Many things:
1) That tv is seriously big. It didn't look very big in Circuit City, and really didn't look all that big at the slumber party, but I'm actully quite surprised I found a place for it in my room.
2) At the library today, in the eastern philosophy section, looking for a book by Alan Watts, I spotted a book that didn't quite belong. Its black spine read, in bold, white, stenciled letters, HARDCORE. Figuring it was mis-filed, but interested nonetheless, I picked it up.
I was quite surprised to find that it actually belonged where I found it. Its actual title, which was obscured by the call number sticker, is Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, & the Truth About Reality. And with chapter titles like "Why Gene Simmons is NOT a Zen Master", "In My Next Life I Want To Come Back as a Pair of Lucy Liu's Panties", and "Eating a Tangerine is Real Enlightenment", it might be brilliant... It might also be a trainwreck... I'll let you know.
3) I'm going to a meeting at one of our company's client's sites tomorrow. The conversation I had with our tech lead just before leaving today went something like this:
Him: Don't forget, we're going out tomorrow. They're business casual, so no jeans.
Me: I only own one pair of jeans, which I hardly ever wear. I own one tie, and no jackets... I am perpetually business casual.
Him: Well... no ALF T-shirts either.
Me: Fair enough.
4) I need to do dishes. I hate it when dishes are left in the sink, so, following the golden rule, I don't bring mine to the sink until I'm ready to wash them. My stack of dishes is about a foot and a half high right now... That's too many dishes.
5) I need to go grocery shopping. After I eat the last bowl of oatmeal and use the last of the milk tomorrow morning, I'll have nothing to eat in the house except pasta ( but no sauce, and I'll probably be using the last of the butter tonight), and whatever slumber party leftovers I manage to steal from boundcreature.
6) I need to do laundry. Seriously. I haven't washed my towels in months. It's gross. I'm pretty sure I'm no longer any cleaner when I finish drying off than when I went into the shower.
** Edited to Add **
7) In another fit of brilliance (nerd-dom) I've written another greasemonkey script.
sgQuickEdit, which will add an EDIT button down in the footer of each of your entries (next to ADD A COMMENT), so you can edit entries with one click instead of going to update and then selecting the entry.
1) That tv is seriously big. It didn't look very big in Circuit City, and really didn't look all that big at the slumber party, but I'm actully quite surprised I found a place for it in my room.
2) At the library today, in the eastern philosophy section, looking for a book by Alan Watts, I spotted a book that didn't quite belong. Its black spine read, in bold, white, stenciled letters, HARDCORE. Figuring it was mis-filed, but interested nonetheless, I picked it up.
I was quite surprised to find that it actually belonged where I found it. Its actual title, which was obscured by the call number sticker, is Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, & the Truth About Reality. And with chapter titles like "Why Gene Simmons is NOT a Zen Master", "In My Next Life I Want To Come Back as a Pair of Lucy Liu's Panties", and "Eating a Tangerine is Real Enlightenment", it might be brilliant... It might also be a trainwreck... I'll let you know.
3) I'm going to a meeting at one of our company's client's sites tomorrow. The conversation I had with our tech lead just before leaving today went something like this:
Him: Don't forget, we're going out tomorrow. They're business casual, so no jeans.
Me: I only own one pair of jeans, which I hardly ever wear. I own one tie, and no jackets... I am perpetually business casual.
Him: Well... no ALF T-shirts either.
Me: Fair enough.
4) I need to do dishes. I hate it when dishes are left in the sink, so, following the golden rule, I don't bring mine to the sink until I'm ready to wash them. My stack of dishes is about a foot and a half high right now... That's too many dishes.
5) I need to go grocery shopping. After I eat the last bowl of oatmeal and use the last of the milk tomorrow morning, I'll have nothing to eat in the house except pasta ( but no sauce, and I'll probably be using the last of the butter tonight), and whatever slumber party leftovers I manage to steal from boundcreature.
6) I need to do laundry. Seriously. I haven't washed my towels in months. It's gross. I'm pretty sure I'm no longer any cleaner when I finish drying off than when I went into the shower.
** Edited to Add **
7) In another fit of brilliance (nerd-dom) I've written another greasemonkey script.
sgQuickEdit, which will add an EDIT button down in the footer of each of your entries (next to ADD A COMMENT), so you can edit entries with one click instead of going to update and then selecting the entry.
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boundcreature:
this is true, but i would further add that "follow through without breaking stride" is still adding more of a connotation than is possibly warranted. i think the passages are more of a conscious decision about how you will handle an inevitability. in neither case is the rain really and truly an enemy or even a deterrent, it just is. i think the greater lesson tsunetomo was pushing for in my passage would be in a situation where a samurai was faced with absolute and certain death; would he cower and run from the enemy, surely dying anyway; or would he face death head on?
sapphic_plastic:
my allergies are kicking my ass i'm all cough-ey and wheezey and i'd be no fun on the dance floor. i'm gonna pass on man ray tonight but you guys better skank up a storm in my honor. hopefully i'll be healthy enough next week...