I want to rant a bit about people from my high school. They want to add me as friends on facebook and then I add them and write to them to say hi and they don't write back. So I want to write on their walls "still lame after all these years ( Read more... )

Cambodia haunts me. It lingers in my consciousness. In my mind, I see its beauty, softness, gentleness and I remember the brutality of its history. When I was there it felt like a garden of the gods before the beginning of time. The fragrance of flowers on the air and the sound of the water hitting the shore filled me with a sense of timelessness. ( Read more... )

I have a lot of restrictions in my writing I noticed. I fear the cliche, I am afraid to be overly-detailed, I can't repeat myself. I esteem writing which distills the essence of what I am thinking. With all these self-imposed rules I don't write very much and when I start writing I immediately start critiquing everything about it. I have been ( Read more... )

I have to say I am really relieved and happy that Americans have chosen a new direction. I feel a whole new world of possiblities brewing and each one of us can be apart of it. I like to think that we are collectively shrugging off the reign of fear and doubt. It feels so different then 4 years ago, or even 2 years ago, everything has changed. I ( Read more... )

I think I tend to be rather etherical and don't see politics as the best way to achieve change. This election though I want to make sure I'm down on the ground. I really hope everyone votes, more to the point I hope people who want things to Change, vote. This isn't one of those bipartisan messages, it is very partisan and passionate.

Here are my ( Read more... )

I watched a few minutes of the Obama speech last night. In those few minutes I realized how powerful the truth is, it just is what it is and it rings true. I have wondered why Democrats have had trouble getting their message across clearly in the past  and I feel that the reason is that they have been playing the rhetoric game. The truth cuts ( Read more... )

One night Mike and I met with a couple of his former clients. They still get together every now and then for a drink.  One of the guys was talking very boisterously, bolstered by martinis, about a trip he and his wife took around the world. A lot of it was bragging about how they had access to all these places, but then he got a little quieter and ( Read more... )

I saw Mama Mia last night with friends. It was a really great movie with a substantive performance by Meryl Streep. She really anchored the movie and gave it depth. She is just so good. At the beginning of the movie I was remembering how big of an ABBA fan I really am. I loved them when I was a kid. I just thought they were the coolest. I knew a ( Read more... )

The other day driving to Boulder I noticed how there were more motorcycles on the road, this made me start thinking about gas prices. I started feeling into what if the SUVS started disappearing and there are more small cars. It will feel really different. I think I'll like it. I'll feel safer and I think in general it will feel softer.

I am working ( Read more... )

this week: Pain is weakness leaving the body," says fitness trainer Mark Duval. If that's true, you have gotten a lot stronger in recent weeks. By my astrological reckoning, you've shed a few months' worth of emotional distress, you've purged a few years' worth of frustration, and you've exorcised a couple of lifetimes' worth of confused dreams. ( Read more... )