i love:

the new portishead album. it has been stuck in my head all month, and i listened to it all last week in belize on my ipod while i laid on the sand and watched these really pretty and eerie frigatebirds float above me, and it's pretty much all i've listened to in my car since i bought the c.d. back in may. i think that it's probably affecting my entire outlook on life.

some things:

this is a neat leaf that i found in my parents' backyard:
and this is a video of mom and bailey bicycling to work: