This Domestic Life

I have a cold. This is a good excuse to spend a sick day and do my homework. These days I rather enjoy the comforts of home.



Recent scientific evidence suggests that the common cold is caused by a deficiency of jook, which is what Koreans call congee. Fortunately, I am getting quite good at making it, and I have loads of rice.



I recently rearranged my apartment. I like the new layout very much.



I called Spider-man to crawl up to the ceiling and take this picture for me. He agrees that this is the best possible layout and encouraged me to become an interior decorator. He is so gay.



Plant life has exploded in my new place. I had a bit of a scale problem on my/Ginna's orange tree, but a bit of neem oil took care of that. I was going to try ladybugs but they are only sold by the pound.



If anyone can help me identify my plants, I would appreciate it.



Pigeons have achieved air superiority over Cobble Hill. I would like to encourage large birds of prey to take up residence on my fire escape and raise a family.

Odds and ends from Central America

This bridge hangs about eight trillion feet off the forest floor in the Monteverde Reserve and I motherfucking crossed it without soiling my pants all that much. Later I learned that it was built by a high school dropout with no engineering training whatsoever.



My favorite part about this picture is not that I just missed the ventilated buttcrack peeking out under the fluttering shirttail of the guy in the back of the pickup, but the smiling face in the rear view mirror at the right edge of the frame.



Someone somewhere considered Ometepe a contender as the most beautiful place in the world.



A coming storm.



This is what it looks like when you are on the bus and you are leaving Monteverde for some crazy, unconvincing reason.