Lady d'Arbanville

My lady d'Arbanville, why do you sleep so still? / I'll wake you tomorrow / And you will be my fill, yes, you will

I had to see how far the fire burned into Montecito Proper..I say proper because Montecito is so prim and proper now..can't tell where the prim begins and the proper ends..

so I started at Our Lady of Mount Carmel chuch at Hot Springs Road...went up to E Mountain Drive and over to San Ysidro Ranch and yes the hills were burnt offerings...esp in the big range behind the foothills.. you can see how close the fire came to the houses...but the city was ok

now I heard stories that if a  fire hit the Montecito hills, the big eucalyptus trees would all ↻catch fire↻, explode and burn down the village and houses and kill all the people...so I went over to where the big eucs reside..Park Lane and East Valley Road by Birnam Wood Country Club...Park Lane is lined with eucalyptus and they all are standing proud as well as the East Valley eucs..all  unscathed by the biggest fire in California history and 60mph winds in the Montecito hills

Park Lane

so much for the theory that eucs burn more than any other tree because they are non-native...these trees were planted years ago as a fire break and wind break so gimme a break

simply put: if you are afraid of eucalyptus trees, you haven't gotten laid enough

Fakin' It

not really makin' it

sometimes I miss things so I depend on the fake news media to keep me up to date..now they are not really fake but as real and truthful as a fake can be, like Wendy and Nipper

but anyway, the Independent had a story on the News-Press Christmas Day edition...on page three was a story about downtown shopping and the byline was "Paul Gayzalez-News-Press Faggoat"

so I got my old paper out and there it was!! how did that make it to print unless City Editor Scott Steepleton was busy jerkin' off Don in the Men's room....

geez Wendy and Nipper..while the firefighters are busting ass putting out the Thomas Fire, you guys are putting out a useless newspaper not worthy of the paper it's printed on
really....

I'm just so ashamed of you...sell the News-Press to a responsible adult

Beggar's Farm

You're taking chances, and your reputation's going down...

so I took a survey about marijuana on the City of Carpinteria website..told them to make it hard for the pot industry to make money and to stop calling pot use "recreational"

Patrick Carty mugshot

then I see a story on Noozhawk and Ventura County Star about a couple from Ventura busted for burglarizing a Carp pot farm...

the guy's name is Patrick Carty and he looks eerily similar to Gregg Carty, who sits on the Carp City Council and was mayor for awhile

Gregg Carty/City Council

I don't know if they are brothers, but Holy Jesus, now I gotta worry about the relatives of city officials increasing the crime in Carpinteria!!!???

or maybe it's just recreation??

The Little Drummer Boy

barump ba bump bum...

there is not a war against Christmas or saying Merry Christmas...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT1fA59oH7Q

free speech..say whatever you want and TRUMP stop acting like a fucking idiot!!

good job on the tax bill, President Ryan!!!

Joyeux Noel
Feliz Navidad

and Merry Christmas!!

Fire Lake

who wants to go 

to Fire Lake???

Cover Me

cover me

the local coverage of the Thomas Fire was generally excellent...KEYT, Noozhawk, EDHAT and even KTYD pitched in to help...

but the News-Press was just horrible, esp the online site which was off line most of the time..at least I kept getting "failures and errors" when trying to access...and the paper edition was days behind everyone else and where oh where were the emergency numbers? 

I did see a little blurb on page 6 by Scott Steepleton complaining about the gov't..Scott was confused by the updates from the officials..why? because he's a dumbass, that's why.

the fire commanders and Sheriff Dept did excellent jobs of informing educated people....

here's some pics of the fire scenes

and at the Polo fields, a staging area was set  up with flags at half-staff in memory of firefighter Cory Iverson..

the guy deserves a Purple Heart

Sweet Home, Alabama

where the skies are so blue

I was watching the fire, The Polar Express and the Alabama election last night..I hoped the fire would die and oh how  I hoped and prayed that God would guide the good folks of Alabama to vote this hillbilly bible-thumping Baptist conservative pervert clown charlatan SOB Roy Moore out of the state and it looks like they did!! Roy Moore lost and Doug Jones won..Doug Jones also managed to get some justice for the young girls killed by the KKK long ago

I went outside and the air was clearing a bit with some stars overhead...little things but so big when they are taken away from you for awhile....

I haven't seen a passenger train in a week due to the fires...

or a clear sky blue sky until tonight

WAY TO GO, ALABAMA!! and THANK-U God!!

Day By Day

to see thee more clearly

[updated with a few corrections regarding the First Responders and the AIG Insurance  fire crews...my comment "FUCK THE NEWS-PRESS" STILL STANDS!]

the fire is pretty much out in Carp but the air quality is poor...smoke..last night was a fierce fire fight with the crews doing backfires behind Rancho Monte Alegre..

I've been watching this fire for a week and some of the images seem mythical...from some deep archetype of the collective unconscious, like a mad fire dog howling in the Carpinteria foothills

air crews arrived 

when the smoke clears, I'll have a better look..having spent a few wonderful years on the ranch in Olive Carey's old pink house until I got kicked out, I can say the area is/was the most beautiful place I've ever seen...but fire burns without consideration

AIG Private Responders

heard and saw hundreds of fire trucks on 101 moving up north...

First Responders

made a run to Albertson's and lots of first responder vehicles coming and going and some AIG guys parked..

all crews taking a break...what they did last night was incredible... they fought that fire face to face and prevented it from crossing 192 into the City of Carpinteria...the fire could have easily wiped out my section of town...

I'll think of that next time the stupid local newspaper complains about the pensions and benefits firefighters get...

fuck the News-Press!!

Scrooge

Ventura Highway

in the sunshine, where the days are longer, the nights are stronger than moonshine

Ventura Highway is on fire...the 101... a massive wildfire that started in Santa Paula is ripping thru Ventura and Ojai and now threatening Carpinteria, Summerland and Montecito...
it got my attention when Grant Park in Ventura  burned..the iconic Cross was saved or missed by the flames...almost bought a house in this area ..it's beautiful and had some good times up there...close to Poli St and City Hall!!

then the images and videos were unbelievable...huge flames and high winds burned ferociously and indiscriminately...very scary...

Rincon Hill area just outside Carp city

I heard a loud pop and bang about 1:45 am yesterday and saw big flames marching up a hill close by....Rincon Hill...that's too close to the City of Carpinteria...

Heroic firefighters are doing an impossible job but they are containing and holding the line...but the winds...the Santa Ana winds can change quickly...

so the mandatory evac now extends to Highways 150 and 192 to Casitas Pass Rd..the voluntary evac includes Montecito and Summerland...Rancho Monte Alegre is part of it....all areas are above the 192...this info is not official because I'm not an official

but I'm part of it..the voluntary evacuation part...

and I'm ready to go

This Is a Man's World

You see, man made the cars
To take us over the road
Man made the train
To carry the heavy load
Man made the electrolight
To take us out of the dark
Man made the boat for the water
Like Noah made The Ark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd1-HM234DE

all you tattletail little girls gotta realize something..this is a man's world..

this is a man's world..

got it??