Hudsonblick 20: Be the Bullet
Arctic Monkeys live in Berlin
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The Year is One
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Poisoned!
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charles:17.03.2006 um 11:22for overprocessed American food, best if you drink a little whiskey with it. at least that way you can blame the whiskey!
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charles:15.03.2006 um 16:18Thanks, Eva! I appreciate the encouragement.
Strangely, I think stories about food poisoning are inspiring. My best friend from grade school had salmonella once and it confirmed his belief in God. A cruel, sadistic God. “Fuck you, God!!” (shouted from the bathroom, between retches)
Liffeyblick
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Hudsonblick 13
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charles:19.07.2005 um 23:22awww… mom! stop embarassing me on the BLOG..! ;-)
M°, not to worry, charles will be leaving his guns at home. The permit is strictly for target shooting, not for carrying.
Besides, the only times I really go anywhere are to go out drinking, and that strikes me as a bad time to be packing. (although I don’t think there’s any kind of law about that..)
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Yeah, we were talking about two different things there, sorry if they seemed to slop together. I’ve certainly found it necessary to put down “the beast” when it’s time to really focus.
And I totally agree about the proliferation of “Zen and the Art of X” BS. There’s a fascination with the mystical experience that everyone wants a part of. I wouldn’t explicitly say that shooting has been a “Zen” experience for me, since I don’t have first-hand knowledge of such a thing, but I am impressed by some of the parallels between shooting and other meditative practices.
I found this when I was writing the article. Apparently, even the original “Zen and the Art of..” guy has his critics:
http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUNKEN/publications/jjrs/pdf/586.pdf
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smart ass! ;-)
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Hi Dennis,
Relaxed precision is definitely a contrast to the joyful blasting, not the same thing! So basicly I agree with you. Of course, disgust is not a very Buddhist response to an object either. The gun is an empty object. The disgust is in the mind.
Carlito
(not a buddhist, but I play one on Spreeblick)
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wtf, yes, that’s exactly what I mean!
It’s funny, that “godlike” feeling. I was in a match the other day, shooting a series of silhouettes against the clock. I was fine until the one-handed round. Something about shooting one-handed still totally makes me feel like a god: aiming down my arm, remorselessly dealing precision blasts of lead. Funny though, I didn’t score as well after I let myself drift into that feeling. Not that I cared!