The Tao of Zen Nihilism, by John Wick (game designer and generally neat guy)

"(A friend asked for help. I gave them this. I thought you might need to hear it, too.)

Stop kicking yourself in the teeth. The world does that well enough all on its own. There's no need to help it.

As someone who suffered a divorce--the kindliest, most gentle, most ( Read more... )

   Wow. Just Wow. I really dunno what to say. In that case, I'll ramble like I do best ( Read more... )

I thought that updating my dating site profile would make me feel better about myself here on my 29th birthday, but as I made a list of reasons people should date me, all that kept happening was negative aspects of my personality unfolding into the text box. I tend to obsession, which can be nice for random quizzical trivia, but means i drone on ( Read more... )

In online games, when your character performs all the quests in a certain area, performs all the services for non-player characters, or gains enough levels for the surrounding content to become trivial, it is said to become "greyed out". I see this as similar to my current living circumstances. All I have left are repeatable quests for faction, but ( Read more... )

I haven't written a post- Unwoman concert blog yet. It was great. Having her and Thea here to hang out was radical, to go to chino bandido, go to the zoo, and everything. It was just so incredibly cool. I'll write more about it later. :)

I've come to the conclusion that I've never loved anyone or anything. I am okay with this. I've never understood what the poems and songs said about love, I've never really related to the descriptions of passion. I've had hormones, sure. I've felt zeal and enthusiasm, yes. Never have I felt that any one person was more important that me. True, ( Read more... )

3 of cups, reversed, drawn during Casualties, with quotes from "The $2m Defense", an old Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode. This card has three women (looks to be a bride and two bridesmaids) dancing joyously, each with a cup in hand. The reversal of the joyous celebration here means that i have been procrastinating and it's time to get back to

I have a heavy heart. I feel a little like crying. So emo, so apropos to LJ. I got up today, got money out, have enough to pay rent and next month's phone bill already. Got some frozen mice for Ramesses, got some fabric paint to try some more stuff on making an Unwoman shirt. Saw Becky today, to sign a check for her demolished car. Not a girl I ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

Wow, those burgers were hot. like, really hot. cleared out my sinuses after a long day in the sun, pulling weeds.

This is gonna be a bit odd for a journal post. I have been spiritually advised to draw a tarot card and use it to tell a story or have a conversation with the people in it.


( Read more... )