i grew up in the 70s and i am thankful. i think big companies have ruined the quality of human life for many generations. the earth will always recover so i'm not worried about that. we need to be worried about how our future kids will live out their lives. we gotta redo everything!

• stop using plastic bottled hand soap. go back to using bar soap for hand washing!!
• wash zip lock bags and reuse them A...

for ripley who we had to send to kitty heaven in july 2008. we will love for all eternity.

notes on ripley 1998 to july 17, 2008:

• her nickname was ripples and sassy pants.
• she would bite our elbows to wake us up to play with her.
• we'd puff up her neck fur sometimes to make her look like she had a crew cut.
• ripley was the most cuddling-in-bed cat on earth.
• ripley is named after lieutenant ripley from Ali...

an on going list...

• Liza Minnelli on a new york stage in 1972
• a fan in front row of a Queen Concert in the late 1970s
• in the audience in florida when Apollo 11 took flight
• an extra "girl" in Duran Duran's Girls On Film Video
• a prisoner at Cebu City Philippine's detention center dancing to Thriller with my fellow inmates
• Madonna, one night on her Blonde Ambition Tour
• riding with hunter in the desert...

every time i buy spaghetti sauces, i forget which ones i liked and which ones i hated. now i am going to keep track...here are my most recent purchases to test out...

• rao's marinara
• lucini marinara rustic tomato and basil
• lucini sicilian olive and caper (just okay)
• vincent's marinara (pretty good)
• barilla three cheese (good)
• ragu (i sometimes like a cheap ragu)

• act the song --act out a song as best as you can
• apples to apples
• balderdash
• blokus
• boggle
• cards (gin & rummy)
• charades --using movie titles books
• need to learn chess
• cranium
• make me laugh --just sit there and try to make them laugh
• monopoly
• pictionary
• scattergories
• scrabble
• sodoku
• taboo
• trivial pursuit (+ 80s 90s)
• trivia: Don't Dream It's Over: the '80s Music Party Game
• uno

find:

• trivial pursuit greatest hits (80s 9...

Purchases:

• digital voice recorder
• sewing machine
• find a bike on craigslist
• shower seat

To Do:

• paint some rooms in the apartment or wallpaper
• take the sewing classes with some gals

Projects:

• writing project time
• photo project time
• sewing time
• video short project time
• song assistant project time
• listo

plus free nyc

Brooklyn:

• brooklyn bridge waterfall mid-july
• mccarren park pool concerts & movie screenings
• brooklyn bridge park
• NYC Parks and Rec Events
• brooklyn celebrates events

Manhattan:

• summer stage central park
• ny philharmonic
• battery park events
• bryant park movies
• met opera in the park events
• river to river events
• south st seaport events
• hudson river events/movies
• village voice summer guide
• pub...

what to explore from friends:

• jason: aids ride CA
• paula: redhook food vendors
• chris g.: mgmt
• lisa l.: endless forest
• our friend steve's new ad art project for firefox (from steve who is great at promotion)
• adam: Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
• cynthia: The Mighty Boosh
• liane: Never Mind the Bullocks tv show
• salma: a chinese herbalist doctor

what i'm recommending it seems:

• the band, the landing, and all their albu...

there are some days in new york that make it worth every second of winter. days when you can roam the streets and zip in and out of neighborhoods on the subway on a warm day, and the whole energy of the city feels like magic. today was one of those days. thank you new york!

• woke up to liane, joe and sophie bringing over bagels and cream cheese
• with liane, joe, sophie, rob, kristen, matt, and salma, ...

• incredible east coast warm lightening and thunder storm. adam comes home wet but happy.
• adam and i placed a wager on whether or not there are multi-universes. now to figure it out?
• road with ira glass on the subway. delightful.
• am i the only one who likes scarlett johansson's new album
• jesus lovers on the train trying to convert the sad
• on the subway: acrobats and then a man proposes to a woman
• adam kno...

1. Cosmic Dancer, T-Rex
2. I Am...I Said, Neil Diamond
3. Aeroplane Over The Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel
4. I'm On Standby, Grandaddy
5. Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd
6. Perfect Day, Lou Reed
7. Upon This Tidal Wave, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
8. Naked As We Came, Iron & Wine
9. Childhood, Yann Tiersen
10. Nothing Comes To Rest, Unbunny
11. Time To Pretend, Mgmt