Sucker Born Every Minute

"Thought you were getting a super cool post today huh? Sucker!"

Chew-Mee's Misguided Tours Continues...

And not a moment to soon, Louise was starting to convulse and froth at the mouth. As we pull into Bashes, she jumps out and runs for the store. She grabs the first thing she sees, a bottle of Myers Dark Rum.

We pitch in and buy the pineapple juice, rings, and ice.
Eleven minutes later.... Fifteen minutes later....

(Stay tuned! Last stop on Chew-Mee's Misguided Tours coming up.)

Louise Monkey's Wheel of Death or 13 Ways to Die

Wheel of Life The other day I started this painting, not really knowing were I was going with it, until this idea hit me. Instead of The Wheel of Life, I will paint Louise Monkey's Wheel of Death or 13 Ways to Die. I have 13 panels to paint Louise's demise, but the strange thing is every time she dies she does not come back as a different sock monkey, but as herself! Here are some of the ones I came up with.....

Death#1

Death#2

Death#3
I only came up with 12 ways, the 12th being her in the 2004 Tsunami while waiting for a cabana boy on Banda Aceh Beach.


I just had to post this song, it goes so well with the painting, coming soon Panel #1 Krakbaby..................

Chew-Mee's Misguided Tours Continues; Code Talking

As Louise basks by the mud puddle in the canyon down below, Chew-Mee and Cherry Blossom take in the sights....

Finally rid of Louise and her incessant whining, they enjoy a great day.

After stopping at Spider Rock to watch the sunset Chew-Mee and Cherry Blossom head to camp. Beat from a day of exploring and hiking they make dinner and hit the sack. During the night, however, they can hear (well, Chew-Mee can anyway) the faint sound of Louise's voice raising out of the canyon. But something is wrong, is she speaking another language?

The next day at sunrise Chew-Mee and Cherry awaken to Louise in the tent. And yes, she IS speaking a different language...Navajo!

Through the use of sign language, gestures and crude drawings in the dirt we figure out that Louise wants us to head to the Navajo Nation HQ located in Window Rock, to find a code talker.

So....We hit the road!

Zigzagging between New Mexico and Arizona we pass through Navajo, New Mexico and the cool red rock formations. We must be getting close because Louise begins to froth at the mouth and twitch.

At last we arrive at Widow Rock and begin to look for a Code Talker.

The Code Talker agrees to interpret Louise's ramblings but in exchange asks for Chew-Mee's help. He sends her/him on a Top Secret Mission into Mexico to find the Huichol Tribe.

Of course all Louise was asking for was directions to the nearest liquor store. We should have known that!

Looks like we are off to Gallup to find a liquor store for Louise. But just what is this Top Secret mission Chew-Mee will embark on? Who are the Huichol people? Will Louise ever get a drop of the sauce? Tune in for the next installment off Chew-Mee's Misguided Tours (Coming February 2010)

Just Dirt (Gardening Pt. 2)

Louise keeps ribbing me about my gardening skills, or lack of, I should say. She thinks she is funny. I don't.

Gardening...(Pt.1)

Summers are made for gardening. But don't tell Louise that!

Enough Said?!

"Rod, open the fucking door! I can stand out here all day if I have too!"

Getting Finky

First we were to lazy to post, now too busy. Things have been getting very 'Finky' around here, more to come on this matter....

Chew-Mee Love You Long Time

Still laying around watching crappy new DVD's and great old ones. After watching Full Metal Jacket, I just had to add this scene.

A New Place To Eat

Word on the street is that Jade and Sean are going to open a new restaurant.....since all the other ones seem to be closed this month.

Cobra Verde

Pollywoggs? Green Cobras? WTF? It looks like Chew-Mee and Cherry Blossom are too lazy to get in Photobucket so they can finish the Louise story. Oh well that's the lazy daze of summer for ya. We just saw a strange Herzog film with Klaus Kinski called Cobra Verde and had to post this scene, since we know someone who has a thing for nuns....

For The Pollywoggs

Back in 1990 I was walking down near Black Sands Beach, that is south of Puerto Viejo Costa Rica, when I came across this hut that was made out of driftwood. There was this dude that looked like a shipwrecked Santa in tie dye tee, flip flops and shorts. As I walked up I saw that the hut had a bar and that Santa and his son were just sitting down to have a Black & Tan, made with Guinness Stout and Costa Rican brew. I did not wonder how they built the hut so fast, as much as where the hell did they find the Guinness? To make a long story short I've been friends with them since that day, in fact their place Pollwogg Holler;http://www.pollywoggholler.com/ is the first place I lived when I came back to the USA. So when I was on the phone with Bill (AKA Santa) the other day, I told him about this painting I was doing but that I really hated it, was about to trash it. After talking to him I got an idea and this is what I came up with. It's soon to be sent to Pollywogg Holler so they can hang it over the BBQ pit.

Chew-Mee's Misguided Tours Continues; Cherries at the White House

As we wake up, Louise is all ready for us to take her to a liquor store. We kindly inform her that we are on the Navajo reservation and no liquor is sold or aloud for miles around. This is when she starts to whine, It sounds kind of like jet engine before it blows up.... We tell her that we are off for a hike to the White House Ruins and that the nearest liquor store is in Gallup, New Mexico. She starts to get nasty....

As we hike down to the bottom of the canyon on a very cool trail, the only thing we can hear is the jeep horn blasting away...

When we get to the bottom, we can still hear the jeep horn and an echo; "Take me to get booze now! You Fucking Shitheads...eads...eads...eads!"

But we pretend not to hear or know Louise. Instead we try to enjoy a breakfast of cherries and other fruits by the White House Ruins.

On the way up Louise finds us and will not take no for an answer!

Fed up with her demands, Chew-Mee throws Louise off the Canyon wall, hoping the 800ft fall will knock some sense into her.

But instead she lands next to a mud puddle and thinks it's the canyon pool. She screams for the cabana boy. (To be continued!) "Jeez, the service is lousy here!"

Down Payment Blues

With the dog days of Summer here, I thought what a perfect song to post. I was blasting this on my ipod at 6:30 AM as I finished two more sicko paintings.

Chew-Mee's Misguided Tours Continues...

Having heard of plans to camp for two nights on The Navajo Indian Reservation, Louise demands we stop in Showlow. She heads over to the liquor store to stock up on booze while we secure lunch at Subway. As she leaves she shouts over her shoulder to Chew-Mee, "Get me a foot long seafood sub! Extra mayo and pickles!"

After hours more of driving we finally arrive at Canyon de Chelly.... Louise takes refuge in the tent at the camp site. As we set out to cook up dinner we began to hear moans, gasps and retching sounds coming from within the tent.

Needless to say, poor Cherry Blossom had to sleep in seafood sub chunks mixed with Mad Dog 20/20.....

And Louise ranted all night long!

Dirty Eddie see's Another Year

Louise wasn't there. Thank god! "Too high class for this sock monkey..." (Photo stolen from Charlene Mitchell)

Baby Goes Ba-Bang!

We now interrupt the adventures of Chew-Mee and Louise to bring you some new art from Dr.Von Finklebone called, [Baby Goes Ba-Bang!] While Elmer Gobstopper was off at his NRA meeting,baby Myrtle found his loaded unlocked pistol under the bed and blew her little mind.....

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The magic bullet just misses the head of her new toy, a sock monkey she named Louise.

I put this song on just for you Char-Ween, have you no shame? Throwing yourself at David like that.

Cheew-Mee's Misguided Tours: 1st Stop Salt River Canyon

The first stop for Miss Chew-Mee's Misguided Tours was Salt River Canyon located on the White Mountain Apache Reservation http://www.wmat.nsn.us/ . We had to be quick because the charge was $15 per person per day. It was well worth it, but we only had time for a quick dip as we trek onward to Canyon de Chelly. (Click to Enlarge all Pics)

All of the sudden Louise screams, "Holy Shit! Here comes a ranger! Let's make like a banana and split!" Once back on the road Louise confessed there was no ranger, she just wanted to leave so we could get a drink. Little did she know, we were only heading deeper into the "Dry Land".....To be Continued

Back in Black!

That's right, we made it back! Whew, what a trip. More pics and posts to come. For now, enjoy this video of Louise and Chew-Mee singing 'Back in Black.' (At the top of there lungs!!) Do you see what I have to deal with!? Thank god I'm Deaf!