Reznjun

i have been making roaches for over 30 years. my art has come along way in that amount of time. after awhile you kinda see a bit of everything associated with the business. most people are straight up. i can appreciate that. then there are those that take advantage of  situations. i dont appreciate that.  i used to buy hair from the typical supply sources. i had to make due with that because i didnt know any place else to get hair.  it is because of the internet that i can make contact with people in montana, oregon, washington, south dakota etc. now i am able to get better hair. they look for me instead of the other way around.  by cutting out the middleman we both get a better deal. some times the name of the game is you do the work and i buy it from you and double my money. often the middle guy makes more than the ones collecting the hair and the one that makes the roaches. people trust them more than the small business man. there is no haggling with the dealers but i cant count the times i was asked for the ‘indian’ price.

i just scored another batch of real good porky hair. i sort my hair to make better roaches. so i need alot of hair. i could just make them any old way but i still make them the way the old guy that taught me did. i learned that way so i still do it that way. i really appreciate having good hair. i am now stock-piling it for the day i just make roaches. i am realistic enough to know i can be working for myself in an instant. so i am preparing for that day by buying supplies now.  i have bought over 3 pounds of hair so far this winter.  i may still have another pound of hair coming. this will be added to what i already have.  i have orders for roaches that i will get to. i dont always have time to get to them. i been around long enough to know that a real good roach is worth waiting for.

i am glad i have a day off. i was tired from the road trip. i stayed up talking about the language with others til late into the night. i was going on about 5 hours of sleep each night.  not many people care much about the language. it is refreshing to be around people that have a passion for it. i dont know how much i will learn but i will learn something. my mother was my main influence but i had many other teachers. therein lies the problem. sometimes i say things that others arent familiar with. i dont think what i say is wrong. it is the way that these speakers said things. i doubt they are wrong. they were fluent speakers. i am learning to teach my kids and my unborn grand kids. they are my responsibility to teach. i dont look to anyone else to do that job. they will speak the way i learn. maybe when those days come there wont be anyone that gives a damn one way or other.

on the way back from up north we saw a couple of bald eagles. i seen something on the side of the road. i told my cuz who was driving it was an eagle. so he slowed down and stopped next to where the eagle was feeding on a deer carcass. he said there was another eagle up in a tree. i got out to see if i could get a picture with my cell phone. the eagle closest to us flew off as expected. soon after the other one in the tree did also. it was neat to see them so close. i was pretty sure that i had seen an eagle on the way up also.

we stopped in minneapolis on the way up on this trip. my brother larry is buried there. i havent been to his gravesite yet. i am not much into that kind of thing. we were tight. a part of him will always be with me. we went back over 50 years. i got enough memories of him that i dont need small reminders of what we seen together. i feel the same way about my other brothers bubs and mikey.

i have tickets to the k u- baylor basketball game tonight. they arent the 50 dollar tickets up in the rafters. they are the 80 dollar ones right next to them. to far up to wave at the t v cameras. too dark to see. not me, the lighting. tickets are getting a bit steep but then i feel i owe it to myself to see one real good game a year. i bought these tickets a while back. i knew both teams would be good. i didnt predict them to be ranked so high but figured they might be. it should be a good game. maybe too close to miss the ending to go high five the players. i may just have to sit still til the game is over. i already high fived the players anyway at the first exhibition game. will enjoy myself tonight…………