Human Waste II

Another great site for all things abandoned.
Lost America

Human Waste

Spaces no longer occupied by the humans that built them have always interested me, for two reasons.  And one of them is not the wonderment of what happened there.  I wonder what a later civilization would think of our choices.  But mainly it reminds me that we are wasteful fools for allowing these places to die.  Not everything ages with grace, but with a little imagination these building can be saved.  And I don't mean turning an abandoned Sears into a daycare center.  I rather gas the place and have it go out in a bang before turning it into low rent housing.

Sears, San Francisco - Katherine Westerhout

The following two sites have amazing photos of places long forgotten.
The Kingston Lounge
Katherine Westerhout Photography

Cups of Cake

• Lemon Cream Cheese Cupcake - Frosted Cupcakery, Hollywood
People are getting all mad about the insurgence of cupcake shops in the Los Angeles area. They're cupcakes people! How can anyone get upset about more cake? Cupcakes have never been some underground secret that have recently become chic, compromising their authenticity. They aren't the product of a culture whose food is exploited for the masses.
For all of you cupcake connoisseurs I recommend the Mojito Cupcake from KickAss Cupcakes, Somerville, MA.

This is me being worldly.

I'll never understand the German people. They do the darn-est things. Hence the success of Reuters. Reuters is basically an outlet for, "Look at how crazy the Germans and Japanese are." (If you don't believe me, check out the Oddly Enough section.) I have the highest admiration for Japanese culture and I have an unexplainable respect for Germany's people but they both do some ridiculously awesome stuff. For example, the way Germany has celebrated the 2oth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Above is one of the two giant marionettes that were used in some sort of performance. Totally creepy, but really cool. Oh Germany, erasing the past with ginormous puppets and nudity. I respect that.

To see more photos of the marionettes click here.

Numbers. Letters. Awesome.

There were a couple years that I had to see a math tutor after school. She had a tight Brillo-like perm and drank lukewarm water. She ate the instant macaroni and cheese bowls with very little water so the noodles were crunchy and the cheese powder wasn't fully dissolved. Those were her only oddities that I knew of, but they were enough to keep her single and lonely and teaching slackers how to divide. I still can't multiply 7's and 8's. I only know 9's because of that finger trick.
On the way to my parents I pass a place called Kumon. It's a learning center advertising, Math. Reading. Success. Being a learning center I think Kumon is pronounced Come On. Come on, you can do it! The face is skeptical almost confused. Which makes sense considering those using a learning center. It's definitely less antagonizing then a smiley face. I hate smiley faces. If I could, I would punch smiley faces in their smiley faces.
The founder of Kumon, Mr. Come On