November 2011
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day two
The build today felt a lot harder than yesterday. It was hotter, and the tasks we needed to complete were more tedious. We spent most of the morning moving scaffolding in and out and around the houses, and trying to pound nails into brackets with holes that were too small. Someone told me to just focus on moving the nail just a little bit with every swing instead of expecting to do it all in a...
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creature discomforts
I had always thought that tarantulas are slow and amble along, but yesterday I found out that they are freaking FAST. There was one waiting for us under a wooden truss, and it shot out of there like it was on speed. The only other slightly abnormal creature we’ve seen so far is a lizard. I prefer him by far. He’s tiny, and I haven’t actually seen him move from the metal bar...
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haiti
I’m typing out some thoughts so I can remember parts of my experience here. I’m currently on my iPhone, lying on my cot, in the cocoon of my pink mosquito net. It’s sticky hot, and thankfully there’s a fan rotating in our tent pushing some of the warm breeze around. Day zero I guess I shouldn’t have been so surprised, but it took a whole day to get here. There are...
October 2011
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July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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new lease on cooking
It’s been about two weeks since I’ve started my non-processed food kick, and it’s been interesting to see how it’s affected my cooking and eating habits. It’s obviously slightly impossible to keep up when going out for food, but I’ve been pretty good about it otherwise. I spent my last two Sundays cooking lunch and dinner for the week, and I’m mostly...
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the hunt
When I get listless, I start looking on Craigslist to see what I can expect when I start actually searching in July. I realized I’m easily swayed by lovely Victorians in far off neighborhoods, so I figured I should start putting together a list of priorities (of course).
Location. Most of the places that are labeled as “Nob Hill” are pretty much in the Tenderloin, barely in...
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April 2011
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WatchThe goal is to “spread a bit of random happiness” in San Francisco. :) (via kickstarter)
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March 2011
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to dos
A few short-term goals to tackle in the next month-ish…
Make the perfect lentils (e.g. recreate the lentils from the Secret Deli). I tried making lentils for the first time this week, and it was not pretty.
Buy new hiking shoes and start breaking them in (for Machu Picchu!)
Stop buying groupons until I use up the ones that are about to expire
Get up to a 5 mi run (unfortunately...
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February 2011
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January 2011
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December 2010
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“We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves.”
– Pico Iyer in an essay about why we travel (via sara-white)
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November 2010
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October 2010
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work philosophy
Some great thoughts about working in the creative business from Ben Malbon, a dude joining the Google Creative Lab team. I picked out a few of the one liners that resonated with me:
Only people matter Great ideas are just what happen when the right people are put together and organized (or not) in the right way. Ask forgiveness, not permission The people that make a difference tend to be the...
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September 2010
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dance parties in my head
One of my favorite memories from college was when we were driving back from an ImagiCal event, and we had an impromptu dance party in a random parking lot. The cars were still running, but everyone jumped out and just went nuts. Still not completely sure how it started, but it was just one of those perfect moments in time. Anyways, the reason I’m bringing this up is that I wanted to share...
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“Define yourself or be defined.”
– From a co-worker, “What’s the best career advice you’ve gotten?”
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