Gravity is Bringing Me Down

Wild Weekend

2012-02-12T22:58:00.003-06:00

Most days I'd totally be content eating refried black beans and kimchi, but it's really nice when I get to eat an entire valentine's day party. Lolz

So this is what West Coast winters feel like ...

2012-01-31T12:27:00.001-06:00

Oh, hey, what's up spring? Just stopping by to say hello for minute? Cool, it's always nice to see you. SO I DON'T SHOOT MYSELF IN THE FACE.Seriously though, this winter has been awesome.

BLACKOUT

2012-01-18T10:36:00.002-06:00

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.It's pretty cool to see a lot of the major sites blacking out, now only if we could do this when it comes to poverty, healthcare, and women's reproduction rights.

Whoah

2012-01-16T14:21:00.002-06:00

This girl.And this one too. Very rad.

I'll be yr bird

2012-01-15T21:20:00.003-06:00

In all regards I had a great week, but my head has been a little too light and my heart too heavy. My moods have been shifting like a pinball knocking around a machine. This morning we got all tangled up. I wanted to freeze the moment in time. It felt so good, I was sure there was warm weather waiting outside for us. When you're in my bed, all the shit that weighs me down every day gets

Ready to take on 2012

2012-01-08T23:40:00.004-06:00

Vacation's over.Had a rad weekend.Celebrated love with a cute boy.Got my planner.Cleaned my room.Did my laundry.Coerced someone into painting my nails.Made the best dinner I've ever made in my life and then shared it with a friend.Now this:Aw. Yeah. Feeling good about 2012!

Lost or Something Like It...

2012-01-04T00:36:00.005-06:00

in the political/action oriented sense that is. It's like I'm 63 looking back at my youth thinking, "if only I would have done that." Except I'm young and I can still do whatever "that" is. Problem being, I'm not sure what "that is." It surely isn't to spend every weekend getting drunk and having the same exact conversations I have every single weekend.I'm supposed to be a woman of action. And

Insert Dictator Joke Here

2011-12-19T22:51:00.001-06:00

Ok, this is just weird.

Bohemian House

2011-12-15T11:35:00.004-06:00

I just finished my first semester of nursing school. Like just now. Wow. Some things I did not think I was capable of:1) Poop showers.2) Changing a "brief" of a man twice my height and three times my weight.3) Not getting depressed about being old, when I'm surrounded by smoldy oldies six hours a day.4) Consistently waking up at 5 am and not losing my mind, stethoscope, or important paper

Occupy Movement Getting Spicy

2011-12-07T17:43:00.003-06:00

Now we're talkin' kids. No one is going to listen till we cause some more ruckus! No one can really make a change but us!OccupyChi.orgWhy don't you get involved?

Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign

2011-12-05T12:22:00.004-06:00

I have had so many posts swimming in my head for a while. I haven't been able to gather enough emotional energy to put anything substantial down. This isn't the time, but I would like to share a substantial link. I've been experiencing internal and external turmoil concerning the Occupy Movement. I don't have time or energy to really go into that either, but suffice it to say if they won't

It could bring a tear to a glass eye ...

2011-10-17T14:20:00.002-05:00

Somedays you just need to listen to a lot of Paul Simon to get through your day, and that's okay.

Yo

2011-10-06T14:13:00.000-05:00

Hot damn, it's fall!

ARGH

2011-09-30T12:24:00.003-05:00

In my opinion I bombed this week at the comedy bit. I was pretty discouraged for a second, but then I went to the library and got some inspiration. I'm also going to play less Tyrant. It's becoming a serious problem. I'm not even going to link to it because I don't want you to get hooked. It's a slippery slope of xeno warriors and bloodthirsty vampires. Trust me. Today I'm going to write

Obama's Farce

2011-09-27T12:20:00.002-05:00

"The president at that point was expressing his distaste for what he felt dominated his first two years, which was, as he said, a kind of technocratic approach, that if you get the right people in the room and they have sufficiently high IQs or enough sterling degrees, you are going to get answers, solutions to problems that are wide, vast, and complex. And I think the two years that have passed

YES!

2011-09-25T22:53:00.004-05:00

I don't have Tuberculosis!

Pain in the Butt

2011-09-24T14:25:00.000-05:00

Whiskey is risky.

SCORE!

2011-09-21T09:58:00.003-05:00

PRO: Early morning lovin' (and I wasn't even late for work!)CON: I have to get a shot today.PRO: It's going to be warm and sunny.PRO: I can think about my early morning lovin while I'm getting a shot.Countdown to escuela starts today: 3 1/2 weeks and counting!

Get Down Girl, Go 'Head Get Down

2011-09-16T13:34:00.002-05:00

I know I'm late, but goddamn this is a great song! Happy Friday ya'll! I really need to get on the Kanye train.

2011-09-13T13:29:00.002-05:00

Hey! This is a great article about where I did my first comedy set covered by The Onion. Cole's is a great bar and they really do run a great open mic, congrats to Cameron Esposito and Adam Burke.I'm itching to get on stage again soon. I want figure out if I'm a hack with beginner's luck or a hack that can make people chuckle. Thanks again to all my super supportive friends who came out and

Design Sponge Book!

2011-09-07T14:59:00.003-05:00

My favorite DIY and Design website just put out a book! The founder, Grace Bonney, seems like a truly awesome lady full of even better ideas. This is the only site I've consistently visited in my entire interwebz career. Design*Sponge online always has something interesting or beautiful to share. I can't wait until the book tour comes to Chicago. I will be the first person in line for an

Top of the Pops

2011-08-30T16:16:00.006-05:00

I had a wacky weekend; good wacky sexy wacky less than amused wacky drug wacky bad wacky beach wacky. A:: OF THESE THINGS ROLLED INTO ONE! How can this happen? And here we are in the midst of a very normal week. I just don't feel normal. Which, for once, ain't bad. I overheard one of my friends say that [on Sunday] they woke up and felt more alive. I mean there was relevant context, but

Tetris Talk Ya'll

2011-08-25T00:58:00.001-05:00

+ I beat Tor at Tetris attack.- There are flies and mosquitos in my room. Gyuck. You win some and you lose some.

Haven't Posted in a Loooooooong Time

2011-08-24T15:03:00.001-05:00

Samba Soft Spot

2011-08-10T17:50:00.001-05:00

I hate how much I love this commercial.

Summah

2011-08-08T14:32:00.003-05:00

GOSH! I love living in Chicago.

Agosto

2011-08-04T13:33:00.001-05:00

Can't believe it's already August. I have so much to do this month, yeeeaahhhhh!<3

Hot Traffic-Jammin

2011-07-31T21:06:00.006-05:00

I have the kind of boyfriend who will quietly hold your hair in his fist while you hyperventilate over your car deciding to stop working in the middle of the highway. Also, the kind that leaves you his delicious leftovers.He does a lot of other awesome stuff too, but my arms are too tired from changing tires to type them all out today.Suffice it to say, I'm pretty lucky/happy/grateful/in lurve.

Making Lemons into Cauliflower Soup

2011-07-26T19:07:00.002-05:00

Despite having to take emergency contraception twice in one cycle, I had a really great weekend. That is, until the super very end, when my couple roommates broke up. Long story short it has been really stressful on the home front. It's always hard to come off a good weekend into one big giant downer.In my stress and unreal cramps I found a source of happiness, and that happiness came in the

Next Choice

2011-07-24T18:28:00.002-05:00

Next Choice, the cheaper alternative to Plan B. Someone really knows how to name a product. Let's play a game, it's called which emergency contraception will make Jesse feel less like shit? There are very few times in my life that I loathe being a girl. This is one of them. :( Bladjhargh.

Requiem to Mixes

2011-07-19T13:50:00.003-05:00

Yesterday, as I walked down the street, the sadness washed over me once more.The emptiness of lost memories. Irretrievable images put to music marking milestones in a life still being lived. I'm not a lady who needs much or holds too much sacred, but mix CDs are my dubloons. A golden currency that I pull out when I'm feeling happy, sad, or stagnant. 1,2,8,9,10! Ah! I'm rich. Only, now I'm

The Black Hills

2011-07-16T18:14:00.002-05:00

Wilderness is the great equalizer. Did someone say that? It keeps floating through my brain. I have minutes before I'm back in the hills and I lose reception again. South Dakota is beautiful, it was everything I wanted in a summer vacation. I'll miss a few things, but I'm excited to come home. <3

Filled with Love that Struggles to find a Home

2011-07-06T17:10:00.002-05:00

I forgot how full Dylan and Guthrie make me feel. They pull a strength of dusty roads and abandoned fields, lofty dreams and open ended adventures from a place I forgot even resided in me. I've been feeling so weird about the passage of time lately, a little like every thing is whirling past me and I'm just jamming in the middle swaying to the pulse of it all. I'm leaving next week for a few

Grunting is Grand!

2011-06-23T13:16:00.003-05:00

According to the chief executive and organizer of Wimbledon, Ian Ritchie, "women who grunt too loudly on the court are annoying their opponents - and the fans." Ritchie points to "a lack of education" of the younger players.I think it's awesome. Put a little (or a lot) of grunt into it girls. Also, no one cares if the guys grunt?

Vacation Vacation

2011-06-16T13:31:00.002-05:00

Work hard, live simply. Fear less.

98 degrees AND SWEATY!

2011-06-07T13:49:00.003-05:00

Hey! I think it's summer!

The Land of the Rising Sun

2011-05-25T14:25:00.006-05:00

Do You Know South Korea? from David Dutton on Vimeo.It's videos like these that really make me miss South Korea. Maybe it's not even SK so much, but the adventure and awe of travel. I've also been reading a book about first year nursing (because I'm excited), and the traveling nurses always pique my interest the most. My best friend is in a foreign land very far away, and she misses home

Workaholic

2011-05-18T23:59:00.004-05:00

Sometimes Tuesday nights are just Tuesday nights and sometimes, they are awesome Tuesday nights that you smile about Wednesday during the day.#Bearsuit

Traveling BFF

2011-05-17T15:24:00.003-05:00

Hey! My best friend is doing really cool things and taking really cool pictures and is like, real funny, check it: Tory DeMaBUHAY!!!!

Darn

2011-05-16T15:08:00.001-05:00

I missed the vintage bazaar in Pilsen this weekend. Wah wahhh. (Not like I need anymore stuff)Okay, I always need more stuff.

City Life

2011-05-15T19:42:00.001-05:00

Last night I played limbo in my undies and won $200 at the casino. Just another Saturday night.<3

Captions & SubTITLES

2011-05-13T13:19:00.004-05:00

I'm so happy I could burst. I wish I could expand more, but it would be all spacey and maudlin. EDIT: Now I'm happy for another reason, I just got accepted to the nursing program for October! Wahooooooooo, finally!It's all happening.

Weird House

2011-05-11T13:27:00.000-05:00

This morning I got the dual pleasure of waking up to my smelly cute boyfriend and my 7 am happy-drunk roommate, I'm totally digging the city.

Sunday Smile, New Nostalgia

2011-05-06T18:37:00.003-05:00

For the last four years I've been feeling like I've been living in at least two different places. It's been a little much, at times, on the brain. This weekend puts me in a home with kind people and closer to the ones I love and love to spend time with. Lately my brain has been filled with fear and nostalgia, a place I don't like to spend time brooding in. I'm excited to be excited about life

Packin

2011-05-03T15:18:00.002-05:00

Mooving is sort of exciting. I'm really glad I didn't throw out all those boxes I was inexplicably saving from everything ever a couple a months ago when I wondered why I had so many empty boxes lying around.Also, am I the only one who feels weird about Osama Bin Laden being killed? Besides the decade long man-hunt being strategically irrelevant, I just can't shake this feeling of disgust

2011 - So far so good.

2011-04-28T21:53:00.002-05:00

Oh hey. I'm moving to Chicago in a week. I turned one year older (but feel younger). I bought myself a bike for my birthday, now I need a helmet. I've been good and busy.

Spring Fever

2011-04-11T19:48:00.001-05:00

I DON'T WANT TO DO MY STATISTICS HOMEWORK. I WANT TO TAKE A WALK INSTEAD.damn.

Oh Kongregate

2011-04-07T15:23:00.001-05:00

I seriously spent the entire afternoon playing a flash zombie game. It's overcast, gosh.

The Poetics of Space

2011-04-06T17:42:00.003-05:00

Memories of the outside world will never have the same tonality as those of home and, by recalling these memories, we add to our store of dreams; we are never real historians, but always near poets, and our emotion is perhaps nothing but an expression of a poetry that was lost.- Gaston BachelardI've been imagining myself in various times and places lately. I can't quite imagine what my physical

Ooooh through the Roof

2011-03-24T15:02:00.003-05:00

I want to go to Greece and study direct democracy (ie anarchism in action) and you know explore and eat dates and soak up the sun and have adventures.Sometimes I can't take these systems that keep people not only down and out, but really complacent.I'm feeling underwhelmed. I'd really like to be in awe of something for a hot minute.

Spring Cleaning Up My Pocketbook

2011-03-21T15:16:00.002-05:00

Making grown up decisions is stressful. And mostly boring.

Fruit Punches

2011-03-13T20:59:00.004-05:00

This weekend I wore a skirt and kissed a cute boy in a closet. I also got to hang out with some of the most quality cats I know.It was just what I needed.

Daylight Savings

2011-03-09T14:55:00.003-06:00

I bought the raddest (cheapest) swimsuit the other day and I think the purchase totally threw off my [cold weather] patience. Oi. I thought I sidestepped the ubiquitous winter blues, but damn it if they haven't crept in something awful. I mean, let's get it over with already. I want to wear a dress and not be freezing. Okay, I'm always freezing, but I want to wear a dress and not actually

Note to Self

2011-03-01T15:28:00.003-06:00

Go to this. March 25-26Also, your big sister's birthday is this month. Get her something cool, she deserves it.

Ladies Night!

2011-02-26T13:53:00.003-06:00

Was fun fun fun. I rescind my initial surly face that began the night. I like being proven wrong.Now I'm going to eat a bagel with avocado spread all over it, while taking my stats test.

old skool

2011-02-16T09:53:00.003-06:00

Yesterday I bought a chincy square from Blick for three dollars, two hours later I was referred to this sexy number:Behold, the original Swanson Speed Square.Invented in 1925 by mister Swanson himself, this tool is actually five tools in one! A tri-square, a miter square, a protractor, a line scriber, and a saw guide. I want this and I want to build things. Though, I need a little more Spring

V-V-V-day

2011-02-14T13:47:00.004-06:00

Sometimes love can make you act like an insecure jerk and sometimes it can make you be a better person who stands on chairs and yells out Holy Hell this is Great! It is a very complex thing. Very. I'm thankful to wrestle with it. <3

Sometimes You Just Got to Dance!

2011-02-08T20:35:00.003-06:00

(I'm supposed to be writing my admission essay right now) Booyah!I love that this was a video on MTV2. Ha ha.

Weekend Wrap Up

2011-02-06T22:49:00.003-06:00

I just woke up from a very long nap! What a lovely weekend.

High and Low

2011-02-04T11:58:00.004-06:00

It's Friday. This has been a long and dubious week. Thunder snow, freezing temps, and two snow days in a row! If I was a kid this week would have been awesome. Today, I'm meeting with ResU's counselor, hopefully they will tell me that school will only take sixteen more months and that the D I got in my math class will transfer in and I won't have to retake it. Hopefully they'll tell me they

Ground hog says Spring is knocking on the door!

2011-02-03T11:31:00.001-06:00

The snow doesn't give a soft white damn whom it touches. -e.e. cummingsSpring, I will let you in.This suit is from J.Crew and I want to purchase it and then wear it everyday under my clothes until it is warm enough to go swimming. I love it.The wind shows us how close to the edge we are. - Joan Didion

Snowmageddon!

2011-02-02T20:15:00.004-06:00

I can't stop saying, SNOWMAGEDDON! I thought it was sort of silly and hyperbole, but when I woke up this morning ... I shoveled my words. We were snowed in! What a fun and exhausting snow day. Alas, I crave the sensation of grass between my toes. For tonight I'll dream of warm weather and exciting prospects.I'm listening to Explosions in the Sky live in concert and being somewhat productive

Head Space

2011-01-28T12:56:00.007-06:00

What does it mean to be modern? It is not strictly a style, but rather an attitude to style, one that is less purist and more creative than you might imagine. To create a modern space is to take in the full panoply of international references, to consider place and climate, form and function, and to invent inspired environments that adapt easily to modern living.- Phyllis Richardson, from Living

Skrilla

2011-01-23T20:32:00.003-06:00

A new fave website: Skull-A-Day!SORRY BEARS!

Swoon

2011-01-20T20:26:00.007-06:00

Uh oh, I'm school girl crushin'. Last night I was working on this chair: As I pulled out about a thousand upholstery staples, my wondering mind made a week old connection. For some reason I was thinking about the movie Everything is Illuminated I had watched last week, in the movie a Jewish American travels to rural Ukraine to explore his family's history. Of course you need a guide when you

Eff the M.I.C

2011-01-13T15:09:00.000-06:00

Today is the anniversary of the famous Eisenhower farewell speech where he coined the term, Military Industrial Complex.Sometimes it's really chilling to imagine where we may be going. I'm an optimist so I always try to look for the ways that we as a people can move in the light, but I've never been comfortable with people far removed from me deciding how the world is run. SPEAKING OF THE WORLD

Why is DIY about Women's Lib?

2011-01-06T13:57:00.003-06:00

Hands of My Drill Bits Woman! Stumbled upon after looking up how to make dowel joints ... I just vomited in my mouth a little. Google, are you trying to tell me something?

2011 Hurrah!

2011-01-03T15:35:00.002-06:00

So far so good 2011, I'm impressed. My bones are telling me that good things are coming.And my bones never fucking lie.A blast from the past reminding me to do what I want on my own terms, because life is fleeting.

POWER TOOOOOLS

2010-12-29T21:44:00.006-06:00

I'm almost done with my huge chest makeover and I'm so excited about it! I might even post a photo on this here blog. In all my years of blogging on this url, I've never ever posted a personal picture. Crazy.I just can't contain my project excitement, for Christmas I received not one but two power tools (three if you count the double gift), and I'm raring to try them out.EDIT: Now I have a

Yes!

2010-12-27T22:03:00.003-06:00

I like when problem solving ends in hand-washing. Holy moly unicornlets, it's almost 2011! Almost a decade has gone by since 1999. I feel like I should do some sort of retrospective or something, but I'm really tired. The month of December took a lot out of me, and I'm just excited to move forward.I'll get back to you on my resolutions.

The establishment doesn't want you either.

2010-12-22T17:09:00.004-06:00

I feel relieved. I actually feel more myself than I've felt in months. I'm really confused about this, but I'm not going to complain. Hail to the cabbage king, live fast die young.

Ha Cha Cha

2010-12-14T15:04:00.003-06:00

Got 90% of my xmas shopping done online today. Whoop!

Sometimes

2010-12-07T14:44:00.005-06:00

When I'm alone, I like to dance like Karen O. Apparently many others do this as well. Yea!She might be one of my favorite lady rockers. Anyway.Last night I fell tired early, but stayed up late thinking insane thoughts. I pondered turning the telly back on to fall asleep to Conan instead of my raging brain. The problem is, when I have the tv on my brain tunes into whatever is on, no matter

Damn.

2010-12-06T22:41:00.001-06:00

It is cold out. Brr.

"That's something all Americans can support."

2010-12-03T13:54:00.002-06:00

This Monday, Barack Obama signed the 2009 Omnibus Public Land Management Act. The act designates an additional 2 million acres of public wilderness area. According to o'Bama, "This legislation guarantees that we will not take our forests, rivers, oceans ... monuments, and wilderness areas for granted, but rather we will set them aside and guard their sanctity for everyone to share."Well done.

84 is a Good Age to Go

2010-11-29T18:10:00.001-06:00

Rest in peace, you lovely and humorous man.

Thankfully Yours

2010-11-25T12:28:00.005-06:00

I know that Thanksgiving is predicated on a meal that was probably totally fake, and even if it wasn't it was the beginning of a bloody relationship where squatters take advantage of the natives. BUT, I really dig the spirit of pausing for thanks, which is what I hope modern America attaches to Thanksgiving and let the turkeys and the cornucopias fall away. With that said:I'm thankful, for my

AH, I was just identifying with the wrong demographic!

2010-11-23T22:27:00.003-06:00

So in an effort to punch through my funk - o - rama I:Started painting, art deco style. Now my new coat is covered in blue and gold paint, and I'm happy about it.Took out a giant stack of recreational reading books (Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Death of a Salesman, Design in the Sustainable Era, Spanish the Fast and Fun Way, Of Love and Other Demons, and You Can't Catch Death, in case you

Oi

2010-11-22T21:17:00.006-06:00

I cried at the VFW hall ... I guess I should cross alcoholic off my list of future life style options. I don't think I'd have too many drinking buddies. I'll probably laugh at this in about a week, but for now I'm just wondering why my head's been so terrible lately.Hopefully it's an oncoming existential crisis and not the famous Perez women's curse of moodiness and malaise coming to finally

If it's broke, maybe you should consider getting a new one?

2010-11-18T13:22:00.004-06:00

After election day last week I wrote up this big long blog about the politics of voting, the importance of voting, and how bad I feel for well meaning Obama. But it has just sat in my drafts folder sort of staring me down. I think it's probably a little too late, but my mind fell back onto it when I read an article on wbez.org about two influential Chicago alderman enacting a $1 taxi

Misty Eyed Dad Love

2010-11-14T14:40:00.003-06:00

It is both stressful and comforting to have someone love you unconditionally. Up until recently, I never really understood the concept of making someone proud. Blargh, don't do anything for anyone else do it for you! Ima headstrong female!Getting a little older and a little wiser (or something) I am slowly beginning to understand the importance of making your own life better to justify the

Free Education

2010-11-01T10:03:00.000-05:00

MIT offers over 2000 full courses online through their Open CourseWare program. Education for all, well, everyone that has access to an internet connection. It's a start and a really amazing site. Check it out and spread the word. Gender studies course here I come!MIT Open CourseWare.

Come and Gone

2010-10-31T13:53:00.001-05:00

It's going to get cold soon.

Have a Ghoulishly Good Weekend Kids!

2010-10-30T17:00:00.001-05:00

Be safe.javascript:void(0)

Skeleton's Are a Few of My Favorite Things

2010-10-29T13:23:00.004-05:00

And this gem goes out to my lovely boyfriend who isn't having the best October, my body is a zombie for you!(November is going to be better)

It's Almost Halloweiner

2010-10-28T14:41:00.004-05:00

I just tried out my zombie cher makeup and it makes me sort of uncomfortable, which is pretty cool. Also, a bunch of my friends made some funny, vote it up or down, ya'll!Schmear - watch more funny videosShia Lebouf, who is this guy?

Susan B. Anthony Always Out Doing Stuff

2010-10-27T23:25:00.005-05:00

And then there's Maude. Thanks T. this song is going to be stuck in my head for weeks.

Oh Heyy

2010-10-22T18:53:00.004-05:00

October, where you going so fast? I'm having a good time.Also, this lady is fast becoming one of my faves...

STOP SOCIALISM

2010-10-07T21:42:00.005-05:00

For some reason there was a link above my email that said read: Stop Socialism. I was curious to know how I could stop socialism so I clicked.Take Your Country Back!The Democrats on Capitol Hill are out of control, spending our country into bankruptcy and threatening the foundations of our freedom and prosperity. They have to be stopped, and only you can stop them. You can stop them by voting

Consumer vs Producer

2010-10-05T13:56:00.002-05:00

An interesting man once said, "Whatever you do in life will be insignificant, but it's very important that you do it."I want to help people get healthy and make cool things out of other things. The Last Unicorn, trying to stay honest since 1984.

The Pew

2010-09-27T13:24:00.004-05:00

Today on the view they were talking about evolution and Joy Behar said people who don't believe in evolution are Neanderthals and Sheri (who is a straight creationist) didn't even take note until Barbara Walters said, "She's calling YOU a Neanderthal." Barbara was laughing. Then Whoopi said you can have your own opinions you just can't have your own facts. Booyah. I like to hear people talk

Herodotus' First Law

2010-09-26T14:58:00.003-05:00

What function does vengeance serve? Fear of it, dread in the face of its inescapability, should be enough to stop anyone from committing a dishonorable act that is damaging to another. It should function as a brake, a restraining voice of reason. If, however, it turns out to be an ineffectual deterrent, and someone commits an offense, the perpetrator will be seen to have set into motion a

Longer Lost Rivals

2010-09-23T21:40:00.005-05:00

I've also been pondering the idea of borders lately, in all concepts of the word. They are made for crossing.Moms have been asking about my brand new tattoo in very incredulous ways. It makes me happy. It reminds us all that I'm not one of them, maybe someday, but then I'll still be the mom with the sweet tat. (I'm totally avoiding reading about how my blood pumps through my heart, can you tell

The Astronaut's Birthday

2010-09-22T15:04:00.005-05:00

Sometimes (at least six times a year) I seriously think about the question of art. What constitutes it? Why make it? Who is it really for? Do I consider myself an artist? Can a world exist without it? Etc. etc. It is indeed always a question that needs an attempt at answering. But in pondering that question it has recently brought up the bigger question of why do anything?And not in a

The Pains of Being Pure

2010-09-09T13:43:00.003-05:00

My hands are so full of weird little aches and pains in places they don't normally ache or pain. This is good, no? I've been hammering and sawing my way into the fall. I've almost finished my piano bench. We have come a long way together. I like this furniture reclaiming business, it makes me a perfectionist. There are few things I even care to do half-ass, so this must mean something. The

Geesh.

2010-08-31T23:41:00.002-05:00

This week can't be over quick enough. If I ever have kids their summers will be so jam packed with awesome activities that I won't have a chance to regret making them. Ughhhhh.WTHFAnd then a weekend of loveliness. Whooop.

A Man Named Pearl

2010-08-25T19:36:00.003-05:00

Today I went to the Morton Arboretum. Gosh I love trees. In addition to miles and miles of trees, plants, and lakeage they have an awesome library that has books over 500 years old! Anyway they have an exhibit right now called Flora! Illuminated (I know, terrible name) buuut, I'm a sucker for old plant and vegetable prints. So, I went to the website to check out some of the prints and

Neo New Wave

2010-08-18T00:30:00.005-05:00

Paul Mitchel is the brilliant mind behind Patron. Hair and tequila, ew. Actually, I want to go to Beauty Bar sometime ha ha. School doesn't start (for the boys) for another two weeks. I'm not sure I'm going to make it. Today I hauled another piece of wood from the side of the road. It's big. I really am slowly populating an apartment I may never inhabit. How can the month of August be moving

Anglo Saxon Disease! Get Vaccinated!

2010-08-02T13:29:00.014-05:00

This is one of the smartest ways I've ever seen sharpies used in my entire life. Xposted from Social Design Notes. The others are great too! Watch them here. I also have a desk now, so I'd like to think that my output will be far greater than in the past months. I mean I'm writing now aren't I? Speaking of writing, a few call to words: Constraint: 100 words about sex that don't include words

Why do you pray on your knees?

2010-08-01T13:40:00.006-05:00

Learning the difference between ego and egotistical, selfish and self interest. Wading through the summer with an eye for error. Argh.In other news, I'm free from the shackles of Microbiology!!!! Got out alive and with a B to boot! Something should happen now right?