My mom, who’s side of the family Kevin is from, decided she wanted to head to Alburquerque to visit. So off we went. Sarah and I drove with my mom to NM to provide our support as delicious meal cookers and errand runners. I would normally write all about this sort of thing and do my best to describe what we saw but luckily you don’t have to sit through that. What I will do instead is link to Sarah’s blog. She has been doing a photo a day of at PhotoDork.org and so instead of a thousand words you can just look at her pictures.

• Day One
• Day Two
• Day Three
• Day Four
• Day Five
• Day Six

And here is the complete set of pictures on flickr.

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• Photodork- Sarah has reinvented her blog by taking a photo a day and writing about it. So far she is kicking but and taking names and is doing a much better job of posting on a regular basis then I am. Check it out and enjoy the pictures.
• House- We have built a flower box and a desk so far. We have to finish the floors this summer or I think Sarah will kill someone, probably me.
• Veggie Fight- My horrible web-comic is what I have been spending my time on. I need to work a little harder and try to get ahead so I can focus more on my drawing then just throwing it together super quick.
• Joe and Em’s- Sarah and I our launching a new site that will show all of our baking, cooking and craft projects. Should be awesome. Seriously awesome.

Honestly I think that is about all we have been doing. Hopefully it all goes well. Check out all the websites and subscribe to the ones you like. Hope your summer is going good.

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In other news Veggie Fight is live and updated every Sunday. Check it out.

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I, Dylan Reed, am going to start writing everyday again. I am not going to falter in this. I will write down all of the random thoughts and if I feel it is worthy I will put it on the blog.

I said that about a year ago in this post. As you may have noticed I have totally faltered in this. I did not even come close to writing everyday in the past year and I certainly failed as a blogger. What is interesting about this is that I really want to write more and blog more it just seems that my life has been overrun with other things. It is time for me to step back and pick some things to let go and pick things to pursue fully. That way I will be able to be more of a rockstar and less of a lamestar in my life. Like most blog posts that I write after I have been gone for a while this one will be full of sweeping plans and changes that I am going to make in my life. I hope that this time some of them stick. Well here goes.

• School: Right now school is my number one priority in life, aside from continuing Sarah and my’s awesomeness, and I hope that that can continue into the future. The only problem is money. School is expensive and we are suffering from some serious money problems right now. Nothing that we cannot handle but it is still a lot tight a lot of the time.
• Yoga: You may or may not know that Sarah and I have become huge fans of yoga and I find it to be relaxing and fullfilling. We have been lucky enough to find a studio that is inexpensive and that has really good instructors. I hope that we can continue to enjoy yoga and that I continue to find relaxation from it.
• Writing: I really enjoy writing. I find it to be an almost zen like activity and wish that I could make it into a way to make money. Of course it would then become a job and not fun. Or would it. I don’t really know.I hope to start blogging more regularly and I am going to try my best to write everyday.
• Games: I play both tabletop and video games and find them both very satisfying. I found a site online that lets me continue to play tabletop games one post at a time and it has been quite a bit of fun. The really nice thing is that it takes about two minutes to post and you only really need to check once a day. The games take longer but there is still the element of fun that comes with real life RPGs. It also allows me with an outlet for my writing.
• Work: I currently have two jobs. One as a gymnastic coach which I love/hate depending on how the other coaches are acting if the kids are being good and one where I help a friend of the family in a personal assistant type position. I really like my second job but unfortunately it is in Denver and cannot be done all the time as a part time job since I go to school in Fort Collins.

So… I will totally post more, I swear.

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Here it is all laid out and I have started adding color.

Moving Right Along with the Coloring

Added a big mushroom to make it more awesome.

Here we go background.

And…Done!

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Today was the day. I spent a long time under the drill and the fixing of my mouth is just past halfway. Unfortunately the money is not quite there yet. So what we need to do is spread the word a little bit harder. Think of someone you know who really likes teeth, call them up and send them to me… I will be very thankful. Are you wondering what to get that person who has everything… Adopt a tooth in their name, they’ll love it. Well enough NPR fund raising back to the regularly scheduled blog.

The interesting thing about dentists is that people either love or hate them. Personally I am a big fan of dentists. Most of this comes from the fact that of all of the types of doctors in the world I have spent the biggest amount of time with dentists. Every dentist that I have worked with, I think there have been four, has been fairly nonjudgmental and seems to really want to help my teeth. Now it is entirely possible that they really just were nice to me because they want to buy a new boat or something and they realize that my mouth alone could help them on that journey.

I think the other factor that works in my favor when it comes to dentists is that I have had so much done to my mouth that I don’t stress out about getting work done.Shots, drilling, nothing bothers me. Not today but about a month ago when I started this adventure I actually fell asleep in the chair while the dentist was drilling. They only noticed because my jaw relaxed and my mouth started to close. That, my friend, is how you do the dentist.

You may be wondering how you can be this cool in the dentist’s chair. There are a few options to consider:

1. Stop caring for your teeth so you can spend more time at the dentist and therefor become more relaxed. This method is not recommended though I can say with certainty that it works.
2. Practice relaxing techniques while at the dentist. Pick a spot on the ceiling and breathe deeply and slowly through your nose. This will, hopefully, send you into a relaxed state that will allow you to enjoy your dental experiment. Well maybe not enjoy but at least tolerate.
3. If those two don’t work I would suggest changing dentists. A lot of times you get used to how one dentist does things, even if you don’t like it. Find a newer, younger dentist as they usually have the cutting edge in techniques.

There you go, one tried and true method of enjoying the dentist and two that I just made up but sound pretty good. Remember, brush your teeth, it helps. And now you can adopt half of a tooth.

Tooth Adoption Options

Full Tooth $35.00 1/2 Tooth $17.50 1/5 Tooth $7.00 1/7 Tooth $5.00

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