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Boredom
Once, I gleefully proclaimed to a confidante, "I'm seldom ever bored." Though part of me still believes that, I find nowadays there is a collective ennui a brewing, and mind you, one can be awfully busy with work and play, and still be terribly bored. One can appear to be 'having fun', and still be bored. In supposedly fun group situations, and ( Read more... ) -
Heaven and Hell
Amidst the steel-and-glass interior, tufts of hair lay incongruously on the floor, an organic reminder of the base nature of our bodies and the very enterprise that was at work, driven by our vanity and ever untamable bodies.
I waited for his / her arrival. It could have been either sex, but I was going to pay thirty three dollars for this, and I ( Read more... ) -
Living From the Heart
“To thine own self be true, and it follows as the night must follow the day, thou canst be false to no man.”
Shakespeare, Hamlet
Is this not important, to know one's heart? And in knowing, to act accordingly? Without fear, without worrying about what others think? It is in pandering to others that we are 'false'.
But how can we follow our intuition ( Read more... ) -
Year 12 Nostalgia circa 2008
I'm attempting a nostalgic glance backwards. I might claim to be the tail end of Gen X (born between 1965 and 1979), so what makes a so-called generation? What expectations and attachments did we have? 12 years ago I was in Junior College...
1995 / 1996
Music
(Pre iPod) Alternative Pop (Tail end of Nirvana post Kurt Cobain, Foo Fighters, Garbage, The ( Read more... ) -
Windycopse's LJ - A Lethargic History
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Attachment
'A deluded mental factor that observes a contaminated object, regards it as a cause for hapiness, and wishes for it.'
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
I look for the source of happiness in tangible objects and situations - the perfect job, body, qualification, partner, home, public status. Yet all of these, once acquired, lose their taste and flavour ( Read more... ) -
All Tyre-d Out - An Adventure in Butchness
How long does it take a butch-challenged, non-alpha (but proud of it) male to change a tyre? 2 frigging hours.
Step 1. Find out that the car has a flat from household patriarch.
Step 2. Because I have not fulfilled my manly responsibility (I'm between jobs), I am selected to change it and get it fixed.
Step 3. Try for 45 minutes to change the tyre. ( Read more... ) -
The Blossoming of Maximos Oliveros
Fantastic movie. The slightly hazy picture quality and lower budget only serve to emphasize what's important - heart and soul, because this is a film that has that. Perhaps because Maximos lives unabashedly, he is accepted by most. It is his childlike candour that is his greatest protection, his willingness to be and accept who he is. He is ( Read more... ) -
Packing Stuff
we are Hungry,
creatures collecting
without stopping -
each item like sand
filling holes in souls
years pass.
who was I to buy this?
what possessed me?
never needed it anyway.
like heartbreak, like gloom, like egos
we grasp, accumulate
never needed it anyway.
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