I am very excited about this week. The new fall weather is heralding my return to the government world. I had been on exodus exploring personal interests in environmentalism. I loved the time away and even used it to create A Clean Life, find utlimate personal health, and become an evangelist for a better world. …
Author Archives: Steven Mandzik
From the rich green tops
as i practice my descriptive writing… nestled above the forestry sits a calm revelry. Squirrels plunging into nuts i have not the idea. Home in quiet suburbia. Children grumbling as they saunter down to the breakfast table. Parents busily readying themselves for the days haul. The crestline slowly lowers to the old city of Alexandria, …
My dear, I endeavor only to aspire to such desires
Listen. Support me. Believe in me. Give me what I need. Help me fly higher than I have imagined. —- Love yourself. Believe in yourself. Be all that you are meant to be. Stay in your center, stay in the calm. Know that I love you & I’m always with you.
Vote for Our SXSW Panels!
Hey Everyone – voting opened today for SXSW 2010 panels. The SXSW panel committee will use our votes to help determine what kind of conference SXSW ends up being. So, please vote for my panels and my friends. All the words below are clickable From me, Steven Mandzik: Local Food: Creating an Online Community of …
The Connection Is Made
This will be the first time I memorialize this aspect of my being. I have the ability to connect with someone on an unconscious level. It belies distance and any form of communication. Its nothing short of telepathy. My newest connection is with Amy Senger. There I was not a minute before this writing, tired, …
Freeloading
I’m reminded of a story that I once heard as a sad tale. A boy decides that he wants to bake a cake for his mom. He saves his money for the cake mix and the other ingredients. Gets home only to realize that he forgot to buy eggs. Rather, as an adult looking back …
Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes, 1998)
Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes, 1998), originally uploaded by Greenman 2008. “Velvet Goldmine” is a movie made up of beginnings, endings and fresh starts. There isn’t enough in between. It wants to be a movie in search of a truth, but it’s more like a movie in search of itself. Not everyone who leaves the theater …
Paris – “Baguette magique”
Paris – "Baguette magique", originally uploaded by Kamomillo. lol, how could u not love bread
International Student House – London
Indoor phone box, originally uploaded by KyroII. first place i stayed in 2003, what a fuckin trip
Sherlocks
Sherlocks, originally uploaded by rhiaphotos. london underground baker stop, in indelible memory locked in my mind. strangely gritty and nostalgic, my vision of london.