i have been on the french-swiss border since tuesday and sick for almost every day since then (first food poisoning and then a cold). it is a bummer, but it was nice to just hang with daniel and let time time sort of wash past us instead of trying to travel to every famous city near cern ( Read more... )

I am currently in the process of understanding something I knew in my gut all along: that memories are malleable, they consist of an infinite number of patterns drawn into the sand only to be buried once again. It's odd to learn about the very neural sequences I am using to store information about neural sequences. It all seems so recursive or ( Read more... )

at first i didn't dig it because i couldn't connect with it on an emotional level, but now i find that it creates a much-needed peaceful atmosphere in my room.

so after six months of not shaving my armpits, i finally caved in (i am italian). i wonder how long i'll go this time.

i say yes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9QpI3wVvek

i am drinking way too often. i miss santa cruz.

sometimes i don't understand the point of arguing about politics when emotions are at the core of our arguments (at the core of everything we do and say), and, as a result, are also unreasonable. but, if we didn't have emotions we wouldn't give a shit about anything occurring in our world...there wouldn't be a need for politics or debate. evolution ( Read more... )

sat waiting for the bus, listening to a man talking in indian on his cell in the parking garage. it was a symphony of mysterious echoes. the bus driver let me in early because it was cold and we had a good conversation about insulation and california weather. we talked like old friends, though we had only just met, and, in these sort of instances, ( Read more... )

dear jamie,

i'm going to eat you alive.

also, i hope you are enjoying mail from vagina monologues.

sincerely,

s

Sometimes I forget that what I perceive "sound" is just changes in air pressure, which my mind (via my ear drums) translates into music, rain on the roof, the voices of those i hold close, etc. Then, I remember how spectacular the human mind is; something that I possess and rules my existence, but something I cannot even begin to wrap my 'mind'