I am back from Thailand.
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I am back from Thailand.
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recoveringmale:
Happy Birthday Kari.
joubee:
Where did YOU come from? Oh, Thailand I guess.
My tire blew out on highway 26 today, and then later this evening i ate too much german chocolate cake.
As it turns out i get back from Thailand on Dec 28th rather than Jan 2nd; wasn't the Portland SG group talking about doing something amazing for New Year's a while back?
As it turns out i get back from Thailand on Dec 28th rather than Jan 2nd; wasn't the Portland SG group talking about doing something amazing for New Year's a while back?
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I'm a little tired now - the drive to Eugene seems longer than it is - perhaps because the highway is so straight. It was a nice trip though, I took my friend Victoria back to U of O, she'd come up for a dinner party, and then took a nap at her co-op while she studied economics. She had amazingly heavy quilts, which were...
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hypnogogic:
damn, arent we busy and worldly
thailand, what for?
thailand, what for?
minibeanie:
I loved Thailand....hope you have tons of fun......good thing you are going at this time of year...when I was there it was like a milion degrees 
hmmm. kind of tired. good night though, after a long day. tomorrow i have all day training for hospice volunteering. we get to learn how to move people that are very sick without hurting them. which is a more useful skill than golf swings or target practice, i believe.
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recoveringmale:
we should hang out soon.
grtymcdowell:
I'm a little tired now - the drive to Eugene seems longer than it is - perhaps because the highway is so straight. It was a nice trip though, I took my friend Victoria back to U of O, she'd come up for a dinner party, and then took a nap at her co-op while she studied economics. She had amazingly heavy quilts, which were very nice. Of course, now it's 1:17 am and I'm awake, but so be it ... I leave for Thailand on Thursday, which is exciting. Tomorrow I start my malaria medication, and I picked up my plane tickets today. All I need to do is one final project, finish painting the bathroom, pack, and then its a different world for a month. Oh, and I'm reading this amazing novel, "Truck Stop Rainbows" by a Czech woman Iva Pekarkova. The novel has a great voice, and some worthwhile philosophical observations. At least in Chapter 1. So, that is that until post-Bangkok.
What I Know of Goats (revised 10/4/04)
Ive been reading polite
pretty poems lately.
They all seem to encourage
the reader to go out and find nature
for true understanding.
In particular, a Portuguese poet,
Eugenio de Andrade, told me this morning
(or his translator did) that the sexual act
was hay/
ripening in your arms and the poet
euphoric
in your vineyard without wine....
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Ive been reading polite
pretty poems lately.
They all seem to encourage
the reader to go out and find nature
for true understanding.
In particular, a Portuguese poet,
Eugenio de Andrade, told me this morning
(or his translator did) that the sexual act
was hay/
ripening in your arms and the poet
euphoric
in your vineyard without wine....
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hypnogogic:
new, whole grain body of christ!
minibeanie:
all I know of goats is that they are a cool alternative to a lawn mower...
So my computer is fixed. When it broke on (?) Thursday (?) I entertained brief fantasies of life without a computer, reading Balzac in my apartment window by candlelight, maybe listening to the radio play scratchy Beethovan records. I made it through the weekend on this kick - then had a realization - life is better with internet access.
I start school tonight - wish...
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hypnogogic:
yuor going to school? where?
gunter:
Life without internet is like a car without wheels.
So, as it turns out I really like baseball games. I was a bit worried. I had been to a couple of Cardinals games in St. Louis with my dad a few years back, but not since then, and not since I recently stopped drinking. So this was the Portland Beavers vs Sacramento River Cats with diet coke. And you know, it was down to...
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minibeanie:
Almost like sex 
Sunday night. 12:20 am. for an uneventful day, it has been rather nice. i bought a second copy of ivan klima's Love and Garbage, a book I really liked two years ago. Klima does interesting things with the narrative, switching from the actions of the day to two streams of reminiscing. I bought a used copy; the previous reader has underlined unusual parts of the...
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back in philadelphia for the night. i will sleep in my sister's bed, because she left on saturday for college. my mother has been in and out of the hospital all summer but it is only today that i can see how desperately she would like to be somehow different that who she is, than the body she is in that is failing her. outside...
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hypnogogic:
i realized that we were not SG friends, I did not know you were gone. I hope all goes well. I was hoping to try to meet up with you again tonight. email or call me when you get back in town
dakini1:
i am very sorry to hear about your mother's health.
did you ever make it up to vajra dawn?
did you ever make it up to vajra dawn?
kathryn returns. we ate at the bread and ink cafe this morning. i had a touch of sour cream, after which i felt totally sick, and used as the excuse to spend all afternoon asleep.
so i just woke up, figured out flight information, folded laundry. at 11:55 pm tonight i'll be on my way, first philadelphia then karme choling in Vermont.
meditate and destroy....
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so i just woke up, figured out flight information, folded laundry. at 11:55 pm tonight i'll be on my way, first philadelphia then karme choling in Vermont.
meditate and destroy....
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the four reminders
this human existence with all its freedoms and endowments is extremely difficult to attain.
it enables on to accomplish the meaning of one's being.
Having attained such a precious existence,
If one does not accomplish benefit at this time,
How could one achieve this perfect treasure in the future?
The three realms are as impermanent as autumn clouds.
The births and deaths...
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this human existence with all its freedoms and endowments is extremely difficult to attain.
it enables on to accomplish the meaning of one's being.
Having attained such a precious existence,
If one does not accomplish benefit at this time,
How could one achieve this perfect treasure in the future?
The three realms are as impermanent as autumn clouds.
The births and deaths...
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obelisk:
Indeed you did, and I'm glad you found me as I was having difficulty remembering your site name. It was swell talking to you at the party. Sorry again for spilling beer on you! Not an auspicioius thing to do upon meetng a new person, but I was three sheets to the wind, as they say.
The party left me with a hangover and the desire to rent "Breakin".
The party left me with a hangover and the desire to rent "Breakin".
I totally clicked on you from Plastic's friend list just because that's such an awesome user name.
Anyway, hi! Hope life is going well!
~ah, I guess you don't check/update all too often...