My final day in Bangkok was an exercise in attempting to avoid as much of Songkran as possible.  I could think of nothing more heinous than sitting on a plane for something like 8 hours and feeling squirming soaking wet.  So I decided to make a late day of it, and started out with sleeping in late and doing a lengthy writeup (as per usual it seems ( Read more... )

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It began in a mansion. I had spoken with an african american man in a wheelchair regarding the artwork in the house. There was a very soft lighting in the house, and the rooms were dark and brown. There was artwork on a massive scale. Buddha heads, lotuses, large paintings, etc. He encouraged me to stay and explore ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I posted this video. I think it was even pre-youtube days when I first posted this video! The other day goldenboy asked about Pierre Et Gilles, since he saw one of their photo books on my shelf. I told him about this video, but never pulled it up, until now ( Read more... )

Last week I sent my landlord pictures of a pretty nasty roof leak. Today the repair guy shows up (sporting an intense Dali handlebar moustache) and 3 hours later he's all done, patched the roof, fixed the ceiling and painted everything. Pretty fantastic.

This last weekend I went to SheVaCon in Roanoke Virginia. I wasn't sure what to expect at this con, but it was an amazingly well rounded event. Sure, there was an overabundance of Star Wars geekery and costumery, but overall it was a good con ( Read more... )

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I dreamt of the hokusai painting "The Great Wave"


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A charcoal sketch artist drew this picture of me on the metro this evening.


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