Indoctrination

1. I haven't worked all week. (Did lots of job stuff though, but nothing that actually netted dollars.)
2. Rode my bike with a basket and had a $20 mani-pedi by Asian women with whom I could not communicate effectively.
3. Then, had a $5 PB&J from the Breadworks-like cafe that only accepted cash and looked busy and important on my blackberry while dining alone on an outdoor patio.
4. Next, went to the liquor store and bought some California white wine from the Arab who runs the "deli" that only sells beer, wine, cigarettes and lottery tickets.
5. Finally, drinking during the day and blogging.

I love my life.

Like Riding a Bike

The Marine Layer

The revolutions that manifest days, weeks, months and years

Birthdays, anniversaries, and obligation

Turn within the marine layer

An early morning without purpose

Beneath a gray blanket

Cool, dull, breezy restlessness

Above, burning off the chatter,

Seeking clarity and reflection in waves

The sun illuminates

the thoughts that run on tape

Space exists for meaning,

For directed energy

For observation of the rhythm of the ocean

The melodic chirping of waking birds

The senses that confirm aliveness

Signs that complacency is a choice

And that isolation is complicity

Perspective below the gray vacuum

cannot determine one second or millimeter of this opportunity

Rising above is a matter of gravity.

Assimilation

Confessions of a Colorado girl in California:

• I have done my grocery shopping almost exclusively at Trader Joe's.
• I have not eaten any sugar since moving here, save one piece of birthday cake that was a surprise gift to me, and the two bites of pistachio ice cream dessert brought to us at the sushi place for my birthday. I'm starving my sweet tooth so it shrivels up and dies and falls out.
• I've been jogging a couple times a week. There is a steep, 6-block hill that Ty & I have dubbed "McCall Hill" behind our condo that we run up and down, then east along our beach to the yacht club and back.
• I now recycle and share a car.
• My maritime ignorance is embarrassing. The boating culture 100-yds away from my balcony is enticing...! Need to learn more about stuff like what is the difference between a harbor and a bay?
• I have not eaten any meat or poultry since moving here. I eat fish at least once a day and have been sampling veggie burgers, fake beef skewers, and the like. I don't really miss the poultry at all, but I can see myself making an exception for lamb, buffalo, and sausage every once in a while.