it's in a camera's lens.

It's in the air, it's everywhere
It's in the air, it's everywhere
It's in the air, it's everywhere
It's in the air

It ain't down her dress
It ain't up her blouse
It ain't in a bottle
It ain't in a powder
It ain't down her dress
It ain't up her blouse
It's everywhere else
It's everywhere else

It's in a baseball glove
It's in a wild flower
It's in a peace dove
It's a nice hot shower

It's in the camera's lens
It's a head high wave
It's in the laying hens
It's a Shark's Cove cave

It's on a sailboats bow
It's in a slice of homemade pie
It's in a wedding vow
It's in her big brown eyes

It's in a real good book
It's in a nice long talk
It's in her sideways look
It's on a midnight walk

It's in an airplane trip
It's in a sweet mustache
It's on a mountains tip
You can't buy it with cash

It's in a home cooked meal
It's in a long bike ride
It's the way you make me feel
When our worlds collide

It's in the air, it's everywhere
It's in the air, it's everywhere
It's in the air, it's everywhere
It's everywhere

bullet points.

I don't write on here enough. I need to write more to keep all five of you interested and entertained. Here are some sentences of what has been happening:

I went to Tampa and surprised Pop's for Pop's day.

The surf was super fun on Friday!

More waves on the way?

I am going to shoot a surf project in Peru and Brazil in July.

Then hopefully Indo in September.

And France, Spain, Portugal after that.

Heading to OK City Sunday for another "Get Motivated" seminar.

The Gaslight Anthem is a rad band.

So is Radical Face.

I love summer in Florida. So good.

Sweaty days.

Cool evenings.

Sweet tea and watermelon.

Rejoice in the Lord always.

life is happening.

I just rolled back into good ole' St. Augustine after a four day trip to Alaska. I have been working for a business seminar called "Get Motivated Seminars". We just put one on in Anchorage. I may have a different outlook on a lot of what is taught at the seminars, mostly in regards to money, but it is a super fun job. I get to hang out in cool cities with great people. Off to Philly on Monday to do one there.


I am not working on the fishing boat anymore due to some pretty amazing video opportunities that have come up. Nothing is set in stone yet, but I will hopefully be traveling to 20+ countries over the next two years working on a surf documentary project.

Tomorrow I will be shooting a music video with The Dustin Miller. Good times.

Also, check out this band called Fanfarlo. You can download their album for one dollar.
http://fanfarlo.com/?utm_source=sigur-ros&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=060909_sigur-ros_email

Rejoice in the Lord always.

discover the journey.

"Who wants death prepares for war, who wants peace offers forgiveness."

the PAIX Shirt [VIDEO] from Discover The Journey on Vimeo.

it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright.

It feels great to be back in Saint Augustine...even if it is only for a week. I love this sleepy little town. I am the studio with Dustin going through footage from The Thumbs Up Project. He is editing film from his trip to Mexico with Dane. It looks amazing as usual.

I have been feeling a little extra gusto in my life the last couple weeks, which is totally unrelated to my job working for Get Motivated Seminars. My great friend Andy Luce and I have been encouraging each other to "step it up" in many aspects of life. It is crucial to have friends like that. As much as it is possible, surround yourself with people who are pushing you forward, not pulling you backwards.

An Andy Luce original.

P.S. The new mewithoutYou album, "it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright" came out today. You should go buy it.

i did it.

I ordered an iPhone.

Dang it.

I am excited to have so much information at my beck and call, yet hesitant for the very same reason.

gnarliness...

I think that blog posts without pictures can be rather boring. This post will not have any pictures, so if you want to stop reading now I will understand and will not be offended.

For those of you who read posts without pictures, this post is a general update on what is going on in my life. If you don't care about what is going on in my life, then you can stop reading now too.

Now, the first phase of "The Thumbs Up Project" has come to an end. It was a good and successful journey, just successful in different ways than I had pictured in my preconceived ideas, which is often times how success works. We did not pick up many hitchhikers. Two and a half to be exact. However, we met tons of fascinating, inspiring, weird, and talented people with many interesting stories. The Thumbs Up Project will be a work in progress. I am going to have do some hitchhiking of my own for phase two.

I am currently hanging out in beautiful Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA. Surfing everyday with Russell Browndogger and staying with my buddy Chris Christenson. I want to move here. I love this part of California.

But...I have to leave on Tuesday. Flying to Maine. I've never been to Maine. I am working for a cheesy motivational seminar, but will get to hang out with some great people and hopefully do some fun Maine things, like eat lobster.

I am going fishing in Alaska again. I didn't think that I was going to, but was made an offer that I could not refuse. I only have to go from June 15 - July 15. A month of gnarliness. Yes, that is a word.

If you care about me enough to have read all of this, thanks and I love you.

God is not a white man.

A sweet video my friend Mayumi from Japan sent me:



Also, check out the new post on The Thumbs Up Project.

because it is there.

I appreciate life more today than I did a few days ago.

Two years ago Winston and I attempted to climb a 2000 foot rock face called "Solar Slab" in the Red Rock Canyon, just west of Las Vegas. The mountain denied us the summit and sent us rappelling down in darkness...without headlamps.

We have been talking about that piece of rock ever since. How we wanted to go back and take it down.
The Slab fell before us yesterday, but not without a fight. We started our climb at the crack of 10. We moved fast, but were held up by a father and son team climbing ahead of us. The mountain pelted us with violent winds once we reached the exposed upper 1500 feet. We reached the summit but our joy was put on hold. The winds continued to grow stronger, sustaining 25-30 knots with gusts well over gale force. Dark clouds lingered, snow began to fall, and night was fast approaching.

The rappel anchors (hardware drilled into the rock) at the top were impossible to find. We had to down climb a 5.6 crack to search for the anchors at the top of the 11th pitch. Super sketchy. We considered bivouacking on the mountain, but it was getting COLD.

Joy filled my heart when Winston located the anchors. Hope! For the next five hours or so we battled the wind, cold, and snow as we rappelled pitch after pitch. It seemed never ending. We checked and re-checked everything we did, knowing that our senses were dulled due to dehydration, hunger, frustration, and cold.

The ground never felt so good.

We arrived back at the truck at 3 a.m., only to find shattered glass where the passengers side window used to be. Seriously? Both of our laptops and our camera gear was sitting in the cab.

Somebody had been doing donuts in the gravel lot and sprayed Eleanor, busting out two windows on her starboard side, but leaving all our belongings. We taped up the windows and passed out. We would deal with them in the morning.

My sleeping bag never felt so good.

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