october

10.30.02

i went to the yamato 31st annual bonsai show last sunday where i watched a demonstration on making bonsai from a cutting and won a washington hawthorn tree in the door raffle. how can i possibly resist tiny, tiny trees? it makes me feel like gulliver.

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while we're scripting things out, it might be a good time to make your own bush speech.

"Apple is very cognizant of what Ellen represents: the stoner computer market," but what about dj qbert and tony hawk?

as far as this member of the demographic goes, i have to say that i'm surprisingly satisfied with jaguar. my powerbook seems happier, shinier and healthier.

10.17.02

happy birthday, josh "guitarzan" babcock!!

the other night, i arrived home, late from work. i closed the door behind me and all of a sudden heard thunderous noises of people throwing things and screaming and absolutely freaking the hell out in all the apartments around me. a couple seconds later, the building shook with explosions coming from outside. it took me a few minutes to realize that the giants had won the playoffs for the world series. although the idea of all that traffic going down my street doesn't excite me, i'm glad that it wasn't the apocalypse.

speaking of the apocalypse, eleven years ago today, my television leapt across my dorm room and slammed into the opposite wall. all the power went out and the earth shook. experiencing the loma prieta earthquake a few miles from the epicenter was probably one of the craziest rides of my life.

back in the days when i was a neo-hippie, i used to unclog the drains all the time with baking soda and vinegar. for some reason, it hasn't occured to me until now to look for websites that will show you how to clean your house without chemicals.

kids in scotland were irritated that a man in a cow-suit was standing around their school, telling them to stop drinking milk because it abuses animals. instead of abusing animals, they just pelted him with milk for ten minutes until the police escorted the cow-man back to his car. now, that's comedy.

10.14.02

phillip glass performed koyaanisqatsi live at davies symphony hall while the film played on a screen above him. as much as i love the movie, i had never seen it on the big screen and i was totally blown away. i learned this morning that my co-worker, bob hill, was the cameraman who had shot all the time lapse footage for the movie. i thanked him.

i just inherited a pda-type thing device. i've never had one before, so i found the amount of niche software that's available for these things to be staggering. so far, i've found: guides for jehovas witnesses, a hair stylist's application, database to help you visually recognize land mines, and a frightening amount of apps designed specifically to help you track your tv shows. this, my friends, is the modern world.

speaking of pda-type thing devices, danger has finally released its hiptop. the crowd went wild, and they've been selling out of stores left and right. my friend, chris, wrote the software and keeps a hiptop weblog.

10.10.02

i was lucky enough to get a viewing of michael moore's bowling for columbine tonight at work. i agree with this salon article that moore is heavy handed and manipulative, but i'm also glad that he's visible and kicks shit up. some day, i will have to tell the story of when i ran into him in new york while i was dressed as santa claus. he sang anti-corporate christmas carols to us.

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10.09.02

last night i attended dimension 7's transcinema event in downtown san francisco. it was a little surreal to see so many different images moving their photons in the middle of all that madness. i wish i had brought a projector.

last week, ben and i stumbled upon dave egger's pirate store at 826 valencia. it was great and had all the pirate supplies a seafaring gal could possibly want. my favorite was the drawer labelled "hands." when i pulled the drawer open, there was a nice selection of hooks. arrrgh!

speaking of pirates, i've recently discovered that my pirate name is captain edith vane. (double arrrgh!)

10.07.02

ok, goddamnit. i'm back on this keyboard thing. it's like riding a bicycle, right?

what can i tell you? a lot's happened in the past month while i've been healing. i guess the two major things currently in my life is that i finally finished building this two-story bedroom in my warehouse and that i bought a space-alien green honda insight. hybrid electric, baby. all's i need is a little bit of plutonium and the space-time continuum is my oyster.

i saw rube waddell last friday. they were going to play a live show in front of the old leeds building in the mission when the cops shut them down. the crowd gravitated to the rube waddell house, where they played pirate rap and irish ditties until the same cops arrived to respond to a noise complaint. all in all, a mighty fine show.

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