Grammy 2012

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On the Fence:

AC: "Healthy Living"

Matt:  don't u know it's airline policy to have at least 1 crying baby on every flight. they pay the mothers
lynnie : air transat must be losing a ton of money they have like 8 crying babies on every flight
Matt: aha, it's all part of their customer experience, it's a worthy expenditure for them just like how they pay for the flights to not line up with their connecting flights, like, ever
lynnie : who doesnt LOVE extremely long layovers
Matt: exactly. customer service
lynnie: just enough time to fall asleep on the bench, not enough to leave the airport
Matt: or like they're doing u a favor by making u land in terminal 1 at O'Hara and have to get to terminal 3 in 10 min good exercise for you, part of Air Canada's "healthy living" plan

Letting Go

The Buddha said we experience the peace of nirvana by letting things be as they are. Indeed, applying the Beatles' exhortation to "Let It Be" to our lives can bring a lot of serenity and equanimity. [...]

Of course, if it were that easy, we'd all be enlightened by now. 放開--Letting go, letting be, or embodying the Buddhist term "nonattachment" greatly reduces and even alleviates suffering. In fact, it is the goal of Buddhism. Buddha taught that the cause of suffering is craving and attachment. Therefore, letting go of our tight-fisted grasping is in our own self-interest, as it helps erode our wellspring of dissatisfaction and anxiety.

...attachment is like holding on tightly to something that is always slipping through my fingers--it just gives me rope burn. But letting go--nonattachment--relieves the constant, painful irritation. A good example of this is not being able to fall asleep at night because you keep turning something over and over in your mind. It's one of those times when letting go is obviously a necessary virtue, and having some kind of relaxation tool can be extraordinarily helpful.

Scientific research has shown that people who are optimistic and have an ability to accept or let go of negative memories, experiences, and events tend to be healthier and live longer than people who are pessimistic and worry about or try to change things that are out of their control. Indeed, acceptance is actually transformative, and awareness is curative. Sometimes mistaken for passivity or complacency, acceptance has a powerful magic that is actually quite dynamic and creative. Have you ever noticed, for example, how accepting your mate rather than trying to change him or her ends up improving your relationship?

The easiest way to work on letting go and letting be is to notice your tendency to want things to be different from what they are and to practice giving up that strong preference. The Third Chinese Patriarch of Zen sang, "The Way is not difficult for those who have few preferences."

Read more: http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Buddhism/2000/12/Letting-Go-Letting-Be.aspx#ixzz1m2TuZSPJ

Noise Pollution

lynnie: TIRED of the noise pollution
K: well it's either banging or mom nagging. Which do u hate more? haha
lynnie: mom nagging haha..i forgot u had noise pollution in ur life too
K: REALLY?!?!?!?!?!?!?1
lynnie: hahaha i still wouldnt move back home despite the banging, at least u can wear ear plugs; you cant wear ear plugs when ur mom nags
K: oh u said u hate mom nagging more. see? there, putting things in prespective for u = )

Racquet Ball Court

Recently I've been asked if I was working next to a squash court or a racquet ball court. Why? because during the meeting, all you hear is "bang bang bang bang" in the background."

You see those holes in the middle of the buildings? They're building a bridge to connect the two buildings. It's supposed to look pretty cool. I hope it does, because it's driving me bat$^!7 crazy right now.

A few weeks ago, there were some banging outside that was louder than usual, and I saw this:

Looks like they're starting to build the bridge from the bottom and hoist it up. Okay.....but then the banging got louder and louder and louder, and then it started at approximate 6:45am and lasts until about 4pm. On Saturdays, around 9am it begins. And then as the days go by, it actually gets even LOUDER. One day I finally looked out my window again to see what's going on, and I realized that not only are they bonging steel, they are literally banging outside my window. LITERALLY.

Here's a excerpt:

This was a short version, actually. Sometimes they go on for 5 minutes of banging. And then intermittently for ten minutes. A break for about 15 minutes, and then begins again. There's no say.

So, I had to go and get these babies:

They make my inner ear itch, but now I don't wake up before 7am every morning any more.

This morning, I had a dream about something I can't remember, but towards the end of the dream, someone was banging my head against the wall, going "PONG PONG PONG PONG" and when I woke up from it, I realized it was because one of the plugs fell out of my ear.

I wonder how much longer this will go on.

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On a unrelated note, I liked what I did with my hair and makeup last weekend. So some vanity shots.