I'm in the middle of a 4 day weekend, waiting for some brewed wort to cool down before I add the yeast to let it ferment into beer, listening to some Chiddy Bang (the best hip hop I've heard, ever, without question. Sufjan Stevens, Ratatat, Beatles, Kate Nash, and Biggie samples? Check. Awesome young energy? Check ( Read more... )

It's been almost six months since I've written here, and some things just haven't changed. I am listening to the exact same song I was when I wrote my last post, in July, and what a divine song! If Sigur Rós doesn't let you feel/see/experience the sublime, I think we just won't get each other at a certain level.

For the first time in a long time ( Read more... )

Know thyself. Everything in moderation ( Read more... )

a few weeks back 107.7 the End, the station here in Seattle that started up at the same time and propelled grunge out of the garage, did a "Nuthin But '90s" weekend, and since then I've been on a total 90s kick. I've rediscovered Nada Surf (which I thought was spelled Not a Serf for sooooooo long, because Popular came out when we were learning ( Read more... )

Today I reached renewed statuses in more than one aspect of life ( Read more... )

Today I was able to show the inauguration to my students, and holy moly, I'm pretty sure a few of my students noticed I was having a hard time maintaining my composure during Obama's speech. What a moment to remember ( Read more... )

I have started volunteering this year with a group called ICO, Inner City Outings. They work with schools in large cities and take kids on short adventures to help them see more of the natural world, and this year we formed a team of leaders that are working with kids from my school. It's pretty awesome to take 15 middle school boys, most of them ( Read more... )

yes

for the first time in a long time, i feel truly inspired. and it's not just the "remember the titans" soundtrack playing. but along those lines....

"attitude reflects leadership", so lead on, barack.

time to go hit the streets and dance.

tom brokaw for president

i think if i could change one thing about seattle, i would make it so there was a season called fall here. not just rain. you know that feeling and sound and smell when you walk through the woods and it's crunchy with leaves and sometimes even frost? yeah.... that doesn't happen at all here. it's mostly squishy and there's only rarely a ( Read more... )