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1. REPLY TO THIS MEME BY YELLING "MY NAME IS THE MASTER", AND I WILL GIVE YOU FIVE WORDS THAT REMIND ME OF YOU.
2. THEN POST THEM IN YOUR JOURNAL AND EXPLAIN WHAT THEY MEAN TO YOU.
3. KEEP IN MIND THAT IF I DON'T KNOW YOU THAT WELL, YOUR WORDS MIGHT END UP KIND OF ODD OR WEIRD. IF I DO KNOW YOU, YOUR WORDS WILL MAYBE PROBABLY BE WEIRD.
1. Acid
Assuming you mean the hallucinogen, I've only done it a few times but that's generally all people need/want. Maybe I talk about it a lot? Haha, anyway, it's pretty incredible, makes you reconsider any materialistic notions you may have, create fascinating realities and perspectives, and can be very aesthetically pleasing. A friend once told me doing drugs like that is "cheating" to get spiritual attainment, and I agree. You could reach Nirvana on acid if that's what you're looking for. If I did things like that for spiritual reasons, I'm sure I would become spiritually dependent on them. But I don't do that, it's just another thing to experience and later have the memory of to tote around with you. Part of the reason I was doing a lot of drugs like that two years ago (wow, time flies) was to test myself. I don't want this to get too wordy, but basically: I didn't do it to open my mind. I did it to see just how open my mind already was, or is without it. To provide a counterpoint. Something like that.
2. Kitties
I LOVE THEM. LOVE THEM LOVE THEM LOVE THEM. AH. Seriously though, I think they're the best housepets. They pretty much take care of themselves. On top of that, I think they're brilliant. There is so much we can learn from them. They are the earthly embodiment of Ents and the dolphins in Hitchhiker's Guide combined. I love them, especially Toulouse Lautrec and Luna. Nothing is more gratifying after a shitty day than having their fluffy butts around the house.
3. Knitting
It's a good thing! Like cats, but not acid, there is a spiritual nature to it. It's so... repetitive. This is going to sound like total bullshit, but it really keeps me aware of things like repetition. It makes me realize how intuitive it is for me in our society, as an above-average full-time student, to fall into repetition. Into working hard for the same results hundreds before me have gotten and will get after me, and really wasting time, and being told that the times I've spent best were wasted. I knit to keep me sane. Really, it's knitting, or have a mental breakdown then move to the forest and smoke pot and write until I die. It, in and of itself, FEELS like a waste of time- hours and hours and hours spent creating some tacky garment that serves little practical use in Southern California, and fashion-wise, looks vintage at best. So, I know it's one of the only things that I truly love for itself. I love the clicky sound of needles, I love zoning out into a nearly meditative state, I love putting on a movie and knitting then seeing I've done like five measly inches after the movie, and still feeling soooo good. Knitting, and crafts in general, are so pure. It's like, human creates product. Bam. Not like human creates program and computer to run it on with power to run it with and program creates product. I could go on forever, but really... I just like it a lot.
4. Communism
Haha, politically? I really don't know a ton about it. I haven't particularly studied it or anything. I do like Marx quotes though. I politically consider myself a socialist, which by American standards, IS communist. But I go by the standards of the rest of the world and consider democratic socialism more like democracy than communism. But I do like the idea of communism! I like it a lot... when I was in India, we were by the state of Kerala, which is the only democratically elected communist state in the world. Pretty neat. On a tangent though, I LOVE communal living. I've done it a few times in my life, mostly in Arrowbear (which I'm pretty sure, all the philosophy and music and words aside, is what that camp is going for). Haha, but I'm pretty sure that's not what "communism" means.
5. Missouri
Ugh. I like California so much better. I'm glad I got the life experience though. I mean, it still wasn't worth the blood, sweat, and tears (mostly sweat and tears), but hey, it's there, I might as well appreciate it. There's definitely a Huck Finn sort of romanticism there, and I can safely say I've lived it, locusts and all. If you go ever to Missouri, I recommend hanging out in the jazz district of Kansas City. It's great, and not as commercialized as that in New Orleans and the like. It also always reminds me just how insanely, ridiculously, diverse the United States is. But yeah, at the end of the day... I love my family, I love my roots, but GOD eff that place.
2. THEN POST THEM IN YOUR JOURNAL AND EXPLAIN WHAT THEY MEAN TO YOU.
3. KEEP IN MIND THAT IF I DON'T KNOW YOU THAT WELL, YOUR WORDS MIGHT END UP KIND OF ODD OR WEIRD. IF I DO KNOW YOU, YOUR WORDS WILL MAYBE PROBABLY BE WEIRD.
1. Acid
Assuming you mean the hallucinogen, I've only done it a few times but that's generally all people need/want. Maybe I talk about it a lot? Haha, anyway, it's pretty incredible, makes you reconsider any materialistic notions you may have, create fascinating realities and perspectives, and can be very aesthetically pleasing. A friend once told me doing drugs like that is "cheating" to get spiritual attainment, and I agree. You could reach Nirvana on acid if that's what you're looking for. If I did things like that for spiritual reasons, I'm sure I would become spiritually dependent on them. But I don't do that, it's just another thing to experience and later have the memory of to tote around with you. Part of the reason I was doing a lot of drugs like that two years ago (wow, time flies) was to test myself. I don't want this to get too wordy, but basically: I didn't do it to open my mind. I did it to see just how open my mind already was, or is without it. To provide a counterpoint. Something like that.
2. Kitties
I LOVE THEM. LOVE THEM LOVE THEM LOVE THEM. AH. Seriously though, I think they're the best housepets. They pretty much take care of themselves. On top of that, I think they're brilliant. There is so much we can learn from them. They are the earthly embodiment of Ents and the dolphins in Hitchhiker's Guide combined. I love them, especially Toulouse Lautrec and Luna. Nothing is more gratifying after a shitty day than having their fluffy butts around the house.
3. Knitting
It's a good thing! Like cats, but not acid, there is a spiritual nature to it. It's so... repetitive. This is going to sound like total bullshit, but it really keeps me aware of things like repetition. It makes me realize how intuitive it is for me in our society, as an above-average full-time student, to fall into repetition. Into working hard for the same results hundreds before me have gotten and will get after me, and really wasting time, and being told that the times I've spent best were wasted. I knit to keep me sane. Really, it's knitting, or have a mental breakdown then move to the forest and smoke pot and write until I die. It, in and of itself, FEELS like a waste of time- hours and hours and hours spent creating some tacky garment that serves little practical use in Southern California, and fashion-wise, looks vintage at best. So, I know it's one of the only things that I truly love for itself. I love the clicky sound of needles, I love zoning out into a nearly meditative state, I love putting on a movie and knitting then seeing I've done like five measly inches after the movie, and still feeling soooo good. Knitting, and crafts in general, are so pure. It's like, human creates product. Bam. Not like human creates program and computer to run it on with power to run it with and program creates product. I could go on forever, but really... I just like it a lot.
4. Communism
Haha, politically? I really don't know a ton about it. I haven't particularly studied it or anything. I do like Marx quotes though. I politically consider myself a socialist, which by American standards, IS communist. But I go by the standards of the rest of the world and consider democratic socialism more like democracy than communism. But I do like the idea of communism! I like it a lot... when I was in India, we were by the state of Kerala, which is the only democratically elected communist state in the world. Pretty neat. On a tangent though, I LOVE communal living. I've done it a few times in my life, mostly in Arrowbear (which I'm pretty sure, all the philosophy and music and words aside, is what that camp is going for). Haha, but I'm pretty sure that's not what "communism" means.
5. Missouri
Ugh. I like California so much better. I'm glad I got the life experience though. I mean, it still wasn't worth the blood, sweat, and tears (mostly sweat and tears), but hey, it's there, I might as well appreciate it. There's definitely a Huck Finn sort of romanticism there, and I can safely say I've lived it, locusts and all. If you go ever to Missouri, I recommend hanging out in the jazz district of Kansas City. It's great, and not as commercialized as that in New Orleans and the like. It also always reminds me just how insanely, ridiculously, diverse the United States is. But yeah, at the end of the day... I love my family, I love my roots, but GOD eff that place.