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Humidity Makes a Nice Forest

Posted by banane on September 30th, 2008 — in local color, nostalgia, road trip, travel

Before I went to Portland, I wrote this long post that I deleted about problematic feelings regarding that town. Then, I went, had a great time, and now I’m back to thinking of why I don’t live there. So, this is a moment I experienced on the third morning. I dragged my ass up a [...]

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Revisiting Places: Portland

Posted by banane on September 22nd, 2008 — in nostalgia, travel

I wrote a long post about nostalgia in Portland, and just deleted it. Why? Because I can! Alright. I’m going Thurs-Sun and will doubtless blog about it. Things to do (besides college conference): – Twit-up/FF-up somewhere downtown – Hang with Dylan of eROI – Thrift hard-core for some good fabrics!

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Sewing Photo Story: Beach Cover

Posted by banane on September 18th, 2008 — in crafts

So I thougth I’d take sequential photos of my latest sewing project: a beach cover for my sis! Here is my sister. Isn’t she cute? So we talked, and decided to make a beach cover that’s like one she has that is made of terry cloth, but will dry faster. I bought the fabric (last [...]

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Hom.i.c.id.e: Singing in the Tunnel

Posted by banane on September 16th, 2008 — in hom.i.c.id.e

Vincent walked through the Broadway Tunnel. He wore his iPod earphones, and shoved his hands in the pockets of his black hoodie. The tunnel was long and spooky, but it sure beat climbing over Russian Hill. His beer buzz would dull out the pain, but he was barely sober enough to get home as it [...]

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End of Summer

Posted by banane on September 15th, 2008 — in local color

I’ve had a fun summer, and it’s kind of depressing, but time to acknowledge that it’s over. I was away for almost every weekend, except one or two, and those were full of friends or relatives visiting. The weather has turned south and the water near my house at Aquatic Park is near freezing. I [...]

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The Perfect Beach-Attending Process

Posted by banane on September 7th, 2008 — in travel

I’m on day the fifth day, and we’ve managed to go to beaches 3 of those days, here in San Diego. As we went our criteria for the perfect beach got more and more refined, as did our method of attending the beach. Day 1: Dog Beach. We didn’t bring the dog with us, and [...]

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