Yes, but
| 1–10 of 53 | ‹ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | next |
I'm in the Chronicle
OK, well barely. With a beer bottle in front of my face. And my friend Venus looking away beside me. "He said Asians!" she said to me during Obama's speech.
Me an' the Junk
There's a replica of a Chinese Junk in SF right now at the Hyde St. Pier. I went to see it on the supposedly last day, Friday. They were eating lunch, so I asked if I could just take pictures and they agreed. As they were finishing up lunch I spoke with the skipper, Nelson, whose project this is. It took him 6 years of research and work to get the boat built. It has no nails and no synthetic glue.I heard my teacher's voice saying, "Make a donation or offering." I asked, and they accepted. Then they invited me to have some of their lunch! People were taking pictures like I was part of the crew.
I spoke to Nelson about how important his work is, how disconnected we are here in America and it seemed to really resonate with him. They're sailing next to Hawaii and then back to Taiwan. (It took them 69 days to cross the Pacific.) They don't actually have a place to dock in Hawaii yet, so I called my teacher on Maui immediately and she was so excited. She happens to be married to one of the premier Hawaiian woodworkers, and he's just started teaching how to build canoes again. I'm hoping we can arrange for them to dock at Maui and we can do a traditional welcoming ceremony for them.
They aren't leaving til Thursday or Friday due to the weather and they're still provisioning. Today I brought them some oranges. They're a traditional offering, but I also thought, "Scurvy!"
Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator
What would you be named if Sarah was your mom--her other kids are named Trig, Track, Willow, Bristol, and Piper.politsk.blogspot.com/2008/09..._13.html
I'd be Roller Texas Palin.
Gook: McCain's Racism
Just finished my new video:au.youtube.com/watch
I met up with Irwin Tang, author of Gook: John McCain's Racism and Why It Matters, at the Netroots Nation conference and found myself volunteering to work together when he spoke about his research into McCain's use of the word Gook and then going deeper into his racist background. And believe me, John McCain is white supremacist racist.
Irwin says that people of color never fail to have a visceral reaction when they find out about this and this was true of me. I know it may not convince anyone not to vote for McCain, but I think it may be a strong motivator to people who were thinking of not voting at all to vote against McCain.
I'm dedicating my time through the election to making more videos like this. Thanks for looking and pass it around, especially to people of color!
Heidi
The Olympics: China Will Be Teased
The Olympics start in week, and I keep thinking about the ways in which China will succeed and fail. The International press will not be respectful, in fact they already aren't. I think China will fail in ways for which they haven't the faintest inkling and won't understand, even in hindsight. The Chinese leadership will be both arrogant and ignorant.They will also succeed spectacularly in their earnestness and helpfulness and through the force of sheer numbers of proud, willing people. I hope the press gets that.
When I visited, it often went like this. I'd ask for something at the front desk of a hotel. They wouldn't respond. No "I'll be right back" or "Of course I can help you with that." They would disappear. Just when the discomfort got to be so great I'd want to start pounding the desk, they'd come back and the issue would have been taken care of in a way more gracious and deep than I ever imagined.
I'm a total Olympics fan, and wouldn't you know it my TV has gone on the blink! I think it's time to upgrade.
Magic Man
Magic Man by Heart. How did they know, so long ago? The spell has been broken, though.Cold late night so long ago
When I was not so strong you know
A pretty man came to me
Never seen eyes so blue
You know I could not run away
It seemed we'd seen each other in a dream
It seemed like he knew me
He looked right through me, yeah
"Come on home, girl" he said with a smile
"You don't have to love me and
Let's get high awhile
But try to understand
Try to understand
Try try try to understand
I'm a magic man."
Winter nights we sang in tune
Played inside the months of moon
Never think of never
Let this spell last forever
Summer lover passed to fall
Tried to realize it all
Mama says she's worried
Growing up in a hurry, yeah
"Come on home, girl" mama cried on the phone
"Too soon to lose my baby and my girl should be at home!"
"But try to understand, try to understand
Try try try to understand
He's a magic man, mama, ah ...
He's a magic man"
"Come on home, girl" he said with a smile
"I cast my spell of love on you, a woman from a child!
But try to understand, try to understand, oh ... oh ...
Try to understand
Try try try to understand
He's a magic man!" oh yeah
Oh, you've got the magic hands
"Come on home, girl" he said with a smile
"You don't have to love me and
Let's get high awhile
But try to understand
Try to understand
Try try try to understand
He's a magic man." yeah ... oh ...
I Need to Move!
I realized yesterday that I need to move. One, I learned yesterday at my feng shui class that my house is in the wrong direction for me. And I don't think I can fix it. My door needs to face north, which is actually kind of unusual in the East Bay where most streets run north and south and the houses then face east or west (like mine).Two, I'm left with a bad taste in my mouth, or just feeling unsafe due to an incident between my now ex-boyfriend and a neighbor. She's 4 blocks away, but still.
Three, there's construction going on right behind my house that's driving me crazy. It's a 3 townhome project being built from the ground up so there will be several months of varying noise levels.
Even if it's only temporarily renting a studio someplace that has a north-facing entry, I need to move.
| 1–10 of 53 | ‹ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | next |