Trancendental moment

so i was working 12 to 10 yesterday which i was not looking forward to since it was snowing out and all but it happened to be the best day I've probably ever had it work. I started out reading a food for thought book i grabbed from the buddhist temple which put me in a pretty good mood. My trancendental moment though was when i walked outside to change the trash and there was litterally just sheets of snow falling on top of me. I just had to stop and look up in the sky and i was litterally just captivated by this snow. So I preceeded to start sliding around the parking lot dancing around while the plow drivers were wondering what the hell is wrong with this kid and why isn't he inside making me coffee. it was just awesome.

I failed I went on Facebook, you may all hate me now

Oops

So I was looking through my phone today and I realized that I sent a text on friday night without even realizing it till today. Soooooooo....yeah

Lunar Eclipse

So I was browsing the news the other day and I happened to notice that there is a lunar eclipse tonight (Monday) And it starts at 1:15 AM so if any of you are interested you should stay up and see it! because its supposed to be ridiculously beautiful. Just figured I'd let you all know

This Weeks Challenges!

So for this week I believe we agreed on trying to take something in your life and examine it from another perspective (for example, school is a good one to try and look at differently). Hopefully this will help many of you to learn to take new approaches and look at more things in life from different or multiple perspectives. Also, I am unsure if we are doing the texting challenge this week or not but I guess it never hurts to try it out anyways.

Also as a sidenote, as I was pulling onto my street today I noticed two deer standing in my neighbors yard just eating grass and being calm. I startled them slightly when I pulled onto the street but I stopped my car right there, hopped out, and just watched them for about 10 minutes and just enjoyed seeing two beautiful creatures just standing in my neighborhood 50 feet from me and for some reason I was really awestruck. So there's a small Transcendental moment I had and thought I'd share. Good luck with the tasks at hand everyone! (and please post on the blog for meeeee)

yep

yeah i just sent a text message. guess im the first one.

Trancendentalizing my room.

So I finally simplified my room and I got rid of everything I don't need. I filled about 2 bags full of clothes to give away and another 4 bags full of random junk and somewhat memorable things I kept. It felt pretty nice afterwards to see a bare simple room. A room devoid of any attachment or memorable baggage to keep me down. It just feels more of like a place now. I even made myself a small meditation pad, its pretty sweet aha. I just thought I'd share my little trancendental project with ya'll. I highly suggest that everybody should just look through all the things in your rooms and ask yourselves, "do I really need this?"

yuuuuup I failed

So I cracked and went on facebook, I was really bored doing homework, I know, not the best excuse, soo I feel kind of lame being back on facebook. Im not going to be on as much anymore though, there is so many better things to do with my time ahahaha

oops.

I went on Facebook because it was the only way I could get in contact with someone I needed to. I also have to head costumes for Julius Caesar so I need to get in contact with the girls on my team and it seems like the only way anyone communicates lately...

yeahh

i now have a facebook once again. although i find myself barely on it.

yeahh

i now have a facebook once again. although i find myself barely on it.

I caved.

I feel ....dirty. I don't like it.

Nuff said.

:)

Great meeting today!

First off, I'd like to say that today's meeting was very productive. Without Mr. Mahoney there to "guide" us in our meetings as usual we had to make do with a stairwell meeting. Though we started out a bit chaotic in terms of directions, I'm glad that we were able to quickly shift into specific topics and have good discussions with plenty of input from everyone. Also, It was very exciting to hear everyone's takes on wealth and success and those topics. Guest speakers such as Mr. Ware and Mr. O'Leary helped to enlighten us on their own views and understandings as well and it vas very nice of them to join us and help further our discussions.

As we mentioned in the meeting there are a few assignments to tackle for the next meeting:
1) Try to find some time for yourself over the next week. Take a good chunk of time and just open your minds to the world around you. Write down whatever comes to mind and try and see things through a Transcendental perspective. This can be as simple as sitting in a room and listening to music while staring off in thought or can be a moment such as Mr. Mahoney's pomegranate.
2) Go through your room/house and find things (clothes, old toys, etc) and see what you can get rid of/donate to goodwill or charities. There are plenty of charities accepting donations and by getting rid of these extra possessions that you do not need, you will be helping with people who have nothing in their lives and will undoubtedly help change someone's life. It is the season of giving after all :)
3) If you are still working on the avoiding facebook challenge, keep up the good work! If you truly believe you can keep going then by all means keep going. Try not to limit yourself to just facebook and maybe even branch out to other social networking sites as well and see if you can slowly work yourself away from internet addictions!

You can try any of these ideas (or all of them if you are up to it) or anything else that comes to mind that you think pertains to the club. Make sure to make a blog post of your experiences with these tasks sometime before next weeks meeting, and try and bring in one item that you do not need anymore.

yes!

i finally got invited. aww yeah.p.s. i made it through the entire week and i think im going to activate my facebook for band page purposes, but outside that, i probably am not going to go on it. katie says hi

:[

Its hard to say but I have failed to beat the addiction that is facebook. I just got home and logged on without even thinking... again. I'm probably gonna still try and not use facebook cause I was enjoying myself more not having one. So yeah I have failed where I hope the rest of you succeed. good luck guys.

WATS in the Yearbook?

Do you guys want to be in the yearbook? Tiffany Chow said that she can get us in, we would just have to plan some time to get a picture together

first to crack

Alright so I know it probably looks bad being the head of the club but yeah, I'm the first to crack. In my defense though, being stuck at home with half my face numb just watching tv is kind of boring, plus I did have to help a bit with my ski team group communication. So oh well, hope everyone else succeeds where I failed haha

Morals and Beliefs?

Hey guys, figured I'd throw a post of my own into the mix. I'm pretty sure I'm not very good at poetry, but I was going threw some of my stuff the other day, and I figured this one could make for a good discussion next week.

I know it is not right
To look towards god with my plight
Because when in my prime
He will hardly cross my mind.

I wrote this one just thinking about how I only really take my religion seriously when I need help, or if I'm sad. And I felt quite guilty about it. Personally I'm roman catholic, and my religion is about celebrating god during the good times AND the bad, not just asking for help during the bad. When it comes to the rest of your morals or beliefs, do you really hold true to them all the time? or just when its convenient? Its something interesting to think about.

On a side note, I have not touched facebook yet. Though I want to, and I've come close a few times.

Thanks guys, Jesse

i've been reading the posts about facebook, and it surprised me how much i've severed my attachment with it in such a short time. the need to be constantly connected stressed me out so much, and now it's like i finally have some space to breathe and think without worrying that my friends will be constantly be trying to talk to me. it's sort of a moot point with my cell phone still being in use, but the difference is that no one can look and see if i'm "online" so if i don't want to talk, i don't have to. the solitude is really comforting to be honest.

I just got on the computer and first thing I caught myself doing was typing in facebook... again. It seriously is a problem that we can just subconsciously do that. The fact that facebook is that big a part of our everyday lives just says something huge about the impact of technology on the world, but I for one am glad to be rid of facebook. I say good riddance facebook, hello peace of mind.

Starting out the contest!

So as you all know, at today's meeting we decided upon a little contest among us Transcendentalists to see who can go for the longest period of time without logging into facebook. Several of you decided to deactivate your accounts to deal with the temptation and others are choosing to try and use free will. Keep in mind there is no penalty for caving in, it is instead just a friendly competition to test everyone's control and see how much it may truly affect our lives.

I know personally that upon opening the internet, my mouse quickly scrolls over my facebook bookmark....this is going to be quite the challenge, especially for someone like me who is on facebook for long periods of time haha.

Good luck everyone!!!

I'm not gonna lie, I've been putting off deactivating my facebook. It seems so easy yet I can't bring myself to do it. Something about being connected with the world and my friends at the touch of a button is comforting.
I feel like it's going to take a lot of effort not to get back on but I'm hoping I can make it. So here goes nothing.
Facebook deactivated. It's done.

Facebook Addicts Anonymousness.

I admit I am powerless over Facebook—that my life has become unmanageable.

So I'm three hours into this and I can't believe how much my life revolved around facebook. Thinking back I can not even count the amount of times I checked it just yesterday. Last night I even checked it multiple times in bed! So that was my rock bottom. I'm starting my Facebook recovery and right now I guess you could call this detox. Getting all of the toxins out of my system. Creeping, drama, formspring links, malfunctioning chat boxes, pokes! The list could go on forever. Even now, my fingers are itching to see if anyone is on Facebook chat. Crawford would be. :) And how am I going to let everyone know that I hope I didn't hit any frogs on my way home in the pouring rain?

My name is Katie and I am an addict.

stream of consciousness

hi everyone! :)
so I sometimes write stream of consciousness poetry-ish prose when I'm trying to figure out exactly what I'm feeling, and i really think it helps me find a greater awareness of myself. So here's one of them:

when we ended, it was like breaking a glass.
smashed on the floor, the glittering shards are easy to see
seem easy to pick up

but as time goes by, the job gets harder
the pieces get smaller, til
there's only crystal dust.

in your eyes,
on your hands,
under your nails,
inside your skin.

and you can't clean it off.