snippets of what i did~
yesterday i woke up late
made yummy crepes with my mom
read and learned a bunch of new things to feed my hungry brain
collected a bunch of random images off the net and played with them in photoshop a bit
finished 2 new songs
burned a cd of 15 of my songs so i could listen to them in my car objectively by pretending to myself i didn't make them
drove to laura b's apartment in san francisco
met 2 of her groovy friends
drank 2 glasses of red, red wine
packed into a spiffy little black beetle and picked up rashida (a.k.a. audio angel)
lauged and ghetto-danced to hip hop as best we all could whilst sitting down
narrowly missed a sleeping homeless dude while trying to park
sipped on tokyo iced tea and got a free drink with laura - some huge, pink concoction of alchohol and juice
danced and "wooooo!"ed gleefully with laura while my brother tore through an amazing dj set of drum n bass tunes (including many of my favorites, "Casino Royale" included) with audio angel on the mic, watching in amazement as they stirred the packed crowd into a bouncing frenzy
drank vanilla vodka & 7-up
met up with my brother in the little backstage area after he finished and photographers took pictures of us together
shared tequila with laura
stumbled around a bit and danced more under the glowing red lanterns while UFO and Echo were on
went back to laura's
woke up surprisingly early and found myself in her livingroom lovingly wrapped in a blanket, which i discovered was actually a big, soft, fuzzy piece of fabric
gazed around in bleary-eyed wonder at laura's creations, her sewing machines and her infamous "hellraiser dress" pinned to the wall
tiptoed out and walked around the mission district in the bright sunday morning sunlight, feeling like a shadow in my big black furry jacket
took the 280 freeway home instead of 101, so I could admire the lovely, verdant winter scenery and views like the city line ahead enveloped by a layer of pale pink clouds
got home, dizzily drank water and ate oatmeal for sustenance
went to the huge car show at the sj convention center with my dad and brother, taking in the multitude of sleek metal, chrome, leather, shiny colors and general aesthetics of new car designs
ran into an old friend and chatted with him for a bit
went out to eat tasty indian food
went back to my dad's house so he could play me a trippy old record from '72 called "tubular bells"
came home, cleaned my room
...and now here i am!
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snippets of what i learned about~
shapes molecules resemble
glutamine synthetase looks like a snowflake:
human apolipoprotein is shaped like an infinity symbol:
i researched anomalies in sound physics (and found out that the "duck's quacks don't echo" one isn't true... bummer)
about chronobiology - circadian, ultradian, infradian, tidal, & cellular rhythm
to discover the "photoperiodic clock" of plants, bioluminescence is used. for example, these are images of a plant in which the firefly luciferase gene (responsible for the insects' glow) was transplanted:
found a website that contains a huge image library of old, early 20th-century photographs of all kinds of trippy places, people, and things
there is a bizarre and fascinating cult called the "cassiopaeans" who believe they are us in the future
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snippets of what i thought about~
i am still a novice when it comes to alchohol consumption
wondering how much progressive knowledge, talent, and wisdom remains untapped and unvoiced within the people of the world... and what force impels it out
looking forward to living in san francisco
wondering what lessons come like a whisper that i don't hear because i'm not always listening closely enough
i despise apathy
i have an urge to physically look at things that are mentally imagined
if i were some sort of ghost or disembodied spirit, i would haunt artists/musicians and try to be a muse... i would want to help them and give them ideas they're looking for, somehow...
life feels so rich
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now if you'll excuse me, my dear diary, i must go do homework...