tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42760331930547387382011-11-27T19:14:03.437-05:00Basho + PorterBasho's owner and her new obsession(s). Porter's owner and her years of intense research.Factotumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01425434067272845742noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276033193054738738.post-71769617339984638622010-06-25T18:03:00.000-04:002010-06-25T18:03:52.648-04:002010-06-25T18:03:52.648-04:00Taking a break...<span style="font-size: large;"></span><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Went to go see <a href="http://sundance.bside.com/2010/films/spotlightsurprise_sundance2010">Exit Through the Gift Shop</a> last night. Liked it a lot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: right;"> John Underkoffler points to <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/john_underkoffler_drive_3d_data_with_a_gesture.html">the future of UI</a></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">USB slot in a</span></span><a href="http://lifehacker.com/5551253/the-u+socket-charges-usb-devices-without-an-adapter"> power socket</a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: right;">Remember the <a href="http://ffffound.com/image/96dd6363668e2ae29b5551db9b504bc509247d4e">album cover</a>?</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4276033193054738738-7646842018386204645?l=bashoblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/TAwSv02azGI/AAAAAAAACHQ/Q4WNMm_nW3k/s1600/Picture+6.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/TAwSv02azGI/AAAAAAAACHQ/Q4WNMm_nW3k/s200/Picture+6.png" width="195" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Over to Madison. I never get tired of admiring all of the window dressing in the shops. (I stopped in my tracks and stared at <a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/go-for-broke-akriss-ai-bag/">this handbag</a> for a good few minutes.)<br />
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I used to work at a gym on 57th and Madison, called Punch. It was just down the street from the CNBC studios. Maria Bartiromo used to work out there. There was a SBUX on the corner, but there was a much better coffee place on the south side of 57th -- called the Juan Valdez Cafe. Much hipper, with excellent iced coffee. A Hammacher Schlemmer was on the first floor of the building where the gym was.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">All of it is gone. All of it. The gym, the Starbucks, Juan Valdez, Hammacher Schlemmer. All gone. In just 4 years, all of it is gone. All of this sameness -- and then DIFFERENTNESS. My mouth is actually hanging open as I look at these four corners.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I remember having to walk another block up Madison to get the 6. I always passed Bloomingdales. Thank goodness, and I can exhale. After 150 years, Bloomingdales is still here.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: #444444; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">np:</span></div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jung, wavelord</span></div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">O Quanta Qualia, Azam Ali</span></div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Absurd, Fluke</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: right;">_______________________________________</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">p.s.<br />
After I wrote this, I saw this sign. Whew, that was close...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/TAwNfsvPURI/AAAAAAAACGw/wFAbtfzNkPM/s1600/juan-valdez-cafe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/TAwNfsvPURI/AAAAAAAACGw/wFAbtfzNkPM/s200/juan-valdez-cafe.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4276033193054738738-3967141225050011327?l=bashoblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/TAv-iC90yaI/AAAAAAAACGQ/ZxZxvIaJNwk/s1600/0602001852a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/TAv-iC90yaI/AAAAAAAACGQ/ZxZxvIaJNwk/s320/0602001852a.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"> [via cell 2nd and 51st]</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
Okay, so I am totally completely loving my dining experience. Mother grilling her son about his job on my left, senior execs talking about online dating to my right. Taxis, dogs and strollers whizzing in front of me. The waiter can tell by looking at my martini that it is not dirty enough, but it tastes fantastic anyway.<br />
<div style="color: #444444; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">np:</span></div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Our Transformation, The Joy of Disease</span></div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tangambara, Ali Farka Toure</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">Oh Yeah, Can</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4276033193054738738-479312824578205358?l=bashoblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/TAGCNaeehaI/AAAAAAAACFg/to2ZX4tJoKI/s1600/27947_938566408239_817860_51975460_1442305_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/TAGCNaeehaI/AAAAAAAACFg/to2ZX4tJoKI/s320/27947_938566408239_817860_51975460_1442305_n.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Pretty little piggies at <a href="http://www.grayhorsefarm.org/">Gray Horse Farm</a>. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;">We went to Gray Horse Farm today to buy local and organic.<br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-size: xx-small;">[I haven't eaten meat since 1988, so I was able to play with all of the animals and not feel guilty.]</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-size: xx-small;"> </span> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;">RIP <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/movies/30hopper.html">Dennis Hopper</a>.<br />
The <a href="http://twelvesouth.com/products/bookbook/">BookBook</a>.<br />
<a href="http://friendsofirony.com/">Friends of Irony</a> is my new favorite website. <br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">And here are more pictures of piggies.</div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/TAGDfLE6d5I/AAAAAAAACFo/-wzm1ydz7bU/s1600/sleepy+piggy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/TAGDfLE6d5I/AAAAAAAACFo/-wzm1ydz7bU/s320/sleepy+piggy.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">Here's a sleepy piggy...</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/TAGD28gfgHI/AAAAAAAACFw/wXEiUc3Vya0/s1600/hungry+piggies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/TAGD28gfgHI/AAAAAAAACFw/wXEiUc3Vya0/s320/hungry+piggies.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">...and here are some hungry piggies.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">p.s. - Thanks to my friend Yan for taking these great pictures!</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4276033193054738738-9165508496125385415?l=bashoblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S_Bu3pwHCNI/AAAAAAAACFQ/f12FvgGfqZ8/s1600/ricky_powell_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S_Bu3pwHCNI/AAAAAAAACFQ/f12FvgGfqZ8/s320/ricky_powell_02.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[<a href="http://www.booooooom.com/2010/05/10/street-photographer-ricky-powell-fortune-sound-club-vancouver/">via</a>]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4276033193054738738-2252934046403740015?l=bashoblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S_HRBQRpjbI/AAAAAAAACFY/jYWt6_uv3iM/s1600/woman-in-balck-2-500x666.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S_HRBQRpjbI/AAAAAAAACFY/jYWt6_uv3iM/s320/woman-in-balck-2-500x666.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.granpaparazzi.com/2010/05/black-lace-tights/">[via]</a></span><br />
<div style="color: #666666; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">np:</span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Heart's Filthy Lesson, David Bowie</span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In the Waiting Line, Zero 7</span></div><div style="color: #666666; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ibuki Reconstruction, Kodo (w/ DJ Krush)</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S_Bo6yBTxaI/AAAAAAAACFI/1aG807jlZzQ/s1600/20100506-security.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S_Bo6yBTxaI/AAAAAAAACFI/1aG807jlZzQ/s320/20100506-security.png" /></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">[<a href="http://matadorabroad.com/how-airport-security-changes-your-mood-when-travelin/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MatadorStudy+%28Matador+Abroad%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">via</a>]</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">np:</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rumba Rumbero, Desi Arnaz & His Orchestra</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Juke, Little Walter</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mighty Long Time, Sonny Boy Williamson </span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">np:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Round World Mambo #2, Alfredito & His Orchestra</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">How I Got Over, Clara Ward</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">You've Got to Move, Fairfield Four</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S-3Y4grP7KI/AAAAAAAACD4/D6C9oktngLs/s1600/lissyelle4-550x550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S-3Y4grP7KI/AAAAAAAACD4/D6C9oktngLs/s320/lissyelle4-550x550.jpg" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[<a href="http://www.fubiz.net/2010/04/02/lissy-elle/">via</a>]</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: right;">Masaaaaaages. I vow to have one a week. Heaven.<br />
<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/peter-stanford-how-to-change-your-life-in-five-minutes-a-day-go-outside-1969209.html">A dose of spring</a><br />
Simulated swimming pool with a <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/05/simulated_swimming_pool_with_room_i.html">room inside</a>.<br />
<a href="http://www.thisblogrules.com/2010/05/the-street-art-in-brazil-is-continuing-to-amuse-people.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThisBlogRules+%28This+Blog+Rules%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">Very smart street art</a> from Brazil.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">I sent out a what-the-heck email to invite friends </div><div style="text-align: left;">to sit on my deck and be lazy. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Everyone said yes. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Yay.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S-3ipbAfABI/AAAAAAAACEY/B_AYPM4d9WI/s1600/822011259617962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S-3ipbAfABI/AAAAAAAACEY/B_AYPM4d9WI/s320/822011259617962.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">More <a href="http://www.behance.net/Gallery/shoesn-food/241359">here</a>.</span></div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">np:</span></div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tito Timbero, Tito Puente & His Orchestra</span></div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">kungfusion, Charles Earland</span></div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Amapola, Danna Durbin</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4276033193054738738-6093985437849479013?l=bashoblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Guess what these are made from?</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And last, but not least -- DIY Hermes Kelly bags</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S-3f15O5reI/AAAAAAAACEQ/nxoGwZ3Uiwk/s1600/hermeskellybag_paperversions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S-3f15O5reI/AAAAAAAACEQ/nxoGwZ3Uiwk/s320/hermeskellybag_paperversions.jpg" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[<a href="http://coquette.blogs.com/coquette/2008/05/diy-paper-herms.html">via</a>]</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I really think I'm going to make one of these. Maybe out of Tyvek. I bet it will last! It has to be in Kelly green, though. Don't you think?<br />
<div style="color: #444444; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">np:</span></div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Zoo-Baba-Da-Oo-Ee, Lionel Hampton</span></div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rib Tips, Rufus Gore</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">Shake Hands with your Mother Today, The Blue Sky Boys</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4276033193054738738-750918483434608274?l=bashoblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><div style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[1] Meadow Pomegran-It mobile - <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/42390652/meadow-pomegran-it-mobile">pomlove</a></span></div><div style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[2] Chartreuse blown-glass vase - <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/44091338/chartreuse-green-and-white-blown-glass?ref=sr_gallery_23&ga_search_query=chartreuse+green+and+white+glass&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title">corporanglass</a></span></div><div style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[3] Vegan flats in apple green - <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/37924172/size-7-75-ready-to-ship-vegan-flats-in?ref=sr_gallery_6&ga_search_query=size+7-7.5+ready+to&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title">thegeneration</a></span></div><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">[4] Jar Full of Wishes - <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/46007831/jar-full-of-wishes-fine-art-photograph?ref=fp_feat_2">pretty petal studio</a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4276033193054738738-4485990597607496168?l=bashoblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Goodness, I've been cranky this past week.</div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;">Art made from <a href="http://teatoastblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/vik-muniz.html">yummy media</a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;"><a href="http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/godsofbusiness/">The Gods of Business</a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;">EVERYTHING in the <a href="http://www.jonathanadler.com/index.php">Jonathan Adler store</a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;">This <a href="http://www.highsnobette.com/news/2009/03/04/karl-lagerfeld-bag/image_slide_show_new_46058/">Karl Lagerfeld bag</a><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And a quiet, rainy day at home. Divine.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4276033193054738738-1451924896186718639?l=bashoblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Do any of you ever get migraines? Do you get the weird light show beforehand? I always do. It's a very strange series of black-on-black images. I always notice it when my eyes are closed. As soon as my eyes are closed, a frenetic, morphing laser show starts. Sometimes they are swirls of bubbly things or things look like they are bubble-wrapped. Lately it's been very sharp, geometric patterns that change very quickly.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S-TUAaCQytI/AAAAAAAACAw/4RCyQ7z_fUY/s1600/perfect1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S-TUAaCQytI/AAAAAAAACAw/4RCyQ7z_fUY/s320/perfect1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Imagine this animated.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> [<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cats_mom/sets/72157606873385450/">via</a>] [1]</span></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One time it looked like an animated Keith Herring painting, but all the little people were Bart Simpson. (Did you know they put Bart Simpson's image on acid blotter paper for a while?)</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There are hundreds of years of <a href="http://www.headaches.org/NHF_Programs/Migraine_Masterpieces/Gallery_2003">very beautiful art</a> that has come out of these bizarre visions. I find it incredibly fascinating.<br />
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Of course, a migraine isn't all fun and games. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S-N6ZjVjU7I/AAAAAAAACAY/c_yZ-s074Os/s1600/blast+apart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S-N6ZjVjU7I/AAAAAAAACAY/c_yZ-s074Os/s320/blast+apart.jpg" width="320" /></a>Vertigo with lateral eye movement is a big drag. Especially if you are trying to change lanes on a highway.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">Nausea's not so great. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div style="text-align: left;">Oh yeah, and the pain is kind of a drag.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S-TXEmnMbuI/AAAAAAAACA4/18vM8i1hXxU/s1600/moledor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="125" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S-TXEmnMbuI/AAAAAAAACA4/18vM8i1hXxU/s400/moledor.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">[<a href="http://www.headaches.org/NHF_Programs/Migraine_Masterpieces/Gallery_2003">via</a>]</span></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
Not that I'm complaining. There are far worse conditions and far worse migraines than what I have. I like to think about it objectively: how the mechanics of the brain just go awry (in this case, blood rushing through a suddenly-dilated vien) and then all of a sudden, you see Laser Floyd in your brain.<br />
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And the most fascinating part is that my favorite substance in the world is an FDA-approved remedy: <i>caffeine</i>. <span style="font-size: x-small;">[insert divine birdsong]</span><br />
<div style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">__________________</span></div><div style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">[1] I downloaded this pic from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cats_mom/sets/72157606873385450/">an incredible flickr set</a> by a woman who suffers from migraines. It illustrates what I cannot describe. In order to represent what I see, I desaturated the picture and reduced the contrast.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4276033193054738738-2339500056523687378?l=bashoblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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And now for something much more pleasant...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S94jqqKdfHI/AAAAAAAACAA/VqQmnJDrXb4/s1600/melting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TIhLRLvck04/S94jqqKdfHI/AAAAAAAACAA/VqQmnJDrXb4/s400/melting.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[<a href="http://www.sivacracy.net/2007/08/">via</a>]</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;">From 50F to 90F in one day.<br />
This weather keeps me in a constant state of inelegance. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;">I so wish I had somewhere to wear <a href="http://hautemacabre.com/2010/04/verlaine-aw-2010/">these gorgeous outfits</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=facebook&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dtB3fNl5xMlQHDM-URhUBDen4EXSM&ei=pyHeS7PAFMKblgeot6X9Cg&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&cd=1&resnum=4&ved=0CF4QqgIoADAD">Facebook</a> is getting on my damn nerve.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;">Right now, I want to live <a href="http://www.icehotel.com/uk/ICEHOTEL/Art-design/2010/Contemplation-Garden-Suite/">here</a>. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: right;"><br />
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