What books should I read this summer?

I'm working right now on Evolution for Everyone by David Sloan Wilson.. it's quite entertaining/ interesting, but i feel that since it's summer I should read some novels.... or at least some things that are not academic or science-related for once.. (in addition, of course, to all the academic journal articles ( Read more... )

 Yesterday I got paid $100 to do the following:

-See PEARL JAM live
-be in Pearl Jam's new music video
-meet and be directed by Cameron Crowe
-Be personally pulled out of the crowd by Cameron Crowe, moved closer to cameras.
-Have a 15 minute conversation with Cameron Crowe
-Shake Eddie Vedder's hand

pretty fucking great.

the desert sucks the life out of me.

reno is empty, dry, dead, distanced from me. 
I'm so glad I got to see Jimmy, Mitch, and Elisabeth though. some people are irreplaceable.

a few more days. i need my green trees, salty breezes, and rainy skies. very ready to go home

summer is perfect. i've been relaxing, enjoying sun, having time, being calm, met someone, i'm going to reno tomorrow...

Tonight, we're the sea and 
the rhythm there 
the waves and the wind and night is black

 it's winter here again. 
i look to the days when i can frolick about with the dog without being poured on or getting pneumonia.

still though, i am so happy these days. i feel that i am becoming a real person

 spring cleaning is the most amazing thing in the world.

i can actually walk into my bathroom without fearing what creatures lie beneath my feet! what a concept...

i've found great things in a person i would least expect to be a source for awe ( Read more... )

 I got a dog! His name is Otto... 8 months old.. perfectly trained..he is so sweet. :)

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 be in reno 2 weeks from today.

star wars in 60 minutes opens tonight. by far the most fun i've ever had doing theatre (except for tech pool trailer days in highschool...)

 One more drink tonight as your gray stallion rests
Where he lays in the reins
For all of the speed and the strength he gave

One more kiss tonight from some tall stable girl
She's like grace from the earth
When you're all tuckered out and tame

One more tired thing the gray moon on the rise
When your want from the day
Makes you to curse in your sleep at ( Read more... )