curiosity killed the cat,
but the hope of discovery brought it back.
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a bad dish
my gf and I went for dinner last night, to a Resto that we’ve been to
many times. the food’s been on something of a downward slump the last
few times, and this was no exception.
my meal was fine; the other was atrocious. the kind you wonder about
the judges criticizing on top chef. could it really be all that bad?
chili crusted seared halibut with blanched snap peas
– sounds great so far… Japanese influence
atop sauteed polenta
– a little odd, Italian addin sounds nice
topped with cucumber guacamole
– WTF? cucumber guac?
two cultures can fuse very easily; the third presents a challenge.
this was an unservable dish.
in the retrospect that comes from composing, I know that I should have
said something along the lines of, “I love you guys, and that’s why I
want to say something about this. you’ve done great things, but this
reached too far.”
something like that.
lucid dreaming, ice cream catalyst
lucid dreaming is a tremendously enjoyable activity. an added bonus:
as the control of your dream self increases, the chances of a “bad
trip” seem to go down significantly. last night, with the aid of some
chocoloate mochi, i dreamed i was in some other house after an
operation, had two cats, and that it was too cloudy out to watch the
lunar eclipse.
there are quite a few sites that contain detailed how-to’s on lucid
dreaming, and i’m certainly not enough of an authority to teach it.
how i got started, though, was pretty simple and fun. it started when
i realized that if i eat ice cream pretty soon before i go to sleep, i
tend to be semi-conscious through a dream, and to remember more
vividly in the morning. that started the ball rolling.
from there, i’d occasionally have some ice cream before slumbering,
and enjoy some of the strangest and most film-like experiences. i do
have a recurring experience, that isn’t all bad. i’ve found that it’s
called sleep paralysis and is fairly common.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis
one time it happened, i wasn’t quite lucid yet, and reasoned that the
cause for why i couldn’t move quickly or turn on the light, was
because the laws of physics had shifted, and now i moved faster than
light.
eventually, i realized i was dreaming, and turned the lights on by
blinking, instead of a switch.
love this city
I just got approval to take six months off. I don’t know if have the guts to do it, or at least the guts to make the most of it. yeah, sitting on my ass for that long would be tough, but I’ve no doubt I could do it. and by make the most of it, I specifically mean filmmaking. we can’t all be a bobbie rodriguez; but I definitely need to start if I’m gonna make shit a reality!
moblogging vs laptopping
is laptopping a word? does it have a definition that doesn’t sound like it’s something else entirely?
posting blogs via mobile phone feel like hugely epic posts, covering topics from nuclear engineering to my little pony… but in reality, they’re a sentence and a half on the heavy side. it’s a shock to the system when you see the post later on, rendered in all its glory, to find that it’s not quite the fitzgerald epic you were hoping for.
but there’s a lot to be said for getting the words out of your system when the thought comes in. at some point, i’ll likely try moblogging at 4am, when i awake from a heavy stupor with the most brilliant thought just dying to be written down. note:: yes, i expect a lot of 7am deleted mails. what’s brilliant while still asleep is rarely so once the faculties compose themselves.
an inspiration
alex, you’ve always been an inspiration to me. its great fun writing with you, and I hope it continues long into the future. calling randomly and saying lines to get responses is a great way to improv!
not what I like to see
I’m grateful I can live somewhere that this isn’t on my front door.
a Shasta boating weekend
some friends got this wacky idea to go to shasta for the weekend. I was oddly nervous of the whole affair, but once we got there, it was a blast. BBQ, swimming, and a night sleeping by starlight is sure to put a perspective-induced smile on anyones face. thanks josh!
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