keeping sane, one word at a time
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Male; Age 25; Likes Ultimate Frisbee;
Here's a favorite quote of mine from Tropic of Cancer p.99, "I have found God, but he is insufficient. I am only spiritually dead. Physically I am alive. Morally I am free. The world which i have departed is a menagerie. The dawn is breaking on a new world, a jungle world in which the lean spirits roam with sharp claws. If I am a hyena I am a lean and hungry one: I go forth to fatten myself."
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Sunday, March 30, 2003
As someone who spends quite a bit of time reading, whether studying or for pleasure, there is a definite call for stimulus from time to time. I can't say i've really ever considered caffeine an adequate solution to my intermittent lethargy as it usually seriously inhibits any rational thought. So, when i came across a tidbit of an article declaring the apple superior over the tried and true coffee bean I was skeptical. Having always been a fan of apples, and always having a bag of fresh macintoshs in my kitchen it didn't take much time or effort to test the theory. The apple wins hands down. Enough "oomph" to gently peel back those eyelids and damn tasty too. It's funny that i'd never really noticed it before. I've also heard somewhere that the net result of hot chocolate is to leave your body cold? Hmmmmm.
4:48 PM
Saturday, March 29, 2003
Caught a little TLC this aft, became reacquainted with the mystery of giant squid. A real brute of a fish. It's staggering to think how little contact we've had with them. A handful of "glimpses", a few tentacles and other body parts brought up in nets and this weak showing spread out over half a century. It's a good feeling to know that we haven't explored every nook of the globe. I was reading an article in New Scientist about a 'flying' submersible called "Aviator". It has inverted wings to provide a down force to pull it's naturally bouyant body to 1500 feet. Its creator sees it as, among other things, a good vehicle for catching the giant squid in action. It's unknown what their preferred depth is, but those aforementioned nettings occured near 2000 feet. Might make for a nifty holiday, a "Squid Safari".
8:30 PM
Friday, March 28, 2003
i've just re-emerged from the world of Ralph Ellison, The Invisible Man. I can't really say I've much in common with the main character, but we'll see, he's growing on me. I usually like to take away at least one quote from a story and i think i might have found one for this case, "I imagined I heard the fall of snow upon snow", page 262. It doesn't really have a point or anything, it's more of a 'state'. After having spent much time in the company of falling snow I've forgotten its calming value. I've spent yet another winter beside a large lake and i can't say i've got any patience left for it. Lake winters are different from the prairie winter. They seem weak in their resolve, constantly flirting with the winds, creating a rollercoaster of temperatures. I remember the prairie winter as unrelenting in its crescendo - gripping you from the first snowfall and pulling tighter and tighter through the months until March. Ah, it's hard to say what's going on climatewise anymore.
9:39 PM
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