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I got to see @paulgiret present his documentary on circuit bending at @verbatim.books tonight and it was inspiring—science/art/engineering/electronic music wondrousness! Thanks Paul for sharing your work!

Bonus of Wednesday’s sunset at Scripps

end the day at a different spot sometimes it’s fun

Can I take a meaningful photo of myself while bodysurfing a wave? All signs point to no.

Fine sunset despite the overcast day

New Bot Day! Chromedome was built by Shredder to defeat the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. From 1987 tv, he’s a powerful robot ninja and a boss to human ninjas. He was pulverized by the Turtles but his remains were not recovered. Will he return? I don’t know, but I’m gonna enjoy this cafe au lait in the meantime.

Finished my antibiotic prescriptions for my stingray encounter Monday. Maybe overkill, but better safe than sorry. It’s striking how absolutely nonsensical that not everyone has free and easy health care in the USA.

The message on Chalcedony: “you are so loved!”

New Bot Day! Happy Mini Tin Robot by Schylling was presented to me last week by my nephews and he fits in great with my bot collection. Here he’s hanging out with toy animal molds I scavenged from the sand at the beach!

“While the internet might tell you that the refractive index of water is 1.33, it is actually a function of the wavelength of the light, as well as the salinity, temperature, and pressure of the water.” Also I look psychedelic underwater.

My return to the Jetty today was punctuated by the appearance of two dolphins cruising by. Once again I have no photographic proof. Getting my sea legs back after Monday’s stingray barb.

“No boats, no kayaks“/La Jolla

“Welcome to Urgent Care!” Stingray adventure update: no fever, no elevated blood pressure. Still hurts a lot.

Morning bodysurfing session at South Mission Jetty interrupted by the need for my brand new Stingray Emergency Response Kit. Inadequate foot shuffling. Calling my doctor, I think I need to go in. Got some of the lil’ ray’s barb out but I’m no surgeon. HURTS! My first time. And how’s your Monday going?

Back to the Mighty Pacific

6 years on nephew’s chronometer. More on mine.

Return trip. Thank you, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware. And to whatever higher power that bestowed a loving family on me.

The adult traveler can judge how many days are left on their vacation by how many of their pills are left to take.

Sumi is happy to have people home, even me, a visitor.

Indian River Inlet Bridge/southbound

Trying for some Atlantic stoke/Delaware.

An east coast sunrise. Sunset in San Diego will be in 16 hours.

Duo in the water!

Boys who spent many hours in water.

I found a pool and a nephew to hang with

T. Rex is in fact my nephew’s favorite dinosaur.

Nephew wink practice

Good morning Eastern Daylight Time.

The cartoon seal mold is a new acquisition. My sister calls me a “scavenger” because I pick up random abandoned or trashed stuff. Guilty.

On the afternoon of July 5th I lost my phone while bodysurfing. Today, 68 hours later and 0.35 miles north it was found tangled in seaweed in the water. It was so tangled it had to be cut out of the case. In the meantime I used my older phone and got a new case and waterproof envelope. It defied the odds and I’m a lucky son of a gun and my phone is back and faith in people and in the sea is renewed. #stoke

[reboot operating system regularly]

Emerita analoga x 2 @ sunset. FIRING this evening at Jetty. Every wave a lesson.

My high school physics teacher would say if he was absent, he was dead. Mark me “present.”

Lost: 1 iphone, while bodysurfing. We had a darn good run.

I lost my phone in the water this afternoon at PB. These birds are unrelated—from Sunday morning. I’ll replace the phone soon. I wonder if it will wash up onto the shore? Time will tell.

Stones, yesterday.

SAN DIEGO TRANSIT SYSTEM / good for one token fare

Under the boardwalk

It’s so summer. Saw a California sea lion in the surf and once again have no photo proof.

Best parking ever. Back to ride some waves and see a pal.

New Bot Day! SpotBot™ comes from around 1988 and was made by Tomy, Japanese maker of many cool toys. He has a battery, and when turned on spins around and “barks” cutely. A robot to brighten your desk!

Found this drawing out and about.

zinc oxide 25%, coral reef safe

Water Temperature 68 degrees F. Surf 2 feet with a period of 14 seconds.

I limit my photos swimming to posting one per session but this one’s not bad.

Crystal Pier is behind me. It’s along this few hundred yards of beach where I believe I first rode a wave. I was 3 or 4 years old on an inflatable rubber mat guided by my father. Worrying my mother. Encouraged by my aunties and uncles. It’s a vivid memory. Surfers call the intense good feeling riding waves “stoke.” The current was strong and the waves not great for bodysurfing today but I got the feeling. Lean into whatever gives you #stoke. It’s important.

Crazy good light

GRAPEFRUIT SPOON! I am part of the cult of the grapefruit spoon. It has a slight serrated edge that is useful in ways beyond just grapefruit. It’s my favorite underappreciated kitchen tool.

Under the tracks, to the beach

Went to the movies last night. The Sparks Brothers. Pondering longevity, artistic and otherwise, and how part of longevity is accepting failures and moving forward regardless. Excellent documentary.

Underwater/Overwater

How to end the week properly.

I’m getting tan.

Much seaweed, checkered flags up, but still amazing looking.

Meh conditions, but packed anyway. Summer is here with a vengeance.

This is the other quarter of the toy bot collection.

This is 3/4ths of the current toy bot collection.

New Bot Day! Marvin (the paranoid android) first appeared on radio in 1978 in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and in books, tv, and film. This iteration is from 2005. It’s a solid design, but my favorite is the 1981 television version. Marvin is super-intelligent, with “a brain the size of the planet” but is nevertheless depressed. #h2g2 #marvintheparanoidandroid

SWIMMING | SURFING #pacificbeachsandiego

I pickled onions.

North South East West #southmissionbeach #sandiego

Collected so much seaweed in my swimsuit I could start a terrarium.

Windy and choppy

Attended the @creativemorning “Field Trip” “Creative Collage Journaling” put on by @abbeysy and had a pile of fun! #creativemornings #collageart

Lunchtime stoke snippet

Tonight’s plans #hungryformore

Feel like this is a show just for me

New Bot Day! Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots was developed by Marvin Glass and Associates in the 1960s. Originally the toy was meant to represent human boxers, but the death in the ring of of Davey Moore in 1963 the project was scrapped. But the toy was fun. The company “de-humanized” the figures. They were robots that fall apart, not a person that falls over. They have science fictional backstories: “Red Rocker” from Soltarus II fights “Blue Bomber, pride of Umgluck.” I wonder when we started using robots to stand in to let us enjoy entertaining violence? Endless streams of battle droids are shot, dismembered, and crushed in Star Wars movies and animation, to comical effect. Contrast that with the moving death of K-2SO in Rogue One. We are selective about which robots we choose to think of as worthy of dignity. Empathy turns out to be a creative choice not just for the creator but for the viewer. It’s worth interrogating our hearts when we cheer and laugh about violence being done to others. Sometimes, it’s just a toy. Sometimes, not.

The Cove used to be my favorite spot, and for a while it was by a palm tree trying to grow out of a pavement crack on the shoulder of the 405, but I think it’s the Jetty now.

It’s a weird photo but captures the session beautifully.

“the ocean sang / the conversation’s dimmed”

Fully exhausted in an hour. A++ will Oceanside again.

The blurry figure at the crest of that wave is a California sea lion, also bodysurfing at Jetty. #californiasealion #sealion #stoke

New Bot Day! Daimos is from 1978 anime 闘将ダイモス (“Fighting General Daimos”); 3rd of Toei “Robot Romance Trilogy.” Voltes V & Combattler V came first. It transforms into a giant road vehicle in “Tranzer” mode! Daimos knows karate and defends Earth from alien invaders!

I’ve kept these Letterman magazines (1986-2001) for a while. #DavidLetterman

CAUTION Low Flying Model Aircraft

A photo of a boat ramp #missionbay #sandiego

San Diego’s mediocre sunsets still get high ratings.

Spot with purple near sundown

Attended a comics workshop on zoom given by @believermag & @tilliewalden who is clearly an extraordinary teacher. #FridayNightComics

Lunchtime SPF 20

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