you just ... hang around

(love you sarah *wink*)

kickin carry case

i've had it for 2 years, and i've just bought the new mini one. much better than a wallet i think.

seeking inspiration

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your
own mind.
Bruce Lee

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never, never, never give up.
Winston Churchill

Try not to become a [hu]man of success but rather to become a [hu]man of value.
Albert Einstein

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Andy Warhol

If you don't like something, change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
Mary Engelbreit

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.
Cherie Carter-Scott

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Mary Shelley

Every artist was first an amateur.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

salt

the tasting room.















a swell little joint. all the things i love.

a. ambiance: the brick wall, the long table, the wall-size black chalkboard displaying rotating menu options, calm candle-like lighting
b. affordability: $15/plate, $38/bottle of vino
c. comfort: unpretentious (servers wear jeans), as suited to groups of co-workers as to couples post-theatre
d. variety: cornichons, mango relish, ox tongue, organic salami, Irish blue cheese, port salut
e. quality: our pinot gris was delicious, the spanish almonds amazing, excellent service
f. portions: 3 plates between 4 people was plenty - we were satisfied not stuffed
g. experience: entrance off a back alley in the heart of Vancouver's sketchiest 'hood, nothing else like it in the city and it's hard to find!

wish i was a kid again

and i thought the books were cool!
this just came out on dvd:

Jealousy...

that dragon which slays love
under the pretence of keeping it alive.
-Havelock Ellis

i know he's a world leader

but come on.

day trip to Iona Beach

we cycled out to this remote bird sanctuary where the Fraser River meets the ocean and YVR planes take off for distant lands.

new work

by Terra Lund

we are an endangered species.

From Alfonso Cuarón, the co-writer and director of Y tu mamá también, comes Children of Men, a gritty science fiction movie starring Clive Owen, Michael Caine and Julianne Moore.

December 25th, 2006.

a blue whale has a tongue the size of an elephant

blue whales are believed to be the largest animals
ever to have lived on the Earth.

pretty dresses

and red carpet nostalgia

his voice is sublime

Last night I heard Salif Keita.
Hier soir j'ai dansé.

tumbleweed tiny house company

photography that dreams are made of

by cole rise

one photo/each day/for three years

"Based on one hell of a true story"

The World's Fastest Indian is the telling of the story of New Zealand hero, Burt Munro. Sir Anthony Hopkins is delightful to watch, I absolutely fell in love with the character. A good movie to inspire passion for life and plaster a big ol grin on your face.

new painting

painted this yesterday. reminiscin' over my prairie roots.

Island Way Sorbet

Bliss. A halved coconut shell filled with frozen coconut milk and a bit o' cream. It's divine! The Island Way sorbet line originates in South Africa and includes apple, lemon, orange, mango, pineapple and pina colada flavours. Mine cost $2.99 CDN at the local grocery store (Marketplace IGA, Vancouver).

grow yourself a chair

slimey and his cousins

What can be done about all the food wasted by restaurants and hotels?