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bluegreen17) wrote2003-03-17 09:11 pm
bluegreen17) wrote2003-03-17 09:11 pm
all booked up
i find fulfillment in interesting and/or heartful conversations but since those aren't really easy for me to find,i find solace in food and reading and writing.
well,today i tried two stores to find my favorite ben and jerry's frozen yogurt flavor and neither had it,so i had to settle for second best. que triste. or something like that.
i went bonkers at the library. i told the librarian when i checked out that i had to leave because i couldn't carry any more books.
i got two 'coffee table' books-one on bridges and one on art deco houses.
i also got:
the force of character-james hillman
sort of a follow-up to the soul's code,which i found interesting. it's about aging.
the answer is never:a skateboarder's history of the world-jocko weyland
i'm intereted to know how this whole culture evolved. it's amazing to me that we sell several fat skateboarding magazines that are published monthly...what could they possible be writing about?
living proof:a medical mutiny-michael gearin-tosh
i was told i had cancer and that i must expect to die soon. almost eight years later i still do my job and enjoy life.i have not had conventional treatment. did my cancer simply disappear? did i do nothing? far from it. a number of things happened,some by accident,most by design.
if that isn't intriguing enough,he's an english professor at oxford and literature somehow figures into the story. well,i had to borrow that one.
not always so:practicing the true spirit of zen-shunru suzuki
a collection of lectures by the author of -zen mind,beginner's mind-. one title especially caught my eye:be kind with yourself. yes,that would be good to read.
golf for enlightenment:the seven lessons for the game of life-deepack chopra
i'm always kind of amused at how many books he churns out...but i'm probably jealous because i'm such an excellent procrastinator and never feel like i accomplish anything. this book looks kind of interesting and something i might snack on.
do what you are-paul d. tieger & barbara barron-tieger
trying to find a career using the myers-briggs personality tests. i've taken those,and a few years ago i was an enfj-an idealist teacher. a couple of months ago i took it again and had become more introverted,so i was an infj-an idealist counselor. the test in this book,though,emphasizes that you should answer based on what you would do if you had no limitations,and i turned into an enfP...back to extroversion,and switched from judging...which means you like control and organization,to percieving,which means you like spontaneity and having lots of options. i think i've been 'judging' because of insecurities and adaptations to a world that feels hostile to me,but at heart i don't want control.it's not how i'd be in my ideal world. and an enfp is still an intuitive feeling based idealist,which is at the core of my being,and is characterized as the idealist champion...someone who wants to inspire other people. and i do. that's why i hate the fact that i feel down so often and do just the opposite when i write about it.anyhow...
the enneagram:a journey of self-discovery-maria beesing,o.p.,robert j. nogosek,c.s.c.,and patrick o'leary,s.j.(the letters stand for the catholic orders that they are members of...s.j. is for jesuit,who are renowned for their scholarship)
another book on psychological types,though this is supposed to derive from ancient egyptian mystical texts,i believe,and was somewhat popularized by guirdjieff,whose books look incomprehensible to me. i can' quite place myself in this system,though i've taken tests and scrutinized several books on the subject. one more to scrutinize.
an introduction to judaism-nicholas de lange
i've been getting some basics on judaism,and find it fascinating.i'm partly intrigued because a few facets of my personality fit the jewish stereotype. it may not be politically correct to say so,but there's some truth in stereotypes and different cultures intrigue me anyway.
how can i find you god?-marjorie holmes
her books have been around forever,and i may have read one or two years ago. i thought she'd be really sappy,but i flipped through and started reading and was pretty impressed with how down-to-earth and discerning she seems. and yeah,i'm still looking for god. i'm too stubborn to give up on that quest. i guess. which kind of leads up to...
working on god-winifred gallagher
this one's hard to explain...
from the jacket flap:
a half-century of the great secular experiment of einstein,marx and freud had proved that if religion-the record of our struggle to understand existence and behave accordingly-has grave flaws,so do the materialistic 'faiths' that were intended to replace it.
well,dang it,my weekend,which consists of sunday and monday,is almost over and i havent even done much reading yet! i just want to win a small lottery so i can work part-time and be the scholar i really am the rest of the time. (yes,i'm pondering how i can make a living doing the scholarly stuff that i love,but there always seems to be some obstacle or snafu,so i'm still just thinking about it.)
went out earlier this evening and it appears it's full moon time.
and happy st. patrick's day!
well,today i tried two stores to find my favorite ben and jerry's frozen yogurt flavor and neither had it,so i had to settle for second best. que triste. or something like that.
i went bonkers at the library. i told the librarian when i checked out that i had to leave because i couldn't carry any more books.
i got two 'coffee table' books-one on bridges and one on art deco houses.
i also got:
the force of character-james hillman
sort of a follow-up to the soul's code,which i found interesting. it's about aging.
the answer is never:a skateboarder's history of the world-jocko weyland
i'm intereted to know how this whole culture evolved. it's amazing to me that we sell several fat skateboarding magazines that are published monthly...what could they possible be writing about?
living proof:a medical mutiny-michael gearin-tosh
i was told i had cancer and that i must expect to die soon. almost eight years later i still do my job and enjoy life.i have not had conventional treatment. did my cancer simply disappear? did i do nothing? far from it. a number of things happened,some by accident,most by design.
if that isn't intriguing enough,he's an english professor at oxford and literature somehow figures into the story. well,i had to borrow that one.
not always so:practicing the true spirit of zen-shunru suzuki
a collection of lectures by the author of -zen mind,beginner's mind-. one title especially caught my eye:be kind with yourself. yes,that would be good to read.
golf for enlightenment:the seven lessons for the game of life-deepack chopra
i'm always kind of amused at how many books he churns out...but i'm probably jealous because i'm such an excellent procrastinator and never feel like i accomplish anything. this book looks kind of interesting and something i might snack on.
do what you are-paul d. tieger & barbara barron-tieger
trying to find a career using the myers-briggs personality tests. i've taken those,and a few years ago i was an enfj-an idealist teacher. a couple of months ago i took it again and had become more introverted,so i was an infj-an idealist counselor. the test in this book,though,emphasizes that you should answer based on what you would do if you had no limitations,and i turned into an enfP...back to extroversion,and switched from judging...which means you like control and organization,to percieving,which means you like spontaneity and having lots of options. i think i've been 'judging' because of insecurities and adaptations to a world that feels hostile to me,but at heart i don't want control.it's not how i'd be in my ideal world. and an enfp is still an intuitive feeling based idealist,which is at the core of my being,and is characterized as the idealist champion...someone who wants to inspire other people. and i do. that's why i hate the fact that i feel down so often and do just the opposite when i write about it.anyhow...
the enneagram:a journey of self-discovery-maria beesing,o.p.,robert j. nogosek,c.s.c.,and patrick o'leary,s.j.(the letters stand for the catholic orders that they are members of...s.j. is for jesuit,who are renowned for their scholarship)
another book on psychological types,though this is supposed to derive from ancient egyptian mystical texts,i believe,and was somewhat popularized by guirdjieff,whose books look incomprehensible to me. i can' quite place myself in this system,though i've taken tests and scrutinized several books on the subject. one more to scrutinize.
an introduction to judaism-nicholas de lange
i've been getting some basics on judaism,and find it fascinating.i'm partly intrigued because a few facets of my personality fit the jewish stereotype. it may not be politically correct to say so,but there's some truth in stereotypes and different cultures intrigue me anyway.
how can i find you god?-marjorie holmes
her books have been around forever,and i may have read one or two years ago. i thought she'd be really sappy,but i flipped through and started reading and was pretty impressed with how down-to-earth and discerning she seems. and yeah,i'm still looking for god. i'm too stubborn to give up on that quest. i guess. which kind of leads up to...
working on god-winifred gallagher
this one's hard to explain...
from the jacket flap:
a half-century of the great secular experiment of einstein,marx and freud had proved that if religion-the record of our struggle to understand existence and behave accordingly-has grave flaws,so do the materialistic 'faiths' that were intended to replace it.
well,dang it,my weekend,which consists of sunday and monday,is almost over and i havent even done much reading yet! i just want to win a small lottery so i can work part-time and be the scholar i really am the rest of the time. (yes,i'm pondering how i can make a living doing the scholarly stuff that i love,but there always seems to be some obstacle or snafu,so i'm still just thinking about it.)
went out earlier this evening and it appears it's full moon time.
and happy st. patrick's day!