" The act of recording a life, in healthy solitude and active connection to loved terrain, is also the act of creating a life." -Hannah Hinchman

Standing on a busy intersection assinging yourself to a controversial ballot issue and not backing down is very empowering. We held signs saying 'NO on 85' and "the answer is comprehensive sex education and family communication not legislation' and 'honk if you're pro-choice ( Read more... )

Every decade since the 1960's there has been a 1-2% reduction in the amount of sunlight that reaches the earth surface due to pollution and cloud changes. Of course if this continues we could have some major additional climate change and some agricultural issues ( Read more... )

Thank you to all who helped me bring in my 21st b day with style. I had so much fun and what I remember of the night I will not soon forget. Thank you for all the lovely gifts and sweet birthday wishes. You all are the reason I smile everyday and why I love Santa Cruz! Have a good break. You all better come back with stories for me.

11 -- percentage of U.S. children from non-poor families that had been diagnosed with asthma in 2002

16 -- percentage of U.S. children from poor families that had been diagnosed with asthma in 2002

source: grist.org

Sexcapades is over and I finally have time to breath, but of course Im going to miss it all. Back to the realities of the non hyper-sexualized world. Thank you to all that came to see the show and support. It means a lot to me when my friends support what I do. So thank you, and I hope you enjoyed the show. I'd love to hear comments on it ( Read more... )

As of January 2006 Myspace is the world's seventh most popular English language website. 50 million users ( Read more... )

So UCSC ranks this year as follows in the following categories according to the Princeton Review ( Read more... )

I finally found, and bought the Postsecret book. For those of you who dont know Postsecret.com is a blog site that was started by an ordinary guy named Frank. The concept is simple, write a secret on a 4x6 postcard, make it creative and/or artsy and send it to Frank in Maryland. If he likes it he'll put it up on the site for all to see. New ones ( Read more... )

1. For every person in America that is born so are 15 dogs and 45 cats. Thats too many for the number of available homes.

2. In this last holiday quarter Apple sold 14 million ipods. Thats 100 per minute.