25 October, 2005 - 6:09 P.M.

What did a Buddhist say to the hot dog vendor?

Make me one with everything.

The hot dog vendor prepares the hot dog and gives it to the monk. The monk pays him and asks for the change.

The hot dog vendor says:

"Change comes from within."

Four monks were meditating in a monastery. All of a sudden the prayer flag on the roof started flapping.
The younger monk came out of his meditation and said:
Flag is flapping. A more experienced monk said:
"Wind is flapping. A third monk who had been there for more than 20 years said:
"Mind is flapping. The fourth monk who was the eldest said, visibly annoyed:
"Mouths are flapping!"
--Anonymous

"A SMALL CHILD ONCE wrote a letter to God. His mother was ill and his father had died and they had no money, so he asked God for fifty rupees.

When the letter reached the post office they were at a loss -- what to do with it? Where to send it? It was simply addressed to God. So they opened it. They felt very sorry for the little boy and they decided to collect some money and send it to him. They collected some money -- he had asked for fifty rupees but they could collect only forty.

The next letter came, again addressed to God, and the boy had written, "Dear Sir, please next time when you send the money, send it directly to me, don't send it through the post office. They have taken their commission --ten rupees!"
~~ OSHO

"Looking around the table, he prefaced it by asking, �Are there any Christians here? I don�t mean to blashpheme or offend anyone.� Since nobody declared themselves to be religiously affiliated, he continued, �The Lord and St. Peter are in heaven observing the action down on the earth on a television monitor. They are amazed by what they see: people are forever rushing about, ceaselessly digging and constructing, building large cities, everywhere busy, busy, busy, from early morning throughout the night. The Lord turns to St. Peter and asks incredously, � What are they all doing, busy from morning till night, never resting, forever striving, battling, competing? What�s the point of it?� St Peter replies, �Well Lord, these people are your followers, they believe in you and obey you. And you told them to eat their bread in the sweat of their brows.� And the Lord says to St. Peter, �But I was only kidding.��

We started to laugh, but Krishnamurti gestured us to calm down, calling out, �No, don�t laugh yet. There�s more to come. St. Peter switches channels and they see a magnificent banquet hall in the Vatican with huge tables filled with expensive delicacies. There are caviar and truffles and the finest wines and so on. Hundreds of big men in purple robes are seated around the tables, feasting and laughing and drinking cognac and smoking cigars. They are the cardinals and bishops, having a feast. �But what about these people, �the Lord asks St. Peter, �they don�t seem to be eating their bread in the sweat of their brows. If you ask me, they seem to be having a jolly good time.� St. Peter says, �Well Lord, these are the ones who knew you were only kidding.��
~~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

"A Catholic priest, a Protestant minister, and a Jewish rabbi were discussing when life begins.

"Life begins," said the priest, "at the moment of fertilization. That is when God instills the spark of life into the fetus."

"We believe," said the minister, "that life begins at birth, because that is when the baby becomes an individual and is capable of making its own decisions and must learn about sin."

"You've both got it wrong," said the rabbi. "Life begins when the children have graduated from college and moved out of the house..."
--Joseph Campbell

1. What time did you get up this morning? I didn't...

2. Diamonds or pearls? Pearls ...

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
NORTH COUNTRY

4. What is your favorite T.V. show?
Pee-Wee's Playhouse

5. What did you have for breakfast?
I didn't

6. What is your middle name?

7. What is your favorite cuisine?
french-creole, japanese & maltese

8. What foods do you dislike?
Olive Salad, Hot Spices, Wasabi,Hot Dogs

9. Your favorite Potato Chip?
Fine dining types

10. What is your favorite CD at the moment?
Marshall Rosenbergs 'Speaking Peace'

11. What kind of car do you drive?
I don't drive, but if I did it would be a Ford model A

12. What characteristics do you despise? I don't hold any attachment to how another should be in life.

13 favorite item of clothing?
Was my leather jacket, but now it is a light jacket/flanel?? that was Gia's great grandfathers

14. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Malta, Tibet, New Zealand, Sicily, England, Napa, Hawaii

15. What color is your bathroom?

KATRINA BITCH!

16. Favorite brand of clothing? I usually shop at Stein Mart or online...

17. Where would you retire?
Only Malta

18. Favorite time of the day?
Time is bullshit

19. Where were you born?
Washington, DC

20. Favorite sport to watch?
Basketball

21. Who do you least expect to send this back? n/a

22. Person to send it back first? n/a

23. What laundry detergent do you use?
Tide with bleach...

24. Coke or Pepsi?
I prefer distilled water

25. Are you a morning person or night owl?
Both

26. What size shoe do you wear?
11

27. Do you have pets?
No.

28. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with your friends?
Friends?

29. What (who) did you want to be when you were little?
Someone who could focus on truth

30. Favorite candy?
Ice Cream? Frozen yogurt

31. What is your best childhood memory?
Walking

32. What are the different jobs you have had in your life?
Waiter, cook, manager..

33. What color underwear are you wearing? I don't know

34. Nicknames: PUBLIUS!

35. Any Piercing?
No

36. Eye color?
Blue

37. Ever been to Africa?
Not yet...

38. Ever been toilet papering?
No

39. Love someone so much it made you cry?
That is not why one would cry...go to the root.

40. Been in a car accident?
Yes

41. Croutons or bacon bits?
Neither

42. Favorite day of the week?
Again time.

43. Favorite Restaurant?
Cafe Xima

44. Favorite Flower?
What Gia sent me once

45. Favorite ice cream?
So many... rum and vodka

46. Disney or Warner Brothers?
Me

47. Favorite fast food?
Fine Dining as everyone is so fast

48. What color is your bedroom carpet?
Currently homeless

49. How many times did you fail your driver's test?
I didn't take it!

50. Before this one, from whom did you get your last email from?

Someone important

51. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
ebay!

52. What do you do most often when you are bored?
Read

54. Who are you most curious about?
Gia and myself

53. Bedtime:
I sleep

55. Last person you went to dinner with?
My mother

56. Ford or Chevy? FORD model A!

57. What are you listening to right now?
Dalai Lama chant (ask me and i will send it to you...)

58. What is your favorite color?
Black, red, and purple

59. Lake, Ocean or River?

60. How many tatoo's do you have?
none

61. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
If you ask this question, you deny your own chicken-nature.

62. How many people are you sending this e-mail to?
Nobody.

63. Favorite cocktail?
Ice Cream... vanilla vodka, little bit of milk punch or white russian for coloring with 7-up

64. Red or White?
Depends on situation

65. Where would you go for a girls/men's weekend getaway?
A what?

66. What would you do if you had to select another career?
All I can do is be true to myself

67. Republican or Democrat?
a hamiltonian-libertarian-autodidact

68. Where will you take your next vacation?
Vacation? Everything is personal

69. All time favorite concert?
Seeing Iggy and The Stooges in 2003, as well as the Lazy Cowgirls in New Orleans in 1995
THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1) Insight
2) Wit
3) Ability to adapt and change

THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1)that I am not a fully self-enlightened individual (yet)

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1) Reading the Idiot
2) Talking to G
3) PTSD attacks/Toothpaste

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1) Meditation
2) Truth
3) Compassion

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1) a tommy hilfiger shirt
2) Ralph Lauren panse
3) a handmade leather trench coat

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS (at the moment):
1) Iggy and the Stooges
2)
3) George Thorogood and the Destroyers

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS (at the moment):
1) One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Bear by George Thorogood
2) Get The Money by Iggy Pop and goran Bregovic with the No Smoking Band
3) Questioningly by the Ramones

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1) Continue my enlightenment
2) Develop myself inwardly, spiritually, and physically
3) See Gia

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1)Just nonviolent compassionate communication

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE:
1)The world is like you think it is
2)The world is like you feel it is
3)The world is like it is

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1) Smell that hair after a kiss or something far more intimate
2) Female facial expressions
3) Long legs

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1) Comply
2) Be obedient
3) Accept our society way

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1) Walking/Yoga/exercise/Meditating (mind/body exercise)
2) writing/reading
3) Conversing

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1) Have my own bed again
2) Finish this entire katrina mess
3) talk to Gia

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1) Teaching at brockwood at some point
2) Setting up my own school and international foundation
3) Changing the educational structure

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1) MALTA
2) England
3) India and Tibet

THREE KID'S NAMES:
1) Lily
2) Gia
3) Obie

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1) See Gia and have an extremely long conversation over a few weeks with utmost focus
2) return to Malta
3) Continue my enlightenment and pass on my boon

THREE WAYS I AM STEREOTYPICALLY A GIRL:
1) I don't angle every girl I meet for sex and can actually have female friends

THREE CELEB CRUSHES:
I guess this will have to do:
1) I have heard that Alyssa milano has a great personality if that counts
2) I would love to converse with Minnie Driver, as she seems interesting
3) Darryl Hannah seems a bit well different and unique and cool characteristic, though Ione Skye seems cool too. All those were actors though nobody really.

None compare in any way to Gia...