+marginal revolution: blog by smart economists
+tea sketches: soak a teabag, slap it down on a piece of paper, and make a picture out of it.
+leonard cohen, the new spoon album, and the new tegan and sara
-commuting

as long time lover of plaid i could spend all day on this thing: tartan maker
make your own plaid backgrounds, any color! any size stripes!

gawker is ranking the most annoying liberal arts colleges in america! and i think its hilarious

BACK from the Gulf of Mexico.
tanner, less tired, happy to be back
-work tomorrow
+istanbul
+morocco
+wanting to travel more
-no money
+ up and down with the rollingstones by tony sanchez
-6'30 wakeup

I don't know how I feel about this...but I certainly don't hate it.

Chinese prision inmates performing their rendition of Michael Jackson's "Thriller"

via gawker

life today:
cleaning/packing
this jose gonzalez video:

discovering ted.com-- a talk on soft.ware.

+propaganda posters from the mao regime.
maopost.com

okapistudio.com

-if i dont go to the beach soon i'm gonna die.
-someone go hiking with me too.
+good mexican food last night
+friends with porches.
ok.
however, the most important objective right now: i need a sandwich.

photopost

summer

+fireworks/bonfires/ice cream/hiking/cold tea
+reworking little red riding hood into modern graphic elements
+reading WHY WE CAN'T WAIT by MLKjr
+libraries! (the underused resource of america!)
+thinking of songs as landscapes (seriously, try and picture your favorite song as a place not a transient sound)
+new ryan adams, new tegan and sarah coming
-not getting enough sleep
-not finding any new music terribly exciting
-being disenchanted by NYNY