Hey Hobos,

I just wanted to give everybody an update on what I'm up to. It's been nearly 6 months and I am finally done with my West Coast adventure. Monday is my last day of work, then I will be making the trip back to the Midwest.

These are a couple pictures from a trip I took to San Fransisco the other weekend. I got to walk the Golden Gate Bridge and check out some giant Redwood trees. I even drank a little sake in Chinatown. So all in all, it was a pretty decent time.

So now I'm going back to the O.NE for a couple days and then I'm off to yet another new state. My next stop will be the mystic Black Hills of South Dakota. I'll be starting a new job in Rapid City, SD and I should be there for the rest of the year.

But don't get too excited... I'm still planning on mustachin' up and being at the V on Nov. 26th. So watch out Cheeks Daddy. The 5th year could be the charm for this Croatian.

Word Life,

Hash

HOBOnanza 2008 is almost upon us and there is still some things that need to be completed. I was hoping that someone would like to take a shot at developing a printable schedule of events. G-Mac has already posted the days and times of each event. We just need somebody to add some color and a few unflattering pictures of some hobos.

Here is what the schedules looked like from the last 2 years.

Hobo 4th of July Extravaganza 2006

Hobo Hullabaloo 2007

So if you would like to help a brother out, post a comment. It needs to be completed in the next 10 days or so. Then hopefully someone, possibly Tommy Joe, can print off a bunch of them and we can post them around town. It's gonna be a big year since we have more days of activities then ever before.

We also need to get a t-shirt graphic completed. But only a person with extensive showstopping abilities could develop something like that. So if you're out there Show, give me a call. I have some ideas I'd like to discuss with you.

Dawson

Greetings,

With the HOBO festivities less than 3 weeks away, it is now time to start talking about the new class of hobos for 2008. Last year was a big year for HOBO with 7 new members. We like to call them the 7 of '07. Could there be eight new hobos in 2008??? You never know.

As acting director in charge of HOBO apprenticeships and mentors, or as I call it - Apprentii Master; I have a good idea of who is trying out for HOBO this year. Although, I would like to have anyone interested in becoming hobo to post a comment and let the world know.

You also need to state if you already have a HOBO mentor or if you need one provided to you. And if you want, say a few words about why you want to be a hobo.

Who will be this years Marbles?
Who will be this years Big Easy?
And who will be this years Eric Fitting?
You'll have to wait until 12:01 am on July 4th to find out.

Word.

Born.

Hash

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Returning to his HOBO roots for the first time since Formal Night 2006, its Jonesy. I'm not sure exactly what day he will be back, but Topher will be in attendance. So if the charismatic enigma that is the Bishop doesn't get you excited for the 4th, hopefully the much anticipated "Drink with Dwight" does. I know I'm looking forward to it.

Hashbrown - Ya Heard

Its finally June and the HOBO festivities are less than a month away. Hopefully everyone is as excited for this year as me and 3 Digit Russell are.

We're gonna need some help getting some stuff ready - such as printing up a schedule of events, getting a 'know your hobos' worksheet for would-be aprentii and figuring out what to do for this years official hobo t-shirt. Or in Gilemonster's case, beater.

We also need to come up with the official name of this years celebration. So if you got some ideas or want to contribute and help get some bulljunk done, speak up.

I was a little worried I might not be able make it, since I'm 2000 miles away, but I traded my bad kidney for a plane ride to the IWD airport. So I'm as pumped up as Tommy J when he gets a new GCC t-shirt.

I'm supposed to be back in the early evening on Sat. June 28th. And all you hobos are stuck with me until July five. Word. Born.

I'd like to get an idea of who, what, where and when all the hobos are showing up to B-Town. So let us know that people still check this website and post a comment.

My hobos if you wit me, where you at?

- at the Gin with a Blatz and the G-Mac Attack!

My hobos if you wit me, where you be?

- from the Dig to the V, cuz the hobos are key.

I'd like to wish a Happy Gregapalooza to all the HOBOs, FoHs and mofos.

This has got to be the greatest photograph in the history of cameras. I don't know who took the picture, or what G-Mac was doing, but it doesn't get any better than this.

We even used it on the first of what would be many official HOBO shirts. Click this picture to see the prototype for this year's Gregapalooza shirt.

The last 2 years I've dressed fairly traditional for HOBO Formal Night. But this year I felt like it was time for a change. So I consulted my fashion advisor Topher D. Ormes. The Bishop knows clothes.

I think this could be the look for me. The only thing I'm not sure about is whether I'm going to wear sports sandals or P. loafs.

Since the Showstoppa was busy stopping a few shows tonight, I will post an old school picture for him.

This is a photograph taken in July of 2002 and features Dudley Dawson, Hugo Deuceman and Norm from the Real World.

Most people don't know this, but Norman actually asked me and G-Mac if he could get his picture taken with us. He's a big Bessemer Speedboy fan as his t-shirt shows.

Click on the picture to see a few more pictures of HOBOs and former Real World cast members. Word life.

Since Show dropped the ball on his old school picture for day 8, I had to find one. I have very few pre-HOBO pictures available at the moment, but I did finally find one that I'm sure few people have seen.

This is my boy Cheddar and my boy The Genius in our old apartment in Kalamazoo. I think this picture was taken during a Super Bowl party at our place in 2003, only a few months before HOBO was born.

Notice the killer "Mummy Returns" poster in the background.

Okay. So here’s the situation. About a week ago, I couldn’t think of anything good to do. And rather than sit around not doing anything, I decided it was time to hobo my way out west. So I loaded up my truck and drove 1400 miles on interstate 80 and ended up in Reno, Nevada.

I know this move didn’t come at the best time, since we were just starting to get a band together. But don’t worry; The Dustin Filippini Experience is not breaking up. We’re just going on hiatus for a few months. Show needs more time to practice his tambourine anyway.

I like it out here. Although, I’m still getting used to this Pacific Time zone. Other than that everything is cool. I got a job, a place to sleep and I recently learned how to solve a 4x4 Rubik’s Cube.

I also got an email from someone claiming to be Pete Coleman saying he was interested in joining HOBO. So if this turns out to be true, I got dibbs on being Petey's mentor this year.

Whoa HOBO,

Shankbone