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Unfortunately, I can't browse or even post on SG while I'm at work, and since I'm at work 99% of the time nowadays that means no naked hottie goodness or wise words on a regular basis.

That's not a bad thing.

I spent a few days in the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountain range the other week with only the barest of provisions. Besides...
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uncommoncold:
Beautiful.
cklarock:
Congrats on the survival retreat-- that must have been a massive juxtaposition with your workworkwork reality. How did you like coming back to the job? Was it still rewarding and interesting?

deltron3030 said:
Our senses become so dependent on this that they lose their fine edge, become lazy, and soon we don't notice or recognize half of the amazing things that occur around us.



That is a fantastic observation-- it's so great to get reacquainted with that truth! Sometimes I think that re-attuning with the world as it actually is makes up 80% of the point of shamanic ritual, drug culture, or our mystic traditions. Joseph Campbell calls it attuning to the sense of transcendent; re-remembering that there is a capital-M Mystery out there that both defines and undermines everything we believe as truththe face of God cannot be seen, and the Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. But Chogyam Trungpa cuts it down even simpler than that: Sunshine feels good on the skin. It smells nice after a rainstorm. Good food makes you feel good. Little kids laughter makes you laugh, too.

It's like the ingredients for happiness, health and contentment are around us all at all times, provided we tune in. But so many of us tune in to other wavelengths (materialism, violence, power over others, being a film critic) looking for happiness, when all we really need is free, present and natural.

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Dude, Im in Kansas now. You can come for a visit anytime!

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Hey, a blog!

I only have two things to say at the moment, and then it's back to work for me.

1. Dick's cheeseburgers, fries, deluxes are awesome. And not just at 2am after hitting the bars.

2. People who keep their dogs in the car while they go into a store for longer than 10 minutes suck. At least roll down the damn windows!...
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cklarock:
Who the fuck let you out of the level designer corral? What kind of half-assed show are they running over there?

I saw Eric and Tim last night-- Eric had himself a little soiree and finally grilled up some of the trout he's been on about. Tasty, tasty. It looks like I'm bailing on S.F. in another month! Eric mentioned something about feeling a bit of wanderlust himself-- Seattle came up, I think it's on his radar.

Your name came up and fond things were said. Nobody used the words, 'dimestore motherfucker,' 'punk ass,' 'reprobate,' or 'degenerate.'

Okay, I totally used all those words, but none of them were in reference to you.
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Sometimes I really enjoy being a workaholic. There's a special sense of satisfaction from rolling up your sleeves and getting some damn hard work done. It's like I'm personally enforcing my will upon a small section of the universe, and goddamn it's going to be the way I envision it, because what I envision is good and right.

This is entirely aside from the satisfaction...
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cklarock:
You shouldn't have. You thought it was going to be all "hi honey, we love you," and instead it was, "Now we can add video to our online swinger profile, w00t!"

Your grandmother is hotter than even your mom dude, and your mom is really hot.
uncommoncold:
Dude, I'm totally okay with being every internet man's fantasy. Or at least, the nerdly ones who like history and dead languages..

Did you think I was bluffing when I said I wasn't a ninja? wink
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there are entirely too many videogames to play nowadays. After successfully completing a 6 week WoW rehab program I'm slipping back into the habit. And then I still haven't finished Resident Evil 4 (a game which kicks all kinds of ass) and then I just got God of War which has awesome fatality moves and naked chicks and blood and just tons of cool.

Co-ed...
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uncommoncold:
Hmm. But the cost of the ferry to Seattle would make it not even close to worth the free drink.. but, I would get to be in Seattle, it's true.
uncommoncold:
Me too. I also used to wonder how many light years ago the stars I was looking at had burnt out, and how old the light was that I was seeing at that exact moment in time.
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cklarock:
That is a fantastic quote. Exactly right. I don't know that she saw us the other week, but my brother is convinced that our exchange (me speaking into her ear) helped her let go.

I spoke with a number of people who knew her through church, and it was really interesing to see which nice things they'd select to say about her. I heard elegant and dignified a few times, but one tiny old lady told me my grandmother was funny. I was all, "Funny? Did your doctors fuck up your meds and you came to the wrong funeral?"

My mom said she had a sharp, biting sense of humor. Go figga.

I'm in a cafe right now in Wichita, KS, and these two old guys are talking about shooting and shooting ranges. And probably Jesus, but that goes without saying.

Who is Trevor's dad? Is that your brother?
uncommoncold:
It's true, he does always have something zen- or something remarkably similar- hanging out of his sleeve at any given moment. I both like and trust it.

And I ought to mention that you come with his highest recommendation. Do I also get a free prize, or perhaps a mail-in rebate of some sort for signing up to be your internetted friend? 'Cause damn, that would be awesome. wink
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My dad is coming into town this friday and staying at my place for 2 weeks. I hadn't really thought about it a lot until I read about Uncommoncold and her experience with her dad. I think this will be the longest amount of time I have spent with my dad in about 8 years. He lives in Denver and I only end up seeing...
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cklarock:
Camping with your father and nephew sounds like the shit.

MAN!!!! MEAT!!!!! BEAR!? KILL IT!!!!!!1one
cklarock:
I learned not to work outdoors?
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so cklarock posted a few days ago about people flashing lights and rolling and other stuff that went over my head because he is more wise than I am. But like all good gurus he got me thinking, and here's what I posted somewhere else then, reposted now because I need content for this journal.

The reality in our minds and the reality of existence...
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cklarock:
I kind of think our modern world still works that way, although we do get a lot more freedom to fuck up and try again.

Thank god, because if we didn't, I'd be dead for sure!

GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!1
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This is my SG journal. There are many like it but this one is mine. My SG journal is my best friend. It is my life. I must masterbate it as I masterbate my life. Without me, my SG journal is just another crappy blog. Without my SG journal I am just another crappy blogger. I must keep my SG journal rad. I must be...
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cklarock:
Save me, too, Del!
uncommoncold:
Interestingly enough, I also surround myself with a group of super intelligent mega sexy ninja vixens.

SG Journal Tip #2-

Don't listen to anything IAmSick says. He's trouble. wink