February 28th, 2010 by Dieter
The snakes were enjoying the spring rays today.
On the same note my friend Adam McRae and I came up with a name for dad’s snake the other day. We’re calling him Neville which seems to pair with “Benji” the other snake pretty well. It only took about a decade to name two pets but I think the wait was worth it don’t you?
February 14th, 2010 by Dieter
I convinced mom and dad to get out of their comfort zones and take a cross country ski class with me on Mount Hood. I’m still shocked that they actually agreed to do it, but in the end we all had a lot of fun. The class was only 2 hours long but we managed to take away quite a bit of knowledge. We even journeyed out by ourselves after finishing our beginner’s class exploring a few different trails.
January 7th, 2010 by Dieter
It only took 2 years to make it happen but the bike is finally finished. The process started long ago by taking the whole bike apart and stripping the paint off the frame. And after a failed attempt to paint the frame myself using good old fashioned spray paint I decided to go to the professionals to get it powder coated(the fork silver and frame a creamy white). I then put on the finishing touches such as silver brake lines, and silver colored fenders and rack. With the last and most important ingredient being two beautiful white and gray Ortlieb back roller classics courtesy of mother and father. (Thanks guys!)
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December 24th, 2009 by Dieter
Dad and I had a little collaborative effort tonight and made this great dish you see below.
November 15th, 2009 by Dieter
I had the opportunity to design the poster for a show my painting class is putting on called “LOW DEFINITION”. Our paintings reference the Chuck Close style (abstraction via pixelation).
October 11th, 2009 by Dieter
A couple weekends ago I was scheduled to participate in a triathlon with Tatsuya Kee a long time friend, team-mate, and fellow lifeguard and another friend. The person doing the running leg backed out and then Trevor Whittle said he would do it. After a second fall out with Trevor backing out as well I said to hell with it I’ll do it if no one else. But then I realized, I know a great runner that would love to do this, since he hasn’t ran competively in some years now, who else than Hughie my dad. So I called dad and sure enough he was on board.
All said and done it was a great race!
