"I think it is terribly important that jazz was primarily dance music so you move when you hear it. And it always moves in the direction of elegance which is the most civilized thing that a human being can do. The outward extension, elaboration, and refinement of effort is elegance. Where just doing it gives pleasure of itself. That's about as far ( Read more... )

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went to a smiley face website the other day. this one was my favorite.

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it has been a little over a month since changing calendars, roofs, and jobs. a month has past and i've begun to realize that the small hands on clocks in kirkland move faster than in my hometown of federal way. in some ways, i feel it was due to the per capita income of the people in the area vs back home, but mostly, i thikn it's because i'm in ( Read more... )

unformed hair tucked away in my tan hat with a nametag that read "seph" on it. my fully washed uniform with the artificial scent of vanilla and some other sort of flower caught my nose by surprise while walking from the blazer to work. it was the only time i got fresh air that day. a cool breeze from the auburn valley on that partly cloudy ( Read more... )

a central idea behind advaita vedanta is the belief that all that is going on, happens in cycles. to achieve total liberation would be to free oneself of the almost dream state that we call life. i practiced my knowledge of the subject by dozing in and out of consciousness through class. it must have been from waking up early to study for my ( Read more... )

coming to an end for me. being free of school, work, and any other responsibility allowed me to do more than i have done in a long time. a whole month of doing everything i never knew i had wanted to do has past; rescuing girls from moshpits, going to the batting cages alone, mad libs on the trolley cars by the waterfront, spending an entire day ( Read more... )

my loft bed, i do my usual routine of drinking water out of a giant venti-sized seattle seahawks mug and turn on my computer. check my email which i already checked before i go to bed to delete the spam that has accumalated over-night. eyes groggy, i play tetrnet. armed with my custom key settings, it has become easy to spot whether i have to ( Read more... )

her test for her permit. we drove down to a run-down commercial building with a huge parking lot with my cousin's ramon and patrick. they both graduated from high school this year, and have become very close even though they themselves aren't cousins; with ramon coming from my mom's side of teh family and patrick, from my dad's side. "if you ( Read more... )

have a cute way of sneaking in on you while you are sleeping.  i ( Read more... )