Everything is Breaking : (

I have an obsession with little things, I really don't know why.

I have a set of little spoons, knives and forks that I keep in a special home. Everyone makes fun of me, but it just makes eating more fun!

Last week, my favorite wooden spoon, that I've had since I was a little kid was sitting on top of the kitchen counter. It was all beaten up and chopped. Apparently, it went down the garbage disposal along with some of my other favorite things. I am livid. Yay for communal living!

Slippery slopes
Slides be slipped
Score and slip
To fit and grip

But sometimes, even the heat from the kiln
Binds in ways that won't last for many days

Slippery slopes,
It's easier,
It's easier,
To Walk away

Slippery slopes
Slides be slipped
Score and slip
To fit and grip

Tightly to you,
I'll see you soon.

   

Fire Drill!

Did you know that living next to an Elementary School isn't actually the best?

You'd think laughs, and giggles of lil' kiddies having fun-
You'd think hopping, skipping and jumping-
You'd think lil' kids that can't even pronounce the name of their school yet.


Well, it also means Fire Drills!
Woot woot, it's been going on for a bit too long now.
Good morning to you too!

The countdown continues.
25 days until Honduras!!

On that note, I have five people that view my blog in Honduras?!
Who are you, I'm coming!

I have a Visitor!

I have a special visitor coming next weekend!

Can you guess by the picture who this might be?

My Momma! That's right, Mummies Dearest is coming down and helping me pack up.

The bitter-happiness really. Sadly, it has to happen sometime sooner rather than later.

Then the next weekend my sissy is coming down to visit, the advantages of leaving your family for two months at a time (when you no longer live with them). > They visit you!

What if we redefined our expectorants?

As Kevin Danaher pointed out: what's the difference between spitting in a cup of water, then drinking it and drinking a cup of water that has particulates of your spit?

Simply visual ladies and jets.

Date Night

Somebody was quite upset with me because I didn't go out dancing with her.

This was Friday night, the next day we had planned to go see a movie, which ended up being quite intense and we held hands the whole time.

But here's the fun part-

If you ever want something from me-make me feel guilty.
Maybe it's the Jew in me, but it works every time.

We met up on campus, and in my backpack I had hidden a few goodies. . .

     - Blackberries in a lil' tupperware, check.
     - Vanilla Ice Cream in a larger tupperware, check.
     - 2 Spoons!
     - 2 lil' cups, check.
     - 1 bottle of Cab. poured into a mason jar, check!

Let's just say, she is no longer mad at me > and was awfully surprised.

We have a NEW House!

   

 It is quite exciting, we have a new house..well almost.

Filling out the application now and man do they want a lot of information! 

But I will be honest, the hardware floors, tile work, shower, and washer dryer are definitely worth every form we have to fill out-

I have a new love.
That's right-

I found a Patagonia sweatshirt in a Lost + Found!
It's just my size and it's blue!

    I had a work day at Veggielution, an amazing non-profit in San Jose. I have been working for them since the beginning of the quarter.  This past Saturday, my team and I did Food Justice curriculum with the Dig Crew (the high school program.)

   On the way home, I saw the cutest thing ever! On one of the walk-ways above the freeway in the wired fencing was written with what I believe was about 200 little balloons that read 'PROM?'

Such sweetness really, I hope she said yes.

A student from my LALS 100B: Culture and Society, sent in this video (not this one...) But point being, is that I am now obsessed, they are short lil' clips and are hilarious!

The countdown continues.
I leave for Honduras in 35 days.
I am not ready-I painted my walls today.

Pottery Coop

This past Friday, I went to the Pottery Coop.

I haven't been in quite some time, I will confess- 

I had a whole stack of bisque ware to glaze and a lot of pieces to trim etc. 

I go to get the wax, so I can glaze my pieces. 

I finally find it, and it being wax is somewhat difficult to open. 

I try and try to open it, and finally I get it.

It also gets me, and I end up leaving some two hours later with wax covering my entire body. It has dried at this point. 

The end.

The moon's glow is gone.
The wine has worn off.

The metronome that is my body, breathe.
Destruction behind me, exultation-

The thunderous skies screech.
The clouds make it dark.

The metronome that is my body, breathe.
Destruction behind me, exultation-

I could do it all over again.

Spinach Spanakopita

  This was my attempt at Spinach Spanakopita- I have never made it in my life, and I was also to naive to think using a recipe would be a good idea.

  I ended up making some yummy stuff, but let's just say it was not Spanakopita. From my mistakes I would suggest the following:

  De-thaw the Phyllo Dough by placing in the fridge the night before, when you unwrap it, place a damp towel on top of it.

  Cut the Phyllo in half, so you have strips, coat these with Olive Oil (substitute for butter.)

  Using fresh Spinach or frozen, wash and rinse and put to the side.








       Traditionally, you use Feta Cheese, I went with Goat just because I like it so much-

  Oven should be about 370 degrees, and you will bake 10 minutes and then flip them- you want a nice golden coloring.

The technique comes in when you role them up-

   Spanakopita comes in triangles, so you have to start at one end. Place all of the goodies one role's distance from the very end. Fold the excess flap over. Now start roling alternating sides to that a firm triangle appears. Use hot water to hold the Phyllo together. Once they are all ready, place on a cookie sheet-brush with Olive Oil.

Today, I was riding my bike.
The cool way, where you only have one foot on then you hop the other one over.

I ride into this ditch (I'm in the grass)-
Get jammed into the shifts and the frame,

Meanwhile the guy that I just saw eat shit walking the other way,
see's me eating shit too.
The end.

What does virginity mean to a queer person, who may never have vaginal intercourse in her/his/hir life? What of a lesbian who chooses to never engage in any sort of penetrative sex act her entire life, does she remain some sort of super, extra virgin? If a straight man receives a blowjob, he will in all likelihood still consider himself a virgin, but a gay man receiving a blowjob may have a more complicated understanding of what it means for his sex life. In many ways, our conception of “virginity” erases or invalidates queer sex.*

The Dangers of Being a Bicyclist

    Today, I felt very self righteous! You know, in the biking sense-those annoying people that yell at cars to 'share the road'. Well, it may have to do with the fact that I almost got run twice by the same truck! Mr. Truck-driver was swerving all over the place and taking over my lane with the bat of a lash.

    Finally, with about five more major swerves we both get to the red light at Bay and King. I get off my bike, and yes- this is where I get all self-righteous, one of those bicyclists, and I hit the truck as hard as I can.

    The man inside looks down at me from his seat, some four feet in the truck to my five foot three stance. Such disdain of his facial muscles, maybe they were cramped, or maybe thats just his face. He rolls down the window and I teach him a lesson about staying in your appropriate lane, plus I scolded him just a lil' about not running bicyclists over.

    Same day, I get a text from Juliana (one of my housemates.)  Apparently, her bike neighbor at Safeway decided to not only lock his bike, but hers too. Her thoughts to dealing with the problem-'slash the tires!'

If I could, I would go back and prevent this from happening,
If I could, I would prevent the poisoning-
I'd event take away cadmium, uranium,
And all the other 'ium's from the Period Table of Elements

While I'm at it, I will make laws that will diable you from being cheated-
That will acknowledge your rights,

Well, while I'm at it,
I will make the world a place where something like this would never happen,
Where laws aren't even needed-
Where toxic chemicals weren't handled as if you were sifting flour;
    For you see with flour you have to be careful, but if a lil' bit spills-it's just flour.

In the dearest of apologies, I apologize for what laws were not made,
I apologize that you had to live next to the plant,
That you inhaled toxins since you took your first breath,
That you lost three babies, due to miscarriages,

Too bad my apologies make no difference.

*Inspired by "The Silicon Valley of Dreams" - Environmental [In]justice tear-jerker

Royalty

Would you fancy being a Royal or does the mere thought horrify you? *

On that note, Kate's wedding dress-designed by Sarah Burton is gorgeous!

Yom HaShoah

    Today we commemorate the 6 million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust. As my friend Tali says, the Nazis (still) never fulfilled their goal: we are still here, and standing strong.

     Remember the horrors of the Holocaust and the lives that we taken, people erased, families broken and stories that we never passed down.

*Apologies for the graphic photo, I tried not too, but that even proved to be a hard task.

The countdown begins.
I leave for Honduras in 40 days.

Outdated Terminology-

Language might be the most interesting thing, in my mind. Used to communicate, it is the absence of language that disables interaction, conversation, understanding, and potentially common ground.

It seems that we can no longer use the same words that our parents did, because everything becomes outdated! Slang, idioms, love 'em all. 'Gosh' something that I say A LOT, yet others consider it old-fashioned and 'square'.  'Anywho' (a word that doesn't actually exist,) the point of this post is to: share a new term.  Since we do already have a common ground; English, this all becomes much easier.*

This post is to Kevin Danaher, creator of the Green Festival. In his guest lecture last week at ESLP, he said a few things and had some ideas that I really 'jived' with.

Let's be 'solutionaries'! (As 'revolutionaries' is now outdated...)

*English, yikes-the problems within this hegemonic language, yay!

Someone [Very] Special

Who is this lovely lady? 

Any guesses? 

Miss Ashley Quyen Ann-Marie Hien Nguyen!

A.K.A. One of my best friends, Tash.

This post is to you my dorky friend, at age twelve.

Get 'it' Barbie!

Osama Bin [doing] what?

Does this man look familiar to you?

He should, and the fact that he is now dead is supposed to make you feel safe..

    You cannot recognize him? He is well associated with the Twin Towers a.k.a. 9/11- So don't worry, if you couldn't make the association right away, the newspapers reel these photos together!

So yes, the news reads, that is every news station, paper and site-

"Al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama Bin Laden is killed by US ground forces in Pakistan, President Barack Obama says."

Well gee-golly, nope I do not feel any safer than I did about a minute ago, when I did not know he wasn't alive.

     So how do you feel? Well, apparently, everybody is partying outside the White House.."it's a fucking dance party here!' from reliable sources, as in one of my best friends that lives in DC.

    With this new piece of news, we can all sleep safely in our beds, because a Terrorist is now dead. Thanks Department of Defense-you done great, ya' herrrr.