Monday, August 8, 2022

What I've learned since moving to D.C. (some of which should be obvious): 0213

10601.  Tim Commerford (the bassist for “Rage Against the Machine”) has a full, upper body/torso tattoo;
10602.  Tom Morello (the guitarist for “Rage Against the Machine”) is (pretty) intense too;
10603.  “Rage Against the Machine” may be the hardest (playing and aggressive) band I’ve seen live in concert;
10604.  Charlie (Dog) and Tom Cruise share the same birthday;
10605.  A salad of baby spinach, arugula, blueberries, (red) grapes and walnuts with a poppyseed dressing is (really) tasty;
10606.  Don’t torture yourself by trying to measure up to the fantasy of a perfect life.  What’s good for someone else might be a bad idea for you;
10607.  DJ Diesel (i.e., Shaquille O’Neal) is actually decent/okay( as a deejay);
10608.  I didn’t appreciate/realize how big Shaq(uille O’Neal) is until seeing him in person;
10609.  Apparently, men store emotions in their hips and lower back;
10610.  A curandero/curandera is a traditional native male/female healer/shaman;
10611.  Orangutan means “forest person” in Malay. . . . It seems that the Malaysians of the past did not see orangutans as animals, but as people;
10612.  Breathing deeply in and out through the nose resets the nervous system and eases the fight or flight response;
10613.  Breathing (deeply) in and out through the nose produces alpha waves, which can help us get into a “flow” state;
10614.  I’m the one setting such high standards for myself.  I don’t have to make it so hard on myself;
10615.  I should be patient with myself;
10616.  I can ask for help.  I don’t have to “lone wolf” it( and go it alone);
10617.  “Purging( emotions)” can be by vomiting, diarrhea, heat/sweating, cold, muscle spasms and/or crying;
10618.  A person tends to purge by vomiting if it’s difficult/hard for him/her to cry;
10619.  Most people schedule their work, life, etc. and then let the fun fill in the cracks.  Schedule your fun first and let the rest fill in the cracks;
10620.  Apparently, Jordana (Grader) likes chai lattes . . . and pumpkin spice lattes;
10621.  Apparently, afros are a lot of work to maintain;
10622.  Apparently, there are more men than women in Austin(, Texas);
10623.  Jordana (Grader) says she was cute in Chicago and not so much in Los Angeles;
10624.  Curanderos/curanderas chain smoke like crazy;
10625.  Mapacho (i.e., Aztec/strong tobacco) can contain up to 9 times the nicotine of common tobacco;
10626.  There are pigeons living in the Las Vegas desert. . . . Who knew?
10627.  There are (desert) tortoises in Las Vegas . . . and frogs;
10628.  Once heated, limestone loses its ability to hold heat;
10629.  There’s a great view of Las Vegas at the end of the Calico Tanks trail at Red Rock Canyon (RedRockCanyonLV.org);
10630.  Crumble Cookies (CrumblCookies.com) are tasty . . . especially the milk chocolate chip . . . and they deliver;
10631.  Summerlin South and Spring Valley (in Las Vegas) are (kind of) food deserts;
10632.  Apache Plaza (in Las Vegas) has a lot of Asian restaurants;
10633.  There’s no need to be crazy/outrageous in your first (text) response on Bumble.  Afterall, she messaged you first.  She’s interested;
10634.  You can sign up for guest lists at websites like FreeVegasClubPasses.com, LasVegasNightclubs.com or NoCoverNightclubs.com to get into (Las) Vegas clubs without having to pay (the) outrageous cover/entrance fees( to get in);
10635.  Life hack: If you’re at a (Las Vegas) club (specifically Zouk Nightclub at Resorts World Las Vegas) and you’re thirsty, but you’re not drinking( alcohol), order a club soda instead of a bottle of water.  It’s about half the price (i.e., it’s $13.00 for a 330 ml bottle of Fiji water);
10636.  Rachael has (very) kissable lips;
10637.  Girls (really) don’t remember meeting you in the club (in Las Vegas) when you run into them the next day/night;
10638.  Any success takes one in a row.  Do one thing well then another.  Once then once more.  Over and over until the end then it’s one in a row again;
10639.  Days of prosperity make us forget adversity;
10640.  Good times seem out of reach during the bad ones;
10641.  Both can seem like final destinations; the summation of our days.  Then the cosmic joker plays with our ways.  Yesterday’s condition no longer remains;
10642.  The sooner we become less impressed with our life, our accomplishments, our career, our relationships, the prospects in front of us, the sooner we become less impressed and more involved with these things, the sooner we get better at them.  We must be more than just happy to be here;
10643.  The cinnamon roll waffle at Belga CafĂ© (BelgaCafe.com) in D.C. does (actually) taste like a cinnamon roll;
10644.  The frames you use for the world dramatically shift your experience of it;
10645.  Want her; don’t need her.  Do this and you have a chance; don’t, you won’t.  Forever for rent, never to own; the one we all lust for, the constant unknown.  Want her; don’t need her, and she might give it up;
10646.  The road less traveled may not be a dirt road; for some, it may be the autobahn.  Robert Frost was right, taking the road less traveled can make all the difference.  But that road isn’t necessarily the road with the least traffic.  It may be the road that wee, personally, have traveled less.  The introvert may need to get out of the house, engage with the world, get public.  The extrovert may need to stay home and read a book.  Sometimes we need to get out there, sometimes we need to get in there.  Some days our road less traveled is a solitary dirt trail.  On others it’s the subway on the 7 line;
10647.  Are you looking for feedback, advice or just a space to be heard?
10648.  Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for;
10649.  If we don’t say “yes” authentically, we say “yes” resentfully and that leads to far more problems than if we’d said “no” in the first place;
10650.  Success without happiness is not success.  It’s just a well-polished turd.  It looks nice from the outside, but the successful guy knows deep down that underneath the facade is just a bunch of shit;