September 2008
18 posts
Yosemite Indian Story
I am in the process of collecting campfire stories. I retrieved the following story from http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/ioy/ioy10.htm
I hope to later paraphrase this story into my own words later.
LEGEND OF THE GRIZZLY BEAR
The significance and derivation of the name “Yosemite,” as given by old Tenei’ya, chief of the tribe, have been explained in another chapter, but there...
vegetarianism
So I’ve switched from being a vegetarian to a peschetarian back and forth for some time now. I decided that it’s all good that I practice what I have preached but I should rebrush on what I preach. That is what motivated me to make a record of some interesting facts that I found from the author of the Food Revolution, John Robbins’ research published in 2001.
-It takes 16 pounds...
Fall Equinox
Today is Fall equinox. This is a day when the sun is directly above the equator. As long as the sun is directly above the equator it is the equinox, so the event does not last throughout the day. However the whole day is unique because for half the day there is day, and the other half there is night.
Pagan farmers and/or biodynamic farmers celebrate this day by burrying a cow’s horn that is...
"SURVIVAL wisdom & know-how" book tips
Okay before this book I read Dr. Brown’s survival guide and loved it. After having read that book I was drawn to this one….just assuming that the very same person had made it. I was very wrong and ditzy for that…but I’m glad that I made the “mistake” of getting this book. It is beautiful! Makes me feel like more of a 23 year old kid. It’s packed to the...
Books that I love
Survival Wisdom & Know-How from the editors of stackpole books
Tom Brown’s survival guide….I think is the name
Dante’s Purgatorio
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
Frankenstein
Walden
Fastfood Nation
Project Censored
The Scarlet Letter
Pride and Prejudice
A Clockwork Orange
Rumi poetry
The Wasteland
1984
POLITICS
I HATE POLITICS!
anway here are some notes:
Propostition 1 for California 2008 election
High Speed Rail Bonds. Legislative Amendment.
A yes on this proposition would okay a total of $9.95 billion in bonds to pay for trains. This would reduce pollution and traffic but increase taxes…(but more than likely decreases the amount spent on commuting by many).
Proposition 2
Standards for...
Psychology
Carl Rogers
had a humanistic approach to psychology.
Humanistic-a field of psychology. According to wikipedia it was a reaction to psychoanalisis and behaviorism.
Ecopsychology
Connects psychology and ecology. The political and practical implications are to show humans ways of healing alienation and to build a sane society and a sustainable culture.
Theodore Rusik coined the term in 1992. It...
Movies that I like that aren't Horror movies
….the 5th Element
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Persepolis
Dark Knight
The Man Who Cried
Simone
Everything is Illuminated
Dog Show
Sicko
King Korn
The Corporation
Little Miss Sunshie
….I’ll add more to this list later….I just can’t think of many right now
horror movies
Some of my favorite right now are;
Zombie Strippers
Saw
The Devil’s Backbone
Perfume
The Hills Have Eyes
Amityville Horror
The City of Lost Children
Child’s Play
House of 1000 Corpses
Ginger Snaps 1 and 2
Donnie Darko
Dracula
The Hunger
The Birds
Psycho
The Game
Un chien andalo
Vertigo
the Devil’s Rejects
Eraserhead
the Elephant Man
Dark Remains
Timber...
“The soul, as it is created quick to love,
is drawn by everything that pleases...”
– Dante’s Purgatorio, translated by M.S. Merwin. Pp 174-5 Lines 19-33.
“Remember, reader, if ever, high in
the mountains, the fog caught you, so you...”
– Dante’s Purgatorio. Translated by W.S. Merwin. Pg. 163 Lines 1-9. 