Cary's mini-rampI received a flurry of phone calls yesterday evening on all forms of telecommunications devices that are piped into my house. Almost all of them were from Cary Jackson trying to get ahold of me, Kevin, and Adam. Suddenly, he’s located a source of precious metal with which to surface his monstrous South Austin ramp. Things are moving quickly and he needs to raise about $800.00 to purchase 50 sheets of metal. This is an unbelievable bargain because the going rate for metal right now is somewhere around $60 per sheet. The window of opportunity, he said, is narrow. He’s got to get his hands on the money for this metal by Tuesday of next week so that he, Doug King, and Jason Schmale can travel to pick up the materials. If you are interested in riding a monster mini-ramp this Cary Jackson's Rampsummer, you would do well by donating to this cause.Call Cary Jackson @ 512-689-3230. Here are photos of the ramp. You can mail money to Cary via this address– 2008 Prather Lane, Austin, TX 78704.

Also occurring next tuesday is a screening of the super-8 film I shot a couple of weeks ago. It’s part of the Make A Film In A Weekend (MAFIA) festival to be held at the Real Theater 7:30 pm Tuesday. Something’s wrong with the ASN skate calendar, so I’m posting this event here. It’ll probably cost $5.00 to get in, but that’s but a small price to pay for the information contained in my movie, "the LBJ tapes."

James Juneau is still injured and out of commission with a wrecked knee. His current plan is to save a bunch of money so that he can travel to Thailand to have some kind of orthopedic surgery performed. While explaining this to me last night, he was unclear as to whether his choice of locale was based on the cheapness of the procedure or the skill of the child prostitutes performing orthoscopic knee surgeries in Thailand’s dirt-and-feces covered alleyways.

He still is in (k)need of several thousands of dollars to get back on skateboard. To accomplish this, he’s working like a demon on people’s cars. If you’ve got some repair work you need done on your vehicle, I couldn’t give a better referral than Mr. Juneau. Call him @ 736-8729. The guy is fully ASE certified and the most reliable and trustworthy mechanic I’ve ever known.