Archive for March, 2008
weekly top 5
Bloc Party – Silent Alarm Belle & Sebastian – Tigermilk TV on the Radio – Desperate Youth and Bloodthirsty Babes Bjork – Medulla Ani Difranco – So Much Shouting, So Much Laughing
political poetry
One of my professors was astonished when I said I didn’t read a lot of poetry and gave me a short book of poems by Robinson Jeffers to read. So far, it’s incredible. Shine, Perishing Republic is one of my favorites. While this America settles in the mould of its vulgarity, heavily thickening to empire, […]
Spring Break 2008 – Day 2
Day two was way more fun. We did a little early morning botanizing around our campsite in San Simeon, then jumped in the car again. We drove just a little ways to Point Piedras Blancas and hung out at the beach with the seals for a few hours. This one was waving his flipper a […]
Spring break 2008, Day 1 continued: Mohave desert stop
Plants from the stop on day one near the Granite Mountains: A species of Phacelia with pretty cool photoactive compounds. If you touch the plant and then are exposed to the sun, you get a wicked rash. I refrained from touching it. I was really excited about Isomeris arborea, which is a member of the […]
Spring Break 2008 – Day 1
For spring break, I went on a trip with my school’s Botany Club. We drove through the desert to Big Sur, then down along the coast to Santa Barbara. There was a great deal of botanizing. We all made it to the meeting point at 5AM and miraculously managed to fit all of our stuff […]
coming soon…
My spring break was full of ocean and incredible plants and wonderful botanists. Details will be posted shortly. Until then, I’ve got math to do!
weekly top 5
Mosquitos – Sunshine Barato Cat Power – Moon Pix Placebo – Sleeping with Ghosts Peaches – Fatherfucker The Mars Volta – Frances the Mute