Seaofdreams NYE2011


Seaofdreams, originally uploaded by hellodeer.


last night i walked right into a 100 dollar burning man party. the warehouse took up an entire block in SoMa. It was apparently the place to be. Again, I just walked in the backdoor.

On the main dancefloor, even though everyone was covered in green glowing dots, i'd rather be at home with my dog.

I tried to let go of my spirit, and just float through the crowd, but everyone kept getting in my way.

I feel the same way about the burning man crowd - as i did about my first time to SoHo in 1998: Why is everybody dressed the same?

2010 things of note:

picture highlights of 2010

i quit smoking. it actually stuck this time.
4 friends moved away - 1 a brother, another a crush.
moved into a place of my own
alaska visit with "my people"
new york visit with "my other people"
family visited me. everyone - even the g-ma.
drove fun cars
took better pictures
learned more about love & not love
knit about 10 hats
watched all hitchcock movies in order
music: miike snow, grizzly bear, early outkast, herrmann dune, max roach.
iphones are fun. so is having free heat & gas stove.
no sugar & spin class works. holidays & no spin class doesnt.
got: employee of the month, & year.

cumberland

(picture of sunrise on my way to work this morning)
when i was on my 2000 cross country road trip with the great Taryn McFaryn, I fell in love with a little town called Cumberland - in Maryland.

today NPR featured a band from that town in one of their segments - here.

my favorite part is where the girl explains cumberland - its exactly how I explain it - you are driving up HWY68, round a bend, and then the speed limit changes to 40mph, forcing you to slow and check out this little piece of Americana, in the bowl of a couple of hills. its a gorgeous little town. church steeples, main street, & you can see where it starts & ends. pefection.

other towns that fit that bill (for me):
prineville, oregon (where my family farm is) & nicasio (where i am going to get married or have my 40th birthday party. whichever comes first.)

compost cookie

i am the person who has over 200 blogs & what-nots on google reader. so, a better part of my morning is coffee + google reader + forwarding links to my friends. if you are my friend, you most likely receive 2/3 links per week. i'm a human link dispenser. i see a post, and think about you, and send you the link. its a love thing.

SO. i read this article about momofuku compost cookie & send the link to my foodie co-workers.

we decided to splurge and treat ourselves & order the tin of cookies! it was 22 dollars!!!!!!!!! OMG. we still did it. its from new york & is all fancy.









END RESULT - we each got 2 cookies. I love the coffee bits in the cookie. I wanted more potato chip! And I loved hitting the pretzel in the middle.

I need milk!