goodbye, julie

i'd wish you good luck, but i don't think you need it.

bun

marty

urban planning and the heat wave

yes, there is a connection - it's called the urban heat island effect.

The rapid development of Southern California over the last 50 years has created structures and landscapes that retain heat better than dry desert chaparral. Golf courses, shopping centers, housing developments and lush lawns trap heat during the day, keeping temperatures up at night. The warm nights lead to torrid daytime temperatures because heating already warm air doesn't take long, he said.

The numbers tell the tale: Between 1901 and 2000, the average daytime temperature in Southern California has gone up by three degrees, Patzert said. But nighttime averages have risen by seven degrees.

another example of the unintended, yet major, consequences of planning decisions. it's easy to say now that it was poor planning, but i can't help but be acutely aware that the decisions we're making now - that seem so responsible and sustainable - could be just as disastrous, if not worse.

it's a lot, sometimes.

la la la

this is why i'm not allowed out of LA too often.

man

i accidently bought tickets to see al green and hot chip on the same night.

oh well. i guess it's not really that much of a dilemma. sorry, hot chip. i'm going with the reverend. i'm sure you'll make someone on craigslist very happy.

if it's going to stay this hot out

i'm going to have to buy more skirts.

i also just discovered (after living in it for a year and a half), that my house has air-conditioning. it's not really working at the moment, but i imagine a quick servicing will do the trick.

my room is like a little greenhouse in the summer, and i'm beginning to wilt.

summer is fading

freeze your pesto now.

yeah, that's my favorite peaches song, too.

lovertits - feist (with gonzalez)

oink

someone left this on my windshield today

i kind of want to call this person, just to see what it is he actually does.

creepiest piece of art i've ever seen

still life with stem cells, patricia piccinini


the skin was mottled with tiny little lines and hair.
the little girl seemed like she might look up at any moment.

two important things i learned this weekend

1) justin timberlake's new album is titled 'futuresex/lovesounds.' i believe he just reserved himself a space on hump island.

2) jodie sweetin (stephanie from full house) will be hosting a new dance show on fuse called 'pants-off dance-off,' which just makes me happy and i don't know why.

wuss

1984, from wussy (1960s), probably an alteration of pussy.

just wondering.

that was so worth it

eh fuck it

i'm going.

what to do

on one hand...

i've been looking forward to this weekend for monthes

on the other...

i've got mono

on one hand...

i'd get to see my 12 closest friends from college, altogether, in one place

on the other...

no matter how careful i am, i could infect someone

one one hand...

i'd get to visit a beautiful ranch in colorado - ponies and lakes and wildflowers

on the other hand...

there's a very sweet boy to take care of me here

on one hand...

i'm know i would have fun, despite my illness

on the other...

i can't drink, can't smoke, and tend to get tired and grumpy by 9 o'clock at night


i know that not going is the right thing for my body. i'm just not sure about my mind.

so...

i have mono. yes, mono.

i also have a predisposition towards whining when i'm sick, so i'm going to keep discussion of this little malady to a minimum. no sense in subjecting you all to my proverbial pouty lower lip.

on the brighter side of things, i think i've finally mastered the art of napping.

sarah

speaking of things i found on the street

i'm totally watching it.

and everybody knows about boing boing, right?

ok, just checking

check out this list of the best free software on the internet. some of it i already have, some of it i don't necessarily like (does picasa take 14 years to load on anyone else's computer?), and some of it i'm definitely going to be checking out (maybe it's time to switch to trillian?). you should too.

sweating out a fever on a hot summer day sucks

thank god for lemonade, ceiling fans and the imminent approach of nighfall.

more on happiness economics

beyond a certain level, money doesn't make people happy. we've been through this before.

so what does make us happy? as it turns out, regular sex. like, $50,000 dollars worth of happy.

prefabulous

both muji and ikea now sell prefab houses. can you guess which is which?

the adventures of lenny the liger and zenny the zoniey (part 4)

as lenny strolled the left path as the pepoi the bird said he thought a lot about what was wrong with him inside and maybe what he needed to change. as he was about to give up and just go back home he heard a rather strange noise. it was more of a cayota growing then some strange noise. he peeked throught the bushes and saw a small medium size cayota growing and reddy to attack a samwhat zebra.

lenny jumped right in and roared as loud as he could and stamped his feet and the cayota got so scared he ran off like a bullet. he looked at the zebra and said (hi) "you don't want to eat me i don't taste good" shreaked zenny "i am not going to eat you i was trying to help you" "ow well thanks" said zenny "so what are you "said lenny to the zebra "well this might sound silly but i am a mixed breed...i am not normal i am what you call a zoney you know half pony half zebra (ow)" "enny said "well don't be ashamed i am a mixed breed to a tiger and a lion.."

"that are same" said zenny "so this might sound weird to you but do you wanna be friends i am kind of short on them" said zenny "you know what" said lenny and with one last sigh and finally a smile said "i think will get along perfectly"

the end.