Teany
I found this stuff in a Japanese market down in SoHo on Saturday night:
It (the bottle) says it's made by "Moby" (and we were wondering if its
the Moby). Well! After some research I am fairly positive that it is made by one singer/producer Moby. And it is originally from a cafe down by E. Houston street which serves veggie/vegan foodstuffs and many, many tea-oriented products. MMMm....
Now if only they sold these awesome tea-beverages up here! I should have bought more than 2 bottles of it...
Never Settle
I just found this post in my MySpace blog as I was going through and removing everything. It's from way back in the day (Sept 28, 2004):
Never settleA strange thing happened to me at work about a week ago. A couple of people know this story but most don't. Wanted to write it down regardless, though.
An older gentleman, who was very distinguished looking and well dressed (wearing European clothing, gold cufflinks, etc.) came into the restaurant last Monday night; we weren't busy and I had a couple of parties going on, there were a few servers milling around, but out of everyone this man pulled me aside.
The man asked if he could see the menu and I politely said of course he could, as I usually do; he also asked if he could sit down in one of the booths to read it. I showed him to one of the booths and asked if he would like me to get anything for him or if he would be having dinner that evening. The man replied that he wouldn't be having dinner but that he was visiting the neighborhood, saw that the restaurant was new, and wanted to see what we were all about. He told me he was in from out of town and was staying in a friend's house on Lakeside (where all the large, posh houses are in the neighborhood), and that his friend was staying with his cousins in Italy; the man also said that it was a funny coincidence that the restaurant was Italian, since his family was in the business in Tuscany
We continued to chat and he asked if I was Italian myself. I told him that I'm not Italian but that I am southern French so alot of people ask me if I am northern Italian instead. The man said I had a 'Renaissance face', and that I look like the women in the paintings of that period from the romance countries (which is funny, because I've been told that before and whenever I go to the museums I get slightly freaked out). Before continuing further he says "you know, you hold yourself with such poise and grace and that's rare these days. It's refreshing. And of course I'm not telling you all of this to pick you up or try take you home because that would obviously be pointless- I'm much older than you, and if I did want to take you home I'd want to take you home as a daughter". Of course I was flattered and told him so (people don't tell you things like that every day).
But after all the flattery the man tells me (and addresses me by my name because I had told him my name by this point) "Kimberly, never settle for anything less than perfect. You're one of those women who never should. You'll have lots of men chasing after you, lots of attractive and successful men, but try to find one with a soul and substance, too. They're the ones that are worth it. Truly though, never settle for anything less than total perfection". After a couple more comments and after thanking him for all of the kind words, compliments and advice, I told him that I needed to check on my parties but to let me know if I could get him anything. By the time I turned around less than 30 seconds later, he was gone.
All of this happened while I was breaking up with my boyfriend. I think it was a sign. But it's strange and eerie how things happen sometimes.
I think he's right, and I'm taking his advice: now I won't settle. And I wish I could find him to thank him
*******
It's always interesting to find things like this, because it still holds true.
Transcendentalism in modern society
According to the theories of transcendentalism, all people are good by nature and it is society's fault for making people corrupt. Can this possibly be true? It throws out the line of thinking that people are inherently evil, of which the thinking is supported by the Christian church and all Western religions in general.
Funny that this theory began in the Unitarian Christian church and branched out into the writings of Emerson, et cetera in the mid-1800's.
What would the inverse of this be? All people are evil by nature and it is society which gives people the chance to break the mold set forth for them and become the exact opposite of what they were supposed to be?
If we are all here to learn as much as possible and to grow as people, which is another tenant of transcendentalism, how could it be true that we learn from the world around us and from society, when it is society that supposedly has such a negative impact on our souls and our minds? What, then, are we going to learn from? I suppose it is possible that we are to learn from the mistakes of society, but that still leaves a huge gap in what we can learn from our immediate surroundings and what we have the capacity to learn as human beings.
Intellectual/social theory makes absolutely no sense. Way to go, Unitarians!
As an end note, I haven't died. In fact, I am alive and wallowing in my writing endeavors and school assignments/classes whilst attempting to stay afloat amongst the debris of my relationship and the boogey man of my fatigue. Huzzah. I'm going to try to make more of an effort to write on a regular basis, or I'm going to lose everyone's interest. Stay tuned!
Four and a half hours of hiking through the woods and up a mountain has left me exhausted today (and I'm usually pretty tired anyways...maybe I should start taking those sleeping pills). Sure I had alot of things to do and I have to do them all today instead, but it was totally worth it because I made use of a beautiful day! Hoping to go out again next weekend
Today's weather is cloudy and gray. Perfect for napping, which I wish I was doing right not. Ah well, 10 days until break...
Work calls me. Ick.
