elementary school insight
These are hilarious. And for the friends of mine out there in the dating world, these two are great:
What Do Most People Do On A Date?
Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.
– Lynnette, age 8
On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.
– Martin, age 10
My 4th was pretty mellow.
Thursday I was off and worked on a little freelance at home, took a hike up Bernal w/ Matt – and then headed to Best buy for printer supplies. I worked till about midnight, and then realized I hadn’t eaten dinner, so I heated up some left over salmon and zoned out to part of Half Baked playing on Comedy Central. The highlights being Jon Stewart’s character – very funny.
Friday I picked up Jee, met up w/ Jane & we all hit Jason’s BBQ. Very fun, small crowd of folks. And amazing 80 degree weather for most of the day – dreamY!! The food was great – unfortunately Ev caught me gorging (won’t even link to that incriminating photo of myself) on my delicious gourmet turkey burger. I enjoyed meeting Mary – who sketches and paints people she knows. I need to start sketching and drawing people more – no doubt I would improve over time.
Jee & I left Jason’s & took a nice walk to Dolores to “get some fresh air” (this is what I kept saying even though we’d been sitting in Jason’s backyard in the wide open air all day, hmm, maybe I needed space more than air?) The night ended in way too much driving, traffic and alas to home for both of us to eat and chill since we are surprisingly not 22 anymore and don’t desire to go out & get wasted on the 4th of July. The next night however…… hahaa
Michelle & I cruised down to Santa Cruz yesterday. Road Trip!! We arrived at my brother’s, changed into beach-wear & headed down to see the first of 2 galleries him & Kyle have set up in Santa Cruz/Capitola. They are awesome! I’m so proud of him!
We finally got to the beach, slathered on sunscreen & soaked up the rays for a couple hours until a few other friends arrived. Sushi, sake, margaritas and a couple beers later found us all having a good ol’ fashioned house party at Max’s… complete with jam sessions and all. I think I wanna learn how to play the guitar now!
This morning came all to early for me, as some house alarm high pitched beep kept waking me up what seemed like every 20 minutes. Needless to say after breakfast & the drive back – I came home only to lay on the couch napping and watching bad movies for the next several hours. :) aaah… Sundays.
If I were any more motivated today, this post would have photos of the above accompanying it. Maybe tomorrow. Night! …photos posted now.
and Happy Birthday! to my Momma, too!
If you’re into art like me (Shepard Fairey, Evan Hecox, Dave Kinsey, Tiffany Bozic, Kozyndan, Damon Soule, Sam Flores, Kelly Tunstall, Manuel “Gonzo” Gonzales, etc) then you should be on the Sketchypad list. Mike Lin puts it together and is kick ass for keepin us all on the pulse of new art around the city.
I CAN cook!!
I made dinner for my friend Nancy lastnight and it came out great!! I CAN cook after all! I’ve always frowned on my own cooking ability, because honestly I’m really not that good – and don’t pride myself in it (except occasionally when it works out) nor do I take much pleasure in it, which is sorta a key ingredient for any cooking lover. But lastnight, I actually did everything totally perfect!! All the food was done at the same time and it tasted DELICIOUS. Yay for me!
The meal: Long grain rice, salad with veggies (with yummy Papaya Dressing that my friend Michelle brought me from Hawaii!) and a delicious “Roast Salmon with Tomatoes and Tarragon“.
I know it sounds easy – and it is, thank goodness cuz that’s just the level I need :) That salmon recipe is a no-fail delicious meal and quite impressive to serve :p hahaa Listen to me!
note: we originally got this recipe from my mom years ago, who found it in Cooking Light. But I can’t link to their site for it, cuz they make you log-in. Cooking Light is a great mag!
My whole kitchen is covered with Nancy’s artwork. She’s an amazing artist. We met working at Care2 together about 4 years ago.
photos of my new little home
While I’m at it – wanna see my new red couch and how the antique green dresser is actually working quite nicely! Cozy, huh? :) Here’s my desk I’m glued to most of the time, too. Maybe I should submit that photo to the Desktop Project.
I love Mark Morford.
From a recent interview, Mark talks about his writing style:
“The world is full of dry facts that lie on your spiritual plate like a slab of old ham. Very simply, I write in a style I want to read, that turns me on. In short, writing that is (hopefully) wry and sexy and fun and incendiary and thoughtful and winking and open-thighed and highly literate and well-informed and self-deprecating and well-lubricated and happy to buy you a drink. I aim to be a writer first and journalist, well, about 27th, right after idea-monger and trickster and contrarian and satirist and pro-sex advocate and wine enthusiast and dog lover and book fan and clothes junkie and yoga teacher and tattoo advocate and spiritual deviant and did I mention the part about the sex? Boring writing makes my soul curdle.”
mutant art
whoa. check this out.
stupid telemarketers!
Now you can register yourself on the National DO NOT CALL list! Wahoo!
[link from noah]
