I can see its beauty...

...after the snow.

"the sky is full of love"

the air outside of 2812 Will O' The Green is sweet and clean, filled with the scent of grapefruit and camphor. the year is coming to a close. about this time last year i was feeling depressed and frozen to the bone. i can't even begin to describe the days that have passed since then. here are just a few words for december:

brotherhood
redemption
the floaters

"glory is reserved for the bold" -matt gersting

Happy Birthday Kristin Bryant

Kosch and I rolling around on the floor, screaming the lyrics to Mineral's "Slower"

It's just not the same when you wake up in the morning with a smile on your face...
when you know you lied yourself to sleep to make it better...to make it better

Today I...

1. drove to Apopka
   
2. mailed 300 shirts to Miami
   
3. received 3 free passes to a screen printing expo in February
   
4. made major headway in taking over Bowen's role as "Pops" of GayNotGay
   
5. ordered 100 sheets of 16 x 23 ColorSource 67 lb. Vellum Bristol in cream
   
6. spoke with God
   
7. discovered Dookie's Upholstery Service
   
8. pulled a Barnocky/Petito drive across Orlando
   
9. picked up a true southern gentleman from the airport
   
10. tricked said southerner into eating Middle Eastern food at Tony's Deli
    
11. listened to The Milk-Eyed Mender 2 or 3 times all the way through
    
12. witnessed every cop in Orlando block off Virginia Dr. because of some guy with a shotgun
    
13. polished off the rest of the tea but forgot to make more
    
14. received a free Restaurant/Hotel guide from Delta Airlines
    
15. regifted the free Delta guide to send to Cliff Bowen first thing in the morning
    
16. skipped school
    
17. failed to listen to God at least once
    
18. jammed the Trans Siberian Orchestra
    
19. got inside 4 fast food dumpsters after it rained all day
    
20. praised the names of Azuree and Tiffany multiple times
    
21. yelled at my best friend Josh Erickson for not disclosing important information sooner
    
22. celebrated 131 tokens of good fortune with my best friend Josh Erickson
    
23. talked to Shannon Browning on the phone
    
24. decided to build a bike to take on my Train trip around the US sometime next year
    
25. printed 60 more shirts
    
26. wished that things between boys and girls didn't have to be weird...ever
    
27. took 2 showers in the same day for the first time since i was about 16
    
28. lip synced a Sade song by myself in the garage without any pants on
    

A few of my favorite things...

In honor of the winter season I have created a somber mix of some of my favorite songs over the past year. If you would like a copy, please send your address to: petito@tightslice.com

note: i still have to handscreen the covers so i should send them out in the next week or so. thanks for your patience.

true story.

i once swam across a rooibos sea whilst a bird bit my bible to pieces.

"And the ghost of Carl, he approached my window..."