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stop counterculturalism now

A Graduate Student Avoiding his Ph.D., Being Productive,
or Being Creative and Useful in Any Real Way...

Sunday, February 25

They finally blew up the Intel building in Austin. Watch!
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My Ninja

Wednesday, February 21

I've blogged about this in the past... But anyway...

Do you think a lot about how sweet ninjas are? If you do, you might want to visit the Real Ultimate Power website about ninjas. It was "written" by a teenage boy with emotional problems--- and is based on a book that is strange and entertaining.

Oh, the guy/character has a myspace as well.
myspace.com/realroberthamburger

Here's to wasting time,
B
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Carpe diem

Tuesday, February 20

I've been unhappy and dissatisfied with life for the past several weeks. Many things have changed or are changing and still others are still good and great and still the same (and that can even make things worse because of the inconsistency). I wanted to share that information in order to preface a quote that I read today and liked:

"The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy." Thich Nhat Hanh

I think sometimes we have to be honest with ourselves that we are suffering. We don't have to be starving, or hate ourselves, or have a loved one pass away to feel empty, to feel sick, or to feel lost. For me, I think things will work out in time. The waiting, the ticking of the clock, is the hardest part for me and perhaps I should learn to be more patient with my life. But patience may not be the path under my feet. Maybe there is something else, something more, in store for me. Will it be joy or suffering? Perhaps it will be both. And why not allow myself to be happy...

Maybe that is patience in its own way.
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Lessons in Irony: Global Warming Edition

Wednesday, February 14

House hearing on global warming cancelled due to ice storm (as seen on fark).
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Do you read my blog?

Tuesday, February 13

If you do, read it in a newsreader program if you can so I know more about how many people read this stuff. I often wonder how much or little I should share.

If you use a newsreader like the google or yahoo ones you can click to find my blog's feed... since evidently I heart FeedBurner.
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You look like a small fish

Sunday, February 11

When you are in sync with the flow of the world you can see the world in pictures. Image after image after image. Slices of time. But when you resist and fight the currents of change the details and images are lost. When you are in conflict you lose perspective and you lose your sight. And still, somehow, time flows like water. To visualize the realization of your goals and dreams, your ways and means, is to do more than stretch your imagination. It is to regain the consciousness of your spirit and to reclaim your sight.

This is sight. This is wakefulness and mindfulness. This is existence. This is the mantra I forget to remember. This is a prayer. This becomes the smile I expect to see on your face when I tell you that occasionally you look like a small fish. Can you not see it?

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complacency
opportunity
fog & mist
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joy

Friday, February 9

Fire and ice on the horizon
When things get clear
Blinding light and gentle hands
It's not about change--
Piano notes and intentional
Or unintentional sincerity
We are on the way, my son
To peaceful destruction
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This bed feels solid and strong
But I am afraid it might be invisible and fragile
The support beam slipped
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for my best friend

did i disappoint you

leave you for dead

i've never known regret

always drifting, never fighting

sometimes looking down

you helped me stand tall

let down the wall

and i can still laugh with you

and wish i believed in miracles

when we part

i say hello to the earth

this evening

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Wednesday, February 7

Mascara and my law
shirt, down at the bottom
of a blue blue well

On the first day of Spring,
I can always smell laundry
within minutes of thinking of you
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Monday, February 5

"Don't take any shit from the zeitgeist." George Carlin
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Sunday, February 4


yessss
Originally uploaded by Neil Before Zod.
heh.
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20x2 v. 7.0: "What If?"; at The Parish (Monday, March 12, 2007)

"20x2 is an ongoing project that exists to showcase the creativity that lurks in each of us. Writers, musicians, filmmakers, web geeks and other bon vivants are asked to take two minutes each to answer the question of the day. The results can be as varied as the emotions and reactions they evoke."

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UntitledSometimes

Saturday, February 3

Sometimes it is good to hurt
To not fightone's feelings
With all my eyes open, I watch you climb
The tower of reason and
Wait for me from that place of wisdom
And I feel a profoundrespect for you

Words touch other words in my mind
But with you I just feel honored
You are my trust And I have this pain
My tears taste like salt and pepper

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maybe it's okay to be a lucid piece of rice in a fruits basket
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Friday, February 2

"The sound of the water says what I think." Chuang Tzu
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Thursday, February 1

I'm coming down from two weeks of hectic scheduling. Hopefully next week will be better and I can learn something or do something that will benefit someone. In the mean time, I need some down time. Gimme a holler or blow up my cell phone if you want to hang out this weekend or next week.
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