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Kennysan
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Gender: Male
Interests: Music, good food, frisbee, technology, running, movie outings, learning new things.
Expertise: Technology, inter-personal mediation, cooking.
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7/5/2002
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| Normally, I don't fuss about what kinds of supermarkets or stores I have access too--after all, food is food, right? Well, I have somehow developed a taste for Asian vittles. This sounds quite strange, given that I've gone long periods of time without access to said foodstuff, but I'm starting to miss them. In particular, I've noticed that the town I live in does not seem to have much in the way of Korean/Japanese/Chinese supermarkets. After coming back to New Jersey, I picked up a renewed appreciation for all products made in the far East. In particular:
Pocky
UCC canned coffee with milk (regular and Kona style)
Ito En green tea beverages
Mochi ice cream
Chinatown dumplings
Bubble/Boba tea
I realize some of these items are hardly rare (such as mochi ice cream), and even downright common (I could probably concoct a beverage similar to UCC based on just the ingredients). Alas, I'll have to do with limited means until an asian supermarket comes my way.
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| I was supposed to keep track of my dating foibles from match via my personal diary, but somehow that has fallen by the wayside. I've probably contacted more girls and solicited more dates than I have in my entire life during the past 2 months. I think if anything, the service has only made me more cynical about dating and love in general. It's like fitting a square peg into the square hole, except you don't know where on Earth you'll find the hole. Or whether or not it's square-shaped.
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| A good friend of mine wrote a note recently about how one's perspective in life regarding work, stress, etc is largely a relative matter compared to the world as a whole. I couldn't agree more, but while I was busy crafting a response to this note, I couldn't help but realize that there's a depth to the issue at hand. Rene Descartes is rather famous for uttering, "I think, therefore, I am." It has been the foundation of modern Western philosophy. To take a letter from Heraclitus, the act of thinking is the proof of existence--you are the one doing the thinking. But, if you change the way you think, you are no longer thinking as the same individual as before, literally(The "I" would be referring to someone else's way of thinking). The way we view the world is largely a consequence of how we think of it--we take input in the form of various tasks, events that have, will, or are in progress, and our overall outlook is a result of that amalgamation of thought. Hence, changing the way you think literally changes who you are, and on a deeper level, changes the way you see the world.
Ah, but is this necessarily an easy thing to accomplish? Offhand, I think not for a vast majority of weak-disciplined human beings. Why? Well, how hard is it to break a bad habit? People often don't consciously think when nail biting or taking out a cigarette. Comparatively, changing the way you think is a bit like the chicken and the egg problem--which comes first? You have to think about change in order to make a difference, but the very act of thinking comes from the very self you want to change. In my opinion, iron discipline is really the only acceptable solution here. Changing who you are in this situation should be a breaking of the self, because that is literally what you are doing--tearing a part of who you are away from yourself while retaining and adding to the aspect you want to keep. I do not think this is impossible, but habits, let alone thought patterns, can be notoriously difficult to consciously remove in the short term. I would think it would be somewhat similar to the idea of practicing an instrument--only with constant dedication and vigilance can you change yourself, and thus, your world.
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| Wow. Who knew scotch-tape could be so versatile? Who knows--maybe someday we'll have pull-n-peel x-ray machines!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_sc/sci_scotch_tape_surprise;_ylt=AvOOPeoqQgAOkY13IpK3BTwDW7oF
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| Just when I think I'm getting too old to get crazy, I go and get drunk at 10pm on a Sunday night with 5 wannabe lawyers.
In other news, I've become convinced that getting an xbox 360 and a bigass TV should be where I invest my next paycheck.
Also considering investing in a Dahon bike. These things fold up to suitcase size, and weigh ~25lbs or less, depending on the model.
Finally, I'm growing a goatee. Kinda odd and scraggly at the moment, but this was spurred on by a bet at work, and I'm committed to see it through.
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