May 2012
12 posts
freeganism →
moved out of ithaca yesterday.. weirdest thing ever. the ith has been my beloved home for the past 4 years (summers included). i will miss that place like crazy.. already do. luckily i had a lovely last few days there..
besides being sick, i was able to do some TIOLI work, and have a potluck/game night at my house on thursday. friday i went in for my last day of work, and since juliet was the...
i am done with college. WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO life can carry on.
wow, i’ve been feeling so emotional lately. dunno why. might have something to do with the fact that i’m finishing my college career in a matter of days and moving on to other exciting things. but i’ve just been feeling such an intense love for everything around me; all the people, the trees, the rain, the air.. it might make me sound kinda “hippie dippy,” but i can’t deny how i’ve...
Guerrilla Grafters →
best idea i’ve heard in a while.. grafting fruit-bearing trees onto ornamental city trees.
weird ithaca weather event #20968430643. 80+ degrees, sunny and humid today, torrential downpour, huge hail, wind, thunder and lightning tonight.
and with that, i’m done with classes.. 3 final projects and i’m done with college. whoaaa
April 2012
24 posts
In the next century or the one beyond that they say,
are valleys, pastures.
We can meet there in peace
if we make it.
To climb these coming crests one word to you, to you and your children:
stay together
learn the flowers
go light
—Gary Snyder
The Scale of the Universe →
totally worth exploring.
last week i went to castaways 3 times - for the last time this saturday. the guy at the door finally recognized me since i’d just been there on tuesday too. someone else recognized me from tuesday too. i thought that was funny. last saturday i saw photoreal (members of ayurveda), tuesday the black seeds, and this saturday jimkata. i missed black castle and revision, which upset me very much,...
it’s snowing..
the wombat →
this is my favorite thing ever. happy earth day.
best response to the guy on the commons asking, “wanna see some magic?”:
“i see magic everywhere”
hahaha
Trying to stay awake at school/work
whatshouldwecallme:
every second i’m sitting still..
THREE WEEKS OF CLASSES LEFT. WHAT THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
awesome awesome epic bike ride today. beautiful beautiful day. sooo rewarding. only dilemma is - what to eat when i have no food in my house and i want to eat all food n existence? nom
randomly went to dinner at simeon’s last night with zak haha. we were originally just going to go to viva and then go up to campus to do some work, but we decided to go somewhere else for a change. then we went to bed super early and i still didn’t go to capstone this morning. i just had no motivation. but it’s a beautiful day and i feel like i should do work (aka senior...
hoooooly schwowzerrrrrrs……… jimkata last night was ridiculous
March 2012
13 posts
“A word of warning to those who don’t know it already: cycling is habit...”
– The Backpocket Bicycle Book (“The Biker’s Bible”), by Don Earnest (1973). truer words have never been spoken
Venus farthest from sun on sky’s dome on March 27
sky was awesome tonight… the moon was closest to venus, forming a celestial triangle with jupiter. it was such a beautiful night sky. cold, but perfectly clear and the moon, venus, and jupiter were all so bright.
“Anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory...”
– Brian Greene
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”
– Aristotle
“It’s a strange thing, how you can love somebody, how you can be all eaten up...”
– Madeleine L’Engle (via amq)
i was starting to believe i was the only one who thought this way.
spring break summary
biking
hiking
tree climbing
“working” on campus
free food
friends
greenstar
running (and shin splints.. :( )
3rd dam
BONFIRES (3)
ithaca falls
sleeping out in my backyard
sun salutations
dancing at lot 10
purity ice cream
frisbee
walking around town
friends playing music
CHACOS, SHORTS AND TANK TOPS
BLUE SKIES
WARM WEATHER
SUNSHINE
all in all, a huge success.
SO MUCH FUN dancing at lot 10 last night. dj gundz killed it. it was especially awesome because she looked like she was having so much fun herself.
doug and talia and i got there just after 11 and they were tired so they only wanted to stay for an hour. we ended up leaving around 1:20 haha. it was so good! i had been feeling the urge to go dancing for a long time. the last couple times we’d...
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Top Vegan Nutrition Myths Busted (by Experts!) →
help
sooo tired.. i want to go to sleep.. but i left my phone in the lab tonight like an idiot so i have no way of waking up on time for class in 5 hours x( what to do?!?
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happiness is
homemade general chow’s tofu, hummus, and pita bread. mmmm. even though i accidentally burned a tiny spot on my arm. also, who knows what possesses me to randomly cook a big batch of food on school nights, but my taste buds aren’t complaining.
February 2012
2 posts
snow, rain, ithacation, sun. snow and sun at the same time. six mile creek running. gorges. second dam. chili fest. downtown running. owl cafe. vegan chili (free because they didn’t have enough to fill a cup). nonviolent communication. the green collar economy.
such an ithaca day.