revelation!

Have you ever been given a riddle of some sort, and it proves usolvable, and when you finally discover the answer, you realize the only reason you could not solve it was for its deceptive simplicity? This often occurs with me, and last Saturday, it did so again: I was in my first "Intro to Archives" class and during the introduction we were asked to discuss why we were interested in Library Science and Archives. I didn't give it a lot of thought, as my interest seemed fairly evident: I like books, librarians are often fascinating people, I am a generalist at heart, etc.; however, riding BART back home, just standing there trying to keep my balance without touching what-I-always-consider-gross-hand-rails, my mind had a chance to settle down a bit and offer up what I think may be the real answer: comic books.

Since I was seven, I have collected comic books without pause. I have sorted them, protected them with protective sleeves and back-boards, organized them in long white comic book boxes, and have figured my way through countless cross-overs, alternate universes, identity switcheroos, and the ever-ephermeral creative teams for any given title. I have very much enjoyed the organizational principle so vital to my collecting. It is this very simple, but long-lived, passion that, I think, ultimately fueled the engine carrying me to Library Science.

And, it appears, I am not the only one. Check out BadLibrarianship. Tres fantastique.

re:ignition

Dude! My friend and tattoo artist, Dave Moore of True Love Tattoo told me he was in a band, so of course I went to listen to them, and they are rad! They sound really tight and remind me a little of the good ol' days of Soundgarden. Who knew Dave, who is a really soft-spoken guy, had such a set of pipes on him?!

freakshow, or self-portrait.

Check it y'all: Ammie and I had our good friend Jon Stich paint us a portrait. And damn it looks fine. Check it out on his site:

http://www.jonstich.com/

Look under illustrations, the title for the piece is Freakshow.

It's hanging over our couch, right now.

Shinden Fudo Ryu - Gekkan

Just thought I'd add this. I saw the clip tonight, and thought it well-done. I like how Sean isn't blasting in with a kick to the uke; instead, he just places his leg there, almost like an obstacle, which folds the uke over. Very smooth.

Sean Askew performs Gekkan from the Bujinkan Dojo's Shinden Fudo Ryu Jutaijutsu.

The Philosophical Zombie

Dude! I am so excited to have ordered Th e Undead and Philosophy! (Which you can order from my bookstore, Diesel, A Bookstore).


Kasey Silem Mohammad is not only a great poet and thinker, but is one of the foremost zombieologists / necrophycists in the U.S.--perhaps the world. When the zombies invade from below (or perhaps from the deeps of space) I could do no better than to have Kasey by my side. Barring the actual person, The Undead and Philosophy might be next best for its assuredly insightful illumination of the undead existential-state.

East Bay Buyu has arrived

Well, I wanted to train more often, and so asked permission to start a Oakland study group for Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu--the art that I have been playing with, fighting with, conceptualizing, becoming frustrated with, and most of all, absolutely loving for the last five or so years. My teacher, Dale Seago, granted said permission and now, hurray, I can train more and do my best to bring this training to the Oakland area.

Check out the site at: www.eastbaybuyu.org.

Yeah!

my first time with CSS...

Wow! My first website using CSS! And it's all hand-coded! Yippee!

Just like a good relationship, you've got to put a lot of time in and not take any shortcuts. That menas no fancy-pants editing software. No Dr. Phil. Just me, my page, and a lot of work.

Check it out at:

http://senna.sjsu.edu/dfaires/trevor/week5/eastbaybudo.htm


Sweet!