September 2009
@exador23 what is that?
Me want! RT @rosiepongracz: only sound I hear is the fish jumping for their dusk feeding on the amazingly calm bay in front of our balcony.
@KurtyD RE: Integrity breakthrough. sekret from Mr Guruji-san: it's the same for everything.
Power to the homeowners who refuse to evacuate from the AZusa fire.
@DieMcClane Oh so there are two of us that you chide now, eh? (I'm just listening to Sister Golden Hair rt now. )
@DieMcClane I am totally patriotic, in a libertarian, keep your laws off me type of patriot. I also like being a redneck from time to time.
@shanenickerson I've been hitting that webcam with not much luck all day. :(
@DieMcClane all right.
@daryll agree w/ you on that. I should have clarified the type of stay behind supporters I meant. 140 char is not enough space to explain.
@llangit I try to start my online day with a dog walk around the neighborhood. :) (today though, it's twitter)
Amazing, Inspiring Photos of our Universe RT @ScienceChannel: The universe is awesome! Great imagery here... http://ow.ly/nzJ6
Brian Eno/Richard Dawkins in Oxford this Friday. http://bit.ly/NTMRn
Good American Communication is Action - Not Talk (NYTimes Article) http://bit.ly/b4qyI (Applicable beyond the Military examples) HT:boyf
Whoops, I read that as Boomershoot. Oh well. ;P @shoghon
@shoghon BRC next year = YES. I'm headed to the Mormon Lands this year to hunt dinosaurs (Escalante-Grandstaircase + environs).
@shoghon for next year? have you already been? (let's talk b4 u go if not)
I think i just saw a sister of perpetual indulgence riding a bicycle in weho!
RT! @eecue: RT @plutokiller KTLA chopper is now at Mt.W! RT @wdfarmer: RT @minimalist: http://bit.ly/3YXHTU #mtwilson #station
watching flames on Mt Wilson. :(
Can someone repost the Fire Volunteer Opportunity links again? Can't find.
wow - firetrucks (and firemen) on Mt Wilson! (and big flames too)
@RunzwithScissor awesome!
So GTDing it hurts!
converting video. writing.
looking at the photos of a friends house that miraculously survived the station fire in the Angels Forest. all around burned. #miracle
Amazing time lapse photography of the fire by Brandon Riza (via Zarka) http://bit.ly/NqEwW #lafire #stationfire
RT @phylogenomics: What should be the next genome sequenced? http://ff.im/-7xCor
Early Adoptership has gone Mainstream RT @jayfader: “America is becoming a digital nation." http://bit.ly/JxFRs (via @PerkettPR)
Oh noes! Bad 80s rock morning: Night Ranger, Cutting Crew, GnR, Loverboy, Asia, Bonnie Tyler, Pat Benatar, Foreigner, Olivia Newton-John FTW
Mailboxes after the fire: http://bit.ly/Acovj (via Zarka)
RT @newbeverly: Starting Wednesday our John Hughes tribute kicks off w PRETTY IN PINK (written by) & SIXTEEN CANDLES (written & directed by)
Far cry from "on fire" #burningman RT @sfslim: It was Hot Topic when I got here.
pondering doing a bit of work @SusinaBakery today. coffee, pastries and a birthday.
getting a speed high (pulling highlights from our LeMons in car camera) #24hoursofLemons Buttonwillow
racetrack pr0n (via @chai_guy) http://bit.ly/nZaBa
waiting for video uploading/converting is s . o . s . l . o . w .
RT @laughingsquid: the theme for next year's @burningman is "Metropolis; The Life of a City" http://bit.ly/n12UC via @johncurley
In the Temple of Love... I research while I wait for this file to FTP....
everytime I find out someone I know has a SXSW panel proposal, I lose a little respect for them. sorry.
@EricEdiger I've forgotten about scobelizer long ago. I mean, he's a nice person and all... it's all the self-promotion that makes me sick
If you promo your SXSW panel give real benefits. Beside, it's probably a moot topic in 6 months. Internet moves faster than that. #jaded
Hugo Montenegro - I like your Orchestrations chock full of swankyness, mystery and bop.
it's wrong to be watching BRC on a live webcam, but I'm doing it. (I blame @lucindamichele) http://bit.ly/33Ehtz
RT @mktgdouchebag: People begging for SXSW votes on Twitter reminds me of bands begging for votes on MySpace. Those bands generally suck.
Bravo! Agree. @mktgdouchebag
@tara carry a pistol re: late night dog walks.
Utah packing music set: sisters of mercy/this mortal coil/bauhaus/love n rockets/siouxsie/nitzer ebb/skinny puppy/joy division: ah my youth!
Self-promotion increases the noise to signal, diluting the strength of the content.
never realized how disco Nitzer Ebb is (or really early industrial). I see disco mashup potentials.
@otmg ah, that's good validation for an old goth girl. :) anything am I missing?
@QueenKika I don't see the problem with that. I was doing that this morning. Delightful in fact.
Twitter often reminds me of a Gurdjieff theatre of expression experiment. and dead poet's societies Walt Whitman's Yawp.
@RayBeckerman love your refollow policy.
working while waiting for @theboyf to finish truck preparation. me want roadtrip to begin. Journey is the Destination.
RT@exador23:Allow your judgments their own silent, undisturbed development, which, like all progress, must come from...http://khipu.co.cc/w3
RT @spiritclips: Life without Love is like a harp without strings. ~ Source Unknown
Tech is the new religion. RT @mktgdouchebag: There's a lot of money to be made off atheists who've supplanted technology for religion.
La fire smoke all the way to barstow.
Def leppard in vegas sat night. With poison. Also air supply. Where r the machine guns? Go go go!
Lightning all around. The air thick with heat and humidity. Ancient rocks and formations. An LA fire sun sets behind us. Utah here we are.
Here there is water and also rock. #Lakepowellferrycrossing
slogging through the miles in AZ enroute to LA. Dog is crashed out after days of adventures.
Here there is water and also rock. #Lakepowellferrycrossing
Ludlow pie stop. Barstow and lava ahead. How fare the LA fires? Desert air quality looks not as bad as the way out.
Fire "smog" really bad. You can easily see the difference. Goodbye vacation air quality, hello "fr-og".
surprisingly little traffic and fire smog returning to LA. thinking about new/re-setting my goals.
@kjkjerstin how about pie n burger this week. maybe thurs or fri in pasadena?
@PauLinNY yes, I was serious, although Air Supply was a different concert. I did not go - I was busy having my mind blown by Nature (Utah)
@vextasy re: Def Leppard - Me either!
@danger_ranger you are very welcome. hope it was enjoyed. ps. I have perfect art car +beyond idea for next year.
Also, for the record, Utah is the most beautiful state in the US. Hands down. Sorry California, Alaska, Arizona and Hawaii. Mormons r lucky.
@MissXu let's just say that I'm trying to keep that song memory back in the 80s and go smoke in the boy's room... ;P
can't wait to hear how your joint planning ends. @johnedgarpark @machineproject
@gilesgoatboy I have been through New Mexico. Peru/The Andes is the only other natural beauty that comes close to Utah
Another great Social Media Usability report by Jakob Nielson: Mega-IA: http://bit.ly/uSQLs #usability #socialmedia #multiple-sites
in a purging mood. time to simplify.
Nice article on trust vs contracts (via @thework101) http://bit.ly/2ArWvq
mentally preparing for playaification via my borrowed stuff tomorrow morning. pondering homemade pizza w/ fresh basil from my garden tonight
@twistedcat awesome on both counts.
Retweeting @god: 9/9/9 upside-down is 6/6/6....just sayin'.
RT@ignite: Ignite London - Call for Speakers: We are looking for 20 speakers for the first Ignite London. http://bit.ly/BC4h6
@pegorama bwahahahah! Glad you enjoyed. Let's hang soon. :)
@twistedcat so did you actually deliver the cowbells then? wow - amazing!
@DieMcClane I never believe your photos anyway. ;)
awesome lunch with @annatude and @ilainie and @miro7. adventure stories from the playa and beyond. xo u ladies!
whew - been a busy day.
"she drinks the zombie from the coco shell/mr driver, take me where the music plays/now dial it back/now fade to black" wah wah wah guitar
@lizhenry I want to decide where my $$ is spent. Don't want someone who doesn't share my values to spend my $$.
@lizhenry that said, there are things I want my $$ spent on. Govn should let me decide.
is it crazy to want to bake a cake when it's so hot outside?
@twistedcat I didn't expect a delivery. it was something funny I found in the back of my closet. I am glad Andrew finally got his cowbells!
@danger_ranger it is a _real_ scorpion and from San Francisco no less. :) (I found the box on a street in the castro)
@danger_ranger the keys are "lost" from a past LA Santacon. Never collected. I thought it perfect to send to you on the playa. :)
@twistedcat awesome! He'd been bugging me about it for years!
RT @mktgdouchebag: We need an Opposite Day when you can only send a link to your own product launch. Folks promoting for products they d ...
is that actually you @gtdguy Mr David Allen? Hi!
@pegorama hmm. bake them on a car engine? Want to bake em over at my place?
Mindmapping like a banshee. Working on Personal Branding and User Persona templates. <3 ya @Mindjet.
@pegorama no problem. call me when you are less overwhelmed. :)
the cake is in the oven.
and now the cake is out of the oven. work getting done while baking tasty treats!
@trebuchet what, no proust?!
Has anyone ever taken the MAT?
@pegorama that's perfect timing. sunday is a day for BBQs. Unfort I will not be bringing the LoneStar this time.
@DieMcClane don't scratch your eye!
sometimes I forget that marketing is not rocket science. if it was, I'd colonizing Mars already.
Retweeting @leahpeah: Being excluded sucks.
RT @johnperrybarlow: The purpose of organized religion is to protect us from the experience of God. - Carl Gustav Jung
@missrogue I've had luck looking up the airport website directly. or search the airport code and hotel.
looking forward to pasadena pie n burger lunch with the AMI smarty pants and sekret reserved genius of @theboyf. my eye's on the boysenberry
elitism feeds the ego, which is a mere shadow of our full potentials. @Harold key points of the program?
Hey @DieMcClane. It's a Pet Shop Boys morning. Take that!
@missrogue couchsurfing? executive airline lounge? make nice friends w/ the flight attendants (there are often sleeping lounges 4 them in
@missrogue the airports.
@missrogue they also often know the quiet places in the airport. good luck!
@missrogue When going2Peru this year, I decided 2 drop the $100+ for a hotel + sleep b/c I was traveling for 3 days. Wanted to arrive rested
@missrogue it was worth it, because I arrived in Cusco at 9am and didn't have to kill that day due to acclimation/exhaustion.
oldest living person in the world (a woman in LA) dies at 115 years old (via @earthtimes) http://bit.ly/2TKgmp
@missrogue totally!
wow - a surprisingly number of my friends have their bday today.
@amoration oh yeah! sorry about playa address mixup! hope the yummies are still yummy. (sorry not gluten free though :( )
@Harold very interesting!
I am so hungry for pie n burger. Good thing I'm here!
@kjkjerstin that was fun! ollalieberry pie with too much whipped cream. Hope ur boss doesn't kill me for the pie coma. :)
RT @stevepavlina: To make $ from your passion, you must first begin doing what you love. The $ will remain hidden from view till then.
Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #west_hollywood_ca #future #writer #cacophony #evangelist #consultant
anticipating sonic boom
@DieMcClane you dirty mind. I'm talking science! technology! space!
Boom boom! Scared the dog.
Most gorgeous sky/sunset. Pink brush clouds
The technology of man is like cheap chinese knockoffs compared to the majesty of nature.
not happy to skip community garden work this morning, but my lower back is just killing me.
who wants to see my personal brand and audience development worksheet? #personalbranding
@jsfuncity don't tell me you went off and got married?!
@JMCzar Madonna Inn off the 101. it's about an hour south of Paso Robles. Worth it! http://www.madonnainn.com/
@JMCzar Hearst Castle (http://www.hearstcastle.com/) about 1.5 h away on the coast (off highway 1). Also very WORTH the drive.
@smelleby you haven't had the best ollalieberry pie until you've had Pie N Burger's. Travel south for good rewards. (SoCal doesn't bite) :)
Alright, Personal Branding and Audience Development worksheet is up: http://bit.ly/4BCxJN @kjkjerstin @neilredding pls share & attribute :)
@ilainie makes a strong sangria!
@amoration I am impressed! I will try that experiment again. (See you soon I hope)
In case you missed it yesterday, personal branding & audience development mindmap template 4 ur perusal: http://bit.ly/4BCxJN (feedback pls)
:)! RT @mktgdouchebag: I care about how many followers you have as much as I care about how many records Britney Spears sells.
buying that sisters of mercy CD sure hasn't helped me mature this week. I have returned to teenage gothdom in a convertible.
@electrofan81fcp no way! it means you can express your goth <3 to the fullest. :) the 1 w/dominion/mother russia, temple of love & lucretia
Inspiring, sad, tearful and exciting to say goodbye to someone who has become one of my best pals. I will miss her! To future adventures!
Got the best mail in my PO Box today. Thank you Reecy, @gtdguy and @danger_ranger!
Thanks @Mindjet for sharing my beta version personal branding mindmap. Just wait till you see my other #mindmaps! :)
@pegorama I really like that. Thanks! (and hope to see you soon too!)
@jdavid no. there was no geek dinner tonight. it was @ilainie's last day in LA before embarking on a world adventure.
@electrofan81fcp that sounds familiar, but I can't find it at the moment. must search harder. I also love Siouxie's Dear Prudence.
Wow. @djearworm burns it up again. Sick Sean Kingston (who is he anyway?!) video/music mashup. http://bit.ly/ByVmG (repost w/ link)
Hey goth lovers. @damedarcy is raffling off her fine art. $25 gets you a print+ chance to win a painting. Check it out: http://bit.ly/4CXEZn
@electrofan81fcp Siouxie's Dear Prudence (super psychedelic!) here http://bit.ly/2MqWC1 (free napster link, but may require registration)
@electrofan81fcp ugh. whoops.
rereading my article on #WLIP, 15 minutes of fame, has not become enough.
@CDRFunkmeyer glad you are enjoying!
@pinkyracr lemme know when/where you wanna grab some coffee. and shopping. I miss my fashionista friend!
ATTENTION PK Dick Fans: LA/Fullerton Tour on Monday, Sept 21st, 3pm. Who is with me?
AMAZING! RT @tedtalks: Today's talk: Oliver Sacks: What hallucination reveals about our minds http://on.ted.com/39
@danger_ranger :)
my theories on personal branding have evolved. stay tuned for personal branding v2. it's not personal anymore.
Oliver Sacks is one of the finest minds I have the honor of learning from.
Personal branding workshop for @thework101 is on fire!
Surreal italian and french films at the @newbeverly. so far - wonderfully sixties italian surreal.
Kill the falcon, nurse the unicorn. Surreal overload. Plot?! What plot!
mentally trying on a new title after day 2 of my personal branding workshop. (I'm not only leading it, but participating.) #personalbranding
Try to stop older men from marrying young women!!! RE: @jasonfried's commentary on Mint/Intuit acquisition. via @laughingsquid
is there a way to export friends from facebook?
@mktgdouchebag I'd wish to have lunch with you. When/where?
@citizenrobot YES!
@jayfader what if I don't use apple products? (I prefer grapefruits ;-) )
RT @gtdguy: Your attention will continue to be grabbed by anything until you give it the appropriate attention.
@jayfader thank you!!!
@jayfader I tried using that and it sounded great, but didn't work for me. :(
@jayfader might be old. it's from 2007. blackberry app doesn't seem to work either.
@AcroYogi alas, I do not use the apple products. :( I wonder if I could borrow someone's for a brief moment to do this.
I think I'm done with all my work. Pretty cool.
Making amends with my arch-nemesis the squirrel via hand feeding macadamia nuts. Now its the dogs turn!
covered in dirt. patio garden cleaned and reorganized. anyone have a wet/dry vac I can borrow? I love gardening.
RT @danger_ranger: BurningMan 2009 high-resolution stitched panoramic photos by Brad Templeton: http://bit.ly/Fielv #bman09
hmm. how to get rid of these propane tanks... course, I could explode them. but I would like my deposit back....
anyone want to buy some empty or full tanks of propane?
Hi there @danger_ranger check this out RT@lifeofreilly: I took some photos at Burning Man while up in a skydiving plane. http://bit.ly/dij2U
perused the anniversary cards at the drugstore. my relationship does not come close to matching one. not sure if that's good or bad.
ack zombies locked out of audition space! reschedule for this week. guess I'll see the pretty lights downtown...
@communicatrix I love the 2. zoom zoom zoom!
also re: those propane cans. they're bbq ones. And we'll be using them for target practice in a soon to be announced camping trip.
morning coffee with Dan Simmons and the Gods. Cracked Ilium yesterday (http://bit.ly/14plid) and it's my cup of engrossing SciFi.
@DaveLaFontaine I love Dan Simmon's epics. I hope this one is as good as Hyperion/Fall/Endymion/Rise. All time Fav SciFi!
awesome afternoon: bday celebrations w/ my artistic director @finamofo! spa, indian brunch, beer and cake from @susinabakery. #goodlife
@traviskoplow nightmares! that sounds like a dream. eat Mr Pizza Man kids!
effing A Typepad, @sixapart . I hate it when you change my dashboard. I care about MY stuff, not what you want to promote!
re: Journalism change: @missrogue you need to talk with @DaveLaFontaine and @MackReed
@missrogue also check out www.growingaudience.com/ and their planbook (http://bit.ly/qsOw) I wrote chapt 2 but seems 2 be down atm. :(
@missrogue you're very welcome! Do connect directly with both those guys. They r fonts of info. LMK if you need/want an intro. :)
Bbq topics: clown pron, explosions, santarchy
really tired of this lower back pain.
@Viss it's the guy who was hunting.
@avflox I am who the 16 year old me dreamed to be. #heroactualized #alldreamscametrue #happilyeverafter
@avflox now I try to be the person the 60/80 year old me would want me to be. #bemyownhero #selfactualized
@nerdist I thought it was Astro Burger.
sometimes I forget who is influencing who.
RT @JSCarroll: 'Every man has his own patch of earth to cultivate. What is important is that he dig deep.' Jose Saramago
That looks super cool! @pegorama!
Ugh - I battled resistance this afternoon and I won, but it was a battle. It called me a loser all afternoon, but I wrote those value props!
I found the power of my work after doing it.
the dog requires my full attention.
reading about Saab's brand. They are probably my favorite brand - and make a darn good turbo convertible to boot.
OMG - totally obsessed with http://www.brandtags.net. Amazing site for brand related research.
prepping for third day of personal branding workshop with @thework101 ladies.
Said to me: you dont have to be enlightened.
Hey @peeweeherman if you ever need some zombie sidekicks, I'll bring the Zombies w/out Borders crew. We've got Brains!
Returning from the almost dead: massive back pain all morning lead to all afternoon spent combating it. I hope this lasts.
* @tonyrobbins basically says, know your audience
RT @thework101: You're invited to a no-holds-barred discussion on resistance. Visit www.thework101.wordpress.com, and join the discussion
just saw the first new internet technology that has impressed me in over 2 years. very excited!
I most definitely have an author crush on Dan Simmons. Blown away by Ilium. He wrote the mashup novel I have been planning in my head.
lol ryze. I was on that. #dfs09 #dfs
@bradtem I'm with you re: the survey overload!
RT @missrogue: "when you give away your expertise...you devalue it in your customer’s eyes" http://bit.ly/WTdp8 (via @cloudspark)
>@missrogue the trick about creating value, is capturing some of it for yourself. value that pays the bills and helps your dreams get real.
@rosiepongracz I remember listening to PSB in Iowa cornfields! And dreaming of disco and city lights!
Who is in for more We Live in Public? #wlip Seminar Series @ Doc U http://bit.ly/qZSDc Premier at the NuArt Fri pm: http://bit.ly/10q2sp.
@geminica that sounds like an awesome dream!
103 in the shade. yeoch!
I am still having problems with gmail. I am so special.
I am grumpy.
@electrofan81fcp how about we mix the two and come out with 70?
@JaneWiedlin you were right. I love the star wars/clockwork orange & they live ones. An hour w/ Ilium/Simmons also raised my spirits. :)
Getting motivated for zombie practice tonight. Now, where was my brain?
RT @sciencegoddess: RT @ivanoransky via @sciencepond Who will win the Nobel Prizes this year? http://bit.ly/1KttBe
If you offer me something and grapefruit, I'll probably always pick the grapefruit.
@amariera awwh. thanks.
@SafetyThird tell Cabiria hello from me. Have a blast!
@SafetyThird also YES! I want those zombie dresses!
@JaneWiedlin Never tried broiled grapefruit, but it sounds divine. I will have to try it. :)
Of course I am scrambling around at the last minute for the zombie practice music. ...It's pbj time / pbj time / pbj! with a baseball bat!
@ electrofan81fcp my zombie cabaret troupe is www.zombieswithoutborders.com yes, it's for real!
also my grumpiness is due to the incompetence of the WeHo parking ticket employee who gave me a ticket when I had my pass displayed!!!
ugh. I think I threw my back out at zombie practice. ughhhhh! Otherwise, it's going well.
@acoolong I've never tried silver spoon? Is it good? I was partial to Yukon Mining Co.
Yay for fellow grapefruit lovers! @mactavish and @JaneWiedlin!
@davidmarkland it's on Oct 3rd at the hive. And we are available for hire!
dropped the Guzzi off for repairs. it will feel good to get the RPMs going again.
@JMCzar great idea re: pilates. I'm gonna try it.
@spotcher not off the top of my head... :(
I guess I don't deal so well with people (maybe/almost) dying. #notbeingenlightened #stressedout
@spotcher I know some guys who are iphone devs though.
I've spent 6+ hours in the car today. Now back from the Hospital on the beach. Pup brought joy! Totally beat. No parties for me tonight. :(
@mktgdouchebag nope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (my favorite punctuation)
re: cake decorating and cheerleading contests. I'll mash em up for ya @MissXu
RT @janusfilms: Increasingly psyched about the LA run of RASHOMON. Hope people can make it out! http://bit.ly/se0px
@mktgdouchebag you should hear me in person!
UYBWAC: Insane techno-remix of coconut song (not the one ur thinking of). Warning: May scar you for life: http://bit.ly/4jXD1 May be NSFW.
Also, I apologize if I offend/ed anyone with the content in the last tweet.
it's been another one of those days.... at least my dog is now washed.
Saw the govenerator on venice beach while breakfasting w/ @unclenate
Looking for paved roads in the desert.
race team meeting. organizing and scheming for thunder hill. #24hoursoflemons
I am atoning for my parking tickets. it is not fun.
thinking about the desert compound we saw yesterday. mentally preparing myself to say goodbye to Hollywood - someday, soon maybe.
many thanks to @toyshoppe for the R2D2-esque device that made my patio beautifully clean!
RT @SamL: only in west hollywood: 300 pound middle aged man with miniskirt, tube top, thong and full beard bicycling down santa monica blvd
Big Congrats to @emalone and @mediajunkie. I'm sure your book is chock full of awesome info! http://bit.ly/3mb3v7
whenever I see Joshua Trees, I can't help but think of the shrike and atonement all b/c of dan simmons. Saw two 400 year old ones yesterday.
Highly recommended NY Times article about Carl Jung's "secret" red book. His documented descent into his unconscious: http://bit.ly/7DY1J
Perception/market research question: What do you think I do?
Watched Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress last night thanks to @janusfilms and Rocket Video. Really enjoyed it.
@janusfilms Seven Samurai?
I ate too many grapes and now I feel sick. ugh.
I'd rather shoot myself than answer the question "what do you do?" But I should really know the answer, problem is, there is not just one.
watched the sunset from the park, filled with old russian ladies gossiping around a monument covered with roses. <3 WeHo
Want to observe quantum entanglement? Use your eyes (theoretically): http://bit.ly/x8NL6
@IdentityWoman Sigh re: all white male singularity summit. I know. I know. Interesting to see Chalmers and Hameroff there tho.
Fascinating article about random/? with worm trails and computer simulation algorithms: http://bit.ly/XgHcP (circa 2003 American Scientist)
really irritated that a past client still had not paid me.
RT@jsfuncity: Many ppl r so far down the spiritual evolutionary chain they simply can't be trusted to act in any way beyond what I'd cal ...
Got ideas? Share them at tonight's Bloblive open mic for entrepreneurs in Santa Monica: http://bit.ly/3AkOUw