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living dreams

belief of the moment:
Love; sensationalism; cause & effect; Beauty; zeteticism (then absurdism); environmentalism; risk, subtlety, & relativity; explorative hedonist humanism; good(evil

formal education:
NYU (2.5) - History, Renaissance Man (creative writing, philosophy, music theory, east asian studies, political science, cooking [chemistry], anatomy via dance, sculpture, art history, and consumerism studies)
TCD (1) - Anthropology, Political Science, Sociology, History, Business, and Law

some interests*:
Love, vim, variegated stimulation, theatrics, games, dancing, existing, playful athletics, Richard Blackman, singing, vast lexicons, politics, Robert A. Wilson, freerunning, Garrison Keillor, (body) surfing, soccer tricks, tennis, running, (open water) swimming, (touch) rugby, racquetball, cycling (especially for exploring), martial arts, (ultimate) frisbee, sociological/fitness/psychological studies/theories, history, cuddling, Tolkien, deep sleep, (int'l) pop culture, (int'l) eclectic culture, minimalism, eating raw, language, anarcho-primitivism, engineering & manipulation

"mission statement":
current
archival

*all lists are in no particular order, except music (which is alphabetical).
NOTE: music and movie lists are a mix of influential and recommended, not necessarily both.



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Thursday, August 13

shabam.

just been taking it easy; currently on vacation visiting family and friends. Manny job has been extended through next summer, but I'm always looking for different careers more suitable to my person (but 'suitable to my person' keeps getting simultaneously more & less clear, which hasn't been too helpful).

Summer got semi-boring pretty fast when a lot of my nanny friends left to go home, but my weekends have been full of roadtrips and adventures (mostly Connecticut).

Been watching movies (any good ones have been added to the list in this blog), reading books (ditto), and improving my physique.
Been running nearly nightly, do yoga every now and then, and i've been trying to find a sport to call my own / join a local league, but all I can find are youth leagues. I'm leaning towards rugby or soccer, but lacrosse is a possibility. Possibly gymnastics (well-balanced physiques), but not so much a group sport (maybe parkour). Swimming is hands-down my favorite sport, but I loathe chlorine; I'll have to keep that to open-water triathlons. Speaking of triathlons, I thought of doing "The Tough Man" triathlon (half of "The Iron Man"), but it costs $300 to register; f*** that.
I finally found a local recreational league which allegedly plays a lot of sports, but so far they are limited to Ultimate Disc/Frisbee (which I do enjoy anyway). We'll see how that goes when I return.

Romantically, I've been in continuous desperation for ms. perfect (seems to be the only part missing in my awesome life). I've resorted to a free/clever online-dating site (well, for the last 7 months); while it's an interesting sociological passtime, it hasn't really helped. Plus my ms. perfect is probably not on said dating site. Hopefully my lovelife will rise in the Fall.

That more/less covers my summer so far, and I'm ready to go outside (bicycling around).

carpe vita!


Love,
gM