Robin Camille

Image of the Eagle Nebula from The Big Picture.

we talk of California like it’s paradise
sprawling leftheavy golden state
blue state city,city,city,border
palm trees and hot roads
green/gold and gold/blue and blue/

but my California is a blank sky
a white sky, desaturated by fog hovering over
the lagoon and the asphalt
flaring sodium street lamps into small orange suns that
make dotted lines of every road at night

my California is scratchy brown underbrush
coyotes yipping in the canyon
wildfires every October, droughts every August
seawater washing up over the 101 and
leaving shards of shells to pierce
bare feet of greyhaired surfers at 5 am

my California is undercut by budget cuts
poor in spirit, rich in Westwood
first generation children learning what “spangled” means
millions of tiny translators

my California is huge
an entire planet full of people
every kind of people.
I know them all.

my California is a desert
is a mountain
is an ocean
is a forest
is an island
is a city.

What’s next? Loudface? Proudface? Chowedface? You know, I’d really better stop while I’m ahead.

(scarves on face; scarves ’round neck)

One of the most beautiful things I’ve watched. The Tsar Bomb is the largest nuclear weapon ever. It was tested in 1961 by the Soviet Union. The resulting fireball is 5 miles in diameter.

I seem to have a thing for world-ending bombs. Good thing I’m not a physics major or we’d really be in trouble.

Clapping Music, a French indie label, is offering a little EP on their website featuring 2 songs each by Karaocake, Marie Marie Cells, and my personal fave, François Virot (pictured). He’s so cute!!! Highly recommended.

Two more François Virot mp3s are on La Blogotheque (”Cascade Kisses” & “Hard Knock Life”).

Picture from Franços Virot’s virb page.

Massively awesome. From space-invaders.com, where you can see more Rubik Cubism works.

Via things magazine, one of my top 5 weblogs. They always link to massively awesome things sur l’internet.