Peesh here, updating from Viva Espresso! I'm out in the northy part of Burlington and dreaming about summer. One more paper, two exams, some room painting, one big move and we're out. I already miss you all because I'm in dreamland.
I just watched a video of Glenn Beck telling people that powershift taught the youth to kill their parents. I'm confused about how anyone in the entire world takes him seriously, let alone believes in him. I had also grown complacent in my Burlington bubble and forgotten about how scary the world is. Gotta start reading the news again!
On another note, I really like this quote: "The Things to do are: the things that need doing that you see need to be done, and that no one else seems to see need to be done." -Bucky Fuller
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Showing posts with label peesh. Show all posts
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
one day until we come home.
Update from Peesh, out in the Raynham!
One more day. I feel similarly on the coping-with-society front - my week has consisted of jar-confused baristas, listening to Rosa ("just sounds like kids yelling"), drinking Wolavers with friends who are drinking Smirnoff Ice, dreaming about farming, and telling my mother's best friend about our skinned robotic horse Chauncey. I even showed her a picture.
But the video Russ sent out really got to me in an interesting fashion. Aside from the meat meat meat focus (I just don't really like meat), wow! I'd do that. Let's do that. We don't have to wait for Mikayla's proposed Slade-retirement-commune. We could literally just live like that. It looks a bit like what we would do if we didn't have reslife breathing down our necks.
After seeing that video and watching a few others on that site, I've been giving a lot of thought to videos and radio-shows as a means of education. Would anyone like to get together a few nights a week to listen to the Greenhorns radio? It's really cute and there are 60-something of them! Here is a link: http://www.heritageradionetwork.com/programs/7-Greenhorn-Radio
On another note, I'm pumped for warmth and when Slade gets too hot so we sleep outside and dream about tent-city. Tonight the clocks change, we get one more hour of light! That's rad. I'm so torn about doing school work when I could be dumpster diving and foraging and gardening and building a home for a bunch of pals who love living together and doing the same thing. Or maybe I'm just torn about Slade because we can do all that but we don't get to keep it. Ephemeral things, you know? They're beautiful.
See you tomorrow!
Peaches
P.S. look at this cool poster I found in my basement!
One more day. I feel similarly on the coping-with-society front - my week has consisted of jar-confused baristas, listening to Rosa ("just sounds like kids yelling"), drinking Wolavers with friends who are drinking Smirnoff Ice, dreaming about farming, and telling my mother's best friend about our skinned robotic horse Chauncey. I even showed her a picture.
But the video Russ sent out really got to me in an interesting fashion. Aside from the meat meat meat focus (I just don't really like meat), wow! I'd do that. Let's do that. We don't have to wait for Mikayla's proposed Slade-retirement-commune. We could literally just live like that. It looks a bit like what we would do if we didn't have reslife breathing down our necks.
After seeing that video and watching a few others on that site, I've been giving a lot of thought to videos and radio-shows as a means of education. Would anyone like to get together a few nights a week to listen to the Greenhorns radio? It's really cute and there are 60-something of them! Here is a link: http://www.heritageradionetwork.com/programs/7-Greenhorn-Radio
On another note, I'm pumped for warmth and when Slade gets too hot so we sleep outside and dream about tent-city. Tonight the clocks change, we get one more hour of light! That's rad. I'm so torn about doing school work when I could be dumpster diving and foraging and gardening and building a home for a bunch of pals who love living together and doing the same thing. Or maybe I'm just torn about Slade because we can do all that but we don't get to keep it. Ephemeral things, you know? They're beautiful.
See you tomorrow!
Peaches
P.S. look at this cool poster I found in my basement!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Energy to do things!
Update from Peesh in the Nook/Astrodome.
Just wanted to share some cool feelings about Keith McHenry coming to stay at Slade and his presentation about Food not Bombs. It was pretty mind-blowing, and I have all kinds of energy to do things like walk with a group of women to our senator's offices and tell them how much we don't like the idea of cutting Title X funding.
Some of that energy also went into relocating a lot of hooks out of closets to the outside of rooms on the third floor. I love dismantling/building things, especially when I can make something that is not very useful into something very useful! I'm using the heck out of that hook by the door now.
As part of the hook moving parade, us third-floordians had a hall decorating and cleaning party which resulted in some pretty spooky lighting and a Tea-station across from the bathroom. My next move is to make a shelf for all the body-cleaning products in the shower room, but one thing at a time. Maybe I should do something schooly, but I really am into these home improvements right now.
Other notes:
Just wanted to share some cool feelings about Keith McHenry coming to stay at Slade and his presentation about Food not Bombs. It was pretty mind-blowing, and I have all kinds of energy to do things like walk with a group of women to our senator's offices and tell them how much we don't like the idea of cutting Title X funding.
Some of that energy also went into relocating a lot of hooks out of closets to the outside of rooms on the third floor. I love dismantling/building things, especially when I can make something that is not very useful into something very useful! I'm using the heck out of that hook by the door now.
As part of the hook moving parade, us third-floordians had a hall decorating and cleaning party which resulted in some pretty spooky lighting and a Tea-station across from the bathroom. My next move is to make a shelf for all the body-cleaning products in the shower room, but one thing at a time. Maybe I should do something schooly, but I really am into these home improvements right now.
Other notes:
- Hedonism day is coming up
- Compost tumbler should be here soon
- Talking to Chris about fixing the solar panels on the greenhouse
- Fridge and the Spin$ show on Friday!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
He he he he
Hello. Shana McCann and I (Peesh) are sitting/standing/laying in room 301 right now giggling about the email address for this blog. Kale Seitan is secretly a way of praising Lord Voldemort, whilst also being the name of a very tasty dish - seitan wrapped in kale. SO GOOD.
Anyway, as an update post-sladies-night/music extravaganza, I have a surprise for you. I secretly recorded some tunes.
Home
Whiskey
Anyway, as an update post-sladies-night/music extravaganza, I have a surprise for you. I secretly recorded some tunes.
Home
Whiskey
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
I love talking about compost.
Update from Peesh, in the Davis Center/Death Star:
Today in a discussion group for my Sustainable Development class, we ended up talking about landfills. I pointed out that even organic matter (banana peels, hot dogs, lettuce) can be dug up say, 25 years later, and still be almost entirely intact because of the anoxic conditions. I also pointed out a few ways to avoid filling landfills (composting being one of them) and shared a bit of knowledge I gained in the NOFA VT compost workshop. Consequently, I ended up saying "I love talking about composting!"
The editor of the Cynic is sitting across the room. She pins me with a deadpan stare and slowly says
"I love. Talking. About. Composting."
The class finds this to be hilarious.
(I really do love talking about compost.)
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