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in the metro nyc

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this poster was in the subway train i was riding... still don't quite get it. is it a gag ad?

a bird

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ever since i was a child, i've always envied the fact tht birds r so free to fly about, unbound by gravity. for me, the hardest thing is to c them caged, nor their wings clipped. then a frnd back at art center shared this poem by Jacques Prevert with me, i couldn't ever get it out of my mind, it speaks to me about love, patience, freedom, inspiration, life. Pour faire le portrait d'un oiseau (english version here) Peindre d'abord une cage avec une porte ouverte peindre ensuite quelque chose de joli quelque chose de simple quelque chose de beau quelque chose d'utile pour l'oiseau placer ensuite la toile contre un arbre dans un jardin dans un bois ou dans une forêt se cacher derrière l'arbre sans rien dire sans bouger ... Parfois l'oiseau arrive vite mais il peut aussi bien mettre de longues années avant de se décider Ne pas se décourager attendre attendre s'il le faut pendant des années la vitesse ou la lenteur de l'arrivée de l'oiseau n...

sun setting over tpe city

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yet another day... tho it's cold, still very beautiful sunset from my window in tpe.

Living

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On my way home from nice lazy brunch w/frnds here in Tpe, i minivan has ths sign painted on. GO OUTSIDE N ENJOY LIFE! I can't agree more. Ths is the path.

to go

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i am missing nyc and the take out/delivery services of food... esp the take out box itself.

portuguese shipwreck site

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DSC02138 , originally uploaded by pinkasme . in tanegashima. this puts japan in contact w/its first western civilization. this is when they discovered guns, forever changing their world view.

early morning

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DSC02082 , originally uploaded by pinkasme . in tanegashima (3rd island of our trip to japan). as i'm looking at the map of japan, i realized ther's a town/ city? called Miyazaki! sudden revelation....

our tree is up!

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we finally wnt to store n bought the ornaments for our tree ths year. ths yr's theme is red/green (green cuz the boys r just all into ths color) even our top o tree is a green snowflake/star. it's so fun to watch how excited the boys get hanging up the ornaments. and when we all sat down in the dark to light it up, wow, their faces all lit up too! we will try to fit time in for them to paint their keepsake ornament for ths year this weekend. also we'll hv a popcorn stringing day. chris asked for ginger cookies. will try to bake tht next week. we'r planning wht to make for x'mas dinner. should b quite fun. frank just arrived tonite from cali. it'll b a full house for x'mas this yr! well, all except for tony's family back in cali. how i miss'em.

Lovely abandoned

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Ths old japanese house stands ther calling 2 me every time i head 2 yoga class. As bachelard talks about our dreams projected at old houses, i dream o the space inside. The ppl tht once occupied it. How space was used. How one wd move in it.

trip to s.japan (Kagoshima/鹿児島, Yakushima/屋久島, & Tanegashima/種子島)

on 12/04, mom's bday, my sister+family, parents, n i wnt on a little trip to japan. very far south, but not quite as far as okinawa. it was a guided, packaged tour we had all agreed upon by accident. my father was talking about going to tokyo for a few days, my mom was talking about her frnd's tour thingy. i fig since it was her bday coming up, n i should b about done w/work by then, i said, ok, i'll go (thinking it's tokyo) but then dad agreed on mom's trip (she has no idea where kagoshima was, etc just tht it was told to her tht it's a nice place) but since dad said he's up for it, even missing work on sunday, i said, ok too. i thought it'll b like b4, w/all their frnds, at least it's private tour. in meantime, i'm swamped w/work, sister's swamed w/work n school n family. somehow, she thought, it'd b nice little bday trip too. so she's agreed to this trip w/out knowing the details also. then as the days drew nearer (it was last minu...