so i'm stoked about an event coming up in october - a screening on campus of the age of stupid. carling, my organizer at greenpeace, called me to let me know a few copies of it would be released to college campuses to show after the worldwide premier, and i just went for it and reserved one for good ol' csulb.
thanks to some help from jessica and es&p club, it's really taking shape and could be a very neat time.

i feel like there is just the smallest scrap of fight left in me, and it's getting me through the rest of this cruddy semester.
i like-like the beach.

i think i need to get out of here.

"i will" might be the best love song i've ever heard.
weirdest week ever.

more localism

yesterday was GORGEOUS! i hung around for a few hours at viento y agua (great atmosphere - not so great white mocha) and then strolled to the colorado lagoon, where i met up with a friend and plowed through the first half of to kill a mockingbird. seriously, how have i never actually read that book? anyways, stayed until my shoulders started to burn (such a lovely feeling) and then went home and napped.

woke up, met up with my old roomie kristin and had an AWESOME evening. we went to athena west in seal beach, i got the veggie plate (great spanikopita, great tzaiziki, so so salad) and then we went to bogart's and got little decaf coffees, and strolled across the street for the seal beach astronomy club's amateur astronomy night. so fantastic! saturn, the orion nebula, and the moon were all so impressive, and there were some real characters there.

i went to farmer's market this morning, alone, and it was really mellow and pleasant. a lady sold me a market tote that had produce on it and say "i support my local farmer's market" on it, and inside there was a notice about how starting may 5, farmers will no longer be providing the grocery store plastic bags to carry produce in (the smaller, no handle bags will still be used, i think). i thought that was so cool! i've been thinking lately about buying some organic cotton or canvas and making a few drawstring bags to hold my loose produce, i really don't like using those little plastic produce bags.
i bought
-2 bunches of green onions
-1 bunch of asparagus
-1 bag of raisins
-3 avocados
-1 bunch kale

i almost bought eggs, but then i hesitated. they've been kind of grossing me out lately. maybe i od'ed on them during my last egg kick, or maybe my tastes are just changing. anyways, i didn't buy any. one step closer to becoming vegan? doubt it - i love cheese :)

keepin it local

have i fallen in love with long beach?
maybe so.

there's no other explanation for the feeling i get when i think of my farmer's market by the marina, the pride i feel when i hear about city council's revised attitudes toward breakwater reconfiguration, or the simple pleasure in walking down 4th to the colorado lagoon.

i used to feel a little embarrassed about long beach, thinking of it as a second-rate city and school, but i think now that i'm invested in this place, i'm really "loving it."

good job, mraz

Hello, tell me you know
Yeah, you figured me out
Something gave it away
It would be such a beautiful moment
To see the look on your face
To know that I know that you know now

And baby that’s a case of my wishful thinking
You know nothing
Well, you and I
Why, we go carrying on for hours on end
We get along much better
Than you and your boyfriend

Well all I really wanna do is love you
A kind much closer than friends use
But I still can’t say it after all we’ve been through
And all I really want from you is to feel me
As the feeling inside keeps building
And I will find a way to you if it kills me
If it kills me

How long, can I go on like this,
Wishing to kiss you,
Before I rightly explode?
Well, this double life I lead isn’t healthy for me
In fact it makes me nervous
If I get caught I could be risking it all

'Cause maybe there’s a lot that I miss
In case I’m wrong

All I really wanna do is love you
A kind much closer than friends use
I still can’t say it after all we’ve been through
And all I really want from you is to feel me
As the feeling inside keeps building
And I will find a way to you if it kills me
If it kills me
If it kills me

If I should be so bold
I’d ask you to hold my heart in your hand
I'd tell you from the start how I’ve longed to be your man
But I never said a word
I guess I’m gonna miss my chance again

Well all I really wanna do is love you
A kind much closer than friends use
I still can’t say it after all we’ve been through
And all I really want from you is to feel me
As the feeling inside keeps building
And I will find a way to you if it kills me
If it kills me
If it kills me
I think it might kill me

And all I really want to do is feel you
Yeah, the feeling inside keeps building
I'll find a way to you if it kills me
If it kills me
It might kill me