The above photograph is a five year study of the globe in regards to unhealthy particles in the air. Click on the photo to read the article at NASA and see the dramatic difference between US air quality and Chinese. I have cropped and modified the original image to show the United States only. That yellow spot […]
the end of an era
I hadn’t been truly sick since July 4th weekend 2008. After that trip to Disneyland with the late night water ride Sam and I both”came down with something.” Making my longest dash without a sick day two years and nearly two months. Supposedly Sam hadn’t been sick for five years, but now we’re both back […]
Does this count as a staycation?
A long time ago I’d planned to go to Europe and visit friends this August. Due to financial difficulties that plan was backtracked to visiting a national park and/or visiting Seattle again. Due to further financial difficulties and scheduling conflicts (in Seattle) that plan was scaled down further into a couple of day trips. The […]
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another Friday night
Los Angeles ranked #7 on a list of global cities that was just released. Curiously behind New York City (#1) and Chicago (#6, who organized the study… biased??). I have no idea how they ranked them, but Art and Music probably didn’t factor in as much as other things like financial markets. If ranked on GDP […]
the art of convenience
Art Walk August
I was going to this art walk by myself, so I decided to wait for the traffic to die down to make my way downtown. Of course, this also meant the crowds would be bigger and the parking would be harder. The regular parking lots have been increasing their prices every time. One that used […]
Something’s Fishy
On Saturday, the 7th, I cleaned my room and, more importantly, the fish tank. This was the first time I’d actually taken the tank out since putting it in the wall. I decided to ditch the stones and rocks. I cleaned off the shells and put the big rock back in. It looks much more […]
roomy
Here is a photo of “the studio” with the “sky pilot” painting in the foreground. On the easel is another “astronaut” piece with a female “astronaut” descending into/onto some bright volcanic planet. This new painting looks in my head much like a Julian Callos piece (long arms and limbs, thin body, etc.). Or perhaps I […]
octopus culligan
Back in May my friend Garen asked me to work on a painting for his album (now likely an EP) that he’d complete before he moves to Michigan for UM’s engineering PhD program. I’ve always known Garen as a driven and talented musician, so I was pretty happy to do something in collaboration. We started off […]