Entry #199: housing

tea parties.

Entry #198: Fooding

Today is my bf's birthday and we're gonna get crazy phat on steak dinner.

(But I really want some oysters)

Entry #197: Eeek, Aaack, baaah

MJ! Farrah! Iranians!

What is going on? "Things come in three."
Well I started counting a while back.

Entry #196: Economic Ties

Somehow we got in the crowd and watched the candlelight vigil. I teared up (it couldn't be helped). We snapped photos and wondered aloud about US economic ties to mainland China. Currently, Hong Kong and Taipei are de facto democracies (they say).

but but but

they still suppress the media!
they still hold prisoners from that fateful June day
and women's rights? pfft!

but economically speaking (ahhh...)

le sigh.

top o the world

great moments in aerial photography

Entry #195: Puppy Love

Juka and I, today.



Earlier (she freaked out when geese came hawking at her).

Entry #194: Charles Anastase

Reminds me of a mood board.

SOMA feature article!

I wrote a feature article in SOMA magazine
on the Starlite in San Diego and it just got published in this months edition.
Check out the lounge at: http://www.starlitesandiego.com/

Entry #193: Tina Chow

Raaad fashion icon.

Entry #192: X-mas list

I wanted GOT these:



Ann Demeulemeester triple laced boots (mine are black)

So far I've been granted these:



Miu Miu boots (in black is mine)

And these:



Cynthia Vincent wedge sandals (same color)

Work has been busy so I havent been able to give thought as to what I wear on a daily basis-- now that I have that luxury I am going to start piecing together my clothes so that once work starts again-- I have things set :) I start "Haute Couture sewing techniques" at FIT in January= yippee!

Entry #191: The Youth Vote

From Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

Entry #190: TED

I've been fascinated with TED and plan on spending some rainy days watching these speeches.

Entry #189: Museum of arts and design DIY Salon

Thursday, November 6, 2008 = TODAY!

7:00 – 10:00 PM
The new Museum of Arts and Design at 2 Columbus Circle is now open to the public. Located at the southwest corner of Central Park, where four subway lines and seven bus lines intersect, the Museum's new home is well-positioned to serve over 500,000 visitors annually.

$10 ($7 members)
Advanced tickets on sale September 24, 2008

Join MAD and the Church of Craft for a night of hands-on art making, music, food, and drink in celebration of the Museum's current exhibition Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary. Local do-it-yourself artists will demonstrate their personal skills and help guide you in creating your own projects. Techniques will range from weaving with unconventional materials to making yarn out of old sweaters, among other contemporary twists on classic crafts. In addition to do-it-yourself workshops, the NIY Salon will include hand-decorated snacks, craft beer, and a live DJ. Guided tours of Second Lives will be available. Over 200 people did-it-themselves at this event last year, so don't miss out this time around!

Entry #188: Cha-cha-changes

Little Alby done redone the store and it's pretty! Distressed wood = mmmm

Entry #187: That famous map

Entry #186: Obama resoles his shoes

Via Daily Kos

Entry #185: Buckminster Fuller, Renaissance Man

A Unitarian Universalist at heart, Buckminster Fuller is one of those past characters of history that makes you realize that you can do a lot in life-- he was an inventor, scientist, engineer, mathematician, educator, philosopher, poet, speaker, author, consultant, economist, futurist, etc. Twice expelled from Harvard University, Fuller later went on the receive 47 honorary degrees.

Fuller, however, is best known for the invention of the geodesic dome –the lightest, strongest, and most cost-effective structure ever devised. Behind the dome's seemingly simple structure is a series of mathematical equations based on vector geometry.

"Typically the design of a geodesic dome begins by selecting one of the Platonic solids, such as an icosahedron inscribed in a sphere, conceptually filling up each triangular face with a set of smaller triangles, and then projecting each face onto the interior surface of the sphere. The endpoints of the links of the completed sphere would then be the projected endpoints on the sphere's surface."

Fuller also coined a number of terms including "Spaceship Earth."

He went on to develop a cartographic system that showed continents on a flat surface with minimal distortion. Additionally, the map had no correct orientation, as Fuller argued that "up" and down as well as North, South, East, and West didn't actually exist. Fuller believe that there were two things-- "in" and "out," with "in" being the pull of objects toward Earth because of gravity.

His map, also known as a "Dymaxion Map" was made for easy display of world resources and it "allows players to strategize solutions to global problems, matching human needs with the resources."

Fuller has written 28 books that explore how all of humanity could have high living standards. In addition to his many honorary degrees, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Ronald Reagan in 1981. Last but not least, the U.S. Postal Service has just released a commemorative stamp in his honor. My hero!

Entry #184: Mmmm Hmmmmm

Abandoned castles, windy roads, beautiful views, ancient cave paintings, the mission, good wine, n amazing friends! Santa Barbara was RRrrrrad.

Entry #183: Brooklyn

Ahhh.. saw the following on a recent last minute New York jaunt. A cliche neatness, I suppose.

Entry #182: Desktop Cleaning

I am cleaning my work computer. Below are images I have right click+save.