Dinner

Almond crusted salmon, barley, grilled veggies, salad.

:D yum.

there's nothing like a good book series, glass of wine, and finished hw under the belt. satisfying, i tell ya.

My first attempt at Pesto!

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I used almonds instead of pine nuts, much cheaper (and I had some hangin' around). Now my little basil plants are all naked and exposed! I should probably get them out of their little plastic containers and re-plant them into something larger... maybe they will actually grow back.

I'm a happy lady.

Full. Moon.

Just need a new post to dampen the last one.... FEIST!

Grrrrrrrrrr........

I realized something tonight, along the lines of: people will take advantage of you if you let them. I suppose this is something I have known, but in retrospect of the evening, it was certainly reinforced. I get caught up and don't realize in the moment that this is happening, especially when it is a friend. I give people the benefit of the doubt (too often and too readily at times, it seems) and frequently don't recognize in the moment that this is what what's happening. In fact, this is a problem of mine I really need to work on... I don't always think of things, or interpret them well, until after I am out of the situation and back at home with myself, contemplating the day. I suppose that I doubt people themselves know they are being an ass as they are being one... this is why I let things go; because in the moment I figure they mean no harm. This is likely true, however here I am at the end of the day with only my contemplation, and suddenly I find myself pissed.

1) I hate cigarettes. They are awful in so many ways. Of course, they are terribly unhealthy, however even more infuriating to me is how YOUR smoking habit affects me. Let's even set aside any argument of negative health effects of second-hand-smoke (although I'm sure this is valid, however not even my point tonight). I hate the way I smell at the end of a night when I hang out with smokers. Not only that, I hate the way that magically because you are a smoker, you suddenly consider it acceptable to disregard the cares of the people around you. I literally had someone ask me tonight if I thought my friends would care if they smoked (inside, mind you), and when I replied that I cared, I was told that I don't count. Now, I know this was meant as half a joke, at least. However it wasn't, because I had to insist several times that I did care before my opinion "mattered"to the point for me to be taken seriously.

Sooo..... what I got from this was the implied meaning of: you are my friend, you will like me no matter if I smoke or not.... True. I like my friends, smokers and all. HOWEVER. F. U. Why don't I count? Furthermore, don't ask me if I care if you smoke when you already know I do. I hate smelling like smoke. I hate that I have to go home and wash my jeans and my jacket 'cause they now reek, or that I have to wash my hair (again) because it too smells like a dang ashtray. Because of you. Don't tell me other people's opinions matter more than mine. I should count. I'm the friend here. (right?)

Smokers act like the idea of banning indoor smoking is taking away THEIR rights, but what about MINE? I should have the right to not reek at the end of the night because of what you wanted to do. Yes, I know there are tons of ways to argue this last "rights" part, but I've heard it and argued it and I really don't care. That's not even my point.

My point. I realize that the reason a friend feels comfortable disregarding my cares, or not making the effort to blow their smoke AWAY from me or *god-forbid!*going outside when I would prefer not to be surrounded, is because I accept it. I didn't think to get pissed off until AFTER the-fact. I didn't think to just... get up and leave. If it bothers me so badly, I should just leave. Or call them out "don't blow your freaking smoke in my FACE"! That, and they likely have no idea they're bothering me. How should they know they are pissing me off when I don't say anything? I don't say anything because I'm enjoying myself (minus this), but at the end of day I really, honestly hate it.

Unfortunately, I am quite a social being. I like my friends, they give me joy, as well as occasional frustration. But I really hate how inconsiderate smokers can be at times. And how they don't consider it being inconsiderate. It is the norm. I also hate that. I hate that once one person pulls out a cigarette, several more people are soon to follow. I have seen my friends quit together and start back together, and there is power in numbers. If one person decides it is OK to light up inside around people that don't smoke, all the smokers soon follow suite.

I bite my tongue too much. I keep my mouth shut. Why? Because I like my friends and hey, they should be able to do what they want to to themselves. And hey, you're allowed to smoke in here. Oh, wait ..... YOUR smoke makes ME reek. Oh and turns out me breathing in your smoke is pretty bad for ME too.

I guess I only had one point to make. I hate cigarettes. And lately I'm having a hard time justifying any reason to simply put up with it. Your cares trump mine? The fact that I care doesn't matter? .... Then why ask if I care? I do. If you didn't ask, I would be less likely to be mad about this right now. It's the asking and then not really caring what my answer is... that's why I am ranting right now.

I'm going to stop holding my tongue. I'm also going to work on realizing things in the moment. I might even need to work on NOT giving people so much benefit of the doubt. I think I am too nice... I think several things in my recent life have been showing me that. So, sadly I suppose I need to also work on not caring. As in, not caring about other people so much. I don't want to care any more than people care about me.

(Disclaimer: obviously this is not how I ALWAYS feel every time someone smokes around me and obviously I don't consider all of my smoker friends rude and inconsiderate. This is just my end-of-the-night rant on a specific situation. However, I do always hate cigarettes and honestly I do always care if you smoke).

Conversations entitled 'Love, Life, and the Pursuit of Happiness' with my Pops are the best.

So are lentils (Daal) and Life discussions with friends over Sitar Indian Cuisine.

Wish I had knew some little chilins I could have taken trick-or-treating last night! Saw a few all dressed up going into the police department yesterday, thought how easy it would be to just scoop one up and force them to let me come with them.... but that would have been creepy and desperate, and I probably would have gotten arrested. But they're just so dang cuuuteeee!

Aye, no. No es bueno. Soy una loca. Aw a little Spanish-speaking baby would have been even cuuuuter! ..... Ok, I'm done. But I do like kids, and candy. And I just feel like I missed out!

So, my dreams are driving me a little crazy. Very vivid, which makes it really difficult to wake up, and they aren't always pleasant. Usually, yes. Occasionally, no.

Anyways... complete ramblings. I need to to to class. And find motivation. This cup o coffee should help. *slurp*

Been remembering my dreams a lot lately. Keep dreaming about ultimate frisbee... it must be the weather. So nice. Should probably get out and go playyyyyyy ..... I need more free time.

Come throw with me? :D

Contents

Although I often find it difficult to remember some of the specifics about what I did even in the past few days (very sad, I know), I do like to consider from time to time what has been filling my days and my mind.

So. For sake of considering, recently.... homework, Agatha Christie audio books, crock pot dinners, handpicked okra, coughing, Smarties, more homework, live music, picking n planting, Mom's jewelry, data coding (wooorrrrk), more coughing, internship possibilities, walking, free (: flowers, study buddies, Lucy's coffee, sleeeep, dreams I can remember, what's up with this cough?, 4 weeks worth of laundry (I find that an accomplishment, btw), car worries, lots of coffee in fact, moooore homework, Excel, Bob Dylan, Weld magazine, NPR in the mornings, friendly people, and the not-so-friendly, not understanding the previous, white wine, everyday Chacos, dancing in my apartment, food security, food systems, recognizing that everyone likes talking about food, Hindu friends and henna, procrastination, and an unbelievably messy room.

Sounds about right, for the sharing.

Weld Wisdom

I'm not typically one for horoscopes, but dang! ... Yeah. I do that.

~VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The autocorrect feature sometimes distorts the text messages people send on their smart phones. It tries to fix supposedly misspelled words that aren’t really misspelled, thereby creating awkward variations that can cause a ruckus when they’re received, like changing “I don’t want to leave” to “I don’t want to live.” Damn You, Autocorrect! is a book documenting some of the most outrageous examples, many NSFW. Be vigilant for metaphorical versions of this wayward autocorrect phenomenon, Virgo. Be sure that in your efforts to make things better, you don’t render them worse or weird. Consider the possibility that stuff is fine just the way it is.~

What about you?
http://weldbham.com/blog/2011/10/20/freewill-astrology/

P.s. Dad, quit with the zigzags! (your's makes no sense)

So, the garden is going well.
We have okra, which I just fried for the first time (not the healthiest, true, but
you know I figure
that's just something an Alabama girl needs to know how to do).

Also had no idea that okra first blooms these awesome flowers!

Squash sprouts little flowers too. Who would've thought?

We tried our hand at building a hoop house this weekend.

Basically, the point is to trap in heat during the winter (to extend growing season) and to filter some of the heat during the summer (so your plants don't cook). We started small and built one over a raised bed, which was actually pretty simple.

All it took was a few 10 foot long 1/2 PVC pipes, a few PVC clamps to secure them to the wood, some heavy plastic, twist ties, and something to clamp the plastic to the poles.

Here we have Dada and Love talking out the details. The idea is to be able to roll up the sides when it is still warm outside, which will give it some airflow, but then have the option to close it up in the winter to trap in heat.

Miss Siyah is checking it out. She's always making sure everything gets watered.

And her brother Meiko, who happens to be excellent at drawing.

I want to get him to help us make some signs and things here soon. Love and I have been thinking about an official name for the garden.

We like Southside Green Thumbs Garden (or just SS Green Thumbs for something shorter).

There seems to be a whole movement in Birmingham promoting urban gardening and even for stores and restaurants to buy local produce. I suppose it is happening in many places, I don't know about other Alabama cities though. I do know that I am growing to love Birmingham. It certainly has it's problems, but there are some seriously cool things going on here. So much potential, and plenty of people here that want to see it grow.

I am hoping for the best! Also plan to do what I can to encourage.

Hoop house SUCCESS!

Pictures as soon as I can find internet speed that isn't awful.

Today's reaps: okra, green beans, squash, oregano.

We are trying to come up with a good name for the garden. Want to incorporate South Side and not just South Town, which is more fitting for the people that are involved.

Thinking of: South Side Green Thumbs Community Garden. Maybe a bit long, but can be shortened to SS Green Thumbs, and it gives us a logo! We've been talking about becoming a legit non-profit so we can get some support from different areas. At least want to get a picnic table and clean things up a bit, make it more aesthetically nice so that eventually it can be a cool place to come hang out.

Saw some girls having a beer and banjo picnic there the other day when we came to water.

Will be planting Fall crops tomorrow and next weekend.

I'm loving it.

A new addition to the quotes thanks to my Dad:

Remember,

"When you have eggs and bacon for breakfast, you just ate a day's work for the chicken and a life time of work for the pig"

Found some good videos on building hoop houses for cheap:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efQYpzNJOiE

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOXvAE8_c8

Would really like to see that plan follow through.

Also, came across some quotes that I like.

~Dale Carnegie~
*Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever

yet discovered to conquer fear.

*Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends

solely upon what you think.

*All the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the past together again. So let's

remember: Don't try to saw sawdust.

~Sir William Osler~
* Live in day-tight compartments

~Martin Luther King Jr.~
* An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson~
*Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience

* Every artist was first an amateur

* You become what you think about all day long

* You are constantly invited to be where you are

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Yeah I just spent 30 minutes reading quotes, so what? I'm feelin' a little sappy today! It's been a good day.

p.s. The moon looks great tonight. Perfectly half.

WHICH reminds me of an article that I read today in Birmingham's Weld Magazine that I rather enjoyed....

~Lessons From the Harvest~
"Although many see autumn as a time of dying away, as the end of growth, I see it as the beginning of the process of renewal... What happens next, after the leaves have shocked into red and yellow and dropped, is a quiet, deep sleep, during which takes place a great restoration"

That's a great magazine by the way.

Please don't be close-minded. It's quite unattractive and limiting.

Not really talking to you-all of course, (who are you that read this?) but just people in general that I run into that seem to think they can learn nothing from people who are somehow different from them. Are you done learning, then? Done expanding? Close-minded is senseless. Closed. Limiting.

Be open to people and their ideas! You don't have to agree, but open is good, I do believe.

This is awesome. Will be keeping up.

Grow: to become larger; evolve

Was reading some things from previous.

9/14/2007:

GOALS: Play guitar OFTEN. Keep up with school. Stay in shape. Eat better! Be more content. Be more organized. Tell people you appreciate them. Get things done. Don’t waste time. And for goodness sake SING!!

Definitely have gotten better at some of these. Still working on others... funny I just today wrote about wanting to learn to be more content. Almost 4 years later, on the dot.

9/17/07

All I’m trying to say is change may be the only way to become who we could be. I want to be who I SHOULD be. To make lemonade, you’ve got to squeeze like hell! For all the dreams you’ve ever felt. Otherwise, you just stay the same. A lemon. With all the flavor trapped on the inside.

I'm always a fan of re-reading things from previous years. Take notice of themes n things (like me bein' all sappy and poetic d: Blaming it on the moon)

Saw a tree today already changing colors. Chaaaaange is a coming!

Have a listen.


Got in a bike ride yesterday, was lovely. Birmingham isn't the most biker-friendly place I've seen, but it works... if you stay on sidewalks...which I know some would argue is entirely wrong, but you know I just don't feel like getting run over by a car... which is quite possible around here. Definitely plan to bike to RR park more frequently while the weather is this nice, the ride doesn't take long at all.

Also got in some awesome fireworks. There's a place up the hill that shoots them off at least a few times a month. They are good fireworks too! Maybe I will get some on my birthday.... :D That would be awesome for timing.

Looking forward to Fall.

Bama foods

I am quite excited to find myself involved in a community garden here in Birmingham, which has me suddenly coming home with food I'm not quite sure yet what to do with.
Here's today's batch:


Certainly have no idea how to cook okra (don't necessarily want to fry it, but hear sauteing (how the heck to I add accents on an English keyboard?) will make it slimy... doesn't sound great. Maybe a boil, in a soup...

Have been listening to Andrew Bird and hulling the Pink-eyed Peas, and plan to cook something up here shortly (experiment).


Wish I hadn't eaten dinner already... And I certainly need to learn to make cornbread. Should have bought that cast iron back when...

Yum.

I'm going to go ahead and blame it on the full moon.
Another upcoming.

Food and Ted talks

Josette Sheeran.

Jamie Oliver.

Ellen Gustafson.

(a group of objects or an amount of material accumulated in one location, especially for some purpose or as a result of some process)

I am constantly collecting; in my education, my friends, my furniture, my stuff, even in my job. My current life is one of collection. I am collecting information, resources, relationships, and knowledge. This is important and preliminary, I understand, but I am getting tired of simply collecting. I want to do something. I want to get my hands dirty, I want to apply myself, I want to grow something; and I am a bit afraid that I don’t know how. Yet.

Even at work I have been noticing some personal dissatisfaction with plain data collection. I am more interested in what type of application will come from this whole project. The “intervention” phase (although that is quite a pretentious sounding description of what these researchers are trying to do) is what I am more curious about (hopefully there will be as much effort and time spend on this important side of the job. What’s the point of collecting information if it is not then applied in some meaningful way?).

Point being, I am feeling unsettled. I feel like most of the things I currently do in my life, I do for myself. Of course, I certainly listen to my friends and offer them advice to my best abilities, and I honestly try to be kind to people and to add some light whenever possible, but really where am I applying myself? I’m not so sure that being in school is considered application in my mind. It is more what precedes application or what builds the foundation for the ability to apply; at least for me, I believe that is true.

I suppose I am not quite done collecting myself, but I do feel close (at least with the primary part). Now I need to find a more decisive direction (I do have some ideas that I quite like), and figure out how to make that happen; and make a living in the mean time. Hopefully I can find a way to do that and still work at something that is important to me, something I value.
Which is another topic I have been considering quite a bit lately! Values, that is… maybe save that for another night though. Would take me a while to think out-loud and suddenly my glass (or so) of wine has served its purpose well and made me quite sleepy.

But yeah, I think I am getting tired of simply collecting. I find myself wanting to apply; and to grow something! So, we’ll see how this attempt at a garden goes (….), and start from there.

P.S. I do enjoy this lady.

Why can I not seem to get away from yappy dogs? It makes me hate neighbors.

If you own a dog, which you kennel while you are gone ALL day every day, please know that they bark incessantly because they are unhappy, which wakes the people around you, which in turn makes them unhappy, thus leaving the world in worse shape than if you had been responsible and waiting to get an animal until you had the time to take care of one. Please also know that you suck.

Crappy mood. Blaming it on the dog.

See you in September

For some reason, this song makes me get up and freaking DANCE! All around my lovely apartment.

Which just feels so good, you know?

In love with my new place. Minus the big ol' spider that decided to crawl across me when I was falling asleep last night... Not quite sure what type it is, abdomen was teardrop shaped when I looked up close. Maybe just a house spider?? I hear they eat brown recluse, so that's cool. Just don't scare me like that! Geez.
Love the windows, and that I can walk to work n school. Fans, free internet, dishwasher, and spppaaaceeeee! PLUS no one above me intent on driving me insane with their loud walking and whining dog. That poor dog...

Also, did you know the Birmingham Fire Prevention Bureau will give you a free smoke detector? Indeed they will.
Hm... what else.... bought a blender. For makin' smoothies! So good, really, so tasty and great for this HOT hot summer. Simple too! Bananas, frozen blue/straw-berries and peaches, soy milk, delish.

Missing Tennessee about now.
Could really use some mountains.
And Knoxvillians.

However, B-ham has some cool things coming up, like BAAM, And the Sidewalk Film festival! Among other things.

So, who wants to go tromp around this fine Alabama city? Call me.

Have a lovely day.

For you.

Cool sites I Stumbled Upon

This is what Birmingham needs

Famous people hanging out

Most Fascinating Geological Wonders On Earth

I. can't. wait. to move.
This not sleeping thing is really making me want to FREAK OUT on someone. Any takers? Probably will end up being the neighbors or someone at work.
Not good that home and work are the two places I spend most of my time, as well as the two places that are the most frustrating to me right now. Patience runs thin.

D: #@!009JIEN$5%..aowWWWpll$%(*88881!@, freak out.

Helloooooooo.

~I want to see daisies when I close my eyes, end my days with a half-crooked smile, and see raindrops as paint-drops that won't damper my days, but color the world in all sorts of ways~



1. Pandora and Grooveshark are both, the shiz.
2. Andrew Bird is a great whistler... bird indeed. (listen to Masterswarm)
3. Beats Antique is also the shiz and need to come back to Zydeco soon.
4. School can get rather tiring, don't you think? Or at least if you care about being in school.
5. .... I love wine.
6. .... and the warm weather (:
7. (Dad, have you seen this?) Got to love the Manning's!

I suppose that's all. Wish I had more time in my days....

Awwwsome study music.

Summer highlights, thus far.

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Hangout was rather awesome. The size reminded me of early Bonnaroo years, before there were so many people that moving from stage to stage was slightly excruciating. I had the most fun at the Trombone Shorty show, was a dance party and a half! They rocked it. And of course, Paul Simon was wonderful. Enjoyed them all. Made some new friends too! (:

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Mountain Laurels were everywhere! Cute little flowers. So were these little Ninja Turtle lookin' spiders that I can't quite figure out what type they are. Maybe that's a strange description... but their abdomens looked like ninja turtle shells, straight up. They and the grandaddy long-legs loved to perch on the netting of the tent, which gave me a great vantage point (safely tucked inside) to watch them eat up other unfortunate wandering bugs. Quite entertaining!



Made some rather epic fires too! We got to experimenting with digging pits and then building both log cabin style vs. tepee style, etc. Great bagel toasting fires.


Also got to go float down the Cahaba on Sunday
with some great peeps, which if you live in AL and have not done, you MUST!
It's so very Alabama.
98 degree temps, tubes for your lazy river float, beer (and tubes for your cooler), thick accents a'plenty, cows, rope swing, and a red neck to follow. Lots of people seem to have caught on to this awesome spot, the river was full (which is very different from the last time I got to go). Quite the Sunday thing to do. Word of learned wisdom: don't bring anything you don't mind losing! Things seem to disappear.... ..

The last few weeks have been great! I would certainly do it all again, and am a bit less than thrilled to be getting back to the grind. However! More summer means more good things to come, right? Yes? Of course. Life is good.

Definitely caught the Paul Simon bug!

'Mountain passes slipping into stones
Hearts and bones, Hearts and Bones.'

Silk!

This morning I came across a list of the top 10 newly discovered species of 2011 while looking at Nature's news blog (which is pretty great, btw). Darwin's bark spider is first up, making the list because they can build a web up to 25 meters long (82.029974 feet, duh! ...yeah, definitely had to look that up) out of a silk that has been tested to be “the toughest biological material ever studied, over ten times stronger than a similarly-sized piece of Kevlar”. Which is awesome.

Also, just found this Ted talk about the possibilities of silk as a useful, sustainable material for several different innovations. This seems exciting to me!

Thought I would share.

Yes, thank you.

Listen!

Peace offering

The other day I saw my upstairs neighbor and asked her what she was growing. Her balcony area is scattered with flowers and hanging plants. Now, a little back-story.
This is a neighbor whom I have had to confront about noise more than once, especially before when she had a dog (which we aren't supposed to have) that would be tromping around very late at night and I was in the middle of studying for tests/finals. It got to the point that she was waking me up pretty constantly, as our schedules were obviously opposite.

So, I asked her about her flowers maybe 4 days ago. Today, I get home from reading in the park and sitting in front of my door waiting for me was a beautiful pink plant! It is a Bougainvillea that is wrapping its way around a stick of bamboo.

What a nice amends! This made my day.

The rose garden in Birmingham's Botanical Gardens is in full bloom! Spent my Saturday afternoon there, reading in the grass with Curry and Jake. It was awesome. And free to get in!

Go stick your face in some flowers.

If you have 20 minutes to spend, here's a good Ted talk about a pretty interesting teaching method!

Or if you only have a few, some Xavier Rudd to get excited about the Hangout Festival, which everyone should want to go to because I do believe it will be awesome. Music and friends on the beach, what more could a girl ask for?

I am quite happy about it being May. Got out of work today and had nothing pressing to think about, study, or take care of. It is awesome. Ah, and reading for pleasure! What book to start the summer with? Suggestions?

You gotta let your soul shine!!

<3 Muuuuuuuuuusic <3

Upcoming Birmingham events

New music festival upcoming in Birmingham. Seems like all local bands, pretty cool.
Also, Lebanese food festival!
Something cool at Sloss Furnace.

And of course, Crawfish!

Lots of cool things going on, so many to choose from! And I'm supposed to be studying....?

Ikes.

What is life like, to you?

Had a lovely talk with my dad tonight, catching up on life. Somewhere along the conversation, we started talking to each other in metaphors and similes, which of course I love.

He tells me that I sometimes like to treat life like building sandcastles.
"You get down and you start shaping these castles, coming up with how things aught to be, you mold them into what you want them to look like. Then the tide comes and washes them away. So next time maybe you start building a little further away from the shore, but the tide comes in and stops you in the middle of your construction".
You can't mold life, he tells me.

"Life is fluid. It's always moving, everything changes. "
Which can be quite annoying to me sometimes, 'cause I never can get anything fully figured out the way I like! But really, that makes for a much more interesting story.

Wisdom from Ron.

Also!

"You know anything about how planes fly?"

I answered something simple about wind rushing under and scooping it into the air.

"Aerodynamics! When I was on the Navy aircraft ships we would always point the jets into the wind. If you try and fly them the other way they would never make it into the air, they would just crash. You have to run them directly into the current so the resistance from the air will pick them up! That's how they'd fly. Well, that's how life is. I realized this the other day. You have to turn and face your problems, move into the wind, to start your rise and to get over them."

He's a smart man. And I love that he talks in metaphors (: They make explanations much more entertaining.

Wish I could remember them all. I should probably start writing down all the wise sayings and colorful quotes my dad says to me. They could fill a book!

Rise and Shine

Muuuuuusic.

A blog about blogs?

I'm no good at this quite yet, but here are some things I've been reading about lately:

Making plastic from chicken feathers
Upcoming MCAT changes
A second internet? (still confused but learning about this one)
Book-less libraries (I heard this idea somewhere else too... can't remember where)

etc. etc. etc.

Also, just for cuteness sake...

Hangout

Even more great musicians are coming to The Hangout Festival! Newly added that I'm lookin forward to include:

The Avett Brothers, STS9, Grace Potter and Nocturnals, Big Gigantic, and Railroad Earth <3

How will I see them all....?
Excited.

If you have a few minutes you need to use up and want to learn something new, inspiring, or positive about the ideas that are floating around the world, check out Ted talks.

Bwahh?

http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2011/03/us_carbon_storage_project_choo_1.html

Or

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/choosing-a-home-for-captured-carbon-dioxide/?ref=science

I wasn't aware this was being attempted. Should prove to be an interesting idea to keep up with.

Ketch-up

I started this blog a while ago and it never caught on for me, but then I didn't have anything good to say really (trust me, I deleted all the previous stuff I wrote about on here... happy no one was reading it then). Still not sure if I have anything good to say, but lately I do keep coming across things I would like to share, so I'll give it another go.

... Where to start?

Currently I am reading The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz. She is the founder of Acumen Fund, which is essentially a lending company that aims to help alleviate poverty by investing in small business ideas for individuals or companies, typically in developing countries. Basically micro-loans. Today her book has also led me to discover Sweet Honey in the Rock. Ah, women singing about things that matter to them. I love it. It does seem like a powerful medium, music.

Also, this week specifically I recognize all the support I get from my friends. They give it freely and I feel lucky to have them surrounding me in this city. They fill my space! The in between. In between what? Whatever the heck it is that I think I am looking for.

Happy April! I insist (: