TheVoid said:

I'll look out for it

I bitch about everything I can.

Many things.

I mean, I guess a lot of the things I do (like cooking from scratch and gardening and reading nonfiction) might have a practical edge, but I don't HAVE to do them, exactly.

I play with my guitar and my rubik's cube, take froofy candlelit baths, hike, kayak, watch/listen to podcasts (TED! TAL! JJGo!), watch shows by nerdsexy people on teh internets (Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Bill Maher). Yoga. Laying in the sun and floating in the lake, seasonally. Select drugs. Beverage appreciation (coffee, tea, beer, wine, gin) and other foodie pleasures.

Then there are things like listening to music and going for long walks and talking to my faraway friends online that could be seen as just-for-fun, but really I consider them to be fundamental to my well-being.

Drink.

Heavily.

watch classic movies
read historical books
walk along the beach & collect rocks and sand dollars
play at prince.org

lafleurdove said:

what s a sand dollar?

read (mostly philosophy at the moment, cause I'm studying)
walk (parks, woods, heaths... I like birds, foxes and all those things that don't use toilet paper)
listen (all sorts, it was Madame Butterfly and New Power Soul - 'cause of a thread on the org, this wknd)
watch (films, Series - 24 and BG, porn, natural history docs)
visit (exhibitions - saw the Van Gogh and his Letters this wknd)

ConsciousContact said:

actual size. though some are smaller.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...and_dollar

Play guitar.

Eat.

I do loads of silly stuff but, one of my favorite thingies to do ....'round this tourist area I live in....

Can spot a "Fudgie" comin' from a mile away...I have one of those friendly faces so, folks ask me for directions to places....

Sometimes..and I did say Sometimes givin' wrong directions is a whole heap of fun !!!!!

vivid said:

What was it like? I am so bummed out I have to miss out on it.

vivid said:

have you got a favourite philosopher?

lafleurdove said:

I them, and sea biscuits!

Spending time with my daughter. She's a bit of a kook and has a very unique, but well-reasoned view of life. It often blows me away that I'm somebody's daddy, but even more I'm surprised at how rewarding parenthood is. I mean it. I know that shit sounds sappy or whatever, but I love being a parent. And it came completely out of nowhere. Best. Thing. Ever.

violator said:

I've been really REALLY enjoying my guys last couple of days
I'm not always on the same wavelength as them, since all they talk about is super mario
but they are good people - 2 have realised the world doesn't actually revolve around them and it's like seeing them open their eyes for the first time and consider how it is for others. Oscar said to me the other day "it's not easy to be you, is it? You have too many boys"

ZombieKitten said:

I liked Gerald's Game in the beginning but it wore out for me part way through. That was a few years back I wonder if I'd like it any better now.
I did like Dolores Claiborne a lot, though.

ZombieKitten said:

Gerald's Game

HamsterHuey said:

Excllent. I'm not a huge fan but it really brings it all to life with the letters. With they way it was hung too, and even the colours of the different rooms, you really saw the progression. Damn fine exhibition.

ConsciousContact said:

Plato. Obvious choice, but I always come back to him. I don't agree with much he says, but he's a great read and has been giving the best philosophical minds a great workout for millenia.

I also enjoy Kant and Neitzche.

vivid said:

He's not my favest, but the ones I do like, I love a lot.

His paintings are best when you stand in front of it and can see the layers of paints he put on there. I bet his paint strokes get dusty, cuz they have so much relief. I bet they are hell to maintain.

HamsterHuey said:

Yep. I got up real close and admired his layers. I enjoyed his landscapes but not his portraits so much. I really liked 'Grass and Butterflies' for some reaosn.

vivid said:

I am totally gaga for his 'starry night' paintings.

Here's a huge ass scan of my favest. It's so big you can see the layers I love so much. Even though it's best viewed from a distance, so the swirls can invade yer mind properly.

http://christineparkdesig...lance1.jpg

HamsterHuey said:

Yep. that's one of mine too. My mum had that up on the wall when I were a little lad.