Kokochi

The Greascar

Finally got to ride in Ele's boyfriend Will's vege oil run car. Tis the coolest!

Back then

I have more to post but for now, allow me to post this precious pic that I grabbed from a table. My baby in HS. I love meeting his old friends and hearing all the CRAZY stories!

A message to Nicole Carina!

This is specifically for Nicole, who is in Wilmington:

We're heading over there to visit a friend of Dav's and I thought it'd be super cool to meet you, but can't find your email. Please email me at mie at kokochi dot com. Let's exchange cell numbers. : )

4 a.m.

At Dallas, on my way to Raleigh. My first red eye flight. How come everyone is so perky? I wanna sleep. Never knew so many people travelled at this hour! My body wasn't pleased about boarding a plane at midnight; I had to use the barf bag and lost my dinner. Oi. At least I get to see Dav soon. It should be fun - we're meeting in Raleigh for his 20th high school reunion.

T'is a proud day to be ...

... a letter M. My first initial. I should give it more props. Thanks, Heiko!

I'm proud to be a nut

After being called a nut by an observant colleague of mine, I had the following conversation.

[11:23] jy: we should have a Nut Level at 6A

[11:23] Kokochi: and a Nut award

[11:23] jy: yup

[11:23] Kokochi: and a Nut vacation day

[11:23] jy: yeah, every day

[11:23] jy: (for nuts)

[11:23] Kokochi: Nuts unite!

[11:23] jy: yeah!!

[11:24] jy: and secretly post nutties on the official blogs

[11:24] Kokochi: exactly

[11:24] Kokochi: I see you are a Nut too!

[11:24] jy: "We sell only to Nuts"

[11:24] Kokochi: Nutaparty

[11:24] jy: Nut's Apart

[11:25] jy: Six Anuts

[11:25] Kokochi: Movable Nuts

[11:25] Kokochi: NutPad

[11:25] jy: :-)

[11:25] jy: yeah!

[11:26] Kokochi: I'm so gonna blog our Nuttiness

I wish ...

these were normal everyday scenes. They are, actually. It's just a matter of superficial appearances, no?

My balcony flowers...

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Originally uploaded by margarita azucar.

are now taken care of by a very special person.

The Crucible fire art festival

Sorry for the crazy amount of pics, but there was all this great stuff that you usually only see at Burning Man (where I don't walk around with my camera-phone), so I couldn't help myself. I was really happy Ian was at this festival too, to see the sort of stuff that is so inspiring and beautiful to me.

Some of it is hard to see, but hopefully you'll get a taste of it.

The funniest was Dance Dance Immolation, a play on Dance Dance Revolution, only with this game, if the dancer messes up, a big cloud of fire gets shot at them (they wear heavy fire protection with a breathing tube). If you can get over the danger factor, it's quite hilarious to watch. [Ian got a better pic]

The most inspiring was a water fountain that was a large glass vase container with flowing water and something else that fire burns. We watched the water and fire swirl around in harmony; kind of mind-boggling.

Kookiest was a gigantic pendulum with the dangling weight part comprised of 4 fire shooting rockets that would shoot the thing in one direction or another. Looked like someone's big fantasy toy.

Most traditionalist was a group who created molten steel, right there at the event, and poured it into molds. Very quiet and almost meditative; seemed like an ancient skill being practiced. It wasn't showy at all like the other installations, yet quite awesome...to see this group work together silently in the dark with this molten steel. I mean, when have you last seen molten anything?

I'm proud that I got a video of tesla coils in action, like Dr. Megavolt's. His performances are hard to catch on the playa, let alone video them.

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Tucker's icecream

I was stuffed from the bbq, but Rachel had a craving for excellent ice cream, which Tucker's is known for. I'm not a big ice cream fan, but from the long line at Tucker's, this must be the place for ice cream.

Ian was wearing his painter's clothes, so to add a little color for the festival, Rachel lent him her blue scarf. Nice touch!