dear loyal readers (all 2 of you),
i have only one thing to report today:
FUCK YOU, SCUBA!!
today was my fourth class. there are two more to go, but i've had enough! there have been no more humiliating incidents (unless you count the new move i invented last friday, the "face-first" entry...what can you do when you weigh only 110 pounds and the scuba...
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i have only one thing to report today:
FUCK YOU, SCUBA!!
today was my fourth class. there are two more to go, but i've had enough! there have been no more humiliating incidents (unless you count the new move i invented last friday, the "face-first" entry...what can you do when you weigh only 110 pounds and the scuba...
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so much going on in edmonton right now--jazz festival, visual arts festival, pride week, a ton of friends are in town to visit (which means lots of drinking to accomplish and tall tales to tell)...but there's so much work to do that i only have time for simple things tonight.
- the soft green colour of pistachios and avocadoes
- heat rising gently from the...
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- the soft green colour of pistachios and avocadoes
- heat rising gently from the...
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aster:
hey eris, nice to see you back. now can it REALLY be boring in paradise? maybe that's why it would be more fun to go to hell. oh wait, that would be canada in the winter. never mind. 
i'm not sure what you mean by "girl" status. where are we listed as "girls" or "members"?...i did say i was "female" in the preferences...maybe that's it?
i'm not sure what you mean by "girl" status. where are we listed as "girls" or "members"?...i did say i was "female" in the preferences...maybe that's it?
eris:
hum.. i don't know about the "girl" thing... for some reason when i went to your page from mine you were coming up as "suicidegirls.com/girls/aster" but now you aren't... glitch in the matrix? i mean, i could also just be delusional and crazy....
and, yes, hawaii has the potential to be terribly boring. i mean, laying around and not doing anything is ok for a break between farming but ongoing for a month? haha, no way. i'd go nuts!
-eris.
and, yes, hawaii has the potential to be terribly boring. i mean, laying around and not doing anything is ok for a break between farming but ongoing for a month? haha, no way. i'd go nuts!
-eris.
i am starting to think that scuba is not the sport for me.
last night, i went to my second diving class. i was doing exceptionally well, i thought, breathing from the air tank seemed totally natural, in fact. i did all the exercises (like removing the mask and putting it back on underwater, swimming on the surface while switching between the snorkel and the...
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last night, i went to my second diving class. i was doing exceptionally well, i thought, breathing from the air tank seemed totally natural, in fact. i did all the exercises (like removing the mask and putting it back on underwater, swimming on the surface while switching between the snorkel and the...
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thelastasthmatic:
i had a similar experience during my open water certification...
30ft down in a flodded rock quarry, my instructor isn't satisfied with removal/replacement of my air source and decides to rip it out of my mouth himself. i had just started to fill my lungs again with o2, but was instead greeted with a rush of h2o. i managed to flail around and get the air tube back in my mouth. by then my mask had filled with water too, so i had to endure 5 minute long coughing fit with watre in my eyes and up nose with no where to run!
i made it though-glaring at the bastard for the rest o' the day.
still enjoyed being underwater though. hope your experience doesn't ruin it for you.
30ft down in a flodded rock quarry, my instructor isn't satisfied with removal/replacement of my air source and decides to rip it out of my mouth himself. i had just started to fill my lungs again with o2, but was instead greeted with a rush of h2o. i managed to flail around and get the air tube back in my mouth. by then my mask had filled with water too, so i had to endure 5 minute long coughing fit with watre in my eyes and up nose with no where to run!
i made it though-glaring at the bastard for the rest o' the day.
still enjoyed being underwater though. hope your experience doesn't ruin it for you.
aster:
asthmatic--wow, your instructor sounds like a fucking asshole. must have been horrible. i made it through my third class, but i'm still not sure it's something i will enjoy. i have three more classes to go--i may stick it out at least for the pool part, and decide on the open water later. thanks for the sympathy!
scuba class day one.
so i arrived at class today wearing a swimsuit from the 1980s (awful) that showed...well, things are getting unruly down there. and i know many of you SGs are fans of BUSH (are you there, chapter_one?), but i am not. i didn't realize what it looked like until i asked the instructor if i had fastened my b.c.d. vest around my...
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so i arrived at class today wearing a swimsuit from the 1980s (awful) that showed...well, things are getting unruly down there. and i know many of you SGs are fans of BUSH (are you there, chapter_one?), but i am not. i didn't realize what it looked like until i asked the instructor if i had fastened my b.c.d. vest around my...
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eris:
geeze, you have so many comments! i wonder if i'm going to push this into page 2. then you will be the envy of all other sg members. *smile*
but yeah, i'm leaving hawaii pretty soon. but i've been a migrant farmer since arriving so i get to go whereever i want! i won't be doing that on the mainland though... we'll see what happens. i have somehow given myself too freedom it would seem.... do you do web design on your own clock or someone else's?
but yeah, i'm leaving hawaii pretty soon. but i've been a migrant farmer since arriving so i get to go whereever i want! i won't be doing that on the mainland though... we'll see what happens. i have somehow given myself too freedom it would seem.... do you do web design on your own clock or someone else's?
binaryfiendsgone:
I have only been diving once. It was in Mexico so they give you the class on the boat on the way to where you are divinghehe For real. It was dope though. It is so peaceful and serene. I definitely want to do it again.
ahhhh, feeling VERY virtuous today. went swimming and practised treading water and everything! i am a bit out of shape though. at one point, my foot cramped up and i thought, fuck, what if i can't get out and the pimply teenage lifeguard will have to save me? while yes, that would be a fun fantasy, it would also be horribly embarrassing.
i finally put...
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aster:
digdug, that's VERY exciting that you took your cat out! if he's skittish around people, it might be a good idea to take him out during a quiet time, like late at night? you could also try picking him up when you see someone coming. he may just jump out of your arms and make a beeline for the door anyway, though. they are very squirmy, those cat creatures.
binaryfiendsgone:
Hey I just wanted to say hello and that you have great taste in music. Have you heard Ryu? It is collaboration with DJ Krush, Sak and ...umm I can't remember who the third person is but is really good. It has a Krush sound with even more traditional Japanese influences
i'm in a weird mood. my coworker left work early yesterday after finding out that two of his friends from the band Compromise were killed in a car accident while touring in Alabama. it was in the paper this morning and now all i can think about is death and what if i turn into one of those creepy people who never leave the house...
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digdug:
Cute new pic!!!!
Ummm.......glowing orange orbs
Ummm.......glowing orange orbs
digdug:
Oh BTW,
Vincent Gallo has a new CD coming out soon ( I think on the 25th).
Sure to be more of the same self-obsessed noodling, peppered with moments of genuine beauty and heartfulness.
Vincent Gallo has a new CD coming out soon ( I think on the 25th).
Sure to be more of the same self-obsessed noodling, peppered with moments of genuine beauty and heartfulness.
spent the afternoon gadding about the campus with my coworker derek, who was taking new photos to put on our website. i should have been slaving over a screen of code, but it was way more fun lugging around a bunch of 2 X 2 foamcore posters of our icons and sticking them in weird places, like in a toilet stall. i think, actually, that...
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barvino:
Het Aster,
Just to follow up on Tomine, I suggest (again) checking out Optic Nerve #8 specifically. If you don't like that, then Tomine just may not be your thing at all.
Computer adventure games . . . Do you have Infocom's "Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces"? It's got all the Zork games. . . mystery games. . . and many more (30 in all, I think!)
--Rod
Just to follow up on Tomine, I suggest (again) checking out Optic Nerve #8 specifically. If you don't like that, then Tomine just may not be your thing at all.
Computer adventure games . . . Do you have Infocom's "Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces"? It's got all the Zork games. . . mystery games. . . and many more (30 in all, I think!)
--Rod
digdug:
A,
It is even cuter now that I know you to be a directionless, clumsy dancer.
awww.
G
It is even cuter now that I know you to be a directionless, clumsy dancer.
awww.
G
i just returned from an incredible trip to montreal--my third visit, and the best. it was SO good that when i got into the elevator at work this morning, i couldn't remember which floor i worked on. i just stood there as the doors closed, staring at the buttons.
montreal is grand because 1) restaurants give you and your friends separate bills automatically, without any...
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montreal is grand because 1) restaurants give you and your friends separate bills automatically, without any...
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digdug:
Thanx for being my friend and thanks for the complement
*blush*. Yeah, Yoko started to suck when she made bronze objects of her pieces. She couldn't have needed the money that bad, I mean, she was married to one of the most famous men in the world at that point. There was no real need to commodify the stuff, except for vanity or something. I always get pissed off when I see those pieces, but I still feel good about her as an artist. She made some really great work and still occasionally makes some things that are strong and poetic (but not very often).
I just bought a little exhibition catalogue from Amazon called "Do It". I know, stupid title. It is basically an assemblage of contemporary artists making instruction pieces (Yoko is in there). It's kinda nice. Below is a link to the web version which contains all of the artists in the catalogue and more. I think the curator has done a lot of interesting stuff, and was an early supporter of one of my favorite artists, Gabriel Orozco.
http://www.e-flux.com/projects/do_it/homepage/do_it_home.html
Was that Yoko show at the Power Plant? For some reason, I have been there twice. The last time, I was in Toronto for the CAA conference trying to get a job teaching sculpture at some college. None of the interviews panned out, I flamed out and basically just spent a lot of money to get a job that I didn't get. There did seem to be some good thrift stores though.
I must admit, that I too have the Fruits book from Phaidon. The guy at the Giant Robot store, here in L.A. told me that the book is actually a lot better than the magazines and even if you were to find a recent issue, the scene that is documented in the book is pretty much over.
OK, I thought Buffalo 66 was amazing, have the soundtrack, but his new record?? I don't know. I saw him a few months ago at Starbucks with some foxy chick. One of my co-workers tells this story about how she saw him during the opening of Buffalo 66 riding around on his bicycle outside the Angelika theater in NY, asking people what they thought of the film. And have you read some of his interviews?? He has an outrageously large ego and is a superphreak. Sorry had to rag on Vinnie a little.
Oh man, AfterLife!! I shoulda put that in fave films too!! Great, great, great. And In the Mood for Love-got the soundtrack and am gonna try to rent the DVD soon. It has an extra disc with a documentary of the making of the film plus lotsa extras. Have you seen that yet?
I am afraid that my Canadian geography is somewhat lacking. Alberta wasn't a French province, was it? Now I'm embarrassed, cuz I'm supposed to be the smart guy. Anyway, do you speak French? How far is Montreal from you. It sounds great. I must go sometime. Is that where McGill is? I once knew a girl who went there. Are there any songs that mention Alberta?
Oh! You keep putting down all the things I wanted to say but forgot-French girls, typography, galaxie 500, etc. My insane infactuation for French girls and most things French has finally brought me to attempt to learn the language (I mean, I have tons of French music and I barely understand what they are singing). I bought an introductory CD, but kinda stopped about half way though (a few weeks ago). I gotta start again. Escavouz comprenez? See, it's all aural, so I don't know how to spell anything.
I cannot believe about yer stores there!!! $10 to peek at a dirty comic!! Quel horror! (I bet I spelled that wrong, I haven't made it to that point on the CD) Speaking of comix and Dan Clowes, after reading David Boring, I got kinda hooked on Clowes and was very impressed with his facility for language and narrative. I thought that he could clearly write a pictureless novel if he wanted. So far, this is my favorite that I have read of his. I actually don't really like comix in general, partly because I feel that most are so poorly drawn and I cannot get past that. I am only attracted to the really stylized. So here are the only guys that I like:
Chris Ware, #1 (kills me dead)
Dan Clowes
Windsor McCay
Tony Millionaire (really only Sock Monkey, not Maakies)
Jim Woodring
Charles Burns (probably only Black Hole)
I want to like others, but have yet to find anyone who meets my aesthetic demands.
Ya know, I'm scared of needles too. The last time I had blood drawn, I nearly hyperventillated and all of my extremities went completely numb. Man, am I the berwimp. It was kinda embarrassing & I think that I scared the nurses.
Ok, now you are regretting your offer to be my friend. I have rambled and rambled and... I am not normally this loquacious, I don't know what has come over me. You must forgive me.
btw: Who is Vladislav Delay? I'm not hip to him.
*blush*. Yeah, Yoko started to suck when she made bronze objects of her pieces. She couldn't have needed the money that bad, I mean, she was married to one of the most famous men in the world at that point. There was no real need to commodify the stuff, except for vanity or something. I always get pissed off when I see those pieces, but I still feel good about her as an artist. She made some really great work and still occasionally makes some things that are strong and poetic (but not very often).
I just bought a little exhibition catalogue from Amazon called "Do It". I know, stupid title. It is basically an assemblage of contemporary artists making instruction pieces (Yoko is in there). It's kinda nice. Below is a link to the web version which contains all of the artists in the catalogue and more. I think the curator has done a lot of interesting stuff, and was an early supporter of one of my favorite artists, Gabriel Orozco.
http://www.e-flux.com/projects/do_it/homepage/do_it_home.html
Was that Yoko show at the Power Plant? For some reason, I have been there twice. The last time, I was in Toronto for the CAA conference trying to get a job teaching sculpture at some college. None of the interviews panned out, I flamed out and basically just spent a lot of money to get a job that I didn't get. There did seem to be some good thrift stores though.
I must admit, that I too have the Fruits book from Phaidon. The guy at the Giant Robot store, here in L.A. told me that the book is actually a lot better than the magazines and even if you were to find a recent issue, the scene that is documented in the book is pretty much over.
OK, I thought Buffalo 66 was amazing, have the soundtrack, but his new record?? I don't know. I saw him a few months ago at Starbucks with some foxy chick. One of my co-workers tells this story about how she saw him during the opening of Buffalo 66 riding around on his bicycle outside the Angelika theater in NY, asking people what they thought of the film. And have you read some of his interviews?? He has an outrageously large ego and is a superphreak. Sorry had to rag on Vinnie a little.
Oh man, AfterLife!! I shoulda put that in fave films too!! Great, great, great. And In the Mood for Love-got the soundtrack and am gonna try to rent the DVD soon. It has an extra disc with a documentary of the making of the film plus lotsa extras. Have you seen that yet?
I am afraid that my Canadian geography is somewhat lacking. Alberta wasn't a French province, was it? Now I'm embarrassed, cuz I'm supposed to be the smart guy. Anyway, do you speak French? How far is Montreal from you. It sounds great. I must go sometime. Is that where McGill is? I once knew a girl who went there. Are there any songs that mention Alberta?
Oh! You keep putting down all the things I wanted to say but forgot-French girls, typography, galaxie 500, etc. My insane infactuation for French girls and most things French has finally brought me to attempt to learn the language (I mean, I have tons of French music and I barely understand what they are singing). I bought an introductory CD, but kinda stopped about half way though (a few weeks ago). I gotta start again. Escavouz comprenez? See, it's all aural, so I don't know how to spell anything.
I cannot believe about yer stores there!!! $10 to peek at a dirty comic!! Quel horror! (I bet I spelled that wrong, I haven't made it to that point on the CD) Speaking of comix and Dan Clowes, after reading David Boring, I got kinda hooked on Clowes and was very impressed with his facility for language and narrative. I thought that he could clearly write a pictureless novel if he wanted. So far, this is my favorite that I have read of his. I actually don't really like comix in general, partly because I feel that most are so poorly drawn and I cannot get past that. I am only attracted to the really stylized. So here are the only guys that I like:
Chris Ware, #1 (kills me dead)
Dan Clowes
Windsor McCay
Tony Millionaire (really only Sock Monkey, not Maakies)
Jim Woodring
Charles Burns (probably only Black Hole)
I want to like others, but have yet to find anyone who meets my aesthetic demands.
Ya know, I'm scared of needles too. The last time I had blood drawn, I nearly hyperventillated and all of my extremities went completely numb. Man, am I the berwimp. It was kinda embarrassing & I think that I scared the nurses.
Ok, now you are regretting your offer to be my friend. I have rambled and rambled and... I am not normally this loquacious, I don't know what has come over me. You must forgive me.
btw: Who is Vladislav Delay? I'm not hip to him.
lesbian english professors are the bomb. when i was doing my masters' degree, i worked on an electronic research project in which i wrote and added SGML tags to biographies of women writers in the UK. about half of us were lesbians, and the other half were a bit ambiguous. i fantasized that at one moment i could be saying, "yes, katherine, i will verify that virginia woolf's relationship with vita sackville-west should be tagged as relationship with the erotic attribute = yes" and at the next minute be under her desk. oh yes!