my mind begins to hum...

[Ugly Dougly]

[Ugly Dougly]

[Ugly Dougly]

[Simon of the Playa]

Dead like Me was one of my all time faves....brilliant show...

all time favorite line, during the pilot, first episode, as the little girl runs towards the ghostly amusement park in the forest, Mandy Patankin says to his newest (and cutest) grim reaper that "We cant save them Peanut, all we can do is try to make things a little easier."


i love toilet seat girl.

[Ugly Dougly]

[Ugly Dougly]

[Ugly Dougly]

[Ugly Dougly]

[Simon of the Playa]

[youtube][/youtube]

[Ugly Dougly]

[Roberto Dobbisano]

the name is Legion, and we are many.

[mayavin]

"It is absurd to suppose that ends are not present [in nature] because we do not see an agent deliberating."
—Aristotle

In his book, King refers to his preference to use the term "aesthetic
distance" rather than psychical distance, as he feels the latter term has
misleading connotations in current usage.

Nothing in the body is made in order that we may use it. What happens to exist is the cause of its use.
—Lucretius, De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things)

[mayavin]

when we do see an agent deliberating...

[mayavin]

[mayavin]

[mayavin]

[the fire elf]

The depth of bhava experience varies across different individuals and
depends on the spiritual maturity of their minds. Mature sadhaks usually
do not display outward signs of bhava, which are indicative of the depth of
their experiences.

Stupor is the lack of critical cognitive function and level of consciousness
wherein a sufferer is almost entirely unresponsive and only responds to
base stimuli such as pain. If not stimulated externally, a patient with
stupor will be in a sleepy mode most of the time. Short periods of
restricted responsivity can be achieved by intense stimulation (e.g. pain,
bright light, loud noise).

[mayavin]

In direct contrast to the structuralist claim of an independent signifier
superior to the signified, post-structuralism generally views the signifier
and signified as inseparable but not united; meaning itself inheres to the
play of difference.

"It is as clear as noon-day, that man, by his industry, changes the forms
of the materials furnished by nature. The form of wood, for instance, is
altered by making a table out of it. Yet, for all that the table continues to
be that common, every-day thing, wood. But, so soon as it steps forth as
a commodity, it is changed into something transcendent. It not only
stands with its feet on the ground, but, in relation to all other
commodities, it stands on its head, and evolves out of its wooden brain
grotesque ideas, far more wonderful than if it were to dance of its own
accord." -Marx

...language refers to the position of the listener and the speaker, that is,
to the contingency of their story. To seize by inventory all the contexts of
language and all possible positions of interlocutors is a senseless task.
Every verbal signification lies at the confluence of countless semantic
rivers.

[mayavin]

Assemblage refers to a text "built primarily and explicitly from existing
texts in order to solve a writing or communication problem in a new
context". The concept was first proposed by Johndan Johnson-Eilola
(author of Datacloud) and Stuart Selber in the journal, Computers &
Composition, in 2007. The notion of assemblages builds on remix and
remix practices, which blur distinctions between invented and borrowed
work.

http://smithsonianlibraries.si.edu/.a/6 ... e10970c-pi

Kristeva’s coinage of “intertextualityâ€

[the fire elf]

Wonder, therefore, and not any expectation of advantage from its
discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of
Philosophy, of that science which pretends to lay open the concealed
connections that unite the various appearance of nature; and they pursue
this study for its own sake, as an original pleasure or good in itself,
without regarding its tendency to procure them the means of many other
pleasures

[the fire elf]

Psychologically, it can be said that reality is being held for ransom, and in
this sense hostility is a form of psychological extortion - an attempt to
force reality to produce the desired feedback, in order that
preconceptions become validated.

[the fire elf]

is it not the collective outcroppings of intelligence with which we master domains?

to play amongst the crags and precipice, chasing butterflies and vowels, our risk is our own

to hold the decks and deal the cards, localized, phenomenized... betting all or none


i would loath that dormant potencies remain so

yet, unacted upon, with what would thou will them act?

if all that is thought and said leaves a gaping whole to the meaning of all, what use is it?

or, worse yet, misspoke, and taken to heart

[mayavin]

[mayavin]

[the fire elf]

[youtube][/youtube]
no worries, mate... do the job right, and we should see improvement.

[mayavin]

"those cases where people feel that they are willing an act that they are
not doing or, conversely, are not willing an act that they in fact are doing."

[the fire elf]

In Asia, the mythical Fox is the primary symbol of how one can become
entangled in a web of misunderstanding. The Fox, which appears to its
unwitting victim in human form, represents the deception and duplicity
that brings with it self-doubt and frustrates the pursuit of aspirations. It is
a symbol of undesirable tendencies, such as chasing after unattainable
aims while leaving important parts of life unattended. Along with Foxes
who deceive, however, there are always the Buddhas who are eager to
support, not because of personal ties or loyalty, but because they
objectively evaluate the merits and demerits of a situation. Both the Fox
and the Buddha are often disguised and each tries to pass as the other for
strategic purposes. Distinguishing between them is a valuable skill. As
decisions hang in the balance, the Unmoving Mind is a tool to separate
truth or authenticity from illusion or untruth. Illusion renders you
vulnerable to anxiety and confusion and unable to react to critical
situations with clarity and lucidity.

[mayavin]

- jesus camp, kid convulsing on floor... if you zoom in and frame by
frame second 19, i swear, it looks like an ominously dark shadow falls
across the hand... like, where'd the ambient light go?

- quote from life on mars:
"And she put the rosary to her lips and prayed for good things for those she loved...

but cancer took two of her sisters

her husband couldn't make a move without a belly full of gin

her youngest son turned to a life of crime

and her oldest, me, is a nasty son of a bitch that can't get it out of third gear without a snarl"

[mayavin]

Coercive: when a gossiper tells negative information about a person, their
recipient might believe that the gossiper will also spread negative
information about them. This causes the gossipers coercive power to
increase.

Reward: when a gossiper tells positive information about a person, their
recipient might believe that the gossiper will also spread postive
information about them. This causes the gossipers reward power to
increase.

Expert: when a gossiper seems to have very detailed knowledge of either
the organization's values or about others in the work environment, their
expert power becomes enhanced.

Referent: this power can either be reduced OR enhanced to a point. When
people view gossiping as a petty activity done to waste time, a gossipers
referent power can decrease along with their reputation. When a recipient
is thought of as being invited into a social circle by being a recipient, the
gossipers refernt power can increase, but only to a high point where then
the reciepient begins to resent the gossiper.

[mayavin]