I'm baaacccckkkkk

Yippie! It has been many years since I used this blog as an outlet for my thoughts/ art etc. Why? I was living in the mountains without regular access to internet and didn't need something like this. Now that I'm back in town, I want a place (other than Facebook) to collect my thoughts. Yes, I could buy a journal but I rarely seem to use those. Yay, yay, yay... Yay!

Visualize Impatience

This weekend there was a craft fair in Forks of Salmon. I signed up to sell fermented goods, namely tempeh, cashew cheese and kombucha. I was psyched. Unfortunately I had to waite all week for my tempeh spores to arrive in the mail and by the time they showed up I was starting to panic. Would I be able to produce in time for the event? I got to work but I didn't dry the beans thoroughly because it was taking too long to dry them, I set them in a closet with the heat cranked up too high (to get it fermenting faster) and then pulled the tempeh cakes out too early. My end result- stinky, slimy tempeh. I considered selling imperfect goods but in the end decided to feed it to our chickens. I am currently feeling antsy about something else so I'm using this tempeh debacle to remind myself that acting on impatience can lead to complete and utter failure. Somethings really need to be given proper time to ferment.

 

Pizza night at the Funny Farm!

I am thoroughly obsessed with food. I'm mostly obsessed with cooking it. Yesterday I had a hankering for pizza so after work I made the whole damn thing- dough, sauce, chopped up veggies, shredded cheese (for the non-vegan of the house), fried up some homemade tempeh and ended up with de-licous pizza. Go me.

Zen Gardening by Jerlina Love

I wrote a book. Now I'm doing publicity for it. So here it goes: read my book, it's kinda interesting.

Zen Gardening by Jerlina Love

I made BREAD!!!

Yeah me! I made this shit! I am so so so psyched! I've had a yeast phobia for a long time but today I went to the natural grocery store in Willow Creek and they were selling this shitty looking wheat bread for $5. I thought "Oh hell no, I can make my own." So I went home and that's what I did. I used the Tassajara Bread book and everything turned out just fine. I do think I'll try sour dough next time and I'd add a little more salt but for my first try I really can't complain.

Hand Crafted Tempeh Made by Me!

I made tempeh. That's right, me. I boiled some beans, sprinkled some spores, let the mix sit in a warm box for a day and whala! Tempeh. I'm super stoked because I totally love tempeh and have been wanting to make it for a long time. Finally, finally, finally I did it. It's amazing what you have time for when you don't have any responsibilities.

So I got to thinking, that I've lived for the most part a lifestyle dominated by thoughts about the future. You know, learning stuff to put into practice in the future, making comitments and investments that will pay off in the future. Interestingly that lifestyle came to a crashing halt, weirdly, and now I'm kinda forced to do things as if now were the only moment that matters. In a Zen sense, this is true. I'm not saying this is entirely a good thing, it can feel uncomfortable, especially when an undisclosed family member starts nagging me about my life plans. So I made tempeh. I'm playing the guitar. I've gone running a few times. It's amazing how much time future oriented activities can take up because now I seem to have lots of time for stuff. Like calling people and making moldy soybean cakes.

Merry Christmas from Cheech and Chong

I heard this on the radio and totally loved it. I've never listened to anything by Cheech and Chong before and it's great! Here is the video for it but it's distracting, so I'd press play and walk away from the screen.

Thanksgiving in Aptos

Walk Like THUNDER!!!

Whoah, this song is super amazing. Kimya deserves the Macarthur Genius award for her song writing skills. There should be an anarchist version of this award and if this anarchist award existed I'm certain someone would be smart enough to give it to her. She is so aWWWsome. Go girl.

I've Got Nothin

I aint got no job, I aint got no home, I aint got nothin... Nina puts a good spin on not havin nothin.

Post # 100! Jerlina Takes Over Tassajara Zen Mountain Monestary

To celebrate this 100th post I am putting up videos that I took at Tassajara this past week.

Jerlina and Marisa Take Over Yosemite!

Oakland on a Saturday Night

This video reminds me of this Foxy Brown concert I went to a really long time ago. E-40 was there and for some reason my dad got me and my friend Lupe backstage. It was kinda weird. Anyway this is a chill song which transports me to Oakland so, I like it.

The Weight of the World

Damn this guy is great. So is this song.

Love Poem 4

brotha man
sista friend
hold my hand
and love me.

Weird Ass Cody ChestnuTT

I like this dude because he's so damn weird. If he were in my family I think I would be frustrated by him but he's not so I like him. I don't really like this song but I do like the video.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=779488

Haiku Time!

I wrote these:

Haiku
Straw found in my hair
After lying in the grass
While the sky grew pink


Haiku
A withered balloon
Two days after the party
Falling to the ground


Haiku
Golden flesh grows sweet
Wrapped tightly in thin red skin
Hugging a small stone

The Fader Videos

This morning I got the idea to look up the Fader website and I'm so glad I did. They have some great videos posted there! Thanks guys!

Karate Guy

I was watching this guy do karate in front of city hall in San Francisco when I was waiting for the bus. Watching him really inspired me to just be myself. Thanks dude.

Summer at Green Gulch Zen Garden

The sun hardly comes out in the this neck of the woods but when it does it is blatantly magical.

pictures, pictures, pictures!

I've been taking pictures. There was a phase I was in for a long time where I refused to take pictures, I just wanted to remember things as they were but I have a bad memory! So, that phase is now over.


Here are photos from a recent Green Gulch Farm Kickball game- the Hawks v. the Coyotes

Here are photos from my 10 year high school reunion:

Hot like Summer!

It is SO HOT out! I can't believe it because it is never hot at Green Gulch but it was yesterday and already is today at 8am. Woohoo! I thought I'd post this summery song that I was singin in the shower. Yay heat! Yay John Legend!


John Legend - Used To Love You (Video)
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I Miss Oakland

Dubstep, burners, scraper bikes, salsa by the lake, turfin, side shows and crazy lookin people like me... It's all happenin in Oakland. Can you tell that I'm homesick?

Turfin in the Town

Oh how I wish I lived in Oakland. Someone told me about turfin this weekend and they thought I was pretty dumb for not knowing anything about it. Well when you live in marin you become dumb about a lot of things. Anyway turfin is a kind of dance that was started in East Oakland. I watched this video and was amazed. I love it.

Happy Birthday!

This year I had 4 birthday parties. Usually I resist having one but I was really into celebrating this year. For celebration #1 I went to see the Grouch at the Shattuck Downlow. I had a great time. Celebration #2 was a party for my family at my mom's apartment in Alameda. Celebration #3 was a party held for me and Sam (my co-worker) in the garden and party #4 was at the Pelican Inn with friends from Green Gulch. Well I'm 28 now and I'm happy about it.

Party #2

 

Party #3

 

Party #4