Journal

Spiced, Herbed Mindfulness

April 16, 2005

Having a day of mindfulness today. My first one.

Been wanting to make chai which inspired me to find all the herbs and spices I might want to use (and more).

For chai:

• cardamon pods
• whole cloves
• white pepper corns
• cinnamon sticks
• vanilla beans
• fennel seeds
• coriander seeds
• crystalized ginger

For cocktails:

• juniper berries
• lavendar

Hmm, i should get some lemon grass for lavendar lemongrass martinis.

Whiteboard Dream

April 05, 2005

I realized this morning I keep dreaming about how I should put the whiteboard up in the office area of my home. The thing is, I don't own a whiteboard.

Dentistry x Cosmos

March 15, 2005

An email to sagan, josie, and alan.

Today, I had to get some dental work done. The office I was at had these goggles with headphones so I could watch a movie during the procedure. At first, I was put off by this. Having some cheesy comedy distract me whilst the inside of my mouth was abused did not appeal.

So I was half-heartedly flipping through the list of DVDs they had when I came across none other than the Cosmos series. Well, damn. The idea of exploring outer space with Dr Sagan whilst Dr Negvesky (my dentist) explored my innerspace was intriguing enough to try. To boot, my dentist (she really is awesome, if anyone needs a recommendation) suggested I watch episode #5, the one about Mars. I felt a sort of unity knowing we were both exploring alien red surfaces.

Obviously, I imediately thought of you all. Particularly since the sounds of dentistry were mixing in with the Cosmos soundtrack ... matmos x sagan??