Day 13: Daniel

Okay, just so you know, there are two things. One is, I love shopping for ingredients. Today, I was making roasted eggplant and hummus, a warmed spinach salad, and roasted corn. Most of the ingredients are from a local farm, but I also had to stop at a market to get olive oil and tahini. On the shelf next to my key ingredients were about seven different cans of prepared fava beans. Yumm...maybe next time.



I also realized that this is not a walking city/town/state. If I want to meet people, I have to go places - either places with higher traffic or places like stores. I wonder how this will shift when I head to the east coast tomorrow.

On top of being a food market, the place I went to - the local Latin* and Arab food market - also had a cowboy boot shop. Yeah!! This is Daniel. He's a traveling vendor up from California. He totally had me pegged for the cowgirl that I really am - from when I walked in. First, asking where I'm from, then if I wanted boots, THEN, if I wanted to look through the catalogue from which I could order boots. Although I admire people who can wear cowboy boots, and a small part of me wishes I could, I sadly cannot. It was however, fun to talk for a bit.

Victor and the Racket

"Friends"

"Where do you work?"

Ha ha ha ha ha!!!

Liomarys

Hola,

My big day is supposed to be September 12, 2011, but this happened today and I just had to send it to you.

My package included: a puzzle, a qr scan code which directed me to: http://bombsite.com/issues/999/articles/3479 and a link which took me to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWx7s1S23Gk&feature=youtu.be And, as you already know, a qr scan code and link to your 36 Lifetimes blogspot.

This is some stuff I though of as I look at the puzzle the first few days:

Building the frame first is the easiest way to build a puzzle, however it is not the only way. You do not need a frame to build it...
Just because a piece 'fits' it does not mean it is the 'right one'
I can tell this package was sent randomly, she sent ME a puzzle! (i really suck at this...)

The puzzle sat on my table for weeks, and then I read the article about DJ Rupture. The article sat on my minds for weeks as well...

Finally I remmembered about the link, and after listening to DJ Rupture's music I knew I just could not use the puzzle in a conventional way.
And as I have decided to do in life, I decided to do with the pieces as I like ;)

A week went by and my hands itched with desire to paint. Suddenly, today, this 'happened' to come out and I just had to send it to you.

So, that's how this ended up being a painting.

I hope you enjoy it, happy birthday!!!!

Much love,

Liomarys (Lirio X)

P.S. I like to listen to the song while I look at the painting ;)

Day 12: Ashley

When was the last time you went to the DQ? I think my first time was my first day in Eugene, and the last time was tonight. I tried the chocolate the first time around, and tonight I tried the vanilla dipped in chocolate. I think I like that a little better.

This is Ashley. She's hilarious. She even made a pun when I asked her if she wanted to do this.



Me: "Will you take a photo with me?"

Ashley: "Whatever FLOATS your boat."

pa-da-pum...In all seriousness Ashley, I love the thumbs up. I bet you get a lot of eh-hem, personalities in the DQ.

Just down the street, it was still summer.

homeland (formerly 36jar)

by Azure D. Osborne-Lee

Wide skirt
won't apologize for anything

What for?
Why should s/he?

Silence
Long silence rolls

(Why for?
Why wound s/he?)

--

Warm hands held
round
empty jar
poured out last of life

Wind whistling through middle
gap singing so loud

Long lost dreams of wife

And salt water
drip
drip
drip

(Hold tight)

Sigh

Breathe now

Don't call s/he name
Speak no sound words
no cough
no rattle
no more

--

Silence
Long silence rolls

Sweep away what s/he can

Wide skirt
and sorry for nothing

Once found
homeland

Day 11: Larry

was hanging out on the pedestrian bridge over the Willamette River when I saw him. He asked me if this was going to go on "Bald Guys Gone Wild". I let him know that, no, it won't (and that he is hilarious).

That's the Willamette behind us. Nice spot to hang out Larry!


Earlier today, I placed the magic postcard by the solar water fountain. I don't think that's what it's called, but that's what it looks like:

Day 10: Yassir

I just had my first "no" of the project. Granted, Andi was ringing up my groceries when I asked if she'd be part of it. As she scanned & weighed my ginger root, she told me how Market of Choice doesn't let anyone take pictures inside the store because it reflects poorly on the company...

Huh?

She then went on to tell me that some local college students did a scavenger hunt and took photos and photoshopped them and so now...

Andi can't be in a photo for the project. I admit: she seemed a little bummed. Oh well. At least I got some amazing ginger.

And then!: I went outside and Yassir was waiting for his ride. He's a student at the local university hailing from Saudi Arabia. Apparently, there is a small community of young people who are at the university on scholarship, and other folks who hang out in the downtown area running shops and building community. I was relieved that Yassir is not alone out here. Really relieved.

Oh and the postcard - there was this amazing rack of coca-cola and fanta, but I just didn't want to contribute that much to the hfs (high fructose syrup) conglomerate. So, chips it was.

Btw: I'm slowly getting better at using this smartfone. As D says: a smartfone is only as dumb as the people who use them. Hahaha!...or something like that.