Pedals Plus People, by shortformelissa

so over the summer in florida, i was introduced to a lovely lady and photographer, mel... short for melissa. well anywho, she has a photobook out! so for those that are into bicycles, or photos, or just to be supportive, she has a book on the web for sale.

you can get your copy at http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/545315

her flickr, flickr.com/shortformelissa

Charles Bradley and The Menahan Street Band

i <3 this song

A Girl Like Me

i got myself into an interesting class; culture, race, and media.

the above video i need to reflect on it. which is something i can totally do, but i still feel like there is something missing in my class that i can not pin-point. and i feel like i can not participate until i figure it out. it can be that i am the only asian female and there is about 15 males, 13 of which are white, in a class about 20 students total. which makes me feel like there isn't enough mixed "cultural/racial" input.

oh and if anyone knows the sunday host of wnua 95.5fm radio, stan west. well luck me, i got a chicago celebrity as a instructor. he is a good man with a lot of input.

Payphones

i don't know about you guys outside of chicago, but i haven't seen a working payphone in awhile. it's a sad sad thing. 11 years ago, i can remember calling collect to my mom all the time while she was at work cause i didn't have any coins. you got more legit beggers asking for payphone money, now it's decreasing because there is less excuses to use coins.

i actually miss the feel/sounds of a payphone. holding the heavy plastic between your ear and shoulder, the steel cord, hanging up and hearing the chime. ahhh the payphone...

the payphone is going extincted.

Taggart Transcontinenal live at Fizz

friday night i went to a show at fizz to see taggart transcontinental. a friend from school is apart of the band, and it was known that the big boys were there to see them play...