very high tech

I went to a very disappointing event at the art museum last month. A DJ was talking about the history of electronic music and it was sort of awful. I drew this picture of some sort of electrical something he was talking about. Not long after drawing this, Kate and Ryan and Chris and I used our stealth moves to sneak out the back door so we could go eat dumplings and noodles.

a magical rainstorm

We just got whomped with a crazy storm- with thunder and lightning and sideways rain- When the power went off I went to my office window and took some pictures... It was just magical out there.

birdseed on the beach

a fine line

There's a fine line between sketchy and sweet when it comes to men wearing high waisted shorts with walkmen on their belts, giant headphones, and athletic socks pulled up to their knees. If said man is over 65 or developmentally disabled the look is absolutely sweet and I will smile and say hello when we cross paths on a trail at 6:30 am and I'm on a run before work. Otherwise I will likely move over and avoid eye contact and wonder if it would be beneficial for the man I've just seen to know how much he resembles a crazy child molester...

screen shot

I imported a bunch of images into a spec pack I was working on, and when I went to sort them out I noticed how nicely the one image with my hand lined up with the other. I took a screen shot of the images before sorting them. Is this actually cool? Or is my brain just fried from staring at this screen for so many hours? I guess we'll never know...

magical keys

My friend Julia gave me a unicorn key cover this morning. Amazing... Now every time I go to unlock my front door the whole experience will be mystical and magical and full of sparkles and glitter... Thank you Julia!

germ-balls

The first time I saw balls like these to play in was at 'Sesame Playland' where my parents [uncharacteristically] brought my brother and me when we were very little. It must have been the same trip that we went to Hershey Park, in Hershey, PA. Strangely, there are no photos of either of these places- just the fuzzy memories I have stowed in the recesses of my brain. At Sesame Playland my parents bought us fruit juice in fruit-shaped bottles, which was *awesome*. (Mine was grape.) At Hershey Park we went on a ride that simulated the chocolate making process- when we entered the 'oven' portion I was terrified, thinking for certain that we were all going to be toasted into crispy cocoa for their factory...

It's a trap!

This sign attached to a little bridge next to the sidewalk was clearly a trap. I don't know if it was put there by trolls or kidnappers or bears, but you can bet I didn't cross the bridge. No sir... just kept right on walking...

barbecued pizza

Moonhawk took this picture on Saturday night. He takes such nice photos, and I really liked this one... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonhawk/4803940472/) I can't think of a nicer way to spend an evening: drinking wine and cooking for/eating with some of the people I love most...

tigers

http://www.wildanimalsanctuary.org/animals/photogallery.html
We packed a picnic and got to the sanctuary around 6. The animals were mostly sprawled in the late day sun and as it began to cool off two lions called to one another, and the wolves and grizzlies began to get more active... The mountain lions began purring and the tigers who were staying cool in their galvanized pools pulled themselves out to dry off.

None of the animals will every be released into the wild- they're all there for the rest of their lives since they were born in captivity and most had been [mis]kept as pets or as circus performers, and would never be able to survive in the wild. It's a better life than they could have had otherwise, though- but strange to see a huge male lion roaring in the dried grass of Colorado farmland...

I made a pun.

Get it?

drawing I found

big move

If Mudcarp and Sidekick were to move across the country, I imagine this is what it would look like... If we were all headed somewhere together (as I'm hoping we would be- those little guys are basically family...) maybe they'd let me stash some things in their rented truck... amidst their algae wafers and dried tubifex worms. My guess is that Mudcarp would do most of the driving.

sugar

Between the desserts for Sunday and the garden-thinning/harvesting Monday, I got more dishes dirty this weekend than I have in a long time...

to avoid conflict

his & hers