Heres what needs to be done.
Get my back healed up and strengthened. Then I can get back to lifting!
I can do this by doing daily stretches, and doing some strengthening work with my bodyweight.
Im not too far from lifting again, this is great. Gotta keep working with my knee though.
I was thinking about this.
TV is so unnatural. I mean, when do you really get to watch other peoples lives from your own living room. You sit there, watching a bunch of moving pixels and colors, showing peopleās lives (that arenāt real), and having fun? How is this fun? Why do I enjoy this?
One thing I really feel is the unnaturallness of electronics. Like, even them being on sucks me in. We stare at this glowing rectangle, our eyes barely moving, and we can move around without even moving. We can watch other people do things, and read without even turning a page. We have to āturn onā the electronics, and when we are done, we āturn them offā. What is this like naturally? You canāt turn on a book (unless you count opening it but thatās not it), and you donāt need to turn off a flute. You simply stop using it. You donāt need to power a carpet, and you donāt need to charge your silverware. Its so odd.
And you know you spent too much time on fake-minecraft when;
As a child, you played that game, and would literally HALLUCINATE THE SOUND OF THE COWS IN THE GAME MOOING RANDOMLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
Glad I donāt play videogames much.
THeres this weird feeling I can make myself get. So if I use my teeth and gently bite nothing near the edge of my lip (lips closed, teeth gently closing and opening right by them) just right, after awhile I can make my lips have this strange heavy feeling. Like its large and small, and heavy/dense at the same time. I KNOW this feeling from somewhere I just donāt know where! What does it remind me of?!
April 2 2026
Life is all about moderation.
Ive heard these words countless times, but its only really been more recently that ive come to appreciate them.
I donāt need to have everything. And I donāt need to throw away everything. I will have what I need, and that is sufficient. If I have a bit more, so be it.
I donāt need to be in complete control, nor do I need to āgo with the flowā. I need to simply do what I need to do, be in control of what I need, and let the things outside of my control be as they are. For example; the weather. If it storms and I canāt go outside, so be it. I shouldnāt get upset, only be thankful for it, and remain inside.
I donāt need extreme views. I simply need rational, reasonable, and respectful views. I donāt need to take sides. I need to trust Godās word of what is right, and the True Church (Orthodoxy), which has been around since atleast the time of Moses.
Anyways, these are some of my thoughts this morning.
I had this dream last night that I was on a field trip to France to play soccer or something, but we had to go back because I marked down my shoe size wrongā¦ We had to go to the Carribean first, and then France. I donāt know why.
Then I had a dream I was in Africa, and I was working with the people there, and then the one lady fell off a waterfall because she was overheating and passed out.
Then some sort of pirate dream.
Anyways, today I will eat better, having 1 animal source per meal, and having 1 fruit and/or vegetable per meal. I need the nutrients from them. The thing is, I just donāt want fruit most of the time. Its not that its bad, I just donāt really want it.
About 5 minutes until breakfast
showing peopleās lives (that arenāt real), and having fun? How is this fun? Why do I enjoy this?
The Greeks referred to this as theater.
We have to āturn onā the electronics, and when we are done, we āturn them offā. What is this like naturally?
Fire.
And as a (in-recovery) pyromaniac, I can watch a fire for hours.
Actually a great song by Clutch
I remember hearing
Sabbath for the first time
When I was thirteen years old
A large field party outside Damascus
In the grips of Octoberās cold
Alder birch cedar boxwood pine
Who among us can deny?
We love a good fire
We love a good fireI made eyes with a girl whose name
I can not clearly remember
Then again
That was some thirty years ago
And our words have been lost to the timber
Alder birch cedar boxwood pine
Who among us can deny?
We love a good fire
We love a good fireLike a babe in the woods
I knew right there, that Iād been had
Like a lamb among the wolves
I knew right there, that Iād been hadThis rusted hatchet weighs
Much too heavy in the hand
And all across my countryside
No longer trees do stand
Sycamore, oak, and ash
Nothing in this world can ever last
Can ever lastNow a geezerās nightmare
Slowly unfolds
The sound of English
Rain pisses on the coals
Alder birch cedar boxwood pine
Who among us can deny?
We love a good fire
We love a good fire
We love a good fire
Who doesnāt love a good fire?
Fire doesnāt count its always existed.
Theater is different. Its theater.
Theater is different. Its theater.
Go on. Iāve love to hear more.
Fire doesnāt count its always existed.
Werenāt you specifically asking for something that was like this naturally? Something that hasnāt always existed would be something unnatural, no? Something that had to be made.
Theater isā¦ I donāt know. Its not TV, anyway. Oh, when you look at a play, your eyes arenāt fixed on one singular plane of moving light. Thereās depth, and its healthier for your eyes. And its higher quality, Theater is like the works of Shakespeare andā¦ other ones. TV is just stimulating crap on a rectangle.
Yeah, but you canāt turn on or off a fire. You make a fire, and put it out. Like soup. You make soup, and you eat soup. But its not turning it on or off. Your just making and eating it. And like a sweater. You donāt turn it on or off, you put it on or take it off.
Theater isā¦ I donāt know. Its not TV, anyway. Oh, when you look at a play, your eyes arenāt fixed on one singular plane of moving light. Thereās depth, and its healthier for your eyes. And its higher quality, Theater is like the works of Shakespeare andā¦ other ones.
If I were to record a presentation of a Shakespeare play and play it on a television, what would that make it?
Yeah, but you canāt turn on or off a fire. You make a fire, and put it out.
What would you say is the difference between these two things?
Bad for your eyes. And depending on the laws, a pirated copy of a play, which if the laws are like movie laws, can result in a big fine.
The difference between turning something on or off and making a fire and putting it out, is that making a fire is a complete task, while flipping a switch is not. You have to go make a fire. You canāt just turn on a switch and its there (we are talking about REAL fires, like, caveman type). Going with the soup example, you canāt just flip a switch and boom you got chicken soup. You have to bring the water to a boil, add in the chicken sections, let it cook, take it out and put in the bits of meat, add vegetables, and so on until you have this nice steaming pot of delicious soup.
Bad for your eyes. And depending on the laws, a pirated copy of a play, which if the laws are like movie laws, can result in a big fine.
But still theater it appears. Your original objection was this
showing peopleās lives (that arenāt real), and having fun? How is this fun? Why do I enjoy this?
Now, it appears more a concern about eye strain. That I canāt speak to, but us establishing the appeal of watching a fake presentation of life is at least helpful in understanding the human condition. Weāve always enjoyed watching production, and from it weāve learned many lessons. Theater is a story come to life, and stories were how we learned lessons, as they stuck with us far more than simply telling straight facts. As a Christian, you most likely appreciate this in terms of Jesusā use of parable to teach lessons to others. Parables can turn into theater, and theater can turn into television.
Meanwhile, it appears I misunderstood your comment regarding turning off and on. You appear to want an added element of challenge for achievement of reward, rather than the sheer notion of turning something off and on. Itās the instantaneous nature of outcome youāre perplexed by, rather than the notion of bringing something into existence and then eliminating it.
The fire and television relate here as well. For much of our history, weāve enjoyed retiring at the end of the evening by sitting peacefully and watching something glow back at us hypnotically.
I suppose your right about the television/theater. But TV generally is a bunch of crap these days, apparently. I wouldnāt know because I donāt really watch it.
I wouldnāt think it as me being āperplexedā, but yes.
I suppose thatās true.
But TV generally is a bunch of crap these days, apparently. I wouldnāt know because I donāt really watch it.
Same. Itās not a high priority for me. I was a big fan of the series āHouse MDā though, and Game of Thrones. But the Mrs and I do watch āBobās Burgersā whenever there is a new episode.
We take in a LOT of live theater these days though. Musicals specifically. And we got to see the original Greek and Roman theaters this last summer. That was a trip.
I have thoroughly enjoyed this exchange.
Iām sure there were crap plays and musicals in the old days. They just didnāt stand the test of time, so we donāt have to suffer through them now.
Yup. Nietzsche certainly wasnāt short on opinions about them all either, haha.
Plus, crap TV beats attending public executions for entertainment.
That reminds me: I learned on our trip that Roman gladiators werenāt just limited to the Colosseum. Pretty much every Roman town had their own gladiator pit. Itās like, as soon as you get 3 humans together, 1 of them will want to watch the other 2 fight each other for sport.
We do love our morbid entertainment.
What about writing? People said the same thing about books.
