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Tower Records
We bought lots of stuff at Tower Records in Shibuya on Saturday. We rarely indulge ourselves other than on food and clothes - oh, and holidays - but there was so much stuff we wanted to buy that we just let go of our consumer inhibitions: I bought a Smashing Pumpkins' DVD and "Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, monster movies and the truth about reality" by Brad Warner. Naomi bought a Ben Folds' DVD. It doesn't seem like very much, but it was exciting to buy things of cultural value rather than, as I said before, clothes and food - oh, and holidays! And there was so much more we wanted to buy : Elliot Smith CDs, a Morissey DVD, the new Teenage Fanclub and Weezer albums and Q magazine and also some scores for the guitar. But alas, one can't have everything one wants, can Juan?
The tune was The Happening, by The Pixies. No-one gets the prize. No-one even entered.
Hey, today was day 17 of no smokes. I went to Zazen and felt the difference: I swallowed less phlegm! I hope the cravings disappear soon though. It's a pain, quitting smoking. I had about 4 cups of coffee to combat the cravings today. The mornings are the worst - I'm chain drinking in the morning...
Anyway, that book on Zen I bought is cool. It really feels like true Zen. A bit like Tyler's line in The Fight Club when he burns the acid onto Norton's hand: "Stay here! Don't go into your cave!" It's basically a whole book like that line. I like that sort of stuff anyway...
posted by PA on Sunday, May 15, 2005
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