a little ditty for my favorite beat:

squinting through the posterior

default self

pleasant meandering

solo

meaty red rice

shuffling past coyotes

incense under

my sequoia

howling

Have a bliss filled 85th birthday, Jack.

It goes a little something like this: I post obscure photos of people/places/things you may or may not know. You reply and try to make up the most feasible (or bizarre) story to suit. We all laugh. If you do happen to know the real story behind the photograph, please play along and either reveal the true occurrence, or make up a sny story of your ( Read more... )

Emily Miller flew out this morning, after having spent the last 4 days here in Seattle. I hogged her the first two days and then her friend Jenaline got her. We went to a Sublime laser show, perused the market, made a trip to Gas Works, lavished in Fremont's glory, admired the Lenin statue (!), lounged in front of E.T.G. with a streaming ( Read more... )

Went on a hike to Snow Lake last Friday, May 5th.  There's still snow in the Cascades and it was such a riot.  Air temp. was about 65 degrees, we had sunlight for the first half of the hike, it was about 7 miles and we gained about 3000 foot elevation.  Makes my thighs ache just thinking about it.  Check out these pictures!


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Confession:

I like pulling the lint off of the lint screen.

And I usually hold my breath when I do it, too.

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Headed out of the city this afternoon... going to Ocean Shores (Washington - note the big red star on the map, disregard 'The Polynesian', ha) for the weekend.  My friend Mei-Ling has a beach house on the Pacific. Needless to say, I am ( Read more... )

My Math professor is spontaneous and I am continually amused.

Example: (*he has a very strong Boston accent, and it's rather whiny, but in an ultra cute older man way)

Today during lecture he was covering obscure examples or something off the wall... he pauses momentarily and says "Speaking of obscure..." and he reaches into his bright orange back ( Read more... )

Jose Rivera III, who wrote the screenplay for "The Motorcyle Diaries" *sigh*

...is also writing the screenplay for a film rendition of Jack Kerouac's On the Road

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I should like to think that it will be wonderfully done again?  Maybe he'll incorporate more of Neruda's work again *smile*

I was incredibly inspired by a theatrical production I saw ( Read more... )

( guess these fine young ladies names )