November 13th, 2015 § § permalink
I lived in Boulder, Colorado from 1995-1998. I went to school there, and I really loved it. I look back on my days there with a mix of feelings that I have been sitting here awhile trying to describe. Can’t find words for it. In the body it sort of feels like a butterflies-in-the-stomach thing mixed equal thirds dread and nostalgia. It’s not a 100% pleasant feeling. But Boulder, USA in the late 90s was a … time.
I didn’t have the most conventional experience at a big state school. I wasn’t in a sorority and I went to only one football game (when my parents visited) – although “Go Buffs!” comes as easy to me as “Go Buccs!”. For my final year, I spent a semester working among a community of nuns in Houston (another post for another day), and then went abroad to Ecuador. I never came back to graduate, and I haven’t been back to Colorado at all since.
On this plane I can already catch the vibe, man. Boulder people. My studio with the red window, Neil Young on rotation, surviving for months on contraband Illegal Pete’s, my Mom’s porch in Chautauqua, the smell of formaldehyde/fruit fly agar/photo lab, Drew leaving, Sundowner vs. Soma vs. K’s China, going as Sweep-the-leg Johnny for Halloween, etc.
I fear that if I spend a day there my memory bank will rupture from the swift return of material long buried deep in the stacks.
November 7th, 2015 § § permalink
Just for fun I am going to take a mainstream article about climate change and warming seas, and parse it here as a list of the highlighted terms within itself. Which is to say, tell me if you get the drift if I eliminate everything but the bold, linked or italicized print. Full piece is HERE, but just for fun:
Ocean acidification benefits invasive species
By BRIAN MASTROIANNI, CBS NEWS
November 6, 2015, 5:15 PM
acidification of the world’s oceans
increased carbon levels
threaten native populations
jellyfish
threats to indigenous marine life
pathogens
corals
volcanoes
previous mass extinctions
Thanks Obama! [Not being sarcastic, I mean really, thanks Obama.]
February 28th, 2015 § § permalink
I am having a hard time concentrating. In pursuit of a diagnosis for an ongoing health issue probably best described as “aging”, I have spent the last two months or so Getting to the Bottom of It. There are real negative side effects to this course of action, including but not limited to: sleepiness, insomnia, euphoria, depression, inflammation, dehydration, frustration, relief, motivation and resignation. The flux leaves me with few constants, and eyes that jump all over the page, screen, or face in front of me.
Lately, am walking around after work in an attempt to better operate my heart, to push fresh bathwater over my brain and squish around the lymph. Its not the Team Zissou life of adventure one dreams of, but for today these are brisk and purposeful steps in the right direction.
