new-to-me comic!

I love comics. I'm still very new to this one. it's challenging and the author is at times painfully self-deprecating, but it's well-done. enjoy.

xo
Carla

Click Them.

Things you should read today that others have found:

obey


there's probably no god...


will it blend?


peace, love, unity, punch in the face.


feel like smiling?


first ever lolcat


we'll conclude with an old hip hop favorite of mine...

Oh.

Being a New Englander, the natural disasters I'm used to fearing are Hurricanes and Giant Fucking Snowstorms.

Usually, by the time a Hurricane (that's been kicking the Caribbean's ass for a week) gets to us in Li'l Rhody, it's more fun than anything else. Minor damage from wind happens, but we're used to it. No biggie.

Blizzards hit northern NE more than down in The Wee State. We make a mad dash to the grocer and stock up on bread and milk (and scratch tickets) and wait it out. Kids go sledding after they are forced to shovel and drink cocoa. Grownups find other ways to stay warm and entertained...

But now I'm in California - specifically, the San Francisco Bay Area. Quake Country. The earth shakes from two of the biggest tectonic plates dancing around with each other. Tsunamis rage outward from our gnarly epicenter to screw up someone else's day. Gross.

So during tonight's bout of insomnia, I found this government website that has me quaking in my knickers. There is a 62% chance that at least one earthquake of magnitude 6.7 or greater will happen in the Bay Area by 2032. Yikes!

Remember when I said I was going to stay in the Bay for a few years, but not forever? Yeah, I'd rather play in 2 feet of snow with my kids every year than clutch them under the kitchen table while everything falls apart around us. Don't worry. I'm coming home eventually.



Love,
'la

bees!

I love them dearly.
so smart and developed.
I wrote about my affinity to bees and ants in a cover letter today.
I am a nerd to the max.
enjoy!

xoxo
la

Live With Meeeeeeee!

Yo!

Do you live in the Bay Area, or do you have people in the Bay Area?

Please check out and pass along this information.

We need someone to sublet (or stay for a while) in my slammin' apartment!

xoxo
Carla

Best / Worst

Jesse,

Have I told you lately that I love you, and I love your FUCKING INTENSE blog?!?!

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Keep it up, old friend. Miss you bunches every day! When I get rich I will fly to Brooklyn and we will party in style.

xoxo
'La

8 Years in 8 Minutes

Is it Tuesday yet?



We've got a mess to clean up, people!

Thanks for sharing, Aaron.

xoxo
Mrs. Olbermann

baby baby please come and rock me...

One of my favorites.



Amen.

The Fierce Urgency of Now!

"Now is the time to make real the promises of Democracy!"

Let the good Doctor move you...



remember: today is not a day off, it's a day on!

xoxo
carla

Step One: Listen to Blackalicious

Gotta snap into something good.

Gotta shake this funk that I've been dragging around with me.

I don't like it. I want to love my days and nights as much as possible.

My theme last year was "do what feels right," which proved to make 2008 one of the most fun years I've had. In 2009 I find myself making major life changes:
I quit smoking, I'm drinking less, I spend more time by myself and I'm single, I moved across the country to Oakland...

I am lonely. I am worried about a lot of things. I have a lot of stress - from the microcosm of family issues to the macrocosm of global financial crisis. Sometimes I get so worried I feel sick to my stomach.

How do we deal with stress in meaningful and effective ways?

Yoga and taking time to relax seem to help me. Mindfulness. Cleaning the house compulsively always helps me. Enjoying the little things (I like to stop and smell the flowers and smile at strangers).

So I am going to actively try and shake my funk. Sorry I've been so doggone down. It's part of life, and necessary and valid... But I've had enough.

Step One: Stop listening to Beck, and start listening to Blackalicious.

Step Two: Read Hope For the Flowers by Trina Paulus

Step Three: Take more naps. A rested Carla is a happy Carla.

love love love,
Carla

feel the joy in my chest

thanks for sharing, nick!

xoxo
carla

Sex and Candy

new blog added to the blogroll:

Sugar Daddy Blog

very interesting blog from a dating website for you if you are (or want to be):
a sugar daddy, sugar mama, or sugar baby

check it out!

xoxo
carla

Tranqui Yanqui

Nick is doing some more great work in Argentina.

Support my starving artist friend and send him hot dogs, paper, paint, or purchase his art. It's amazing.

Watch his video.

Send him love and support!

xoxo
Carlita

Portland!

I am so poor, but what better thing to do than take a trainride with my bicycle to Portland, Oregon for a springtime vacation!?

I'm actually considering touring from Oakland to Portland, or maybe part of the way - but we'll see...

The first or second week of APRIL I am going to Amtrak my way up to your neck of the woods to kick it before I dip back to Providence for Zombie Jesus festivities. Then it's back to Oaksterdam where I've built my nest.

Do you live in Portland?
Will you be around in the beginning of April?
Can I sleep on your couch or in your bed?
Would you like to have a friend-date and show me all the fun things in your city?

Big giant smooches (they're free!),
Carla