January 31, 2006



  • Your Life Path Number is 5





    Your purpose in life is to life freely and collect experiences.

    You love life – new adventures, new people, new ideas.
    You are very curious, and you crave novelty in all forms.
    You tend to make friends easily, and you enjoy the company of all types of people.

    In love, you are fun and even a bit intoxicating. But you won’t stick around for long.

    You are impulsive and spontaneous – which sometimes leads you to do things you regret.
    Sometimes you can be overindulgent with food, sex, or drugs.
    You have many talents, so many that you are often scattered and unfocused.

    Aside from the love thing, i would say this is pretty accurate…not bad for a random number generator, wouldnt you say?


    Not only did this comic make me laugh, it also brought back a very
    strange memory. My grandfather on my fathers side had donated his body
    to medical science. And knowing what i do now, more power to him for
    that. Anyway, what you may not know is when you donate your body to
    science, they cremate it and return the remains to your next of kin.
    When my family moved from New York to California, the literal day we
    were pulling out of the street, the UPS guy (or whoever) pulls up and
    gives us my grandfathers remains. Well, not knowing what else to do
    with them, we took grandpa’s ashes with us to california, figuring we
    would bury him out there where we could visit him, rather than in New
    York.

    However, what with one thing and another, we never really got around
    to burying him, so for about 15 years after we moved, he kinda sort
    just sat in a filing cabinet in the garage for lack of anywhere else to
    put him. The running joke in the family was that he was filed under “D”
    for dead dad dworetzky, and that if successive deaths in the family got
    cremated, we could have our own family mausoleum in the garage.

    I know, we were a weird family. still are.

    Our neighbor, after hearing this story, would not enter our garage for years. Actually, come to think of it, she still wont.

    Anyway, when my grandmother died, we finally pulled grandpa out of
    the cabinet and buried him and her together. They are currently share
    the plot with my father, who i like to think would appreciate the irony
    in the fact that modern cemetaries are getting so overcrowded, people
    really are stacked together as if they were in a cabinet.

    So that is what i thought of when i read the cartoon you have probably already forgotten i posted at the top of these words

    comic
    Another good one. I think comics give us the best laugh when we can see
    a bit of ourselves in the characters. I totally empathize with the pig,
    cuz it really feels like I am that oblivious sometimes when it comes to
    the opposite sex. Like there is some magical secret that will instantly
    allow me to date whomever, wherever i want, nevermind personality
    differences and what not. Other times, i definetly take on much more of
    the egotistical slick persona, assuming that hey, what girls wouldnt
    want me? Sadly for humanity, the second, more assholish approach seems
    to be the one that works more often for attracting the opposite sex.
    Girls may want to date nice guys, but its the jerks who they usually
    turn to first.

    Hmm…that last bit makes me sound bitter or as if i am currently
    having issues. I’m not, no worries. just a personal observation i think
    most males out there would agree with.

    I’m not fat, i’m infected!
    Not that this isnt fascinating research, but really, do americans need
    any MORE excuses to be lazy. Maybe we would be all better off if people
    actually took personal responsibility for their appearance and tried to
    live a healthier lifestyle instead of just latching on to the newest
    excuse for their condition.

    News Flash! the government will give you money to research just about ANYTHING!
    Now if we could deny some of these grants and maybe put that money to
    use say, reforming the health care system, then we would be talking. Or
    maybe my wet earwax is just clogging my thought process, and if i had
    asian dry earwax, i could know why anyone cares about this aside from
    the novelty of knowledge.

    -J

    The Josh once shot down a German fighter plane with his finger, by yelling, “Bang!”

Comments (5)

  • Thank you, i’m doing very well… not too much partying over here anymore.  :P i’m just going to school and working.  Some old stuff! I was just thinking about you the other day… because i had your phone number in my old phone… ghost, right? you are my favorite raver that i have ever met…no one is like you were… its changed! sad. but oh well. I see that you are doing well, i ALWAYS read your xanga. haha Well, i hope that you are doing well! Talk to you soon.  

  • Hey, there is nothing geeky about Yoda!

    Have a great day!

  • I forgive you and your need to run naked on the streets of Japan with lots of other naked men.  Hehehe.  So how long are you staying at Ari’s then?  I was thinking about leaving on Monday around 5 pm.  Hopefully we will get to hang out Sunday and part of Monday!!  I’m excited!!

  • sorry so long: how set are your plans?? i am thinking about doing this.

    My Fellow Warriors,

    As the month of February has been approaching, a
    strange, yet all-too-familiar fever has swept over me.
    I awake at night suddenly to the shouts of 10,000
    fundoshi-clad men, fighting for their lives in an area
    no bigger than the size of a small gymanasium. As I
    wipe the sweat from my brow all I can seem to say, in
    a horse whisper, is “wasshoi, wasshoi, wasshoi…” In
    the middle of a lesson the other day, as I was being
    kancho’d for the 45th time, thoughts of impossibly
    small and ancient Japanese men, with wily grins and a
    thin swaths of cloth overcame me. Yes, all of this
    can only mean one thing, the Naked Man Festival of
    Saidaiji Temple is once again upon us!

    For those who have been a part of this ancient
    festival before, and have lived to tell the tale, no
    introduction is needed. However for the uninitiated,
    the Eyo Hadaka Matsuri occurs once a night every year,
    on the coldest night of the coldest month. This
    year’s “celebration” falls on the 18th of February, a
    Saturday. Thousands of men from all walks of life
    will gather to fight for a certain bundle of sacred
    sticks which will not only imbue them with a year of
    increased fertility, but will also fill their
    pocketbooks with roughly 500,000 yen in cash. The
    real glory, however, comes not from material gains,
    but from the right to say that you looked into the
    eyes of the Beast and lived to tell the tale.

    Some comments from past runners:

    “Anything goes. Survival of the fittest. Kill or be
    killed. It’s not uncommon to get an elbow to the
    face…”
    -from a 4-time participant

    And this, from one of the ancients,

    “…but there was absolutely no way out of that crowd.
    “Crowd” is not the right word, nor is mosh pit or
    anything else one can come up with. To describe what
    that was would require a new word in the English
    language…It eventually became a beast moving of its
    own accord without any will from the thousands who
    comprised it. A thousand headed monster with far to
    many swaying limbs to count. It rocked and swayed
    while moaning, screaming, chanting, and fighting for
    breath below a porch upon which the high priest stood
    showering purified water down on us. It wouldn’t even
    sound right to call it a mass of humanity because
    humans are individual beings.”

    This festival is a must for any Japanese matsuri
    enthusiast as well as an amazing experience for any
    soul brave enough to compete. This year, I shall be
    leading the Nara team in what will be my fourth, and
    possibly last foray into the madness. I am calling
    upon the men of Nara to shed the veneer which
    “civilization” has forced upon you and to return to
    that primordial place which still dwells inside.

    Although only men actually participate, women are
    highly recommended to join us as well. I hear the
    view from the spectator stands is the most
    awe-inspiring you shall ever see. Email me with your
    intentions as soon as possible. I look forward to
    seeing you all there!

    Your Brother in Nakedness,
    Lucas

  • I found your xanga through the 20-something blog ring, so have no fear, I come in peace ^_~

    Lovely entry, and provided a much needed laugh. Thanks ^_~

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