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| 10:35am 28/04/2003 |
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mood:  rejuvenated
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Energy, where have you been all my life? |
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| 10:57am 27/04/2003 |
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mood:  accomplished
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This morning I have now finished reading the entire New Testament!
You know, reading some of it makes me depressed. oh well. |
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| 03:50pm 17/04/2003 |
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I had about an hour talk with my New Testament professor today, which is amazing. Also, I spent almost 6 hours straight studying astrology last ... no, Tuesday night. (Pluto only, actually). But learned a lot. And if it's worth anything...
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| 01:36pm 12/04/2003 |
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A list of my top spots to live, inspired by a post by ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) wordsiwrite.
1. San Bernardino, CA
2. Hot Springs, AR
3. Paradise, CA
4. Truth or Consequences, NM
5. Salisbury, MD
6. Mountain Home / Bull Shoals, AR
7. El Cajon, CA
8. Eureka Springs, AR
9. Palm Springs, CA
10. Holiday Island, AR
I don't know why, but the program gets addicted to 2 or 3 states, for me California and Arkansas. I also had several in Hawaii in the second half of the list. |
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| 09:44pm 08/04/2003 |
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If it were not for meditation, my mind would drive me to suicide. |
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| 06:31pm 30/03/2003 |
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mood:  energetic
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I just went to the gym and rode 11 miles / 1 hour on a bike. Yay! See you laaaaaaaateeeeeeeer.................. |
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| Cheerio |
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| 07:34am 30/03/2003 |
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mood:  awake
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I just slept 11 hours straight. I have been working a lot lately, to as late as 1:30 am one night, and apparently I needed it. Then I looked out the window, and there is about 2 inches of snow on the ground, and it is supposed to continue til tonight!
I have signed up for a cross-country bike ride for this summer. All the way from VA Beach to Portland, OR. I'm not an avid biker, so it's risky, but it is not a requirement. It supports habitat for humanity, and we stop along the way and build houses and such. I have to raise $3,750 before the trip, and I am starting late! Ack! I hate asking people for money. But it is really for charity, not for me exactly, just in my name. Also, I really need to train. I rode my bike every day this week except Fri and Sat, and now there is snow! How am I supposed to train now?! I'll have to go to the gym. *body shame*
Yes, I saw NDWalsch. ( Read more... ) |
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| 10:16pm 10/03/2003 |
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I finally got back tonight around 8, after being in airports since about 8:30 am yesterday (involving 2 cancelled flights, 2 rental cars, almost having one towed, a missed flight, and being briefly separated from my baggage). The retreat was very intense. And emotional. At one time probably half of the 90 people in the room were crying. And Neale D Walsch has an amazing sense of humor. I have truly never felt as joyful in my life as I felt this past week. My face almost started hurting from smiling. |
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| Take the War-on-Iraq IQ Test |
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| 07:48pm 27/02/2003 |
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Do you know enough to justify going to war with Iraq?
I am not sure of the accuracy of these answers, but there is a source given at the end. A couple are subjective, but overall it seems pretty good. (My favorite question is #41. I wish one reporter would ask Bush that question.)
( Read more... ) |
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| 11:37am 23/02/2003 |
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mood: calm
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A Buddhist monk is visiting Blacksburg this weekend, Bhante Rahula. Yesterday there was a day-long meditative / mindfulness day. Wow. By the end, my mind felt more peaceful than it ever has before (except probably when I was a baby). I could sit there, outside of formal meditation, listening to him talk or be silent, and my mind was silent, and I was aware of my body at the same time, the soreness in my shoulders and neck and thigh muscles, the tightness of my stomach, and the movements of my breath. It felt natural. I am truly beginning to feel the effects of practicing mindfulness meditation for the past 3 years. |
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| 01:23pm 18/02/2003 |
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After class today, I sat in a study-type place on campus and ate some grapes. I just ate, not reading, trying not to think. I noticed other people and watched them and their habits. Ever since I got into Tolle, I have been making a renewed effort to be out of the story of my mind so much. It is so amazing to me how other people have such a different appearance. Since I began meditating, my new vision of the world allows me to see objects, nature, animals, with more divine coloring, but I feel so defensive and anxious around people that it hasn't really touched this area of my life until now. The judgment, analysis, sexual thoughts, self-absorption disappear and there is not a neutral feeling, but a true feeling of love and caring, for everyone. And my mind was pretty active. Imagine if I were fully present! I am sure anxiety in any situation is merely due to an overactive mind, and this can certainly be attributed to my social anxiety. It fuels my shyness. Yet I can glimpse its value to me in the present. |
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| 07:11pm 16/02/2003 |
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mood:  shocked
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I am in shock. Virginia Tech canceled classes tomorrow all day because of the weather. I have been attending classes here off and on over the past 7 years, and this is the first day classes have been canceled since I was a freshman, 7 years ago. (And now I don't want them to be, because I paid for them, darnit!) |
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| Quote of the Day |
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| 12:38pm 16/02/2003 |
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A year later the war broke out and robbed the world of its beauties. It
destroyed not only the beauty of the countrysides through which it
passed and the works of art which it met in its path but also shattered our
pride in the achievements of civilization, our admiration for many
philosophers and artists and our hopes for a final triumph over the
differences between nations and races. It tarnished the lofty impartiality of
science, it revealed our instincts in all their nakedness and let loose
the evil spirits within us which we thought had been tamed for ever by
centuries of continuous education by the noblest minds. It made our
country small again and made the rest of the world far remote. It robbed
us of very much that we had loved, and showed us how ephemeral were many
things that we regarded as changeless.
Sigmund Freud
--On Transience |
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| Activism News |
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| 02:15pm 15/02/2003 |
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I attended a peace rally in Blacksburg today, actually my first. I only talked to one person I knew, and he was actually protesting for war. Many people honked in support as they drove by (but not one of them was driving a SUV). The funniest sign I saw was one that said, "Bush - Cheney - Rumsfeld: Asses of Evil". |
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| Humor for the day |
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| 02:12pm 14/02/2003 |
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WAL-MART Job Application: This is an actual job application that a
17-Year old boy submitted to Wal-Mart in Florida... and they hired him because
he was so honest and funny!
( Read more... ) |
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| Speech by Sen. Robert Byrd |
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| 04:56pm 13/02/2003 |
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Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences
by US Senator Robert Byrd
Senate Floor Speech - Wednesday, February 12, 2003
( Read more... ) |
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