camping in the sequoia national forest, at potwisha campground. open tent, no rainfly the second night. i think about how lucky this is, to have two evenings where nothing of the outdoors triggers any homeostatis response. food is abundant, no bugs, quiet outside, nothing needed but a jacket. our eyes close under the stars. the trees are bigger than you could ever imagine.
met our camping neighbors, a group of friends who spoke tamil and made fresh chai in the morning. they shared a cup with 9999 and I. i leave this weekend thinking to myself it's wifi that is public enemy number one. and that it's also important to feel small.
Linocut event today, and a LNY hotpot with some work friends. Both of these events today were with groups of people, friends, who the majority I do not know and was meeing for the first time.
It’s nice to move between groups, make things, enjoy food. People are all quite generous and amazing. On the drive back from the west side I was thinking about how I heard about the “chinese banquet” wedding, twice, one from a friend who was about to attend her childhood friend’s wedding in May, in China, and the other from someone who just proposed last year, who was from Malaysia, and had three events planned, all timed around the superstitious Chinese New Year calendar. One event in southern California, one in northern California, and finally, the Chinese banquet back in Malaysia. I've always wondered what a Chinese wedding could look like, I've never been to one myself. It's nice to think that Chinese people like to celebrate with food and with many people in more ways than one.
it’s nice that there are days where the weather tells, suggests, to you what the day might look like. One less decision to make.
Los Angeles + flash flooding warning until 2PM on President’s day. Delia’s and delicious coffee in the morning with 9999.
watched the Titanic today today with 8888 and 0896 for the first time ever. I can't help but feel like no one told me that it was this good, which is totally untrue.
burned moka pot / canes with 0896, they forgot the sauce in my kids meal / made date brown butter banana bread my recipe
Yesterday I found a huge, and beautiful painting near the trash bins. I cannot believe that I found it, nor can I believe that someone threw it away. It now sits above our living room.
- When you have a last conversation with someone, always speak with your full heart, here.
- The winds of life will move you
- Health is really important, sleep as much as you can
- Being outside is a cure to a lot of things, walking, quite is too. Drink some more water, while you are at it
- Flow state is key to being good person
- Creation with an audience is also a way to self actualize
- Your moods quite rarely trust each other: gratitude and sleep will often get you to a better place, I think
- Consumption makes you miserable, the two weeks where you were able to use a rule to say no to a lot of things really freed your heart
- Call your friends, they really are there
8888 brought my pants to the Highland Park repair fair, today. We also got our knives sharpened after two years of the task haunting us every time we found ourselves in Atwater! I am so struck by all the small repairs on the pants, the generosity, the second life that these actions bring. I’ve read think piece after think piece about mending, but it feels so extraordinary the first time you really experience it.
victor talking about art, and artists trying to grapple with the very human desire to create something that outlasts themselves, to create something permanent. this resonated, another data point to better understand this almost desperation that I feel trying to capture everything, write about, jot down, to make something out of all the moments that are ever so fleeting.
ping pong tournament at jordis field day, joint birthday party for mei and sarah 80 degree day in february, in los angeles. it all makes me want to stay. somehow the sundays in los angeles makes it feel like you've made every decision right.
moods do not trust each other make bit by bit, do not need to know towards what end
have recently been a huge fan of the camera app using the 1:1 (square) framing instead of the standard 4:3 encourages soft framing in every photo you take, instead of cropping after the fact (thank you finn) a little easy mindfulness in how you capture
week off in la
m: mei katie over working
t: carrot cake from neighbor
w: pole / ping pong training
th: open pole
f: art division / pole / walk
sa: huntington / spina / toms 1hr / tacos / chipotle / 33 taps / bacari
su: ping pong tournament
the first party in january is everyone's subtle debut day of their new holiday items (fur hat, adidas ballet flats, new jacket, new sweater, new earrings) cute and sweet
15,621 steps bunny handmade ceramic mug ($60 USD) handmade earrings ($10 USD) tea ($3) korean cold noodle soup ($8) wool sweater ($80 USD)
abnormally warm day in mid january (80 degrees) everyone clustered in the few tree shadows at the reservoir 40 minutes to lay before pole
ive been loving la
the collective sounds of everyone's phone notifications once the plane lands sigh of relief
sticky note wall of "truths and learnings" from last few months of last year attempting to document every truth I learned in my days in my twenties when writing they meant so so much on looking back there are a few that I cannot recall but they are important to me anyways
irl notes app. still trying to find a way to document all that is important
- we're all fucked because we need more flow state
- in china everyting is gambling: society's push towards gamifying everything
- everything i made in 2025
- screenshot of all my tabs that I posted to instagram
- gluttony/hedonism at all you can eat and unlimited locations
much like game design, web design benefits from the same idea of "juice"
interactions with the mouse, hover interactions and animations, playfulness.
where/what is the line between playfulness / usability / flexibility?
met for the fourth book club with sarah, addy, lucia: "perfection" by vincenzo latronico never has a book felt more relevant to our moving lives and our decisions that guide them - sarah in spain, addy moving around, lucia and I in los angeles
talking about using the third person instead of the first person as a way that both distances yourself from the characters, losing empathy but also seeing how the world impacts your choices, and how the ever changing world will always affect your life and your direction
so in a way it's kind to yourself to remind yourself of the third person and write about yourself in the third person
and, lastly, to stray away from consumption of a city and the importance of ties work that ties you to people, being in a place with anchors (family, friends)
just saw a post on instagram of someone talking about performance art
argued that performance art can be a decision in your life, and you reacting to or understanding that decision and seeing what changes for you
this feels again like the tuning conversation lucia and I had - we spend our lives tuning, trying things, getting to the point when your gut feeling rewards you habits as a sort of performance art
v2 of blog: gathering design inspiration my arena websites collection
learning so much about designs from other portfolios - what sticks?
v1 of blog deployed you can learn so much just by creating again