I'm slowly rejoining the world. Last weekend, I finally got myself out of the house and hung out in Berkeley for a while. Went to the library and finished my book, read theExpress and drank a sickly sweet mocha at Cafe Firenze and then went and saw Batman Begins ($9.25 for the matinee show! WTF!luckily it was good. Christian Bale was great aside from his Batman voice which sounded like he had a frog in his throat). On Sunday, I made it down to my brother's and had fun playing with my little niece Ember. She is learning how to give people kisses but hasn't quite mastered it yet. While holding her she grabbed the side of my head, pursed her lips, and then proceeded to gently peck at my face like a bird, it was really funny.
I am heading to the Obon festival this weekend with some friends and I am really looking forward to it. It is being held at a Buddhist Temple near Alameda. I visited several temples in Japan, this will be my first in the States. I am curious to see how true it will hold up to eastern ideals.
I am conflicted: I am interested in the tenets of Buddhism and yet I have this urge to join a gun club. I am not searching for the proverbial extension of my manhood, I just would like to fire of a few with a decent handgun. I guess if I learn more about Buddhism I could find a way to tie that in although I'm not sure how,maybe the idea of achieving temporary enlightenment while doing an exercise but, I doubt that shooting gun is appropriate.
I am heading to the Obon festival this weekend with some friends and I am really looking forward to it. It is being held at a Buddhist Temple near Alameda. I visited several temples in Japan, this will be my first in the States. I am curious to see how true it will hold up to eastern ideals.
I am conflicted: I am interested in the tenets of Buddhism and yet I have this urge to join a gun club. I am not searching for the proverbial extension of my manhood, I just would like to fire of a few with a decent handgun. I guess if I learn more about Buddhism I could find a way to tie that in although I'm not sure how,maybe the idea of achieving temporary enlightenment while doing an exercise but, I doubt that shooting gun is appropriate.
and i actually know someone who very much lives by the tenets of Buddhism, but is an expert with guns. i really think that this life is about figuring out what works for yourself. rather than having to fit into someone else's belief system.
I'm curious what you consider a low number of comments. Practically every time I view a set it already has 10 or more pages worth. I'll still post a comment, but sometimes I don't simply because I doubt the SG will ever read it at that point and unless I am one of the very first to do so, I never hear back from them.
it's not really about pages, in my opinion. if you look at how many comments each set got, for example here., it's very very difficult, as an SG, to not notice there's kind of a median. and believe me. we read EVERY comment. if you hit below the median, it's really hard not to feel like you didn't do a good enough job.
tricksy thing. never thought i'd experience this kind of competition on a website that is somewhat based on punk rock ideals. but so it goes.