we are two ladies learning to mf code, rollerblade, and design board games. we decided to start a blog with a goal to chronicle whazzup this summer where we share a tiny lil room in a tiny lil house and to tell our little monsters (fans) how our summer is going. Basically, the thing you NEED to know about us, is we are insane, like legit nuts. We are crazy, so tune in if u want to see a little slice of crazy heaven as we brave this new world.
ANNOUNCEMENT: It's summer 2k18, and we are mfing back! We're no longer kickin it in our lil room in Van, but the adventure never really stops, does it??
PSA: hit us up in our frickin comments section! haha thats rite, you can now cyberbully us! ♡♡♡youre welcome♡♡♡
also our margins have disapeered? anyone know where they went? offering a reward to a fellow coder who can help a sister out :-)
Concentration and Ecstasy - how do you hold these 2 states in your mind body and soul at once? That is what I asked myself last night, 9:52 pm 06-20, as C O S M played in my room and in the evening air. I was doing energy work - studying biochemistry, that is, specifically the physics and chemistry behind it. Because it’s all interconnected, ya feel?
Probing the mechanics of the atoms that make up us and our universe is at once excruciatingly mundane and extraordinarily aw-provoking. As I come up for breath after calculating the isoelectric point for Asp-Gly-Leu (click here for the answer (SPOILER ALERT)) I meditate on 1. how amazing it is that atoms exist with different number of subatomic particles that give different atoms different properties that cause them to form molecules which, by god given grace or for some other existential reason, act according to ‘laws’ in ways that allow our complex bodily systems to work and allow us to celebrate life! take me to the temple of nature amiright?? and 2. how I want to be doing anything but this - running the streets of Woodstock Camille and her posse, backpack with Sophia, dancing with Skylar, or in other words, exploring the divine in ways that don’t require sitting at a desk!
A wise special someone showed me the other day the magical space between two definitions. What does the space between concentration and ecstasy look like for you? How do you hold the two in your body mind and soul at once? How do you get two birds stoned with the same j? How do you delve into the grind with your ego while still reverberating with the energy from the divine source? As I sit here, light at my desk here, dark summer night sky there, I think I’ve found my answer as waves of ideas wash over me and nestle me into this earth and all its' matter, like ocean waves covering and soothing and stroking the earth.
Posed here on the cusp of the solstice, I release these questions into the soft night air… and they find you*, reader, in your time and place? From where you are positioned, what do you* think? Leave your answers in the comments below!!!
Peace, J
Hi Lovelies!! J here!!
Finally, the moment you've all been waiting for - Jo and Cam return to a blog near you!! But really, this is the moment we've been waiting for. We love you all and are so excited to be sharing this journey we call 'life' with you!!
And g*d d*mn, what a mf ride it's been! You ready for some confessional poetry?
Our deepest apologies, dear readers, for our silence last year! As blog post cordinator, the blame lies with me. Last fall, I was digagnost with depression, which had been undiagnosted last the summer and that previous school year. I didn’t have the spark to write, and as my energy returned, I channeled it into healing myself and into my explorations of what depression is. Now, I can finally, really and truly say, “now I’m here bitch!” (Hass, Entry 5, Jun. 13 2017).
It sounds cliche to say, but depression is nothing* to be ashamed of! It really can happen to anyone and does not mean you are a less wonderful happy thriving human being :) It can also really sneak up, so know the signs, and reach out if you feel like you’re not yourself! You know your normal, and sad and bored and agonous and existential emotions are part of life, but if you find yourself in a dreary fog and dragging your feet and withdrawing more and more everyday, reach out! If anyone wants to talk to me about my experience, or talk to me about something you might be going to - I would be more than happy to! Because it does* get better, it gets sooo* much better! Better than before, better than ever, unbelievably.
For those interested in what helped me, here's a breakdown, in no particular order
So that's where I've been. What about you, where have you been, and where are you now?? Let us know in the comment sections below!!
TLDR; We're back, and can't wait for another summer together on this wonderful planet we call home! Ttyl!
Wavy! Mad! Word!
It’s been many a New York minute since we posted so I just wanted to reassure our readers that we are alive and kicking! Yesterday Campia and I were both in the City That Never Sleeps, and today I am at Harvard and Campia and T are at their beach house. (We may be laid-back West Coasters, but when we go East Coast we go 100%.) I for one, feel brand new and inspired. Can you tell from my attitude that I was most definitely in New York??
Since Cam and I touched down this past Saturday we have been living. it. up., me kicking it in Brooklyn w the lovely L and Cam keeping it real in the Upper West Side w T. In my attempts to respect the name I’ve been staying up till 6 am everyday, and then beginning my wandering at 2 pm. Sunday, I wandered around Brooklyn, met B at the botanical. had dinner and chilled with her, S, and LB at their place, and then got turnt, lit, and CRZY at T’s – specifically, I listened to some good British invasion rock, came off as a crazy beatleshead, discussed the state of the world, plugged this blog, and went for a long walk in Central Park where I saw fireflies! The next day I wandered around Harlem, met up with T and C for a j and uh-maze-ing tacos, and then walked back to T’s and hit a water bong so hard that I spend the next few hours tripping out about consciousses. If you want to follow my thought process, click here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xVnNdx7O1SrxpYYyLxS5_xGaaZBga3QesJ_OMTMycZk/edit?usp=sharing Then I went for a 2 am walk to get my first slice of NYC za, talked to D on the phone ☺, ptfo for an hour, and then got up at 5:45 to catch my train to Boston.
How’s it hanging in the Hamptons, C and T? What’s up in the Couv, MIC D? S and I are gonna chill so mf hard tomorrow, but we’ll keep in touch!
Love to all,
J
“Ay, where the bay at?
Shouts out to Jay Ant
Lookin' for the party girls, let me know where they at”
Hey from the bay!!!!!!! No need to look any further, Gerald - you can find me, my grandma, my mom, my sisters, and my puppy girl right here in Berkeley!! I touched down in Oakland last Friday night, and just like Katy, I don't remember a thing! I just have vauge memories of a mountain lake, some In-N-Out, and going so mf hard with my girls. Unlike Katy, however, I'm not gonna let photos end up online. Sorry for teasing, fans, but I don't wanna sacrafise any potential job oppritunites at my neighbourhood tech HQs. How's it going, Mark Z??
Monday morning, I awakened from my drunked stupor and moved on to more wholesome activities, like hiking in the hills and flats with Skybaby, watching the mf Warriors bring it home, and kicking it with the fam (sisters E and F, parents L and M, grandparents B and B, and cousins L and F). I’ve also been working on this post, and I’ve taken my time cause everything I do I do with a passion, if I gotta be a blogger I’m gonna be a bad one.
Which brings us to the point of this blog, or should I say, this thought piece? For the one thing I do remember from Friday night was buying a KD button and Street Spirt when I got off Bart, and on the front page was an article lamenting the impact of Sillocone valley on the homeless population of California. Between techie scum and Trump (who has made a $6.2 bil budget cut to the Department of Housing and Urban Development), our fellow Californians and countrymen and global citizens are being pushed out of communities that are becoming commuter communities for techie scum, so we gotta all step up!!
Shall we all become luddites? Buy countless warriors buttons from homeless people on the streets in Berkeley? Or try to find some kind of middle path? Comment your ideas below!
Alright, alright, "Enough politics already!", I hear you cry. What's that, you want to see photos of flowers and puppies? Well, ask and you shall receive! Check out this slideshow of Berkeley flowers and my dog Skylar! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6bnkaYDBqQ&feature=youtu.be. Beautiful, amiright? What is YOUR favourite flower? Comment in the section at the bottom of the page!!.
TBH, I’m in a bit of a “trapped in paradise” mood down here. There are hills and creeks and parks and beaches, the air is warm from the sun and laden with the scent of flowers, and somehow the blue skies are so expansive I can feel the curvature of the earth. But I miss Campia, those lonnnnnnnng summer nights, Trimble Park (one of the top twenty most beautiful parks in the world!), Wreck and Jericho and Kits beach, Stanley Park, the pool, the hot tub, my bike, and ml DK, who is arriving back in Van tomorrow morning from Ecuador! Welcome back, bud :)
Whats on the horizon for me these next few days, down here at 37.8716° N, 122.2727° W? Well, since you asked, tomorrow I’m taking it easy, kickin it with my friend A in the AM and then cousin L in the PM, cause Thursday I’ll be showing up to the Warriors Parade with my friend E then going to see Roman Holiday with the fam in the city, and then head out to Inverness to swim out to the raft! (‘The raft’ is a magical spot in Tomales bay I have spent many an afternoon on, and was singing a song my dad wrote about it this morning with him and got so teary eyed that I knew I had to go out!) Then Ella graduates, we party so mf hard like the goers we are, and I show up to my flight the next morning still shit faced. And then I’m back, bitches!!
Peace out guys, t – 4 days till I’m back in The Couv!
Also just a heads up, fans: I feel my musical tides changing. I've been on my biggest yet R&B kick, but I think I might be getting on a bit of a rock one..? Still too early to say for certain but anyhow stay tuned for some new tunes soon!
Love to all, J
nothing really compares to the sight of me in my room as night falls, and the rain falls from the cold grey skies outside, the only light source is from the reddit stream of the warriors game, but thats all i really need. entering a moment where time doesn't exist anymore, the rose garden from the four quartets style, crying w kd's mom, smiling w steph, the relief, the wave of emotion. i love the bay.
as i wipe my tears, turn on the light, i remember that i have a little present for my little monsters. a playlist that really isn't good at all. i made it while i was high: its stuff josephine and tareq show me, and of stuff ive been listening to for like 7 years. its embarrassing, and this is shaping up to be my worst post yet. hey, its all downhill from here though? this mixed cd is dedicated to all the lovers out there, esp mine. happy day, happy bay
Hello avid reader,this is a long one, so tuck in! Josephine is currently partying hard as she frickin can in the 510, making me the metaphorical Atlas, holding the heavy weight of neocities updates on my shoulders. Well, poh tee weet as they say, life goes on. Yeah, ever heard of a guy named Kurt Vonnegut? Anyways…. I am posted up in our room with an infestation of silver fish enjoying nachos and apple pie that one of our housemates left behind. Hey, its not so bad being the loner! I can watch whatever I want, at whatever volume I want, I can smoke weed at any time of the day I want, I can leave the light on, I can go to bed at 8, I can go to bed at 3. And no, I am not overcompensating. In fact, don't pity me, fear me .
Last night, I went to a solidly lame party, where I didn’t know anyone except for the person that brought me. I had a weird conversation about Renn Fayre (Reedie thing, you wouldn't get it) with some losers, and stayed completely sober. It was awesome. This morning, I woke up groggy, thought about doing yoga, instead ate a Fruit Explosion muffin™ from Tim’s, headed out to UBC and was, yet again, the Ecology 230 martyr. Let me translate: we have to take weekly quizzes online, and you get only 2 shots, so you can’t fuck it up, unless you wanna say “bye bye” to 4%. So I took my quizzes before the lame party yesterday, and did as well as the average shmuck does. Some kids aren’t willing to be the average shmucks though. They're in ecology to be the average SHARK. So like the wolf of wallstreet, or the wolf in the three little pigs, they tricked me. I sent them my answers, only to realize they were sharing my wrong answers and working together to get the right ones!!! They have been getting A’s all term by making me their little monkey, as I dance about, serving them the correct answers on a silver platter, and helping them eliminate the ones I got wrong!!! Well, little do they know, I am a genius. I am a peer reviewer by day, computer programmer by night/afternoon, with years of scuba shop sales experience, and I am not about to say “bye bye” to 4%. We have a couple more weekly quizzes to go, and you best believe I am right there, rearing to go. Rawr! I also think I will do pretty well on the final.
Now, that mention of the Fruit Explosion muffin made my tummy grumble, mouth drool, and eyes go all big and cute, but it also brought darkness, anger, and the memory of something insidious that happened whilst my Josephine was away. Someone, and I won’t name names, but someone, accidentally (or intentionally? I’ll let that idea simmer…) unplugged the fridge Jo and I share! Luckily, I don’t think anything went rotten, but it very well could have… This house is haunted, demonic, and very unsafe. I fear for my life in here on a regular basis. But regardless, I carry on. My mind shifts to the new happier, hopeful thought that Mr. Dylan arrives very soon, with a hot-hot-HOT summer tan and a million new stories. Josepi gets back pretty soon too, and we all can hardly wait for the slow-motion run into one another’s arms. I will be looking on, smiling, and singing, with happy tears in my eyes. Check in soon to hear more about big D, the man of the year, and Jo Jo’’s wiiiiiiyld trip to Caaalifornia luuuv. Kisses!
It's Friday the 9th today, TGIF. To be precise, however, it is 12:19 AM and a continuation of the previous day. And Campia and I are still coding. Because that's what you do at #codecamp. We took a break (we cleaned the LP in preperation of the return of DK(!!!!), went out to sushi with our roomies, and got hi) but now we're right back @ it. Can you blame us? Hard to say. Campia's from the Silicon Valley after all, and given the rate at which the techie scum expand, soon I will be too. Some call it fate, some call it environmental determinism. What do YOU think? Religion, science, or a mix of the two?
We aren't going to code every night this summer, but tonight is special, because it is our last night together before a week apart. My bags are packed, because @ 8AM tommrow I am returning home. There, I will reconnect to my coding roots, I will adventure in the Sierra's with my grandma, and I will cheer for my sister E as she struts her stuff across the stage at her highschool graduation. The weather is looking HOT, so stay tuned for some sizziling stories!
And last but not least, news from our favourite globetrotters. Mr. T has returned home to the city that never sleeps, and DK is treking in the Andes. I think I can speak for our fans and say we all miss you, and cannot wait to hear tales of your adventures. Keep it real in Van for us Campia, we all love you and will be seeing you soon.
And here it goes, our very first blog post! Lets start with our origin story- Jo and I are simple people, who don’t crave knowledge about how the internet works. Rather, we love to meander through the web during our vegetative time of the day, roughly 2-5pm. We aren’t tumblr freaks or bougie boho chic, we like the look of craigslist and the dream of the 90s. So, when we decided to start a blog, we never imagined we would become new money techy scum coders. And yet…
We began our search simply enough, looking at make-your-own-website sites for free. However, we soon found ourselves in the world of wordpress. Like we said, we are NOT hipsters, we are quiet, keep-to-yourself creatives. We went to reddit, after searching “90s style website”. We do not often go to reddit either, only to find streaming of golden state warriors games, because we bleed gold (citation: DK). But boy, was reddit our saving grace. It led us to this gem of a website, where Penelope led us through a simple-to-follow html intro course, and then promptly cut the cord! And here we are, learning slowly.
All in all, spare us the scoffs, do not call us noobs. We are slowly becoming a new breed of cool nerd, as we learn to code. TLDR; be gentle.
