We could go toe to toe in the middle of a cell. (Day 121) [Guest Update]

Today's update comes from the lovely (and oft-linked here) friend of mine, Velvet. I've known her for two years, and she's tried to kill me three times. I'm still standing, so obviously, I'm invincible/untouchable/the Show Stopper.

Be that as it may, and all joking aside, she posted a really funny and good blog, which is nice for a change around here at Days Gone By. Please enjoy it, and make sure to click on the Cacti photo at the bottom, as well as the link on her name, and treat yourself to some amazing photography.

-Aaron.
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Some weeks ago, Mr. Hale (owner and proprietor of Days Gone By) asked me to do a guest update for him. I got very excited. And then...I got very lazy. Today, Dudley Shale's laziness trumped mine, and he somehow talked me into finally doing a guest update. Also, he has insisted on writing something out for me by hand that appears to have turned his hand into a wizened little claw, and I want to do what I can to help get it back in working order.

And so. Here, just for you, dear readers, is a list of the "Top 10 reasons why you should buy a book written by Aaron Hale someday."

1. His fingers are magic. And we're not talking some David Blaine bullshit. We're talking mystical here.

2. He takes risks. I mean, he wears flannel, has a beard, and yet refuses to drink PBR. That's going out on a limb, kids, it really is. He risks ostracization in the name of only drinking beer that doesn't taste like bitter, watery urine. He's a risk taker, have no doubt.

3. He would ask for Tom Gabel's hand in marriage if it were legal (and not, you know, creepy.)

4. He will not let you watch porn at his house, but if you need a place to bang your girlfriend, Casa de Hale is all yours.

5. He will listen to you if you call him crying at 3 am, and when you tell him the same story three times, but not at all if you dare slander the Trio.

6. He has a cat that has the balls to go up skirts and is also the size of a small farm animal.

7. He is afraid of snow, lava, and pretty girls.

8. He could be laying under a bridge in Mexico with his pants around his ankles, comatose, beaten and left for dead, and he could Still. Out-drink. You.

9. He writes words that can change things. Will change things.

10. Fuck tha police.

(10a. He lost sleep to help me take the photo below. Because he just likes cacti that much.)



-Until tomorrow.