ON THE MIND:
Walking around the Lake listening to this. Twilight lights and a strong rain. Loving thy Oakland.

Beside the bed
  • Flesh and Stone: The Body and the City in Western Civilization
    Flesh and Stone: The Body and the City in Western Civilization
    by Richard Sennett
  • Afterburn: A Novel
    Afterburn: A Novel
    by Colin Harrison
The List (ever-updated)
Sykdive from 15,000 ft.
Bungee jump

Run a Marathon
Compete in 2 Triathlons
Shave my head
Hike the Appalachian Trail
Iceland
Cuba
Barbara Hepworth's studio
Patagonia
Bike from S.F. to L.A.
Cappuccino Monastery
  in Sicily
Slovenia
Ireland
Scandinavia
Find the love of my life Bike across America
Visit the Everest Base
  Camp
Learn stone walling
Rosen Method
  Certification
Finish Anna Karenina
Finish my thesis
Speak French fluently
Speak Spanish fluently
Celebrity dinner
Climb Mt. Kilamanjaro
Publish a book
Get arrested
New Orleans
Burning Man
Buy a car
Buy a motorcycle
Learn to yodel
Shoot a gun
Win a chili cookoff
Paraglide
Drink water from a river
Poke Around
Tuesday
15Dec2009

Yes Yes! Hey Hey! It's time to ratify!

Wednesday
02Dec2009

where are these two goin'?

Is that a bear in a Russian taxi?

Sunday
08Mar2009

girl scout spotting

$4. The simple cost of heaven.

Kith and kin, Samoas are on the scene and Tagalongs are coming down the mountain. I bought my boxes this morning as the sun was still tucked behind the hills like a thin mint. Holy Girl Scout posse on Lakeshore Avenue in front of Peet's Coffee.

Wednesday
04Mar2009

Mary Wollstonecraft said in 1797

"Vigorous minds are with difficulty restrained within the trammels of authority; a spirit of enterprise, a passion for experiment, a liberal curiosity, urges them to quit the beaten paths, to explore untried ways, to burst the fetters of prescription, and to acquire wisdom by an individual experience."


Thanks to A.K. for introducing me to this quote.

Thursday
19Feb2009

and then there was this

Wednesday
04Feb2009

lego bits

Proof that yet again, we see what we want to see. There's more.

Thursday
22Jan2009

i knew it! obama is a lefty!

Thursday
15Jan2009

look! frozen yogurt AND ice cream sold in one location!

Photo credit: The infamous, George Chan

Thursday
08Jan2009

bird people

I first encountered Erich Fromm in International Relations 202 nearly ten years ago. He's one of about thirty or so authors I read as a sophomore whose name I can actually remember and whose wisdom has informed many of my political, historical, and philosophical opinions.

If Erich Fromm is right; if "creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties," then these 'fellas are our gift to creativity. For anyone struggling through The Artist's Way, perhaps it's time to go get a wingsuit:

Thursday
08Jan2009

go laura!