So, I got a new laptop last weekend, just before I got ridiculously sick. It helped entertain me in through the yuck, which spanned three days, as well as the snow. Also, it means that I've started the long process of editing and uploading photos I had sitting around on my camera's memory card. Most of them are from October, including about a million from my trip to Chicago for two weeks.





Look, I'll admit it, I've got a problem. I don't even have a fancy camera, yet I have about 40 pictures of flowers and plants in that set. I just can't help myself. The photos I have in this set so far are just from the first two days. My paid, flickr account expired yesterday, so unless someone buys me a new one, I am not going to do anymore uploading to flickr until Saturday, which is when I plan on buying myself a new one. Though I will be uploading more to facebook before that...


I am in a kind of limbo with a few things right now, it's driving me stir crazy. I would say that, as a nanny, I can't help but think of Dr. Seuss's "The Waiting Place." Knowing how popular "Oh! The Places You'll Go" is, however, I know that being a nanny isn't the only reason I am thinking of it. I could be almost any white, 24-year-old woman in America and I might have "The Waiting Place" bit vividly lodged in my head as I wade through transitory times in my life. It's popular. It's popular and it neatly articulates the anxiety, desperation, the futility of waiting.

And, no! That's not for me!

So, how do I get out of "The Waiting Place?" Where are my "Boom Bands?"

I don't know.

I am waiting on big decisions from other people that will intensely affect me, my life, the things that I want for my life. I am waiting for projects I've started to actually pick up momentum and participation (like the comic workshops for kids at Seuquential Art Gallery that I started). I am waiting for Saturday, when I get my second tattoo, which is mostly an addition to my first. I am waiting to turn 25, because, here it is, December! Another birthday is about to slip by me. I was waiting to get a new laptop, but now I have it. This is a relief, I can now move forward with some other things I was waiting to do. I am waiting for news about this or that that I am helping organize, so that I can help make decisions, so that the event happens, so that I can wait for it to all start again.

Some waiting is just about staying, being complacent. In other words, it's your choice to be there waiting, you could be acting. But some waiting... Well, some waiting is about patience, keeping yourself going, keeping yourself working, while all the momentum you've been building gets rolling. You can't just wait. Or, at least, I can't.

I am discovering more and more that I am a slave to action. I need to get out and do. And I do. I do too much, according to many very close to me. Now, I've started into wonder if I do too much to leave time for what's really important, if I've been doing too much to the point that I am missing more important, more meaningful opportunities...

Dinosaurs! Watch out, they're tricksy.


Thanks to cacophonous_joy!

Haskins totally cracks me up with her criticism on marketing and media buzz that targets women. Hence the name of her segment on Infomania, "Target: Women." In the eight segments so far, she's addressed a range of issues, from the ridiculousness of yogurt commercials to the way in which birth control is advertised to women.

Here are two segments relevant to the current presidential race...

- Haskins discussing how politicians were trying woo women voters:


- Haskins discussing how Sarah Palin is not a Hilary Clinton replacement:


Feminists, pay attention! Sarah Haskins is important. I feel that the best way to influence anyone on any view is with humor and Haskins does ladies everywhere a great service by doing just that. Disarming stereotypes with humor.

Special thanks to puncher for revealing the existence of Sarah Haskins to me last night while we were eating Asian food and drinking wine.

The secret act for the show last week canceled, so it will remain a secret. I did get pictures of some of a couple of the other awesome music acts that night, found here. I didn't stay for ghost mice, I was too tired, and I didn't even get photos of all the bands. Sorry!



And, in case you've been under a rock and haven't already seen it, you should check out Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.

Also, in case you need to waste some more time, look at this neat little game..

In other news, I've been trying to bike to Sauvie Island every week or two. A couple of these times, I've taken pictures.

on alberta street..

here are my tweets for today, so far...

• 21:33 vincent price is always amazing. always, but more so with muppets. #
• 08:42 what a wet day! is it really june? #
• 08:46 also, i couldn't find one of my rain booties this morning, so i just brought an extra pair of socks... #
• 09:25 i think that catcher and i are going to go the art museum today.. #
• 12:29 art is 500% more enjoyable with a child. #

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• 21:53 at chopsticks 3 with devon, caleb, paul, and @peteforsyth rocking out. #
• 11:19 watching muppet videos, getting psyched for muppet night at alberta street pub tonight.. #
• 11:28 @indigokelleigh way. 9pm! #
• 11:28 @masonwest mikey's current theme for booze mooves! you going to come? #
• 12:01 @eedumas it's a weekly movie night hosted by my friend mikey, and he's starting his muppet-themed run.. you should come! #
• 12:02 @masonwest but mason, do it for the muppets! also, i miss you. bring your lady, make a night of it! #
• 12:04 just finished mowing the last bit of the lawn that i missed on saturday.. now it's shower time! #
• 15:52 an ex, the one that i moved here with, called me last night while i was out at karaoke. #
• 15:53 he said he was calling because he is "getting sentimental in [his] old age." i told him that i was out and.. #
• 15:53 that, if he wanted to talk, he could call me tomorrow. today is tomorrow and he actually did call. it was weird. #
• 15:54 yesterday marked five years since he and i moved to portland together. he sounds about the same.. #
• 15:56 i think he still has guilt about our relationship. his call was a shock because we don't really talk. #
• 15:57 we're polite if we see each other around, which is about once every 6 months, but are relationship was really unhealthy. #
• 15:57 thankfully, i just made some tofu salad and eased the pain of hearing from him with its deliciousness. #

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• 19:06 last thursday is more fun with a kid in tow.. #
• 00:58 @peteforsyth hula hoops? #
• 08:03 up to late talking on the phone.. i can't keep on a solid schedule. #
• 08:05 thankfully, lack of sleep doesn't really make me grumpy.. unfortunately, i also happen to be lacking the thing that can make me grumpy.. #
• 08:50 @death_toartists let's not talk about it. #
• 09:05 i just explained to catcher that some white spots on the sidewalk were bird poop.. #
• 09:05 now we can't pass a white spot without catcher pointing down and saying, "that's bird poop too!" #
• 09:07 and there are a lot of white spots on the sidewalk.. #
• 13:56 how?! tell me, how i've missed the jesus lizard robot until now! nanolab.me.cmu.edu/projects/waterrunner #
• 14:00 i found it while googling around about apatosaurus/brontosaurus... #
• 14:02 footprints of apatosaurus, found in 2008, show that juveniles could run on their hind legs.. #
• 14:02 in a manner similar to that of the modern basilisk lizard.. which is awesome. #
• 14:04 this lead me to googling around about basilisks and finding the jesus lizard robot, which, by the way, i would have no problem worshiping. #
• 14:14 @arashikami what, that's a hobby! that's a real hobby! bona fide, even. #
• 16:23 it's so beautiful out and i am excited for my evening plans in a very silly way.. you know, the unrealistic kind. #
• 16:27 note to self: don't forget "build your own portland teach in" tomorrow at montavilla community center. #

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• 20:25 wrapping up band practice.. #
• 21:54 delicious seaweed dish at zilla sake and soon the music of @myrrh.. #
• 00:43 i feel restless in too many ways. #
• 07:52 yawn.. why don't i stick to a schedule? #
• 09:28 grabbing coffee, then catcher and i are heading downtown with sam and bria.. #

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• 18:10 @eedumas never mind, i totally messed up the lost boys show time, so my friends and i are not doing that.. #
• 23:58 just watched be kind rewind with jeremy, jack and matt.. it's so good! i'm in tears. then again, i am quite a sap. #
• 00:51 matt and i are at jeremy's watching mr. show.. #
• 11:08 flavourspot with matt, still trying to wake up.. #
• 13:06 at fuel cafe with jeremy, working on the gallery's newsletter, feeling sleepy. #
• 15:25 still at fuel cafe, but look what i made! flickr.com/groups/bikeeverydayportland and flickr.com/groups/bikeeveryday #
• 15:26 though i am still working on the gallery newsletter, i swear.. #
• 16:14 note to self: email pzs organizers t'chaka's movie's trailer, talk about the possibility doing a few screenings of his film during pzs.. #
• 16:15 note to self: and the possibility of him teaching a workshop about diy film / costume making? #
• 16:25 leaving fuel cafe, heading to the co op for some groceries, then home to clean before ana gets back from seattle. #

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• 19:08 at supertrash, boarding house is starting.. #
• 20:31 epic telekinesis battle! #
• 20:58 walking in the thunder storm, seeking a burrito on se hawthorne.. #
• 21:51 arriving at courtney's birthday party, deeped se.. nothing like biking in a spring thunderstorm.. #
• 00:47 overheard at courtney's party: "so are you guys girlfriend and boyfriend or friends or what?" "we're twins." #
• 03:47 closing the night out downtown with chris and scott at chris's apartment.. #
• 10:19 @arashikami sharp what? #
• 12:39 biking up interstate to beaterville with @bookdarts and @quadhome.. #
• 14:42 @corwinlw you didn't do anything wrong last night, what are you talking about? #

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here are my tweets for today, so far...

• 18:08 burrito stop and i'm almost home. coming later, the old money show at white eagle with jack and, possibly, other friends.. #
• 20:44 @lx i'd ask to join you if i weren't already going to white eagle.. #
• 14:40 out too late with jack, just got home from breakfast (also with jack). i actually don't have a million things to do today.. #
• 14:43 so, should i in on an epic bike ride or unpack my room a bit? perhaps both? #
• 16:28 @arashikami oh, i forgot about that! perhaps i should head over? #
• 16:56 ok, biking over to the bagdad for supertrash.. can't believe i almost forgot about it.. how silly to think i had free time. #

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• 19:11 we're at the tube! #
• 19:12 drinking with @bookdarts, ana and bruce.. #
• 19:15 and the dj recognized me from the internet.. i feel embarrassed for some reason, he also works for pony club.. #
• 19:18 he's cute and made a point to say hello. i am unsure how to react! i'm going with playing it cool.. #
• 11:21 it's quite a rainy day.. #
• 11:25 catcher & i went to the coffee shop (i read the paper, he worked on letter & number puzzles), then we spent a while at the library readi ... #
• 11:26 now we're out for a walk and he's splashing in puddles with his rain boots.. #

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• 18:51 @davethegreat oh, stop rebelling against yourself already! #
• 19:08 band practice canceled! rescheduled for thursday.. #

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