I just don't know whether i want to love him or be him. Big-up REEEEEEHSPECT. (Pause the blog music before you hit play...)
5.28.2008
hands.
I, Nate the Great, am officially a gardener.
Nate the Great is approximately the best book series ever. Except maybe Berenstein Bears. I used to really want to be Nate's friend Rosamond, who has lots of cats, and really big bangs. Just like me, except I only had the bangs. In honor of Rosamond, I have named my four herbs after Rosamond's four cats.
NOTE: My herb garden is courtesy of my sister, who got me an herb garden Chia sponge starter kit. I highly recommend the kit to anyone who a) isn't good at growing things b) likes basil or c) likes to water things.
Anyways, sweet basil is Little Hex, parsley is Plain Hex, Cilantro is Super Hex (Cilantro is tied with ice cream for my third favourite food), and chives is Big Hex. Also, chives' other nickname is Thursday. Here is a baby picture of Super Hex:
Nate the Great is approximately the best book series ever. Except maybe Berenstein Bears. I used to really want to be Nate's friend Rosamond, who has lots of cats, and really big bangs. Just like me, except I only had the bangs. In honor of Rosamond, I have named my four herbs after Rosamond's four cats.
NOTE: My herb garden is courtesy of my sister, who got me an herb garden Chia sponge starter kit. I highly recommend the kit to anyone who a) isn't good at growing things b) likes basil or c) likes to water things.
Anyways, sweet basil is Little Hex, parsley is Plain Hex, Cilantro is Super Hex (Cilantro is tied with ice cream for my third favourite food), and chives is Big Hex. Also, chives' other nickname is Thursday. Here is a baby picture of Super Hex:
5.19.2008
unexpected
So there i was, talking on the phone with my mom, and she asked me a question that caught me a bit--err--off-guard. it is one of the probably top five questions i've ever heard. not that i wished that i was the one who had asked it, but it was a very good question.
'j, when they don't do it to you first, how do you know when to give someone a high five, or when to do that thing where you make a fist and hit their fist?'
now, i'm not exceptionally cool or socially on target. i'm not exceptionally awkward , either--in fact, i'm not really exceptional at all. but i was pretty shocked that i couldn't whip out an impressive explanation, with examples, to answer dear moms' question. i guess i feel somewhat responsible for being cool and helping her understand some of the trends of the day, unexeptional tho i might be, i have my age at least on my side. After all, i was the one to explainto her what 'cheddah' is, and assure her that the first low rider she saw with hydraulics was, in fact, popping wheelies on purpose.
i recovered from the initial shock and the laughter that had ensued when i realized what she had just said.
'uh, well, i don't know, mom. you kindof just know.'
Except at that moment i realized, that i didn't really.
After a bit of a discussion where i tried to remember every time i had high-fived or fist-rocked someone in the past several days, and when i instigated, whether i had gone open or closed fist,
i finally settled on the explanation that, at least in my experience, high-fives tended to be a little more celebratory or up-beat, and a fist-rock was more 'what's up'. it just happens. i don't know how.
anywho, i assured my mom that if i didn't know, probably no one would judge her on her choice of hand greeting. if she actually goes around using either, that's pretty awesome.
everyone i've asked since then has variation in their reasoning. which is, i guess, why we end up sometimes with that awkward punching open palm thing where both people do different things. but variety moves the world.
anyways, my mom is so rad.
'j, when they don't do it to you first, how do you know when to give someone a high five, or when to do that thing where you make a fist and hit their fist?'
now, i'm not exceptionally cool or socially on target. i'm not exceptionally awkward , either--in fact, i'm not really exceptional at all. but i was pretty shocked that i couldn't whip out an impressive explanation, with examples, to answer dear moms' question. i guess i feel somewhat responsible for being cool and helping her understand some of the trends of the day, unexeptional tho i might be, i have my age at least on my side. After all, i was the one to explainto her what 'cheddah' is, and assure her that the first low rider she saw with hydraulics was, in fact, popping wheelies on purpose.
i recovered from the initial shock and the laughter that had ensued when i realized what she had just said.
'uh, well, i don't know, mom. you kindof just know.'
Except at that moment i realized, that i didn't really.
After a bit of a discussion where i tried to remember every time i had high-fived or fist-rocked someone in the past several days, and when i instigated, whether i had gone open or closed fist,
i finally settled on the explanation that, at least in my experience, high-fives tended to be a little more celebratory or up-beat, and a fist-rock was more 'what's up'. it just happens. i don't know how.
anywho, i assured my mom that if i didn't know, probably no one would judge her on her choice of hand greeting. if she actually goes around using either, that's pretty awesome.
everyone i've asked since then has variation in their reasoning. which is, i guess, why we end up sometimes with that awkward punching open palm thing where both people do different things. but variety moves the world.
anyways, my mom is so rad.
5.15.2008
We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately. ~ Benjamin Franklin
5.11.2008
Some fake things are so much cooler than my reality.
Sidewalk chalkups from Julian Beever. All on flat ground.
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