Wasting my time… with you

My good friend Ali, who I am legally bound to tell you, is a Watson Fellow has been tracking her trek around the world studying tatooed women.

She is, as usual, much more insightful than I could hope to be . She has some great points that spending more time on the internet causes you to lose focus or something…

Anyway, I think I’m headed in the direction of a career change, I can’t do this shit for the rest of my life.

A recent NYTimes article describes some further sad trends recently in the US.

That might help explain a shift in what college freshmen described as their primary personal objectives. In 1970, 79 percent said their goal was developing a meaningful philosophy of life. By 2005, 75 percent said their primary objective was to be financially very well off.

I guess that’s more proof that things were better before I was born.

Be yourself. Have fun with it.

The Onion talking about Will Oldham doing comedy

…Zach Galifianakis, who pretty much knocked it out of the park, even though he looked half dead and stoned. He kept looking at a notebook for his jokes, then remarked, I don’t have any jokes written in here. It just says, “Be yourself. Have fun with it.”

morning meditation.

every morning of camp, we’d have to take two minutes at breakfast to put our heads down on the table and listen to someone play something shitty on the piano. i still really appreciate in retrospect, and i’m reinstituting the policy. check this out:

barter/free: two witty and cunning entrepeneurs…

the new york times takes a look at the internet’s biggest public service, the now-ubiquitous craigslist. google has tried it, and so has microsoft, but ultimately these are for-profit endeavors that people do not perceive as providing a service.

i’ve bought a car on craigslist, a minidisc recorder, a futon, made money as a man with a van and met cool people all along the way. one could say that what i owe craig is invaluable, considering all of the great stories i’ve gotten along the way (and a copy of interpol’s antics (thanks, jude!).

ok, just some food for thought…

I’m working from home today (and sitting in Ari’s Dining Room)

Its funny, I think its easier for me to get up early when I don’t have to go to work, then when I do.

Kinda makes me want to become a freelancer fulltime.

In related news, I’ve been all confused lately about a lot of things. It’s funny how idealistic perfectionism can result in depression.

I’m looking for a Ruby on Rails Mentor.

Comment with your e-mail address if interested… I pay well.