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CB

Nuturing my attitude of gratitude

About Me


My Interests

Adventures. Music. Friends. Solitude. Chocolate. Sleeping in. Oakland + it's Public Library. Hacky Sack. Sunshine. Swimming. Color. Trees. Views from hills + mountains. Curvy roads. Spanish. Libations. Health. Honesty. Positivity. Learning.

Movies:

Spirited Away. Spike Lee joints. Run Lola Run. Microcosmos. Election. Hedwig + the Angry Inch. Kung Fu Hustle. Borat. Office Space. Idlewild. Something the Lord Made. V for Vendetta. Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny.

Television:

LOST, Simpsons, Northern Exposure, The Office (US version), Chappelle, Chris Rock, Tenacious D shows

Books:

Dreams From My Father & Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama --> FUTURE PREZ - LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN!! <--
David Sedaris. The Color of Water. Embraced By the Light. Travel Narratives (esp Bill Bryson). Books about religion + spirituality. Biographies (Da Chen's is hilarious). Es Cuba. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. White Teeth (Zadie Smith RULES!!)

Heroes:

Genuinely kind people. Those who are digging in deep to improve the quality of life. People who smile and mean it.

My Blog

You never know who you'll run into at the airport...!

So, I had the dream of somehow running into a member of one of my favorite groups, The Roots, in Philly, as I walked the City of Brotherly Love's streets humming their tunes and Black Thought's lyrics...
Posted by CB on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:19:00 PST

From Harlem to Carnegie to Queens

Yesterday was amazing in that I began in the quaint yuppified West Village, trekked through Harlem, followed by watching the Seoul Symphony at Carnegie Hall, only to lay my head on a pillow in Queens....
Posted by CB on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:00:00 PST

Right glute-ache

Yep, the right butt-cheek is hurtin'!!  I think it's all the miles I've logged between Philly and Manhattan in the past 24 hours..  (But why only one glute when I use both of 'em?!)  I ...
Posted by CB on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:58:00 PST

Anita died today.... ((SIGH))

What a shock...Just 5 weeks ago I was sitting next to this woman, telling her how I had rescued her first book from the library discards, read it, and was forever inspired.  Less than a year late...
Posted by CB on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:18:00 PST

I procrastinate just as well at 30 as I did at 20!

I have the most simple piddly assignment, yet there's something in me that compels me to do everything BUT that.  It's almost like a challenge I pose to myself, the shoulder angel & devil fig...
Posted by CB on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:57:00 PST

Body Shoppin'

We all need a little Mango body butter in our life, right?  I just signed on as a consultant for the Body Shop, which is a great company founded by an incredible English lady, Anita Roddick. ...
Posted by CB on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:36:00 PST

Ahhhh Fridaaaaaayy

Just feeling happy, calm, & productive and thought I'd share.....How are you?...
Posted by CB on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00:00 PST

Bush ignores true cost of Iraq war by Jesse Jackson

*reprinted from Chicago Sun-Times and captioned/highlighted by me*This evening, in his State of the Union address, President Bush will make the case for his plan to escalate the war in Iraq. He'll pai...
Posted by CB on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:16:00 PST

Getting political?

I must be, having just ordered my first T-shirt and bumper sticker to support a Presidential candidate.  (Well, I do have an ImpeachBush bumper sticker which is political, but that's different!)&...
Posted by CB on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:19:00 PST

Aqui en Tulum

The first part of the adventure finds me safe though sweaty in the Yucatan.  So humid!!  Whew!  I just borrowed a bicycle to ride the few miles from the beachside cabaƱas where I'm stay...
Posted by CB on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:56:00 PST