on the Vacay by her damn self.

I just had coffee with an adorable Korean woman that I found in our livingroom this morning. 

Her and her Husband couldn't match up their off time so she is on the Vacay by her damn self.
She is very sweet.

Right now her and Olive are making her some goodies out of essential oils.

I really dig the look on Korean's faces when I greet them in their own language.

It's a look of relief mixed with pure amusement.

Korean is an intimidating language for us "Romanized" language speakers but I'm finding it a very beautiful language that I enjoy wrapping my head around.
Also as a trickster it's clutch to know what everyone is saying.

I been crunching Chinese, Korean and Spanish for the last few months.
Our new friend said she chose Portland because she read in articles that people are weird here and have freedoms to express themselves.
That is a pretty good review in my book.

She bought two boxes of tea from us and is going to bike with us to our gig at Pie Spot Pie shop today at 4. I love doing dignitary duty.

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Neighborhood music

Wow, a woodpecker bird was hammering away overhead looking for lunch when nearby a car alarm went off.
I couldn't help but notice that separately those sounds are annoying. But together they sound like an amazing techno song.
Good times.

Olive said "Hey come downstairs...and bring a camara!"

Here is something you don't see every day. 

Houseclowns get to scrub trashcans.

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Little A and Friend gardening with Olive at our pad yesterday.

 I'm so stoked that she has been in my life so many years. 

The very last thing I did at the Clown House was ride away with her on the back of the Behemoth. 
She continues to be incredibly supportive and a joy to be around. 

 Olive and Lil A are very tight. She is an expert gardener and really gave us some amazing insights about growing things. This is the first year in O&I's time together that we are able to grow anything. 
Before it was just grimey "Partment's parking lot. 
Lil A showed us how to grow our wig tree really well.

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meanwhile...this is the first year we were in the Division parade and actually live here

We did this parade so many times. Usually we don't have such a short commute.

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Canada in both rooms

Canada in the house. 
We stay in a house that rents out rooms. 
I'm delighted to hear some hallway introductions. 
They are just realizing they are all from Vancouver.
 "Neighbors at home and in the States!" 
In one room are a pair of 20 something women who are exploring the world and in the other a 30 something couple on vacay. I love that the couple brought their bikes with them. 
Everyone is dialed into all the things to do in Portland so they don't need "single serving friends". 
 I'm glad the clowns have this opportunity to be (or not to be) single serving friends to people from all over the world.

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Grateful for my wife.

I just heard some women (staying with us) from Asia, "Olive doesn't wear bra. While we are in the United states we won't wear bras either" "Agreed"
 So we are all just sitting around not wearing bras and being grateful.

Sexy situations happen to me a lot. It takes great discipline for me not to mention such situations online. I learned from experience that It's hard not to come off wrong. It's also a great way to potentially lose said situations. 
This dining room revelation is different because I don't count it as a sexy situation. 
This is about freedom Yo.
If they are not allowed to possess untarped breasticles, then I'm darn proud (standing in diningroom table waving US flag) they get that freedom here.

Things these folks from Asia have been able to do at our house (that they can't at home.)
1. Critisize their/our government leadership.
2. Try pot
3. Own breasts.
Not bad. I don't mind being known for that. 
Things our new Friends noticed:
1. USA women often don't wear bras.
2. Nobody seems to give a shit (I'm paraphrasing the broken English).

I had to clarify, Portland and Eugene people won't care. Minneapolis is hip BUT many parts of the USA are not gonna have it. Even here in Portland there was a church at the last Naked bike ride who were making a concerted effort to talk people out of naked and into Jesus.

I'm around boobs a lot more as a kid clown than a cabaret entertainer.
Boobs aren't the star of the show but they are very common in the romper rooms. I'm desensitized since way back. Been doing adult and kid clowning for 20 years.
The last thing I ever want to do is have a Mom follow my line of vision straight to her chest while she feeds her kid. I make sure to be looking anywhere else when they whip out the teat. Sometimes I look through them. 
That said, we get hit on by a lot more women in the kid world than the nightclub.
It's a great town to be a clown.
Also staying in one of the rented rooms is a newly married couple from India. They are esteemed cancer researchers. I love the delightful accent as she hollers at her man across the house. 

"We have only been here a few hours, why do you suddenly need excuses to be in the dining room... of a house you've never been in?" 

Our neighbor's shutters have been permanently shut ever since the day they were doing dishes and saw a lot more of Olive than normal. lol. Oops.

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Calzones in the Bungalow!