ah, to be back.. this morning i tried to update to (e:strip) while i was waiting at jfk airport, since jetblue has this new wifi connection theyre touting, but it did not work. i was excited to be updating from an airport, but i repeat, it didn't work. oh well.

anyways i wasnt expecting it to be so warm outside. its so nice. im thinking about jumping on my bike, i can't remember when was the last time i used it was. but to be here all of the sudden, so many things to do. what to do first?

ah, nothing of significance to say at this moment. all sorts of colors and shapes and unwritten words come to mind. righty-o

i just can't stay away from the computer. i flipped open my laptop to do some work, and lo and behold, this place has a wireless connection.

anyways, im at a berkeley co-op house that totally rocks. there's a treehouse outside, built in a way that didn't require cutting any part of the tree, and doesn't impede the tree's growth. but the entire house feels like a treehouse, with all these nooks and crannies everywhere. there's the bubble room, which is a tiny half-room with a huge bubble window overlooking the city. a bike workshop and then the sauna in the basement. i'm so inspired, i can't wait til the buffalo co-op house gets goin.

earlier today we visited another house, where a group of 11 people are jacking up a their house so they can build below the house, as well as above the house. there's a stack of wooden pieces underneath the house holding it up, jenga style. here's are pictures of the jack-up process... (http://barringtoncollective.org/roots/lift.html). besides all the crazy construction, they've just finished building a chicken coop, they have a beautiful yard where everyone's got tents pitched, and there's a geodesic dome, all of the last two covered with liberated billboards.
its pretty amazing what theyre trying to do there, they're basically building a house around an existing house.

i wanna stop by the eucalyptus grove on the way to the co-op that we're staying at. at that house, we're in the 'penthouse' thats lined with windows. the sun will wake us up tomorrow. ok, enough about co-ops..

so a county in new mexico opened its county clerks office doors to same sex marriage. i dno if this is news back home. but here's the (http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/02/20/samesex.marriage.nm.ap/).

one day more.. i can't wait to be home..

for lots and lots of reasons..

(but this suing the state thing is great. does anyone remember the antimiscegenation laws? it wasn't that long ago that interracial marriage was illegal..
(http://www-personal.umich.edu/~kdown/loving.html))

anyways back to what i was sayin. if my heart wasnt in ny and bflo and nyc i think id want to stay here. good thing i have a few more days to get over my crush.

as i finish writing this, the song 'come back from san francisco' just came on. 'come back from san francisco/ it can't be all that pretty/ when all of nyc misses you.' hmm.. anyways i hope everyone is snuggling and keeping warm in b-lo and on da elmwood strip

i think I've eaten too many ghirardelli chocolate non-pareils. we were sposed to leave here about 15 minutes ago, but then i discovered an internet connection (thanks, anonymous computer geeker with your wireless connection). i am writing from san franscisco right now, its actually only about 9:something pm here.

sf rocks for so many reasons.. its fun for me to be in the chinatown and see so many later-generations of chinese-americans, not just first generation folks. so many older chinese folks who speak perfect english. its not quite as common in nyc's chinatown. tomorrow we're gna hit japantown. how many cities can claim to have one of those?

i dno if any of you kept up with the news as of late, but they're still granting marriage licenses for "same-sex" marriages at city hall here. they've already married over 2,600 at the start of today, and since two different judges have not ruled to stop city hall officials from doing so, the mayor has pledged to grant licenses until the end of this week (when the next hearing takes place). damn conservative religious groups.. we went to city hall today, and witnessed four couples getting married. it seems like theyre so overloaded with people getting married, they're just marrying all over the lobby and grand staircase of the very beautiful city hall. it was so nice to witness..

time fo' eats foos

and the way they ___k they were made to let each other down.

two things i'll be missing but you really shouldn't..

7:00 p. m. Friday evening February 20 at the Market Arcade a special presentation in the Buffalo Film Seminars: Errol Morris's Academy Award-nominated documentary film Fog of War (2003) (watch the trailer )

It is the story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. One of the most controversial and influential figures in world politics, he takes us on an insider's view of the seminal events of the 20th Century.

From the firebombing of 100,000 Japanese civilians in Tokyo in 1945 to the brink of nuclear catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis to the devastating effects of the Vietnam War, The Fog of War examines the psychology and reasoning of the government decision-makers who send men to war. How were decisions made and for what reason? What can we learn from these historical events?

As American forces occupy Iraq and the possibility of additional military conflict looms large, The Fog of War is essential viewing for anyone who wants to understand how the American government justifies the use of military force. Combining extraordinary archival footage, recreations, newly declassified White House recordings, and an original score by the Oscar nominated composer, Philip Glass, the film is a disquieting and powerful essay on war, rationality, and human nature.

Diane Christian and Bruce Jackson will introduce the film for a few minutes at 7:00 sharp, we’ll watch it, take a short break, and then talk about it with whoever wants to join us.

For more information on Fog of War:

Sony Classics Fog of War website

Errol Morris's website



even tho people didn't dance at soundlab, she's back..

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 22ND
TRACY + THE PLASTICS

new media punk by lesbian feminist video artist, Wynne Greenwood. Wynne performs as all members in the form of video projections.

+ The Painted Ladies (yeah!) and The Sweater Kittens
@ Access Community Infoshop, 6PM, $6

Located at 3180 Main St. near the University at Buffalo's South Campus right next to the intersection of Windspear and Main Street

email yourtongueandachainsaw@yahoo.com w/ questions.

this has got us laughing as of late (http://media.ebaumsworld.com/gijoe-reggae.mov).

and knowing is half the battle... (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/gijoe.html)

fire on your sleeve, there's more... (http://www.fenslerfilm.com/?sec=video)

more than 50 gay couples are married in san francisco (http://nytimes.com/2004/02/13/national/13CALI.html)

[since im not saavy enough to get a sound file up, you ll just have to imagine you can hear this one. rock out to it if you can]

"take a look around i bet you don't know who you are surrounded in closed in spaces while you wait it's the kind of thing when you think that you've already made it it's a set up a kind of unsettled feeling you wanna let it get to you well i think that i believe it i don't know if i'd deceive it baby i would go anywhere i can't fake it i won't make it if you tell me take me with you baby i would go anywhere with you when you go out late walking everywhere you've never before felt the strength of a hundred thousand million people it's the kind of thing when you need just to have someone tell you you're worth it all girl you've got a lot of style just one just close the door tonight it sounds like if the time was right we could stay here all our lives just close the door tonight it's the kind of thing when you think it could be really nice and you realize things have changed since you've been gone since you've been gone"

let the world collapse and fall

i can't sit still long enough to concentrate on anything yet lately i am not in town long enough to do anything meaningful. every time i'm ready to get settled, it's time to pick up and leave again.

let it sink and let it shudder

today i am going to pick up my camera and use it.

all the words that i will utter

i am inspired by the fact that it doesn't get darker til later in the day and that it hasn't seemed as cold cold lately.

in hopes your love will soon discover

people seem to be coming out of hibernation and things are slowly picking up. slowly but surely.