here's my view right now:
like my skull socks?
it got all cold yesterday and started pouring rain. luckily today was clear, but it got cold. met sherry for lunch at a new restaurant - italian - and then we walked around nan cang lu for a good couple hours, investigating the shops that jer and frank went spastic on last weekend. consensus - the majority of this stuff is coughed up from shen zhen or somewhere else in manufacturingland, china, but we did find the cool t-shirt place where they had their little commerce party (best shop on the street i'd say) but the cool t-shirts were mostly for boys. not that that's ever stopped me, but i was feeling look-y and not buy-y.
then off to yoga. i intentionally waited for bill's class - bill arce. he's my favorite. half stern and half soft - and really knows exactly what to say to get you in the right posture, and motivated. usually after yoga i like to go home and fall flat on my face, but i'd promised to show at sherry's free appetizer event at dlc, and, well, how can you argue with free food? met and re-met some of her peeps, froze my tush on the terrace (it was a bbq), then sherry and i headed down into the warmth to have an energetic and impromptu discussion on upcoming party ideas and creative endeavors.
i was just writing my friend erik about the conversation, actually. it was one of those discussions that makes you all energetic and inspired and positive that there are so many things out there that need to be done, and you - quite possibly - might be the one to do them. it's one of the things that i like about living here - just simple ideas like gathering friends or designing t-shirts seems so much more interesting and accessible here. at home i engage 400% in naysayery. i'm the first one to show up dressed as myself to a costume party. i think themes are dumb. what have you. but being here is almost like being given permission to try someone else on for size - little inclinations that you may have had before can be cultivated into full-blown interests. i can leave my snotty normal persona behind and perhaps either discover something new about myself (i know, cheese ball) or nurture a part of myself that i would have never known existed. it's a subtle change that you won't notice until you leave where you are.
ok, we're about 2/3 complete. i'm SO tired. please hurry.
sad to report that cyn's pics of vietnam died with her hard drive. i've backed up most of my stuff, but not my music. will be needing to do that. i was looking forward to getting her pics since i took a lot of rock-climbing ones on her camera. shucks.
here's an old pic from back in october. alvin and i getting ready for the shark dive:
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can you tell i'm trying to keep myself awake? 3/4 done now.
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