Category: buffalo
10/13/07 07:05 - 55ºF - ID#41630
10/12 October Storm Anniversary
And fall and fall and fall:
And so it went:
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: religion
10/12/07 12:06 - 46ºF - ID#41612
Hate the Religion, not the Religionist?
It just all seems made up and arbitrary, and anyone who claims that something special has been revealed to them I tend to think is misguided or confusing a psychological process for an external communication.
Zen is the closest that I would come to participating in religion as a devotee, and actually I spent a couple months in a lay-monastic situation when I was younger, which was very intense and useful. Most other religions are too externally imposive for my tastes. I just lump all that together with other things that don't make sense unless you're in a self-referential system. It's 'Sit and figure it out for yourself' vs 'THIS IS HOLY WRIT'.
Even Zen fails me on certain key points, such as claiming to be the 'Front Gate' to enlightenment. Ugh, ugh, ugh. That statement is the one that really kills it for me whenever I go. I seriously promise to attend the first Religious/Spiritual group that does not make these sorts of claims. I am totally serious, if you can show me a religion that is not self-aggrandizing, I will sign right up. Except the Unitarians, they don't count.
Just like certain political and patriotic beliefs make sense if you're in a closed system, Religion can seam like a true thing, but it doesn't admit to change without hypocrisy. Changes in revelation seems to be a fashionable accompaniment to changes in human society, not the other way around.
I get like that with politics too, and unfortunately have been pushed into being a strident Democrat the last few years via subconscious need to cling together for safety against certain geopolitical trends. But I look forward to a more even two-party rule consisting of mostly grid-lock wherein my Independent/Libertarian/Green streaks can distract me from my current party affiliation.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: demographics
10/11/07 11:17 - 59ºF - ID#41605
Generation X+1?
This is surely a troubling issue, does anyone know any demographically inclined therapists who could help me navigate through this distress?
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Words: 72
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: estrip
10/11/07 05:11 - 59ºF - ID#41602
E:Strip Dinner
Sorry about the group shots, the red ceiling sort of screwed up my attempts with the flash :( I should have double checked the camera before I stopped taking photos.
Tried to doctor up the group shots a bit:
And (e:james) was being himself:
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Words: 58
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: estrip
10/10/07 11:47 - 51ºF - ID#41585
Reign of Terror
Permalink: Reign_of_Terror.html
Words: 19
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: estrip
10/10/07 04:28 - 57ºF - ID#41577
Estrip Pizza and Wings Night!
There's room for last minute stragglers if you're suddenly available.
Check out the details here.
JJ's Casa-di-Pizza on Elmwood at 7pm.
See you there!
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Words: 28
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: life
10/09/07 05:46 - 69ºF - ID#41563
Vacation
Permalink: Vacation.html
Words: 39
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: estrip
10/07/07 07:45 - 72ºF - ID#41544
E:Strip Dinner
Permalink: E_Strip_Dinner.html
Words: 36
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: photos
10/07/07 12:43 - 61ºF - ID#41532
Photo Booth
Permalink: Photo_Booth.html
Words: 2
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: buffalo
10/07/07 11:37 - 61ºF - ID#41529
Marcella's Underwear Contest
Who I voted for:
These two won, a tie, and they went and danced on a pole together afterwards.
I tried to wipe the lens of the camera phone off, but it must have still been a little dirty.
Permalink: Marcella_s_Underwear_Contest.html
Words: 49
Location: Buffalo, NY
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