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June 30, 2004

surya das

When I was about seventeen years old and had my first girlfriend, for some reason, I started getting interested in Buddhism. I’ve always read and learned a lot about religions in general, and was brought up Catholic until I was at least sixteen. Even now I just finished a class on Islam, and may minor [...]

June 26, 2004

bleep

I encountered Chris from Steelwerks at Indigo briefly before arriving home, where I will now proceed to spend the entire evening writing a paper that is already very late – almost as late as possible, in fact. I attempted to chat him up in casually, but he seemed unamused, though still polite. “Where is my [...]

June 22, 2004

popups

Wow, sitting at work here during a session of usage with Internet Explorer, it is starting to blow my mind just how many popups there are all over the web. I mean, I heard it was bad, but I never went through those years of use with a PC and IE; I went straight to [...]

June 19, 2004

begin withdrawal

So my iam.bmezine.com membership has expired officially as of today. For now, it’s just suspended, so it isn’t gone or anything. I just haven’t renewed it. I’ve been on that site for over 5 years now, and it’s stupidly addictive during certain periods. Essentially, the less you have to do with your life, the more [...]

June 4, 2004

learning is hard

Thank you, Mark, for the delectable title of your recent entry: “Learning Mandarin is hard for native English speakers.” If I may: I live in a city where you’re basically considered retarded if you can’t speak two languages. People struggle with learning French or English every day. It isn’t Paris, mind you, where I’ve heard [...]

June 2, 2004

burning man

Ha – as it turns out Xeni Jardin was among the Burning Man virgins last year, a group which I was also part of. Not that there was any chance of us meeting had I even known who she was (nor do I still), but it’s interesting to know that all these people show up. [...]

June 1, 2004

batizado

In a little less than two weeks I will be going through my capoeira batizado. A batizado (‘baptism’) is a sort of graduation ceremony one has to go through in order to be taken into the community, and be considered a capoeirista by others. It is also a Big Deal. It is during this ceremony [...]