Pema Chodron to save the day.

I have been reading "When Things Fall Apart", and I enjoy posting occasional paragraphs that inspire and change my perspective.

My favorite for today:

"We proceed as if we were separate from everything else, as if we were a fixed identity, when our true situation is ego less. We insist on being Someone, with a capital S. We get security from defining ourselves as worthless or worthy, superior or inferior. We waste precious time exaggerating or romanticizing or belittling ourselves with a complacent surety that yes, that's who we are. We mistake the openness of our being - the inherent wonder and surprise of each moment - for a solid, irrefutable self. Because of this misunderstanding, we suffer.

Verified loser status

I apparently wrote this to myself back in 3rd grade.

Eggs and relaxation. Both provided by Cosmo.

Wheelies!

Biking thru Hermosa, Manhattan, and Redondo.

Santa Barbara-ing

Intellectuals abound in lsla Vista!

Adventures with butternut squash

My first time cooking butternut squash wasn't too bad. I peeled, chopped and marinated the pieces in a olive oil, soy sauce, and crushed coriander. The coriander needed to be crushed a bit more, but after allowing it carmelize, the taste was similar to sweet potatoes on thanksgiving. Yum. Thanks to Veganomicon.