Last weekend I asked how much an iPod cost in the presence of a girl I have met/partied with once before and whom I really like. I'm not a fan of iPod in general because in some sinister way it reminds me of Starbucks, People magazine, no-makeup + wearing sweatpants as regular clothes, and the Evil Empire in general. (if you want to see what I'm ( Read more... )

"For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to ( Read more... )

I just remembered something funny that happened over the summer ( Read more... )

JUST A GENERAL COMMENT TO THE PUBLIC ( Read more... )

I wrote this as a response to a comment, but want to re-post it as an actual entry because it summarises many of my thoughts ( Read more... )

His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred ( Read more... )

"Harvard Rarely Punishes Student Drug Use": http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=509858

a friend was found dead yesterday with whom I'd shared many views and perspectives and with whom I'd had a long conversation about a topic meaningful to both of us not two weeks before his death. I remember walking around in his home, looking at the mess, commenting, "this will be hell for you to have to move out one day," and him waving it away, ( Read more... )

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear. Except a ( Read more... )

Got back from the gym ( Read more... )