Mmmm Mmmm Good

What is up weekend people! On this end of things, I'm just on hour ten of twelve of my weekend shift. And on only about four hours worth of sleep as well! Whipee! Stayed out late last night with some friends. Too late, hee hee. It was worth it though, we had fun.

I got a new book, Thich Nhat Hanh's "Miracle of Mindfulness". I'm a reading fool! I guess I just had to get back into the swing of things. This book is pretty thin, so I should be posting about how it was soon.

On Friday me and the wifey went and saw "War of the Worlds" after having a big dinner at Outback Steakhouse. Money spent: $0.00. All gift certificates baby! It takes me forever to get around to using those things, but I'm sure glad when I do.

The movie was pretty good. My aunt had given me a set of cassettes after surgery a long time ago that had the original radio broadcasts and I've listened to them a couple times since then. I learned a valuable secret: Never listen to scary sci-fi stories at night while you're on prescription pain killers. The end kind of cheesed me off (not the overall ending, but certain details) but I liked it. Tom Cruise did a good job at being a scared, confused, blue-collar guy just trying to survive.

I've been listening to the "With Teeth" album a bunch lately and it's really grown on me. Just like the very first Nine Inch Nails album I listened to! "The Downward Spiral" scared me some times and made me raise my eyebrows the rest of the time. But after a while I loved every song.

I have to say, I'm feeling really good. I just found out that some advice I gave my friend paid off after she put it into practice. I just love being able to help people feel better. Hopefully I can do more in the future!

- BuddhaDave

"Don't chase after your thoughts as a shadow follows after its object. Don't run after your thoughts. Find joy and peace in this very moment."