It's cold again here in Korea. The temperature barely breaks freezing point. It's been below zero for the majority of the week. It sucks.
A few more weeks and maybe the real groundhog will make it's presence felt with the beginning of Spring. I want to see the sprouting of new life. The green emerging from the dead. The colors of the cherry blossoms.
A few hundred years ago society was in a much different world. We all know and take so much of it for granted. Anthropologically speaking... we as humans are not made for 12 months of work. The early humans migrated with the animals. Eventually, early society learned to farm the land. Farming is not a year long occupation.
Animals have a cycle through the year and in some ways the human species should learn from our closest example of a bio-rhythm. Creation or the Earth as we know it... okay on this side or the Southern side of the hemisphere there is most definitely a cycle of rebirth... life and the eventual death. The seasons capture this so well and every Spring we are blessed with the reincarnation of that life again.
Where was my hibernation? Capitalism has stripped us of our natural human cycle and has made us slaves of the corporate machine. AH!
You can't live without it and you hate it when it crushes the joy of life into a compressed can of properly timed enjoyment.
On another note. The weekend previous to this the guys and I went out to the slopes to snowboard. It was definitely one of those canned enjoyments. Wish I could do it all winter without being burdened with work.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
heelz - andre nickatina
What does your iPod say about your personality?
RULES:
1. Put your iTunes or iPod on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. Answer all the questions in the comment box.
IF SOMEONE SAYS 'ARE YOU OKAY' YOU SAY?
God loves ugly - atmosphere
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
my opinion - mac mall
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
dogs and cats - andre nickatina
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
ain't no price on happiness - MF DOOM/metal samples
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
forgiven - ben harper
WHAT'S YOUR MOTTO?
i shot the sheriff - bob marley & the wailers
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
is it any wonder? keane
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
genuine - adam oestmann
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
baggage handlers - busta rhymes + raekwon
WHAT IS 2 + 2?
baking soda in minnesota - andre nickatina
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
never dead - MF DOOM
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
play god - travis elliott
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
tale of two cities - the brakes
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
kingston - sean kingston
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
open mic nite 2 - MF DOOM
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
what is he thinking - the streets
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
elders bizzare - paperface
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
the garden - cut chemist
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
ebbtide - dj babu
WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?
crying like a church on monday - new radicals
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
schizophreniac - earthsuit
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
heelz - andre nickatina
RULES:
1. Put your iTunes or iPod on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. Answer all the questions in the comment box.
IF SOMEONE SAYS 'ARE YOU OKAY' YOU SAY?
God loves ugly - atmosphere
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
my opinion - mac mall
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
dogs and cats - andre nickatina
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
ain't no price on happiness - MF DOOM/metal samples
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
forgiven - ben harper
WHAT'S YOUR MOTTO?
i shot the sheriff - bob marley & the wailers
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
is it any wonder? keane
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
genuine - adam oestmann
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
baggage handlers - busta rhymes + raekwon
WHAT IS 2 + 2?
baking soda in minnesota - andre nickatina
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
never dead - MF DOOM
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
play god - travis elliott
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
tale of two cities - the brakes
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
kingston - sean kingston
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
open mic nite 2 - MF DOOM
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
what is he thinking - the streets
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
elders bizzare - paperface
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
the garden - cut chemist
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
ebbtide - dj babu
WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?
crying like a church on monday - new radicals
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
schizophreniac - earthsuit
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
heelz - andre nickatina
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Mr. Mafioso
The sudden weather change in Korea has people getting sick with a day cold. It hit me Thursday which was handled with medicine and an early nights rest. An early nights rest ended up being at 11 p.m. The cold or the body aching had subsided but my throat was sore.
On Friday I kept a scarf wrapped around my neck. It was not going to allow the cold to strip me of my night out. By the end of the night my voice was gone. It sounded like the old mafia movies. I was digging it. In my minds eye the voice was seductive to the ladies.
I ended up crashing at my buddies pad that night. We woke up about noon and ordered some McDonald burgers before I took off to meet Gib.
Gib decided to invest into an iPod Touch which is the coolest little gadget since laptops and pocket size organizers. In some ways it's a combination of a pocket organizer/laptop/mp3 player and anything else that you could even begin to imagine. Okay, maybe not a space ship or an underwater diving device but I'm almost positive you can play those games on it.
While Gib was shopping for an iPod I was searching for a new set of headphones. The previous headphone saw it's last use yesterday. It put in a good year or so worth of music to my ears and I'm grateful for that. However, the new Panasonic headphones I purchased is great.
Today, I speak with a whispery mafioso voice. It will not stop me from going out tonight.
You know what I mean?... Forget about it.
On Friday I kept a scarf wrapped around my neck. It was not going to allow the cold to strip me of my night out. By the end of the night my voice was gone. It sounded like the old mafia movies. I was digging it. In my minds eye the voice was seductive to the ladies.
I ended up crashing at my buddies pad that night. We woke up about noon and ordered some McDonald burgers before I took off to meet Gib.
Gib decided to invest into an iPod Touch which is the coolest little gadget since laptops and pocket size organizers. In some ways it's a combination of a pocket organizer/laptop/mp3 player and anything else that you could even begin to imagine. Okay, maybe not a space ship or an underwater diving device but I'm almost positive you can play those games on it.
While Gib was shopping for an iPod I was searching for a new set of headphones. The previous headphone saw it's last use yesterday. It put in a good year or so worth of music to my ears and I'm grateful for that. However, the new Panasonic headphones I purchased is great.
Today, I speak with a whispery mafioso voice. It will not stop me from going out tonight.
You know what I mean?... Forget about it.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Random 25
A Facebook Trend. Decided to post it here on grey image.
1. McDonald's in Korea has delivery. It's not particularly good but the closest thing I can get to a good burger at home.
2. Driven across the continental United States. The trip followed this route...
Chicago - Boone N.C.
Boone N.C. - Ft. Worth Texas
Ft. Worth Texas - San Antonio TX
San Antonio - Dallas TX
Dallas TX - LA California.
LA California - Tacoma Washington
3. Lost my sanity before.
4. Enjoy reading philosophy books.
5. Not good at keeping in touch with my family even though they are missed so much.
6. Realize that people know more random things about me than I know about myself.
7. Favorite number: 18
8. Favorite color: Grey
9. Have issues with commitment, mostly relational, involving the opposite gender.
10. Am working on a Novella on and off.
11. Don't particularly like exclusive language that may marginalize anybody I know.
12. Think: religion can be the most damaging thing to society.
13. Belief: religion has done more good for more people than it has done bad.
14. Believe in the arguments for an Intelligent Designer.
15. The intelligent designer to me is the Ultimate Designer.
16. The Ultimate Designer is the name I call God.
17. Was in a lower grade than my younger sister in High school. Attendance issues.
18. Was involved with an Asian street gang in my youth/teens.
19. Attended Trinity International University in Northern Chicago.
20. Affirmation is the basis for social growth.
21. I have hope for society and the human population as a whole.
22. Love Guy Richie films.
23. Hardly ever get bored.
24. Looking forward to purchasing an Apple Notebook/Laptop this year.
25. I have a blog and am a consistent blogger.
1. McDonald's in Korea has delivery. It's not particularly good but the closest thing I can get to a good burger at home.
2. Driven across the continental United States. The trip followed this route...
Chicago - Boone N.C.
Boone N.C. - Ft. Worth Texas
Ft. Worth Texas - San Antonio TX
San Antonio - Dallas TX
Dallas TX - LA California.
LA California - Tacoma Washington
3. Lost my sanity before.
4. Enjoy reading philosophy books.
5. Not good at keeping in touch with my family even though they are missed so much.
6. Realize that people know more random things about me than I know about myself.
7. Favorite number: 18
8. Favorite color: Grey
9. Have issues with commitment, mostly relational, involving the opposite gender.
10. Am working on a Novella on and off.
11. Don't particularly like exclusive language that may marginalize anybody I know.
12. Think: religion can be the most damaging thing to society.
13. Belief: religion has done more good for more people than it has done bad.
14. Believe in the arguments for an Intelligent Designer.
15. The intelligent designer to me is the Ultimate Designer.
16. The Ultimate Designer is the name I call God.
17. Was in a lower grade than my younger sister in High school. Attendance issues.
18. Was involved with an Asian street gang in my youth/teens.
19. Attended Trinity International University in Northern Chicago.
20. Affirmation is the basis for social growth.
21. I have hope for society and the human population as a whole.
22. Love Guy Richie films.
23. Hardly ever get bored.
24. Looking forward to purchasing an Apple Notebook/Laptop this year.
25. I have a blog and am a consistent blogger.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The Meaning of Groundhogs Day
The year was 2003, February 1st. It was the last time that Grey talked to her before engaging her 15 months later with a journal of writings. It wasn't by choice that their relationship ended abruptly eventually fading into a distant memory. The first three years after that day were the darkest years of his life. There were a million questions about everything and there were no answers that satisfied him. The world appeared to be conspiring to bring failure to his life.
K.C. had her reasons for disengaging in social interactions with Grey. The insidious part of their social separation is that Grey didn't have a clue to the question of why. There were no explanations and the relationship ended.
The three Groundhogs Day that followed were a reminder of a previous life without closure. A song of sorrowful blues rang continually in the heart of Grey. The somber life that unfolded was impossible to hide with illusions of smiles. Any happiness Grey sought out to fill the hole left by K.C. was an attempt to cure a critical condition with a band-aid.
Depression is a funny thing. It isn't just chemical not that body chemistry doesn't have a significant part in depression. The thing that we fail to take into consideration is that it isn't just any of one thing or explanation. It isn't just cognitive thought. It isn't just pre-social conditions. It isn't just chemistry. It isn't just lifestyle. It isn't just genetic disposition. The point being that all the mentioned above are part of the reasons for Grey's demise.
K.C. is not to blame. K.C. was the pinpoint expression of a more serious condition that surrounded Grey's world. The focus point of a cosmos gone haywire gravitating to a milieu by the name of K.C.
It has been six years since that cold day in February. It is significant to point out that in no way would Grey trade any of those dark days through the valley of demise. The sun shines again pouring down kisses of exquisite rays of ecstasy for life. It's in death that we realize the power of life. Today, Grey is more alive than he's ever been since the valley of demise.
The biggest change propelling Grey into a life fully owned with no remorse is the environment change. Grey literally had to transplant himself from his comfortable social environment and begin again. This took the form or an actual exodus from the land of America to the a small country in Asia. The soul of Asia, Korea.
K.C. had her reasons for disengaging in social interactions with Grey. The insidious part of their social separation is that Grey didn't have a clue to the question of why. There were no explanations and the relationship ended.
The three Groundhogs Day that followed were a reminder of a previous life without closure. A song of sorrowful blues rang continually in the heart of Grey. The somber life that unfolded was impossible to hide with illusions of smiles. Any happiness Grey sought out to fill the hole left by K.C. was an attempt to cure a critical condition with a band-aid.
Depression is a funny thing. It isn't just chemical not that body chemistry doesn't have a significant part in depression. The thing that we fail to take into consideration is that it isn't just any of one thing or explanation. It isn't just cognitive thought. It isn't just pre-social conditions. It isn't just chemistry. It isn't just lifestyle. It isn't just genetic disposition. The point being that all the mentioned above are part of the reasons for Grey's demise.
K.C. is not to blame. K.C. was the pinpoint expression of a more serious condition that surrounded Grey's world. The focus point of a cosmos gone haywire gravitating to a milieu by the name of K.C.
It has been six years since that cold day in February. It is significant to point out that in no way would Grey trade any of those dark days through the valley of demise. The sun shines again pouring down kisses of exquisite rays of ecstasy for life. It's in death that we realize the power of life. Today, Grey is more alive than he's ever been since the valley of demise.
The biggest change propelling Grey into a life fully owned with no remorse is the environment change. Grey literally had to transplant himself from his comfortable social environment and begin again. This took the form or an actual exodus from the land of America to the a small country in Asia. The soul of Asia, Korea.
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