MsRad

Iwar, Temple is really close to my work, and my work is also right off of a BART station, so i could help direct you around downtown.

C. Grosso, how much are you selling them for and where are you shipping them from? i may be interested.

so, i rescued another bird today at work (the second bird rescue made while at work, and the third bird rescue over the last year and a half), and now my co-workers are calling me the bird whisper. i suppose that's fitting given my name. so, one co-worker suggested i become an avarian veterinarian. maybe that's what i should become, and the bird is a sign of this?

oh Gold Coast. one of the first tattoo shops i ever was exposed to.

this is exactly why this board rules!

Shawn, we've been having netflix problems in our house streaming through playstation. not sure if you're doing it on your computer or some other set up, but just thought i'd mention it. i watched Wasteland recently, which is about Vik Muniz's portrait project at Jardim Gramacho, the largest garbage dump in the world. it's pretty amazing, and touching. you'll think twice about what you throw away. i also saw Freakonomics, which was interesting and entertaining, but i think i'd rather just read the book if i had to make the decision again. what can i say, i was sick and bored.

definitely need to have an LST get together!

the buffalo are a MUST.

oh and for art museums check out SFMoMA, the DeYoung, Asian Art Museum, Contemporary Jewish Museum, and the Museum of Folk Art and Craft. if you make your way over to Oakland, be sure to stop by the museum I work at, Oakland Museum of California. We've got a killer Art and History gallery (our Natural Sciences gallery is closed right now for rennovations). there's a TON of smaller, independent galleries too, but i think we've given you a lot of options already. oh! and if you walk across the bridge, it's worth spending some time hiking around the Marin Headlands on the other side. there's some killer views and cool, old army base buildings you can explore.

September will still probably be warm and sunny during th day, with fog in the morning and evening. basically, t-shirt and jeans, but bring a sweatshirt and/or jacket with you, and maybe throw in a pair of shorts. during the early fall months, the temps can still be in the 80s, even in SF!

i don't think i can make it either. i've got desserts to bake that will probably take up my night.

i really want to jump into the conversation, as this is my daily job (yes, the one i posted that i hate), and i can give some advice (granted i'm not a lawyer) on this subject, but i won't have time to post something extensive until tomorrow at best. but there are things that can be done (and should be done) to protect your work and integrity. oh and blame wikipedia for this. seriously. i wish i was joking, but they are the biggest culprit for hosting images without proper crediting and it kills me!!!

i figure we needed a post where we could share awesome deals with each other through Groupn (and other daily deal sites) and this one seemed relevant to many people on here, so why not start a thread! in today's SF groupon email, there's a deal for Blurb books ($20 groupon gets you $45 towards a book), which i keep seeing more and more artists using as portable portfolios. you don't have to be from SF to get the deal as it's an online deal. here's the link: $20 for $45 Worth of Custom Book Creations from Blurb i love a great deal (but then again, who doesn't?), so maybe others have some to share?

tmi Mario! tmi!

thanks for the responses! so far, baking has found it's way to me, and not vice versa. what started as a hobby, has now turned into an act of activism (i have participated in charity bakesales for over a year now, and hosted my first one a few months ago in which i raised $1500 in 4 hours on a rainy sunday), and now i'm living with someone who is an amazing baker (all by chance, didn't know him before, though i knew his work), and have an internship (also by chance). maybe i just need more time to see where that goes, and maybe i need to hold out a little longer. though if that is the case, i doubt i'll be losing weight like Shawn did ;)

it's really a spice you have to cook with, and as a warning, it turns everything a bright yellow, but it's great with potatoes or other veggies. it's a lot milder than curry, but it's almost got a buttery flavor. i'd put a little with some potatoes while sauteing them or some caulliflower (or both!). it's good with carrots, and with garbanzo beans (it's used in a lot of thai and indian dishes). if you've got an ethnic grocery store near you, i'd recommend buying it from there. i once bought a huge bag of it from an indian market for $1 and it lasted me for 2 years!

taking on Scott's advice, i thought i'd post a blog on a site that none of my co-workers will come across, and that is something i need to get off my chest: i hate my job. there, i said it. i hate my job. i don't hate my co-workers, i don't hate working in a museum, i don't even hate our museum, despite it's ever growing list of disfunctions. i just hate my job. i absolutely hate it. i hate that i am constantly stressed out while i am at work. i hate that i have to deal with others who do not treat me like a person, but like a machine (outside from our museum). i hate that i am one person stuck with the tasks that could easily form 3 full time jobs. i hate that i have never been reviewed, never even heard the word "raise" in the 3 years i have been here, that i work full time but receive part time benefits, and that i do not have the opportunity to move up to a different position, even when i have been more than qualified (and have applied) to do so. i hate that i wake up in the morning with a churning feeling in my gut, wondering who is going to be upset with me today since i couldn't make their deadline because of the work load i have, and feeling just as stressed out as i do at the end of the day, and my day hasn't even begun. i hate this job. so, i feel that it is time to look for a new job, potentially a career change even. i feel terrified going off the only beaten path that i have known for the last 4 years of my life (and at 25, that's a large chunk of my life). i have always been the person to have a plan, and i am finally at a junction where i simply do not have one. i don't know what the next move should be. for the first time in my life, i do not know which direction to take. i feel lost. lately, all i can day dream about is making art (and no this is not leading into a paragraph of how i want to become a tattoo artist). i keep seeing photos, lino and woodblock cuts, photographic quilts, illustrations, paintings, and other various things in my head, but lacking the energy or the time to complete them. i'm also taking on a baking internship (one day a week, on my weekend), and have been offered a job as a paid baking apprentice, working with my roommate Davey.... once he opens up his bakery (which is sort of in the works but i have no idea how far off, and there's no way i could afford my bills on a job less than what i get paid now). i keep thinking, if could build a website or etsy store, and get my momentum going, then maybe i'd have enough to supplement my income, but by the end of the day, i'm so exhausted, none of this seems to come to fruition. and then i feel frustrated, at myself, at my job, at my life. this, obviously, doesn't help. so i guess i'm writing this hoping that maybe i can get some advice, or at least a fire under my ass, to get me moving in the right direction. i by no means think i have it bad. i have a roof over my head, and food to eat, good friends and family, an amazing partner, and projects and organizations that i volunteer with (i'm trying to cut back, but these things actually make me feel productive). i just feel that i'm in a rut with work, and i need some help getting out. any ideas?

Marwencol is also on instant. can't describe this documentary, but it was highly recommended to me by several people.

i'm striving to achieve those legs.

have you tried turmeric yet? i like it more than curry.

made arugula pesto last night since two of my roommates had never had it. and had some in spicy tomato soup that my roommate just made since i'm sick!

now they're working Loch!