. I can get hammered alone and not give a rat’s ass about anything. And that’s how you do a white trash vacation.

(Pukes in pool later)

Zombie Spring Time

Even zombies love spring time!

The Power of Too Much Coffee Man!

-your hair stands up

-veins popping out of your head

-crazy elastic arms with the ability to stretch and look incredibly weird

-your heart bulging out of your chest ready to explode

“Come worship the black death that is coffee!”

Stressed Out Man…he tries to stay cool but you can tell he’s about to blow up any second with rage and frustration!

Banjo Yogi

My staycation is coming to a close. I enjoyed the time alone. I didn’t do much drawing except in my journal. I did come up with some ideas so I’ll be working on those in the next Code Mush. If I don’t procrastinate of course. I do realize I am working on a children series with my kids called Astro boy (You know with the coffee cup space ship? Yeah I haven’t forgotten… just, you know, haven’t touched it in a while).

I am working on playing the banjo. Picked it up for the first time this week. My father in law gave me a banjo about a year ago, it has been sitting in our bedroom collecting dust (next to the telescope which also collects dust). And I’m really not a country/bluegrass listener, but one of my favorite musicians EVER does play, the Col. J.D Wilkes. I saw him in 2008 at a Rockabilly Revival in Austin play with the Legendary Shack Shakers. Out of all the bands they were my favorite and have been listening since.

So I spent time listening and doing some picking. Not good at it at all (yet). But I want to show my kids that you don’t know how to do something well or at all at first. But with practice you can get better. So if they see me as an example maybe they’ll approach new things better. I have two boys who are very fixed minded (and they get it from me). So I’m working on growing my own self in hopes to help them grow too. It’s never to late!!