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About Me

Short of defining myself, I will tell you what I have been up to lately. Maybe the definition will flow freely from the accumulative activities (if I ever write this adequately)...

I finished Ironman Arizona in April, which was a big goal for me. Now I don't ever have to exercise again. Haha.

In June I quit my job of 3 years and sold my house. I am embarking on some world travel - WT. I am off to Latin America, the South Pacific, Oz and NZ. I will be back in the states in December. I will post a blog link soon.

My Interests

nutrition, cultural festivals, bluegrass, dorking, nighttime, dark moods, dancing, running, swimming, being right, winning, being healthy, growing trees, grocery shopping, triathlons, oceans, life sciences, diversity, intimacy, travel. philosophies, religions, personality types, definitions, emotional systems, home & self-improvement, africa, web 2.0., scuba diving, chinese history, stained glass window making, landscaping.

I'd like to meet:

Half the goal of traveling is to meet a wide variety of people and learn about them. Maybe my motive is selfish, to try to find who i am in relation to these people. Nevertheless, I would like a wide survey of personalities... But I doubt I'll be meeting these people through myspace....

Check out my flickr photo sets .

Music:

I listen to a whole range of music, and the list is ever changing/evolving. Recently have been listening to: Sufjan Stevens, The Boswell Sisters, Hot Chip, Yo La Tengo, TV on the Radio, Lucinda Williams, Low, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Skopic, Electric Six, Alison Krauss, Unicorn, Outkast, M. Ward, The Shins, The Notwist, Mogwai, Four Tet, Chris Thile, The Knife, Bonobo. If you have something good to recommend, let me know.

Movies:

Harvey, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, A Waking Life, Wes Anderson films, comic book hero movies...

Television:

I turn on my TV about 1 time every 2 months.

Books:

Les Miserables, Why We Buy, Philip K Dick stories, Capote short stories. Mostly I read non-fiction and magazines these days... National Geographic, Discover, wikipedia. Also, trash sci-fi.

Heroes:

Garrison Keillor, Fred Newmann, Rick Steves, Faris al Sultan.

My Blog

do or die (well not really)

So today was the last day to withdraw from Ironman Arizona for a partial refund. And I didn't withdraw... I guess I'm committed! Can follow the exciting adventures of my lack o...
Posted by Robin on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:57:00 PST

prison break

To be trapped by your context seems like an artifact of childhood, when the parents struck fear in the children, forcing them to "beee-have". Perhaps this only happens in the cases where the parents *...
Posted by Robin on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:56:00 PST

galapagos pictures

I wouldn't want anyone of you to miss my Galapagos pictures. I know some of you get a million bulletins a day.... Here are the pictures from my recent trip to the Galapagos.http://www.flickr.com...
Posted by Robin on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 07:09:00 PST

new videos uploaded

Now that I have a great new SD700 digicam, I've become a complete tourist. Check out my newly uploaded videos. They're super.
Posted by Robin on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:36:00 PST

All my blogs are stupid

So don't read them.
Posted by Robin on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:41:00 PST

skydive

Here is the skydive video from a couple weeks ago.... It's mostly Bryan, since I got this as a gift for him -- it was his first jump and my third--- but there's a glimpse of me in there too. I j...
Posted by Robin on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:29:00 PST

waste

Go to the grocery store, and what do you see? Packaging! Lots and lots of plastic encompassing mass-processed chunks of dehydrated, condensed, and preserved foods. What is this crap we're eating? ...
Posted by Robin on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:42:00 PST

new adventures with oats

Convinced that cereal costs too much, I've moved on to oats. At first the change was acceptable simply because I was starting a new breakfast routine, but quickly my oats became consistently bla...
Posted by Robin on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 06:51:00 PST

The Amarillo fuddy duddies and a nice long trip

I drove to Amarillo for Thanksgiving. Through familiar territory up I-17, and then across Arizona and New Mexico to Texas, on I-40. I made the trip alone and found it quite enjoyable! A book on tap...
Posted by Robin on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 05:23:00 PST

Just call me Xena - Soma Half Ironman Recap

I successfully completed the Half Ironman Sunday! Now that it's over, I have to say the race was awesome! If you asked me when I started the 3rd lap of the bike or during the run, I might ...
Posted by Robin on Thu, 03 Nov 2005 08:30:00 PST