July 2007 Archives

Was up in Marin yesterday, helping Kitty out with her Bottle Cap Tree piece for Burning Man. Mostly I was throwing out ideas for stabilizing it against the Black Rock elements, trying to be useful. The tree is really cool up close, and I think Burners will judge it "groovy."

It was nice to hear someone else express that combination of anticipation and dread I've been feeling about the whole junket. Now that I'm getting my head around planning in earnest, I think I'm leaning more toward "anticipation." I'm still not sure about my giveaway scheme, but I've gotten inspired around some sewing and other projects. In a way, this reminds me of the old Spooksville days, when there'd be months of preparation around the Halloween extravaganza, and with it a lot of on-the-fly innovation and creativity. Feels cool.

Save yourselves the calls - I slept right through this morning's earthquake. I mean, 4.2? That feels like having a heavy truck driving past your house. No self-respecting Bay Area resident would so much as roll over in bed for anything less than a 5.0.

This will almost bring tears to your eyes. Whether those are tears of laughter or sorrow, I leave to you.

I love the internet.

I've recently come into contact with the cuteness juggernaut running rampant on the web. Here's a new recipe for world peace. Aaaaaaarrrrrgggggghhh! My eyes! My eyes!

Then there are the lolcats. I can has cheezburger?

But there's never more than a few minutes without a good laugh or a gratuitous huge explosion, and the plot wisely avoids any moral messages, parallels with the 9/11 tragedy or anything else that might get in the way of the machine-on-machine carnage.

Oh yeah. I'm there.