cerebus

my best motivator for this is the thought that there’s a little piece of meat stuck between my back molars…rotting

Hot food and cool jazz. Dem cajuns know what dey on ‘bout.

the world is without not within. too much time inside your own head and your mind starts to cannibalize itself, like a waking dream. every time i go out with friends and allow myself to relax and laugh, i wonder why i don’t do it more often. the mind is a manifestation of the brain which is a part of the body. we are bodies, first and foremost, the mind being a wonderful by-product.

1) I don’t believe in things just because people say that they’re true.
2) I floss every day.
3) I own nothing that I couldn’t stand to lose.
4) I recycle.
5) I don’t watch TV.
6) I commute on public transit.
7) I read every day.
8) I make extraordinarily tasty pork ribs.
9) I like the way my body looks.
10) I can stand on my hands.
11) I’m a morning person.
12) I love to dance.
13) I respect my grandparents.
14) I don’t play WoW any more.
15) I shut up rather than shout louder when an argument escalates.
16) I don’t buy new if I can get quality used.
17) I don’t buy at all unless I really really have to.
18) I’ve never stolen anything, ever.
19) I’ve never told a blatant lie. I’ve told half-truths to keep from hurting people, or to otherwise keep the peace. And I’ve made promises that I’ve failed to keep, but at the time I said it, I meant it, always.
20) I’ve never cheated on a girlfriend.
21) I’ll choose a second helping over dessert.
22) I don’t answer my cell while I’m driving.
23) I talk to my parents every week.
24) I’ve never carried credit card debt.
25) I’ve never called in sick to work when I wasn’t actually sick.
26) I’m not a conservative.
27) I don’t use the term ‘guys’ unless the group being referred to is, in fact, all guys.
28) I pick up the tab whenever I can, but I’m gracious when others offer to do the same.

academic, creative, humanitarian…something more than just existing

not exactly, perhaps, but the thing that makes human existence worth while, methinks. if you’ve got just one thing to care about, you’ve got a reason to get up in the morning…

the first half of Twin Peaks is fantastic. it falls apart after that because Lynch left. it seems he tried to leave those poor saps left with the responsibility of continuing to try to make money with it an inkling of his ideas. but how could anyone but Lynch do Lynchian ideas justice?

first of all, you need to practice regular cartwheels. get comfortable doing them. as you get better, work on really torquing your legs over. try pushing off to get some air. practice one-handed, both near and far. when you do the near side, practice pushing off; when you do the far side, practice jumping onto the one hand. once you can manage all this, you’re ready to try no hands! most important thing: bend your take-off leg lots…that’s where all your jump comes from. then use that fast torque to whip your legs over. be careful. have fun.