it's a grind

40 hours got me down.

bacon tastes better when someone else makes it.

But who's counting?

Venus goes direct on November 18th and Thanksgiving weekend is 8 working days away.

I'm ready for both.

who who & who

five faculties, capacities, powers

i like capacities and capacitation.

confidence / faith

effort / persistence

presence / mindfulness

focusing / concentration

discernment / wisdom

peter bjorn and john

Ode to Brussel Sprouts

that's all I got so far...

Killing a Goat

It will always be difficult.

But if you cry like this every time, you will die of heartbreak.

just know that it is enough sometimes to know that it is difficult.

chris abani

Yoga for Drummers

I already was a yogi.

Now I'm a drummer.

This is very relevant.

Humus

Humility is when the love of truth is greater than the love of self.

In other words.

love of truth > love of self.

92nd Rule

I just heard this idea of the 90 second rule.

If you don't do anything about a strong emotion that's happened, emotions don't last more than 90 seconds no matter how intense or strong it is.  

It lasts longer if we get involved.

Getting out of the way of an emotion.

Emotions are processes that we can get out of the way and allow them to pass through.

Can you be patient for 90 seconds?

check out gil fronsdal.  he knows what's up.

so does speech.

New Moon in Scorpio for Diwali

You can't really go wrong with Helvetica.  

Until a week ago when I was sent an evite for a Diwali party I had never heard of the Festival of Lights.  Combine that with a new moon and it seems like an auspicious time.

My horoscope is telling me to be spontaneous without being impulsive.  Oooh, that advice could have been handy several times in this lifetime.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Craig Etheridge!

Home

Home

circular error

appearances are deceiving.  

face values are mostly inaccurate.  

sometimes you think the other person is at fault.

turns out you're at fault.

turns out the error was rather circular.

who cares?

just your ego.

why does it matter?

forgive and forget.

let go.

move on.

Home

Rumi:

It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I've gone and come back, I'll find it at home. 

sometimes...

returning to saturn

welcome joy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm-OqBcizuY&feature=related

renshu taiko

practice makes perfect.

perfection is not the goal.

goal oriented society.

journey not the destination.

do your practice, all is coming.

-Pattabhi Jois.

10/10/10 at 10am

I've had the flu this week.

I've taken so many tinctures that they actually taste good to me.

I've spent enough time in bed to get physically sore from it.

And I knit this scarf while listening to my itunes on shuffle.

I learned:

You can fight the flu and win (whiskey does indeed help).

Tinctures aren't bullshit.

My bedroom seriously needed to be decorated.

I still remember how to knit and I can listen to over 5 hours of itunes and not get tired of my own music.

History does not always repeat itself.

It's very convenient to live upstairs from a natural foods grocery store.

Craig Etheridge--Messenger World Champion

Craig Etheridge is a friend of mine.

But then anyone who meets Craig wants to claim him as a friend, and not just a Facebook friend.

He's salt of the earth. He's modest. He's kind.

And he's a seriously badass rider.

In this clip he says that there's an element of luck to winning. And it's true in the sense that if you don't get a flat tire, you're lucky. You can roll tuffys or you can not roll tuffys and either one can flat you out.

But Craig is a phenom. He's incredible. He's tireless. And he smiles. He's strategic and he's gifted.

My claim to fame is that I met Craig when he was filling out his application to be a bike messenger in Seattle.

And now he's World Champion.

Cheers, Craig.