( you've heard it )

the global orgasm is scheduled for tomorrow. The idea is to affect the "noosphere" with one giant Oh! You know the science is real -- it's from Princeton! So did you make plans?

To paraphrase Admiral Nelson:
"England expects every one will do their duty."

... and also from Nelson: "Never mind maneuvers -- go straight at 'em!"

I've been sailing five days out of the last week. Something must be going right. Jared was my chief accomplice as we launched the boat Tuesday night. He made a comic strip out of it -- Page 1, 2, 3 and 4.


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There are days when it's a really appealing idea to withdraw from all forms of humanity, removing oneself from all the governments and societies, the classes and their power struggles, organizations and clubs and networks, everything. Right down to the labels and allegiances and cliques and movements that come with my choice of clothes in the ( Read more... )

A lot of things to tell. The basics: I'm living on a farmhouse that's between its allotment of students for the summer. I bike 3 miles to work and don't have an internet connection -- which I love! It's seemed imprudent for me to write at work, but perhaps here is an exception. I haven't got a car, but I got a sailboat! (free!) I'm also ( Read more... )

Last night Matt (R.) and I were celebrating his birthday all by our little lonesomes, Ithaca having become the studentless ghost-town it is, when i got a call from Chuck. Chuck was wondering if i would be available to help teach a Go Camp with Feng Yun on the 26th. It's a kids camp, and they apparently need someone to teach one of the groups of ( Read more... )

this week has been amazing, the best of NoVA crammed in way too few days.

To directly address anyone reading out there:

I leave for China on Tuesday. The Tuesday 4 days from now. That Tuesday.
if you want something, better leave your address here. It's screened. I have a new email address i'll use from over there, but i don't anticipate ( Read more... )

back from ithaca. When i return, it'll be to live there for a semester ( Read more... )

none of my introspection seems worth writing down these days ( Read more... )

it's been a good few days. On the walk to & from the grocery, i noticed the purples and blues of the ajuga and periwinkle, the yellow explosions of forsythia, the deep purple of redbud trees, and of course the daffodils everywhere. It's a good thing i enjoy walking everywhere, because it seems like that's what we'll all be doing in a few years ( Read more... )