Friday, May 12, 2006

~*...saying goodbye...*~

randnorm thursday event in black rock city 2005

latenight flashflight

1:00-2:00am
the new moon is beggin for some illuminated aiorborne entertainment. join us for a game of extra-trippy throw and catch of glowie flying discs. hosted by: scooter & sparky @n40 45.275/w119 13.928 (exactly 1/4mile due-east of the man)

photo by amazon

randnorm mind grenade
we must do all we can do without destroying our ability to keep doing it
- anonymous

randnorm pikcha


normdate 5.11.6

when the hippie elder hot white feather came to the food cupboard today, i asked him how he was doing. his response was "supreme ultimate!" well, never heard a response like that before. he then shared with me an ancient thai movement where you and the universe are in supreme ultimate synch. he said that the movement is all about the principle behind it. i offered up the word "intent" as an alternative to "principle". he enjoyed that substitution and said "aaah, who really is the master here?". we are both masters. we are both students.


i headed to the dancing bear to hook up with anke and jonas. yah, i really like spending time with those two. it is jonas' last day here so i wanted to spend as much time with him as possible before he leaves for vancouver. his flight back to sweden leaves on tuesday.

jonas wanted my opinion on a pair of sunglasses he was thinking of purchasing. i thought he look fabulous in them. anke agreed. he bought em.

lookin slick brother...lookin slick!

we grabbed a pitcher of beer at the royal and played some free pool. free pool roolz! so do local dykes with false teeth...;)


jonas wanted a keepsake from nelson to bring home with him. i suggested the dvd that was filmed here at whitewater called sinners. what better way to show his friends what he did all winter than a video filmed exclusively at whitewater?


we went searching for it, but no store on baker street had it. we even went to the whitewater downtown office, but they were closed. too little too late i guess :( but hey, we had a great season together and the memories will be much more vivid than watching someone else in a movie. knowing we spent the best winter of our lives together made us happy.


jonas bought a frisbee as a gift to anke, and then asked if there was anything i needed. i needed a new scrapbook as the one i started new years is full. i am now the proud owner of a beautiful red scrapbook. thank you jonas. i will think of you every time i pull out my book.

on the way back to the dancing bear, i stopped an took a pikcha of a sign in the window of the kootenay exchange.

als is the disease my father died from. i've learned that there is an unusually high frequency of this disease here in the kutenais...another reason why this place is such an anormaly in the world.

i made some spicy tofu for dinner at the dancing bear and shared it with anke who was working the front desk. jonas is on a diet of mung beans *teehee* as we ate, i met a guy named jim. turns out jim is from toronto, yonge and eglinton area. he was working in b.c. and then got a new job in toronto. he was on his drive back to ontario and picked up a hitchiker who was going to nelson...so now he's here in town.

we watched a movie on jonas computer called the transporter while we waited for anke to finish her shift. we then went across the street tot he rez avoir for jonas' last drink in nelson. we invited jim with us, and he was glad to join us.


its good to be in the presence of someone who has seen and experienced the incredible love that is in toronto. too often i find myself defending the city to people out here. great meeting you jim. perhaps we can convince you to stay in town for a bit longer...this place fukkin roolz!

nice ink on ya too, jim.

the beatz were pretty loud at the rez, but it was hip hop so i didn't really mind. i was just happy to spend time with jonas before he left. jonas, thanks for pushing me past my limits on the hill, for taking me to new and incredible places on top of mountains, for driving my ass to the mountain so many times, for chillin with me, spinning poi with me, sponsoring me, tossing a frisbee with me, feeding me, sharing wisdom with me, randomly gifting me, and for being my friend. i will never forget jonas. be relentless in the pursuit of yourself.


jonas' bus leaves at 8:30am tomorrow morning, so we cut our last night of drinking short. i love you brother. the force is always with you.

today i also had to say goodbye to a family member. my uncle tom (married to my mother's sister jean) died in his home in florida today at 5:30pm. he was sick for a long time, so his death is not a surprise. it doesn't make his passing any easier though. he is now free from suffering, and that is cause for celebration. love and blessings to you aunt jean. my thoughts are with you.

~*...normaste...*~

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