sgmonotony

summer has arrived in the Northeast
75 degrees
the frosts have left
the heat makes me tired
i love my naps


Watching "Sidewalks of New York"
if you get a chance watch it
intertwines multiple individuals in a collection of stories that run concurrently

the need to change my journal overtakes me at times and i feel compelled to write. tonight i am not sure of what, the ideas have not sorted themselves out. the enormity of this medium i guess overwhelms me, like a whole new universe , the internet strikes me for both its vastness and the tiny details, like each individual journal here, a tiny star...
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I am sick of Goering.
I would rather think about Canada, and tattooed sleeves, and being baked, and humor and laughter and sensuality.

Claim: Hermann Goering proclaimed that although "the people don't want war," they "can always be brought to the bidding of their leaders."
Status: True.

Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2002]


"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy,...
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I am beginning to realize that life is typically hard. The majority of what I do I find difficult and not very "fun"
This is not a depressing thought for me, because I think I am becoming aware of what life's essential joy is.
I am becoming acutely aware of interactions i enjoy tremendously with other human beings. I think these are the greatest gift...
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New journal entry. New week.
Wonderful weather in the northeast.
I am enjoying finishing winter cleanup
The motorcycles are coming out
We might be getting a new cat.
AAU basketball is almost finished HURRAH
The season has been going on since November(does anyone remember November?)
The new truck hauled tiller and manure this weekend
We are already getting our use out of it.
Folks I...
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I was tired of looking at the Sufi poet.
Felt like a new entry was in order.
The spring continues to creep into our valley, I hope to till and spread manure this weekend.
Bought a new Dodge Dakota to do all this work, I forgot how nice it was to have a pickup.
Work is work, the people who receive treatment there keep me...
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From the Sufi poet Rumi:

This human being is a guesthouse,
every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture
Still treat each guest honorably,
he may be clearing you out for some new...
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I LOVE THIS POEM
As an individual who has hitchhiked coast to coast, it resonates

Advice to Hitchhikers

for Jason B. who lived in a cave for five months.



One in five will ask for oral sex,
what color underwear youre wearing.
Bet on it; but keep your money
in your shoe. Slink off the road
within ten miles of bookstores
where no one reads....
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My journal needs updating. I realized it needs regular updating. Today was nice, I never left the house.
It is amazing when I look back over the years, how many Easters I spent drunk.
Now 5-6 years without drinking.
I like not drinking better.
The weather in northern New England WILL NOT warm up.
No leaves, no green, still looks like I guess what most...
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