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Apr. 10th, 2008 09:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
breakinglight11 Today, I am old.
Had an unexpectedly tough last couple of days, but thanks to Jared and some quiet time, I think I'm dealing with it. Finishing that Romanticism paper was good. Picking the topic alone was hard enough, let alone writing the thing, so I'm glad to have done with that.
Jared and I are going to visit a Zen Buddhist temple this afternoon to do a field report for his Sociology of Religion class. I've never been to one before, so I'm very curious as to what it will be like. I've always wanted to be able to meditate, and I feel like I've been able to get that peaceful a handful of times, but not nearly as often as I'd like, so maybe this will be instructive.
Maybe afterward we'll pick up a cake and bring it to BSCF. Maybe we can get red velvet, my favorite. :-)
Had an unexpectedly tough last couple of days, but thanks to Jared and some quiet time, I think I'm dealing with it. Finishing that Romanticism paper was good. Picking the topic alone was hard enough, let alone writing the thing, so I'm glad to have done with that.
Jared and I are going to visit a Zen Buddhist temple this afternoon to do a field report for his Sociology of Religion class. I've never been to one before, so I'm very curious as to what it will be like. I've always wanted to be able to meditate, and I feel like I've been able to get that peaceful a handful of times, but not nearly as often as I'd like, so maybe this will be instructive.
Maybe afterward we'll pick up a cake and bring it to BSCF. Maybe we can get red velvet, my favorite. :-)
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Date: 2008-04-10 01:59 pm (UTC)Bah!
Date: 2008-04-10 02:07 pm (UTC)Hope you have a good birthday, and I'm looking forward to seeing you guys this evening.
And random aside... meditation is interesting, particularly the entire zazen form. Trying to fully blank the mind, dealing with the entire "you can't even think about not thinking" contradiction...
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Date: 2008-04-10 02:15 pm (UTC)See you tonight :)
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Date: 2008-04-10 04:50 pm (UTC)Which reminds me, durn, I was supposed to talk to the BSCF Pres about my possibly bringing a cake and some stuff to next BSCF . . .
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Date: 2008-04-10 04:53 pm (UTC)*fetches pitch pipe from pocket*
*blows a note*
*looks at the pitch pipe with a puzzled expression*
*blows the same note again*
*scratches head*
*gets a look of realization*
*blows a different note*
*clears throat*
*blows the second note again*
*sings, off pitch:* This i--
Hold on a second.
*turns around to face away from you*
*sings a few warmup scales*
*blows the second note yet again*
*hums the same note*
*blows the note*
*sings, in tune:* Miiii...
*turns back to face you again*
*blows the note once more*
Sorry. Had to warm up.
*blows the note still another time*
*sings:*
This is my birthday song!
It is not very long!
*speaks:*
Thank you.
*bows*
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Date: 2008-04-10 09:21 pm (UTC)I'm sorry I can't be around for gamey celebrations!
But, I will be back the first weekend of May!
Muah!
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Date: 2008-04-11 02:23 pm (UTC)Muah!