plane is broken, stuck in atlanta for who knows how long. and i lost my US cell phone that i just spent $25 on yesterday to use during my stay in nyc. lets see what else happens today or if i (or my luggage) even makes it to nyc for new years!

im sitting on the plane right now to atlanta and then ill have to bust my ass to get to the nyc flight in time. im gonna miss my fam. it was so nice seeing them. so, i got my FL license!! this means step 1 of trying to get my german license is complete! (ny license would have made the process a lot more difficult and expensive since each US state has different agreements with DE). i cant believe i actually got it. i went in the monday after christmas...first to the social security office because..i didnt have a social security card with me and i needed it to get my license. so i went there first. 20 min. then just for kicks we decided to drive by the DMV to see how the lines were...i had no appointment. when we got there..no line. in 20 more min i had a new Fl license. im still shocked about this. fuck yea!! secondly...got to the airport today..I GOT MY JACKET BACK! AND MY PHONE AND MY NOTE FROM BASTI ARE ALL IN THERE!! this just made my day. we went to lost and found and asked the lady about jackets. she said they only keep stuff for 2 weeks and ive been here 3. so i knew it wouldnt be in there. but i looked anyways, through one whole huge box and nothing. then the second box, and it was buried at the bottom! im so fucking stoked. the only jacket without leather, wool or fur that i could find while searching orlando stores was this really light jacket that i ALREADY OWN back in berlin. but i bought it anyways because theres no way i can go to nyc with nothing. anyways..now im carrying two jackets on the plane but i dont care because now i wont freeze my ass off. when i called the airline they told me to file a lost and found report on their website, and i did. no one ever called me. i should have just went back to the airport the day i realized i had lost it so i could look for it. it would have saved me 3 weeks of stressing about a new jacket. but oh well now the universe is restored to balance.

last night was my last night at my dads and him and my step mom wanted to go see their friends play some music at some dive bar ...i really didnt wanna go but i went for the sake of having more time with my dad before i left. the reason i didnt wanna go? because its in deltona, which is about 15 or 20 minutes from daytona beach, aka redneck city, home of bike week for harley davidson fanatics, and ..yea. you just have to know it to understand. i just didnt wanna sit in some trashy bar with this. but when i got there im really glad i went and also really really upset that i didnt bring my friggin camera. god..there was sooo much good stuff going on in that bar. and when i mean good, i mean really photograph-worthy. so entertaining. the whole night i was dying to take pictures and also ask people for portraits. next time...next time..it will happen. but luckily, my step mom had her point and shoot camera with her so i took a few shots on that..and she also video taped a great performance of some dude singing ozzy. soooo good





mullets galore, and a wall hanging on the left wall of boobs that play music and move.....


and heres ozzy


so now..i will get to new york..warm and happy and a little less stressed. shit yea!! 16 more days until i see my two loves again.

saw a bunch of my love babies in orlando and it was so sweet. im at my dads now until friday and then im flying out to nyc for 10 days of more house hopping, food eating, partying, and the like







more here http://www.flickr.com/photos/nilbog2021/

found this in a box of pics yesterday...hilarious. los angeles, 2004

moms neighbors












and my favorite house every year

i spent today sweating my ass off while biking to my grandmas in the sweltering florida sun. please feel sorry for me. then we looked at lots of her old pics. there were so many, seriously..endless..pictures...but, i managed to get some on the computer. ill just put a few below. link to more ghost pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nilbog2021/sets/72157623730895687/with/2618531663/

thats fat baby shannon


great grandma as a baby in 1905, 3rd from left


great grandpa, semi pro brooklyn baseball team, early 1900's.. hes top row, 3rd from right


great grandpa world war 1 pic


grandmas friends, around 1945


nurse grandma, empire state building


great grandparents wedding


baby grandma and great greatgrandma at rockaway beach in brooklyn, 1932 on the left.

before eclipse


getting ready to sit outside in the cold to watch the friggin moon


a huuuge raccoon came up near me while i was standing outside in the front yard tonight..i kept the door open the whole time too. i hope hes somewhere inside the house now

5:45am right now, waited all night for the eclipse and then of course i couldnt go to bed until i put up the pics. but i had more from earlier today i needed to process too...i went hunting for gators in the robinson nature preserve, but was unsuccessful...i did see some bald eagles though. im supposed to be up soon to go to my grandmas.... :)





















bald eagle

hang sesh with bro. we went to wolf camera and i got some prints made, and got a new tripod thats good for traveling. but i'll have to go back next week to get my jammed UV filter removed. we watched some of the new toy machine video and and hit up the hot/cold bar and bakery at whole foods...bavarian creme pastries, and cookies galore. mmm...delicious veganism











if you dont know why this is funny, google "Scat" or "scatophagy"




frank sinatra, highway, palm trees