Five evenings I was able to dine with both Princess Little Tree and Juliet together the three of us. different little restaurants and cafes throughout San fran. I never thought it was possible. Such a very rewarding experience for me. just kind of chilling in between the two of them getting to know one another. soaking it all in at the most popular Chinese restaurant in San fran, house of nan-kang last night... take Little Tree’s shiny happy all-smiles confident innocence and zest for life and then at the same time at the other side of the table you have Juliet’s wide-eyed deep-natured intellectual analysis of all things big and small... “I wonder if my second child will be able to perceive the hieroglyphics that my first child imprinted on my womb when I was pregnant,” she asks us waving her arms around the table passionately. Little Tree keeps her eyes wide open and her smile becomes bigger and a tear comes to her eye as she looks at Juliet. I watch and listen to both of them, time stops for me, realizing there in that moment how lucky I am to have developed such deep friendships with both of them over the years. how good this life is I am living. How it is most likely that neither of them will ultimately become my wife or the mother of my children as I once imagined or pondered a few times for each of them through the years. but how that is alright. More than alright. It is perfect. again, how amazing it is that we have developed these friendships.
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As we walked this evening the three of us arm in arm I smoked a cigar and we talked and laughed and skipped around the bright streets. we passed by this neon signing that said Thai massage. I remembered one...

The classmates.com thing really got me thinking. looking at all the familiar names in the directories. People I haven't even thought of for years and years. the thing about friends is that you can separate from them for some time and then get together again, and no I'm not thinking what you think I'm thinking, and then you're sitting there with them and you're thinking how the hell was I even friends with this person in the first place? not because you're judging them or anything but just because you understand how different you are from each other. but back in school we don't really think like that as much.

Another thing I realize about friends now that I'm in New York and things are so insane, the grind is so 24 hours a day now. for everyone. People work so much they don't make much time for friendship. I think we all dig our friendships but here the work gradient is so high, the pressure so intense to succeed... I mean I t has to be. the cost of living is so fucking high. In New York the minimum you're looking at here is prob four grand a month just to survive and that's a hellish way to live trust me. so for most people just making the shit happen is all they can handle. Friendship takes a back seat.

Check out what Tony Robbins eats. Inspiring stuff:

Tony’s Ideal Food Pyramid, which he lives every day and continues to share with thousands of people each year, creates a terrain that produces, nurtures, strengthens and reinforces strong cells on a continual basis. This model emphasizes water-rich foods, and explains how much of each category should be featured in your diet to position your body for peak daily performance.

 Not sure where to begin? Here are a few menu suggestions to get you started on a path to better health:

Breakfast
Vegetable juice (blend of carrot, celery, parsley, and wheat grass juices)
Lunch
Warm spinach salad with falafel
Soft tortilla fish tacos (halibut, vegetables, guacamole, and tomato salsa)
Salad wrap in a pita with vegetables and hummus

Dinner
 Curried tofu and vegetables (peppers, carrots, broccoli, onion, etc.)
Barbecued salmon with a vegetable skewer and mixed greens salad
Minestrone soup and spaghetti squash with a tomato-basil sauce
Snacks
Almonds
Hummus and vegetables
Taro, beet and sweet potato chips



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Current spin: wilco, a ghost is born. Good stuff. top of their game. Its no secret that Jeff has been freaking out lately but his music is not suffering by it. cool guitar on here. they are reaching.

On the same note as the ‘tourists will think anything is interesting’ observation, notice that it’s the same thing with how humans have this inner need to speak.... people like to have opinions and they like to express them. even if they don't have an opinion they will create one. sitting around the TV over dinner and they hear the words (insert name of current hot babe flavor of the month here) and someone will say something. it is inevitable. Something like, ‘oh look at her hair.’ Someone else will say ‘It looks good doesn’t it?’ and someone else will say ‘I don't like it. I think it looked better before.’ and still someone else will say ‘I don't think she's that pretty.’ It is like clockwork. As you get older you begin to notice these patterns. ‘you don't think she's pretty? Oh I do.’ give people something to talk about and they will. and what they will say is rather predictable most of the time. as an experiment, next time you are with a group of guys, mention some hot babe flavor of the month like say Britney spears or pam Anderson and make a list before hand of what you think might be said in that conversation. One guy will make a comment about britney’s age, another guy will say something about her body, someone will say something about her lack of talent, someone will say something like ‘yeah but she's fucking hot. I'd do her.’ ‘you'd do anything.’ Someone else will say she's a slut and someone will say something like they don't think she's attractive. Its fucking clockwork. Replace pam Anderson with Britney and you will hear a similar conversation except the age thing will be replaced by a few comments about her breasts, Tommy lee, and that video they made. you will hear nothing new or unpredictable. It will be right from the book. For real fun, go into a group of guys and mention the words ‘monty python,’ stand back, and listen to what happens. look at your watch and wait. Within five minutes you will hear someone say something about that one movie they made and that scene with the fat guy and him wanting one more mint and him blowing up. why? I don't know yet. but its fucking clockwork. And mention potatoes to almost anyone and there's almost always a fifty-fifty chance that they’ll say something about the potato famine in Ireland. Just some random comment they’ll make. Its funny. Its sad. Its humanity.