two doors down
The air sticks like an awkward hug on a hot day. Milo is smoking a joint on the stoop two doors down. He doesn’t live there. He just smokes there. I’m unsure of the protocol around that. “Hey, is that my writer?” Milo calls out, and I grin. “Hey, Milo. What’s up?” “Just taking a commercial break. Want a hit?” The question still surprises me, after all this time. “Nah, thanks.” Milo smirks. “How ya been? When ya gonna come see me at the club?” “You’re still at the club?” His hands loll from their wrists, showing me his light palms. “Why wouldn’t I still be at the club.” “I dunno. People change jobs.” Again, “Why...
Read Morerevisiting imeem
I must have bookmarked the social networking plus instant messaging site imeem in my sleep a while back, because even though it didn’t end up in my del.icio.us catalog, I recognized the site name when Jason added me as his imeem friend today. Am I speaking jibberish yet? Let’s start over. A few years ago, I drove my friends insane with the first tier of social networking websites, mainly the Friendster/Tribe/Orkut triptych. Back then, I knew that I’d forget to check these sites regularly for new messages — because I hate websites that prod me via email to check my site-specific mailbox — and so instant messaging integration was the natural next step. imeem attempts to tackle the notification issue with its own IM client, which is...
Read Morethe friday five: feeling good
What makes you feel good? What is the one outfit/piece of clothing/accessory you own that makes you feel incredibly good whenever you wear it? Why? My cat-ear hat, because it makes other people smile, sometimes laugh or comment on it, and then I remember not to take myself so seriously. What do you do to make yourself feel better when you’re in a funk? I listen to love songs from the ’80s, the cheesier the better. Has anyone ever surprised you in a way that let you know you were special? How? I am honored to be regularly treated by my friends and family in this way. When you are having a “good day,” how do you spread the happiness to others? I try to be present with the day as it unfolds, and hope that my good mood will be reflected...
Read Moresolve this
This morning, a student approached R, one of my employees, and showed him the following equation: 168 ÷ 12 He then asked R, “Does this mean 168 divided by 12, or 12 divided by 168?” R responded that it meant the former. The student thanked him and left. A half-hour later, the student returned, and asked R, “How do I solve this?”
Read Moredemographics
Since one of my favorite bloggers raved about the latest release of Flock, I decided to check it out. I think it’s fine as a browser — how can you go wrong, starting from Firefox? — and the Flickr integration is pretty neat, but it’s still an unapologetic resource hog. Perhaps folks with newer and faster computers will make the switch; I’m quite happy with my three-year old 12″ PowerBook, which runs Safari and Saft just fine. Speed of accessing information is much more important to me than all manner of social hoohah, and so I’m well outside of Flock’s target demographic. I’m probably outside of MOG‘s target demographic, too, since I’m no music geek, but I’m still having fun playing around...
Read Moreas in love
Originally uploaded by deborah lattimore. If you aren’t a fan of Deborah Lattimore’s photography yet, go look. I’ll wait. Before I met her in person, I knew her as her blue-gloved apple-holding hand on a beach icon. I really looked forward to meeting her; I fervently hoped that she would be as in love with the world as her photographs intimated. I was not disappointed. If you are also in the Bay Area, you will not want to miss seeing her work, along with that of many other astounding Flickr folks, at the Foto2.0 group...
Read Morelittle earthquakes
It has been six and a half years, and I am still not used to feeling even a little earthquake. Just around 05:25 this morning, my bedroom, the flat, the whole building went all wobbly for a few seconds. Wobbly! This still blows my mind. For a few more seconds more, my ceiling fan wobbled. Then all was still. Zen slept through it. I wonder if I would have too. It had a magnitude of 4.7 and was centered far southeast of the City. Did you feel it?
Read Morelisting
Thoughts abbreviated and interrupted. Time for some lists. Non-blog websites that I visit daily: VideoEgg del.icio.us Flickr Stikipad Bloglines Cassette singles that high school boys attempted to woo me with: “High Enough” by Damn Yankees “Love Song” by Tesla “To Be With You” by Mr. Big “More Than Words” by Extreme “Lovesong” by The Cure Movies that I really should see someday: “Risky Business” “Drugstore Cowboy” “Scream” “The Ring” “THX-1138″ Words I have used this week that I think sound pretentious when I say them in my squeaky little voice: liaised redacted isometrically disproportionate assmaster Things random people hanging around...
Read Moreinstead of
Threadless is great for many reasons, but especially this one: Instead of “Pinocchio” I watched “Transamerica” (surprisingly excellent) and “An Inconvenient Truth” (unsurprisingly good). Instead of ribs I ate homemade pasta with pancetta, squash, onions and rosemary. Instead of pear cider I drank a watermelon cosmopolitan with real pureed watermelon, yum. Instead of spending time online, the MSG and I visited with family and friends, did more home-related stuff, and walked from Potrero Hill to South Park. It was a good...
Read Morebuck
I have the most bizarre craving right now. I want to watch “Pinocchio”. I don’t even remember liking “Pinocchio”, but I have that “hi-diddle-dee-dee, an actor’s life for me” song going through my head. I am also craving Carson’s ribs. Maybe there would be nothing better right now than sitting down with a plate of these ribs, pear cider, and “Pinocchio” on DVD. Weird. SFlickr was, as usual, lots of fun last night. I even got quality time with Shannon and Ergazork beforehand. A disproportionate number of photos of Shannon making all manner of goofy faces and gestures were taken. I met and won a buck off earthdog. quasistoic helped me win the buck by convincing a Crossroads employee to take...
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