weekends, birthdays, friends, and heroes

tom r turned a year older and a lot of friends turned out to celebrate. people came from santa cruz, bakersfield, santa barbara, and l.a. sushi was had, drinks were shared and tommy (not the birthday boy) busted out the caterpillar song. there was a hooka, there was living room dancing, there were flirty glances. i'm not naming names. i'm just statin' facts.

the next morning we all reconvened for a very leisurely bike ride downtown for breakfast-lunch (that's how long it lasted) at the art cafe. the following night i joined tom and stephen and rem for foghorn toast night at spike's. it was one of my favorite birthday weekend celebrations, i must say.

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from the archives:

"And then I leave you with a little story....She knew her heart was enormously full of love and tenderness and at points it threatened to burst out of her body when she saw all the love and beauty in the world. But she wasn't afraid because she knew how to vent a little bit at a time to avoid the distinct possibility of her heart clawing its way out of her chest... I love you all very much." — Rebel.

man i miss that girl! she (and jeff?) will be here for live oak weekend. and all of the camp-smiley-face crew begin their little happy dance.

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bean's brother-in-law is an anti-spam activist. in a nutshell, he has begun to publish the names and addresses and phone numbers of spammers. first there was a trial. and then there was a victory.

and while we're on the thought of bean, check out the feline visual poem. i lurve it.