Archive for June, 2009
Catching up on the 55555
55555×2 6/26/09: 1. Matt 2. Downtown Books 3. Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus (really? yeah…i know) 4. ice cream 5. sleep 6. Downloaded music 7. Inspiration 8. ability to get myself out of emotionally difficult situations 9. Organization 10. moving on 6/27/09: 1. Fixed bike 2. wonderful weather 3. dogs 4. dogs [...]
‘It is remarkable, this amusing message’ -spam
Alexithymia = Emotional Bankruptcy ___________________________________________
55555*2*2
55555 6/24/09: 1. Wikipedia 2. Motivation 3. Picnic 4. PeaceCorps meeting making decisions easier 5. Cherry beer 6. Interesting conversations naturally 7. Lake Michigan 8. A yellow flower plucked from a bush 9. Having some street kids make up a rap about me “Emily” 10. Showers 6/25/09: 1. Smiles 2. Organizing closet 3. Old photographs [...]
“Being is not more than Non-being”
Hegel Solitude Emotional Isolation (aka Emotional Bankruptcy?) ___________ “Life is not determined by consciousness, but consciousness by life” (Marx-Engels __________ Anthropological Relativism: An emic or insider account of behavior is a description of a society in terms that are meaningful to the participant or actor’s own culture; an emic account is therefore culture-specific, and typically [...]
Schmidt Sting Pain Index
How elaborate:::: (from wikipedia) 1.0 Sweat bee: Light, ephemeral, almost fruity. A tiny spark has singed a single hair on your arm. 1.2 Fire ant: Sharp, sudden, mildly alarming. Like walking across a shag carpet & reaching for the light switch. 1.8 Bullhorn acacia ant: A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain. Someone has fired [...]
55555×2, while watching a boy kiss a girl on a bike
___________________________________________________________________________________ 55555×2 6/23/09: 1. healing 2. hair that doesn’t take a long time 3. sun on skin 4. Tom Robbins 5. helping others 6. drawing 7. making it through a whole movie 8. able to calm my mind down by myself 9. new shirt 10. connections ________________________________________________________________________________________
Wonderous blog about maps
Mapscroll +lifechanging
55555 of yesterday and double shot today
55555 6/21/09: 1. sea glass 2. learning things about my dad 3. a good pick me up shower 4. an elton john song 5. trust ______________________________________ 6/22/09 (55555 x 2 as requested by K.R.) 1. K.R. 2. an excuse to cut myself some slack 3. solid run time despite not running in a week (!) [...]
55555
6/ 16/09: 1. Organization 2. painting 3. sleeping 4. perfectly having plans fall through 5. r/w soreness 6/17/09: 1. hugs 2. sweetness 3. little kids 4. KtK 5. sleeping 6/18/09: 1. Matt 2. E-E Sane 3. Thunderstorms 4. Walking by the lake 5. Motivation 6/19/09: 1. Anger 2. Rainstorms 3. sweetness 4. honesty 5. ability [...]
Things to talk about
things to talk about: -New watercolors -escaping Milwaukee (PeaceCorps, Americorps, moving in general, residencies) -photo projects -Emotional Bankruptcy Info Tapes -55555 -Overcoming .25 life crisis -Tom Robbins -Art of Disengagement -Learning to run distances -eighties movies -online music blogs -arts in south america -moving to a farm -working on Emotional Intelligence -telemarketers -riding a bike [...]
‘Book of Days’
55555 6/14/09: 1. Children’s smiles 2. Sunshine 3. Curb sitting at night 4. Sleeping 5. Honesty 6/15/09: 1. Honesty 2. Some Motivation 3. Risks 4. Work on Emotional Bankruptcy 5. Shower ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From a tiny room in my head
________________________________________________________________________________________ these days I wish I lived in a big field. 55555 6/13/09: 1. Letter to a man I haven’t met 2. more watercolor painting 3. Someone to agree with me (which can still be frustrating) 4. Feeling time tick by 5. sleeping soon _______________________________________________________________________________________ —-I never had regrets before. I must not have been [...]
In a matter of minutes
55555 6/12/09: 1. walking 2. doing what I want 3. watercolors 4. sleeping soon 5. ice cream? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (was a good day, but things change in a matter of minutes)
homework assignments
Since reading http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/ I’ve been more enthusiastic to make a list of assignments. An inconclusive list: #1. Draw a haiku in Spanish (for Katie) #2. Draw emotional bankruptcy #3. Write a love letter to an unknown man who will be your next love #4. Write an essay on emotional bankruptcy #5. Write a romance story [...]
‘Appropriate time’
I believe that there is a time and a place for everything. Not in terms of actions or words, but in terms of media and other information. For example, I first heard the Silver Jews in high school and while I liked them I never cared to give them the time of day nor to [...]
55555, haikus, All needs are met
55555 6/10/09: 1. Information Resources 2. Private beaches at night 3. Tom Robbins 4. Sleeping 5. One lime margarita \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Haikus from a night at a bar with no drinks: (no promises) ==== Onerous idea Disturbing my visions, aye Please be false my sweet love. ——- Crazy indian horse Galloping down vertebrae Swimming in water [...]
Right down the line
55555 6/8/09: 1. Budget 2. Hair 3. www.officenaps.com mixes 4. cleaning 5. new Tom Robbins 6/9/09: 1. obvious realization 2. Gerry Rafferty 3. Pico de Gallo 4. Positive reinforcement 5. Mark Bradford ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I am going to have to learn to trust. ============================================= Current (and On-Going) Projects: 1. Emotional Bankruptcy Info Tapes 2. Romance ‘novella’ [...]
Plasma of life
55555 6/6/09: 1. Flea Market 2. Luke 3. Creative communities 4. Conversations 5. Possible future options created 6/7/09: 1. Wikipedia 2. Lincoln Park Zoo 3. Coffee 4. Budgets 5. Sleeping +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Two days down for R/W, twenty five to go. Already helps to clear the mind. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Possible options for the future: 1. Peacecorps/Americorps 2. [...]
55555 ^3
6/3/09: 1. KTK 2. Posture 3. Playlists from strangers 4. Emotional Bankruptcy Info tapes (coming soon!) 5. Honesty. 6/4/09: 1. Sleeping in 2. Honesty 3. Sunshine 4. Nora 5. Going to bed 6/5/09: 1. Taking care 2. Sunshine 3. Admitting feelings 4. Chicago 5. R/W
Aches of today.
