Saturday, October 30, 2010

transportation nation

AWESOME! talk about solving some transit issues! This is a straddling bus that literally straddles over cars that pass freely below it on the same road. Trucks would have to be restricted to certain lanes, but that already occurs on plenty of roads. It's so futuristic.

the new apartment

last night while eating out in brooklyn with some future planner i over-heard the table next to us talking about this very cool living space made from shipping containers. they seem to be rather spacious and from what i gather there are thousands of these along both coast just sitting empty. i love this, recycling to a T!

Friday, October 29, 2010

just another day


grand national::drink to moving on

it's what you make it

"In the new postmodern, post-industrial economic order, the 'members of the Creative Class do not own and control any significant property in the physical sense. Their property - which stems from their creative capacity - is an intangible because it is literally in their heads'" - the creative class, richard florida

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

because i wrote a note and then put it away.


landon pigg::falling in love at a coffee shop 
does this mean i should spend more time at coffee shops? [thinking....] nope. 

this may be the best at this time


la roux::in for the kill [skream's 'let's get ravey' remix]
406 never felt so good so late

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

RUNAWAY ::i'd like to::

kanye west's runaway
question posed by natasha :: insanity? or genius?

photos.. that are not mine.

excellent series of photos.. everything is beautiful

stats.

this isn't as clear as i'd hoped for but none the less, these are the stats for the day.. very pumped about 'em. thanks for viewing, keep doing it and i'll keep trying to be as interesting as possible.

Monday, October 25, 2010

yes we can... get high

wiki info prob. 19
reminder: prob. 32 will overturn AB 23 which is california's climate bill to reduce emissions down to 1990 levels, so vote no because voting yes means you're stalling.. peak oil has already arrived and it's a probably important that we start seriously considering other forms of energy. now... prob 19 is the official legalization of marijuana in the state of california. cannabis would be regulated just like alcohol, i.e. taxes.. and i know how people feel about taxes [they don't like 'em] but taxes mean revenue for the state, and california really needs some money [like most states]. read up more on the topic if you'd like, i'm a bit tired to go into length about this, or anything for that matter. but it's something that will be voted on in 2 weeks... so if you know anyone in california or you're lucky enough to live the direct democracy state vote accordingly.

more on the Ecological Economics discussions around the world

futrure job? U.K. needs a green economic minister.. i could do that. i mean my grasp on economics is spotty but i think i get the basics.. plus look at the current economic system, no body knows what's going on.
Interview with Joshua Farley Give it a listen, his man knows what's going on, and this is a nice run down on the legs of this paradigm shift.

i'm just so impressed!

this here is my group's PPT, {amazing works} on existing conditions of our site area [i hope they don't mind me showing the world]. i just think the PPT slide show looks so awesome... i'm just so happy about it. a lot [that's an understatement, especially for our GIS map maker!] of work went into it all and we're only half way done. bravo environmental group!

Girl... I LOVE YOU!



Sara Bareilles::King Of Anything

writings...it's natural - at last.

pull the plug the waste of energy has been undone
the stroll through this all will most definitely continue
the quest for knowledge is not over
what you have seen is unfair
to expose is to show, to show what has forever been unknown
to be learned is a process, a process most rather not know
going along with head in clouds is pleasing
but i'd rather be on the ground.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

epiphanies of october.. thus far

1. everything is a form of mapping - this blog title maps are sexy may seem misleading but it's not. yeah the site lacks quantitative maps but the main map is the map of my life. cartographers have an interesting job, they produce something that people take completely at face value and determine that it must be total truth. well it's not, maps are the truths that 1 person wants you to see/feel/believe. attempting to map everything is completely impossible, life is ever changing and the amount of time and detail would overwhelm even the finest mappers. this blog, while a map of myself, is only a map of what i feel like expressing/sharing. i have omitted certain aspects of myself from this site and have overindulged on other areas. this map is at the largest scale i'm willing to show [note: when mapping large scale means small focus area 1 in : 25 ft, whereas small scale means large focus area, i.e. the world 1 in : 250,000 ft.].

2. everything is a form of beauty - the word ugly should be omitted from thy vocabulary. beauty isn't just surface level, it's far deeper. maybe the end result is 'not beautiful' but ooooh the process was! this isn't to say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, no that is too simple, this is to say that everything is beautiful. this is so because the effort, the talent, the emotion that went into the end result is the most beautiful thing, it's thought.  thinking is sexy. two-toned brick walls in williamsburg are beautiful simply because they are different from other bricks that have been laid out to form other walls. sidewalks are beautiful because the sporadic formulation of concrete makes every square different from the next. what i'm saying is different is beautiful, having a thought that is unlike anyone's is the most amazing aspect of this thing we're already going through at this very moment, life. life is beautiful. everything we do is fascinating because we're ever evolving and the change is beautiful. death itself is beautiful because it is the transferring of energy from one form to another, the process. the process is beautiful.

3. the census is disgusting - demographics produce some very sexy maps, let me tell you. but that is just surface level, the heart of the census is cold and cruel and very misleading. the information gathered is often very private, defining one's race and income level may seem significant to understand an area but really how is that understanding anything? race is a made up term, it is not real, we the people give it power but it has no science behind it, it's a coloring of pigment and that is it. income is insignificant because money is a form of ousting others, an attempt to showcase that one person is higher than another. and we put the value on money through speculation, but we can always make more money, it might not grow on trees but it sure is made out of them. now putting those two things together makes for a terrifying end result. race [something made up] goes hand-in-hand with income [something made up]. the census is used to 'understand' and then 'provide' for demographics, knowing an area is poor means that we should filter more money in that direction but what if [prepare for radical thought] this information wasn't used to better neighborhoods but to actually worsen them? knowing that a neighborhood is poor means you know they are also probably too busy working long hours at low wage jobs and won't be able to attend city council meetings on whether or not to build a toxic waste site in their neighborhood. knowing that an area is poor and mapping that for everyone to see... how is that okay? maybe i'm wrong and the census truly is a god-send and feel free to fight me on this but just think please, don't take anything at face value.


::all thoughts were produced under the influence::

i'm just trying to make you smile


 favorite song of all time ::spin doctors' two princes::

the ultimate remix


Sia's Day Too Soon - mock & tooth remix

Saturday, October 23, 2010

my thoughts exactly

"now i want to say a few words about escalators and elevators: given their very real pleasures in Portman, particularly these last, which the artist has termed 'gigantic kinetic sculptures' and which certainly account for much of the spectacle and the excitment of the hotel interior, particularly in the Hyatts, where like great Japanese lanterns or gondolas they ceaselessly rise and fall - given such a deliberate making and foregrounding in their own right, I believe one has to see such 'people moves' [Portman's own term, adapted from Disney] as something more than mere function and engineering components. We know in any case that recent architectural theory has begun to borrow from narrative analysis in other fields, and to attempt to see our physical trajectories through such buildings as virtual narratives or stories, as dynamic paths and narrative paradigms which we as visitors are asked to fulfill and to complete with our own bodies and movements. In the Bonaventure, however, we find a dialectical heightening of this process: it seems to me that the escalator and elevators here henceforth replace movement but also above all designate themselves as new reflexive signs and emblems of movement proper.... Here the narrative stroll has been underscored, symbolized, refined and replaced by transportation machines which becomes the allegorical signifier of that older promenade we are no longer allowed to conduct on our own: and this is a dialectical intensification of the autoreferentiality of all modern culture, which tends to turn upon itself and designate its own cultural production as its content. - Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism & Consumer Society {pg. 201} in Film Theory: Concepts in media and cultural studies, vol. 4
YES!

passion?

radiohead::talkshowhost
star-crossed lovers

this supports my theory a bit

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/plants-clean-up-more-air-pollution-than-previously-thought.php
well getting works to support my wild theory topic might not be as difficult as i thought [word]. this also goes well with my studio project which is to attempt to make use of 'dead' space under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Clinton Hill between exit 29&30; my subgroup being the environmental focus. while i'm working on stormwater & noise pollution, a teammate is working on trees, or lack thereof, and we worked for HOURS on a friday evening making sense of all our work.. and we talked about trees and how great they are and how they are the answer to many of the environmental enigmas we're facing at this present moment. so yay for trees per usual.

ecological economics at its finest

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/india-norway-will-publish-natural-wealth-accounts-data.php

GDP can only measure so much and never enough. read the article, it's not just about consuming, it's about the process of things, the cycles that keep us going so we can consume.. hmmm.

::theory::

tomorrow [later this morning] i'll begin research for my theory term paper. i haven't written in over a year, sentence structure all-around is lacking and putting thought to paper has never been more challenging. but i've decided to be bold with my topic and it's just a matter of making what i have work for me. The Impact of Ego & Post-Modernism on Air Quality - there it is, the title.  How has the individual and the desire to be original and 'free' impacted air and therefore our health?  Postmodernism isn't something i've ever given much thought to, maybe because in a way modernism never went away and postmodernism is just a sub of it or possibly because it does not depend on science as a means of solving. science is the only thing that makes sense, even when it's beyond me, it still makes sense [get it?]. but of course there is a need for ego, I is very important, you cannot do good without first taking care of yourself. just think of the demonstration every time you're on a plane, oxygen mask on yourself first then you help others. but what happens when you take care of yourself too much and the oxygen you and everyone else is breathing has become compromised? removing trees to build mcmansions [which requires both open-space {roads, property} and material {structure, furnishings}] or to make a quick buck [yes i'm talking to you brazil] results in reduced air quality; the inter-connectivity of ego and environmental deterioration cannot be overlooked. it's not just about being über environmental and unplugging shit when you're not using it, it's about the space [acreage] we consume... poor design [circulation] leads to poor air quality, and that poor design is due to the demands of EGO. I wants space, its own space with space between self and neighbor and work and locations where I consumes. postmodernism might not be linked directly with white flight but it is linked with late capitalism which is basically a nice way of saying suburbanization, greed, and only-child syndrome [or the free rider effect] have taken over. i hope i can write this paper more eloquently than i'm writing this post, i think i can? we shall see. but it's making me think about my thesis.. or more my life plan to work as a ::passive city layout planner::, i.e. i want to plan cities where it doesn't matter what kind of energy we use because we won't be using much of it all because we'll actually plan for the movement of HUMANS. i don't always love the human race, in fact sometimes i only want to be with ego but i cannot survive alone and therefore i need to work with them, for them, help them help themselves. keep things simple, for the average, or below average.. this doesn't mean weak this means natural.

on repeat.. non-stop.. for days now

every direction is north::el ten eleven

i cannot for the life of me get the embedded video to this blog space... so you'll have to click on the link above, go to the website site and click EMBED [it'll show up as you scroll over the video]. it might be just me but if you try and watch the regular video it's skippy/jumpy and ruins everything. regardless, this song is amazing. i love el ten eleven more and more every time i listen to it.

always good


 Lux Æterna :: clint mansell

is this lady for real?


senate candidate christine o'donnell, sweet.

how to make a roof GREEN

http://www.nyc.gov/html/planyc2030/downloads/pdf/report_water_quality.pdf 

Thursday, October 21, 2010

mind-manifesting

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/warning-these-drugs-may-be-therapeutic.php
drugs as an experience... not just an excuse to put something harmful into your body to up-your-fun at some overcrowded house party. -- this article is slightly my thing. i believe there are lots of goods that come from experimenting, especially when it's about a process, a journey, the end result being a paradigm shift from what you thought before and how you feel after. regardless of how you feel about "illegal" drugs, the article is a good read
...and so it this one http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2004887,00.html

and so is this whole website http://norml.org/

happy thursday.. :)

monopolies are never good... right?

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/100-million-class-action-against-leed.php

http://www.pratt.edu/academics/architecture/grad_center_planning_environment/faculty_and_staff/bio/?id=hgifford

the treehugger article is about this class action lawsuit against LEED [leadership in energy and environmental design] - the main point being that: LEED isn't all it's cracked up to be. the whole point of leed is to get people to design/build something using sustainable knowledge and products: 'energy star' appliances, south facing large windows, hardwood floors, low flow toilets, natural materials, etc etc etc. and the end result being a healthy space that isn't as bad for the environment as conventional building practices. now this lawsuit is basically debunking this whole leed certification process [it's a point systems that evaluates each element in a building, the sum being the leed-level that is award, i.e. silver, gold] and saying ::actually leed buildings use more energy, some 20% more and the whole thing is a form of 'green-washing' and it's monopolizing the entire environmental design sector::
now i'm a big fan of whatever the hell is good for the environment, honestly i'm a bit radical and although sometimes i do things that mother nature would frown upon for the most part i'm trying to do my part. so leed is one of those things i've always thought was so cool [not as cool as passive buildings or zero-carbon buildings, but hey, still cool] - and for the most part the designs coming out of the green architecture movement are beyond beautiful - with that said, i'm gonna give Henry Gifford [the man behind the lawsuit] some major love for a moment. 

STORY TIME!
During my undergrad my university decided our campus was in need of a student center, despite the fact that we had a nice small student center that was WARM and had comfy chairs and was quiet and made for nice naps during LONG days. so they torn down our bookstore, knocked down some historic buildings, relocated an entire building and then built the Davis Center - and it looks just like it sounds... an f'ing convention center. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d3/UVM_Dudley_H._Davis_Center_PA100005.JPG

the building is the size of a wal-mart [and this is not an exaggeration, it is actually the size of the average wal-mart found in the state of vermont, i've written about this subject for a piece back in my younger years] and the building is leed certified. i've always been a sceptic about the whole 'it cost more to restore than it does to knock it down and start over', that's a bit too much le corbusier for me. however there are definitely situations where it might be more expensive [and less environmentally sound] to restore but i'd like to see the good old cost-benefit analysis done out just to make sure. so back to the davis center.. it's the first green student center in the country and let me tell you, it sucks. it was terrible being in that place [save for the small all-vermont store that is tucked away in some dead-end corner that no one knows about], it was open but lacked proper function, it was big but with nothing in it... and for a student center there wasn't much for students to actually do. the building had 6 computers total.. and yeah UVM is a school of just over 11k [ungrad/grad/fac/profs.] but 6 computers ain't gonna do shit when everyone's cramming at once. what i'm trying to get at [TRYING] is that this building was pushed onto the students because it was green and sustainable and LEED certified... yet it sucked and lacked any creative originality.. and it took away from the natural beauty of the entire campus. multiple buildings were removed from the landscape in order to put everything into one mega center. uvm's got it going on with their composting, kick ass trash recovery programs, owning a farm down the road from my old dorm.. honestly it's amazing but i feel like it too was wearing emerald-tinted glasses.
Building a new or remodeling via LEED still means CONSUMING and especially with remodeling it means taking seemingly less energy efficient appliances out of buildings and replacing them with 'energy star' goodies.. but what happens to the old stuff? is it recycled? if so, where? how did those energy star ones get to their final destination? where were they made? is that factory itself a 'green' factory? there's a lot more that goes into building something than just the final product. what happens after the fact, how much time/energy is spent building a leed building? this isn't to say that building conventionally is less time/energy consuming but really it just makes me think [as if i don't do that enough] and makes me question what is being sold to consumers. just putting the stamp of LEED [or organic] on something doesn't mean that it necessarily the best. people have to question things, weigh the options, truly do a cost-benefit analysis [and no, not the one that i'm doing in urban econ. but your own, what makes sense FOR YOU!]. i want to save the world but it's hard work when there's no way of knowing who is truly on my side and who's just looking to make a quick buck.

one other thing... this guy Henry Gifford is a professor at my grad school... yeah my life just got that good.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Monday, October 18, 2010

so this is where my best friend is...

this is Van Vieng in Cambodia where Berg is located at the moment. she is super amazing and has been back-packing around the world for over a year now - and most recently she has started her adventure in southeast asia. her e-mails are out of this world, and extremely inspirational - any time i feel low i re-read her letters and just feel good through her positive vibes. she was suppose to be my partner in crime in BK but i think she made a VERY wise decision to go exploring. i miss her every day but god she's fucking awesome and i want her to keep doin' what she's doing forever because if i can't be doing it at least my girl is!

Saturday, October 16, 2010

this could be my favorite song.. but that could also be a lie


 at least i really love it a whole bunch grizzly bear::two weeks

oooh hell yeah


this is what i'm talking about -- karate::kennedy

stars... the real kind.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/the-stars-dont-come-out-any-more.php

i dunno if it's my amazing eye sight or something but i can see stars in brooklyn, and sometimes a lot of them. granted i have to be in specific locations but i can still SEE them. however nothing beats hinesburg, vt. or any place outside of burlington, vt for that matter for some wicked fabulous star gazing.

my faith in humans is really growing.

fueling cars with alternative energies is really sweet... but will those fuels fuel your factories? it's not just about driving those personal autos around, it's also about making them and moving them around the world.. just sayin'. but still be cool and better than electricity

are you really surprised?

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/2010-still-hottest-year-satellite-record-so-far-nasa.php

of course 2010 was the hottest year. this past summer bonnie baguettes, DR, and myself put our shower on cold and chilled in the bathroom, we slept with bags of ice, regularly got our clothes freezing cold and chilled around the house. we went to the movies to seek cool refuge, we went out to eat and road the subway, a lot. and then in late july we got an a.c.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

this was my jam in august fo sho



 now the same, just different takenbytrees::myboys::

story of my life



 Animal Collective::mygirls::

so today i'm into mouse music?



cool canadian DeadMau5 :: so there i was... he does good work all the time, this just happens to be amongst my favorite things to get lost to.

feel good.


 Modest Mouse :: Paper Thin Walls

map lovers, you are here.

http://www.ediblegeography.com/you-are-here/
my school + my passion = you are here: mapping the pyschogeography of nyc at pratt's manhattan campus. based off of her book, you are here  Katharine Harmon brings together some wonderful artist to map emotions, one of my favorite things to map of all time. Her book you are here was the main text for ::REESE HERSEY::'s map & legend course which was one of the very best courses I have ever had the privilege of taking, and sitting in on multiple times after the fact. for full details go here ---> http://www.pratt.edu/about_pratt/visiting_pratt/exhibitions/pratt_manhattan_gallery/

remember maps can be many things and mean even more to each person. what you map should be an expression of yourself and how you feel. this exhibition will be just that. maps are sexy, especially when they're about the mind.

My favorite book... my favorite author.

I love this book because I love the history of why things are.. especially in NYC and especially when they're coming from Arthur Nersesian ::The Sacrificial Circumcision of the Bronx:: (5 books of moses 2of5)


http://www.akashicbooks.com/sacrificialcircumcision.htm

i could live here.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/gorgeous-leed-platinum-townhouses-san-francisco.php

Monday, October 11, 2010

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

FUN FACT!

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/pdf/green_infrastructure/cso_outfalls_map.pdf

CLICK ABOVE! I couldn't copy the map, ahh the limits of blogging. But nonetheless the map is a representation of:
Areas where UNTREATED overflowing stormwater AND wastewater are released into waterways around NYC.. the red dots are areas that have the highest amount of literal shit flowing freely into the waters. Infrastructure updating is needed, and the city is aware of this.. and plans are in the works to make 90% of waterways around NYC clean for recreation by 2030. That's sweet, but for now, don't go in the water.. don't even look at it.

simplicity... and the beauty

ever evolving... changing shape.. giving back. the process of it all.

Why you should love Montreal

Piknic Electronik of course http://piknicelectronik.com/fr/news the site can be in english, but really french is fun, even when you have NO clue what the fuck it says. May-September on St. Helen's Island. Beautiful music, beautiful sights, BEAUTIFUL Québécois every weekend. There is also a winter version but summer is where it's at.

Today I miss Vermont

Some people love the town they grew up in, I love the town where I just grew. Burlington, I wouldn't be who I am today without you. My wacky thoughts, beliefs, dreams, hopes and disappointments are never understood without explaining how and where I was educated. Burlington really is magical. (I still love you NY, but you're bringing me down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JkBiP7rPt0)

There are few things that make me THIS HAPPY!

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/white-house-will-install-solar-panels.php

SOLAR PANELS ON THE WHITE HOUSE! = DREAM COME TRUE.
America, you surprise me more and more everyday, whether that's a good thing or not, I don't know. But today it's amazing.
Literally, a brighter future

CLEARLY CANADIAN!

Clearly Canadian is my favorite drink of all time. It is so delicious and so very 90's.  For a while they switched from their beautiful glass bottles to plastic, which was of course to compete in the market place with the ever expanding bottled water market. But the glass is back my friends! Which means it's high time for me to go out and find this treat that I've been avoiding for a few years. I dunno if NYC loves Canada but this drink is so yummy that really everyone should be on board.
http://www.clearly.ca/

Say no to recycling? now what am I suppose to bitch about?

Well I am the biggest activist for recycling so this is kind of a slap in the face - but it also makes me look at the whole "who's responsible for our current environmental condition" in a slightly different light. So here's treehugger's take on the situation: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/graph-of-the-day-recycling-bull.php Of course I'm torn between the whole thing - since it is demand that fuels production and consumption.. but then again companies are always finding new ways to make people feel like the need to consume.. commercials, subway ads, ads are all over the place, so really who is to blame? And this gets back to the April Gulf oil spill... back when it first happened and everyone was debating over who should have to pay for it.. I said it should be spread out among the company and those who fueled the exploitation of the natural resource, i.e. the consumers. Some people actually agreed with this wild view, most, especially my parents, told me I was crazy and they shouldn't have to pay for a company's greed. This is of course totally true. The company was yes: meeting demands and meeting those demands were fueled by greed... BUT really if the company wanted to make a killing they'd limit the amount they were pumping out of the ocean and fake scarcity. Also it is up the consumer to make the responsible decision when purchasing.. but then this also assumes that the neoclassical market keeps everyone equally and completely informed, which of course is bullshit. So really I have no idea how I feel and that's always great.

2010's anthem



Yeasayer = the best. the end.

Now back to my Swedish obsession

 
This is Miike Snow, myself and Bonnie Baguettes shall be seeing them @ terminal 5 this week. little bit of music, little bit of uplift... should be a most wondrous time

in honor of my FABULOUS sister


Beyoncé hands down is the best. Sexy, sassy, and so very talented. plus this song is the only thing to get me outta this funk. ENJOY!

Monday, October 4, 2010

sex.. the goods and the bads.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/02/health/research/02infect.html?src=me&ref=health

It's rather interesting what the U.S. will spend money on and what it won't. Infecting non-Americans with diseases, check. Doing a study on American sexual behavior, pass. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/health/04sex.html?src=me&ref=health As usual my country has no idea where its priorities should be, where its money should be spent, and how its actions will play out... nor does it seem to care. And on that positive note, have a fun week my friends.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

As if Brett Lorenzo Favre didn't give you enough of a reason to love Minnesota

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/duluth-mn-installs-solar-powered-trash-compactors.php
Ahh technology, you're cool (sometimes). Solar powered trash (AND RECYCLING!!) compactors all over Duluth, Minnesota... which is just great. NYC is doing some of this on Roosevelt Island, however if anyone went to, or has heard about, Electric Zoo on R.I. this past September then you know that the island is not well maintained and honestly is not utilized nearly enough. Just so I can shit on NYC's lack of environmental concern per usual, I obviously don't think putting anything on Roosevelt Island is worth time or money. Why not Time Square where MILLIONS of people are every single day? And it would be in people's faces forcing them THINK about anything at all.. geez I'd hate for that. Please New York City step it up a bit, you have the opportunity to be the best all over again, why are you letting yourself fall down the ladder? I'm here for ya city let's do it together, whadaya say?

Passion Pit - I've got your number


 A personal favorite

Why October rules.. aside from just because it's awesome..

MALLOMARS SEASON IS UPON US! I love these things so much and I think they're definitely one of my top 3 favorite things about living in NYC (behind public transportation via subway riding and wondering for hours)
 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/nyregion/08cookie.html

As of right now I haven't left my bed all day, lazy, jealous?. However now that I remembered about these little gems, and the fact that it's FREEZING out, I'm gonna get up, put on FALL CLOTHES! and go buy a box.

::special thanks to my very bestest, Candace, for introducing me to these chocolate covered heaven delights, word::

Oh. My. God. YES!


Remixes truly kickass. ^^PROOF^^ Dragonette I Get Around, the Midnight Juggernauts mix.

Sadness

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/weekinreview/03schwartz.html?ref=nyregion

The link above is about the freshman from Rutgers that committed suicide because his roommate posted a video of him having sex on the internet. The student that killed himself also happen to be gay. However people need to look at just the surface, regardless if he was gay or not, there should have been NO recording of him having sex without his consent. His roommate should spend as much time as possible in prison, fuck that guy. If the student hadn't killed himself his life would have been forever changed because his roommate was an immature little fuck who had no respect for privacy and put the video on the internet for everyone to see. Involuntary Manslaughter is most definitely necessary here, and so is slander. This roommate ruined a person's life and he's suppose to be at Rutgers getting a very excellent education, obviously he's an idiot and god knows how he got into college in the first place. This story brought me to tears - and I guess you really can't look past the fact that this video was made simply because this student was gay. Let people be who they are, it's not having an impact whatsoever on your silly life, so go live your own life to the fullest and let others live theirs!

Happy October!!


I realize I'm 3 days late into this wonderful month but hey! deal with it enjoy the sounds of El Ten Eleven's My only Swerving

I sure feel FINE!



Fine by James.  
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this song. I just wanna feel fine forever... and be wherever this photo is. Enjoy. I love you guys.

daily dose o'map

This map is not so much sexy as it is just cool. I wish this was in better colors, more focus on the prettiness would have been nice. But maybe someone out there will find this sexy.. who knows.
Future map of the world by Gordon Michael Scallion

Someone come make me food please!

If you can't tell I'm famished, with a pretty obnoxious hang over, and the only cure is SWISS CHARD. Swiss chard is the best thing that nobody talks about, why this is I have no idea. But it really is sooooo good. Put that shit in a quesadilla with spicy sausage, some cheese preferably something with good flava, some peppers... and have some mango salsa on the side and BAM it's awesome. But this also looks so good, so please come feed me.

http://www.eatseasonally.com/kitchen_com.php?recipe=Quinoa%20Cakes%20on%20Swiss%20Chard

FOOD

 Sure, this is NO Penny Cluse Cafe (pennycluse.com) but Maggie Brown, www.maggiebrownrestaurant.com DOES have raspberry butter which, in my personal opinion, makes this place worth a visit if you're in Brooklyn. yumz all around fo sho. Myrtle Ave between Waverly & Washington

Working for a Nuclear Free City - Quiet Place


 this isn't a video, which is actually fine by me. Just give it a lil listen, it's beautiful, and we all know how I feel about that

Wicked Gross.

 
Well this is sweet. It gets good about a minute in but you can see the whole thing unfold from the beginning. YAY for sewage!

bon iver: "skinny love"



They're not from Sweden but they are from Wisconsin which is cold enough... enjoy, multiple times.