25 random jauns: re-post from the facebook
1 - i just took a deep breath and held it for at least a minute and a half
2 - i just breathed normally for a bit, then pumped out all the air in my lungs and down near my stomach, too and held that one in for just 30 seconds, heh
3 - weird shit like that are interesting games to play & can help yer body
4 - this one develops lung capacity and encourages deeper breathing because i stretch the edges of what i'm used to, both bigger inhaling & deeper exhaling, and helps me realize i normally breathe fairly shallow, like most folks raised in Western Civilization
5 - i'm going to work as a canvasser for the sierra club next week and i think it will be hilarious because while it's good to get folks to spend money on "environmental efforts", i do not believe they will honestly fix or save anything, heh - least it pays my rent and allows me to be outside and talk to people, heh
6 - two weeks ago i trapped nutria rats with TrackersNW and skinned, gutted, butchered, and ate 'em. i want to make leg warmers with their hides.
7 - i've been crying recently and it's been amazing, it's been years and years - since maybe before i was 12 that i can remember crying more than once every few years
8 - Alana & I are planning to compile a collection of writings to publish The Indie Almanac: A Seasonal Guide To Living Awesome Within Our Rad Universe as our first major project of The Outside(r) Art Institute. http://www.outsiderartinstitute.com
9 - In the book "The Male Herbal" my "constitution" is Seer-Warrior
10 - For the Enneagram Personality Types, I identify as a 9 with an 8 and 7 wing
11 - I've been reading foundational books on post-civilization anarchy/art/society lately... and realizing that what they are all really pointing to is a lifestyle of consciousness-expanding/physical skill improving PLAY
12 - the one on art is "T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism" online, here: http://www.hermetic.com/bey/taz_cont.html
13 - the personal account of the rewilding/healing process is: "Fire And Ice: Disturbing the comfortable and comforting the disturbed while tracking our wildest dreams" excerpt: http://www.beatingheartspress.com/genderfucked.html
14 - the one on the politics/society is "Post-Civ! a deeper exploration" zine, found here: http://www.tangledwilderness.org/?p=102
15 - i have a pale green bike, it's a 10-speed frame that looks like a converted fixey, although it really has a kick brake and an internal 3-speed hub
16 - my bike's name is shrub
17 - my favorite color is green
18 - my favorite number is 4
19 - i started 8 egg-cartons full of seeds in the last weeks and have some baby sprouts already up. i'm so psyched for my garden in april.
20 - i've been "praying" (i guess?) using affirmations from Louise L. Hay's book "Heal Your Body" each morning for the past few days and it's felt really nice to be posi
21 - my housemates and i have been living without heat for the past month to both save on billz and acclimatize ourselves to the cold
22 - it ain't so bad, especially whenever Alana's here to share my bed, heh
23 - in the past week i prepared & served my first wild-gathered miner's lettuce salad, my first stinging nettle side of greens, my first nutria rat chili, and drank my first wild-gathered usnea decoction tea, :1
24 - i've been learning herbal medicine and have found that lemon balm tincture inspires me to drop my grumpy bullshit & be happy & active
25 - i'm assistant teaching a permaculture design certification course
2 - i just breathed normally for a bit, then pumped out all the air in my lungs and down near my stomach, too and held that one in for just 30 seconds, heh
3 - weird shit like that are interesting games to play & can help yer body
4 - this one develops lung capacity and encourages deeper breathing because i stretch the edges of what i'm used to, both bigger inhaling & deeper exhaling, and helps me realize i normally breathe fairly shallow, like most folks raised in Western Civilization
5 - i'm going to work as a canvasser for the sierra club next week and i think it will be hilarious because while it's good to get folks to spend money on "environmental efforts", i do not believe they will honestly fix or save anything, heh - least it pays my rent and allows me to be outside and talk to people, heh
6 - two weeks ago i trapped nutria rats with TrackersNW and skinned, gutted, butchered, and ate 'em. i want to make leg warmers with their hides.
7 - i've been crying recently and it's been amazing, it's been years and years - since maybe before i was 12 that i can remember crying more than once every few years
8 - Alana & I are planning to compile a collection of writings to publish The Indie Almanac: A Seasonal Guide To Living Awesome Within Our Rad Universe as our first major project of The Outside(r) Art Institute. http://www.outsiderartinstitute.com
9 - In the book "The Male Herbal" my "constitution" is Seer-Warrior
10 - For the Enneagram Personality Types, I identify as a 9 with an 8 and 7 wing
11 - I've been reading foundational books on post-civilization anarchy/art/society lately... and realizing that what they are all really pointing to is a lifestyle of consciousness-expanding/physical skill improving PLAY
12 - the one on art is "T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism" online, here: http://www.hermetic.com/bey/taz_cont.html
13 - the personal account of the rewilding/healing process is: "Fire And Ice: Disturbing the comfortable and comforting the disturbed while tracking our wildest dreams" excerpt: http://www.beatingheartspress.com/genderfucked.html
14 - the one on the politics/society is "Post-Civ! a deeper exploration" zine, found here: http://www.tangledwilderness.org/?p=102
15 - i have a pale green bike, it's a 10-speed frame that looks like a converted fixey, although it really has a kick brake and an internal 3-speed hub
16 - my bike's name is shrub
17 - my favorite color is green
18 - my favorite number is 4
19 - i started 8 egg-cartons full of seeds in the last weeks and have some baby sprouts already up. i'm so psyched for my garden in april.
20 - i've been "praying" (i guess?) using affirmations from Louise L. Hay's book "Heal Your Body" each morning for the past few days and it's felt really nice to be posi
21 - my housemates and i have been living without heat for the past month to both save on billz and acclimatize ourselves to the cold
22 - it ain't so bad, especially whenever Alana's here to share my bed, heh
23 - in the past week i prepared & served my first wild-gathered miner's lettuce salad, my first stinging nettle side of greens, my first nutria rat chili, and drank my first wild-gathered usnea decoction tea, :1
24 - i've been learning herbal medicine and have found that lemon balm tincture inspires me to drop my grumpy bullshit & be happy & active
25 - i'm assistant teaching a permaculture design certification course