let's just say that things have settled down a little since the nightmare that was 2006. it's amazing how many things have changed: i have a new and much nicer apartment with all new furniture that finally feels like a "home", my freelance video work is commanding an extra zero in pay, and i'm just generally happy. i've been taking more photos ( Read more... )

i swear to god i'm going to update this thing soon.... 2006: what a bullshit year. at the stroke of midnight, on december 31st, when i will undoubtedly be thousands of miles away from the united states, i will not be celebrating the beginning of 2007. i will be jumping for joy that 2006 has been relegated to the motion sickness bag of history ( Read more... )

"So what made all those lab rats lose their minds? Bruce Alexander and his research team had a rather simple hypothesis: The rats had awful lives. They were stressed, lonely, bored and looking to self-medicate. To prove it, Alexander created a lab-rat heaven he called Rat Park. The 200-square-foot residence featured bright balls and tin cans to ( Read more... )

her boyfriend let me use his nikon D2X. very, very nice camera. more to follow...


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columbia university saw 11,000 people graduate today, and this is where they sat:


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For two decades, as the suburbs have become more pricey, the number of people who can afford to live in the wealthiest communities and also volunteer or hold public jobs there has dwindled. But now, in the wake of the recent real estate frenzy, more local officials are raising disturbing questions and looking for ways to address a growing problem ( Read more... )

here's a very interesting article in mother jones that explains how the case of bush authorizing warrantless spying on american citizens is just one of many laws he broke, and thus one of many impeachable offenses, as outlined in the u.s. constitution ( Read more... )

"V for Vendetta" is a piece of shit. i saw it last night and the two people i was with loved it, but they also thought the matrix was the most brilliant thing ever and they love the wachowski brothers (i thought the matrix was just okay - sure, its concepts were a first for movies, but i've read countless stories that philip k. dick wrote in the ( Read more... )

it would be nice to know if someone even reads this crap.... how about a little acknowledgment from anyone who does? i could get all pro-active about online publishing and promote this stream of consciousness rambling into the stratosphere (but the ionosphere is a lot more fun ( Read more... )

"The Life of Imelda Marcos
In the 20 years since she and her husband were driven into exile from the Philippines, Imelda Marcos has retrofitted her tangled philosophy of life into a truly incomprehensible PowerPoint presentation."