MOMA San Fran

Now on display on the top floor...

jargon

today brought me this gem,

"To save cycles, let's quickly vet that through respective teams to poke holes, then we can flesh it out and run it up the flag pole."

seriously?

Sunday evening

At the beach...

Nerves (dotcom)

I'm coming to the realization that it might be time to try online dating. I haven't ever done it. I'm usually too nervous to even post a picture, much less go and start a conversation with a total stranger, but as they say, desperate times...

So as I'm preparing to reveal my inability to decifer the relationship status of attractive people and desire to think about at least the possibility of someday changing my relationship status (im looking at you myspace/facebook, if you can last that long) to the greater metropolitan area, I'm reminded of an earlier time.

Back in the old days (right around the turn of the century), I was living with my friend R. We would take morning runs around the neighborhood scouting curbed furniture (ended up outfitting a good portion of our place with it - tho we have since upgraded). One day we came across an old school typewriter and adopted it. It quickly became a outlet for observations on our trials and tribulations as single dudes new to the area. Everything was fair game, from utter embarrassment to random, surprising successes. There were some phenomenal entries that are lurking somewhere, though I haven't seen them in years.

So i've toyed with the idea of tracking my virtual dating foibles here and have not yet landed on a decision. On one hand, it would be hilariously fun for me. On the other, it would be hilariously fun for everyone else (at my expense). Plus, I'm still getting used to the blogging thing, where anyone can land on this page and read about me. Originally, I never mean to talk about personal stuff. I only wanted to share what I thought was cool and interesting, but that lead to things that were cool and interesting that happened to me and viola, conflict.

more to come...

Tix have arrived

Thanks to EH I was on the ball and got my tix early this year. Cheapest ever! The official package arrived today. Here are the 2008 burning man tickets in all their glory.

Valentine's Day

Its right around the corner and I'm sure a number of people are planning fastidiously to woo their partners. Me? I've got the day open, will probably do some drinking with a friend that's visiting from home. There's a bar down the street from me that has awesome anti-Valentine's Day parties. That should be fun, not because Im 'anti' Valentine's Day, but because I am and always have been 'pro' any sort of themed parties.

But if you are looking for that proper way to say "I love you" nothing says meaningful like a well thought out ecard. My favorite place, where I find cards for all types of occasions is Someecards.com, for instance...

I swear I'm not bitter, it just made me laugh.

Celebrities!

Had a good celebrity sighting tonight out in the neighborhood. it was actually cool for me because even though i dont really buy too much in the celebrity thing, this sighting actually had some significance. I felt like i identified with him in some strange way. Maybe identify is the wrong word, i think i took a little bit of pride in the fact that i had something in common with him. anyway, without further adieu,

yes, a soccer playing super famous dude. he was at magnolia, a few blocks from my home, with a group of friends having some drinks. As i said earlier, the 'wood is full of surprises...

Gum wall

Across from the alibi room, Pike's alley, Seattle WA

Seattle pics

Im in seattle this weekend. Here's some pics from the day which included a trip to mecca (flagship REI store), the experience music project (lame) and many seattle streets.

Stopping Time

This (apologies, for some reason the video will not embed) is the coolest thing I have seen in a long time. It's also not the first time I have said that about improveverywhere. I spent most of the week in a relatively new town and wish I had seen this before I arrived. It would have changed the way I experienced things over the past few days. Its so perfect that this happened in NYC tho, a city full of constant stimulation. I would have loved to be there when it happened, not knowing what was going on. How surreal. The fact that so many minds and so much preparation came together to execute this adds to the magnitude of it. It makes me reassess how I go about my life and consider what human interactions should be like. That's probably one of the obvious goals of the group, but still, it’s compelling. Shouldn't this be what meeting or observing people on a daily basis should be like? Shouldn't daily experiences be a source of awe and fascination? Watching people an exercise in discovery? Simply walking down the street an opportunity to view once in a lifetime occurrences? Ok, now I’ve gone too far.