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we are progressing towards becoming a machine. it is an ethic towards dissecting teams--surgical strikes and cold knives. it is to be their millstone, to grate away. grind and grind, like a pestle to a solid. it is execution. it is aggression. it is efficiency. and, above all, it is unity and belief. RPI tourny in Albany within two months; NACBA@Philly within four. i want this for Toronto. get that swagger, get that heart. get at it.
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"Several also felt that their diagnosis made them more aware of their mortality than their peers. This resulted in a sense of urgency to live 'more fully in the moment'."
there is something inspiring in the redemptionist/metamorphosed PWHA (person living with HIV/AIDS). for s/he does not step to the rope that hovers over the abyss; the rope confronts him/her. it is to create and to acknowledge one's Quest in life, whatever that may be. indeed, Death in the form of Opportunity knocks quietly--we must make something of ourselves, we must appreciate the 'is' of existence. Death as metaphysically violent, where we as subjects are called into question. let Life be my regimen, and art my counseling, and basketball my healthism--for this is privilege, fortune and luck. this is diagnosis--to be infected by Life. and let my contribution be my activism, let my impact be my redemption. it is me and you, oh C--!
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today, ernest told me that before coming to Notabilia, he was unable to understand a word his teacher was saying. now, he is learning well and doing well. i am fucking happy.
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"Several also felt that their diagnosis made them more aware of their mortality than their peers. This resulted in a sense of urgency to live 'more fully in the moment'."
there is something inspiring in the redemptionist/metamorphosed PWHA (person living with HIV/AIDS). for s/he does not step to the rope that hovers over the abyss; the rope confronts him/her. it is to create and to acknowledge one's Quest in life, whatever that may be. indeed, Death in the form of Opportunity knocks quietly--we must make something of ourselves, we must appreciate the 'is' of existence. Death as metaphysically violent, where we as subjects are called into question. let Life be my regimen, and art my counseling, and basketball my healthism--for this is privilege, fortune and luck. this is diagnosis--to be infected by Life. and let my contribution be my activism, let my impact be my redemption. it is me and you, oh C--!
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today, ernest told me that before coming to Notabilia, he was unable to understand a word his teacher was saying. now, he is learning well and doing well. i am fucking happy.