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THE VAGABOND DIARIES The Synthesis presents Part 1 of 2 articles featuring personal stories from urban vagabonds. How do they end up on the street, how do their families feel about it, and how can we reconcile the collision oflifestyles happening in Chico. We get their thoughts on sit/lie ordinances and solutions. This week we hear from Ricardo and Lucas, and on June 10th we'll hear from Lucas' mother and ex-traveler Amy. Tie up your dog and read for a spell.
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HIGH SCHOOL ZEN Remember when High School was all about drama and hormones and nonsensical meltdowns and slap fights? This week we have a special feature, written by Chico High School senior Jonathan Dillanes, about the amazing work that his Peer Mediation Group is doing with the help of Mike Carroll, group advisor. No you dint! Oh yes we did.
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Sometimes I'm just a swirling mass of thoughts and things. I get into ideas with gusto, and then drop them like a 7-yearold drops granola bar wrappers all over the house. Right now things are feeling pretty stressful. We had a change of personnel here at the Synthesis; our Entertainment Editor, Nolan Ford, is no longer on our team. We appreciate all of his hard work and dedication to the Synthesis, and I miss seeing his adventures in facial hair. Also, I miss teasing him, though it went largely unappreciated in my opinion. I always said he was like the little brother I already have two of. I wish him the best. Last summer I discovered the 21st Amendment Brewery's "Hell or High Watermelon'' beer, and now I'm conditioned to crave it when the sun starts shining. It's not really the kind of beer that beer sommeliers would crack open and pour sideways into a fancy glass, but it's super delicious on a hot day when you just want to chug a watermelon-flavored beer straight to your dome. And a six-pack fits in the office mini-fridge, so that's pretty great. I've also been into juicing stuff, my CSA from the GRUB farm, and duck eggs. Also, I only cook bacon in the oven now; weve been eating a lot of breakfast-for-dinner in my household. That's what's up. Anyway, in a Synthesis quest to understand the situation between our fellow Chico Americans and the homeless people populating downtown, we invited people to talk to us about their experiences on the street. How do they live, why did they choose to live that way, was it really a choice, and how would they solve the incompatibility problems we're having between their community and ours? I've been pretty strongly against any additional ordinances, but after being given such rich food for thought, I can appreciate the other side. I still feel that this homeless issue is part of a circular problem. Chico is facing bankruptcy. The only ace in the city council's collective hole is to raise taxes. Raising property taxes while simultaneously gutting our law enforcement may get us back on the right track eventually, but what would you do if your mortgages or rents went up exorbitantly? Wouldn't it be terrible if some of these outspoken pitchforktoters trying to run the homeless out of town were facing a similar situation themselves? As ex-traveler Amy Coyne put it, "Rents will be so expensive that only high-end shops can afford to be downtown, but the people that can afford to buy things at those shops won't come downtown because it's skeezy. It's a cyclical problem:' Though I think it's important, I think we should shelve the homeless issue to focus on our dire financial straits. Hold some fucking bake sales or something. Because being a bankrupt city is no picnic in the park-just ask Vallejo or Stockton.
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The Bats are Coming I've been running myself ragged lately. Last night I was out late at Monstro's Pizza, watching Neutralboy from Washington tear through a punchy set of straightup, three-chord, punk-rock gems. This was an early stop on a tour that siphons the boys down into the Southwest and eventually into the city of sin, Las Vegas. Over 13 years ago, Trish and I were married in Las Vegas at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in the old, grungy downtown portion of the city. That was a crazy weekend. We rented a big silver Buick sedan and drove from Chico to Reno and down US95. About halfway through the state of Nevada we rented a room in a historic hotel in the old silver-mining town ofTonopah. A casino bigwig bought the hotel as a project, and when we were there it was in the process of a complete restoration. The dining room wasn't
quite ready for guests, but the tables were set with gleaming silverware and silk linens. The crystal sparkled in the room's low lighting. Though it wasn't as large, or quite as remote, frankly the place reminded me of something out of The Shining. It was a hell of a lot better than the other boarding option in Tonopah: a strip-mall motel with the front window entirely decorated with a collection of assorted clown dolls. If Trish hadn't the good sense to veto me on that one, we might be presently living down in Jimbo's desert basement sex dungeon. Speaking of dungeons, we are making good progress on the Death or Glory underground pub. I know I tend to sound like a broken record, but this is my life these days-work, playing a little music, and digging a giant hole out of a berm on the property. It's really much more interesting than it sounds.
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The moon is getting fuller, and right now is just about the time the flocks of bats start to rise up from underneath the nearby train trestle. They emerge together, as a single unit, fly high into the evening sky, and then spread out to descend over the area. They're big and plump this year, and in the habit of buzzing me when I'm out urinating under the oak trees. Also under a portion of the oak trees there is a cluster of wild plums. They put off a full, yellow fruit, and are absolutely delicious. Kiki the dog has discovered them. It used to be that when we couldn't locate her, she was off in the neighbor's pasture pestering the cows-but now we check the plums, and 10 times out of 10, there she is. I'm not sure I'm going to get things together enough to turn the plums into wine, so in the meantime we'll pick and dry a batch, just to see how they turn out. Well, this existing wine-a big bottle of white Livingston-is not going to drink itself, so until next week, take care of yourselves.
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Hugs 'N Stuff I developed at an early age. I remember having a flat-chested, no-hipped, straight up and down body that ran on chocolate soymilk and Judy Blume. And suddenly one summer, after what seemed like no time at all, BAM! Boobs. Hips. Ass. Before I knew it I was a teenager made of shapes, and instead of soymilk and angsty teen lit, I subsisted on anxiety and Disney original movies. (Brink, Luck of the Irish and Motocrossed, I
love you still). When you are an individual with ample ... shall we say, "chest meats;' little thingsthings that seemed simple before-can bring you nothing but mental anguish. Take for example, hugging. Hugging is a simple, seemingly innocuous act that brings flat-chested individuals no second thoughts. For me however, and really anyone above a C-cup, hugging is a battle between decorum and societal niceties that nearly always result in an implosion of anxiety.
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There was one instance recently where this rang particularly true. I was out at a local watering hole (Duffy's), and was trying to explain to my foxy man-friend the feeling of trying to ignore the fact that anytime I hug someone straight on, that they could feel my tits pressing against them. As was expected, he didn't really understand. (Not his fault; unless men had testicles the size ofbocce balls, how could they comprehend it?)
Anyway, I had just finished trying to explain to him why something like that could be so nerve-wracking, when his brother and close friend arrived. (They're just one person; I don't mean that two separate dudes showed up.) I then had the unpleasant task of trying to decide whether I should give him the front-hug (as I usually would) while knowing both myself and my man-friend would then be painfully aware of my chesticles on his, or give a side-hug and run the risk of hurting his feelings, as it would be a much more conservative hello than were used to. My inner brainmonkeys jumped and screamed around my brain for the three-or-so seconds I had to figure out what to do, and because I'm an idiot, I settled on the side hug. The worst part of it all wasn't the fact that he was going for a front-hug and I had to do a little shimmyshoe action to quickly maneuver myself to his side-it was the embarrassed chuckle and the almost imperceptible shake of his head as he pulled away. What can I say? I don't deal with these types of situations well. .. or any situations really. Sitting alone and reading, sleeping and showering, these are the activities I handle with aplomb. That's the end of my story, but how fucked up is that? Hugging, man ... it's complicated. Candy Crush Update: Level 148. 147 took me over a week. Feeling fatigued.
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AQ, Part 2 Why Part 2? Because we haven't talked about desserts! They're so sneaky and cryptic with their menu descriptions at AQ. When we ordered dessert, the menu simply said, "textures of chocolates, lavender, walnuts, honeycomb;' but what came out was this artfully constructed .. .! don't know what to call it... cake situation? There was definitely cake on the plate. It was this super-springy chocolate spongecake that made my dining companion close his eyes and nod in appreciation. Again, me with the gluten -free thing; I couldn't eat it. It suuuucks sometimes. But I did give the spongecake a little squeeze, and the texture was phenomenal. I'm a baker. I can squeeze something and know it's the bomb dot com. Then, laid over the spongecake were these ... mousse strips. How you arrange chocolate mousse in strips over spongecake is well beyond my culinary expertise-which might quantify exactly how much culinary expertise is actually happening in my general vicinity. (I'm not as cool as I seem.) But then there was honeycomb and candied walnuts and a little sorbet, and by the time we took in all the components, I wasn't at all surprised that something so fun came from the AQ kitchen. They are full of surprises. The other dessert, a gluten-free gift from the chef, didn't actually make my list of faves. There was a dacquoise that sat atop a bed of crushed pistachios. On top of the dacquoise was rhubarb in Peychaud's bitters, a little sorbet, and a fried strip of rhubarb.
It was adventurous, seasonal and fun, but
somehow everything in that dessert was really yummy together except the rhubarb. And I love rhubarb. In this context, it just turned me off a little. The texture was a bit too chunky for the delicate dacquoise; the taste of the 'barb hovered around too-tart. However, the presentation was lovely. And AQ still managed to run away with my heart, a little at a time, over the course of the meal. Finally, and probably because it piggybacked on my already full list of amazing cocktails that I began drinking at Bourbon & Branch (a speakeasy my date took me to in order to sauce me up before dinner-smart) , the Manhattan at AQ finished off my drinking in such a great way.
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AQ makes fucking great Manhattans. And they serve them with some kind of cured or wine-soaked or gift-from -the-aliens cherry that is nowhere near akin to the maraschino varieties that get swirled into the drinks at less-classy establishments. Don't even pretend that you would have expected that in a place like AQ; I just wanted to clarify. The cocktail is made with a cherrywoodinfused bourbon, sweet vermouth, and Angostura bitters. Fantastic. Oh, and speaking ofbitters ... we'll talk more about that next week. I'm revisiting our old friend from local bitters company Five by Five, and I'll tell you about a really great cocktail you can make at home. Until next time!
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lived out of his car, and his traveling companions were YOU SEE THEM SITTING DOWNTOWN; his [now ex-] wife and three-year-old daughter. Tired sometimes in groups, with guitars, dogs, dreadlocks, booze; aggressively panhandling, hanging out in of being in the cold, they traveled south from Colorado storefronts on the sidewalks-the along the pre- Katrina Gulf traveling homeless. The "houseless:' Coast, exploring the cities, beaches, and national forests. With a sit/lie ordinance headed for the city council dais, the citizens "We were just camping and of Chico are heavily divided. What hanging out and exploring with no particular time table;' can we do about these vagabonds? Will a blanket ordinance solve our says Steger. He planned his journey around places where issues? Will it help give the Chico Police Department more tools to he could camp for free in work with? Or is it flying in the face national parks. When he needed money he would "hit ofliberty and the Constitution? Will it even work, when it has already the temp agencies and get proven to be incredibly ineffective day jobs:' He would do all in other homeless-plagued cities? manner of random day-labor jobs, "from manufacturing Before we hoist our pitchforks and head downtown, let's put a laser to chopping lettuce in a salad factory. It was the coldest job beam on the homeless demographic we're most concerned about and find I'd ever had; it was freezing in the salad factory;' he laughs. out what we can about the travelers: He had some scary moments the people who choose to follow the wanderlust. Synthesis put a call out on the road, but by and large, on the "Life In Chico" Facebook page people were welcoming and for past and present gypsies to ask kind. He wasn't a panhandler, he wasn't making a political them directly why they chose this statement; he "just wanted to lifestyle, and what they would do if Ricardo Steger, near Four Corners, Colorado they were us. be free and enjoy life:' The Steger Family Took It On The Road The first person I spoke with had a different type of experience as a traveler. Ricardo Steger had a college degree,
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Now, as a Chico resident, Steger is familiar with the homeless issues. "I don't have any problem with people doing what they wanna do. I have a problem with people
that are gonna camp out downtown and then think that I need to support them [when they] aggressively panhandle-which does happen here; [it's] not SO bad, but they're insistent:' He goes on to say, "it's a nice place to camp out here: there's plenty of food, nobody bothers you, it's a decent place to be if you're that kind of homeless person. But if you're able-bodied enough to stand there and ask for money, then you're able-bodied enough to go down and get day work. There always work to do. I've traveled across 35 states and I've never ever had difficulty finding work. If you're willing to do it, there you go. Over on 20th street you've got one guy with a sign saying 'Will Work For Food' and then you've got another guy behind him twirling a sign for a store; it's kind of a funny counterpoint because they're doing [essentially] the same thing. That one has a job, he's getting paid, and this one's begging and probably making more money:' Steger added, "I was plugged into the Rainbow Family, which kinda came out of the hippie movement in the early '70s. People get together to pray for world peace, but you can go there and it's completely free-money is discouraged. You can show up there and get fed. And if you want to volunteer and help in the kitchens you can; barter and trade is a way of functioning there. You can travel from gathering to gathering to gathering, year-round. I went last summer and it might be the last one I go to for a while. I went there and found that the number of people who were not contributing but were taking advantage was far greater than the people who were trying to make it happen:'
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The Local Kid Lucas Dean is 21-year-old traveling kid; his favorite quote is, "Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon:' Right now he's gone legit. He's living in Vegas in an apartment and he's got a job. Dean said, "My job title is 'Dunie'. I'm a tour guide in the dunes just outside Las Vegas, and I lead a pack of adventurous tourists safely through the dunes on dune buggies. I mean, after a while it does become just another job, but when I start feeling that way I just slap myself and think of all the other shitty jobs out thereincluding the one I left a year ago to be 'home free' and travel:' He's saving up his Dunie money to do some more traveling. When I asked him about the term "homefree", I said that the sound of it seemed like it had the implication of choice. Dean said, "Totally, I think it is, but also in my experience for a lot of others out there, it isn't always a choice. But each and every person/story is unique:' And being homefree for Dean came about quite by accident. "For me [it] was all choice. And all driven by wanderlust. Just a desire to see the world. After an exchange trip through Red Bluff high school and Graz, Austria, I got a taste for travel. I worked really hard after I graduated so I could do a full Europe trip, which was incredibly under-funded, which [then] led me to hitchhiking around Europe. At the time I honestly didn't know anyone else still did this, and thought I was kind of unique for it. After that my life really changed, and I started hitchhiking around California to see friends and whatnot on my days off from work. I was about to quit my job at Staples until I got promoted. I made an agreement to work for a full year, but after six months I became a bit angry and even slightly depressed because I was chained down. I took advantage of paid vacation twice. The second time I flew to Boston to visit a guy I had met on Facebook. I packed my bag, and never came back from vacation, even though I had a round-trip ticket. This resulted in 10 months of travel-hitchhiking, train hopping, and walking-around the countrY:' I asked him how he got money for food and he said, "Once [my savings] ran out I started flying signs sitting on street corners, and at freeway off-ramps. I'd go to the occasional bum feed in smaller towns, and dumpster dive.
I typically don't like those [bum feeds] though, because I don't like most 'homebums' I have met (homebum being that [local] homeless man that you always see around). And believe it or not, a lot of people that see me walking down the street have helped me out, or when I'm hitchhiking my rides semi-frequently hook it up with food, or a place to sleep, or even moneY:' If you ran into Dean on the street, you<l have no trouble identifying him as a traveler. I explained the situation we're encountering here in Chico and he confessed, "Well, I've been guilty of hanging around in front of businesses myself. And I've been kicked out of more places than I can count. But I always leave respectfully. I understand the business side of it. I wish other kids did as well, because when they're rude about being asked to leave, it makes everyone in the future have a bad taste for us. But I also feel like if a person is not harassing anyone, is not litterLucas Dean ing or defacing anything, is just avoiding the rain, or heat of the summer in the shade, even being a paying customer...! always try to buy at least a drink if I'm going to loiter, out of respect... that there should be no issue:' Would a sit/lie ordinance affect Dean and his fellow travelers? "No. San Francisco has a no-sit law on the sidewalks, but there are more homeless people [there] than is even imaginable;' he says. "I think younger people are always going to be less considerate. I'm guilty at times, but I do try my best to be the best. I personally feel if I can change even one person's mind about the lifestyle, that I've done something right. But you have to remember, the people who are on the streets by choice are 'fuck the system' types of people. They don't care about laws:'
difference is, people on the streets don't have closed doors, and we have no responsibilities, so we can abuse it a little more:'
I asked Dean if he felt like he could go home. "I can go home. Always. I know that. And if I absolutely needed to, I would. I'm not going to be that martyr who refuses to help himself out because of disagreements. However, I don't want to. I don't feel comfortable. I get angry every time I visit. There are too many bad memories, bad emotions, and people I do not want to see. There are no opportunities. I hardly talk to anyone I graduated from high school with. I wouldn't change anything that happened, not even where I grew up. But I don't want to spend any more time there unless it is just to visit. I grew up in Los Molinos and Red Bluff; a huge contrast from Chico. So being gay, and in the closet for 20 years- I came out on my 20th birthday to family, and to my friends when I was 18-probably plays a role in the way my life has gone:' Ifhe could put himself in the place of house-havers, what would be his solution to the discord between people that live in town and the travelers? Dean said, "Maybe police should be educated better on this alternative lifestyle of vagrants and travelers passing through, because we usually seem to get lumped in with the homebums that are always around for years on end, that everyone recognizes. And maybe the police should start working positively with these passers-through and educate them on safe places in the town, places to sleep when its raining, places to sleep when it's not, [and] places where they will not be harassed. Society rejects us because we are different. They make assumptions based on bad experiences. We are constantly getting weird looks, talked down [to], things thrown at us. All kinds of things. After a while, the disrespect [makes one] feel like the right thing to do is to dish it right back out:' Please follow along as we present the second part of this feature and an interview with Lucas Dean's mother in our June 10th issue.
It seems like drugs and alcohol play a large
part in the traveling homefree lifestyle. Dean is uniquely straight-edge. Doesn't do drugs, drink, or smoke. But he agrees that it's definitely a driving factor in daily vagabond life. Although, he has his own philosophy when it comes to judging drug and alcohol abuse: "I think that people who have jobs, live in homes, and function in society use [drugs] just as much, sometimes more than people who live on the streets. The
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Peer Mediation Club really doesn't sound like it stands out from any other club you hear about. One might not even have the slightest clue about what we do, or they might think we are just a bunch of kids who talk to others after they have committed an offense on campus. In reality though, we are much more than that. We have gone from a small club in a high school that helps students solve problems, to being interviewed for textbooks in Norway.
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manner, they will pass it on to future generations. We want kids to comprehend the idea that being numb to others' opinions and feelings encourages bullying, and that consideration and empathy are expected behaviors when making a choice.
I do think though, that despite all the accolades we've received-the articles in the newspapers and the segments on the late-night news-the greatest reward is the thought that the children learned something from us, that we made a difference, that we changed lives for the better. That's what makes all the hard work worthwhile. When one desires to see change, one has to stand up-because any effort helps, no matter how small one might think it is.
Peer Mediation started off five years ago as a way to help decrease violence at Chico High, and it has proven to be very useful, seeing as only two out of a hundred fights or confrontations haven't been solved by mediation. It is also very evident that violence on campus has decreased dramatically. We believe that this is due greatly in part to the age-old knowledge that adolescents are more influenced by their peers than by adults. Therefore, if a peer helps another solve an issue, they are more likely to cooperate due to the fact that their peers are in no position of authority over them, and are less likely to pass severe judgment on them. Another big contribution to the success of mediations is that in mediation, we don't dictate the solution to the problem. We give parties the power to control how they will handle the situation. If they are the ones who come up with a solution to the dilemma, then they will be more likely to stick to the solution. The Peer Mediation Club saw the impact that it was having on the school, so they decided to try their ideas on a larger scale-the community. Now, we go around to elementary and junior high schools to talk to kids about the dangers of bullying. We try to help them understand that the everyday decisions they make affect others. We feel that if we teach kids that bullying and hurting others is unacceptable, and we teach them how to resolve bullying issues in a peaceful
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We've even had the honor of being asked to speak at Chico State's 2013 Sustainability Conference. Word about the club reached all the way to Norway; a children's textbook author asked to interview us for a segment she was dedicating to mediation and bullying in the book she was writing.
Our presentations are created with kids in mind; we make them easy to understand, and try to get them to interact as much as possible, so the kids are having fun while learning very important lessons. Apparently we are onto something, because we have been asked to go to many different elementary schools around the community. Once we have planted the idea in the kids' minds, we let it grow, and then we come back when they are in junior high. This is when we help them set up their own peer mediation programs. Therefore, when they get to high school they have already been exposed to the idea that they are capable of helping themselves and others find solutions to problems, thus creating and sustaining ties with others.
An important factor in the Peer Mediation Club's success is its enthusiastic advisor, Mike Carroll. He began the program five years ago, and in his last year before retirement he remains as involved with the program as he was when it first began. Mr. Carroll is the kind of person who gives his all to a cause he truly believes in. He is one of the biggest assets of the Peer Mediation Club. He always has a plan, and a backup plan, and a backup-backup plan. Mr. Carroll truly understands that a leader isn't someone who shouts orders, but someone who works with everyone to achieve a common goal. He treats each member as his equal, always making them feel respected. All I have to say is that next year's advisor will have very big shoes to fill. I don't think I've ever been more proud to be a part of something. It truly is a worthy cause-an idea greater than what is implied by its title. "Peer Mediation Club" is just the tip of the iceberg.
by Jonathan Dillanes Jonathan Dillanes is a senior at Chico High School.
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Into The Unknown By the time this column is published, I will be a college graduate. That's the good news. The bad news is that my BA is in English Literature. People have been asking me what I intend to do with my degree and all I can honestly tell them is that I'm going to put it on my wall. Then they'll ask me, "Do you want to be a teacher?" As rad as it would be to pull an Edward James Olmos and inspire some kids to read a book that isn't The Hunger Games, I'd just rather not spend the rest of my life in a high school. So what am! going to do? I'm asking you that seriously. I'd like to know. I took a look at an article over the weekend that gave a list of highly successful English majors from Conan O'Brien to Mitt Romney, and the intent of the article was to say, "Look! These people majored in English, and they're rich and/or famous. Don't feel so bad, Champ!" But even though all these success stories began with a BA in English, the second chapter was usually acquiring a Master's in something completely different. But am I worried that my life is going to be a complete failure unless I go back for an MBA? Am I worried that I've wasted my time and my morn's money writing papers on the search for identity in Light in August when I should have been learning to code? Am I worried that even though I've identified myself as an English major, I still
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The one glimmer oflight in high school was that it gave me an introduction to improvisational theatre (y'know, the thing they do on Whose Line is it Anyway?). When I do improv, it's really the only time I ever feel comfortable diving into the unknown. I may not know where a scene is going to take me; it might take me to a goofy encounter between idiot brothers or it might take me to the deepest abysses of human reality. I really don't know. But I'm usually pleasantly surprised when I come out on the other side. And why should I view life any differently? As Stephen Colbert said in a commencement speech at Knox College many moons ago, "You're about to begin the greatest improvisation of them all:' Though he's wrong-I've already begun. I've been doing it all my life. We all have. We're constantly diving into the unknown. Sometimes the other side isn't so good; sometimes it's wonderful. We just gotta be brave enough to say 'Yes' and accept it.
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PEDAL PUSHERS Erica Noel ericaridesbikes@gmail.com
Counting My Blessings I've been hit. By a car. While riding my bike. I am grateful I made it out alive and relatively unscathed. A tibial plateau fracture here and some nasty road-rash there is nothing. It hurts to laugh, but at least I am laughing, right? I'd never been in an ambulance or even broken a bone for that matter, so the whole experience really put some things into perspective for me. I have a few thank-you's to hand out, so stop reading now if you don't like mushy if stuff. First I want to thank all of the amazing men and women who circled around me in the intersection to protect me from traffic and shade me from the sun until the medics arrived. You guys and gals are heroes. I don't know any of your names and probably couldn't pick you out of a line-up, but I know you all earned some Brownie points in heaven when you took time out of your respective Mondays to make sure a girl in the street was safe. Thank you so very much. To the firemen, EMTs, and paramedics who responded to the call-thank you for making jokes and gently wrapping my leg up in a pillow. You must get this all the time, but you're heroes. You made my first (and hopefully last) ambulance ride less scary. Muchas gracias. To the Enloe Emergency Room staff-you people rock. I hate hospitals. I am sure no one really likes them, but I avoid hospitals like the Black Death. I realize now it's the staff that makes all the difference. To my nurse and doctor, thank you for checking in and letting me know you didn't forget about me. To the tech who survived a dancing acci-
dent that resulted in a tibial plateau fracture, thank you for making me laugh. To the other tech who made my splint and taught me all about crutches, I hope you get that new car sooner rather than later. I cannot thank any of you enough. Chico is lucky to have you all there to take care of us. To Dax and the guys at Greenline-thank you for taking care of my bike and for checking in on me. You all hold a special place in my heart and if it weren't for you guys, I wouldn't have found my passion for cycling. Thank you for enriching my life by showing how much magic is made when you ride on two wheels. To all of my friends-you guys and gals are the best friends a girl could ask for. I am really blessed by all of you being in my life. All of your texts and calls have really lifted my spirits. I appreciate them and you all very much. To my family-thank you for sitting in the ER with me, for helping me make it up the stairs into the house, for making the best iced tea in Chico, for the calls and prayers, and for all of the love you've been sending my way. I am so lucky to have you all as my blood. Thank you. I am trying to stay positive during this whole ordeal and count my blessings. I could have been killed. But I am sad I am going to miss out on dance nights at Duffy's, days spent in Upper Park swimming holes, music festivals, concerts, and bike rides. So promise me, dear readers, that you will dance harder, swim longer, go to one more concert, and ride one more mile for me while I am stuck at home on the couch watching Judge Judy. In return I promise to keep counting my blessings.
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There are plenty ofreasons to roll your eyes when it comes to Gwyneth Paltrow. Like the way she sends out her cute blog updates touting her new favorite thing (like $90 yoga tops), or how she wakes up with perfect beachy hair, or that she married Coldplay, or has perfect freckles, and other annoying shit like that. But, as a secret subscriber to goop. com, I admit that I tend to love more of her notions than not. As I was searching out my next book-review victim, I saw her new cookbook and couldn't help but give it a peruse. Fully prepared to snicker smugly about how she only eats flavored air and hates all food, you can imagine my dismay when I realized that her cookbook was legit. Now, other than her utterly batshit obsession with peas, I am super excited about this cookbook. I'm familiar with Dr. Alejandro Junger and the elimination diet and what that business is all about. I think there's a lot of value in that philosophy, but I also think there's a modicum of pseudoscience mixed in like scrody raisins in my cookies. I also believe that there is merit in understanding the true cost of food, and I understand that eating well and the economy don't really mix the way they should. That being said-with an open mind, and an understanding that you don't have to buy organic chicken or honey squeezed from special expensive bees, this cookbook could rock your salt. I started simply with The Best Green Juice and Avocado Toast for breakfast. All morning
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I felt like I was levitating and buzzing with natural energy, very unlike my usual assdragging, coffee pounding, anxiety fueled spurts of burrito-powered productivity. A piece of gluten-free toast (if you're into that) with a little smear ofVegannaise (don't knock it till you try it), a big chunky smattering of avocado, a squirt oflemon, and a sprinkle of fleur de sel-it was so simple, but so satisfying and the perfect companion to the Best Green Juice in the morning. In the back of the book, there are several weekly menus: one for a vegan week, a family-friendly week, a bodybuilder week, a detox week, stuff like that. Pretty helpful for planning, and if you're trying a new routine and don't want to feel like you're missing out on anything. The gluten-free-friendly recipes can be adapted for those of us who eat gluten by the globs. And I think that's where this cookbook shines: adaptability. And it'll really shine for you if you're a juicer, or a vitamixer, or you think making your own sriracha or almond-milk horchata sounds kickass. There's next to nothing more personal than one's diet, and nobody wants to feel deprived when they're trying out a new food-relationship. My family is a mixed bag of dairy-, sugar- and nightshadesensitivities, and I feel like my beachy little buddy Gwyneth is doing us a solid with these simple, family-friendly, tasty, comforting, highly adaptable recipes. Haters gonna hate, but I think this cookbook really is all good. Except for the peas.
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GO SEE MOKSHA It can take some bands years and years to get to a level where they are traveling the country and playing premiere venues. It took Vegas' improvisational rock band, Moksha, five years to reach that level. On May 30th, Moksha is embarking on a short fiveday tour that will bring them to Chico's own Sierra Nevada Brewery on Tuesday, June 4th. "So excited to play the brewery;' stated Sam Lemos, lead singer of Moksha. "We hear it's a legendary venue. We're just honored they wanted us to play there'.' Moksha is a very talented group of individuals. Along with Lemos, they are comprised ofJeremy Parks on guitar, Brian "Tree" Triola on keyboards, Pat Gray on drums, and John Heishman on bass. They play a plethora of music styles; to pigeonhole them into one genre is quite difficult. When asked what genre of music Moksha plays, Lemos replied, "That's the most difficult question to answer. We try to avoid the jam thing-not that we don't love the jam scene, [but] it's kind of a loaded term. We like calling ourselves rock n' roll, because [that term] has covered so much over the years'.' Moksha are no strangers to Chico. When asked what show he was most looking forward to on this tour, Lemos said with a huge smile on his face, "Definitely Chico, that's really true. With a Chico crowd you get a lot of antics. They are good listeners and great partiers'.' A good crowd can definitely make an average show into a spectacular show. "It's hard to get into it when you have been hardly sleeping and traveling [long distances]. It makes it real hard to get into
it if the crowd isn't, but if they are into it time just flies by'.' In addition to playing at the Sierra Nevada Big Room this summer, Moksha will be at High Sierra Music Festival, a destination they've wanted to play at since their incarnation. "I love High Sierra ... I'm happy to be an artist there; they treat their artists really well. I can't even believe we're playing it. We have been shooting for it for a long time'.' Audience members who catch a Moksha show on this upcoming tour will get an extra-special treat, as they are joined by an all-star horn section comprised of Peter Apfelbaum, Jen Hartswick, and Skerik. If you've never heard of any of these amazing musicians, you are in for a real delight. When I asked how it was to play with this all-star horn section, Lemos noted, "It's mind-blowingly wonderful-almost intimidating, because across the board they are all geniuses'.' Do yourself a favor and catch Moksha at the Sierra Nevada Big Room, or at any of their other stops on this brief tour. I've been lucky enough to see Moksha more than 20 times, and every show was different-so no matter what you're looking for, you are certain to be entertained. I asked Lemos what somebody new might expect from a Moksha show, "If they like to dance, they can expect to dance. If they like to listen to free-form improvisational shit and get deep, they will get that. If they like funk, they will get that. You will get a lot of different music styles. You are going to see three of the greatest horn players alive right now. That alone is worth the price of admission'.'
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by Erica Noel June 1st marks the end of Bike Month, a national campaign that aims to get people out of cars and onto bike seats. To celebrate the greatest invention since the wheel, a group of Chico ans known as the Butte Environmental Council have joined together for the past five years to throw a downright awesome bike party.
The festival started in 2007 in San Francisco, and according to the CBMF website it has doubled in size every year since. There are now BMFs up and down the left coast in Portland, Eugene, Seattle and Vancouver. The CBMF is free and all ages are welcome. That's right, bring your kids and your grandma; it's a family event.
Bringing together local musicians and bike enthusiasts, the non-profit Chico Bicycle Music Festival (CBMF) showcases feats of engineering with a day-long concert/ bike ride/dance party all rolled into one. The entire amplification system is pedal-powered, meaning anyone and everyone is encouraged to help keep the music playing by pitching in and pedaling.
The CBMF only has two official stops this year, Camellia Way Park and the old GRUB farm on Macintosh. This year the festival will be broadcasting the performances via an FM transmitter, so be sure to dust off that old boombox and strap it to your handlebars-that way you won't miss a beat.
According to the CBMF website, the pedal-powered amplification works like this: Four trainers are welded to a frame and hold four back tires of bicycles to the bar. The spinning of the wheels spins the bar. The bar is connected with a pulley to a 550-watt motor, wired to a charge controller which is wired to a deep-cycle car battery hooked up to a Pure Sine Wave 1500-watt PowerBrite inverter. By powering the amplification system with bike-generated power, the festival organizers hope to get people thinking about energy in a different way.
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The festival wheels start turning on Camellia Way (Vallombrosa and Mangrove) at high noon. Kyle Williams, Evin Wolverton, and Pat Hull will serenade us. The festival will then make its way through Bidwell Park to Cedar Grove while pedaling to the sweet tunes of Mandalyn May, one of the LiveOnBike performers. Thomas Fogg will take the microphone and the festival will make its way to GRUB. By pedaling its way to GRUB, the Butte Environmental Council hopes to show people how fun and easy riding a bike can be. The ride is scheduled to arrive around 5pm at GRUB, where the concert and party will continue until dark. Chikoko and the Popcycle Kids, MaMuse, Paper Dolls, Wolf Thump, Origin Tribal Belly Dance, and The Loyd Family Players are all scheduled to perform.
Music isn't the only entertainment CBMF promises. There will also be soapmaking, safety games, raffles, seedball making, native seed planting, bike-blended smoothies brought to you by the Co-Op, a photo booth, and tarot readings by Koz McKev. In need of a tune-up? Old Spokes Home at GRUB will be offering free tune-ups (donations gladly accepted). Blush Catering will be on hand selling local, organic dishes. New Belgium Brewery will be selling four of their craft brews to help wash down those yummy Blush dishes. Make sure you keep your eyes peeled for the Golden Geese. These golden-frocked volunteers will be passing baskets around to help raise money for the festival musicians. Donations are encouraged, but not required. CMBF reminds attendees to space their donations outthat way every musician or band gets a little monetary lovin'. Every festival needs help, and this one is no different. If you're interested in volunteering or want more information on the festival, check out their website: http:// cbmf wordpress.com
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The Dillinger Escape Plan is the best live metal band, by a long shot. But the part of this story that's about them is three paragraphs in if you want to skip ahead. Those LA-based legends of modern metal, The Faceless, were the last opening band before The Plan. I'm not a big fan of their latest LP, Autotheism, but their new lineup of band members were all undisputed masters of their instruments. Seeing the new material performed without effort or flaw was a bit humbling for the musician in me. The crowd was ready and waiting to rock hard for anything from The Faceless' back catalogue, but we only got two tracks, "Legion of the Serpent" and "Xenochrist". They were totally awesome, but everyone was obviously hoping for more of the classics. I settled for watching their drummer Alex Rudinger tear shit up. He's the young new master of the genre; you should watch his YouTube videos if you're tryin' to learn something about drums. Now, like I've said in the recent past, The Dillinger Escape Plan is the best live metal band, by a long shot. Their stage presence is a living, breathing beast of blood and fire that seeps into the audience. The remarkable vocals of frontman Greg Puciato help give form and feeling to music so savage and technical as to be nearly unintelligible. Ace of Spades is a pretty big venue, but it wasn't quite full on this night. Half the audience was pressed up to the stage, screaming and thrashing and salivating
something fierce, while the rest watched in disturbed fascination from as far away as they could stand while still remaining in the building. It's my opinion that a Dillinger show is only half complete unless you experience it in a sea of fans, the devotion of whom is undeniable ... When Puchiato leapt into the crowd during a breakdown, then ran on heads and shoulders to get farther out, the crowd just moshed and screamed in fiery approval. The Plan was touring to promote their new album One Of Us Is The Killer, but they seemed to share my feeling that it's just not that good of an album; they consented to play only two songs off it, and then devoted the bulk of the set to the classics. The pleasant surprises came in the form of their more obscure song choices, most notably "Dead As History": a well crafted breakup song that mixes the soaring vocals and heaviness of Faith No More with the strange, twitchy computer sampling of Aphex Twin. The high point of the set was during "Sunshine The Werewolf". The breakdown at the end of this song is one of the hugest things I've ever heard, and the singer timed the first note of it to match his daring leap from a 12-foot tower speaker, right into the crowd. Boom, biotch! This moment was all the more beautiful because there weren't nearly enough courageous fans on the floor to catch him; everyone had to rush under the speaker to catch Puciato in time, then everyone sang along: "Without my existence! You are! Nothing! You wilt!"
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An Evening with Bjork May 22nd I Craneway Pavilion, Richmond, Ca
Seeing Bjork the other night was less like a loud concert by a huge pop star, and more like a scholastic exploration into our physical universe to see what kinds of sounds it makes. The rabid Bjork fan in me was disappointed, but the open-eyed, curious, veryhigh-on-ecstasy part of me came away with fresh perspectives ... new thoughts about music, live performances, and the nature of the cosmos in general. The stage was placed in the center of the room, with the audience gathered around it on all sides. The concert opened up with an acapella piece by an Icelandic choir of 20 women, all of them in a circle facing each other at the center of the stage. The intro ended, Bjork stepped into the spotlight, a huge Tesla coil descended from the ceiling, and "Thunderbolt" dropped. Huge bass notes were accented to spectacular effect by fucking lightning bolts leaping up and down and everywhere from center stage. The crowd went wild. Now, ifthe rabid-Bjork-fan had his way, the rest of the set would have been a crazy dance party featuring all of her greatest hits, sprinkled with a few of the strange, natureoriented tracks off her new album Biophilia. Instead, the concert was a brooding, slow, stop-and-go tour through every freaking
track on the thing, accompanied by visuals that highlighted nature's involvement. My high-and-curious side decided to accept the invitation to get schooled by the cosmos. One lesson was about the virus. Huge screens showed beautiful red blood cells slowly succumbing to relentless attacks by viral units. Bjork sang a story of the undying love of the virus for its host-how it can't help but pull closer and closer to its lover, until she's consumed. The story was beautiful; I'd never been so supportive of seeing a lethal virus spreading throughout a bloodstream. Another highlight was "Mutual Core". The push-and-pull romance of tectonic plates was explored, while Bjork portrayed our continents as wistful lovers searching for their right match. Inevitable volcanic explosions of music ensued. Most of this set was weird, ugly and atonal, but I think maybe that was the point. It forced me to experience it as I would any natural phenomena. The waterfall and the volcano are immense and beautiful parts of our world, even in all their chaos and their complete lack of melody. Besides, you have to hand it to her: who else but Bjork would dare to explore such intense arenas of sound, and then create a complete album out of it?
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This is your time to shine. Most of the planets have been in Gemini these days. You have the beauty and creativity. You have good fortune and spiritually uplifting ideals. Your brain has been work-
Where would we be without friends during our time of need? This is a time to reconnect with the people you love. Things are moving in a direction that you feel good about. Don't neglect the people that love you. Take time to look into the future. Make preparations for things to be better. Sunday looks like a good day for travel, and having some sort of exotic experience. Continue to work on increasing your scope of vision for the kind of community you would like to be a part of.
Small things, with lots oflove, end up turning into big blessings. You may need to take some calculated risks this week. Late afternoon Tuesday through most of Thursday is extremely lucky for you. It's time to tap into your faith and to think big. New information is coming that will help you on your way. Mars entering your ninth house gives you the extra nudge needed to succeed. The weekend could be a lot of work. Take time to connect with a loved one on Sunday.
Partnerships can either flow in sweet balance or be caught in a stalemate. Honor your partnerships any way you can. See how interdependency can be a good thing. You are hoping that whatever romance is in your life will intensify. Sunday will be good for creative exploration and being with children. Blessed are the peacemakers. Good times are not over for you. Learn to share the decision-making process. Finish off that which needs finishing.
Love is in the air for you. You can expect many wonderful blessings to be coming your way. Seek a path of inclusive behavior. Each and every individual counts. Harm reduction is better than punishment. Your creative abilities are beginning to take center stage in your life. Children should be doing well. If nothing else, there is an urgency to produce something. Joy and playfulness are easier to come by. The moon will be in Aquarius Tuesday afternoon through most of Thursday.
dealing with last week's full moon adventure. On Friday; Mars moves into your third house, prompting more travel and passion toward hobbies and education. Mercury moves into your fourth house, helping you to recover lost items and lost memories. The moon will enter Aries late Saturday night, making Sunday more of a fun, adventuresome time of discovery. Dare to learn more in this curious period of information and communica-
ing overtime and possibly your mouth as well. On Wednesday and Thursday you get more wind in your sails. By Friday you begin to feel stronger with Mars entering Gemini. Balance your call to leadership with a sense of duty and service.
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You have a song to sing and a message to proclaim. Loquaciousness describes more talk than necessary. Otherwise you're also known for having a
Waking up is hard to do these days. The world does not often present itself as a security zone; it's likely better to look at it as a place of wonder and adventure. But it would be best to put your adventures on hold for the next couple of weeks. Meditation and wilderness hikes are good for what you're going through. You may have some sort of epiphany this week. On Friday, Mercury goes into Cancer, giving you a clearer head to see things from both sides.
Interdependency is beautiful, yet you can't be responsible for all of the grunt work at this point. Leadership positions are calling you. There could be some sort of career advancement on its way. What are you doing to further this along? Let the world know who you are and what you do. Know that your services, now more than ever, somehow conform to
Doing things the hard way is sometimes your last resort. Allow other people to gain from your success. Let go of the need to control everything. See losses as openings for more opportunities. Allow other people to help you and to share their wealth with you. Thursday night through Saturday are super good for setting spiritual goals and following through with creative plans. Break out of old patterns and shed some skin. You'll end up being on top of your game.
Work extra hard Demonstrate yourself to be a team player. Service work needs to feel more like love and less like obligation. Hit the floor running, but pace yourself. Shared victories are bigger victories. Get real about personal health issues that have been affecting you. Good people are all around to help you. Get plenty of sleep. Work hard, but know when enough is enough. You begin the week strong with the moon in Capricorn.
Get in touch with your roots. This is a good time to honor your parents for all the good they have done for you. Even if the only message you got from them is "what not to be:' Thank them
quieter-than-average disposition. Your love of music is bound to leap out of you. Sing uplifting spiritual songs. Your finances are also about to improve. At times you'll have to spend money in order to make it. Monday and Tuesday are good days for travel, higher education and moving ahead with things.
their expectations. Monday and Tuesday are your creative power days. Be ready to produce things.
for that. This is also a good time for home improvement projects and learning more about your heritage. Creative ideas come easily over the weekend with the moon in Pisces, and Mercury moving into your fifth house. Be expressive yet receptive, conscious yet open-minded.
Koz McKev is on You Tube, on cable 11 BCTV, is heard on 90.lFM KZFR Chico, and also available by appointment for personal horoscopes. Call (530)891-5147 or e-mail kozmickev@sunset.net
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