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Some 'unique' items for you all. [25 Jul 2008|11:50pm] ugly_crap [pachiri] Are any of you wondering what to dress your baby in? Well, I have the hat for you! It's sure to get you many compliments and it'll make you want to get one in every color! ( Cut for more info ) ( Something for the ladies ) 9 AnsweredAnswered | Knock on the Door

You really don't have to do that. [25 Jul 2008|10:28pm] mendel [ mood | contemplative ] Sometimes it feels like every mainstream discussion of Zen on the web turns into a wannabe dharma battle. I wish that wasn't the case; I'd much rather talk about Zen with non-Zennies than watch them try to imitate the tone of koans or stories they've read. (A "Dharma battle" [dharma = teaching] is a "fight" between two Zen practitioners, to demonstrate their understanding to each other -- or, in the case of the stories, their students. But it's a formalized, not-really-fighting fight, the same way that a karate match wouldn't really be called a "fight". And just dropping mysticisms into Internet threads doesn't demonstrate much!) Speaking of Zen, I've been reading and rereading Sylvia Boorstein's Pay Attention, For Goodness' Sake lately. So much in so few pages! It's about the paramitas or "perfections", virtues really, ten ideas which make for good principles to live by: generosity, morality, renunciation, wisdom, energy, patience, truthfulness, determination, lovingkindness, and equanimity. (While looking for a list to cut and paste, I found a blog about teaching the dharma to kids, which has a bunch of entries about the paramitas! Too great.) The ten paramitas are technically from Theravadan Buddhism, but Zen has six of its own, which cover about the same territory and add dhyana, meditation, the word that "Zen" comes from. But the book is about the ten, and either way you can imagine how the whole list feels pretty heavy. Where do I start? Even while reading the book things aren't sticking in my mind. Well, metta seems like a good place to start: May I be happy. May you be happy. May all beings be happy and free from suffering!) Knock on the Door

bullets. because too much has happened and i really have to poop. so here goes. [25 Jul 2008|07:49pm] the_moaner_lisa [ mood | good ] i just pooped and accidentally pushed my tampon out. maggie was in the hosiptal on tuesday with a temp of 105 ... she has strep... apparently, but now she has a mysterious rash, i must call the authorities. phil and i are moving into a new apt. probably by the 1st of august, we just need to scrounge up enough money that should be interesting. i think. actually that is really all that is going on. i think my period has regulated itself back to once a month like a normal human. since i got it yesterday and the last time i got it was a month ago, so that's only logical. right? i ache all over my body and i assume it's because i am so lazy that my bones are like, ugh, stop moving for we are also very lazy. i had my crazy evaluation on wednesday and the dr. was super condesending, he treated me like a child and it was awful, but being in the big city and taking the T by myself was amazing. i could totally work in boston and be cool. if i was cool, that is. yeah that guy was a total prick. i have pictures to upload, but there is boob in them so i need to wait till i have my own computer. booooob. you love it. ok this is all. i need a computer! ahhhh.  bye. 4 AnsweredAnswered | Knock on the Door

[25 Jul 2008|07:53pm] ugly_crap [obsidianbladed] Yeah... I don't have the story behind this because I randomly saw it on FuzzySquid. It was posted into a Russian-speaking person's journal, so I reached a dead end. But I had to share. XD ( NSFW swimming trunks! ) Words fail me. 16 AnsweredAnswered | Knock on the Door

Trashy chic? [25 Jul 2008|06:35pm] ugly_crap [hirolin] CALLING ALL DESIGNER BRAND LOVERS. This beautiful Louis Vuitton bag with 'urban charms' as decorations can be yours if you act today! It's only $150,000! ...I really don't see the appeal of a bag that was constructed out of someone's trash. EDIT: Okay, I fail. After a little researching after I posted this entry, I came across some news. This was just a parody of this bag which was featured here before. Feel free to point and laugh at my mistake. 23 AnsweredAnswered | Knock on the Door

a meme......memememememememememememe [25 Jul 2008|03:24pm] badpenguin78 [ mood | amused ] [ music | Say Goodbye Hollywood - Eminem ] I'm not feeling creative, but I am however feeling guilty that I never really have the energy to post here....so I'll submit this, even if it is technically stealing. Instructions: Open iTunes and fill out this survey, no matter how embarrassing the responses might be. How many songs total: 3339 How many hours or days of music: 10.6 days Most recently played: The Day The World Went Away - Nine Inch Nails Most played: A Beautiful Lie - 30 Seconds to Mars Most recently added: Taxman - Stevie Ray Vaughan Sort by song title First Song: A.D.D. - System of a Down Last Song: 999,999 - Nine Inch Nails Sort by time Shortest Song: [stef] - Linkin Park (:10) Longest Song: MX - Deftones (37:19) Sort by album First album: Soundgarden - A Sides Last album: The 80's Pop Culture Box First song that comes up on Shuffle: Say Goodbye Hollywood - Eminem 1 AnsweredAnswered | Knock on the Door

Pokémon Diamond/Pearl [25 Jul 2008|01:16pm] kittymato [ mood | listiscious ] Flist: if you don't play pokémon, just ignore this, lol. Missing Dex Entries: Wanted for tradeback or trade. If there is a number, but no name, it means I haven't even seen it; however, if there is a name, it means I've seen it, but not captured it. A bolded pokemon means they are priority for trade/back. As I see/own them, I'll remove it from here. ( Missing pokemon. :( ) Items I have for trade/back: If there is no symbol beside an item, it means I'm willing to trade for something I don't have or a tradeback. If there is a plus (+) beside an item, it means I'm only willing to trade (not tradeback) it for something I don't have. If there is a asterix (*) beside an item, it means I'm only willing to trade (not tradeback) it for a rare pokemon. There is one of all items unless otherwise noted. ( TMs ) ( Items ) 3 AnsweredAnswered | Knock on the Door

Dentist recommendations [25 Jul 2008|02:43pm] ottawa [celeritas_3e8] I know this question gets asked every few months or so, but the memories are woefully out of date (Mods, could you perhaps do something about this, please?) and after scrolling back through 200 entries, I couldn't find anything, so... Can anyone recommend a good dentist, preferably downtown or in the Westboro area? Or, since I'm a grad student at Carleton, does anyone know if the clinic on campus is any good? Is it difficult to get an appointment there? My teeth are in great shape and I'm not afraid of dentists, so I don't need any special care - I'm just looking for someone with decent people skills who won't recommend unnecessary procedures or overcharge. Thanks in advance! 6 AnsweredAnswered | Knock on the Door

question for grammar sticklers ('cause I know you're there!) [25 Jul 2008|01:00pm] ottawa [the_arachne] [ mood | nerdy ] When you're writing about someone who's talking about their parents, and they address them as "mother" and "father," do you capitalize? ed. for example: "I’ll have you know I am the king of failing relationships, with Father coming in a close second for having the ugliest divorce in the history of everything. Though I’ll admit I enjoyed listening to Mother chew him out." pps. is this phrased correctly: X was the only witness to Y murdering Z? 6 AnsweredAnswered | Knock on the Door

Yea verily, tis so stupid tis funny [25 Jul 2008|11:37am] drakenofavalon [ mood | amused ] And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness. Thanks Fark Cthulhu '08 Knock on the Door

Fine drivers who leave car doors unlocked [25 Jul 2008|08:39am] ottawa [popelaksmi] [ mood | Flabbergasted ] Interesting article on the cbc.ca Fine drivers who leave car doors unlocked, Ottawa police officer says A police officer wants the City of Ottawa to levy small fines against drivers who forget to lock their car doors. "The point is that people need to be reminded that there's a group of people who will just go from one car to another preying on the vulnerable," said Const. Ray Lamarre, adding that most thefts from vehicles are from cars with unlocked doors, and that creates more work for police. Lamarre said bylaws requiring drivers to lock their cars, with "symbolic" fines of $20 to $25 for non-compliance, are already in place in some cities including neighbouring Gatineau, Que. In Ottawa's west end shortly after midnight on Thursday, police chased a young man on Royal Avenue after noticing him going from car to car, checking for unlocked doors. On Thursday, Lamarre performed a similar exercise, checking car doors — and leaving information pamphlets on unlocked vehicles. He even found an open van with the keys left inside. The owner admitted that he's already had one vehicle stolen. Stacey Miller's car was recently among half a dozen vehicles broken into at a Kanata co-op parking lot. "They only hit the cars that were unlocked," she said. "All the cars in the row that were locked they didn't touch." Despite that experience, she still forgot to lock her car on Thursday. Miller is not a proponent of fines for drivers who forget to lock their doors. "I think it should be up to each ... individual if they want to lock their car or not," she said. "Take the risk." But Peggy Feltmate, the councillor for Kanata South, said Ottawa city council will consider Lamarre's idea, as vehicle crime eats up police resources and causes insurance rates to rise, so preventing it is in everyone's best interest. "I see it as a gentle push just to remind people that this is what you should be doing," she said, adding that people shouldn't make it too easy for thieves to steal. Source 25 AnsweredAnswered | Knock on the Door

XBOX360LJ [24 Jul 2008|06:45pm] xbox_360 [nirvana_is_god] FIRST: STARTING AT 8:30pm EST i know i said it was going to be 8 but i thought i would be able to make it and unfortunately its just not going to happen. i should be walking in the door at 8:30 though and as soon as i grab a beer from the fridge we can start. (there's a chance i could come in earlier and if so we'll start then) SECOND: alright so i re-tallied the votes and were at a tie between halo 3 and Call of duty 4. I have made an executive decision and were going to be playing Halo 3 tonight. The only reason i am choosing this is because there is a lot of flexibility with the games so we can get a little creative with the options. For everyone that refuses to play the HALOZ (comon now it is a GREAT game after all) I promise to redo the Xbox360LJ community night next week (probably around the same time) but spotlighting COD4. THIRD: this is probably the most important and really should be number 1 but whatever! HOW TO GET IN THE GAME: my gamertag is SHADOW0324 and I'll be sending game invites to everyone that is friends with the XBOX360LJ gamertag (its a silver account so it can't play games) if you are not already a friend of the the community gamertag you can join now and when i start ill make sure to add any other friends to it, if your coming in a little late just message me (again at Shadow0324) and ill invite you at the first opportunity. Alright Live Journal be prepared to get your game on! 2 AnsweredAnswered | Knock on the Door

RIDESHARE - toronto -> ottawa -> toronto [24 Jul 2008|06:44pm] ottawa [schizophreniac] hey everyone. i'm driving back to toronto on july 31st.. and returning on sunday. just wondering if anyone is interested in a ride. $35 one way $65 round trip. i'm a fourth year CU student. G licensed I have 3 spots available. reply to post if you are interested. Ruby 1 AnsweredAnswered | Knock on the Door

[24 Jul 2008|06:14pm] ugly_crap [madeuvwin] I love the caption: "America, FUCK YEAH!!" 107 AnsweredAnswered | Knock on the Door

No words [24 Jul 2008|02:59pm] ugly_crap [warheart] [ mood | disgusted ] Deer Butt "Doe bell" 38 AnsweredAnswered | Knock on the Door

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