Picasso in geekdom

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/alternative_energy_revolution.jpg

With Exception?

Note to self, also cross-listed under things I wish I knew before starting undergrad:
With regard to grades, my Critical Thinking prof said, "it is better to have something and not need it than to need something and not have it."
In this case, he was referring to having an A, or good grades. I'm not so sure this could apply universally. Is it always good to have something and not need it than to need it and not have it? (I'm repeating it over and over). I think yes, actually--if you are looking at things from the inside, out.

Smoke American Spirits and Drink PBR

Smoke American Spirits and Drink Pabst Blue Ribbon Mix from dj Alex Fabian at Letsmix.com.

Repost

Feels weird to repost something that i wrote myself over 2 yeas ago but I felt like I needed feedback and a reminder.

Mindfulness Retreat

I'm hoping to shed of a lot of mental and emotional weight this coming weekend at the Deerpark Monastery in San Diego county. I have never been on a spiritual/Buddhist retreat before and I am very excited. Flying solo, this is a welcome challenge. I have been needing some time to gather myself and re-center my life.

I am arriving late Friday afternoon and leaving for home Sunday evening.
This is a sample of what the schedule is going to look like:

5:00 a.m. Wake up - Temple Bell in 30 minutes
5:45 Sitting Meditation - Walking Meditation
7:30 Breakfast
9:00 Working Meditation or Dharma Talk
12:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 Rest / Personal Time
3:00 Classes / Meeting
4:30 Sports and Exercises
5:30 Light Dinner
7:00 Sitting Meditation and Chanting
9:30 Noble Silence
10:30 Light Out and Bed Time

:)

Mi Media Naranja

Dude. Ever since Philosophy existed, people have been thinking about love. (Which is kinda like fighting for peace... and we know what that's like.)

Plato, in The Symposium, writes about the purpose and nature of love. This philosophical text is allegedly where we get the phrase "looking for our other half," the idea ironically introduced by the comic playwright character Aristophanes.

Oh, the elusive SOULMATE. Where art thou?

Don't get me started about Platonic love, aka Secret Love or Unrequited Love. From Wikipedia: "In short, with genuine platonic love, the beautiful or lovely other person inspires the mind and the soul and directs one's attention to spiritual things. One proceeds from recognition of the beauty of another to appreciation of beauty as it exists apart from any individual, to consideration of divinity, the source of beauty, to love of divinity."

Platonic love brings you closer to God and all things beautiful. And Buddha would say Love is Desire is Suffering. Overlaps? Ponder that! I say.

Thought of the night

How would you like to spend your day? How do you actually spend your day?

I think Happiness lies in how much those two answers overlap.