I’m a neat freak, but only regarding things I care about. I keep my apartment spotless by the most rigid standards. However, I don’t particularly like cars. I don’t like driving them; I don’t like America’s dependence on them; I don’t like how much money is required to keep them legal; and I loathe how much physical space and natural resources they [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Fun Stuff’
16 December, 2007
We All Started Out Small…
My parents are good people, but they were never particularly attuned to remembering details. I always wanted to know more about my childhood. I had a million questions, like what was my first word, or what other names did they consider for me? I have this memory of when my mom told me I could no longer [...]
10 December, 2007
Crayon Love
I need a healthy distraction, so I decided to come on here and write.
My first career aspiration was to name Crayola crayons (my second was to name paint chips). I poured over my crayon box and memorized the names of each one. I used to line up all 64 in order of my favorites (a scoring system based [...]
6 December, 2007
Chip of Paint Off the Old Block
This was a chip off a wall from old Belmont Art Park in L.A. this year. It is about 1 cm thick, and there are around 150-200 layers of paint. Cool, huh? So many different ideas of what makes a wall look good.
4 December, 2007
Guitar Hero
I’m not one for video games, but this one is crazy addictive. I can’t stop playing it. I resented that fact for a while, but then I got to ’hard’ last night, and it finally turned into something cool. Fun! I was at a snowboard competition this weekend, and they had a Guitar Hero tent set up with two massive [...]