working out; mail for Michael; Buddhism; etc.bounce1956March 14 2005, 15:11:16 UTC
Hi Bethany,
Good for you for working out. Great to get started when you're young and make it a part of your day. I've never been able to get into the treadmill, but it does have some advantages (watching movies, listening to music.)
I've got some mail for your brother; does he have a cell phone? I think I have his e-mail somewhere, but I'm not sure; can you send it to me?
Buddhism is attractive in some ways, in its original pure form; it seems to have picked up a lot of strange stuff along the way in certain cultures. For example, there are many aspects of Tibetan Buddhism that are attractive, but a lot of it sounds like hooey. We have to beware of hooey. Not that I'm a font of non-hooey-ness. (That could be a way of addressing a royal person of questionable reliability: Your Hooey-ness.) I think we should ask SK's dad to come to Ispirare and give a talk on Taoism.
I really liked Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, too. I don't think I was able to get Maggie to watch it. I think that I am able to experience some movies, plays, etc. in a direct-yet-impersonal way that Maggie is not into. So that, for example, I can enjoy "Our Town" without feeling horribly guilty that I often exemplify the sort of "not noticing what's right in front of me" behavior that the play warns against. The play always makes me cry, and it always gives me a pleasant kick in the right direction, but I don't have to talk about it all night. Beyond the characters in ESSM, I just loved the way the story unfolded (or folded, or crumpled or whatever) and the wat the movie *looked* because of whatever cool manual special effects process was used. I really haven't seen anything like it in quite a while.
Re: working out; mail for Michael; Buddhism; etc.lovelarkMarch 15 2005, 06:49:31 UTC
youre hooey-ness. I love it. I agree, tibetan llamaism has some points I disagree with. Me and michael were discussing this on saturday. while the Dali Lamma is wonderfully inspiring, and they stand for alot of wonderful things, they have incorporated some Hooey. I was just informed, they believe in a Hell, which is one of my big problems with Christianity.
I find it funny that I'm taking cues from my YOUNGER brother...but he's a zen buhddist. They seem to have less hooey, and more philosophy, but there seems to be very little direction. I suppose you can't have direction without hooey.
I'm very pleased that you enjoyed Eternal Sunshine. Stellar perfromance from Kate Winslet and Jim Carey, no?
Good for you for working out. Great to get started when you're young
and make it a part of your day. I've never been able to get into the treadmill, but it does have some advantages (watching movies, listening to music.)
I've got some mail for your brother; does he have a cell phone? I
think I have his e-mail somewhere, but I'm not sure; can you send it
to me?
Buddhism is attractive in some ways, in its original pure form; it
seems to have picked up a lot of strange stuff along the way in
certain cultures. For example, there are many aspects of Tibetan
Buddhism that are attractive, but a lot of it sounds like hooey.
We have to beware of hooey. Not that I'm a font of non-hooey-ness.
(That could be a way of addressing a royal person of questionable
reliability: Your Hooey-ness.) I think we should ask SK's dad to
come to Ispirare and give a talk on Taoism.
I really liked Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, too. I don't
think I was able to get Maggie to watch it. I think that I am able
to experience some movies, plays, etc. in a direct-yet-impersonal
way that Maggie is not into. So that, for example, I can enjoy
"Our Town" without feeling horribly guilty that I often exemplify the
sort of "not noticing what's right in front of me" behavior that
the play warns against. The play always makes me cry, and it
always gives me a pleasant kick in the right
direction, but I don't have to talk about it all night. Beyond the
characters in ESSM, I just loved the way the story unfolded (or
folded, or crumpled or whatever) and the wat the movie *looked*
because of whatever cool manual special effects process was used.
I really haven't seen anything like it in quite a while.
Steve
P.S. Can't wait to see your new look, homie.
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I find it funny that I'm taking cues from my YOUNGER brother...but he's a zen buhddist. They seem to have less hooey, and more philosophy, but there seems to be very little direction. I suppose you can't have direction without hooey.
I'm very pleased that you enjoyed Eternal Sunshine. Stellar perfromance from Kate Winslet and Jim Carey, no?
You'll see my look, homes. You'll dig it.
peace-out
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