3:00 long video. Didn't seem like 3 minutes. Very cool morphing of portraits of women. I saw that there were some more modern artists in the list ... you've got to get to about 2:15 for some of the more out there paintings (how do you go from the Mona Lisa to abstract?).
http://miraulam.multiply.com/video/item/38
Totally safe for work. That's TSFW, the opposite of NSFW.
Enjoy!
10 October 2007
08 October 2007
Overheard at a cafe.
I am at Cafe du Soleil in the Lower Haight/Duboce Triangle area. Crazy conversation at the table across from me. A middle aged man & woman came in the cafe, nicely dressed, but also sort of date-y dressed. They start to talk about what they do. Or rather, what he does, which is something to do with TV. The situation is:
1. an interview for some sort of high-end match making service
2. a first date that was set up by a high-end match maker (maybe the lady who just showed up)
3. a job interview for the TV show?
4. some sort of brainstorming session about the TV show
5. settting up a reality TV show about dating
Interesting quotes so far...admittedly, the man is talking way louder so I can hear him pretty clearly. I'm sure the women are pretty hilarious as well, but I can't hear them as well.
Man: "My ex and the kids live in Italy now. So really, it doesn't seem like much has changed."
Man: "Sex should be fun. I couldn't have sex with an ugly woman."
Woman 1: "Not ugly. Unattractive."
Man: "Oh yeah, unattractive. But sex should still be fun."
Man: "Is a bunch of talking heads sitting in a room that interesting?"
Man: "You're all sitting around a table. The guy should ignore the pretty one. Go talk to the less attractive one. Then the pretty one, who's used to getting the attention, will come and talk to the guy."
Man: (about some TV show on VH1 right now) "It's more about getting laid than a long term relationship. It teaches guys tricks, so they want to watch it. Not that I've ever seen it."
Woman 1: "What if you've got a really pretty woman who's a hand model. She's wearing oven mitts because she has a gig tomorrow. The guy has to feed her at dinner because she can't use her hands. How long does he last?"
Man: "Guys are idiots." (kirby thinks: thank you for admitting that one)
Man: "Nice rack, I might go out with her again."
Discussion about - Attractive people match with attractive people. You watch people going into a bar and they gravitate towards those that are similarly attractive. In California. We're much more aware here. There isn't that appearance match so much in the Midwest. (kirby thinks: huh? do i do that? what about people that have really poor self esteem? how does one "size up" where they fit in a line-up? interesting topic, but short-lived. and don't even get me started about californians being more self-aware than midwesterners. that's hogwash. maybe midwesterners aren't as superficial, eh?)
Overall... seems like really, they are brainstorming about a new reality TV show about dating. Cuz yeah, we totally need another one of those (granted, this is coming from someone who doesn't currently own a TV... but I did finally start renting TV shows on DVD).
I am done. Earplugs in, need to focus. But I hope you all enjoyed this one as much as I did :)
1. an interview for some sort of high-end match making service
2. a first date that was set up by a high-end match maker (maybe the lady who just showed up)
3. a job interview for the TV show?
4. some sort of brainstorming session about the TV show
5. settting up a reality TV show about dating
Interesting quotes so far...admittedly, the man is talking way louder so I can hear him pretty clearly. I'm sure the women are pretty hilarious as well, but I can't hear them as well.
Man: "My ex and the kids live in Italy now. So really, it doesn't seem like much has changed."
Man: "Sex should be fun. I couldn't have sex with an ugly woman."
Woman 1: "Not ugly. Unattractive."
Man: "Oh yeah, unattractive. But sex should still be fun."
Man: "Is a bunch of talking heads sitting in a room that interesting?"
Man: "You're all sitting around a table. The guy should ignore the pretty one. Go talk to the less attractive one. Then the pretty one, who's used to getting the attention, will come and talk to the guy."
Man: (about some TV show on VH1 right now) "It's more about getting laid than a long term relationship. It teaches guys tricks, so they want to watch it. Not that I've ever seen it."
Woman 1: "What if you've got a really pretty woman who's a hand model. She's wearing oven mitts because she has a gig tomorrow. The guy has to feed her at dinner because she can't use her hands. How long does he last?"
Man: "Guys are idiots." (kirby thinks: thank you for admitting that one)
Man: "Nice rack, I might go out with her again."
Discussion about - Attractive people match with attractive people. You watch people going into a bar and they gravitate towards those that are similarly attractive. In California. We're much more aware here. There isn't that appearance match so much in the Midwest. (kirby thinks: huh? do i do that? what about people that have really poor self esteem? how does one "size up" where they fit in a line-up? interesting topic, but short-lived. and don't even get me started about californians being more self-aware than midwesterners. that's hogwash. maybe midwesterners aren't as superficial, eh?)
Overall... seems like really, they are brainstorming about a new reality TV show about dating. Cuz yeah, we totally need another one of those (granted, this is coming from someone who doesn't currently own a TV... but I did finally start renting TV shows on DVD).
I am done. Earplugs in, need to focus. But I hope you all enjoyed this one as much as I did :)
07 October 2007
Grand Lake, CO pictures
Yesterday while at the bluegrass festival, blog-reader (and non-commenter) GB reminded me that I didn't post any pictures from Colorado. I don't know that these really capture the beauty of the area, but hopefully it gives you a little sense of how amazing it was near Rocky Mountain National Park.
Grand Lake:
Tundra at 12,500 feet:
Pictures from around the conference site area:
And, of course, some elk:
Grand Lake:
Tundra at 12,500 feet:
Pictures from around the conference site area:
And, of course, some elk:
05 October 2007
Good vibes sent to AM...
To AM, first time marathoner, awesome chick & fellow blogger... good luck & have fun running the Chicago Marathon on Sunday!!!
04 October 2007
Pants. Large pants.
Why would one choose to wear their pants so big that they had to hold them up as they walk?
02 October 2007
My new juicer is awesome
I love Craigslist.
Sunday morning, after a liver-taxing night out (at least I stuck with one drink... tequila shots) I decided I wanted a juicer. A good Olympic juicer so I can make good, healthy stuff like carrot juice. V8 is not my thing (as you know from earlier posts), but I like the idea of vegetable juice.
Hopped on over to the Household For Sale items... and found a nearly new juicer just down the street!
Monday I made carrot juice. Tonight, I got adventurous and did a mixture of kale, celery, ginger, carrot & spinach. Sounds strange, but was really good! The ginger was a little overpowering though, so I'll try less next time.
Cheers!
Sunday morning, after a liver-taxing night out (at least I stuck with one drink... tequila shots) I decided I wanted a juicer. A good Olympic juicer so I can make good, healthy stuff like carrot juice. V8 is not my thing (as you know from earlier posts), but I like the idea of vegetable juice.
Hopped on over to the Household For Sale items... and found a nearly new juicer just down the street!
Monday I made carrot juice. Tonight, I got adventurous and did a mixture of kale, celery, ginger, carrot & spinach. Sounds strange, but was really good! The ginger was a little overpowering though, so I'll try less next time.
Cheers!
26 September 2007
Colorado knowledge
Time for another "droppin some knowledge" post. I'll follow this up another time with some pics from my Colorado trip. A work trip, but lots of fun too.
1. Firs = flat & friendly (the needles)
2. Spruce = spinny & spiky (the needles - meaning that you can spin the needles in your finger)
3. Aspen trees have the ability to clone themselves. So an Aspen grove is generally all one tree - you can tell because they'll all change colors at the same time. They clone themselves as a way of adapting to conditions where there are not male & female trees nearby.
4. There's a Lodge Pole Pine beetle infestation in the Rocky Mountain National Park. The female beetles burrow into the tree and then bore up the tree, laying eggs along the way. The males burrow in and create a blue-green fungus along the outer edge of the tree. The larvae eventually burrow their way OUT of the tree. And... the tree dies. So a lot of the Rocky Mountain National Park has these "red" trees that are dead Lodge Pole Pines. And then yellow Aspen trees that are changing colors.
5. Lichen = algae + fungus. Some lichen grows 2 square inches every 100 years.
6. Elks do this crazy mating thing around this time of the year. The bulls kind of keep their cows all together and make sure that no other bull tries to steal them. Kind of herding their group. But to get the cows attention and kind of make themselves sound tough to other bull elk, they make this kind of eerie screeching sound called a "bugle."
7. There is tundra in Colorado.
8. There is snow on mountaintops in Colorado in September. There's even a range called the "Neversummer Range."
9. You can get many more types of New Belgium beer in bottles in Colorado than in California. Not a huge surprise, given that it's brewed in Fort Collins.
1. Firs = flat & friendly (the needles)
2. Spruce = spinny & spiky (the needles - meaning that you can spin the needles in your finger)
3. Aspen trees have the ability to clone themselves. So an Aspen grove is generally all one tree - you can tell because they'll all change colors at the same time. They clone themselves as a way of adapting to conditions where there are not male & female trees nearby.
4. There's a Lodge Pole Pine beetle infestation in the Rocky Mountain National Park. The female beetles burrow into the tree and then bore up the tree, laying eggs along the way. The males burrow in and create a blue-green fungus along the outer edge of the tree. The larvae eventually burrow their way OUT of the tree. And... the tree dies. So a lot of the Rocky Mountain National Park has these "red" trees that are dead Lodge Pole Pines. And then yellow Aspen trees that are changing colors.
5. Lichen = algae + fungus. Some lichen grows 2 square inches every 100 years.
6. Elks do this crazy mating thing around this time of the year. The bulls kind of keep their cows all together and make sure that no other bull tries to steal them. Kind of herding their group. But to get the cows attention and kind of make themselves sound tough to other bull elk, they make this kind of eerie screeching sound called a "bugle."
7. There is tundra in Colorado.
8. There is snow on mountaintops in Colorado in September. There's even a range called the "Neversummer Range."
9. You can get many more types of New Belgium beer in bottles in Colorado than in California. Not a huge surprise, given that it's brewed in Fort Collins.
18 September 2007
Bacteria to the rescue!!!
Nature rawks!
........
EPA has proposed a remedy to clean up soil and groundwater contamination at Romic Environmental Technologies Corporation. Romic is a 14-acre hazardous waste management facility located in
If you've got two minutes, I recommend checking out the video press release on the EPA site, which also has more details about the project.
Proposed Cleanup Approach
The proposed plan of action for contamination at Romic relies on enhanced biological treatment as well as other approaches. The enhanced biological treatment uses cheese whey and molasses as a food source for natural microbes that live in the soil and ground water below the Romic facility. These microbes break down the contaminants into carbon dioxide, water and salt. Tests of this technology at the Romic facility have shown as much as a 99% decrease in the amount of contamination. Implementing the remedy site-wide will require installation of a few hundred more injection wells than the 60 which now exist. Thereafter, the molasses solution will be injected throughout the property. EPA hopes to use this technology at more cleanup sites in the future, because it demonstrates rapid and effective results using inputs which are non-harmful (in this case, food-grade products), while using less energy resources than traditional pumping and treating of groundwater.
16 September 2007
A Carrie Bradshaw moment.
...my very own Carrie Bradshaw moment.
Courtsey of my run at lunchtime on Friday, outside along the Embarcadero. It was midday and pretty darn warm outside. Hot, even. Well, hot for San Francisco. After I got out of the kind of "office building" area of the city and onto the Embarcadero (a pathway along the bay), I took off my tank top and ran in my sports bra and shorts. This is not uncommon - lots of runners on the Embarc, some with shirts, some without. After about 30 minutes into my run it occurred to me that I had not gotten any unwanted attention. No cat calls, no whistles, no "hey baby" from the construction workers...not even a "you go, girl" from a gay guy. And it was, well, a little bit concerning.
Why do we (in true SATC speak, I'm talking we as women here) act disgusted when men call out to us on the street, but then feel like something's missing - like there's something *wrong* with us - when there's no attention paid to us at all?
Of course, if this was really SATC, I'd have some great story and insight following that question. But I don't. I don't have any answers or deep analysis. Probably because it's not that deep a question and I just really wanted to pretend like I had Carrie's shoe collection, great apartment or fairy tale ending with Big.
Anyway, I was composing this post in my head (it went much better there than in actual words, but I'm not exactly known for my awesome writing skills), I had thoughts of taking a picture of my abs to show you that while they're not perfect, they're not horrible. I at least know that I was wearing shorts that don't have tight-muffin-top-causing-elastic. But really, that's not the point.
What up with being so hypocritical? So wanting of attention? This is coming from your very own brass-balled, no bullshit kind of gal.
*sigh*
On the flipside, grow a pair, men of San Francisco.
Exercise update. It's not good folks. Here's what happened last week...
Monday - nothing. homework.
Tuesday - pilates
Wed - spin class (yay!)
Thurs - pilates
Friday - 40 min lunch run
Saturday - nothing. was at a friend's bridal shower & then did homework.
Sunday - more homework.
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