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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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A Dam Walk
After a couple of days of migraine, I needed a chance to breathe fresh air, so Tod & I took the train to Okutama on Sunday. We asked at the sightseeing office about local highlights and they suggested we head a little way out of town to the Ogouchi Dam. I think there may be some spectacular…
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Jumping Grandma
The Frisk campaign launched on 9/1 and a friend spotted me on the train that very day. The next day, I found myself on the Yamanote line with Heather….and there I was, leaping for Frisk. My tattoo has been Photoshopped out and I’m wearing a white wig and some daggy clothes, so it looks nothing…
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The Epic Saturday
August 13th was definitely my biggest day of 2011. In the morning, I led a hoop workshop, Finding Flow, for seven delightful hoopers at the Ephrata Performing Arts Center. I loved teaching my first hoop workshop in the US. Before the hoopers turned up, my cousin Chris and his family appeared at the theatre. They…
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