urban planning soundtrack

someone, somewhere made an urban planning mix, and the link to it fell into my busy little hands. i'm not going to post it here because its not mine to post, but i will share two of my favorite songs:

hot property - 7 day weekend

big cities - director

who knew planning could be so sexy? i mean, outside of urban planning school.

i'd also like to add a song that wasn't on the mix, but is always accompanied by cities being built in fast-forward in my head.

+81 - deerhoof

aw

candied bacon

just one element of the (mostly) all-pork dinner party:

raw manchego
mitica miticrema
fra mani salumi
black pepper crackers

candied bacon

potato-rosemary bread
rosemary butter

figs stuffed with parmesan and wrapped in bacon

pork wrapped in bacon, maple-mustard pan sauce
spiced roasted sweet potatoes
arugula, shaved parmesan and fennel salad

strawberries

bethany and i may also be hosting a "wrapped in bacon" potluck in the near future - lets get creative, people!

procrastination, sponsored by vicky

**Post Amendment**
Digital SLR is, unfortunately, not one word. I guess I'll replace it with 'job.'

Not as easy as you might think.
Answer each with one word...

1. Where is your cell phone?
table

2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend?
work

3. Your hair?
messy

4. Work?
exactly

5. Your father?
changed

6. Your favorite thing?
food

7. Your dream last night?
heroes

8. You're last kiss?
door

9. Your dream car?
garage

10. The room you're in?
exposed

11. Your pet?
dead

12. Your fear?
loss

13. What do you want to be in 10 years?
happy

14. Where did you hang out last night?
movies

15. What you're not good at?
patience

16. Eyebrow rings on the opposite sex?
hmmmmm

17. One of your wish list items?
digital slr

18. Where you grew up?
exurbs

19. The last thing you did?
coffee

20. What are you wearing?
pajamas!

21. what aren't you wearing?
underwear

[deleted]

23. Your computer?
smooth

24. Your life?
changing

25. Your mood?
contemplative

26. Missing someone
always

27. What are you thinking about right now?
dinner

28. Your car?
dinged

29. Your work?
writing

30. Your summer?
travels

31. Your relationship status?
taken

32. Your favorite color?
green

33. When is the last time you laughed?
flashing

34. Last time you cried?
uncertainty

35. school?
donzo

36. Beautiful?
grunion

37. Myspace?
why?

38. Candy?
bacon

39. Embarrassing moment?
hunt

40. now?
questions

100% increase in animals running amok

an 500 lb orangutan escaped a taiwan zoo today and ran amok among the tourists.


and this just a week after a 400lb gorilla escaped from his enclosure and ran amok in a dutch zoo!

i think something is afoot with running amok.

just before the crowds

cheesycakes build a human pyramid

in uniform

soaking wet

with two strangers

on a public sidewalk

in the middle of the day

what?

the euclidean distance from hazmat facilities in the city of redlands

in miles


and in meters

i bought a watch today

i haven't worn one in over 5 years. i can't wear a watch unless i absolutely love it. and i love this one.

but still: a watch.

changes are a comin'.

in the desert

some say that traveling together is the real test of a relationship

but me, i'm going to go with outlet mall shopping.

nothing says 'i love you' like encouraging someone to try on the same pair of pants in 3 different colors and 2 different sizes in the 4th hour of shopping while surrounded by the mass personification of the dumbing down of america.

did you know that aborigines could will themselves to die?

i'm reading and transcribing hundreds of anonymous confessions for a project on the relationship between space and secrets. some are guilty, some are proud, some are angry, some are works of art, and some just about break my heart.

humanity can be so moving, sometimes.

los angeles is burning

600 acres of griffith park is gone.

and things aren't growing back so easily these days.

i think that maybe

the things i do over and over again

that i beat myself up for doing

and ask "why will i never learn?"

because i should have learned by now, because i should know better.

i think that maybe i actually like doing these things, and don't really care so much about the consequences. or i like doing them more than i care about the consequences.

i think that's why i haven't learned.

sparkles

i wore a dress today

first of the season.

changing times

when elephants use to bathe down the street.

from ucla's library digital archive of los angeles photographs from 1920-1990.

i went out to claremont this weekend

it's good to remember.

we've joked about it many times

but i never thought anyone would follow through with it.

those of us living in los angeles can now rent a pet.