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Saturday, July 31th, 2004 link - comments(0) country hutch, treadmill, rocker, punching bag, daschund puppy Friday, July 30th, 2004 link - comments(0) I got my act together and submitted slides to GenArt for the SF Emerge Exhibition. It's actually the first artist packet I've ever submitted so I feel very proud of myself.
Thursday, July 29th, 2004 link - comments(0) Oh my, Oh my, oh my, This puppy is half daschund, half jack russell terrier. His name is Gadget. And oh my, look at all the baby corgis Tonight I have a hot date with my man. We're gong to Côté Sud. They make lots of things with rabbits and ducks and mushroom sauce but I'm not eating any small, cute animals. I might eat some big, cute animals though.
Wednesday, July 28th, 2004 link - comments(0) I was queen of lazy. I had a headache so I sat on the couch and read a trashy Hollywood rag from cover to cover. Then I finally finished Orynx and Crake.
Tuesday, July 27th, 2004 link - comments(0)
Monday, July 26th, 2004 link - comments(0) I went to Goat Hill pizza for all you can eat Mondays with Shannon and Jason. I didn't eat so much pizza that I wanted to die, and that was really nice. Goat Hill is crazy on Mondays. There's a huge line and you have to wait quite a bit. But once inside, they shove so many slices of pizza at your cake hole, it's hard to keep up. It's pretty easy to go overboard.
Sunday, July 25th, 2004 link - comments(0)
On my way back from Andronico's, I saw a giant dog in the park with all the crazy drum circle hippies. He was part black lab, part Great Dane. He looked like a larger than normal black lab with gigantically long legs. He was prancing around like a grand horse. I painted this hippo yesterday. He's 10"x10". I really like him. I did another one with hippo momma and baby that I like a lot too but the photo is blurry.
Saturday, July 24th, 2004 link - comments(0)
I made a soyrizo scramble today. I started getting an organic produce box from Planet Organics yesterday. I felt like it was Chritmas. I got a billion peaches, nectarines and plums, plus califlower, carrots, spinach, lettuce, cucumber, celery, oranges, bananas, grapefruits. Between those peaches and the peaches I've been picking out of the backyard, i think a have no choice but to make a peach cobbler. Problem is, they are so good on their own, I don't want to bake them. They deserve more respect than that. Friday, July 23th, 2004 link - comments(0)
Thursday, July 22th, 2004 link - comments(0) Paul sent me this very nice website of Cynthia Malaran. He had originally sent me a link to the furry iBook project but I discovered the site is chock full of fun. Health update. My back is in pretty good shape. It's not 100% but it's damn close. I did an assisted back bend in yoga class last friday. That's pretty darn good if you ask me. Also I'm over my weight loss plateau and have lost another 1.5 pounds. Making my total loss so far at 21.5 pounds. I've got 18.5 more to go. Just found a funny random music review for Lambchop's album Aw CMon: Maybe I'm a little too drunk...or maybe it's a little too early in the morning...but some of Lambchop's lyrics seem like they've been crafted by cutting up the fortunes from Chinese cookies and mixing the words around. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday, July 21th, 2004 link - comments(0) Hi, I'm back from Torodel and feeling a little overwhelmed with everything I have to do. I kinda just want to take a nap or something. I'm going to yoga today and no one can stop me. After that you can all have a piece of me. Star-shmucks Flash movie. Did you know your lipstick may be made from cow brains?
Tuesday, July 20th, 2004 link - comments(0) Best opening line of an album ever: You look like butter wouldn't melt in your mouth. But I know it will, Homewrecker. You look like you could take candy from a baby. I've seen you do it, homewrecker. No one can wreck a home better than you can. And I should know cuz I'm a harmless man.Nick Lowe, The Convincer, Homewrecker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monday, July 19th, 2004 link - comments(0) Today I got up, made a veggie scramble, drank coffee, swam, dropped Josh off at the airport, ate a frozen chocolate covered banana, swam, read, swam, read, drank, watched movies, slept.
Sunday, July 18th, 2004 link - comments(0) Most folks are going home today but tonight we have Josh, Jon, Dan, Danielle and me. We BBQed chicken and ate risotto. We played Yatzee, I got a 374. I got a double yatzee and got an extra 100 points on 6 sixes.
Saturday, July 17th, 2004 link - comments(0) Another beautiful day at Torodel. My day consisted of making coffee, eating hot breakfast, swimming, reading, smoking, swimming, reading, napping, drinking, etc. This year's themes at Torodel: Friday, July 16th, 2004 link - comments(0) I'm off to Torodel until Tuesday. See ya later!
Thursday, July 15th, 2004 link - comments(0) If you had told me when I was 18 how many hippy foods I'd have incorporated into my diet by age 33, I would have never believed you. IM conversation of the day Wednesday, July 14th, 2004 link - comments(0) I really want to sleep this week. But I have so many responsibilities I haven't really been able to be the slothlike person I want to be. Friday however I will go to Torodel and I should be able to fullfill all my dreams of becoming a sloth.
Tuesday, July 13th, 2004 link - comments(0)
Alanna My head is a great big balloon now, the expensive mylar kind that last for a really long time. Thanks Martin! I'm working on the website and postcard for our show. I've been lacking in creativity so I hopw they are ok. Here's the postcard, here's the website.
Monday, July 12th, 2004 link - comments(0)
I went to yoga today and got my ass seriously kicked. I sweat more in this woman's class than I do in 106 degree bikram yoga classes. Thanks Amy!
Sunday, July 11th, 2004 link - comments(0)
Today was nice and lazy. We went to the Pork Store for breakfast then just kinda lounged around all day. Michelle came over to work on our postcard but the rest of the day was spend browsing through magazines and making sushi. I made spicey tofu sushi and spinach sushi with hot peanut sauce. Yum! I need to get better nori though. The nori I got is too thin and it falls apart and gets all mushy. I signed up for planet organics today. They are bonded by an insurance company to accept gate keys so I can get stuff when I'm not home.
Saturday, July 10th, 2004 link - comments(0) I got a spam email today with the title: "i trust my father. he gave me everything. adjourn". Although I was very tempted to open it, I didn't. My best friend and I haven't been getting along well for nearly 4 years now. Today I called her and told her I was sorry and that I loved her and missed her. Sometimes it seems like it's not worth the trouble, trying to figure out our problems. I realized when you love someone that much, it is worth the trouble. And the fact of the matter is, If I ever want to be really happy, I have no choice. Sometimes the hardest things in life can be the most rewarding if we let them.
Friday, July 9th, 2004 link - comments(0)
The pain is making me a not very fun person but I'm trying. I feel like the bags under my eyes are growing. I'm so paranoid about waking up in pain in the morning that I roll around all night. La la la We are going to some bowling alley tonight in san mateo or something to see Todd's band play. But first I will go to yoga at 3. Right after I finish this giant coffee.
Thursday, July 8th, 2004 link - comments(0) Last night I made a very yummy couscous salad after getting back from Ger's and a fun trip to Trader Joe's. Today I added my class schedule to my calendar and am getting excited about the Fall semester. I'm taking History of Modern Art and Beginning Painting. I'll have classes three times a week and will knock off 10 percent of the classes I need to get my BFA. Weee! Here's an über cool font site: Pizza Dude Teeange Rebelion Strikes Unexpectedly Wednesday, July 7th, 2004 link - comments(0) An Evening on the Farm Tuesday, July 6th, 2004 link - comments(0)
Best website ever! Virtual bubble wrap popping Itty Bitty Baby! Before heading to the East Bay, I brought all the stuff that's been piling up in our hallway to Green Apple books and Goodwill, then bought some New Zealand travel books for our trip in September.
Monday, July 5th, 2004 link - comments(0)
We rode up Hwy1 to Santa Cruz and decided to take 35 back. Seemed like a lot of traffic going through Santa Cruz. 35 was beautiful. It made me want to run away from the city forever. Made me want to do more hiking. My foot did so well on this trip. I was able to do some walking in the river. It held up well to all the hiking. Only bugged me a tiny bit. I'm kinda amazed at how well its doing. I think I might try running just a little tiny bit. Like around half the pan handle and see how it does.
Sunday, July 4th, 2004 link - comments(0) Today was a lazy day. We were going to try to ride horses but they were all booked up so we drove along Hwy1 and visited some galleries. We stopped by the Henry Miller Library which is one of his old houses in Big Sur. There is a ping pong table, a little drink bar where you can order coffee or tea, a nice patio to hang out on. There are a few nice sculptures in the garden and lots of paintings inside. You can buy books or look at old books. There's a room with a video about Henry Miller running. It's a very nice place. We poked around for a while then headed up to the Coast Gallery to see more of Henry Miller's art. I actually didn't even know he paintined and turns out his written what appear to be some great books about painting. We then headed to another gallery. Ooooh, what's the name, I'll think of it in a minute... Hawthorne Gallery. It's got beautiful architecture. It was made out of old water towers. The art didn't do much for me except for these very cool glass sculptures of jelly fish. After a couple more little stops we headed back to camp and walked up to the restaurant for some burgers and chicken wings. Then nap time, a long walk down the river, a little magazine reading, and more hanging out by the fire time.
Saturday, July 3rd, 2004 link - comments(0) Hey Buddy, can you direct me to the nearest nature? We then grabbed a 12 pack of corona, a lime and some very nifty river shoes and walked home down Hwy1. We took our chairs down to the river and sat in the river with our feet soaking, enjoying our coronas. There could have been no better moment than that. We walked up to the restaurant bar and had a couple beers with all the Hell's Angels. The whole big sur area had tons and tons of Harleys everywhere.
Friday, July 2nd, 2004 link - comments(0) I let Tom sleep in late today and we started on our journey to Big basin at about noon or 1. We just made one stop in Half moon bay for sandwiches which took a thousand years to make, groceries and a bank deposit. The traffic on 1 around capitola was the pits but that was all the traffic we saw. We got to big sur around 5 I think and set up camp. It took a while to switch my brain to camping mode but we were soon drinking beer, playing cards and enjoying a nice fire.
Thursday, July 1st, 2004 link - comments(0)
So over three years ago (it'll be 4 years in september) I hurt my back on a rafting trip. I woke up the next day in excrutiating pain. I waited 4 months to go to the chiropractor. They x-rayed me and found that I had a rib out of place, the 12th 'floater' rib on my right side. They did some adjustments, tried to put it back in it's place and set me up on a maintenace plan of every 3 to 6 months. It hurts most of the time. Well atleast 50 percent of the time. It hurts mostly when I sleep. I wake up with a stiff back that I have to stretch out. Usually after an hour or two my back has loosened up. Waking up 50 percent of the time with a sore back just plain sucks. I try to not think about it but lately it's been hard not to. It hurts a lot right now. I had a deep tissue massage last week that put me out of commission for 1 day and made the next 2 days hell. I weent back yesterday and cried my eyes out. I don't want to go through the rest of my life like this. It sucks. Sucks sucks sucks. I think I will try another doctor just to get a second opinion. Even if they tell me "Yeah, nothing anyone can do" I'll at least feel better that I tried. Here's what I found out about my injury: The ribs connect with the vertebrae in the thoracic spine by two joints that connect with each side of the spine. Dysfunction in these joints can result in upper back pain.So maybe I am doing all I can, and I need to go to yoga more. Funny, I haven't been doing yoga because my back hurts too much. What the hell do I do about that? Grin and bare it I guess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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While placing stamps on all my postcards today, a woman walked in and answered her cellphone. She was kinda frumpy, outdated overgrown hairstyle, baggy clothes, probably in her mid 40s. She was talking to her friend about how tired she was. She said she'd been up til 3 watching porn. She said it so casually, she could have been talking about knitting. Just thought it was kinda funny. That porn is so normal that people don't mind talking about it in public places like post offices on their cellphones. I guess it's not taboo anymore, might as well start showing it on regular tv stations, seeing as how popular it is. Porn for the masses.
Todday at Cala I saw a big bear of a man, looking ominously over the dairy section. He had long grey wavey hair and a big beard. He looked like he has probably most of his life on a Harley. As I walked by he started growling like a bear "Rooowwwwwggggrrroowww".
Made an appointment to see a doctor at the spine center at UCSF. I don't get to go until Augst 20th. I tried to go to yoga last but decided to just stretch, lay on the floor and then go out for sushi. :)
Happy July 1st! We are heading to Big Sur tomorrow for a fun 4 day 
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