where have you gone, joe dimaggio?

its 4 hours until i leave for missouri, via vienna and washington d.c. i decided to stay up tonight. zuzi said she would try but she didnt make it.

i cant do much but be thankful right now. this trip was what it was because of my hosts. i feel stupid blogging about this. i heard some quote somewhere.. i think it was about joe dimaggio or something.. but it was about his career. it was like "to talk about it would ruin it".. or something like that. but ill try.

i havent written in a long time.

when i came to town, zuz and i went shopping for lots of food for our flat. we got lots of things that i had a feeling we would never eat.. but i didnt want to say anything because i didnt know crap about where i was.. so i let zuzi pick out things and i pushed the cart around. this afternoon we cleaned the cabinets and there was the crumpky, the ryze, and some other food we bought at that first tesco trip. i think im using this situation to illustrate something.. ive learned to trust myself. i can give advice. i know when to ask for help. i have something good to offer.

when i say 'i trust myself'.. i mean the majority of my confidence comes from my trust in God. but i can trust myself that i will turn to Him. all other trust i consider foma.

its not just a point ive reached randomly because im old or something.. ive noticed lots of things that ive been doing.. and im different now. like ive changed a lot. its so sick. everything works now.

ive gotta finish packing.

europe holiday in review

5 countries
8 cities
4 types of currency
85 days
13647+ total miles traveled

i consider this the most important investment ive ever made. ive met incredible people and began many new friendships despite borders, cultures, and language barriers. ive learned a lot.. and grown too i guess (whatever that means)

but seriously.. how can i talk about 3 months of vacation in europe with my favorite person??

but anyway things arent going to be the same..


actual photo updates tomorrow or when i get home (friday)

resizing and organizing pictures

is making me hate digital photography

i still have many many more pics, so theres gonna be another update sometime..




photo by zuzi^


photo by some girl^

photo by zuzi^



photo by zuzi^

^^^just look around the buttons.. youll see it

^^^photo by zuzana kloknerova

^^^photo by andrej klokner

europdate 1

so heres the story..

i was sick for four days or so when i arrived.. i couldnt sleep/eat and my head hurt all the time. it was the worst i had been sick since i can remember. zuz took care of me until i could do stuff and then did stuff we did.

zuzi's friend invited to a metal concert. heres the band's myspace: STRIGULI

her friend's bro is the drummer.. it was kinda thrash/hardcore if i know my metal genres correctly. they did break into motorhead's 'ace of spades' in the middle of one of their originals.. which makes them ok in my book.

andy (zuzis bro) and i also spent a day in the park with his co-workers.. which was pretty interesting. i was teaching them how to throw an american football and speak english.. maybe ill have accidentally taken over the whole country by the end of the summer. watching these guys throw a football was seriously soo funny/amazing. its like they had never even seen anyone throw one.. they just had no idea.. but to be fair we played some futbol and they kicked ass. the euro 2008 games are going on right now too so everyone's more stoked than usual for some futbol action.

yesterday we went to zuzi's parents home in a little village called 'dolne oresany'. it was like this perfect little village that hasn't changed at all since cars were invented. zuzi's parents were awesome. they gave us a couple bottles of home-made wine and made us some awesome slovak food. they didnt speak a word of english and i know like 5 slovak words.. so i was like 'pekne villej, dakujeme vino' (good village, thank you wine).. i sorta felt like an ass but they got the picture and i think i made sort of a good impression.

weve done tons of other crap.. but im not gonna make you read about it. i havent written in a while and im sure it boring. heres some pics.

status update

good:
having funs with friends and stuff
christy is visiting from california :D
camping at the cabin
lots of poker $$$
i started cycling.. its filling the skateboard-sized hole in my life pretty well
leaving for europe and gonna see zuzi in less than 2 weeks!!
reading this sick book called cats cradle by kurt vonnegut
lookin good, gettin presents



bad:
ankle is healing slow and im not taking care of it very well
gonna miss my friends when i go
not much else...


wish i could make other people love God as much as i do

love,
lucas

day in the life MO

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w/e w/e w/e

pictures aint good for nothin'
-mom









day in the life up soon

and we got a new puppy :D
say hi to alberta

oh hello

just got a photo scanner so guess what i can update my blorg :D

ive been busy since i moved to missouri.. im only shooting c-41. i like it better. im working on a photo album.. im almost finished with it..

here are some shots from grannys neighborhood:





more tomorrow or sometime soon