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Delectii

The upright thing to do, and a tasty way to do it.

About Me

Passion without Desire, Meaning without Importance, to be IN this world, but not OF it. My actions and my ethics are guided by the same innate sense of mythological logic that led Cyrano to toss his purse to the crowd: "What a beautiful gesture!"

I don't think it fundamentally matters WHAT you do in this world, so long as it's the right thing for you to be doing at that time; You might be taking lives or saving them, stealing, hoarding, or redistributing wealth, defending your country or plotting it's downfall. So long as you do it well, are in the moment of what you are doing, do it with focus and passion, and do it beautifully, you're living golden.

My Interests

Almost everything. That is to say, if someone grants me immortality one of these days, I'll not be getting bored so long as there's someone I haven't met, someplace I haven't been, something I haven't tried, or don't understand.

I have yet to be convinced that Golf, Downhill Skiing, Hip-Hop, New Country, Kayaking in New Jersey, Rock Climbing in Florida, Dining Out in Kansas, and the existence of the City of Los Angeles are worth my time/effort.

I'd like to meet:

You, If we have time. There are roughly 6 Billion people in line ahead of you, so please be patient.

If you travel, move towards the front of the line. If you hike, camp, kayak, or climb, move a little closer. If you fight, fuck, and fart without apologizing, if you create, recreate, or destroy with an eye to materials/space for new creation, move on up. If your life is a passionate process with periods of pacific expansion, the coffee is hot, let's have a cup.

Music:

Writers who know what a time signature is, can stray beyond E and A Minor, have a sense of form which is not limited to AB AB C AB, and learn something about poetry before tackling lyrics.

All that said, if you want to know anything about Blue Oyster Cult, I'm the guy to ask.

Movies:

If it stimulates thought but refrains from telling me what to think, I'll probably like it. Or if it's got zombies and lots of things blowing up.

Television:

My TV is my slave, it watches me.

Books:

Almost all of them. I'll take Classic Lit. for 800, Alex.

Heroes:

Those who make the impossible possible, even if they fail. There's a statue of Joan D'Arc in the Musee D'Orsay I need to go profess my undying love to.

My Blog

Askesis, Greek for "Training", root of "Ascetic"

It's another cold, snowy mountain night. Rachmaninoff's Second Concerto echoes the banging bass chimes hanging outside, and invites me to speak of what's happening in my hermitage.He was so universal ...
Posted by Delectii on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:55:00 PST

Home Sweet Home

"Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, be it ever so humble, there's no place like home; a charm from the skies seems to hallow us there, which, when sought through the world, is ne'er met wit...
Posted by Delectii on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:23:00 PST