my 22nd birthday day

we should do something!@!!! what? and ideas?

FAY BAINBRIDGE STATE PARK

So Dante and I spoke over the phone, and we thought that it might be worthwhile to make it all the way to La Push over Thanksgiving weekend. As much fun as I thought that would be, I looked at the forecast, and the weather gods said that it should pour for the next week and a half. Also, it takes 3.5 hours to get there, and Matt could not come if we planned for the 25th.

That got me thinking, perhaps we should just go to Fay Bainbridge? We could have a lovely little barbecue (under the kitchen shelters if need be), and then camp out that night. It would cost $21.00 for every 8 people. They also charge an extra $10.00 for each extra vehicle (is there a way around this?)...

I thought we could plan for the night of the 21st, and then my birthday would fall on the 22nd! Woooh! This would start a week from tomorrow, or this coming Monday. That way Matt can come!

Thoughts?

Thanksgiving Break Trip?

We had come up with this idea a bit ago to rent a cabin on Mt. Rainier, part of the Mount Tahoma Trail Association, for a night over the break and ski and/or snow shoe in to enjoy a beautiful night in a beautiful place with some semi beautiful people. Information about the huts can be found HERE, the image above if of high hut, which I was thinking would be our best option, as we could rent the whole thing and the views are incredible. Schedules over the break will vary, and probably not every one will be able to to go, but we should try our best. My thoughts were for the day after Thanksgiving (11/25)

"Zizek!" is a feature documentary exploring the eccentric personality and esoteric work of the "wild man of theory": the eminent Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek.

Dont miss it!!

On November 12th at Bonnie Lake high school I will be competing in the Revolution grappling tournament. I would love for anybody that's interested to come out and see what the worlds most effective martial art is all about. Any one that does come out is required to buy me a beer afterwards if I take first in my weight class. I hope everyone is doing well.

Richard Wolff

heard a really great talk by this man last night but i'd have to pay up some monies to share it with ya'll so hear is another of his. JUST AS RELEVANT

Has anyone heard of Franco Denicola??

Ran across this documentary and tried to watch it...in the end it was too anthropocentric to bear and the people were all white and commercial which felt really fake. It is notable though for what it attempts to tackle...kinda felt like a spiritual zeitgeist kinda film...the underlying structure of ideas felt kind of Buddhist. i feel it has good intentions but some how got trapped in an anthropocentric conception of spirit like it attempts to meld contemporary rational perception over eastern philosophy...I would be curious what other's take would be of this film?? also there is some interesting dialogue on the documentaryheaven version of the film CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT--follow jriley's comments

Joe Rogan DMT

Interesting to listen to a man who has been so widely accepted into the mainstream culture hold this perception

Skiiiiinng

I just got hired as a trip leader for outdoor center(so stoked!)and was assigned to the back country ski trip this quarter. I wanted to let the local peninsula kids know that I will be game for ski trips any time this season to regain my formerly awe inspiring(slightly above average) skiing form.

Just seeds

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Anonymous Expands

The hacking group Anonymous has expanded their work into corporate analytics. Their first piece, published today, reports on the activity of a Chinese agricultural company with 8.5B market capitalization that they claim is a fraud. Here's an overview: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/anonymous-enters-securities-analysis-alleges-hong-kongs-hk-85-billion-chaoda-next-sino-forest. The website the article is on, ZeroHedge, is worth checking out too. They post anonymous blog entries seeking to expose true market trends from the eyes of (anonymous) industry insiders. It's very jargon-dense, but good information.

MUST WATCH....

Ireland and question of the month #2

Late last night I got back from a family vacation in Ireland. Highlights of the trip included getting drunk with my mom and finishing a sprint triathlon. The triathlon ended up happening a day before hurricane Katia made landfall so the race became an exhilarating battle between myself and the elements. It was a very competitive event (most participants had zues thighs, NASA bikes, etc.) so i ended up only getting 84th out of 112 but the experience was still good. As for Ireland itself I must say it is quite dreary, at least geographically speaking. Though I went during the summer most of the days were wet, rainy, and never reached above 60 degrees. The country is almost completely deforested and a major part of their economy revolves around livestock. The effect of this is that Ireland looks and feels like the worlds largest pasture. Perhaps to compensate for the drab landscape the native music and drinking culture is quite lively. Upon arriving at a small island village we asked a cab driver if he would give us a ride to our cottage after we first explored the town. Through a barely intelligible accent he agreed and said we should meet him at the pub (pronounced poob) when we were ready. When we finally went to the poob he had three empty pints next to him and had just gotten a fourth, though he told us not to worry because he was going to drink it fast so we wouldn't have to wait. On a separate occasion we encountered a wedding during which all the groomsmen were passing around a flask of some strong drink(judging by their facial expressions).
Conclusions: Though rural and quaint I would not suggest spending money or time on getting to Ireland at the expense of other European destinations. If you were in England anyways it might be worthwhile to take a ferry over to Dublin to test yourself in the pubs(the irish drink the most beer per capita in the world) and perhaps a brief cycle trip through the country side.

QUESTION OF THE MONTH # 2
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to teach/describe something that you have been learning. This is an intentionally vague prompt and it could refer to anything, in class learning, out of class learning, learning a skill or knowledge, or perhaps learning outlook. you decide.

Due date >>>>>> October 21st <<<<<<<<<

Stan Lee's SUper human

check out this playlist of super human people!!



there's a little bar screen thingy down to the right of the video that you can click to get to better ones than the first vid...

samurai skills

hmm....

Beloved Community

In today’s radically shifting world, the name of the game is resilience - the capacity of both human and ecological systems to absorb disturbance, roll with the punches and come up standing. Resilience arises from building community - enduring relationships and networks that hold cultural memory in the same way seeds regenerate a forest after a fire.

You may be deterred by the slow pace of the conversation BUT IT IS WORTH IT>>>

Tons of free Professional Fonts!

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Going Green in the Philippines

IT IS SOOO SIMPLE.
Click Here to check out the website!

For those who did not witness its majesty

The Holy Mountain is one of the trippiest, druggiest movies ever filmed and I must say it was nine bucks well spent! Yes, the story changes pace a bit and the imagery is wild, psychedelic and often sacrilegious but overall I think it's really something. Scope this trailer-- every shot is so colorful and precisely done. And yeah, you might wanna smoke weed before watching the movie to aid in your enjoyment.

.Watch.

.LISTEN.

JUMP JUMP JUMP

IT CAN BE DONE!!!!

For those of you who don't know, this is on lake Washington just above the arboretum where it meets portage bay. The structure is an abandoned highway on ramp for 520 and provides a 30 ft or so leap into some murky water.

THIS SITE gives a better idea of the place. The jumping point is on the right hand side of the closest ramp in photo 9.

Hitrecord.org

HITRECORD.ORG is a project I started almost five years ago now, and in 2010, we evolved into a professional open collaborative production company. We create and develop art and media collaboratively here on our site. Even this introductory video is the remixed result of a great many contributions. So rather than just exhibiting and admiring each other's work as isolated individuals, we gather here to collectively work on projects together. Videos, writing, photography, music, anything -- we call them all RECords.

Now and then, when I think something we've made has come out especially well, I approach the traditional entertainment industry to turn our work into money-making productions; and then we share any profits with the contributing artists.

Grace Lee Boggs and others.

UFC 134 tomorrow night in Rio de jeneiro!!!

All the fights on the main card will definitely be worth watching (except the lightweight and light heavyweight bouts) but the must watch fight of the night is obviously Anderson Silvas title defense against Yushin Okami. In addition to the main card, palhares vs miller is going to be a great fight. Palhares is,"the most naturally gifted grappler in the UFC" according to Joe Rogan and he has a ridicules submission highlight reel to show it. Palhares' nick name is Toquinho, meaning tree stump in portugese. judging by this picture id say the name is pretty fitting....

Nujabes

Jun Seba (瀬場潤 Seba Jun?), (February 7, 1974 – February 26, 2010) was a Japanese hip hop producer and DJ who recorded under the name Nujabes (NOO-jah-bes), the reverse spelling of his name in Japanese order. Nujabes was also owner of the Shibuya record stores, T Records and Guinness Records and founder of the independent label Hydeout Productions.

Aruarian dance

a place full of documentaries...is now on online and free
DOCUMENTARY HEAVEN! click here to go.

For all the Spanish speakers here...

http://www.quetzaltrekkers.com/guatevolunteer.html

This is a non profit organization that guides groups of paying customers (profit goes to street children in guatemala)and groups of at risk youth through the mountains and jungles of Guatemala. The organization takes applicants with the following qualities to be volunteer guides:
-A 3 month minimum time commitment (not including a 10-day trial/training period beforehand);
-A minimum intermediate Spanish language ability;
-A first aid qualification;
-Some sort of outdoor or trekking experience;
-Good people-skills; and,
-The ability to work as a member of a team.
This would be an INCREDIBLE opportunity to explore the world, explore the wilds, hone your spanish and beef up a resume. One of my friends knows someone who volunteered and said that he only had amazing things to say about it. just do it.

Expository Essay #1

Let us start here:
Who are you?
What do you want?
What prevents you from moving forward?
What do you need?

These set of questions can be seen in any temporal context you wish. They will provide an intriguing mosaic; contrasting the identities and underlying desires we currently embody.

>>> TODAY IS SUNDAY AUGUST 21st <<<
>>>>> It is due in two weeks <<<<<

.SEPTEMBER 4th.

Getting Some Thinking Going

I have an idea that I've discussed with a few people, most recently with Chris today. Here's the premise:

-We each think of a question that would lend itself to an answer in the form of a short, expository essay

-We take turns posing questions (or premises, problems, etc.) and answering them thoughtfully, honestly and creatively

-Each person writes their responses BEFORE they read others'; this encourages originality.

-We post our responses and discuss.

Why take the time to do this? I think what we're all looking for with the blog is a way to stay close to each other personally and intellectually during the times that we're spread out around the world. By requiring intellectual buy-in and posing our own questions, we can encourage creative thinking, learn from each others' perspectives, and play around with some challenging ideas and concepts. I think a question-a-month format would probably work pretty well.

So far I've talked to and received feedback from: Chris, Corbin, Mikail, and Dante. Anybody else in?

JUST SOME MORE AWESOME!

BLOW MY MIND!

YO-YO MA + Lil' BUCK

THey stole my idea!!!!...i saw this on TOSH .0

DRUGS ARE CRAZY

BALLING NON-PROFIT BASED IN BAINBRIDGE

The Kossoye Project is based on bainbridge and has some impressive forward movements in their mission. the website is bare bones but check out the LATEST NEWS and NEWSLETTER to see what they are really up to. My mom fished a flyer out of the mail the other day from them, you too may have received one...

Operation Paper Clip

Operation Paperclip was the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) program used to recruit the scientists of Nazi Germany for employment by the United States in the aftermath of World War II (1939–45). It was conducted by the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA), and in the context of the burgeoning Soviet–American Cold War (1945–91), one purpose of Operation Paperclip was to deny German scientific knowledge and expertise to the USSR[1] and the UK.[2] CLICK HERE TO CHECKOUT FULL PAGE

Warrior dash

3 mile obstacle course followed by beer, could be fun... CLICK HERE TO check it out

Google+

This is totally worth checking out. Google+ is basically Google's answer to Facebook, but with more features and a simpler layout. It might also provide a better format than the blog for sharing things with each other... if we all joined and had a "circle" (see the demo, link above) for the people in the blog it would be better integrated with whatever else we do online and probably easier to read and keep track of. Thoughts? I have invites if anyone wants to sign up.

San Francisco Cops

Please watch this! (this is what i have an issue with)

WATCH THIS.

DEAR GOD. if you haven't watched democracynow or been following the news in a while PLEASE give up an hour and listen...Chris it seems blatant that a lot of what Daniel was talking about is here and coming!!

A Music Video I Just Made

So today is Bastille Day. For the past month, my internship has had me working on a video to commemorate it. I just finished it yesterday and they posted it today!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hKaobHdCSM

Parkour and Freerunning

I saw a video a while back of people practicing freerunning on super mario-esque blocks and stuff. Turns out it was from Tempest Freerunning Academy, which just opened this spring. Check out their promo trailer:

This also provides good contrast to the gym I just started going to in Seattle, Parkour Visions. Here's a sample video from them, taken during an obstacle course challenge they host every year:

First Sasuke at Parkour Visions from Tim Harding on Vimeo.

One of the guys there is from Tempest, funny enough. The difference between freerunning and parkour is pretty evident from these two videos. Tempest chooses to promote themselves by doing flips and spins and huge jumps and swings while Parkour Visions is a non-profit that focuses on the process of teaching parkour safely and effectively. Is one of them better? Can't say. But I like skiing more than snowboarding.

a forwarded thought

hey there,
thank you Dante for putting the energy into trying to keep this going, i love that this blog is out there, and that there is a place for us to keep in contact with eachother and find out more about what we are all up to. that said, i have not yet posted anything up on this blog before. i did however recieve an email somewhat recently that had an impact on me, which is rather unusual considering the amount of silly rubbish that gets circulated on the internet these days. so... i wanted to share it with y'all. i hope it strikes you all like it did me. all my best,
sam

respect.

deadmau5

Deadmau5 is going to be in seattle August 18th!!!! (click here to see the tickets...)

Wheel of Life V16

I totally forgot about this blog! for some reason it randomly sent me an email when dante posted on the david blaine post(which is mindblowing)... anyways heres a video (CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT) that is worth the watch.

Enter the Void

David Blaine - Superhuman?

Chris Angel may be a mind freak (and a fake) but David Blane is a body freak, doesn't sound quite as good, but this guy is insane. So good in fact, he did a TED talk at their medical conference - you have to do something pretty incredible to get on there, so that's saying something. Some of his tricks seem impossible, but watching his commitment to these pursuits gives those questionable tricks/allusions a lot of credibility.

Monuments from Yugoslavia!

CLICK HERE TO SEE 22 OTHER FASCINATING STRUCTURES FROM YUGOSLAVIA

VOINA

PART OF THE GROUP



Voina (Russian: Война = War) is a Russian performance group known for their provocative and politically charged works of performance art. Voina was founded in 2007 by philosophy students at Lomonosov Moscow State University Oleg Vorotnikov and Natalia Sokol,[1] In late February 2011 the activists Oleg Vorotnikov and Leonid Nikolayev were released on bail after four months in Moscow police custody, in connection with an anti-corruption protest. They face up to seven years of prison.[2][3] In response to the detention, graffiti artist Banksy decided to raise money for the artists.[3] They have also been denounced by right-wing groups like the People's Synod.[1][4]



CURRENTLY TWO ARE IN JAIL... (CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THEIR WEBPAGE) & more of their work

Genius Radio documentary.

Modern brain scanners can see the mind at work. They can also raise moral issues. More "Mysteries of the Brain" this week on The Changing World

First Half
The mechanics of making a simple decision(such as deciding to move our arm to pick up a glass of water) may be more complex than we might assume. Barry Smith, director of the Institute of Philosophy at the University of London's School of Advanced Study, looks at the brain's role in routine as well as sophisticated decision making.

Second Half
It's a fair assumption that when several people look at the same thing; they see the same thing. You see a smiling face, I see a smiling face. But that's not always the case. Philosophy professor Barry Smith ventures into our consciousness; how we perceive stimuli; and how technology is being used to read our minds.

crazy sound part 2

some crazy sounds...i dig the intro!

Watch: Full Video of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange & Philosopher Slavoj Žižek With Amy Goodman

In one of his first public events since being held under house arrest, WikiLeaks Editor-In-Chief Julian Assange appeared in London Saturday for a conversation with Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, moderated by Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman. They discussed the impact of WikiLeaks on world politics, the release of the Iraq and Afghanistan war logs, and Cablegate — the largest trove of classified U.S. government records in history.

Hot Coffee the MOvie

Check out this informative radio session with the film maker of HOt Coffee a movie challenging our misperceptions of "frivolous law suites" (click here to get there)

Robert Jensen versus Van Jones

This week Van Jones is going to speak on !bainbridge! about the american dream.
Come check it out.

and in contrast....

here is Robert Jensen (click here to check out his website) ALSO speaking of the america dream...

Buckminster Fuller

The Buckminster Fuller Institute is dedicated to accelerating the development and deployment of solutions which radically advance human well being and the health of our planet's ecosystem (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE BUCKMINSTER FULLER INSTITUTE)s

Someone forward me the link to Chris and Dante's blizzog?

somehow I lost it. thanks!

oh and, uh, if anyone needs a 3-d model of the sun path on any given day at any location on earth, I can make that happen. check it out

Chris and Dante's blog

For anyone without the link: http://chrisdante.blogspot.com/

Computers That See You and Keep Watch Over You

The uses, noted Frances Scott, an expert in surveillance technologies at the National Institute of Justice, the Justice Department’s research agency, could allow the authorities to spot a terrorist, identify a lost child or locate an Alzheimer’s patient who has wandered off.

Pictorial Enjoyment