Everything you ever wanted to know about the number 4, and then sum....

As I'm re-upping my Psycho-Babble proficiency, I'm coming across quite a few memes that I am finding anywhere from "interesting" to "intriguing" to "inspiring." All emphasis is mine, for my own reasons. I'm going to post them here in my LJ primarily for my own reference, but feel free to comment or do your own free-associations on these posts ( Read more... )

I FUCKING GOT HIRED!!!!OMFG, I just got off the phone with my new employer. The pay is 30% above the minimum I would have taken, the benefits are AWESOME (with lots of sick and vacation pay, I might add), and it's in my field. It's been exactly 9 months and 1 day since getting laid off ( Read more... )

Gods I love Sinfest.

OMFG!!! I just got done with a 2 hour bike ride that kicked my ass way worse about halfway out (1/4 of the way through the entire ride) than it did when I finished. I'm pretty exhausted, but feel pretty fuckin' stoked that I pushed myself (and SUCCEEDED!) so much ( Read more... )

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I just got the first bike I've had since I got my driver's license back in 1991-ish. I got a mountain bike because they're better for my back than my old standard of street bikes, and I like the idea of having something I can take on the trails--both paved and hiking--around here. Here's a picture, and I really like it. It also matches my silver ( Read more... )

"Suffering/Pain comes from truly Living/Engaging with Life."

I typed this into my phone's memo pad a few days ago, and I wanted to post it here. I know this is sort of "Buddhism 101" stuff (see Dukkha, and also its complement, Sukha, a term which I only discovered today), but I was thinking of it from a different perspective ( Read more... )

After spending time with my dear brother atlas_mason and family last night--including a rousing game of homemade backyard mini-golf that I dominated--I walked the 2+ miles home. And this morning as I walked back to pick-up my car, I really started to enjoy the walk for the first time. Before I knew it, I was already halfway there ( Read more... )

I've been finding the aforementioned Marines saying to be of immense help in pushing myself past my physically lazy tendencies as I get my body back in the shape I want it to be in. I've been using my bodily pains as a Focus for precisely why I want to be in better shape. I have been using the Pain I experience almost as a Banishing of my ( Read more... )