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kami

About Me

striving for appreciation without acquisition, conscience without coercion

My Interests

rare breeds and heirloom varieties, bipedal translocation, dancing, the biological roots of aggression and social interactions, world saving, scavenging, pomegranates

I'd like to meet:

surprises!

Music:

quite often makes me dance. sonic youth & stravinsky, talking heads & taj mahal, bonnie 'prince' billy & beethoven, camera obscura & cat power, bach & beirut, le tigre & low, the secret music of mankind & sisters of mercy, magnetic fields & mono, the clash & calexico, joy division & jt, gang of four & ghostface killah, new black & new order, velvet underground & vashti bunyan, the jam & john denver, miles davis & mutha fuckin' outkast, the smiths and spring hill spider party yo!

Movies:

anything by bergman, wes anderson, jeunet, fellini, coen brothers, wong kar wai, kubrick, hitchcock, miyazaki, godard, herzog, fassbinder, - battle of algiers, blade runner, the snowman, parajanov's ashik kerib, donnie darko, solaris (both versions), princess and the warrior, werckmeister harmonies, calendar, apocalypse now, vertical ray of the sun, akira, fast runner, koyaanisquatsi, black orpheus, baraka, dersu uzala, children of paradise, secretary, hero, cosmos series, close encounters, city of god, black cat/white cat, a woman under the influence, ballad of a soldier, red beard, russian ark, chunking express, the strange ecstasy of woodcarver steiner, grand illusion, the private life of plants

Television:

is the opiate of the masses (with few exceptions)- turn it off. go outside.

Books:

aldo leopold's a sand county almanac, vonnegut, franny & zooey, exile and the kingdom, tom robbins, michael pollan, the botany of desire, marshmallow, susan cooper, the man who mistook his wife for a hat, for the time being, invisible cities, bury me standing, the little prince, zen and the art of archery, the paradox of choice, flowers for algernon, the overspent american, the wild gardener, the laughing dragon...

Heroes:

carnivorous pig bats

My Blog

southeastern drought

hey kids (unless you have been institutionalized for the past four months) if you live in the south you might have noticed a rather significant lack of precipitation. like me, perhaps you thought, "th...
Posted by kami on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 05:31:00 PST

when the solution becomes a problem too

and this is really the issue at hand, isn't it? we find a 'miracle cure' in whatever realm we happen to be dealing with and expect it to be our immediate saviour. however, as in most cases, we are t...
Posted by kami on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:27:00 PST

sweet ride

and a sweeter site! wanna go to the store, the show, the shore (but don't want to pay for all the gas or drive alone?) check this out!goloco.organd while i'm giving props, coolpeoplecare.org is a rat...
Posted by kami on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:11:00 PST

confused about carbon offsets? youre not alone

the confusing world of carbon offsets from the economist weeklyit's not really all it's cracked up to be, but you be the judge (article from business week): read ona guide for carbon offset optionsso,...
Posted by kami on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:39:00 PST

eating fish and preserving biodiversity

here's to eating in a more responsible way and to appreciating the wealth of genetic information out there in our wide world!this is a link to the monterey bay aquarium that offers a helpful guide on ...
Posted by kami on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:06:00 PST

harnessing laziness

crowd power
Posted by kami on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 06:25:00 PST

petition for organics


Posted by kami on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:42:00 PST

biofuels are not the answer (as though you thought they were)

** Environmental warning on biofuels **The drive to switch over to biofuels could lead to rising food prices anddeforestation, a report warns.bad news for biofuels......
Posted by kami on Wed, 16 May 2007 09:13:00 PST

kickin' it with corn

corntainerssome of you might dig this.so this company has some cool reusable water bottles that have their own filter built into the lid, plus...PLUS they are made of corn and are totally biodegradabl...
Posted by kami on Sat, 12 May 2007 04:38:00 PST

boo on bottles

i have a different emphasis in hating bottled water (and yes, i drink it too on occasion but still)...primarily because of the excessive plastic waste that i end up picking up all along the streets.&n...
Posted by kami on Wed, 02 May 2007 06:15:00 PST