ah, love love love...

i went to this show last night. so, so great.


since there's no one else around, we let our hair grow long and forget all we used to know. then our skin gets thicker from living out in the snow. you change all the lead sleeping in my head to gold.


and i kind of freaked out for this whole song.

is this a sign i'm getting older?

because i get my music tips from npr lately - gold panda, "you"...


and i get great joy in things like harvesting worm poop...




and i like spending my sunday mornings drinking coffee and researching native trees and planning gardens...


and i get really excited and take way too many photos at orchid shows and conservatories...








and i like to spend weekend nights wandering the canal at sunset...


i may be getting older, but all in all, i guess it's not so bad.

papa watches me on google alerts, hi dad!

das racist, "sit down, man."


and from the indianapolis show - awesomeness!

Das Racist - "Who's That? Brooown!" from MonkeyEatsMonkey on Vimeo.

also, i'm sad i missed this show: cap'n jazz reunion in chicago last year.


and other stuff...


spring is my favorite... and fall... and summer... aw, shoot.


whatever... we have easter eggs!


we also have monuments.


oh, and we have new sweaters!


yes, we do.

aerial photos and music soaring to the sky...

things i like today: amazing aerial shots of our little world.






bassnectar, "timestretch."


junior boys, "in the morning."

i don't hardly know her... but i think i could love her...

current jam: crimson and clover.


just got done with a trek through the eastern caribbean.


and i am happy.

heartbeats and apples...

today's jams: the knife, heartbeats. i just love the little 70s-looking kids skateboarding in some quintessential california neighborhood.


mirah, apples in the trees.


chris and i are going to look at houses in broad ripple on thursday! and a week from today, i will be sipping a pina colada in roughly 80 degree temperatures! hopefully with three - count 'em, THREE! - little umbrellas in it.

without sound, who would i be?

it's maybe a little weird, but music is ALWAYS something i don't think twice about spending money on, traveling for, whatever. i almost, ALMOST bought tickets for the flaming lips' new years show this past year. the only thing keeping me was the insane car ride back the day after and then having to go back to work. i bought tickets to see jeff mangum of neutral milk hotel (anti?)stardom in new jersey this october with a very special friend of mine with little extra thought. and ARCADE FIRE is playing a show at an outdoor indy venue soon, and tickets go on sale this saturday. you'd better bet i will be sitting at my computer all queued up at 9:55 am.

so i just bought two tickets for chris and me to see these dudes play in indy on april 1: das racist. i pretty much love the ridiculousness, and i can't imagine missing this show. it's rare that indy would get a show when chicago doesn't - but aw, yeah, das racist, you know where the honeys at.


i also scanned in some old photos last night - from, like, a decade ago. weird - those times define me in a lot of ways, but they also seem SO LONG ago. here i am with sparky, the stuffed animal bighorn sheep one of our volunteers at rocky mountain national park gave me on my last day of work, in moab on the drive back to SF.


the summer of 2002 was a happy one. i hiked roughly 30 miles a week on my days off at rocky mt. np. this is me hiding in a rock shelter someone built on top of mt. chiquita, rocky mountain national park. my parents have this pic framed at their house.


a somewhat unfoggy view from my house in san francsico towards the ocean.

latest projects of the life variety...

looking for houses. looking for jobs. eating salads and dishing about the latest haps. planning art opening trips. planning gardens. feeding the worms. living more sustainably. and knitting things!

this is an accurate representation of me at my house on any given night (oh, and my new favorite sweater - knitted with the girl friday pattern and eco wool).


a cozy winter sweater... just in time for spring. that's how i roll.




also, for my mom's 60th birthday, i had her pick out a pattern and yarn color for whatever sweater she wanted. she picked the melrose peacoat, a wonderfully easy, fun, quick pattern. it fits her BEAUTIFULLY - although, sadly, i didn't get a pic of her in it when i gave it to her a couple of weekends ago. still, here it is, the full view:


scrumptious, cotton-blend, bulky yarn = dream knitting.


in other news, i will soon be snorkeling with fishies in the us virgin islands! i required a floppy sunhat for the trip:


and some sassy shoes:

wily dancing and cheetoh paint!

i am pretty much in love with this video. and thom yorke. radiohead's "lotus flower."


the president of risd also happens to be amazing. wait until about halfway through when he starts talking about "eye meat" and amber waves of french fries and cheetoh paint!

things i LOVE - baby gorillas and ridiculous-awesome rap...

ZOMG, first baby gorilla steps! unadulterated, uncut cuteness.


and, conversely, ridiculous-rad rappers COMING TO INDY ON APRIL 1. das racist! case in point: "this is panic attack rap."