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The Synaptic Tap Dance
Nov. 29th, 2005 11:44 am
Whoo, sorry about touching a nerve with the last entry. Thanks for all the encouragement and kind words and offers. I'll be particularly trying to follow up on chess and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rancourt's carte blanche after the post-vacation official holiday stuff settles down. The problem is narrowing down one topic to ask him about. ;) Mythology as a tool of self-discovery, or Eastern vs. Western philosophy, or existentialism, or Russian literature, or.... :)
animist also posted his interpretation of the Four Noble Truths, which is good. The best take on it I've seen is included in an index of Robert Aitken's Encouraging Words, and I'll have to spaz about that sometime.
( Well...OK, I'll spaz a little about it now. )
In other news, I leave for CA bright and early Thursday morning. I am strongly considering just going home after work and getting mercilessly hammered by Jim Beam, going for a greasy Denny's breakfast at 3 a.m., and heading to the airport for my flight well full and liquored up. If they won't let me take a flask of Crown Royal with me on the plane, then I may just have to.
Dunno if I've mentioned this or not, but I *really* hate flying. It makes me a very very tense bundle of nerves for four to six hours. It's all tied in to a deep-seated fear (I'm reluctant to say phobia at this point) of not having my feet on solid ground. But, anything's worth enduring if it means I get to see otter at the end of it. :)
Work calls.
rancourt's carte blanche after the post-vacation official holiday stuff settles down. The problem is narrowing down one topic to ask him about. ;) Mythology as a tool of self-discovery, or Eastern vs. Western philosophy, or existentialism, or Russian literature, or.... :)animist also posted his interpretation of the Four Noble Truths, which is good. The best take on it I've seen is included in an index of Robert Aitken's Encouraging Words, and I'll have to spaz about that sometime.( Well...OK, I'll spaz a little about it now. )
In other news, I leave for CA bright and early Thursday morning. I am strongly considering just going home after work and getting mercilessly hammered by Jim Beam, going for a greasy Denny's breakfast at 3 a.m., and heading to the airport for my flight well full and liquored up. If they won't let me take a flask of Crown Royal with me on the plane, then I may just have to.
Dunno if I've mentioned this or not, but I *really* hate flying. It makes me a very very tense bundle of nerves for four to six hours. It's all tied in to a deep-seated fear (I'm reluctant to say phobia at this point) of not having my feet on solid ground. But, anything's worth enduring if it means I get to see otter at the end of it. :)
Work calls.
