We are wise when we speak helpfully to ourselves as we lie down to sleep ( Read more... )

I've been using my extra time to just mope around in my room. What the hell, I'm supposed to be working on projects for flaming dude! I totally managed to make several lists (to-do, packing) last night..and was actually kind of proud that I did anything ( Read more... )

Endymion, the shepherd,
As his flock he guarded,
She, the Moon, Selene,
Saw him, loved him, sought him,
Coming down from heaven
To the glade on Latmus,
Kissed him, lay beside him.
Blessed is his fortune.
Evermore he slumbers,
Tossing not, nor turning,
Endymion the shepherd.

- from Edith Hamilton's Mythology

Apparently Latmus is a mountain in ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago, Dave and I stopped at a tiny Celtic book store on Elm Street. It's a place that, despite passing daily, I had never had the inclination to stop in when they were open (partly because it closes well before my normal roaming hours begin). Dave and the storekeeper chatted a bit about Rudolph Steiner, and after a thorough ( Read more... )

Panic means I'm being too selfish. On the way to work today, it nearly stopped me in my tracks again, and instead of letting it overwhelm me, or rationalizing it away, I felt it and kept myself moving, I let it pass through me instead of snagging on my fears and anxieties. It was intense, but tolerably brief. And left me feeling very lucky ( Read more... )

After a couple of weeks off, I've begun to slide back into my career voyeurism, jump=starting it with a journey to WWOOF, and then a side-trip to WorkAway.info. I don't even know if the latter one is legit, but once again I'm salivating over the idea of moving to HawaiiI'm sick of this crap! I need something more concrete. What the hell am I ( Read more... )

So I've got the UTI from beyond hell, and I was prescribed an antibiotic which, according to the internet is one of the most prescribed, and consequently one of the most frequently resisted: Ciprofloxacin. Tomorrow I'm calling the clinic and getting my test results! If it's anything other than E. coli I'll be a little excited. If it's E. coli, I ( Read more... )

ok, I'm going to try to quit worrying about shit and just bask in goodness. I think I'm a hair's-breadth away from creating a lot of unnecessary problems by over-thinking. Everything is ok, no need to be paranoid. Just gotta lace up my tightrope-walking shoes.

In other news, I have been clandestinely doing this ridiculous activity: shovelglove! ( Read more... )

Recently I've had the occasion to consider my visceral reaction to insults of intelligence. I think I take them so seriously because of the importance I place on learning and self-improvement. In my mind, intelligence is intimately linked with the capacity to provide insights and useful information, and a flat-out denunciation of the intelligence ( Read more... )

I had a bunch of things I wanted to say, but now I've pretty much forgotten them ( Read more... )