July 2010
53 posts
The Romantic Dead
I feel as if I am in purgatory. I have never been more neutral over the affairs of love than now. I have no desire to seek love, nor have the desire to avoid it. I am the romantic dead, the unliving love. I am a man that is accepting of love but also fearful of it. I fear rejection, I fear acceptance, but I also want both.
Love has become a memory, a dream, its no longer tangible to me, this...
Fixing America's political system: A How-to Guide
nthnryn:
Here goes nothing:
If someone (i.e. yourself, or an elected official) agrees with a ballot measure, they should vote yes. If someone disagrees with a ballot measure, they should vote no. Regardless of party lines. Regardless of political pressure.
However impossible it (really) is, it seems pretty straightforward to me.
(This post inspired by Rep. Anthony Weiner.)
7/22 pickup game notes
7/22 report
Grade = A-
Record: 2-1
3 effective areas:
shooting, attacking the basket, rebounding
3 improvement areas:
ball handling, defense, shot selection
Comments:
Even though I took a lot of shots today, there were times where I just felt anything I shot was going to go in… I hit a lot of big shots that kept my team in the game today, but I also missed a lot of shots that almost...
Start>Stop>Continue: Addressing criticism of... →
Proxart has opinions. Everybody does. And our opinion may not line up with your opinion. That said, we’re not going to devalue yours just because it doesn’t agree with ours. In fact, instead of writing you off or ignoring you, I’d like to (officially) start a series of posts that will deal with…
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Okay I might take on a...
7/20 pickup game notes
This is just a little way of recording notes of the good and bad I do every time I play a game. And doing it here, I hope someone reading that has seen me play can comment on my strengths and weaknesses and point out things I need to get better at.
7/20 report
Grade = B
Record: 3-1
3 effective areas:
shooting, rebounding, defense
3 improvement areas:
ball handling, passing, moving without...
“Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what...”
– — Stephen King
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WatchThis is amazing! I hope to build the disciplines necessary to live like this soon…
Change
I posted this quote on this blog a few days back:
“It is within the power of writers and artists to do much more: to defeat the lie!” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I really believe that, it’s honestly one of the reasons I want to create as much as possible and as often as possible. I hope I can be part of the force that defeats the lie, part of the movement towards social justice...
“It is the cult of self that is killing the United States.”
– Chris Hedges
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Fool on The Hill - The Beatles
Strength through Wounding - AFI
Fashion Fight Pause - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Leaves in the River - Sea Wolf
Peace of Mind - Neil Young
Problem - Sex Pistols
Rain King - Sonic Youth
Concertina - Mars Volta
Dead and Bloated - Stone Temple Pilots
Things I Did When I was Dead - No Age
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Dear______________________
Fredrick Nietzsche once said: “that which does not kill us makes us stronger”. This phrase has become a cliche defense to pain, especially the emotional kind. But cliches become so because they are based in truth. You hurt me, really bad, you noticed I didn’t go down completely…. so you got in some extra punches on the way out, and then you left...
The Prodigal Son Returns(After only 3 days)
I, as always, am writing this mostly for my personal sanity and self satisfaction. But for anyone wondering about my living status? Well this is also for anyone who cares.
I was planning on living with my band in Castaic, moving out of my parents house, leaving the birds nest as it were. In fact I had almost everything I owned moved into the house I was to live in before I changed my mind!That is...
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I honestly can’t remember why I started tumbling or who got me into it or whatever…. maybe it was Justin?
It is appealing to me because it just is easier maintain than other blogs I have had. And for some reason, I am still under the impression that there are at least a handful of people that are interested in what I write and say. Blogs are the modern day journals, or at least that...
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Happy = Beirut, Animal Collective, Beatles, Bob Dylan
Sad = Sufjan Stevens, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Portishead
Bored = Bob Dylan, MGMT, LCD Soundsystem, Jimi Hendrix Experience
Hyped = Flying Lotus, Nujabes, Nomak, Radiohead
Mad = Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Rage against the Machine, Mimi and Richard Farinia
I’m with Rosie on this one, it’s impossible to narrow down feelings like...
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I’m really against the idea of individual pride… it contradicts my philosophy. I’m already arrogant and somewhat narcissistic enough, I don’t need to add some kind of personal pride in what I am doing. Sure some pride is there, its part of human nature. But I won’t celebrate it.
I will say that I am beyond proud of the many people in my life that allow me to be me....
WatchThis is my national anthem…. unfortunately the man has only left clips available to me
Darkness at the break of noon Shadows even the silver spoon The handmade blade, the child’s balloon Eclipses both the sun and moon To understand you know too soon There is no sense in trying
Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn Suicide remarks are torn From the fool’s gold mouthpiece the hollow...
“Presence always trumps Presents”
– Joe Kelly
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This is not an easy subject or answer because I am already a very short term goal oriented person, so I don’t know how specific my short term goals are. I really believe in the philosophy of waking up each day and doing the best you can on that day…. oh well I’m just rambling now, here are some short term goals:
1. Get totally moved into the new house
2. Start recording The...
“There is no emotion or love involved in decisions based on economic rationality.”
– Lourdes Beneria
Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization →
Being involved in art and culture, I have met many a hipster, and I probably have a little bit of hipster culture in my lifestyle as well. But this article hits the spot big time. Hipsters are the most fake “original” people… I have never seen kids and people care so much about not caring that they end up caring about things they probably shouldn’t care about.
Its sad,...
“It is within the power of writers and artists to do much more: to defeat the...”
– Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“Those who know they have enough are rich”
– Lao Tzu
I wake up in a white room with a black table with 3 white masks all with different expressions…. happy, sad, indifferent. I choose indifferent, I always feel this way. Especially in my dreams, this was just another one. Why am I so obsessed with masks? I always place myself in different realities, my perception is never the same. I feel perception is all I have. Descartes was on to...
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I have very unhealthy eating habits, and it is far and away my worst habit
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My tumblr name is merely just a reference to high fidelity’s top 5 list since most of what I post is just my opinion on art,music,culture, and politics…. Please read or watch the movie/book to understand.
