Friday, March 18, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
mother nature shows herself in japan.
for the past 12 or so hours i've been mostly sleeping, but i was awake when the news of the 8.9 earthquake in japan hit the internet. whenever i see footage of natural disaster aftermath i always bring it back to myself and my life because i'm self centered like that. i think, i'm such a weakling, i could never go thru something like that and survive/make it out with my sanity. it's always after seeing scenes of people on the streets after losing their homes, swimming in flooded waters, looting and scouring for food, everything in rubble...i can't imagine losing my home, family, pets to a disaster like a major earthquake, which is very likely here in los angeles. the one major downfall of our fair city :[
japan's economy is strong but all the support we can offer will help. you can text: REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation. japanese red cross is asking for international help.
here's LA weekly's take on the possibility of something like the japan quake happening here:
could it happen here?
i don't wanna hear it. *puts fingers in ears* i'm not listening to youuuuu!! oh, it turns out the answer is no. we don't have the proper geological make up for an 8.9 but that doesn't mean we can't crank out a massive earthshake.
i was in tokyo about 3 months ago, and it's amazing to me that from sendai, the city @ the epicenter, all the way to tokyo about 250 miles away, this is the extent of what they felt:
footage of the quake in a tokyo supermarket.
my trip to tokyo was the reason why i've decided to do some baby revamping to my blog and today i had intended to make a post about my trip with lots of the wonderful photos i took...but i'll save that for another day.
here's to a speedy recovery, japan!!
japan's economy is strong but all the support we can offer will help. you can text: REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation. japanese red cross is asking for international help.
here's LA weekly's take on the possibility of something like the japan quake happening here:
could it happen here?
i don't wanna hear it. *puts fingers in ears* i'm not listening to youuuuu!! oh, it turns out the answer is no. we don't have the proper geological make up for an 8.9 but that doesn't mean we can't crank out a massive earthshake.
i was in tokyo about 3 months ago, and it's amazing to me that from sendai, the city @ the epicenter, all the way to tokyo about 250 miles away, this is the extent of what they felt:
footage of the quake in a tokyo supermarket.
my trip to tokyo was the reason why i've decided to do some baby revamping to my blog and today i had intended to make a post about my trip with lots of the wonderful photos i took...but i'll save that for another day.
here's to a speedy recovery, japan!!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
tl;dr a little too in depth dream post ahead.
to my dismay, i've not been cursed with the sort of subconscious mind that's able to predict the future. i'm a sucker for analyzing my dreams, however. i do firmly believe that we are the best interpreters of our own dreams, even though i readily admit to owning and often using the dream dictionaries ~ they're a fun supplement, especially the vintage ones which tend to be a little more ridiculous according my modern sensibilities.it's important to remember that as many different dictionaries you decide refer to is probably about as many different interpretations you're going to get. this can be helpful when analyzing your own dreams in that it will awaken a thought process you may not have originally considered or used!! whenever i'm lucky enough to remember a dream i immediately try to figure out what it is my mind is trying to tell me [if it's not too blatantly obvious] and begin drawing correlations with my real life as soon as possible. even if that means retelling the dream to nica as i'm still halfway sleeping so in case i forget later.
here's what dreammoods.com has to say about car crash dreams:
Car Crash
To dream that you are in a car crash, indicates that your beliefs, lifestyle, or goals are clashing with another's. It may also represent a shocking situation or painful experience. Alternatively, car crashes may forewarn of your dangerous or careless driving habits.
this passage gives a few different meanings, from the more abstract ideas to a literal interpretation. i usually tend to stay away from literal interpretations because i've found that dreams are very rarely a literal representation of our daily lives.
last night i had two back to back dreams, both having to do with car crashes! they weren't nightmares, but they were a bit troubling. and in case you're worried right now, no one was injured in my dreams :] they both had lots of strong imagery, color and symbolism, and i've been itching to do a little research and get to blogging about it all morning.
the first dream: nica and i were driving down orr & day road, the way we always do whenever we've exited the 5fwy off of florence or when we're coming home from bird's nest thai restaurant or diaz mexican restaurant. in other words, it's a drive we take often! in my dream it was night time, which correlates to most of my real life experiences on this street, and we were coming up to telegraph when i became angry with @ nica for driving way too fast down that street; warning that he was going to get into an accident or get pulled over. he misjudged his speed and came close to rear ending a pick up truck, but made the last minute decision to turn his wheel instead which resulted in him crashing his BRIGHT OCTANE BLUE lancer into a skinny little tree on the sidewalk. we got out to see the front of his car was smashed in and the dream ended.
the second dream: in this one i'm pretty sure i was driving along on the 105fwy going west towards LAX. instead of driving my beloved red corolla, valentine, i was driving my mother's wretched hyundai, santa fe. i hate driving her car because 1) it's huge and bulky 2) i feel like one side is higher than the other; the car just feels lopsided lol. so, instead of facing forward like the usual safe driver i am, i was facing the back seat, and could see the fast moving traffic behind me. i could feel the car losing control and swerving all over the different lanes. i was driving very fast myself, but am not sure how i was accelerating since i didn't have my foot on the gas pedal. in my dream i knew i would inevitably crash and i did.
after thinking about dream#1 i've concluded it was mostly about personality. sometimes nica goes on this downward spiral and ends up coming to these totally extreme conclusions about the reality of some things which are always wrong [lol] and metaphorically crashes in the end, just like in the end of the dream. i know he can't help it that he's soo dramatic sometimes ;] i think this was just my mind's way of reinterpreting that. i'm not too overly worried about the meaning of this dream, because i think it's just a way of processing the information i'd received throughout that day.
dream#2 was a bit more troubling as far as meaning goes. throughout my life i've had plenty of those crappy dreams in which i've lost control and felt completely helpless whether it was not being able to run from a bad guy, losing the ability to speak/scream, or sitting behind the wheel of an out of control car ~ this was definitely another one of those extremely uncomfortable type of dreams. since i was facing the opposite direction i had no control of my vehicle. i drove in this way in my dream for quite sometime, but before i knew it my whole field of vision became filled with tons of colorful spots and then a bright white glow and then i woke up in a hospital completely unharmed, but with no recollection of the accident itself. i think this dream was about the lack of control or direction in my waking life. i was trying tirelessly to turn around and face the road in this dream, and i think that's a reflection of me trying to organize myself and my life in reality. i'm a bit all over the place at the moment, and working to bring stability and direction to all my days :]
dream interpretation isn't something to be taken too seriously, but the insight we get in return can oftentimes be of value. we shouldn't attempt to figure out our future based on a few images we saw in our sleep. we should, however, pay attention to the way our minds process information and what it gives it back to us while unconscious!
and because i feel like this post needs some visuals, a photo of one of my gorgeous small cats, little edie [beale]. she's so precious with her sliced nose [from one of our big cats.] i wish i could see into her dreams! and another one of the one and only reckless driving, totally straight bf being embraced by our lovely little jaime p on new year' eve :D
here's what dreammoods.com has to say about car crash dreams:
Car Crash
To dream that you are in a car crash, indicates that your beliefs, lifestyle, or goals are clashing with another's. It may also represent a shocking situation or painful experience. Alternatively, car crashes may forewarn of your dangerous or careless driving habits.
this passage gives a few different meanings, from the more abstract ideas to a literal interpretation. i usually tend to stay away from literal interpretations because i've found that dreams are very rarely a literal representation of our daily lives.
last night i had two back to back dreams, both having to do with car crashes! they weren't nightmares, but they were a bit troubling. and in case you're worried right now, no one was injured in my dreams :] they both had lots of strong imagery, color and symbolism, and i've been itching to do a little research and get to blogging about it all morning.
the first dream: nica and i were driving down orr & day road, the way we always do whenever we've exited the 5fwy off of florence or when we're coming home from bird's nest thai restaurant or diaz mexican restaurant. in other words, it's a drive we take often! in my dream it was night time, which correlates to most of my real life experiences on this street, and we were coming up to telegraph when i became angry with @ nica for driving way too fast down that street; warning that he was going to get into an accident or get pulled over. he misjudged his speed and came close to rear ending a pick up truck, but made the last minute decision to turn his wheel instead which resulted in him crashing his BRIGHT OCTANE BLUE lancer into a skinny little tree on the sidewalk. we got out to see the front of his car was smashed in and the dream ended.
the second dream: in this one i'm pretty sure i was driving along on the 105fwy going west towards LAX. instead of driving my beloved red corolla, valentine, i was driving my mother's wretched hyundai, santa fe. i hate driving her car because 1) it's huge and bulky 2) i feel like one side is higher than the other; the car just feels lopsided lol. so, instead of facing forward like the usual safe driver i am, i was facing the back seat, and could see the fast moving traffic behind me. i could feel the car losing control and swerving all over the different lanes. i was driving very fast myself, but am not sure how i was accelerating since i didn't have my foot on the gas pedal. in my dream i knew i would inevitably crash and i did.
after thinking about dream#1 i've concluded it was mostly about personality. sometimes nica goes on this downward spiral and ends up coming to these totally extreme conclusions about the reality of some things which are always wrong [lol] and metaphorically crashes in the end, just like in the end of the dream. i know he can't help it that he's soo dramatic sometimes ;] i think this was just my mind's way of reinterpreting that. i'm not too overly worried about the meaning of this dream, because i think it's just a way of processing the information i'd received throughout that day.
dream#2 was a bit more troubling as far as meaning goes. throughout my life i've had plenty of those crappy dreams in which i've lost control and felt completely helpless whether it was not being able to run from a bad guy, losing the ability to speak/scream, or sitting behind the wheel of an out of control car ~ this was definitely another one of those extremely uncomfortable type of dreams. since i was facing the opposite direction i had no control of my vehicle. i drove in this way in my dream for quite sometime, but before i knew it my whole field of vision became filled with tons of colorful spots and then a bright white glow and then i woke up in a hospital completely unharmed, but with no recollection of the accident itself. i think this dream was about the lack of control or direction in my waking life. i was trying tirelessly to turn around and face the road in this dream, and i think that's a reflection of me trying to organize myself and my life in reality. i'm a bit all over the place at the moment, and working to bring stability and direction to all my days :]
dream interpretation isn't something to be taken too seriously, but the insight we get in return can oftentimes be of value. we shouldn't attempt to figure out our future based on a few images we saw in our sleep. we should, however, pay attention to the way our minds process information and what it gives it back to us while unconscious!
and because i feel like this post needs some visuals, a photo of one of my gorgeous small cats, little edie [beale]. she's so precious with her sliced nose [from one of our big cats.] i wish i could see into her dreams! and another one of the one and only reckless driving, totally straight bf being embraced by our lovely little jaime p on new year' eve :D
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
more than just a pretty garnish.
i've just very recently decided that kale is one of my favorite leafy greens. i'd never eaten the stuff before 2011. turns out it's not only extremely good for you, it's freaken delicious after being coated with olive oil & garlic and then roasted for about 12 minutes @ 375°!
i now become highly perturbed whenever i visit a restaurant that serves raw kale as a garnish. i'm always so tempted to take those pieces home & roast them as a snack but nica throws such a fit when we're out; mumbling something about me being a huge embarrassment...
hey, did i tell you guys i went to japan in december? ayyyye aye tokyo is a hell of a drug. i have lots of stories and a million photos to share.
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