Moved Me

When I watched this video today, I felt so much. My reaction was visceral and more profound than anything I've felt for an exceptionally long time. Perhaps ever. Sitting with my love at our dining room table, bearing witness via YouTube, tears streaming down our cheeks - it made for an incredible Sunday morning. I may write more about my reaction later, but for now, I'll simply hold this out as a humble offering. Maybe it will move you too.



Something else that moved me: Waking up early on Tuesday morning, the first day of the bar exam, padding into the kitchen to turn on the gas fireplace and make coffee, glancing out the sliding glass door, and seeing a beautiful bouquet of flowers, left for me by an incredible friend at 5am. I love to feel love.

How do I? Tell me, wiki, do!

I love wikiHow. I learned how to tell it I loved it at Say-I-Love-You. Before I loved it, we were just friends. I learned how to become its friend at Become-Friends-With-Someone-Who-Knows-You.

Of course, first I had to learn to Meet-New-People-Without-Being-Creepy. And now wikiHow tells me I have a problem and that I need to Control-a-wikiHow-Addiction.

The place slays me. The culture, the audience - it's this huge mash of humanity that is at times bizarre and touching and surprisingly insightful and always, always, good for a laugh. My faves lately:

• Make a Pop up Valentine's Day Card
• Drink Absinthe
• Build a Tumbling Composter
• Draw a Celtic Plait
• Remember to Take Things With You
• Care for Giant African Land Snails

Withdrawal

My most constant companion since August 2004 will be away from me for an entire week as she gets fixed up and rejuvenated.

The prospect of lying in bed without my beloved laptop perched on my knee, kinky porn du jour glimmering across her screen . . . I don't think I can adequately express my horror.

Staying Warm

Yesterday it snowed. It didn't stick. But it snowed.

Hot tub and cozy rainbow sox make it all bettah.

Click da Chik

Nonbelievers, check this science-y post for more info.

Click the image to see the action!

Right Brain v Left Brain

Article from:

October 09, 2007 12:00am

THE Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?

If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.

Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

Compassion

If you want others to be happy,
practice compassion.
If you want to be happy,
practice compassion.
- Dalai Lama

Screw the Purple Hat, I Want THIS When I'm Old