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Good to see my Gmail Inbox not in Bold.
Took me about 20-30 mins to clean up unread messages.
Something useful to do.

I have hardly eaten anything today, had this stomach ache, so annoying.
So far, today I am almost staying true to my task of not watching TV,
the only things are watched has been the soccer match, Anthony Bourdain's recorded show about Rajastan,
and some basketball at night. That's about 4 hours. Ah. Still a lot multiplied by 7 innit?
That's 28 hours a week that I could devote to doodling or reading.
That's easily a book. Hmm.
Something to consider, surely.

Still trying to figure out how to use this tool, Livejournal better.
Don't really want to write about what happened in the day but thoughts, ideas is something I could record, hm?

Such an annoying stomach ache. I got it early morning after that peanut butter sandwich with milk.
Strange.
But look, here I am complaining aren't I? Good idea would to stop being so reactive and instead be proactive,
like going to poop or something. It's an awful, negative thinking pattern I have, along with many people of course,
but I will try hard to get rid of it. It serves no good.

Also, it felt nice getting out of the house for the first time in 3 days, I should really get out every day and enjoy the fresh air.
I ALWAYS feel better after I do.

One of the neat little tools I've been using for a while now to generate ideas by way of combining words. It's fascinating how our mind words and capability it has to automatically make connections our of seemingly unrelated words and meanings.

It's a well known method for all creative people I'm sure.
But now it's digital, which is convenient, I think and even better,
it's not only on the website but also available as a download..able widget.

U S E  M E

the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real

The world and your woman will always present you with unforeseen challenges. You are either living fully, giving your gift in the midst of those challenges, even today, or you are waiting for an imaginary future which will never come. Men who have lived significant lives are men who never waited: not for money, security, ease, or women. Feel what you want to give most as a gift, to your woman and to the world, and do what you can to give it today. Every moment waited is a moment wasted, and each wasted moment degrades your clarity of purpose.

I was meditating for World Peace just now...

And it is rather ironic that on my Google Buddhist Thought of the Day,
I receive this...

I have argued that every human being is born with an innate drive to experience altered states of consciousness periodically -- in particular to learn how to get away from ordinary ego-centered consciousness. I have also explained my intuition that this drive is a most important factor in our evolution, both as individuals and as a species. Nonordinary experiences are vital to us because they are expressions of our unconscious minds, and the integration of conscious and unconscious experience is the key to life, health, and spiritual development, and fullest use of our nervous systems.
- Andrew Weil, M.D