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from safety to where?
Earlier this week i downloaded a short e-book from the Geoff Thompson mailing list. I haven't read a lot of his stuff lately, as i'm a bit over motivational, strive-for-your-goals writing, escpecially as i don't even know what my goals are. In this case, that was one of the topics he covered, with some interesting thoughts which i'll paste here ( Read more... ) -
recharge day
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Today, as my holidays draw to a close, i had a whole day to myself and took the opportunity to go on one of my favourite Eastern Burbian expeditions.
I left home early in the morning to catch the train to Belgrave, where i strolled up to Earthly Pleasures for breakfast and a pot of tea. After a leisurely hour or so there, i wandered along the ( Read more... ) -
Celebrations..
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I've often lamented the lack or festivals and celebrations that i can relate to in our culture. Most of the festivals in mainstream Australian society are either religious observances (or their consumerised forms) or sporting events. Having no real connection to either, things like Easter, Christmas or the Melbourne Cup are to me as much a part ( Read more... ) -
i've been a lifetime on deposit..
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After reading p_cat's nostalgic post on '90s gothclub music, i found myself scratching my head yesterday, trying to work out what my own Olde Days soundtrack would be. I couldn't even put a finger on an Olde Days that i could feel nostalgic about. When i think about it, it seems that for most of my clubbing years, i actually loathed the bulk of ( Read more... ) -
Schroedinger's comment
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A while ago, i was reading an article about the issue of climate change and how it's discussed in the media and, despite my better judgement, started reading through the comments at the bottom.
In amongst the usual bickering between 'deniers' and 'alarmists', there was one comment which went into great technical detail about the complex thermal ( Read more... ) -
This never happened to Pablo Picasso..
I've been reading a few articles on 'creepers' that have been doing the rounds on Facebook, such as:
http://captainawkward.com/2012/08/07/322-323-my-friend-group-has-a-case-of-the-creepy-dude-how-do-we-clear-that-up/
http://captainawkward.com/2012/08/11/the-c-word/
and others linked from those.
While the perpectives are interesting and very good ( Read more... ) -
decisions, decisions..
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I'm still not sure what to do about this grading business.
There are lots of different things i want to do with my training - that hapkido class and refereeing in particular. Mr Roz said the other night that i should do fight classes to learn to move like a fighter, and when i did some patterns in front of him i was tense and tight, so i probably ( Read more... ) -
I want a day..
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Inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh's idea of one "day of mindfulness" a week, i've decided that i'd like to try wherever possible to make Sunday a day of rest and quiet. Special events aside, i'd like to set things up so that i don't have to rush around on Sunday and can keep it as a day to go slow, potter about, read, do some meditation and have a bit ( Read more... ) -
directions
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I've been spending a lot of time lately thinking about this 5th Dan business and where i'm going with taekwondo in general, turning things over and over in my mind and going in circles, so i think i need to put some of these thoughts down in text to get them out of my head.
In particular, i've been thinking about this 5th Dan grading, what it ( Read more... ) -
Nostalgia will eat me away
Last week, Grr wrote a post about the ways he used to find new music in the early '90s, which left me thinking about the music i was listening to in those days, and just how much of it i now consider to be utter rubbish. I realised that a lot of the time i just settled for whatever vaguely passable stuff i could find because i really didn't have ( Read more... )