I'm back in Petaluma for the first day and I already have some awesome Grammy quotes for you:
Grammy: "Well, yesterday I ran down to Grocery Outlet, and then ran all the way back. Well, walked and ran."
Me: "Wait, you actually RAN, like on a run?"
Grammy: "Yeah, I bought ice cream and it would have melted if I walked all the way back."
Me: "Sorry, I'm just trying to wrap my head around this visual of you and Daisy carrying a bunch of ice cream and running back from Grocery Outlet."
Grammy: "And today this homeless man was walking by and he was admiring Daisy and I ended up talking to him for like thirty minutes about his life and what he does"
Me: "And how was that? Boring?"
Grammy: "No, he's homeless. Like, he doesn't have a home. Well, he has a home down in San Jose, but he's homeless up here. He's like homeless here, and he really liked Daisy. And I, just, I found it interesting that he was hoooomeless, he looked homeless, he had this big dangling earring, and scraggly hair and a plastic bag on his back, and he was obviously homeless. (Laughs) Yeah, and he admired my buddha that I had out front. The homeless always admire my buddha. The one someone tried to steal and dropped and the head fell off?"
(long pause)
Grammy: "I'm gonna go in my room and pray, so she can't come in either." (points at Daisy, closes door)
Stay tuned.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Even more video magic!!
Because Courtney and I are super generous bloggers, here is yet another video we edited today of our time in Bangkok and on the islands in Thailand. Note how smart we are about IDing Kimodo Dragons (they're actually Monitor Lizards and are harmless, but we were terrified). Yep, we both went to college.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
The end of Bali
Some things I forgot to mention in my previous Bali blog about why I like it so much:
- Instead of believing that gods are simply good, they have good and evil gods and strive to achieve a level of harmony. They accept that you cannot have joy without sorrow and acknowledge that many things in life aren't black and white but a balance between the two. It seems so optimistic to me to embrace even the negative aspects of your day-to-day life.
- The bike ride I went on was ALL downhill. I literally just sat on a bike for an afternoon and rode downhill. Maybe it doesn't qualify as exercise, but it definitely qualifies as awesome.
- Our cab drivers were consistently super nice and interesting and remarkably well self-educated (except for the guy who asked us if black people's hair grew in dreadlocks).
So, now that I'm back at my grandpa's house in Chiang Mai and reunited with my laptop, I was able to upload the video I took on our trip. Here are some Balinese highlights:
- Instead of believing that gods are simply good, they have good and evil gods and strive to achieve a level of harmony. They accept that you cannot have joy without sorrow and acknowledge that many things in life aren't black and white but a balance between the two. It seems so optimistic to me to embrace even the negative aspects of your day-to-day life.
- The bike ride I went on was ALL downhill. I literally just sat on a bike for an afternoon and rode downhill. Maybe it doesn't qualify as exercise, but it definitely qualifies as awesome.
- Our cab drivers were consistently super nice and interesting and remarkably well self-educated (except for the guy who asked us if black people's hair grew in dreadlocks).
So, now that I'm back at my grandpa's house in Chiang Mai and reunited with my laptop, I was able to upload the video I took on our trip. Here are some Balinese highlights:
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
More Travels
Courtney and I went out to Koh Phi Phi from Phuket (where they filmed "The Beach"), in search of semi-deserted beaches. Unfortunately, Phi Phi was completely overrun with filthy backpackers, but it ended up working out in our favor because we were there for Canada Day and spent most of the evening drinking with really excited Canadians. Then, we wandered over to a beach-front bar where we met some boys from South Carolina, played pool with them, and danced on the beach at this really fun bar. One of them was a Cotillian (sp?) dancer and knew how to do all these crazy spins and dips. Lots of fun.
A few days ago, we left Thailand and are now in Bali, which is AMAZING. Arguably my favorite vacation spot ever. The food is amazing and the people are so adorable. Today, we went on a bike ride through the country-side and all these small children ran into the street to say Hello and high-five us as we rode by. It's currently a festival week here ("good-beats-evil day"), and people are making these giant bamboo poles with flowers and leaves all over them and it's beautiful. Two nights ago we went and saw a Kechak dance (featured in "Baraka"), which was unreal. I'm doing a terrible job of describing all things Balinese, so I'm going to stop there. We have tons of photos and videos, which I'll post once we get back to Thailand to my computer. I miss all you Americans and hope you had a wonderful 4th of July.
A few days ago, we left Thailand and are now in Bali, which is AMAZING. Arguably my favorite vacation spot ever. The food is amazing and the people are so adorable. Today, we went on a bike ride through the country-side and all these small children ran into the street to say Hello and high-five us as we rode by. It's currently a festival week here ("good-beats-evil day"), and people are making these giant bamboo poles with flowers and leaves all over them and it's beautiful. Two nights ago we went and saw a Kechak dance (featured in "Baraka"), which was unreal. I'm doing a terrible job of describing all things Balinese, so I'm going to stop there. We have tons of photos and videos, which I'll post once we get back to Thailand to my computer. I miss all you Americans and hope you had a wonderful 4th of July.
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