iZen
In this age of instant gratification and ordering pizza online, people talk a lot about how to do basic shit quickly.
One thing I’ve taught myself how to do, because I get bouts anxieties & frustrations fairly regularly, is how to get my insta-zen on.
Preface: I’ve been meditating for years, and I feel fairly comfortable with what I need to tell myself, and where I need to go to achieve a specific level of comfort or whatever. That is easy for some people, and often comes with a lot of practice.
Something I find myself doing (mostly when I am not on some rag rage, and am able to put my logic in front of the rat in my cage) is putting what I’m about to react to into perspective IMMEDIATELY. I evaluate how my body is reacting to what someone is saying. I think about what the effects of my words, actions or whatever are going to be directly after, and maybe 20 minutes later.
If the result is that I’m not going to like what happens, or I’ll just be doing something dumb, I put myself in my insta-zen spot. I take a deep breath and just do the kinder, gentler thing.
This is not always easy. I probably wouldn’t be able to pop on some insta-zen and keep myself from whooping the ass of someone who punched me in the face and spit on me. But it keeps me from saying a lot of dumb shit.
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‘Thor’ star Idris Elba on fan racism
“Purist comic-book fans are one thing; out-and-out racism is another,” the 38-year-old actor told journalist Leslie Gornstein in a Q&A published Sunday. “Of course, the more I speak on this topic, the more I fuel it. But, look, if people have a problem with me playing the character, just don’t go see the movie, you know?”
There’s a website calling for a boycott of Marvel for inserting “left-wing social engineering into European mythology” with the casting of Elba and the dust-up has been covered in the British press dating back to last year.
Early on Elba took the stance that in a film as fantastical as “Thor” it seems a bit odd to fixate on one authenticity topic. The Guardian picked up this quote in April 2010: ”There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character? Hang about, Thor’s mythical, right? Thor has a hammer that flies to him when he clicks his fingers. That’s OK, but the color of my skin is wrong? I was cast in ‘Thor’ and I’m cast as a Nordic god. If you know anything about the Nords, they don’t look like me but there you go. I think that’s a sign of the times for the future. I think we will see multi-level casting. I think we will see that, and I think that’s good.”
The bolded:
Here is a photograph of Elizabeth Taylor playing an African Queen.
White people, your argument is invalid.
(Source: sevenpoints)
Ice Cream for Dinner
I had a great day yesterday.
Today I could have taken a pass on, but it’s all a part of something bigger, I guess.
I have a tendency to get over-involved in projects and group initiatives, and I always have this lingering fear that I’m going to BECOME my projects. The thing is, since I’ve really launched myself into Occupy & other local social issues, I realized that I was the project before it even got a title.
Anyway, I just don’t want to burn out, because this work is more important than some work thing where I would be trying to help turn a profit. I have my eyes set on literally changing the country and the world.
Because I find that so important, I have to give myself space to relax. That means sometimes I just need to drink a beer and have ice cream for dinner.
Talking about stuff in a group for 3 hours can be incredibly exhausting.
Even when everyone in said group agrees about the same shit.
rissaroni asked: Happy Birthday, Pam! Hope it is filled with all the nachos and booze you desire!
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