things i like include…

• story people
• my friend Pat
• a softer world, overqualified, and joey & emily
• Brian Andreas and his blog, zen bandit
• the blog I told you to read by Hannah who’s in the peace corps in Mali
• Colette

… basically I would just like to encourage you to peruse the links on the bottom righthand side of my page.  All things I feel are worth your time to read.  Don’t get carried away– I could spend hours on these things.  But it’s better time spent than facebook, I think.

now i’m figuring it out. slowly.

I’ve had a blog for a whole week! Woo hoo. I’ve tried to write something for the past few days but not actually ended up writing anything.  That means I’ve clicked on the link in my bookmarks, looked at my blog’s 3 whole posts (or is it 4?), thought about writing, and not even tried.  One thing I’ve learned in writing classes is that you have to try. You have to physically write something down, anything, or it doesn’t count as trying.  And when you write something down, it’s a start, and usually ends up provoking something else that you like.  You can toss what you wrote in the first place, but you won’t have what you ended up with if you never started with anything.

 

I’ve been reading a blog by this girl who’s doing the Peace Corps in Mali, just so I can get an idea of what it will be like there.  I would send you the link to her blog but I’m not sure what the etiquette is like for that.  Also have been reading some blogs through blogher, where my mom works.  It’s crazy how many different things people do with blogs.  Some people seem to tell about their lives using lots of pictures and then explaining the pictures.  Some blogs are a set “100 days” or something so people can keep track of a challenge or idea.  Some people write about their art, or new music, or politics.  Here’s some more music for ya:

 

 

This was discovered by Jake, a guy I danced with in the Househedz project at school.  The song came on randomly when Micah, our DJ, was playing some stuff while Meida (choreographer) worked with us on some new material.  For the rest of rehearsal, all we could say was : and I’m Carolii-iii-iine!

musical discovery!

Went to Sonoma/Rohnert Park to visit Kim and Tori (fellow camp counselors!) and Jess, Tori’s room mate.  I got to read lots of Tori’s writing in her school newspaper and some of the papers she wrote for class.  Can’t wait to read her articles in ____ magazine in a few years 🙂

We ate delicious pizza at a pizza place in Cotati started by some Sonoma students, and also ice cream at Screamin’ Mimi’s in Sepastopol.  Organic and sooooo good.  

While we were watching random youtube videos, we came across this one:

… good right?  Coincidentally she’s playing in SF on Friday, so me and Banori might go.  She’s from Borneo!  (zee avi, not tori)

check box, day one

I survived my first day as a blogger.  Instead of feeling uncomfortable whenever I thought about it, I felt excited when I thought about going back to my blog.  That was a surprise.  True, I did tell my parents they couldn’t see it, but then I realized they were the only ones who would look at it in the first place.  So I told them the web address and hoped they wouldn’t judge me.  

I feel compelled to talk about what I did today; is that what bloggers do?  I spent a ridiculous amount of time on my computer, my thighs burned from the heat of my lap top, then I had lunch and went to the park with my mom to play some frisbee.  I kept forgetting that she doesn’t play ultimate and throwing the disc too hard (sorry about the bruises, mom!).  Whoops.  Then later I walked the dog, Blackie, with my dad.  Blackie is a dog my parents are fostering from the Humane Society.  He’s really sweet– you should adopt him!  He just gets freaked out around other dogs but they’re working on that.  It’s nice having a dog in the house.  

This evening we watched “The Lives of Others” which is about the GDR in the mid eighties and the secret police.  Really good.  But long.  I feel like all movies are long, at least the ones I’ve watched recently.  Benjamin Button.  Harry Potter.  Magnolia.  Revolutionary Road.  Milk.  The list could go on.  All really good movies though.  I think I’ll balance it out by catching up on Grey’s Anatomy Season 5.  I heard the season ended a few weeks ago, but I don’t have time to watch it at school– don’t tell me what happened!

on second thought

this whole first person thing freaks me out. can’t I write in third person? i feel whiny

day one

I guess this is the beginning of my time off.  I just finished my sophomore year of college and I’m taking the fall off and hopefully having some adventures… my plans as of now include working at summer camp, going to Mali, and working at an NGO in Miami.  I have a little more than eight months til I have to go back to school.  This is the longest I’ve been out of school since I was a toddler!  Very strange.  I don’t even know where to start.  But I guess unpacking my suitcases would be a good idea.