It's one week post Thanksgiving and last night was the first time we didn't have leftovers. Remember that post on how I said that turkey is my favorite meat? Yea, not so much anymore. According to my anthropology class, "cavemen" or nomadic peoples had an excellent way of living. But since we switched over to agriculture and domestication, it has led to malnutrition because are eating habits are not as varied. We usually depend on a staple crop like potatoes and corn. It's OK now really since we have grocery stores and can buy and eat pretty much every kind of food there is. That story relates to turkey because with the path I'm going on, I'll probably start shrinking in height and become malnutritioned (if that's a word.)
Well, it comes that time of the year when all you see around you are walking zombies. If you define zombies as college students with an extreme lack of sleep and beyond busy with homework and studying for finals. I feel kind of out of place because I don't have any projects or papers to write. I'm getting plenty of sleep. Maybe too much. I am studying a lot for exams though... probably a little excessively. But there's no such thing as excessive studying. I just really need to pass this physics exam. Taking physics was probably one of the worst decisions of my life ever ever. I wish I could understand but it just never clicks. Physics has become this underground tunnel that I have forever lost myself in and I keep thinking I see the light but I just imagine it. It's miserable. I think what really gets me is the math and that's when I really die. Die. Physics will be the death of me.
This past weekend I hooked up the heating blanket. This is sad? I haven't used a heating blanket since I lived in Vermont, which was ages ago. I feel terrible terrible for my pet lizard, Mr. Tumnus. It says it's only 75 degrees in his cage and very dry. I need to get a humidifier so he'll have a nice tropical environment. Sometimes I take him out of his cage and lie him next to me under the blankets and he falls asleep. Haha this probably sounds really weird but at least I know he's warm. Last night I woke up sweating especially my feet because I had my wool socks on. You know when you strip the sheets off your bed and you find a pile of socks at the end? Haha I think when I'm sleeping, my body subconsciously takes them off somehow. When to wear socks to bed and when not, that is the question.
Remember one of my earlier posts? I think it was the first one where I said I was uber peaceful up here, almost in Nirvana. Well, I was stumbling when I found these 18 rule s that the Dalai Lama supposedly lives by. I'm usually not a person to read these and then post them on Facebook or wherever but I thought these were a little different from the norm and yea I wish I could think like this...
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs: 1. Respect for self 2. Respect for others 3. Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day. (oh I do this a lot. maybe too much!)
9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. (this too...)
11. Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality. (this blog... ha that's 3 a live by regularly!)
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
So wise that Lama is.
