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checking in

foolfaerie420 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:08:39 GMT

Its lovely to see tribe still happening. Mostly I am on twitter @rtgarden.

R.I.P. Don Wendel Brown

foolfaerie420 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:52:28 GMT

My candle burns at both ends My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light! Edna St. Vincent Millay ("First Fig", A Few Figs From Thistles, 1920) Bob used to recite this to me in defense of the difficult lifestyle my uncles insisted on pursuing. And so I respect them for it for I have spent many hours dancing by the light. Thank you.

Fools Parade part 1 and 2

foolfaerie420 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:05:51 GMT

part 1 intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd_siDKbYNg part2 main http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bkakDZcUzA

fools parade in Occidental

foolfaerie420 — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:39:25 GMT

wowie kazowie that was fun!

hi tribe! happy ur here....

foolfaerie420 — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:08:56 GMT

yeah so i just read this huge book now ("A Pattern Language"), its like a gazillion pages and it has nice pictures however they are just as complicated as the rest of it. I have taken in 3 abandoned dogs during the recent foul storm. Two females and a male puppy. They are very smart and sweet dogs and after i get them fixed next week i will be looking for homes for them. It would be neat if the two females can go together, they are friends already and love each other. I just finished a huge sketch that was crazy because it was all words mostly and very dry and like a whitepaper which is I guess something I do like to write. Its just the start of some work that I hope will come to some sort of fruition in the next few years. there are a lot of changes in the air, and part of that is simply how we all look at things. Ever so much I am grateful to have you all and the stickyness that is in my life. As a side note the spacebar broke on my G5, and its funny how much we need space in order to be able to make any sense. Kids coming in the door with the new keyboard. Other than that its winter, waiting on spring. Looking forwards to the sakura time.

immersed

foolfaerie420 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:25:26 GMT

these past few weeks I have been immersed in a project that has been coming round and round in my life for over twenty years. As we reclaim the village fountains, the town squares and the commons of our creative spaces we are learning how to use the fabric of the internet to craft the quality of life that we want. In my case this includes time for tea. As the internet fabric becomes more integrated into our lives the question is how do we bring children into this landscape. At this point we have only two choices: we can "let it happen" by pretending we can keep kids away from these devices or we can create a thoughtful entry point for them that is part of a systemic and sustainable approach to their care.

naturally

foolfaerie420 — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:23:57 GMT

"Return at last to the origin of your own origin. Although this world has you still in its thrall. In your heart, you’re a hidden treasure. Open now your inner eyes, the eyes of Love: Return at last to the origin of your own origin.” - Rumi

A word about the new President.

foolfaerie420 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:01:38 GMT

Its vitaly important to me that he is in office today because he is a kind, intelligent, compassionate strong person. He represents also my own generation, until now a generation sort of lost in the shiffle between the boomers and this big next thing. He represents a Leader who can listen to my music (hip hop), laugh at jokes about the internet with understanding, he is visibly a parent, clearly a husband and an inspired person to reach for the position at the time and place he has chosen. There is no such thing as race. Any basic perusal of scientific materials related to genetics and ethnicity shows that there is as much similarity or difference within groups as there is between. Our history has been rife with the construct of race, of color, and of peonage since our economy began swinging hard between war and third world resource extraction style progress. In my family we have several links to different parts of the rich world tree that is our America. In hip hop they call this the new people, its an idea that we had to all come together here to create this unique patchwork at this very place and time. For our first Hawaiian President I am grateful. Our first openly multi-ethnic president. A president who directly and uniquely links us to Africa with direct Kenyan heritage through his immigrant father. IN ancient days they made sure to raise their rulers in humble villages like Kisumu where President Obama's father grew up "herding goats in the dusty streets". Like his first cousin from Kogelo said "What has happened is not just for America," Ogembu said. "It is for the whole world." He is the first president with overseas relatives that have participated in his rise to leadership, and notably his paternal relatives still speak swahili a traditional and intact pre-colonial language. He is deeply loved by many many Americans and many worldwide. During the inaguration the general feeling was very good, although the crush of people was difficult according to most people. Imagine if anyone had tried to act on any ill will...the crowd alone would have taken them down. That was 2 million people gathering to "watch his back". Its the start of our new agency, where we have a difficult and potentially uncomfortable stretch of road to get through, and our ability to reach out to each other and show support for new ideas will be our own source of strength. Simply a movement towards dignity for all of us.

thats me onstage at dorothy chandler with AMAN! in 1974

foolfaerie420 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:39:08 GMT

It was my least year with them, and if I recall correctly they split apart soon after. Leaning down towards me I am pretty sure is Michael Alexander. He was mt godparents daughters husband and I danced in his wedding which was one of the more off the hook experiences ever. The whole assembly flew into a long session of spontaneous Russian mens dancing where they were all twirling around and hopping up and down in magical and uncanny ways from sheer joy. This was the year I solo'd flamenco. My face is turned away because the lights really would make me blind.

the meme thing

foolfaerie420 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:50:26 GMT

1. Started your own blog * several. cattavery.com 2. Slept under the stars * its restorative. 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii * not enough tho. 5. Watched a meteor shower * showers of persius regularly 6. Given more than you can afford to charity* 7. Been to Disneyland * 8. Climbed a mountain* 9. Held a praying mantis* 10. Sang a solo * 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea* 14. Taught yourself an art from scratch * 15. Adopted a child*(not legally) 16. Had food poisoning 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty 18. Grown your own vegetables*I have some growing right now. 19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France 20. Slept on an overnight train 21. Had a pillow fight * 22. Hitchhiked * 23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill * 24. Built a snow fort* 25. Held a lamb* 26. Gone skinny dipping* 27. Run a Marathon 28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice 29. Seen a total eclipse* 30. Watched a sunrise or sunset * 31. Hit a home run * 32. Been on a cruise* 33. Seen Niagara Falls in person 34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors* 35. Seen an Amish community*(in town) 36. Taught yourself a new language* 37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied* 38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person 39. Gone rock climbing* 40. Seen Michelangelo’s David 41. Sung karaoke* not enough though 42. Seen Old Faithful (the geyser) erupt * 43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant * 44. Visited Africa 45. Walked on a beach by moonlight * 46. Been transported in an ambulance 47. Had your portrait painted* 48. Gone deep sea fishing 49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person 50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris 51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling * 52. Kissed in the rain * 53. Played in the mud * 54. Gone to a drive-in theater * 55. Been in a movie * 56. Visited the Great Wall of China 57. Started a business* 58. Taken a martial arts class * 59. Visited Russia 60. Served at a soup kitchen* 61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies* 62. Gone whale watching 63. Got flowers for no reason* 64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma 65. Gone sky diving 66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp 67. Bounced a check * 68. Flown in a helicopter 69. Saved a favorite childhood toy *(my kids childhood not my own so much) 70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial 71. Eaten Caviar * 72. Pieced a quilt* 73. Stood in Times Square 74. Toured the Everglades 75. Been fired from a job * 76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London* meh, from a distance 77. Broken a bone 78. Been on a speeding motorcycle* 79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person* 80. Published a book 81. Visited the Vatican 82. Bought a brand new car 83. Walked in Jerusalem 84. Had your picture in the newspaper * 85. Read the entire Bible * (And the Koran and the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying) 86. Visited the White House 87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating* 88. Had chickenpox * 89. Saved someone’s life * 90. Sat on a jury 91. Met someone famous * 92. Joined a book club* 93. Lost a loved one * 94. Had a baby* 95. Seen the Alamo in person 96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake (ARE YOU CRAZY? THERE ARE SHARKS IN THERE!) 97. Been involved in a law suit 98. Owned a cell phone * 99. Been stung by a bee* 100. Read an entire book in one day *

happy epiphany and may the new light greet you warmly.

foolfaerie420 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:37:34 GMT

happy twellfth night everyone! Have a bean cake and enjoty the holiday. Today we take down our decorations and get ready for the long winter ahead. Now it is all about productivity.

from lee...its me ringing the bell

foolfaerie420 — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:51:02 GMT

I always wanted a picture with me trying not to go deaf. Ringing the bell was my first big chore on stage, and it did actuallyrequire a bit of timing and pomp and all that to get it just right. I loved it. Look at all the faces.

totally obsessed with little big planet (sockboy pictured)

foolfaerie420 — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:25:41 GMT

now i lust for a ps3. the handmade tactile world where scoring levels bring you more creative supplies to make your own interactive levels with which you can post and share is made of win. IT like being allowed back on the playground, finally.

it gets more better as we go along

foolfaerie420 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:30:25 GMT

the faire we once created reminds me of Cezanne's pear. The painting is arguable the first impressionist painting. It is a mass of form and color describing the condition of the inner eye. an amazing and precise exercise in optics. The piece is really pretty small, and he only made the one. From that one painting so many great ideas sprang out like demons or angels. It is simply a pear, and yet it effectively breaks ground in an immediate and graspable way. When i first saw it myself I thought "why its so small", and then "and ...there is just the one". Dearly I love Monet's Garden, I am drawn to Lautrec, Sargent, and many others; however nothing has quite gripped my like that one painting of a pear. As soon as you see it you want to keep looking at it. You want it. It is impossible to store it away in your mind and examine it later. It must be felt, be seen and be experienced. This years Dickens really showed me that we were truly just starting to be onto something back when. There is great ground to cover and among us some truly greats striding over it. Thanks for making the time I put into it in my well spent youth quite worthwhile. I am proud of this legacy and I stand by it. I also think often that we are frightfully lucky to have had Cat Taylor at the helm all this time, I hope it isnt wreckless of me to say so.

thanks

foolfaerie420 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:07:56 GMT

best show ever.

because i love you all.

foolfaerie420 — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:45:09 GMT

I am thankful.

Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know

foolfaerie420 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:28:23 GMT

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/article3401168.ece • He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics • He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball • His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili • His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini • He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father • He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed • He has read every Harry Potter book • He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali • He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream • His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars • He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia • He can speak Spanish • While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead • His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea • He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn't • He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia • He can bench press an impressive 200lbs • He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name • His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville • He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived • His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy • He and Michelle made $4.2 million (£2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books • His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest • He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck • He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee. • His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees • He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date • He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker • He doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol • He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician • As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine • His daughters' ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7) • He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside • He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal • His house in Chicago has four fire places • Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita • He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry • He uses an Apple Mac laptop • He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300 • He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits • He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes • He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13) • His favorite fictional television programmes are Mash and The Wire • He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service handlers • He was nicknamed "Bar" by his late grandmother • He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds • His favorite artist is Pablo Picasso • His specialty as a cook is chilli • He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were "street urchins" • He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life • His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government

about mycold

foolfaerie420 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:01:13 GMT

its like this being that started inhabiting me probably moments before election day. It doesnt stop. There are waves of it and it is stupid. It lets you think you can do stuff. Sometimes it even lets you breathe. Its hardly any consolation that everyone else has it. It makes me talk to myself. I have had way too much genetics to not feel like this is some sort of direct alien affront to our collective genome. We are getting mind altered by this mycold. It just goes on and on, until at last you surrender. Of course after that the mycold is still there. The mycold only wants to eat toast with black cherry jam. sometimes peanut butter. Tea is good. The mycold is still here.

stuff i read

foolfaerie420 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:33:15 GMT

Across all of these issues, the fundamental tools of information, collaboration and access will be our best hope for turning world-ending problems into worldchanging solutions. If we're willing to try, we can create a future that's knowledgable, democratic and sustainable -- a future that's open. Open as in transparent. Open as in participatory. Open as in available to all. Open as in filled with an abundance of options. There are few other choices that see us through the century. Jamais Cascio

ok tribe is up again more or less and i missed you.

foolfaerie420 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:24:03 GMT

its true i did miss this blog. I have been playing superstruct a lot so I haven't had to worry yet about finding another blog to hang out at and the fortunes smiled and the wizard is back at work and servers are being migrated to and basically probably tribe is saved again. Our resilience as a community depends on a certain redundancy of communications networks and i have enjoyed getting adept somewhat at twitter and Friendfeed and having more blogging at the teahouse on ning. Just the same there is a particular aspect of my own tribe that haunts these particular digital waters and it was grand to re-connect and even in whatever changed shape it is all flowing into it is grand to have you all along as compadres as we keep exploring the digital waters together. They say now that cyberspace is no longer "out there", and I must disagree that it is also not "in here" as in just a purely internal space. More and more cyberspace is part of a tightly woven net of fabric that surrounds supports and helps manage our daily lives. (Image from Jamais Cascio on flikr)

still buried in superstruct

foolfaerie420 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:17:09 GMT

Yes I am still deeply involved in the giant ARG...alternate reality game...called superstruct. So far its been an adventure, and I have stumbled on this amazing bright green sustainability movement. The people that I am playing with and creating this view of the future with are really fascinating people. Most of them I really don't know at all as their current contemporary selves. Some of them are like secret treasures; take for example Jamias Cascio. he is one of the intellects from the institute for the future, the think tank that is more or less sponsoring the larger game. He is a very forward thinker, very adept at communicating the need for large scale solutions to sustainability issues that include the market and politics. Its that wonderful experience of playing to a crowd that already knows the songs, many of these people have been wading through the exact same series of discoveries related to the need for tech that is also environmentally sensitive. These days i admittedly spend a lot of time on twitter and on friendfeed. Its a way of keeping up on the work of several thinkers that I enjoy as well as some of those great thin,kers who also happen to be my pals. This means that like 18,000 other people on twitter i follow will wheton. All these game people and open source people and future thinkers somehow hang out a lot. I want to go back to school now and become a fun engineer. Actually I would like a phd in fun engineering. The game is super good and super intense and in some ways very dark and depressing. The best part about it is that we now have time to head off many of the disasters that in the game threaten humanity to the brink of extinction. Its a good chance to dispell the illusion that any sort of idealistic agropiracy is going to save us all. Of course now that we have an incoming President who actually reads articles by guys like Michael Pollan I am certain that we can regain a lot of the seed diversity which we are pretending has fallen through the cracks in 2019. I have also gotten started in Nanowrimo 08, and its going ok a little slow for me. Next week after superstruct is finished (mostly) I think I will have more time for it. Meanwhile somehow the election and prop 8 and everything has just plain worn me out in a good way sort of. I have yet to fully recover. Probably I am not alone in this.

thank you bradley.

foolfaerie420 — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:41:48 GMT

Sublime---What I Got Early in the morning, risin' to the street Light me up that cigarette, and I strap shoes on my feet Got to find a reason, a reason things went wrong Got to find a reason why my money's all gone I got a dalmation, and I can still get high And I can play the guitar like a mother fucking riot Well, life is (too short), so love the one you got Cause you might get run over, or you might get shot Never start no static, I just get it off my chest Never had to battle with my bullet proof vest Take a small example, take a ti-ti-tip from me Take all your money, give it up to charity Lovin's what I got, it's within my reach And the Sublime style still straight from Long Beach It all comes back to you, you're going to get what you deserve Try and test that, you're bound to get served Love's what I got, don't start a riot You feel it when the dance gets hot Lovin' is what I got - I said, remember that Lovin' is what I got - now remember that Lovin' is what I got - I said, remember that Lovin' is what I got... I don't cry when my dog runs away I don't get angry at the bills I have to pay I don't get angry when my mom smokes pot Hits the bottle and goes back to the rock Fuckin' and fightin', it's all the same Livin' with Louie's dog's the only way to stay sane Let the lovin', let the lovin' come back to me Lovin' is what I got - I said, remember that Lovin' is what I got - now remember that Lovin' is what I got - I said, remember that Lovin' is what I got, I got, I got...

WHERE EVERYTHING IS MUSIC

foolfaerie420 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:17:55 GMT

Don't worry about saving these words and songs! And if one of our instruments breaks, it doesn't matter. We have fallen into the place where everything is music. The strumming and the flute notes rise into the atmosphere, and even if the whole world's harp should burn up, there will still be hidden instruments playing. So what if the candle flickers and goes out. We have a piece of flint, and a spark. This singing art is sea foam. The graceful movements come from a pearl somewhere on the ocean floor. Poems reach up like spindrift and the edge of driftwood along the beach, wanting! They derive from a slow and powerful root that we can't see. Stop the mind and words now. Open the window in the center of your chest, and let the spirits fly in and out. -Rumi

thanks

foolfaerie420 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:22:27 GMT

and happy birthday jeffy

find me

foolfaerie420 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:38:47 GMT

i made a teahouse for this purpose http://teahouseofthedonkey.ning.com/ please join us