Infinity...whoa!

To put a price on the most beautiful work of art to ever exist...One man paid $25 million to go into space for 14 days.

What an incredible scene to witness! What a feeling to experience! Weightlessness! Stars! The infinite darkness of the universe! Yet...our source of light..

The Sun.
Our source of light.
Heat.
Sun burns.
Vitamin D.
Happiness.
Squints.
Freckles.

I wonder how many more years the sun will survive. Like everything else in this world, it must have a beginning and an end! So many people ask "How old is the earth?" But who asks how old the sun is? An average main sequence star shines for 10 billion years until it starts to spread out and dim, aka a Red Giant. How much bigger will the sun be when it's a Red Giant? Will we, or whatever inhabits the earth at the time, be a part of a new era? An ice age? Or become extinct because of the harsh conditions? When the Red Giant phase is over and the sun is a planetary nebula....Mamma mia!!!!! How beautiful! A nebular explosion so close to us, so colorful and mysterious. Would the earth and the other planets in orbit around the sun be destroyed? Or would they no longer orbit the sun and just... float in space? Whoa. Floating in space is such a weird concept to grasp. When I think of the universe I think of it infinitely horizontal, I don't really think about it being infinitely vertical. Not that there is an up or down in space. Technically there isn't even an up or down that is consistent.. down all points to the center of the earth so why don't we call it.."core" ? Up always points out to the sky, to infinity and beyond! So why not call "up" something else? Yeah I know, it's easy. Up and Down. But. But... I don't have anything else to say.

Breakfast at Sarathan

Day 3 at Sarathan Records:

I was running a little late today. I packed up my lunch,.. and some more food for breakfast. As I walked from 3rd & Union up to Howell and Minor, I couldn't help but smile and say G'mornin'! to passersby. The sun was bright and shining!, sidewalks began to fill with with business people, homeless awoke from their slumber, tourists lugged around roley-suitcases sporting goofy visors or cameras around their necks. I just continued walking my many blocks from the busstop full of happiness or joy or whatever you'd like to call it. Contentment, maybe that's a better word.

I arrived at the office, climbed the stairs, but my junk on my desk and kept walking right out to the back porch. I pulled out a bag of fresh strawberries and my favorite Red Raspberry Yoplait yogurt. Glancing out at the Seattle skyline I felt pretty stinkin' good about my life. I love it.

I enjoyed breakfast at Sarathan and began to get to work at my desk as the sun kept rising into the almost-cloudless sky.

re: If we were all naked

After watching the video for Sigur Ros' new song "Gobbledigook", I was reminded of a blog I posted back in April (If we were all naked).

These people,.. they look so happy. If it resembles anything of what it would be like to live in a nudist colony, count me in.

To view the video, and get a free song download of "Gobbledigook", go to http://www.sigurros.com/dvd3.asp.

In any case, the rest of the Sigur Ros album is absolutely FANTASTIC. I cannot wait for it to be released so I can own a copy!

Pointless rambling

I can't believe it's June already! I've been home for about 3 weeks and I have done 50 different deep-clean/re-organize/donate-stuff days. Yeah not really 50 but I feel like I shouldn't have to do this so often. My new theory is that I should be able to pack everything in my room when I move out and not leave anything behind for my family to have to deal with; to get rid of everything that I won't need if I moved out. Each time I do this it's easier to let go of the really lame things I have no use for. I think rearranging my room helped a lot because then I had to create a new space for everything in my room... I couldn't just leave the most of it wherever it was.

I have a few more bags and boxes to conquer before I move onto my bookshelf, and then back to my closet. I have donated clothes countless times over this last year but I still have stuff I don't wear. All my old art from high school... some of it great art, some of it just practice and not worthy of showing off.

My bookshelf will be difficult. Which books do I leave behind and which do I keep for when I am building my own library? What about all my cd cases... They are fine where they are, I just have a few cds that I really wouldn't mind throwing in the garbage.

I have found that boxes and extra compartments for organizing just drive me nuts! I feel like I keep more things when I have these extra storage places. No need! Get rid of it!!!!! I have a box that I have been throwing stuff in just because it doesn't belong anywhere. I have a bag full of some things I don't need now but will need when I have my own place, ie measuring cups, Halloween decorations, bubbles...Bubbles? hah yeah I don't know but I feel like one day I'll need some.

Another thing to clean? My walls! Yes my walls. Oi. I have so many posters I can't take them down cuz they'd have nowhere to go. Okay I don't feel like rambling anymore. I'm done.