Saturday, December 20, 2008
Beauties Take 2
Beauty & The Beasts
do you see what I see,
close your eyes a minute
be still a minute
silence your own voice a minute
like a child
before you learned all this and that
it was never heavy or dark
it was always light and light
hold my hand
let’s not turn back for a minute
The Animals
You guys just monopilate our time. (Cathy to the animals)
If a martian landed here
and looked around for a day
or less
she would rightly conclude
BooBoo and Angel are in charge
and the queens of this place
I woke up in the middle of the nite
it was like Animal Planet
but not an episode of Miracle Pets
Something from a real person:
Thou art a little spirit bearing up a corpse. Epictetus. Image stolen from here. (You knew that).
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
More from the Big Picture & the Kitchen
Want to share some of the latest with you. You know how much I love you.
Sometimes the writing comes before and sometimes after the picture. This time the picture came after.
Your expectations about sufferings are mistaken. Watch um coming like waves. Don't run from the downs to the ups. They're both on their way.
sober is a popular way to go about life
I don't need my veggies waxed.
Better pen in hand quote:
I’m happiest with a pen in my hand.
alright, you caught me, my fingers on a keyboard.
Dogs are so nosy
Seems like the purpose of my job is to chip away all my remaining self importance.
And the last one for my baby:
Forget everything I ever told you.
The love starts fresh again today.
Push the tiny red master reset button in the back
What you want to do sounds really good.
Being with you is the best part of my any and everything.
i mean it, let's go shopping
Like I got any good ideas
Image stolen from the Big Picture.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
dreams
There are places I remember
I’ve never been
water and mountain dreams
over and over at least one time
I'm remembering another for the first time again
vividly undescribed and impossibly wordless so far
is it new tonite, or again?
i’d believe either one
i forget remembering
mountains and water
There’s caves and hallways too
i think the caves may be real
where the hell is that mountain road we camped on
how did Angel get to the ocean so quickly
didn't i dream this before angel?
the river in Alaska, only in a dream and just like one
how many times have I been there
only once?
am I remembering only one dream
I could do it again if you want, right now.
I could draw some of it too.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Marriage
Though initially embarrassed and uneasy over sharing a room, they were both very tired and fell asleep quickly...he in the upper bunk and she in the lower.
At 1:00 AM, the man leaned over and gently woke the woman saying, "Ma'am, I'm sorry to bother you, but would you be willing to reach into the closet to get me a second blanket? I'm awfully cold."
"I have a better idea," she replied. "Just for tonight, let's pretend that we're married."
"Wow! That's a great idea!" he exclaimed.
"Good," she replied. "Get your own damn blanket."
After a moment of silence, he farted
My Tranquil, Tamed Life
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Christmas on the Mount ++
It takes more than black-eyed peas to make a dish southern.
Unless you work for Campbells,
every pot of soup you make is one of a kind.
Better garlic quote.
I’m leery of any sissy ass recipe that calls for one clove of minced garlic.
I caught Angel doing yoga this morning,
she was doing dog pose.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Numbers From Early December & More
I'm happiest with a pen in my hand.
on a memory or a floor
the love in those eyes
my goodness it’s always been there
sometimes even she forgets
sooner or later you’re gonna need to get in
you already know plenty about out
Dealing with the Apocalypse of Fools
At your station in life a common difficulty for fools arises from a strong attachment to ideals. Big attachment is big difficulty Grashopper. My Uncle Barb told me once that you spend the first 3rd of your life aspiring, the 2nd acquiring and the 3rd, figuring out what to do with them both. You're still in your 1st, and I'm in my 3rd. Nice separation don't you agree? Don't leave all your aspirations at the door, ever. One thing I've learned over and over and over again: life is not going to be anything near the way I wish it would be. Not a friggin bit of it. No one thinks like I do, no one. Case closed on that Dylan; suffering and apparently stupidity is baked in. The case was closed before you were born and came up with your own version of how things are supposed to be. Before you even made your first shit in a diaper! This is not a bad thing, or something to be mad at, in fact, this truality is your way out! I'm 53 and still working the anger problem. Go figure.
In many ways it's not your fault, you were born into a line of wonder-intelligents. Nothing to complain or brag about, just watch um and come to your own conclusions about your bloodline. It's just another one, just watch um and come to your own conclusions about your bloodline. Don't make me say it again! I consider myself an honorary member of your family, because of their love, not their intelligence, as you may have already guessed! I would stand with all of them through anything, anytime. Try me. The best of these things is part of you, one day you will agree with all your heart, I imagine you already do. In your case, you got the poet-gene which probably skips at least a generation or two, and sets you out on a journey that involves poverty of everything normal or moral in your case!
I believe you're ahead of your time and the game when you recognize that poets (brainiacs) can get lost in pessimism, negativity, etc. Being able to recognize your negativity is a positive. (Recognize) Negative = Positive. Tell yourself the stories you want to believe without stop, without hesitation. We are story tellers. You are a story, tell it well. Don't let your circumstances get in the way of your happiness, your love. Ever. Right this minute, pay attention to your next story, tell it better than ever! That's what I'm doing. Don't worry about the others, you handle your story. Like a god, enjoy this beautiful existence. There is nothing I dislike, is a good starting place. Don't let your ideals piss in your cheerios, what a waste.
One more thing. There's a lot of big energy invested in our way of life on this planet and in particular this society Dylan. It's bigger than you and me. It's mostly unconscious. But it's not intrinsically bad. Goodness comes from good thinking, not from circumstance. Them damn circumstances, check um at the door, we got bigger fish to fry.
you are loved, you are so loved, long before me, you were loved completely and delightfully, as your dad would say. your bobJuan.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Love Poets
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Early December Updates
This past Sunday, Bobby, Jordyn, Noah and I went up in the daytime. What a beautiful mountain. We were coaching the two newbies about being careful on the way down. I told them I was hoping they wouldn't have to learn the hard way. When we got back to the truck, Noah stuck up his bloody arm, proud as all hell, "I guess I had to learn the hard way". I told his Mom later it's pretty much the way I've learned everything important in my life. And now for some bobJuan one-liners: From Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees: If I didn’t let my mind run too far ahead, I felt completely happy Here's one with two possibilities: Don’t get your happiness confused with your circumstances. [or] Don’t let your circumstances get in the way of your happiness.
You figure out what they are: I dreamed about um last nite, they were the kind you dream about.
In the kitchen, what 1 minute can do to a cookie, 5 seconds can do to a tortilla. I’ve seen milk go even quicker. And finally: The stuff was so good he was charging just to look at it.