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LowlandHalo

There's only one rule that I know of, babies — 'God damn it, you've got to be kind.'

About Me

In awe of consciousness, the universe, structure, the micro/macro and internal/external worlds, such phenomena as photosynthesis, conception, ecosytems, solar systems... and how it all works together so magnificently as to generate the experience of existence.
Aside from information that would make my family or myself easy targets for stalkers or identity thieves, my life is pretty much an open book. Ask in the spirit of sincerity, and I'll be as honest with you as I am with myself. I am not easily offended, so don't worry about censoring yourself around me. I don't take it personally when others have different ideas about life, so feel free to share, challenge, contradict... The only things that offend me are those who abuse their authority or status, or who willfully manipulate and/or intimidate others. If that doesn't apply to you, we ought to get along just fine... unless you're easily offended, of course, because I don't censor myself much, either.
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My Interests

Family, music, dancing, singing, art, nature gazing, arm-chair quantum physics and cosmology, critical thinkers, sparring with my shadow, debating against my own solidity, falling apart and reassembling, satire, cheesy humor, the humanities, mythology, reading, learning, gardening, jnana yoga, hatha yoga, dreaming, poetry, photography, genealogy, chocolate chai, cold chinese food, hot baths, pendulum swinging, crossing the boundaries of perceived "reality" and busting paradigms apart, conscious evolution, kindness, finding something to appreciate in everyone, sincerity, integrity, freedom of information/freedom of inquiry
Namaste.

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I'd like to meet:

I don't care if you're super-educated, artsy, glamorous, sassy, progressive, uber-hip, fabulous, or any combination and variant of these or none. I just hope you're doing your best to get by in this life with some sort of open awareness...

I like people who communicate in a direct manner. I especially like straight-talkers who know how to be truthful without being hurtful (it is possible, ya know). I don't like hint-droppers. If I suspect you're playing the hint game with me, chances are I won't bite until you come straight out and say whatever it is. Don't make me guess or assume what's on your mind. Ick.

Music:

If the universe is made of vibrations, then music is my religion: TOOL, Jane's Addiction, The Mars Volta, The Melvins, Porno for Pyros, NIN, APC, Tomahawk, Fantomas, Mr. Bungle, FNM, Meat Beat Manifesto, Dog Fashion Disco, Soulfly, Danny Elfman, Primus, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, Tricky, Peter Murphy, Siouxie, Love and Rockets, Slayer, Meshuggah, OTEP, Queens of the Stone Age, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Sepultura, Isis, Dead Can Dance, Vas, Machines of Loving Grace, Cibo Matto, Collide, Switchblade Symphony, PJ Harvey, Lovage, Cardiacs, Elysian Fields, Cranes, Air, Beastie Boys, Fear Factory, Prong, Ministry, Slipknot (yes, even the new stuff - it's good if you ignore their schtick), Pantera, Screaming Trees, Stravinsky, Mozart, Vivaldi, Beethoven.... and so many more. I'm drawing a blank. It's like when I walk into a music store and immediately forget every cd I'm interested in potentially purchasing.

Movies:

Tim Burton films, Alfred Hitchcock films, Shakespeare in Love, Spitfire Grill, Groundhog Day, The Man Who Knew Too Little, So I Married an Axe Murderer, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, the first Matrix, 12 Monkeys, Baraka, The Royal Tennenbaums, Bottlerocket, Flirting With Disaster, Zoolander, Lost in Translation, A Verticle Ray of the Sun, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, South Park, Ghost in the Shell, Quills, I Love You to Death, almost anything with Cary Grant...

Television:

South Park, Deadwood, Lost, The Daily Show and Colbert Report (if I can stay awake), some History Channel stuff (if it's not sensationalized bullshit), Travels in Europe with Rick Steves, Lonely Planet/Globe Trekker (Justine and Ian rule)

Books:

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, The Gospel of Mary Magdaline, The Gnostic Bible (an anthology), All Amy Tan, The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Pronoia by Rob Brezsny, The Televisionary Oracle by Rob Brezsny, The Bible (the book of Genesis, in particular), The Marriage of Sense and Soul by Ken Wilber, The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer, The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 1984 by George Orwell, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, The Bhagavad Gita, The Tao Te Ching, Imajica by Clive Barker, Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins, Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber, The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, A River Sutra by Gita Mehta, Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Watership Down by Richard Adams, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, The Power of Compassion by The Dalai Lama, I Am That by Swami Muktananda, The Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (saved my life), Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien, Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss... good lord, too many more to list!

Heroes:

My mom and my auntie M... also anyone (whether mythical or "real") with the courage to challenge the status quo and push for evolution of the World Mind ~~~ Buddha, Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Alan Watts, Joseph Campbell, Ken Wilber, Emma Goldman, Dr. MLK Jr., Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, The Dalai Lama, Leonardo da Vinci, Eliot Rosewater...

My Blog

Artistic Differences (really, just an excuse to show off my kids' artworks)

I find it so amusing how two children raised by the same parents can end up with such different perspectives. I mean, I know it's natural and there are many factors that go into an individual's person...
Posted by LowlandHalo on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:51:00 PST

My Shadow Totem is a Scrubbing Bubble.

The first recollection I have of the experience of disillusionment can be attributed to advertising.You know the Scrubbing Bubbles? Those industrious little bubbles with their moppy little appendages ...
Posted by LowlandHalo on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 07:18:00 PST

Ok. So maybe it's not so easy.

So maybe "being the change we wish to see in the world" isn't as easy as it sounds.  Sometimes I'm appalled at my audacity for talking about it like it should be so easy (as I did in my last blog...
Posted by LowlandHalo on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:38:00 PST

Why I Am an Idealist: Being the Change

Whether you bring a belief of God into the equation or not, there is no denying that there is a distinction between individuals and the collective, and that individuals, like tiny drops in the vast oc...
Posted by LowlandHalo on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:06:00 PST

TAGGED! 10 Random Things About Me

About a week and a half ago I was tagged for the "10 Random Things About Me" game by my friend, Robin.  I'm excited. I never get tagged for anything.  Woohoo!   I can trace my l...
Posted by LowlandHalo on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:33:00 PST

Mommablogue - Perhaps She Thought It Would Smell Better...?

My mom and I spent half of Saturday with Ava (my youngest of 3 kids - age 2) in the ER.  Before you feel any concern, let me assure you, she's fine.  However, we went because she had stuck s...
Posted by LowlandHalo on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:42:00 PST

in case you haven't read enough blog rhetoric in the past couple of days...

Bush's 9/11/06 Speech George Bush made a declaration in his 9/11 speech the other night in reference to terrorists: "The war against this enemy is more than a military conflict.  It is the decisi...
Posted by LowlandHalo on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 06:13:00 PST

Mistress Shush Finger

I walked yesterday.  Received my Masters in Library Science.  I have perfected the craft of Shush Finger Action. :P I had a wonderful day yesterday.  Ceremony in the morning.  Lunc...
Posted by LowlandHalo on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 10:38:00 PST

long time coming

Well, we did it.  My band had its first gig.  It was at the grand opening of a tattoo shop, TAT2U.  We were the second of four bands.  It was outside.  In a parking lot. We ha...
Posted by LowlandHalo on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:30:00 PST

Inconclusive (and possibly incoherent) Existential Ramblings: Critical Mass

1. The minimum quantity of fissile material required for a nuclear chain reaction. (See CHAIN REACTION, NUCLEAR WEAPONS) 2. The minimum amount of people with shared understanding or needs to tip the ...
Posted by LowlandHalo on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:19:00 PST