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About Me

paying attention.

My Interests

A wearer of many hats. And scarves. And sometimes very very big shoes. In Hiding. In Cognito.Fate Vs/ Free Will, BALANCE., Exploring Desolate places (other than the American Mind) Finding My Seat; maintaining it, the God Complex,Metacognition, Quantum Physics and being in 2 places/particles at once, Confirming my biological imperialism, submitting to yours, psychoneuroimmunology, affective forecasting, forensic psychology, always working on new material, comix, drawing badly,exploring rural abandoned houses/places & urban ruins, genetic adaptations, sharing a passionate yearning without conclusion,, any sport/any time, never a spectator-always engaged, dressing up and acting out, IDIOTAROD, BURNING MAN ethos, alchemy, stepping thru the doors of perception with others and trying to find ourselves on the other side.... Exploring all the perspectives I humanly can. Trying to slow down. Trying to control time. Losing Control.

I'd like to meet:

those who are present and accounted for.

Music:

mixtapes are out?!

Movies:

The last 18 minutes of Perfume. The 1st 12 minutes of Caligula.

Television:

Mad TV, Mad Men, Waiting for The Office.

Books:

The Four Agreements, The Yoga of Discipline, THe End of Faith-Sam Harris; MOST IMPORTANT BOOK IN THESE FEAR-BASED p.c. tiimes, The Tract with Black America,All Non Fiction as my years as a Reader have inured me to the novelty of novels- except for those few outstanding authors/books- Satanic Verses, Book of Laughter & Forgetting, Hubert Selby,A. Proulx, Knut Hamsun, Steinbeck,Buchi Emecheta's work MUST NOT be overlooked; she is a Nigerian writer who speaks for the FEMALE population; as Chinue Achabe never did. Read: The Bride Price, The Joy of Motherhood,Second Class Citizen. Lately;Non-Fiction: Against The Grain-How agriculture has hijacked civilization/Awakening the Buddha Within/ Survival of the Prettiest/Cute, Quaint, Hungry & Romantic/Paradox of Choice/The Great Divorce, & all theology by C.S. Lewis/Eat Fat/anything by Juliet Schor or Eric Schlosser/The Evolution of Desire/The Game; as one must know what the enemy is thinking/ The Red Queen/ The Selfish Gene/ Authentic Happiness by Seligman/Clive James/ Bill Brysson/ Paul Fussell

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Heroes:

Orianna Fallaci, Buchi Emecheta, Alex Grey,Debi @Bliss, EQUALITY NOW, Eve, Kae Burke,Christopher Trujillo, All the Bois and Trangressers of our stultifying society. Visionaries and Artists and Tinkerers and those who are creating "IT" right now. And now.

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My Blog

Hey you Commie Perv Whore!!

PARK SLOPE PARENTSMushrooms. The Brown People. Communists. These are a few names that Park Slopers have been rightfully described as. The least sexual creatures you can find, who if not for their prog...
Posted by Calamyst on Thu, 15 May 2008 11:05:00 PST

Im calling my chia pet MOHAMMED!

Leaving one camp,starving and cold sisters and brothers trying to stay together, as their village burns behind them. .. while JanJaWeed pulls their mothers from their tents.....
Posted by Calamyst on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:42:00 PST

Thanks for Nothin!

The Gratitude Journal is gonna be hungry tonight!! Wants and needs. They say you're supposed to ask for what you want in life; and I'm not talking new age "The Secret" stuff here. Just Psych. 101. If ...
Posted by Calamyst on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:12:00 PST

Just Rewards

Hi, My name is Karen and I am a freegan. By that, I don't mean crusty, vegan, pompous, heroin user; I mean--I love garbage! LOVE it!! It has come to the point where I even bypass the Park Slope Stoop...
Posted by Calamyst on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:15:00 PST

Disinhibition

"I make the fuckin rules," he said. Don't they all, I thought. Everyone is their own self-appointed expert, freely giving their expert opinions. I didn't ask. "Unsolicited advice is most always self ...
Posted by Calamyst on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:58:00 PST

I had a Secret

So, as our 3 room/2 bedroom apt. leaves me no room to smoke, I often find myself in the stairway. It's my first moment of the day where I can sit back and exhale. (A little stressful, this lack of spa...
Posted by Calamyst on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:30:00 PST

Basketball Diaries. March 22, 2007

The Buddhist heart is alive and well in Brooklyn. It needed some lovingkindness, a hint of spring, and a very loving family. Reminders, we must look for them everywhere. Sometimes as close as Union St...
Posted by Calamyst on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:08:00 PST

Bits of Lists, or To Do or Not To Do, I'll Die Tryin.

My Big To Do List! Such a fuss, doesn't include the many unspoken things, that you, my dear readers must tire from hearing about. The usual blah blah blah, concerning "doing the floors" or some shit. ...
Posted by Calamyst on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:16:00 PST

They don't call it the amygdala for nothin!

Scientists studying how sleep affects memory have found that the whiff of a familiar scent can help a slumbering brain better remember things that it learned the evening before. The smell of ro...
Posted by Calamyst on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:36:00 PST

Pass the Boi

Shone like a star. Vortex powers. Belief in numbers, and comparing charts. Oh, how many times did I fall in love tonight? Let us count the Bois.
Posted by Calamyst on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:53:00 PST