This Week and Stuff
Sunday was a most excellent day. Why was it a most excellent day? Because I met Ian MacKaye and saw his new band The Evens. That shit totally rocked and I've never seen a better show in Chattanooga. It's a great feeling to know that someone in the music industry isn't an exploitive pig looking to make millions, but just a guy with a guitar wanting to share his creation. Amy Farina (the drummer and other vocalist for The Evens) was also really cool and had the most angelic yet tortured voice. Everyone should buy their album from Dischord Records.
Monday was my b-day. I didn't really do anything. My family actually got me a cake and all had a small party for me which is the first time since I was 15. I got kinda used to them just leaving cards or calling me in the morning and then never seeing them. Honestly, I completely forgot how to blow candles off a cake. I haven't done that shit since I was 12 until this year. After all that, I drove around got drunk....probably could've gone to jail and called a million people up. That's about as exciting as it got.
I saw High Tension. It sucked. I was really hoping they wouldn't use the plot twist they used...it just ruined the movie. Yeah, it's brutal...but it's also fucking stupid. Batman Begins fuckin rocked. Christopher Nolan + Christian Bale = absolute fucking genius!
Yesterday I was at the appearance of Bhante Wimala, a Buddhist Monk from Sri Lanka.It's always nice to know that someone in the world gives a rat's ass about what's going on to people. He pretty much talked about his projects in Sri Lanka to create more homes and increase the standard of living in Tsunami areas. He also works with orphanages in Rwanda and Prague...as well as working against female genital mutilation in Africa. He also performed a meditation service which was interesting and his talks on spirituality were quite informative and I understood quite a bit. It is kind of weird though to hear a religious figure say something quite similar to my personal thoughts. Bhante spoke a lot on balance and that's something I've been trying to work on between mental enrichment and physical improvement (although the smoking and drinking doesn't help too much). Of course, according to his teachings, mentioned three parts to balance: morality, medication, and wisdom.....I've pretty much left out the morality, although now it seems the most important. The basic meaning of true morality is just to do what feels instinctively right. Desicions unaffected by emotions. That I liked. A lot of shit I say that gets me in trouble, or what most people consider trouble, is just cause I was pissed at the time. I didn't really care later...so what was the point in even paying attention to that emotion in the first place? I know of A LOT of people who would be better off ignoring their emotions when having to speak or decide on something. The final thing he said, which really made me happy to hear, was that to truly "enlighten" yourself...you must live with purpose and experience. Do something you love doing and travel everywhere you want to...that's exactly how I heard that one and that's exactly what I'm going to do.
More people in Chattanooga need to hang out....and I mean at like 11-5AM becasue that's when I'm really bored and just reading.
http://www.bhantewimala.com
Monday was my b-day. I didn't really do anything. My family actually got me a cake and all had a small party for me which is the first time since I was 15. I got kinda used to them just leaving cards or calling me in the morning and then never seeing them. Honestly, I completely forgot how to blow candles off a cake. I haven't done that shit since I was 12 until this year. After all that, I drove around got drunk....probably could've gone to jail and called a million people up. That's about as exciting as it got.
I saw High Tension. It sucked. I was really hoping they wouldn't use the plot twist they used...it just ruined the movie. Yeah, it's brutal...but it's also fucking stupid. Batman Begins fuckin rocked. Christopher Nolan + Christian Bale = absolute fucking genius!
Yesterday I was at the appearance of Bhante Wimala, a Buddhist Monk from Sri Lanka.It's always nice to know that someone in the world gives a rat's ass about what's going on to people. He pretty much talked about his projects in Sri Lanka to create more homes and increase the standard of living in Tsunami areas. He also works with orphanages in Rwanda and Prague...as well as working against female genital mutilation in Africa. He also performed a meditation service which was interesting and his talks on spirituality were quite informative and I understood quite a bit. It is kind of weird though to hear a religious figure say something quite similar to my personal thoughts. Bhante spoke a lot on balance and that's something I've been trying to work on between mental enrichment and physical improvement (although the smoking and drinking doesn't help too much). Of course, according to his teachings, mentioned three parts to balance: morality, medication, and wisdom.....I've pretty much left out the morality, although now it seems the most important. The basic meaning of true morality is just to do what feels instinctively right. Desicions unaffected by emotions. That I liked. A lot of shit I say that gets me in trouble, or what most people consider trouble, is just cause I was pissed at the time. I didn't really care later...so what was the point in even paying attention to that emotion in the first place? I know of A LOT of people who would be better off ignoring their emotions when having to speak or decide on something. The final thing he said, which really made me happy to hear, was that to truly "enlighten" yourself...you must live with purpose and experience. Do something you love doing and travel everywhere you want to...that's exactly how I heard that one and that's exactly what I'm going to do.
More people in Chattanooga need to hang out....and I mean at like 11-5AM becasue that's when I'm really bored and just reading.
http://www.bhantewimala.com