Bushido sushi bar

mexico, the trip is planned, phase 1A

2005-03-22T20:18:00.000-07:00

Not too much to report, we have just been learning our iespanish!
planning our route, which is basically nothing more than drive and prey the car holds together (it should be just fine, it is a 2001 subaru, so i am not worried. I am shopping for my new laptop and hooked up with my boys at Apple are gonna hook the brotha up with a brand spankin new 12"er (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/70806/wo/epSKg5BX7yKt3R4JNmI2LhSCyyw/1.0.11.1.0.6.17.1.0.27.3.1.1.0?81,5)
Fo Shizzy!
I won't tell you for how much, but the sweet thing is, mobility will be mine and I will be able to do hot, live updates from the road!
I had better get on that proposal for Outside Magazine!

back to the old skool now
as we digress like an old fool now....

been chickin this old school japanese samurai film out, Daimajin.
three different films were made, back in the 60's based in feudal Japan and the wars of the classes and high days of the Samurai.
Anyway, it is pretty sweet, the Daimajin is the spirit of vengance and needless to say..
He's the man!

Coffee anyone?

2005-03-09T19:59:00.000-07:00

well as usual I was a day ahead and about 30$ short today (and apparently all week). I forgot to wind my watch right at the end of febuary so the dates have been off for me all week by one day. oy.
Well, I believe I am starting to get the hang of this Flash thing as you may or may not care to see from the web site link. I am updating this site for my uncle, and soon it will be a full, working online store for you all to get your coffee fix from. Myself, I was able to quaff the death grip of caffeene a while ago, i have mayve, one cup of green tea a day now, maybe. pretty cool eh?
Well..
I am literally working for beans making this site for my uncle (awesome inside joke there) since I am being paid to build and maintain the site with coffee beans.
i feel that old familiar jones knocking on my front door.
oh yeah, props to my uncle for also hooking me up with 1.5 Gig's of sweet, sweet, mutch needed ram for my G4.
awesome and so, oh so very appreciated and needed.
next is that sick dual G4 1.5 Ghz processor card upgrade.
unstopable.
all I need is a grant to finish getting all the design programs i need from adobe and macromedia.
anywhoo.. i am in a good mood for some crazy reason
oh wait, i know, it is because I am not working for some cracked out waste of O2 at wild Oats anymore!
Stress be gone!
I am my own boss again and I love it.
but now I find out that I amy not be able to get this house I have been fighting for because I own a car and have a brain that I still owe a ton of cash on.
stupid america...puts all this emphasis on going to school and makes everyone feel the need to have to go to school and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on their brain, only to get out in the world and
never be able to do anything with it to be able to make any money to be able to pay it back
uh well
I am thinking of declaring bankruptcy and just leaving the country and hiking across the other side of the pond for a few years.
humm....
time wil tell,indeed.

Nothingness.....

2005-03-06T12:34:00.000-07:00

Ah yes, the quest for nothingness. Every true Buddhist knows this quest well. It is not one of action that is to be taken, or one of a journey that is to be traveled.
It isn't until you have lost everything, that you will finally free to gain everything.
"...you are not your m*&^%r F^&*(ng kackies.."
T. Durden

TV

2005-03-02T21:31:00.000-07:00

hey,
I haven't had a TV in like a year or something, not that I miss it
but lately, as I sit at the computer in the evenings, or mornings (while on the phone) or afternoons trying to work, i find myself missing things like the simpsons, futurama, seinfeld, ect...
well
on Winamp (on the PC as opposed to the Mac), they have internet TV!
oh joy of joys.
they have ren & stimpy, seinfeld, simpsons, pinky and the Brain, just to name a few.
just enough to cure the food adictive that is vitamin TV and just as mind rotting.
anyway, i am tired, no caffeene, no tv make home go something, something...............
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another day, another, well.. day

2005-03-01T17:41:00.000-07:00

It is something else to have remembered I have this blog thing. The buzz about blogging has subsided for the most part, and as I sit here in front of my two computers and 3 monitors like a matrix programer and my wonderful new family member runns around between my legs trying to get me to play tug with him or throw a ball, I am reminded that no matter how bad the shit hits the fan, none of it means anything. just sit back, take a deep breath and remember that you are just another piece in the greater causim of life.
Yes, we are human, but remember, we are ONLY human.
Go with knowledge, and live with love.

Whew

2005-02-28T19:21:00.000-07:00

There just isn't enough time for everything that needs to be done. I have been going through all sorts of crap here and I finally (with some pre-emptive, forceful pushing) from my (former) employer, am getting my business off the gound.
But...
With it come all the responsibilities of a business owner
Like...
where are you going to get the start up capital to pay for things while you and your family starve homelesly. Hell yeah! I own a business you think to yourself as you hunt rats for food and cook them under the bridge downtown over a trash can fire.
America can and is a cruel place. Like that mocking bully or that teacher that pushed you in the 4th grade to do better by choking you rather than offering an explanation as to how to do long division.
Although...
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler."
Henry David Thoreau
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)

yeah, Heard that one before too.

Anywhoo, the moral of the store, (not The Story, but this one rather)...
Believe in yourself, believe in your abilities and never, ever doubt yourself, self worth and what you have to contribute to this world. Remember, You are here for a reason, not to take up space, not to eat, breathe, poop and die, but to fill a void in what is called Life.
take this...
And start your Revolution!

time

2004-12-08T21:21:00.000-07:00

time. yep, the great equalizer. I read in today's paper that the Bush family and the republican party wants to try to get Jeb Bush into office in 2008.
we're screwed.
Remember Jeb is the one that screwed us all back in 2K. Better start packing now. I also read that the governor of New Mexico, Billy boy Ritchardson, the son of an amazingly wealthy mexican nationalist is going to run in 2008 for the democratic spot.
I'm looking into what it takes to become a Japanese citizen myself. This country is falling apart. Next thing we'll have president Ahnold Schwartzenhoppfer.
anyway, I'll try to yack more when I actually have something halfway important to say.
burn all your crap and get the hell out while you can.
go and walk softly among the dead
because you may be one of the last living souls.

CIA

2004-11-07T11:18:00.000-07:00

Er, ok, I am beginning to think that either I am totally and utterly loosing mt "Beautiful Mind" or the nationlal department of homeland terrorist, er terrorism, er, the CIA (KGB, whatever) has me tapped. My computer does funny things like upload and download random info, my cell phone calls people without me even using it not to mention recieving calls from some one (such as on my caller ID it is one person, only to have it be someone totally different on the other end, and it isn't a prank).
when will this stop?
Oh yeah, as soon as the lazy ass americans get off their collectively fat arses and realize their savior will not come in the form of a person that looks like Herman Munster just because he isn't a Bush. I will be posting an article here in the next few hours that I NEED and URGE everyone to read, esp. if you are upset about the election.
The salvation for AmeriKKKa will be televised and it will be broadcast across the world because we have ONLY ONE OPTION left, revolt. It is stated in the constitution that when the government becomes too strong and begins to ast as the English did to the firts colonies, it is the right and responsibility of the people to put the government back in its place. That is why we have the 2nd ammendment, that is what a militia is for, NOT for invading other countries, NOT for creating the greater American Empire, NOT for the Global Colonization of the Americas, BUT TO SPEAK OUT WITH EXTREME FORCE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE UPON THE GOVERNMENT!
read between the lies of the "powers that be"
Take up a voice, take up arms, take up anything against the true terrorists, against the true dictator of the world.

Go forward now and speak frankly, it may be the last time you are allowed to.

lost

2004-10-30T16:39:00.000-06:00

well, actually I have not been lost, just really, really pissed off at my computer because it only works when I never need it to. absolute pile.
I went to a spoken word poetry slam the other day.
awesome.
it inspired me to write a poem to perform. a poem so powerful i don't need to act it as I speak it, the tears and feelings just pour out.
maybe I'll share it with everyone, but not today.
so, only 2 days left, any bets that the world will end b4 the 2nd? or just the US as we know it. I still wait for a "terrorist attack" and suspension of the vote.
it could happen, and I almost want it to. maybe New York or DC, yeah DC could blow up, or better yet, all the credit reporting agencies like equafax and TRW.
Tyler durden is building an army. and the fight is going to be brought to the streets.

what comes around...

2004-10-12T21:29:00.000-06:00

hey all, so the "savior to the free nation" came to visit the town the other day, he is such a choad. man i tell ya. It was all raining like mad on monday when he came he said he wantred to go for a bike ride, but it was "too wet for him." Dumb roadie. Anyway, My lady saw him riding his road bike around town today (the weatherwas nicer) I still can't buy it.
I heard Michael Moore on NPR the other day and he was blasting Bush (don't get me wrong, I hate that fucker too, Bush that is, and think he is doing a piss-poor job) and he (Moore) was saying that Bush will enack the draft shortly after he takes office because we do not have the troop numbers to finish the mess that he started in Iraq.
Well check this...
Kerry DOES NOT HAVE AN EXIT STRAGITY EITHER
yes it is true, we do not have the troop power to finish what was started in Iraq and this is evident by the fact we are having to keep troops for extended tours and Kerry even stated that as long as he can maintain a MiNIMUM number of 40,000 troops he will keep the military voluntary. if the numbers drop by even 10, he will ask for the power to evoke the draft just as Bush will.
we're screwed.
how do you spell Iraq?
I spell it V-I-E-T-N-A-M
only for my generation.
well, i gotta go it looks like the NSA has planted a ton of viruses on my hard drive and it is crashinfg at an alarming rate.
I might be back.
book your tickets to Europe now, ot doesn't matter who wins this november, America already lost.
go and scream the truth
and vote from the rooftops.

Damn I'm lazy

2004-10-03T13:26:00.000-06:00

Anyway, I finally got my internet turned back on. I was pirating it WiFi style from my neighbors, but they got kicked out for some reason so I was left shanghaied (awesome city, you all should go, though Wuxi was way cooler, actually thought about moving there, anyway..) so it is October. I love October. I have no idea why either, it just makes me feel good inside. cooler days, halloween, costumes and candy, trees turn color, all kinds of good stuff. Plus, you just gotta love fresh apple cider. I miss halloween back on the ranch, we have a huge party each year, it is a bigger deal to the fam. than christmas or thanksgiving and I have to miss it this year. Maybe next year I'll get home again.
I went and checked out a spoken work poetry reading last night, this kid i saw rocked the house! I am hoping to get some of his stuff and post it.
he had on a shirt that I am crazy over. humm... cafe press I may have to make an order. it was a photo of a sniper rifle and it said under it "Vote from the rooftops"
awesome.
so the library police threatened to take away my birthday if I didn't give them their books back, so I can't quote anything cool today (the shirt was pretty cool though).
I will leave you with this.. don't eat chips and salsa while typing on the computer.
go with knowledge.

"My face and your faces shall not be masked!"

2004-09-16T23:42:00.000-06:00

Alright all. Check this heavy shit out. I told you once about this book that I believe was written by a man that compiled actual writings by the people that knew the man Jesus of Nazareth, right? Well I did and you have to go back and re-read my blogs to remember it. Anyway. Peep this...In the first chapter, it is the journal of James, the son of Zebedee, who I believe is the same as the Later King James (I think, I don't remember, someone please correct me). Anyway, he speaks of a time when Jesus was talking to Judas of Iscariot. This is going to be a long, direct quoted passage, but worth the read, trust me, I haven't failed you yet.....
................."In truth the earth is fair and all that you behold, and therein I shall rule. And if it is your choice, and if it is indeed your desire, you too shall come and rule with me.
"My face and your faces shall not be masked; our hands shall hold neither sword nor septre, and our subjects shall love us in peace and shall not fear us.
"Thus spoke Jesus, and unto all the kingdoms of the earth I was blinded, and unto all the cities of walls and towers; and it was in my heart to follow the Master to his Kingdom.
"Then just at that moment Judas of Iscariot stepped forth. And he walked close to Jesus, and spoke and said, 'Behold, the kingdoms of the world are vast, and behold the cities of David and Solomon shall prevail against the Romans. If you will be the king of the Jews we shall stand beside you with sword and shield and we shall overcome the alien.'
"But when Jesus heard this he turned upon Judas, and his face was filled with wrath. And he spoke in a voice terrible as the thunder of the sky and he said, 'Get you behind me, Satan. Think you that I came down the years to rule an ant-hill for a day?
"My throne is a throne beyond your vision. Shall he whose wings encircle the earth seek shelter in a nest abandoned and forgotten?
"My kingdom is not of this earth, and my seat is not builded upon the skulls of your ancestors.
"If you seek aught save the kingdom of the spirit then it were better for you to leave me here, and go down to the caves of your dead, where the crown'ed heads of yore hold court in their tombs and may still be bestowing honors upon the bones of your forefathers.
"Dare you tempt me with a crown of dross, when my forehead seeks the Pleiades, or else your thorns?
"Were it not for a dream dreamed by a forgotten race I would not suffer your sun to rise upon my patience, nor your moon to throw my shadow across your path.
"Were it not for a mother's desire I would have stripped me of the swaddling-clothes and escaped back to space.
"And were it not for the sorrow in all of you I would not have stayed to weep.
"Who are you and what are you, Judas Iscariot? And why do you tempt me?
"Have you in truth weighed me in the scale and found me one to lead legions of pygmies, and to direct chariots of the shapeless against an enemy that encamps only in your hatred and marches nowhere but in your fear?
"Too many are the worms that crawl about my feet, and I will give them no battle. I am weary of the jest, and weary of pitying the creepers who deem me coward because I will not move among their guarded walls and towers.
"Pity it is that I must needs pity to the very end. Would that I could turn my steps towards a larger world where larger men dwell. But how shall I?
"Your priest and your emperor would have my blood. They shall be satisfied ere I go hence. I would not change the course of the law. And I would not govern folly.
"Let ignorance reproduce itself until it is weary of its own offspring.
"Let the blind lead the blind to the pitfall. And let the dead bury the dead until the earth be choked with its own bitter fruit."
"My kingdom is not of the earth. My kingdom shall be where two or three of you shall meet in love, and in wonder at the loveliness of life, and in good cheer, and in remembrance of me.'
"Then of a sudden He turned to Judas, and He said, 'Get you behind me, man. Your kingdoms shall never be my kingdom."
Told you it would be worth it. I'll give everyone a few days to ponder deeply about this.
Go with peace and knowledge. For it alone is power.

Fight Club

2004-09-15T21:26:00.000-06:00

hey y'all. if you have not seen Fight Club yet. SHAME ON YOU!!!!! watch it, learn it, love it and live it. Seriously. I have been looking into buying a house to live in as opposed to this little box i am in now that is surrounded by wired, hippy wannabe-trust fund strange-os. I want to be able to hit my neighbors with a sniper rifle, not a knife y'dig? anyway, they keep pulling my credit report and telling me i am a worthless pile of crap because I have a score of 520 or some crap (mostly because I have about $70,000 worth of student loans) out of a possible 860 or some junk. Someone..(re:the government) said you need at least a score of 650 to get a HUD house in the ghetto where the rats can roll ya and if you don't have the arms of a small country you are screwed!
whatever.
it is just one more way for the government, The Great republic of wealth, to keep the middle and lower class there, in the pooper with the rest of their excrement!
sometimes I really hate this country
wait, strike that.
most of the time I really hate this country.
Maybe Sun Tsu put it best in The Art of War: The general is the prop of the Nation.
When the prop is solid, the nation is strong.
When the prop is flawed, the nation is weak.
Take that "democratic society"
The revolution is coming, and it is building momentum. Be ready all.
Go with peace and seek the truth.

2004-09-14T19:27:00.000-06:00

See! This is what I am talking about people! Wake the F##k Up!

The Burninator

2004-09-11T09:24:00.000-06:00

Ok, so maybe Santa Fe was not the best choice for a place to live. Sure, it is picturesque, beautiful scenery, awesome food, decent prices on things and full of wired, wacky people, but I had the MIS-pleasure of attending Will Shuster's Burning of the Zozobra. In a word: scary as hell. I went away from it feeling like I was just forced to kick puppies and rape homeless orphans. I still feel raw about it and am in need of deep psychological counseling.
This thing is supposed to be an effigy for the glooms and hard times that are laid upon the Spanish catholic population here (over 60% of the city are in that category) and then it is a huge paginesque party of music and food that leads up the burning of this effigy and with it, all the glooms and hard times of everyone who preyed to release them.
Oh My God.
Here is a different site that explains the history a little differently.
The music was cool and seeing about 35-40 thousand people crammed onto a high school athletic field was kind of cool too, until they all started getting high and drunk and chanting in unison :Burn the Mother F***er Down!" and as this thing was set on fire by some dancers in some traditional outfit, it screamed and shook and cried and the fireworks that went off with it shot into the crowd (one woman's was hit in the chest by a mortar, I saw her get hit and fall to the ground).
Maybe I am too religious (what's that you say?!?) or maybe I am just an outsider looking in, but whatever it is, I didn't like it and nor does it sit well. I am told that the people of Santa Fe just use every excuse to party (Dude! Where's my beer?) and maybe I have just outgrown that phase of my life. I don't know.
I am rambling now so I am going to go finish my coffee.
Go with peace and blessings.

Constantine prophecy's

2004-09-05T17:02:00.000-06:00

Have any of you seen this yet? It is about a man who dies and is brought back to life by the power of God to help battle the warriors of evil who are already here. Sound familiar? It is based on a comic book that (I think) is based on half truths about the world as we know it today.
I have been doing lots of thinking lately (scary thing there) about our world and the fact that all things are leading to the demise of the human race and the end of humanity. At the helm is the political dogma of the United States of America (Go first amendment rights, freedom of speech! Take that C.I.A.!).
If anyone knows anything about the history of the world and the history of the U.S. we are long overdue for a revolution. Remember "No taxation without representation!" well what do you think is happening to us now? The majority of the US citizens are not being represented and they are being taxed, our religious freedoms and basic human rights are being encroached upon by terrorists (terrorist's from within our own government). We have who may be two of the most evilist men to run the US both vying for the position as leader of the most powerful country in the world, monetary and militarily. And neither of them have anything different to say.
WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!
listen closely to the people running directly, not the local boob that is brainwashed into thinking that "all because it isn't Bush he is better, or all because he is a republican he is better.." THAT IS ALL BULL CRAP!!!!!!!
WE AS CITIZENS AND TRUE PATRIOTS OF THIS COUNTRY MUST STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOMS OUR FOUNDERS DIED FOR! DO NOT SIMPLY STAND BY WATCHING WITH patient, IGNORANT APATHY AS YOUR COUNTRY BECOMES THE TERRORISTS OF THE WORLD AS WELL AS THE LAST OF THE THIRD-WORLD COUNTRY'S!
read between the lines, pay attention and be ready.
change is coming, and it is up to all of us to decide whether or not that change is going to be for the better, or for the worse.
go with peace and seek enlightenment.

Say wha?

2004-08-30T23:19:00.000-06:00

Hey all. Fall will be here soon, the evenings here in the desert are getting cooler and the days are getting way shorter. I will be starting my new job as the Northern New Mexico community marketing director for Wild Oats markets so that is real chill. I finally get to have a challenging career (as opposed to a job shlepin' bikes and dusting fixtures). I am in charge of community relations, charitable contributions, and the well being of the northern new Mexico community so I am pumped.
My lady is back in school, my sis will be back in school next week, the fat neighbor girl upstairs is taking up home aerobics (ugh) and I am mad tired from developing a wicked allergy to something that is causing a bought of 3A.M. athsma. Other than that, life kicks a$$. I'll try to read some of my books and get you all some words of wisdom for the rest of the week.
peace be with you all.
In warfare, Engage directly; Secure victory indirectly. The warrior skilled in indirect warfare is infinite, as Heaven and Earth, is inexhaustible as river and sea... Lao Tsu, The Art of War

Changes (part deuse)

2004-08-29T22:59:00.000-06:00

OK so this stupid thing ate my last blog and I had some good stuff on it
so i am just going to say this and be on my way for the evening: go out and get the book named Jesus, The son of Man. compiled by Kahlil Gibran. Trust me on this one, it will blow you away.
I'll add more tomorrow.

Lazy is as lazy does...

2004-08-21T08:13:00.000-06:00

I am not sure if I just forgot to write here, or if I am just plain lazy. I am kinda leaning to the latter.
The more I read about the way of the Bushi, and the Zen living (this is actually a refresher for me as I have a B.A. in Theology, but it was a primary focus on the Talmund), the more in tune with myself I become. I find myself giving and doing to everyone as I feel they will do to me. Living my life backwards from the point of my death as a true Bushi would.
"...To love is to approach wisdom. To work hard at doing what is good is to approach benevolience. To know shame is to approach fearlessness. He who knows these three things knows how to cultivate himself. He who knows how to cultivate himself knows how to rule men; he who knows how to rule men knows how to govern an empire...Those who hold the reins of government regulate themselves in nine ways: Self discipline, Honouring men of virtue, loving one's kinsmen, respecting the ministers, being considerate to all the officials, Loving the people as a father loves his children, encouraging all crafts and trade, being kind to foreigners and strangers from afar and cherishing and pasifying the princes of the feudal states...
...The Way is established by self discipline. Doubt and deception are expelled by honouring the virtuous. Murmurs and complaints stop when kinsmen are treated with affection, No confusion in handling matters will arise when great ministers are well respected. Grateful returns will abound when officials are shown consideration. Men will exhort one another to do what is good when they are loved. Resources will be ample when crafts and trade are encouraged. People from all parts of the Earth will be attracted when strangers are treated with kindness. And all will stand in awe of the throne if the king is able to pacify the princes of the feudal states..." The Doctrine of the Mean. Zhong Yong
I think there are some presidencial candidates that need some reading to do.
Peace be with all of you.

ugh...

2004-08-15T10:28:00.000-06:00

Stupid militant skunks (see post titled Three days Later..)

Conversations

2004-08-13T11:43:00.000-06:00

I have had my friends on my mind lately, I must be missing home or the pining for the old days or something, I don't know. Last night I took in a film called Coffee and cigarettes. Wonderfully fulfilling film.
It is really about friendship and conversations about nothing at all. It is about just sitting together and enjoying the company of a dear friend, moderate acquaintance, or total stranger, but it is about the bond that humans share with one another.
We are all the same creature: human, and in that commonality, we all are equal in the totality of that word; human. To be human is something that not everyone understands because of what has been done to us by others who also have lost their humanity. Through greed of money and lust for power over others humans have pushed each other away and forgotten that we need each other for survival. The very root of life comes from being with other humans.
Today, and every other day, take the time to say hello to others, and mean it, greet everyone with a smile, one genuine. The Lord God will be happy, and maybe we can send him a message: we have not forgotten who and what we are; HUMAN.
peace be with all of you,
late.

More on friends

2004-08-11T11:19:00.000-06:00

I have a friend who I just found out I almost lost. While him and me don't keep in regular contact, we do speak to eachother and write back and forth once in a while and it's cool. I dig the guy, he is one of the genuine ones, a keeper.
anyway, I found out that while he was on vacation, he had developed blood clots in one of his legs and had to be hospitalized durring his vacation or while his blood thinned out or it would have killed him.
He is doing ok now, but it scared me. Mostly because he could have left this world, and I may have never known it. So take the time to stay in touch with all your friends, especially the ones you don't see every day. Friends are there for a reason, don't take them for granted.
peace.

potential

2004-08-10T09:17:00.000-06:00

Many people tell others that they have potential, or the potential to do something. Most of the time this just means that the speaker is trying to say in a nice way that the other person sucks.
I used to view this as poor business speek if anyone of my employers, co-workers, or anyone else told me I had Potential. To have potential is to posess the ability to do something, but not have the knowledge or stamina to carry it out.
time out.
The art of a praticing Bushido falls on having the ability to take any situation and see where the potential emergy lies within it and exploit that potential energy.
As Sun (Lau) Tsu wrote.."With an understanding of weakness and strength, an army can strike like a millstone cast at an egg."
By using the potential energy of any situation, one's own personal energy can not be exausted. The same principle lyes at the heart of Akido training. Effectivly using one's attacker's energy against him, tiring him out.
Be on guard always, utilize the potential energy in every situation, know your enemy, whether that be your boss or a mugger, and identify their energy, pull it into your own and attack.

As time goes by...

2004-08-08T20:51:00.000-06:00

Hey all, well, lots has happened to me in the last year, sparked with me meeting the love of my life, this beautiful artist names Stephanie. One year ago today we went on our first date, saw fireworks as we kissed and stumbled our way through the fields of love. It is a beautiful thing.
Second, three of my best friends all had their birthdays within the last week, Peter, whom I grew up with and cherrish his friendship above all others. Our bond is like brothers, as I have known him almost as long as I have known my sister, 17 years for Pete, 18 for Meghan. Cyrus, one of my closest friends of recient years and my bike riding bro, and Theresa, my adopted sister-of-sorts (she was not adopted, but she is so cool, and is as much my sister as Peter and Cy are my bothers).
None of them live close to me, and it makes me sad because I miss them and being around them all, but it feels good to have friends so clost that they are worth missing.
well, here is to friendship. I bless all of my friends and offer to them peace, love, good fortune, and above all, my utmost, pure, lifelong friendship. I love you guys.

teachings of Lau (Sun) Tzu

2004-08-06T11:02:00.000-06:00

Since this is the Bushido sushi bar, I will try from time to time, to put advice and teachings from the greatest bushido masters in thiese pages for others to learn what it is like. So today, here is one from The Art of War...
The Skillful warrior's energy is
Devistating;
His timing
taut.

His energy is like
A drawn crossbow,
His timing like
The release of a trigger.

In the tumult of battle,
The struggle may seem
Pell-mell,
But there is no disorder;
In the confusion of the melee,
The battle array may seem
Topsy-turvy,
But defeat is out of the question.

Disorder is founded
On order;
Fear,
On courage,
Weakness,
On strength.

Orderly disorder
Is based on
Careful division;
Courageous fear;
On potential energy;
Strong weakness;
On troop dispositions.

The warrior skilled at
Stirring the enemy
Provides a visible form,
And the enemy is sure to come.
He proffers the bait,
And the enemy is sure
to take it.
He causes the enemy
To make a move
And awaits him
With full force.

The skillful warrior
Exploits
The potential energy;
He does not hold his men
responsible.
He deploys his men
to their best
But relys on
The potential energy.

advice...

2004-08-05T12:18:00.000-06:00

As I've Matured...

I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is
stalk them and hope they panic and give in...

I've learned that one good turn gets most of the blankets.

I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people are just
jackasses

I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and it only takes
suspicion, not proof, to destroy it.

I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to others - they are
more screwed up than you think.

I've learned that depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

I've learned that it is not what you wear; it is how you take it off.

I've learned that you can keep vomiting long after you think you're
finished

I've learned to not sweat the petty things, and not pet the sweaty
things. I've learned that ex's are like fungus, and keep coming
back.I've learned age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it.

I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, unless we are
celebrities.

I've learned that artificial intelligence is no match for natural
stupidity.

I've learned that 99% of the time when something isn't working in your
house, one of your kids did it

I've learned that there is a fine line between genius and insanity.

I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from
you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away. And the
real pains in the ass are permanent.

I got this from my grandma. God bless her heart this is good stuff.

The impressions that I get

2004-08-04T08:31:00.000-06:00

Sometimes I impress myself. Though it is rare, it does happen. Last night I made ginger-mint Thai shrimp. ooh, nuff said. It came out every bit as good as I had imagined it to. I even toyed around with the idea of having a restaurant named "Thai one on!" haha, anywhoo.
I have one of my credit cards paid off in full and cut up and deactivated (YEAH ME!) one step closer to financial freedom.
I applied with this really cool sounding company who does prototyping and contracting for the government (not Haliburton), and if I get in, I would take photos and do video documentation of weapon tests all over the nation. Sounds interesting, and it would carry on the family tradition of having someone working somewho for the government (not to mention provide a nice paycheck).
My mom's step dad helped build the missile base at Mountain Home, Idaho, and my aunt is married to the FBI in some form that I am not allowed to Divulge. At any rate, it will be a welcome change and I would be stoked to have a real carrier, as opposed to a glorified janitor job at a bike shop. Then once I get out of debt, maybe I can concentrate on getting my screenplays turned into movies!
Peace out y'all.
"The Marshal's Treatise says,

"He who values survival above all else will be prone to heistate."

Hesitation is a great calamity. ~Sun-Tzu, The Art of War.

Three days later

2004-08-03T09:35:00.000-06:00

Hey everybody (as spoken in that Dr. Nick Riviera half accented tone). The days are beginning to get shorter so in turn I am sleeping longer leaving me not much time in the A.M. to post a little something, and by the time I get home from my crappy job I don't have the wearwithall to say anything.
Last night I think the compound here was attacked by either a band of militant skunks or some roving coyoties (as we have both in the high desert here). I say this because I had an athsma attack at about 5:45/6:A.M. right about sunrise when such creatures head for home from the all night garbage bars (plus it rained all night, and we all know how wonderful a wild animal smells wet!)
Whatever it was, it caused me to not be able to breathe so I couldn't sleep for fear of death, and it caused some pretty horrific dreams for my lady (death, destruction, etc...perhaps we are entering a new phase of life such as The Oceans of Birth and Death.
Take care everyone, there is a disturbance in the force. The kind of which can only be felt when a planet blows up. Something wicked is heading our way. Be on guard.
Now go with blessings.

August

2004-08-01T14:17:00.000-06:00

Where does time go as we walk the path of life? It is already August 1, and that is just weird to me. The summer is halfway over and I haven't gone swimming once in a lake or river. It seems like it should only be April or (MAYBE) May at the latest. Just doesn't seem right to me. uh well, nothing to do about it other than to just let it go.
Today's thought...why isn't it a crime to "kill time?" Especially since it is as precious as life itself.

31

2004-07-31T09:30:00.000-06:00

Welcome to the last day of July, 2004. May today bring everyone peace, strength, hope, and wealth.
The path to becoming a warrior is long and Arduous, but by walking The Way, and learning it, you will know yourself. To know yourself is to understand The Way, and to understand The Way, is to be one with everything.
I leave you with this thought..."Though everyone eats, very few actually taste the food." -Confucius

2004-07-30T22:02:00.000-06:00

Bushido, as it is intended to be read.

2004-07-30T22:01:00.000-06:00

The sunsets here in Santa Fe are pretty dang cool. It also helps knowing how to capture them.

2004-07-30T09:49:00.000-06:00

G'mornin world. I have no pertinant info to dicsuss this AM other than don't mix your Yerba Mate' with Bengal Spice. Well, you can if you want to, I just won't take any responsibilities if you do. But then again, maybe you ought to try it. Just make sure you add cream and honey.

Siblings

2004-07-29T23:50:00.000-06:00

Siblings are very much a blessing in disguise. I have a sister, as whomever the hell reads this may or may not have. But I know for a fact you don't have one like mine. This girl is nuts. She has a talking wolf/dog things (named Chewbacca, whom by the way is actually a very nice guy), but anyway, my sister has this blog thingy that she uses to post her daily life in. and just the other day she saw some wack jobby stroking himself with a screwdriver while talking on his phone sitting in his truck parked outside her house.
Now what I want to leave with all of you is... what is more strange... the fact that this nut case was stroking a screwdriver in his truck while on the phone, or that my sister was watching it?