stairwells and hallways

Mystery Chair needs identifying

2009-06-23T10:44:00.001-07:00

Mystery Chair needs identifying, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

All I Could Say

2009-05-16T00:19:00.000-07:00

I tried to get through the whole thing, but couldn't...

"Living more than 3000 miles away from home many people in my life tend to ask about my family... I tell them of my grandparents first, then on to stories about my Mom and I. Once they hear that my mother is no longer living that's where the conversation usually stops.

They ask what it's like to lose someone that close to you, and I'm very open to telling them. I say that at first it's hard, there is pain, then there are thousands of details, memories and things about them that you probably would have never noticed had you not been having this powerful experience. Soon after though there is a settling down, an almost distilling of these thousands of thoughts and feelings flying around and it's as everything in their life settles into place and you can see the true essence of this person's life and it meaning to you.

I was leaving Santa Barbara when my grandmother called, we talked about the details of my trip back for my grandfather's funeral service and she said that she would like me to say something about him at the service. For most of the six hours your driving along the coast on the edge of cliffs and mountains looking out into the Pacific Ocean, it is quite beautiful and a quintessentially American sight to see. He would have loved it and I thought no better place to distill down all of the thoughts and feelings that were rushing around in my mind.

Memories were abound I remembered everything from the smallest details to the greatest stories. I remembered the sound of him shoveling the drive way out in the winter, the smell of the inside of his truck, everything from the longest lectures on safe driving to the short little "-ey!" that we would say to each other to greet each other and acknowledge that, yes both of us were in fact in the same room.

Overarching all of these many smaller things was the sense that from day one to today, I have always felt he could fix or build anything. From building everything from my tree fort to skateboard ramps, to putting new shingles on the roof to constructing a shed, from getting my mini bike running to showing me the right way to change the oil in my car. Anything could be fixed or constructed, and where any of that would be happening there would be ample time and space for me to be holding a bag of nails or a flashlight... And then there was the grief I'd get, "raise the light up, stop moving, you're standing in your own light..." and it wasn't limited to the task at hand... "stand up straight, your pants are too big, your pants are too tight..."

As I drove I kept going over these moments that kept flying around in my head and as they started to settle a quote I recently heard came to mind that said "In the end a man will be judged not by what he tears down but by what he builds..." and at this point I made the realization that there was more being built in these moments than a skateboard ramp or a wood shed. Sure he couldn't fix everything because there are a few people that cannot be here that if he had the power to fix, he would have, but he could build anything, he built this amazing family and he built me into the man I am today... and that's a story I am proud to tell to anyone."

Carl Eugene Stoner May 3 1929–May 7 2009

eBay bidding war was worth it

2009-03-20T16:26:00.003-07:00

eBay bidding war was worth it, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

early easter via ebay

2009-03-20T16:26:00.001-07:00

early easter via ebay, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

After

2009-03-02T11:38:00.001-08:00

After, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Before

2009-03-02T11:35:00.001-08:00

Before, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

1963

2009-01-21T19:11:00.001-08:00

1963, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Downtown Fog

2008-12-31T13:33:00.001-08:00

Downtown Fog, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Downtown Fog

2008-12-31T13:32:00.001-08:00

Downtown Fog, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Brewer's Art art

2008-12-29T10:55:00.001-08:00

Brewer's Art art, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Brewer's Art chandelier

2008-12-29T10:47:00.001-08:00

Brewer's Art chandelier, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Knock off of a knock off

2008-12-29T10:38:00.001-08:00

Knock off of a knock off, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Stevie on the wall at the belvedere

2008-12-29T10:35:00.001-08:00

Stevie on the wall at the belvedere, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

owl bar in belvedere hotel

2008-12-29T10:28:00.001-08:00

owl bar in belvedere hotel, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

owl bar in belvedere hotel

2008-12-29T10:25:00.001-08:00

owl bar in belvedere hotel, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

rugby ralph lauren georgetown

2008-12-29T10:22:00.001-08:00

rugby ralph lauren georgetown, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

parkour circa 1930

2008-12-18T00:40:00.000-08:00

Random Google Find

2008-12-10T16:12:00.001-08:00

Random Google Find, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

studio day

2008-12-07T13:00:00.000-08:00

had a nice relaxing saturday today and was able to spend some time working on some project bikes in my new art studio/work space. there are three new projects on the way, one 70's fuji for myself and two univega builds for others. more updates as teh bikes take shape but for a recap of recent bike projects check in to my flickr here: project le peeg, red rover and my own vintage italian fixie conversion. [shown above]

gone

2008-12-02T00:57:00.000-08:00

Bike-nappers nabbed my bike from my parking garage be on the alert SF peeps. I don't feel so bad because the left crank was loose and I didn't tighten it so my guess is the person got about 100 yards before having it pop off and them falling on their face. For the record it was made up of an IRO frame, Bianchi track bars, carbon fiber forks, Ritchey headset...

30, 10 and 10...

2008-11-26T00:53:00.000-08:00

... for five seasons... happy birthday oscar robertson.

glen park bart

2008-11-17T00:49:00.000-08:00

row 11 on 11/11

2008-11-11T00:50:00.000-08:00

...and big al is warming up! happy early birthday mike!

praying...

2008-11-04T00:45:00.000-08:00

please let him win...

that's big...

2008-10-25T00:41:00.000-07:00

according to the woman behind the counter at bob's donuts on polk... "eeeet's az beeg as yo face." can't ask for anything more at 2:00am after last call at the hemlock.