February 2012
35 posts
52 days
i went 52 days without alcohol. i casually decided to have a Guinness tonight. i drank about half of it before i gave it away. things. have. changed.
all the time
in my continuing research and studying of buddhism ive come across a story that has really struck a chord in me. its simple, and has helped me alot. here it is, massively paraphrased.
two men are at a football game. the game is very exciting, packed with fans, and everyone is cheering out of their seats. every single person there is completely enthralled with whats happening on the field. nobody...
if you dont read xkcd you should →
my first "buddhist moment"
warning/reminder: i am not using tumblr to be funny. ive got facebook, twitter, and stage-time for that. im trying to use tumblr as a place of sincerity, which im sure will read as weepy emo diary at times, but oh well. weepy emo away.
tonight something happened, and i reacted to it in a way i have never reacted before. something in me fundamentally shifted, and it was very promising.
i have...
“Your eagerness to succeed is meaningless without your willingness to prepare.”
– One of the few things I learned in college
“If its a problem that can be solved with money, it isn’t a real problem.”
– my Mom
January 2012
45 posts
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Buddhists-948/Romantic-L... →
so i’ve been reading alot about buddhism lately. i actually started with “Buddhism For Dummies” of all things. something about it speaks to me. a big part of buddhism is letting go of desire and attachment to all things. this guy asks a question ‘how do buddhists fall in love?’, and i think the answer is pretty great, buddhist or not.
labeling
i am currently in the process of writing the new Boom Chicago show. i’ve written sketches before, but nothing like this. it is a massive undertaking, and will take months of work. one of the ways we generate ideas is by simple group discussions.
in one discussion we talked about ‘Labeling’. the ways people label each other, how people label themselves, how a label can bring...
"The Hard Things"
http://alan-hanson.com/post/16075730315/the-hard-things
a short worthwhile read.
The Show Must Go On?
I am currently doing a “cleanse”. I use quotations marks because its not the traditional no food-lemon water-cayan pepper-only thing that you think of when you hear “cleanse”. I’m simply doing a month of healthy eating and absolutely no alcohol.
This cleanse is important to me. To be healthy, soulful, and disciplined. It was a simple yet meaningful act I was going to...
