SENECA PLAYING
[Human life is a game played masterfully like a child playing draughts] – Heraclitus The joy the first time I ever saw Seneca pick up a stick in the backyard, and start to wreck havoc:
[Human life is a game played masterfully like a child playing draughts] – Heraclitus The joy the first time I ever saw Seneca pick up a stick in the backyard, and start to wreck havoc:
Undulate between the two, in order to maximize your creative and Zen output.
Get a pair of Vibram five fingers, and just walk around all day. No using your car. Go out and hunt your food metaphorically speaking, for example, going to the hot food bar and just getting a lot of meat at Whole Foods, or getting 15 burger patties at In-N-Out. 30,000 steps a day!
This will dictate how high you will soar. For example, 600 pound deadlift, 500 pound squat, 405 pound benchpress.
My ultimate pursuit.
In theory, you could keep taking the same route over and over again, yet always see something new and different.
This is why I don’t do dips.
You are your own shield.
This is why they called it a stop light, not a go light.
Also note, the word design ultimately comes from the word designate, which means danger.
Like Kanye says, don’t be soft like bread.
What are the luxuries which harden you, and what are the luxury which soften you?
This is the true meaning of being a “trend setter“.
Today I was walking around, in the hot LA sun, and got really thirsty. I went to the nearest CVS, and was a bit overwhelmed by all the water bottle options. “PATH” (matte black aluminum can) caught my eye. Great design, feel, and logo. I ended up buying it, because the idea that I can…
Dear friends, street photography is one of our greatest joys in life. It combines our joy of walking, interacting with people, shooting photos, timing, courage, and risk taking. I don’t think the goal is to become a successful street photographer, but a great one. What does that mean and how do we achieve it? Some…
The more flesh you show, the better. If you got it, flaunt it.
The joy of being outdoors, walking, shooting photos (Photos on the street, street photography), thinking, and writing.
With Elon Musk being at the helm of Twitter, it will be a great, prosperous future. Short Facebook. I think sooner or later, people will eventually ditch Instagram for Snapchat, TikTok, or the next competitor.
There are certain environments which give you energy, and other environments which sap you from your energy. Being at home saps me of my energy and being on college campuses saps me of my energy, but being in a busy downtown area, or another busy coffee shop gives me energy.
The annoyance that I already maxed out my 2 TB family plan, iCloud storage.
My ideal for Seneca
Against the notion of a grown-up man, who still plays video games, and is into childish things. For example, I am very anti-toys. Grown men should not have toys either.
I hate the commodified nature of sports on TV, sports cars, notion of sports.
All advice from others, is bad advice. From the last decade of asking others for advice, I have not yet received one piece of good advice, knowledge, wisdom which has really helped me.
Why is it that women prefer to drive really big SUVs, and men prefer to drive smaller, sports cars?
Become free like a bird.
In the bay area, everything is about productivity. To maximize your productivity. However, in LA, it is much more about Image, Fitness, fashion, models and people. Also in the bay area, it is all about tech, and technology, and tech companies. However in Los Angeles, they’re much more about media, fashion, modeling, video, arts, culture,…
You never know your potential future usage. Better to have extreme (extra) buffer in this case!
Or another words, why it’s better to take the 101 instead of the 5 freeway.
Brutalist architecture, lots of concrete as very ugly and depressing. The more green, the more brick, the more warm elements, the better.
I don’t think so. Only if perhaps you are first generation, and you go to college for upward social mobility to get a job. But assuming that both your parents are already called educated, I don’t think college is worth it. Maybe unless you get a full ride. Even so, four years of your life…
Think Andy Warhol and his repeating Marilyn Monroe heads. Also, diptychs, triptychs, etc: