I used to be really weird about new music. I had to get psyched out to listen to it. I needed to feel stable to let something so powerful into my head. And I felt stable so rarely. So it would take me forever to listen to music people gave to me. But I really… Read More »
Month: April 2008
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things
This morning I gardened with P. I did a little weeding. I mostly picked up huge piles of sticks and tried to smash them into a green waste can. Then I got the biggest cart and put sticks in the cart. Then I dumped the cart at the place where we put green waste when… Read More »
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being early, being late
This morning I went to Trader Joe’s. I showed up early and didn’t have a book to read (before they opened), so I read this map of Pt Reyes National Seashore that happened to be floating around the car. I learned about some explorers who got shipwrecked. The map also said how the natives who… Read More »
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angst
My friend J has me reading about Existentialism. I was just going through the Wikipedia article on it, and this passage stuck out to me. Pascal argued that without a God, life would be meaningless and miserable. People would only be able to create obstacles and overcome them in an attempt to escape boredom. These… Read More »
Last night there was a puja for Rama. There’s one meditation song, then worship is done all in a row with no songs, and then the songs are all at the end. It’s work. We sang well except for one clueless moment. One of the songs (Shuddha brahma) has a super complicated roadmap. Afterwards, I… Read More »
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bee update
The bees left!
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oh, I remember now
Last night there was a terrible apartment complex fight. People yelled very loudly and used the f word about five times per sentence. I ran out of my usual type of ear plugs, which are bright orange. Instead I have these strange earplugs made of silicone putty. They don’t go in your ear canal but… Read More »
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bee memory
When Erik and I lived in Verano at UCI, one day a swarm of bees came and settled on a tree right outside our front door. It was a loquat tree. (Firefox doesn’t know what a loquat is.) We were about to go on a trip. We called the complex’s management and told them about… Read More »
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park day
Yesterday I was supposed to have lunch with my friend A and her two daughters, but lunch turned into a whole day–lunch, then a doctor’s appointment in Davis, an afternoon at the park, and dinner. And after dinner. It exhausted me but was really worth it. The older girl is the apple of my eye.… Read More »
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bees
This afternoon I got home from the bookstore and saw that there are bees swarming right outside our door. They’re attracted to a small space underneath the air conditioner. We tried turning on the air conditioner to scare them away, but they’re not scared. I was afraid of getting stung because they didn’t seem to… Read More »