Squirrels Live Here
In between t-shirts, comic bloc and life, a squirrel finally moved into the squirrel house I’ve had attached to my garage for a few years now. It’s too low for them to feel very safe, but hopefully its warm and out of the wind. I know someone lives there, because I startled them out tonight accidentally.
Need to leave more pecans out. Squirrels that live close deserve the best.
Squirrels still, always, make me smile.
How many times
The realization of our humanity is a humbling but quickly forgotten experience.
Things we learn everyday, over and over, continue to shape us.
Who you are is up to you.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Who you are is entirely up to you.
Find something you enjoy and spend you time focused on that.
It’s probably best if you pick something that is beneficial.
Ready
Contrary to what a few may think, I am happy and proud of where I am.
This living is good.
There will be more when the time is right.
I am thankful and happy for my family. I am grateful for my diverse friends.
I look forward to many more of both.
Have I done what I need to do? Not yet. Not yet. Perhaps yet I will surprise you. But I live for myself.
I dreampt of the Pope recently, and his advice to me was “live for the world” vs live for the planet.
We shall not disappoint.
Happy Squirrel Appreciation Day!
January 21st is NATIONAL Squirrel Appreciation Day! Please celebrate by putting out lots and lots of Pecans for the squirrels!
Squirrel Articles:
Squirrels at the Smithsonian
UTAH – Canyonlands
UTAH! Holy crap, Canyonlands did NOT disappoint. What a spectacular trip! Had a blast hanging out with Paul, Jeff and Jim. Here are some photos. I’m ready to go back. I think an overnight in Zion is necessary soon.
October 2010
October.
Its October.
Do you know how close the moon is. Can you taste mercury? What is jupiter made of?
Blood, yes, gravity draws fire in the end
Time tastes heavily onto heads
waves of us destroy lies
fingers into flames
burn your only hopes
time wasted. burned dreams
free hope with ashes
wind saved
Interlude
Terror. Death. Destruction.
These are things my life has been blessed to not know.
how can i possibly think i feel hardship? Nothing bad has ever happened.
i miss my other dog. i do miss my ex wife.
but now what? what is there? how sad can you be? move. move. move.
move on to the things that excite you. do what you are here to do.
please.
ok.
thanks.
josh
Time
It’s time.
Now. Really this time. I can’t rot here any longer. I can’t sit around and wait for something to happen any longer. It won’t. Not without my input.
I kinda know what. I kinda know how. And I mostly know the rest of the details. What is missing? Me. The I part of things. The bit where I actually decide for me what I want to do.
What might that be? It’s a lot of things, but it is for sure, nothing I am doing now. It’s all the dreams I have languishing. It’s all the thoughts I have dying. Its all the things I am not doing yet I know I should.
So how/why/now? I don’t know, all I know is this is not it. This is not the life I want, nor the life I am supposed to be living. I’m alive for a reason. Still alive. And this end I must meet head on. Face to face and eyes open.
I’ll never be anyone but me. But the me I can be is much more than what I am today. What I am now. It keeps getting lost in the day to day. The now. But the now is all there is, so if I don’t do it now, when? Never.
I’ve worked hard to become who and what I am. And I do not regret a second of it. But I know that if I don’t change me soon, this is all I will ever be. And thats just not good enough. Some people are destined for greatness, some will change the world. I am a facilitator. I accept that now. I may not impact things in the way I want, but I know now that its up to me to help them happen.
So lets start now. Lets make this week the last and first week.
Lets change things. Together we can. Together we can.
Time
So time always passes.
Always. What do you do with yours?
Mine? I fritter and waste it, as if some commodity like oil. “hey its sweet time, it wont matter, fish like it”
I know what I should be doing. Have for some long time. I did well with it for a moment. And now it is gone again.
Can we get it back? Nope. Move forward? Always. So now what do i do. i know what i should. im very very far away from where i know i need to be. and left to my own devices will slowly drift away further.
At some point, that should have occurred long ago, I needed to choose a direction for my life and run with it. I know people that did, and they are very successful. Happy? Sometimes. Same as me. But the one thing i take away from all of it, is a quote from a woman that dresses as Wonder Woman. (paraphrasing)
“It doesn’t matter if i make it, what’s important, is that I’m doing what I love”
And the circumstances of that quote make it even better. Live your life now, while you have life. Do well NOW while you have life. It doesn’t matter after this. Nothing is known. Do it now. Do it right. Do it well.
This is what I am not doing. At all yet.
Time and Place
This time and place
seem to pass so transiently
a tiny target. something so small. what if you are aiming at it all along?
Squirrels have the best tails in the entire animal kingdom.
I don’t want a pickle
Sorry Mom.
I decided to convert vegas into 2 wheels.
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- Harley 2007 Nighster
Orange and black 2007 Harley Davidson Nighster.
Just got done with Harley dealer approved training class. 6 vs 20. Worth my extra pay. Plus they are pro Harley.
Now to ride my own machine.
Stay alive. Be good. Do well. Change all.
This is what you need to do.
always.
Significance of 21 – How Awareness Changes Reality
Significance of 21 – How Awareness Changes Reality or “Why does everyone have a mustache when you do?”
I was asked about the significance of the number 21 in my life, due to today being International Squirrel Appreciation Day which happens to be the 21st. I had to think about it for a minute and traced the initial noticing of it after I was nicknamed TwoOne. Which made me think: Did the number 21 suddenly start occurring more around me, or is it that my awareness of these occurrences increased?
For the record here are the references to 21 that I was able to come up with:
- TwoOne – nickname
- The best issue of the original G.I.Joe comic is 21 – Snake Eyes silent interlude
- Wonder Woman 21 is the source of the sun design in my tattoo
- International Squirrel Appreciation Day is January 21st
- The solstices occur on the 21sts
- The 21 – Universe card in Tarot comes up more frequently than others for me
Currently that’s all I came up with, which is not a huge number by any means. So the real question is repeated – whats the importance of 21 in my life? From my list only the first and the last have unique meaning to me. The coincidence of Squirrel Day falling on the 21st is strange, but probably nothing more than that.
But it feels more to me, perception alters reality. I notice it more when it does occur, therefore I perceive it happens more frequently than other numbers.
The Turning Point
This one is for you mom;
Once again i asked a question of the I Ching. Once again it gave me the same answer twice.
This time, both readings resulted in the 24th hexagram, Fú. The Turning Point..
The best summary : “Turning back or returning. Reaching the point of no return and returning. Reformation and thus rejuvenation.”
“He will return and repeat his proper course. .. There will be advantage in whatever direction movement is made”
Its represented by the earth and thunder. I like it.
Link for Pí : Standstill
Link for Fú : Turning Point
12 and now 24. whats next, 21 and 42? oh.. wait……those have been here for a long time.
Still
The i-ching keeps telling me to stand still. P’i. Again for the third time. I don’t know what to make of this repeat repeat repeat repeat fortune. I get it. Stop screwing up. But I can’t stand here alone much longer. I need to get out, I need to get back up and fight again.
pi tattoo
On a more positive note, a fat black squirrel has been coming to my feeder lately. She’s been there almost every morning when I open the shades. Note to self: more squirrel food.
small
how narrow does the path need to get?
no, really?
how tiny does it have to be? the funnel ends.
we know this.
energy never stops.
Cala, the dog princess
On a non-tshirt note, we got together this weekend to celebrate my brother and sister in laws birthdays. My niece grace helped me take this photo of Cala. Enjoy.
Héng – The Enduring
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Endurance. Being constant. Perseverance furthers.
Formed by Thunder and Wind.
This trigram is scarily appropriate for who I am today, and what the world was today. It was incredibly windy and we had a nice thunderstorm.
“If we are in pursuit of game and want to get a shot at a quarry, we must set about it in the right way. A man who persists in staling game in a place where there is none may wait forever without finding any. Persistence in search is not enough. What is not sought in the right way is not found.”
42 – The answer to life the universe and Everything?
The Squirrel
That is the answer.
who sent you
why are you here?
now?
no, really, why are you here? do you know me? perhaps i told you? maybe you think im Joe?
why here and why now? no that is the wrong question.
of course here and of course now, the question is WHICH WAY?
New Tattoo – iChing Pi
I’m thinking about getting another tattoo. I want to get the hexagram Pi from the Chinese book of the iChing. Thinking about putting it over the burns on my left arm. I drew it on in blue sharpie to see how I like it.
Seeing how I like it
Here is the meaning of the hexagram:
I-Ching Hexagram 12 – Pi – Standstill
This hexagram is the opposite of the preceeding one [hexagram 11 - T'ai - Peace (11)] Heaven is above, drawing farther and farther away, while the earth below sinks farther into the depths. The creative powers are not in relation. it is a time of standstill and decline. This hexagram is linked with the seventh month (August-September), when the year has passed its zenith and autumnal decay is setting in.
THE JUDGMENT
STANDSTILL. Evil people do not further
The perseverance of the superior man.
The great departs; the small approaches.
Heaven and earth are out of communion and all things are benumbed. What is above has no relation to what is below, and on earth confusion and disorder prevail. The dark power is within, the light power is without. Weakness is within, harshness without. Within are the inferior, and without are the superior. The way of inferior people is in ascent; the way of superior people is on the decline. But the superior people do not allow themselves to be turned from their principles. If the possibility of exerting influences is closed to them, they nevertheless remain faithful to their principles and withdraw into seclusion.
THE IMAGE
Heaven and earth do not unite:
The image of STANDSTILL.
Thus the superior man falls back upon his inner worth
In order to escape the difficulties.
He does not permit himself to be honored with revenue.
When, owing to the influence of inferior men, mutual mistrust prevails in public life, fruitful activity is rendered impossible, because the fundaments are wrong. Therefore the superior man knows what he must do under such circumstances; he does not allow himself to be tempted by dazzling offers to take part in public activities. This would only expose him to danger, since he cannot assent to the meanness of the others. He therefore hides his worth and withdraws into seclusion.
My current real tattoo:
Dream Squirrel Chakik Tattoo
WTF
what the fuck is going on?
im still here. not doing what i know i need to. hiding behind time. behind bodies.
what the fuck? really? i think i understand the entire universe and nano-biology but i cant get laid? from my hot hot wife? this life is such a strange journey. i thought i had an understanding, but i am always back to here…. its so strange.
you should make a post
too easy to find accidental in space. you must search for the light.
what the hell are we going to do together? chakik is next barney. i didnt even want to write that. it will get searched.
together
thats the key
together
