Spring Break

I won't be home for spring break this year. I've decided to build some houses with Habitat for Humanity for a week. I'm really excited about the opportunity. I'll be working in Eagle Butte, South Dakota on a reservation site. We ranked our trip choices 1 to 3 (the other choices were Iowa and Arkansas) and then if we were accepted into the program got assigned to one of our top two choices. Needless to say, Eagle Butte was my first choice. It's supposed to be a really cultural experience, we're supposed to spend time on a Buffalo Ranch, meet a lot of the locals, eat dinner with the family whose house were helping to build, and partake in a sweatlodge ceremony, among many other things. I'm really pumped and I can't wait to spend my spring break doing something more productive than watching Intervention reruns and complaining about all of the junk food in the house. Anyway, I'll miss you all. See you in the summer!

Further reading: (courtesy of wiki)
Information on Eagle Butte
Information on Sweat Lodge Ceremony

Pics from Nola

HevyDevy

I got danny boy here in the old mortuary-converted-to-borders in new orleans! We're just typing away at our computers, sippin americanos, and preparing for a night of awesomeness- one of our favorite artists, Devin Townsend, is playing in the House of Blues tonight at 5:30!

It's great having another Hahn here. My pipes froze last night and the night before so running water is scarce in my house. No showers, but I used some spring water to make coffee this morn. Last night something caused my toilet to start leaking water so I opened it up--and a geyser of water sprayed upwards. We were laughing so hard we forgot it was a form of filthy liquid. After shutting off the water valve to the toilet, we watched some John Rambo and bab5. The cold here is uncanny (mid 20s at night). Here's hoping no pipes broke over this last night- the plumber said he could fix it by noon today so we'll just have to see.

-Tony out

Alma: Animated short is "equal parts Pixar and The Twilight Zone"

from Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder

Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo.