I’ve probably listened to “Oh Yeah” by The Cliks five times in the last two days.

Got a couple of rolls of film developed from the Dominican Republic. Photos are slowly making their way up onto Flickr, as well as a few portraits I’ve taken lately.

Did you participate in Earth Hour? It was a symbolic gesture, but it shows some solidarity in the face of a problem we have only the smallest ability to solve. Remember, kids, turning off your lights when you leave the house will help save the planet! Apparently Vancouver’s consumption only fell 3.5%, but in Calgary energy consumption spiked up 7% during Earth Hour… thanks for your dedication, Alberta. (There was a hockey game on.)

If you haven’t heard yet, emo kids are being targeted in violent attacks in Mexico.
NYPD officers beat and arrested some non-violent Buddhist Free Tibet demonstrators in front of the UN.
Good nuclear power? Brian Gordon’s article means we should all go mine Thorium OMG.

Painted yesterday afternoon and like every time I take the time to get my art stuff out and actually start working, I realize how much I love it, how much I need to do it. I just wish I had the dedication the rest of the time, or maybe so much inspiration that I couldn’t do anything but work. I like to think that if I had a studio devoted to artwork, with all my stuff out and at the ready, I’d get more work done, but I don’t think that’s necessarily true. My laziness knows few bounds.

Go listen: If you ever have a chance to dance to Kasey Riot you will be more than pleased. But I recommend not listening to her mixes while at work, because they will make you wanna dance, which sucks when you are sitting in an office chair. It’s painful, really, how badly I want to “bust a groove”.

February 12th - 26th I was in the Dominican Republic with my family. I’ve still got - oh - five rolls of film to develop, but in the meantime, here are my photos. The first four I’ve uploaded are digital shots I took in the Haitian refugee village of Villa Ascenscion, near Puerto Plata. The kids loved being able to see their picture after they’d posed for me.

If you’d like to help out with donations of clothing, money, or food, get in contact with Sosua Kids. Hopefully they’ll have a new website soon and will be able to accept donations online. (I’m hoping to be able to take care of that project for them.)

I’ve just uploaded and posted a bunch of photos from my travels in New Zealand. I spent almost four weeks in Christchurch, which is the largest city on New Zealand’s South Island and also supports its most vibrant (in my humble opinion) vegetarian/vegan and anarchist culture. I really enjoyed my time there, most especially thanks to the angry, passionate spring storms, winds and clouds, interspersed with beautiful, warm sunny days.

Check out my photos here on malloreigh.livejournal.com.