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Tuesday, December 30
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8:25 PM:
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cheap japan flights... act fast (next 30 hours)
seattle art museum... and learning to love you more
back to chicago tomorrow...
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Friday, December 26
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12:54 AM:
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To everyone,
Home has been good. In a way. I’ve been thinking about existential agony and questions concerning my values and what I want and what I should do and why I should and so on. It seems so juvenile... like angsty teenager again, great. More eloquent (yeah right) and well thought out explanation to come... tomorrow I’m off to Seattle to see some people, including Elliot and Jon and others. During this time, I’m going to attempt to follow Dave’s advice for my situation: "enjoy it".
I will be there until the 31st, when I return I'll be going to Dave's party in Chicago.
I hope you all are well.
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Friday, December 19
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2:18 PM:
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In the news (or, the small bit of anti-administration news I saw today):
Apparently the US gov’t is insuring companies that start business in Iraq... a proposition so risky no private firms are doing it. Ultimately, the US gov’t backs up this insurance. The same people who have already paid Halliburton, Bechtel et al. to make a killing on Iraq's reconstruction would have to pay these companies again, this time in compensation for their losses. While the enormous profits being made in Iraq are strictly private, it turns out that the entire risk is being shouldered by the public.
Risky Business yeesh.
cards! you can look at them all for free, some big names on them!The War Profiteers Card Deck exposes some of the real war criminals in the US’s endless War of Terror. … These are individuals and institutions that stack the deck against democracy in the rigged game of global power. Exposing their place in the house of cards illuminates the links among corporations, institutions, and government officials that profit from endless war. The US War of Terror is not about liberation, democracy, or UN resolutions. Plainly put, the War of Terror--whether in Iraq, Colombia, Afghanistan, or the USA--is about subjugation, resource extraction, and opening markets: a practice once referred to more honestly as colonialism.
warprofiteers.com mmm... Tom Tomorrow...
it's an exciting day as you can tell.
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Thursday, December 18
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4:48 PM:
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Pisces: (Feb. 19—March 20)
If you enjoyed last week, then relax. As usual, this week won't be a whole lot different from the previous one.
The Onion Horoscopes ugh... just a bit too on the mark... i need a cure for my semi-dark shroud of contentment. luckily i'll be in chicago tomorrow, i'll get to speak to my analyst...
drop me a line if you'll be around chicago: double4 3-five27-tripple14
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Wednesday, December 17
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3:10 PM:
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blog is back... everything but the wiki (be back up soon) and your comments since nov 21st. thanks to keacher for putting his crisis action plan into effect so quickly...
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Tuesday, December 16
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10:59 PM:
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And the award for coolest company name goes tobitChen: business kitchen concepts that is all.
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Thursday, December 11
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11:29 PM:
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Chocolate: it’s what’s for dinner
and chips and hummus
Good times...
PmWiki can be set up in 15 minutes – I now have a wiki. content coming soon to an internet near you.
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Tuesday, December 9
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5:12 PM:
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Steve Jobs wears the same shoes as me.
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12:23 AM:
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I got stood up like three times this weekend by the same person (well, ok, I had varying degrees of advanced notice and excuses, but still). It was awesome.
I really want to get a Wiki like Tom’s. I think it would be better for the way I think and would allow people to help me develop my ideas. Here’s a thought fragment (not to be confused with real writing) I’ve been thinking about a little. I’d like some feedback and will try to hatch it into a more readable cohesive do-hickey at some point...
topic: stuff
when I say stuff, I’m talking about stuff on a more specific scale: things; as opposed to abstract concepts like the stuff with the things. You know, like books, furniture, cooking utensils, etc. That shit you have to drag around the country when you move. Or give away or sell.
The idea
Trying to pair down stuff. Have less stuff, get more out of life. It’s not an idea that will meet much resistance in theory (I think most people would agree with it), but in practice it is difficult.
Personal experiences
Before I went backpacking in Europe, I read some books, they all agreed on one thing: pack light. I took that advice to heart and was super happy with the results. It was very liberating to not have to worry about much stuff, I was able to focus on what was more important.
Dave is great in this regard. He doesn’t have lots of stuff – he has everything he needs though.
I started thinking about this when my parents basement actually got full. And full of lots of stuff we hadn’t looked at in ten years. My sister and I had to convince them to get rid of all this stuff. It was around then, and right after backpacking though Europe that I had to pack up all of my things for my move to Baltimore. I noticed the packrat in me as well. I have too much, and lots of it never gets used. But it’s laziness, and frugalness to an extent, that keeps us from going through our things and clearing them out. Right now I still haven’t gone thorough and weeded out the junk as I’ve been meaning to. I have been able to cut down on acquiring new things though.
Books are one of the worst things, it’s very nice to have your own book, but then you keep it, and it’s really hard to let them go. And they’re heavy. My goal is to use the library for all non-work (professional reference) related material. Using the library would also have the double benefit of making me finish books I start in a timely fashion.
I had a bizarre experience when shopping at IKEA. I was debating between two nearly identical chairs. For at least 20 minutes (ok, much longer). It seems so ridicules to me later – which one I picked didn’t matter in the grand scheme of things, even in the medium scheme of things.
One possession I am keen on ditching is the car. What a time and money hole. I know I’m not really going to settle down somewhere if not having a car is infeasible.
applicable quotes:
Fight Club: "Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate, so we can buy shit we don't need. ... The things you own, end up owning you."
Less applicable: "You're not your job, You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world."
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copyright (c) 2001-2003 Alex Lo
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