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Christmas Lists
Christmas makes me crabby. I feel bullied into making the December holidays happy for everyone I encounter. I get resentful. I get depressed and furious with myself because I am not living up to an ideal I don’t even believe in. I hate that. So this year, I sat down before I became overwhelmed and…
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WHD Dance 2011
It’s done! It was a collaborative effort in 11 countries with 41 groups and 317 dancers performing for World Hoop Day on November 11. Such a thrill to see the project grow so big. 2010 saw 17 groups dancing. For 2012, I’d better pick a song that allows me to extend it easily. Organising the…
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Hiroshima
We’ve just returned from a three night trip to Hiroshima-ken. Starting in one of my favorite towns in Japan, Onomichi, we walked hundreds of stairs, took in the sunset view from the hilltop, said hello to the ominous monkeys, noted the economic upturn of the shopping arcades, ate pizza, Onomichi ramen, and Thai food. On…
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Tottori Dunes
Tottori Dunes is the only desert environment in Japan. It’s a funny place, a large expanse of sandy hills with the ocean on one side and mountains on the other. It’s a fifteen minute drive from downtown Tottori. This was not how I expected a desert to be. I imagined that desert had to be…
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Red Quinoa with Green Baba Ganoush and Spinach
I could kick myself for not photographing this, but I wasn’t sure how the dish would turn out and didn’t have a camera handy when I brought it to the table. Moments later Tod, humming happy food noises, asked me to write out the recipe but it was too late for a picture – we’d…
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R.I.P., really.
I surprised myself today; I cried when I read about the death of Steve Jobs. I didn’t know I cared. But on reflection, even though I’d never met him, his work has underpinned 20 years of my work. From Apple IIc to NeXT to my current MacBook Pro, his companies’ hardware and software made my work…
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Accidentally Topless
I brought tape but I forgot scissors so I couldn’t cover my nipples with makeshift pasties as I put on my costume for Sadistic Circus last night. It didn’t seem like a big issue; in rehearsals the snaps had been secure and I wasn’t worried about a wardrobe malfunction but we learn to be careful…
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Visiting the Eye Doctor
I really, really, really hate going to the doctor. I will avoid it at all costs, limping on a sprained joint for months before confirming it isn’t broken, suffering with pain until it gets too bad to ignore, letting a chesty cold turn into bronchitis and even then not going to see a doctor, letting…
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Equinox 2011
Is the equinox the start or the midpoint of the season?
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Technical Drawings
Tod asked me to help him create an illustration of latency for an executive report. I love finding ways to encapsulate complex stuff into drawings, so of course I made some sketches. I think these illustrate the points very well, and also explain why I am not well suited to the corporate world.
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