Taking my daily bike ride across town, I see a family of ducks gliding peacefully across a river as I bike over the bridge. It is around 11:00pm and getting dark, the streets are empty, I can see just the dark sillouettes of the ducks and a slight dark ripple on the water. What a beautiful sight I think to myself as I imagine my being is that of one of the ducks and imagine life from that perspective. Such a peaceful and beautiful moment in the ducks life, yet on the other hand, a daily struggle to find food and survive is inescapable. Not very different from any life, including my own. But for this moment at least, thanks to our interaction, I am in tune with the peacefullness of the ducks, and I am overwhelmed with an appreciation for life far beyond my ability to articulate. It is impossible to express my full thankfullness for my being, my life, and for the life around me that I love so dearly to observe, interact with, experience, and to be a part of. It is nice to give my brain a moment of relaxation and to strictly experience as I take a break from my relentless analytical processing trying to gain a greater understanding of the deepest nature and meaning of life, being, and the universe. I have been criticized as being too analytical, that I need to take more time to just experience. But I find that with every development of my understanding, with every revelation, the experience becomes more and more beautiful. I cannot help it regardless, that is just the nature of my analytical “male brain”. How great it is though to have a female influence to touch me with the “other side”, the female perspective. That is one of the most beautiful aspects of life, the incompleteness of a single man, or a single woman, which is transcended into a “complete” experience with the union of male and female.
Appreciation
June 22, 2006
May 28, 2006
The long awaited, highly anticipated fight between Matt Hughes and the legendary Royce Gracie just ended. I am disapointed with the outcome because I have a lot of respect for Royce, and I was hoping he would whoop Matt's ass. Although I recognize Hughes as being a really tough fighter, I think he is an arrogant jack-ass and I cant wait till someone beats him down. Gracie showed a lot of heart though when it looked really grim as Hughes had a grusome arm-bar locked in tight. You could see by the expression, or lack of expression, on Gracie's face that he would have let his arm break before he would tap out. Gracie is still a legend and no doubt there is no love lost from Gracie fans out there.
I can't wait for UFC 61 coming up! Sylvia vs Arlovski #3!! Ortiz vs Shamrock #2!! Great line-up. I love Arlovski, hope he gets the heavy weight title back!
May 9, 2006
Damn, it happened in Feb '06 but I just heard. I really liked Dilla and Slum Village. R.I.P.
April 19, 2006
Yes, yes! Here we go. Its been long, long awaited, much anticipated. NHL playoffs are here for the first time in 2 years. So, for the next few weeks, you'll have to catch me in front of the tube.
I'm gonna take this opportunity to pay my respect to all the hockey players out there doin it for the love of the game. So many great players, I couldnt start naming names. I will name one though. Peter Forsberg. On and off the ice, I wish I could become such a spectacular man. The most highly skilled player that has ever played the game! Most definately. Congrats big Joe on winning the scoring race.
- Heres my first round pool picks:
-East- -West-
OTTvsTB – OTT in 5 DETvsEDM – DET in 5
CARvsMTL – CAR in 7 DALvsCOL – DAL in 6
NJvsNYR – NJ in 7 CGYvsANA – CGY in 7
BUFvsPHI – PHI in 6 NSHvsSJ – SJ in 7
***My round 2 picks are in, check the comments.
April 10, 2006
Mmm. Girls. There is nothing in this world, in life, that I love, appreciate, and respect more than a beautiful woman. And by beautiful, I dont mean just good lookin. I mean beautiful in body, mind and soul. Thank you god for blessing us with their presence. They are the best thing the human race has going for it. I have so much respect for the Queens out there.
April 10, 2006
Music is a beautiful thing. Without it, I would not be the same man. Im gonna take a few minutes to express my appreciation for music. My favorite flavor is hip-hop. I send out my thanks to every hip-hop artist out there. Ya'll touched my soul and changed my life, again and again. I dont know if I will ever be able to pay you back for that. Please keep doing your thing.
And a specific thank you goes out to Arcee, Musiklee Inzane and P-Plus. I can't express how thankful I am for "The Real Frequency" show. THANK YOU. Nice to see you guys back!! Didnt know where you went for a little while there. Now Ill be tuning in to the new show on Toronto s Flow93.5 radio station monday 11pm to 1am. Check out www.flow935.com for the live internet feed.
