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February 25, 2003
Being stoned...
I just read an interview of the Dalai Lama by Spalding Gray, and this passage made me laugh:
SG: "How do you avoid accidents?"
Dalai Lama: (laughs) "Just as ordinary people do. I try to be more cautious. One thing I can be certain of is that I won't have an accident because of being drunk or being stoned by drugs."
I guess I am accident prone at times...
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February 24, 2003
The bet...
So I have this bet that's probably foolish but might turn out quite nicely for me. Either way though it's a fun one, and since I was talking to my friend that I made it with, we decided to formalize the terms, since there wasn't any legalese in it when we made it, but based on general contract law, if there is consideration and it's agreed by both parties, then it's a binding legal contract...
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February 20, 2003
Switcheroo
So for Qool this week they switched the room where the sound system is located to the 2nd street side and it threw things out of whack a little.
Luckily the folks were still dancing since the music was spot on, especially when Prophet dropped some super fat New Order.
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February 13, 2003
Poetic Beauty
So this girl in the white inspired a guy to write poetry about her on the spot.
Yeah she's hot too...
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February 09, 2003
Man vs. Nature
One thing that's always stuck with me is the battle of 'man vs. nature' since it was a theme in books and literature I read during elementary and high school as well as a science vs. nature thing.
With all the advances in technology and science, the power of nature still rules supreme. There's a really cool video piece some friends of mine made, call S-11 Redux and at the end, the narrator says:
"And so... it really comes down to a very basic choice that we have to make as a civilization:
Either: we will learn to bury the animosities of our ethnocentric, militant traditions and come to understand that Earth's survival depends on our collective, unified participation, or we will sustain this cycle of violence and revenge until humanity is returned to the status of primitivity and Earth reduced to a rubble of antiquity."
Oh yeah, this is the caption for the pic above from my 31 project...
day 300 - Sunday, February 9, 2003
Wow, day 300! I walked past this noticing the patch of green along the sidewalk and had to go back and take a shot. This grass (and a few tiny purple flowers) were growing out of a hacked down pole hole on Natoma. I love how nature continues on even amidst the overpowering concrete of SOMA.
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February 04, 2003
women's dating strategies
"Because how you treat your mother is how you'll treat me..."
- an SF woman I was talking to, on guys and why she likes to know their relationship with their family
So is that true?
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February 02, 2003
Night Cabbie
Since I don't have a car, I always use my feet, my bike, MUNI or cabs, so I really like reading the night cabbie column. The last segment from this week was pretty funny, and scary at the same time. I think that people should have to go back for a driver's test every once in a while, not just when you first get your license.
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February 01, 2003
A bit of Cantona
I finished a book I had for years that my sister gave me in like 2001 recently, so I've decided to catch up on my reading by reading the books I've owned for a while rather than getting or checking out new ones all the time.
A co-worker gave me The Meaning of Cantona and here's a little snippet:
"Wilko is concerned that Cantona may be lonely in his new surroundings. He suggests that he keeps a cat for company. Cantona declines. 'I have my neighbours.' Wilko is not convinced. 'But they can't speak French.' Cantona ponders for a moment. 'Can the cat?'
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