Hello everyone, just want to let you know that I am still alive. I have been in Oaxaca for the past 9 or so days... I am much better at Spanish now than I was before, but of course since I haven´t taken Spanish since high school. Of course, my grammar has flown out the window now that I am actually talking to people. It is very hot during the day ( Read more... )

My mom and I both got our hair cut today, and since lunch fell in between our haircuts, we decided to meet up at Crepes Cafe! I got a goat cheese salad, French Onion Soup, and fresh squeezed orange juice. Having all that and sitting out in the sun was the best ever, so I just wanted to share that with you. I love good food, and fresh squeezed ( Read more... )

So I think I had a lot to say but I don't remember all of it now.... two things I MUST say, though:

I know where I'm living next year: 21st Street coop in Austin. WooHoo! I love coops!!! Now, I shouldn't expect it to be anything like Kairos - after all Kairos was only 33 or so people and here instead of there BUT I did have the best time in Kairos ( Read more... )

Gah! I haven't posted about Santa Barbara yet! We had a Chi O young alums retreat this past weekend. I went down w/some people Thursday night and came back Sunday. We split a hotel room 5 ways so it was pretty cheap, YAY. So interesting to hear what people are up to after Stanford, especially those that are years older than me. I feel like they're ( Read more... )

OK so who else is seriously thinking about becoming a vegetarian after all that stuff about melamine and whatever else contaminating not only dog/cat food but our own food? This situation seriously reminds me of The Meatrix.... I am worried because I don't know where my food comes from - I like to eat seafood but sounds like a lot of that comes ( Read more... )

Just checking out via crooksandliars, an excerpt from an article at CBS news:

Paramedic Annette Gasten and her German shepherd, Greta, had a grim weekend searching amid the piles of wreckage left by one of the strongest tornadoes to rake across the Plains.

Every business on Greensburg's main street was demolished and officials estimate as much as ( Read more... )

I already know this because my mom is super-into this kind of thing, but for those who don't... from this article:

One modern trend Tom Woolley bemoans in the UK is what he says is over-emphasis on green energy creation.

"Somebody has very cleverly got the vast majority of politicians and the public to think that sustainable buildings is about ( Read more... )

I just read all the entries so far on No Impact Man's blog and here are some quotes I liked:

From this entry: "As a matter of conscience,"  [Professor Curtis] White writes, "we should be willing to say that the so-called greening of corporate America is not as much about the desire to protect nature as it is about the desire to protect capitalism ( Read more... )

On the order of:

"That sounds like something out of science fiction."
"We live on a spaceship, dear."

Does anyone else look at this quote and think what it would be like for someone from an older age to hear this?

"Obviously this newly discovered planet and its companions in the Gliese 581 system will become prominent targets for missions like Esa's ( Read more... )

So, my dad just showed me a CNN video where they say that Sheryl Crow's toilet paper thing was just supposed to be a joke. This, from her blog about her campaigning for the environment. Yeah, basically, she says at the end of her latest post - "And by the way guys, the toilet paper thing...it was a JOKE!!"

I'm gonna go with it was a joke because ( Read more... )