Salmonella is in your peanut butter

This peanut is going to be the end of civilization as we know it... or pb & j's and snickers bars.

take back the night tshirt draft

here are two different versions.
hopefully you like one of them, which one?
what should i change?
also, what colors? I was thinking white ink on black tees (glow in the dark?!), but there are lots of other fun combinations. like pink on purple... maybe that's not too gender neutral.
anyhow, excited to hear what you think :D

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mai 68

This is awesome, like as awesome as quantum science. I was watching clips of french new wave film on youtube since i left my dvds at school. This clip came across my path:

The clever slogan "pas de flics des films.." caught my attention. It translates to something like "films not cops" (i don't know french, so appoligizes for mistranslations). I'm a sucker for those slogans such as "make tea not war" & "make awkward sexual advances not war."
Next I consulted Wikipedia, naturally, to get some more background. I vaguely remembered learning about the social unrest of the late 60's & 70's in France, vaguely...
What I find particularly incredible, aside from the outpouring of political graphic art that was produced by the students, is the use of expression & voice & mind. Wait! Nay, not even that. I find it delightful and refreshing and reassuring, ect. ect. that STUDENTS, young people were doing something. They were not only questioning convention, but in general life and the sense we are told to make of it and then what actually makes sense. The students acknowledge the nonsensical violence that the police and government blindly unleashed on peaceful protesters. The hypocrisy of a government that does not at all protect its citizens or their human rights & instead responds with force.

“The police post themselves at the School of Fine Arts – the Fine Arts’ students poster the streets.”

Here is some more art from the protests. It's soooo good! Let's bring this type of expression back. I'm tired of design for designs sake. I want purpose, humor, & expression.

“A youth disturbed too often by the future.”


"Return to normal."

Lastly, I stumbled upon this website that sells gorgeous reprints of so so many of the may 68 posters and everyone's favorite british slogan "stay calm and carry on." check it out, and to the (if there is) anyone who reads this blog, feel more than invited to buy me this mug!!!:

reflection 2008, onwards to 2009

2008
8 good moments
spring break, walking across toronto to & fro the deerhoof concert
graduation dinner for cory w/ fay & co.
bike ride e. lansing to charlevoix








exploring the abandon cinema

fall alleycats & group rides

finally going to the msu planetarium!!
fl family vaction, disney world the "happiest place on earth"












all times spent star gazing, listening to friends, holding hands, late night walks, and appreciating trees in the fall

8 bad moments

the start of 2008
working elff as a sleep deprived, dehydrated projectionist, ergh
not biking to or.
summer classes
getting out of my lease
certain parts of august and september but you guys got me thru it
having a sinus infect
having a sore throat from mono and not being able to sleep & then sleeping to much (but that wasn't all that bad)


2009
wishes & goals
EAT BETTER. i stopped cooking since moving into the co-ops so as to not deal w. the kitchen & the boredom of eating alone. prepare a week's worth of salad at a time, ect.
TRY NOT TO BUY NEW THINGS. i have too much of everything. i need to downsize so that one day i can move across the country with ease.
DEAL W/ PASSIVITY BY HAVING SOME DAMN ENTHUSIASM. just that. partake in my own life, don't zone out when conversations are happening around me. smile & say hello.

live freely, openly, happily, and without consideration of convention
go abroad
find a home
find a job
adopt a pet (netherland bunny or mini potbelly pig!!)