reading list

here's a quick post of my current, rather hopeful, reading list for work.

reading.
Black Elk Speaks as told by John G. Neihardt
Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden
Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World
The Next American Revolution Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century - Grace Lee Boggs (from Detroit, MI)
Feeding the People, Feeding the Spirit: Revitalizing Northwest Coastal Indian Food Culture
The Fight of the Salmon People - Douglas Dompier
Indian Voices: Listening to Native Americans - Alison Owings
All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land & Life - Winona Laduke
American Holocaust - David E. Stannard
Agenda for a New Economy - David Korten (about communalism)
"Double Bind" article
"Communities of Color" via PSU
Making the Invisible Visible: Portland's Native Community
The Quiet Crisis: The Impact of the Economic Downturn on the Nonprofit Sector

viewing.
Two Rivers (http://www.tworiversfilm.com/)
Frontline The Silence (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/the-silence/)
Older than America

also, a picture of me holding a rabbit. It's Jaap, a Dutch minature.

i like love lists + i like to know how other people feed themselves - so i am sharing. i've been fitting everything into tupperwares of descending sizes, but i sorta want a little kid lunch box, too.

:: lunch things ::
this week:
apple spinach brie wrap
quinoa salad (green beans, cucumber, tomato, carrot, chickpeas, sunflower seeds, raisins, parsley, mint, lemon, oil)
fig newmans
strawberries
ice tea

last week:
crusty bread + brie cheese
salad greens + balsamic + lemon
strawberries
almonds
fig newmans

pictures to come, i suppose.

a loose & jumbled list of things to do once in portland.

• visit apts. - sign lease - move in done 09.30.10
  
• visit 17 list places from dirty cheap guide to pdx
  
• turn in SNAP application to DHS01.03.11
• send postcards home done 10.10.10
  
• explore the neighborhood: find grocery, coffee house, theater, parks, comm. gardens/csa i'm partial to: Coopers Coffee shops (SE Stark + 60th), BiPartisian Cafe (SE Stark + 79th), & stuff on SE Belmont + 34th

• buy cheap commuter bike CL (>$100) probably not going to do this, because i realized my bike is sweet!
  
• get a bus pass too expensive. i'll just pay per ride!
  
• freecycle furniture still need chairs!
  
• buy a bed done 10.02.10
  
• find yoga, tai chi, taekwondo montavilla yoga studio, represent!
• sign up for at least 1 pcc class
• join a club? knitting circle?
• volunteer - once a week? (farm/csa, tutor) i start tomorrow! 10.13.10
  
• shop at the farmers market
• find a favorite food truck belmont & 47th creme de la creme
  
• tour psu art grad program - actually maybe Urban Studies or Natural Resource Policy instead
• do app. for grad school?
• update website, new pgs yea! done!
  
• finish '08 bike zine
  

things to be done in the mitten, before leaving:

1. visit sleepy bear dunes
2. wake up early & get breakfast at Golden Harvest 09.13.10 w/ Kacee, Julie, & Ryan - thanks guys!
3. go flying w. dad
4. camp in the U.P.
5. have a nighttime tea ceremony at the japanese garden on campus (w. candles, in kimonos)
6. get a haircut? 08.06.10 thanks Holly!
   

dune climb, afar

on the dunes

camp feast & set up

went to sleep bear this last friday to sunday. i love sappy pine trees that extend branches so far above my height. they are comforting, as is camping even though you are exhausted and wish the hard ground you slept on would be a bit more accommodating. but, it was sorta luxurious to be so close to the water and go swimming and lay on the beach.
on friday, we arrive in glen arbor around 8p. we had din din w/ madeline & her family, which was really awesome. then ryan & i drove to the trail head and hiked 1.5 miles to our "backcountry" camping spot. miraculously, we built a fire with wet timber & pine needles. we shot roman candles in this big field & it looked like a wand duel in harry potter, a little.
saturday, got up late and hiked out while being consumed by mosquitoes. yuck. hung out in glen arbor for a bit & drove over to empire campground to set up camp. did the dune climb and a quick swim in Lake Michigan (cold!) & then campfire feasting. sunday was sunny and nice out. we sat on the beach and swam and it was not as cold, though my ears hurt. i identified some wild flowers & then we drove home :D

stuffs for the (soon) unemployed:

1. edible weeds zine. need research materials.
2. pack & clean & get rid of things.
3. research pdx apartments. place to live.
4. apply for loads more jobs out there.
5. work on personal website some more. new GP pg, background patterns.
6. research classes (kayaking, pottery, forestry, tai chi, lithography).
7. do isometric illustrator tutorial.
8. swim & meditate twice a week.
9. brew?

in addition to my 2009 recap post, here are some lists in nines ::

classes to take, things to learn :
01 lithography, letterpress, some sort of print class
02 more tai chi! i love it. it's really relaxing & invigorating. i feel much better after.
03 canning. i tried to make sauerkraut & failed.
04 vegan & raw food "cooking" class. there's one at schoolcraft, it's intense & $300.
05 welding or casting class. i use to have high ambitions of building my own bike...
06 to feel not anxious in social situations
07 how to make friends, ha. or maybe it's where to make friends?
08 theories about spacial relations, geometric patterns, or something
09 archery!!

material wants to acquire:
01 light denim, oxford button up
02 "boyfriend" jean shorts
03 internal frame hiking pack, oooo
04 pointy toed leather shoes... those ones that are really popular right now
05 empty bullet shell & a crystal so I can make my own necklace. oh, so hip.
06 a compound bow & arrows :D
07 a flip flop hub & new bike wheelset
08 pendleton everything!!
09 a place to put all this crap

bike learnin's

check back from bike trip.
hi all. we made it 110 miles out from east lansing, only half way to sleep bear. my sit bones felt so bruised and my knees hated me. so, lesson learned - training is important! someone tell me about your comfortable bike seat. i just tried the nashbar women's racing seat. i'd don't think i'd reccomend it. but, here are things that proved themselves useful:

if you don't know where to stay at night, can't find woods, etc. you can...
01. call the local police & ask them to where you can camp/sleep for free. we did this our first night and set up camp at a conservation park.
02. ask churches or farmers if you can pitch a tent on their property. people tend to be nice & helpful. for churches, i would call ahead before leaving and try to set that up for best results.

foods to cook on a single propane stove...
01. aunt jemimah pancake mix does wonders for a morning tummy. bring pam or some sort of spray cooking oil & a small container of syrup.
02. instant oatmeal is great anytime.
03. pitas travel great as they don't really get squished.
04. canned soups, pastas, & dehydrated instant things in bags (ie. lipton noodle dishes, you can bring powdered milk to mix in)

important things not to forget are flashlights & silverwears.

dr. bronner's castile soap is great because you can wash yourself, your clothes, or your dishes. it's also biodegradable, i hear, so you can wash in bodies of water if you so want.

using a car solar shield as a sleep pad didn't do anything special for me. i think it would be good in colder climates since it should reflect your heat back at you & is a layer between you and cold earth. as for summer use, it wasn't padded enough to make any sort of noticeable difference.

overall, it was a fun trip despite my weary body. next time, i want to be dropped off 3 hours north of e.l. and bike on all those beautiful country roads.

i wanted to record my packing list for bike trips because when i started i was extremely curious as to what other people, especially females, packed. this one is a 3-4 day trip from east lansing to sleepy bear dunes (michigan). we're bring cooking gear which is new for me! i'm psyched.

note about my gear: i always try to buy affordable & reasonably priced things. Most of my gear comes from either tj maxx, marshalls, or nashbar.com. not to promote any of these stores, i'm just trying to provide resources & specific information :)

.clothing.
1 padded bike shorts (pearl izumi & nashbar)
4 pair socks (adidas w. heat/moisture control, so comfy!)
2 sweat wicking t-shirts (nike & underarmor from tjmaxx)
1 cotton t-shirt
1 bra
4 underwear
1 windbreaker/water resistant jacket (nike from tjmaxx)
1 hoodie or pull over (micro fleece is great for varying cold conditions. however, it's summer so i'm taking a cotton hoodie)
1 pair jeans (for when off the bike. it's sorta awkward to walk around in spandex all the time)
bathing suit
elastic knee brace

.bike gear/accessories.
2 rear paniers (nashbar)
back rack
helmet (giro havoc from nashbar)
gloves (crochet nashbar, buy xs if you normally wear small in ladies)
bike shoes (Cannondale W's 05 Carve Mtb Shoe from nashbar)
u-lock (trek)
head light (meijers)
wireless bike computer
extra tube
hex key tool (ikea)
chain breaker
pocket knife
compass (so useful!! seriously)
hydration pack (high sierra from costco)
extra water bottle & holder (salsa. i like to use it for sun tea or lemonade)

.camp.
tent
sleeping bag (mine is a marmot women's 15F synth.)
car solar shield (i read this was a cheap & good sleepign pad. i'll let you know. meijers)

.cooking.
single propane stove (meijers)
lighter & matches
1 pot
2 set silverware
1 plate (whole set at meijers)
1 cup
tea tin (gotta have black tea)
dehydrate organic black bean humus (REI)
clif bars
individual ketchup, mustard, relish, jam (from food courts everywhere)
i'm not sure what else we are gonna eat yet. more on that later

.toilettries.
epipen (i have a nut allergy)
advil
advil cold & sinus
pepto bismol
multi vitamin
aloe vera gel
sunblock
bug spray (burts bees!)
hand sanitizer
face wash (homemade :D)
face wipes (organic witch hazel)
castile soap (good for washing everything! you, your clothes, etc.)
deodorant (jason organics!)
contacts
eye drops
chap stick
hand towel

.personal/misc.
ipod & battery speaker
sanyo xacti digital camcorder & batteries
cell phone & charger
slingshot daily planner
wallet

if you're a biker & looking for specific info that isn't listed or have other questions feel free to ask me! i'll try & give you an answer.

was winter cleaning today. trying to get rid of everything my room contains. i have a really bad memory (part of the reason i journal), so here is a list for myself of most of the movies i watched doing film studies at uni.

ENG 230: film intro
Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock
Sherlock Jr. & The Cameraman Buster Keaton
The Player Robert Altman
Cinema Paradiso Guiseppe Tornatore
La Educacion Mala (Bad Education) Pedro Almadovar
Ed Wood Tim Burton
Matinee Joe Dante
American Movie Chris Smith
F for Fake Orson Wells
Baadasssss! Mario Van Peebles
Day for Night Francois Truffout
Contempt Jean Luc Goddard
8 1/2 Federico Fellini
Gods and Monsters Bill Condon
Sunset Boulevard Billy Wilder
Perfect Blue Satashi Kon
Barton Fink Joel Coen
Adaptation Spike Jonze
Videodrome David Cronenberg
Natural Born Killers Oliver Stone
Persona Ingmar Bergman
Singin' in the Rain Stanley Donen, Gene Kelley
Citizen Kane Orson Wells

ENG 330: film theory
Man with a Movie Camera Star Mishkel-Eneva
Strike Sergei Eisenstein
Le Million Rene Clair
Oktybra (Ten Days that Shook the World) Sergwi Eisenstein
Weekend Jean Luc Goddard

ENG 332: film history
Easy Street Charles Chaplin
Safety Last Harold Llyod
Seven Chances Buster Keaton
It Clarence G. Badger, Joseph von Sternberg
Der Letzte Mann (The Last Laugh) F.W. Murnau
The End of St. Petersburg Vsevolod I. Pudovkin
42nd Street Lloyd Bacon, Busy Burkeley
La Regle du Jeu (Rules of the Game) Jean Renoir
San Pietro John Huston
Paisa (Paisan) Robert Rossellini
Tokyo Monogatari (Tokyo Story) Yasujiro Ozu
La Battaglia di Algeri (BAttle of Algiers) Gillo Pontecorvo
Borom Sarret (The Cartman) Ousmane Sembene
Le Noire de... (The Black Girl of...) Ousmane Sembene
Khane-ye Doust Kodjast? (Where is the Friend's House?) Abbas Kiarostami
Stranger than Paradise Jim Jarmusch
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (The Brave-hearted Will Take the Bride) Aditya Chopra

ENG 432: american cinema of the 1970's
Deliverance John Boorman
Midnight Cowboy John Schlesinger
Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss Song Marvin Van Peebles
Ganja & Hess Gunn
The Tenant Roman Polanski
Eraserhead David Lynch
Female Trouble John Waters
Scar Tissue Su Fiedrich
Cool Hands, Warm Heart Su Fiedrich
Dawn of the Dead Romero
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes Stan Brakhage
The Exprcist Friedkin
High School John Wiseman
Apocalypse Now Francis Coppola
Saturday Night Fever Badham

ENG 332: film crit
La Passion de Jeanne d' Arc Dreyer
King Kong Cooper, Schoedsack
Camille Cukor
Pinky Kazan
Il Posto Olmi
Gimme Shelter Maysles Brothers
Starship Troupers Verhoeven
Pink Flamingos John Waters

ENG 333: film noir
Maltese Falcon Huston
Laura Preminger
Double Indemnity Billy Wilder
Out of the Past Tourneur
Die Buchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box) Pabst
M Fritz Lang
Murders Among Us Staudte
Foreign Affair Billy Wilder
Pepe le Moko Duvivier
Le Jour se leve Carne
A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) Jean Luc Goddard
Detour Ulmer
Fury Fritz Lang
The Big Heat Lang
The Talented Mr. Ripley