Comments on: challenge accepted http://cygnoir.net/2005/02/02/challenge-accepted/ the black swan with digital wings Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: fivecats http://cygnoir.net/2005/02/02/challenge-accepted/comment-page-1/#comment-974 fivecats Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:00:16 +0000 http://www.cygnoir.net/journal/2005/02/challenge-accepted.php#comment-974 btw, on this side of the coast, Wheat Thins are on sale in most grocery stores at 2 for $4.00. Maybe he's a diehard Wheat Thins fan who had planned on spending the money on two boxes and then realized he could get four for the same amount? ... btw, on this side of the coast, Wheat Thins are on sale in most grocery stores at 2 for $4.00. Maybe he’s a diehard Wheat Thins fan who had planned on spending the money on two boxes and then realized he could get four for the same amount?

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]]> By: Jen http://cygnoir.net/2005/02/02/challenge-accepted/comment-page-1/#comment-973 Jen Fri, 04 Feb 2005 01:20:10 +0000 http://www.cygnoir.net/journal/2005/02/challenge-accepted.php#comment-973 OH Goody Gumdrops! I'm glad you picked that one. The truth is that that was my own sort of challenge for the month and the rest of my suggestions were to mask the real challenge. Kind of like buying magazines and cantaloupe along with your KY jelly or tampons. You get my drift. I really want to attend a Jewish service, as I've always been drawn to basic Jewish ethics - i.e. be good in this lifetime, not to be rewarded but because it's what you should do, etc. I've been investigating different places in the area. I wish you were here so we could go together! I've got lots of church issues, as I suspect many of us do. Religion as a whole scares me with its presumptions, but I do have spiritual faith in life in general and its Meaning with a capital M. We'll see. Also, I've heard good things about Grace Cathedral - very mellow, liberal, and overall B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L. I think it's close to Godliness just because it's gorgeous. OH Goody Gumdrops!
I’m glad you picked that one. The truth is that that was my own sort of challenge for the month and the rest of my suggestions were to mask the real challenge. Kind of like buying magazines and cantaloupe along with your KY jelly or tampons. You get my drift.

I really want to attend a Jewish service, as I’ve always been drawn to basic Jewish ethics – i.e. be good in this lifetime, not to be rewarded but because it’s what you should do, etc. I’ve been investigating different places in the area. I wish you were here so we could go together!

I’ve got lots of church issues, as I suspect many of us do. Religion as a whole scares me with its presumptions, but I do have spiritual faith in life in general and its Meaning with a capital M. We’ll see.

Also, I’ve heard good things about Grace Cathedral – very mellow, liberal, and overall B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L. I think it’s close to Godliness just because it’s gorgeous.

]]> By: fivecats http://cygnoir.net/2005/02/02/challenge-accepted/comment-page-1/#comment-972 fivecats Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:55:12 +0000 http://www.cygnoir.net/journal/2005/02/challenge-accepted.php#comment-972 It sounds like you're working on your own NOW-ish list as it is, only you're taking it one month at a time. At first I didn't think the religious service was all that much of a "challenge" but given that it has some emotional/spiritual baggage for you to deal with (and that you felt so drawn to it so quickly) it's obviously the right one for you to do. My guess is that it's going to have some heavy ramifications, so be willing to give it the proper time to process everything. Oh, and Annie Lamott's "Bird by Bird" is a fantastic book. I've given it to several writer friends as inspiration for their muse and for a good laugh or two. ... It sounds like you’re working on your own NOW-ish list as it is, only you’re taking it one month at a time.

At first I didn’t think the religious service was all that much of a “challenge” but given that it has some emotional/spiritual baggage for you to deal with (and that you felt so drawn to it so quickly) it’s obviously the right one for you to do.

My guess is that it’s going to have some heavy ramifications, so be willing to give it the proper time to process everything.

Oh, and Annie Lamott’s “Bird by Bird” is a fantastic book. I’ve given it to several writer friends as inspiration for their muse and for a good laugh or two.

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]]> By: eG http://cygnoir.net/2005/02/02/challenge-accepted/comment-page-1/#comment-971 eG Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:44:34 +0000 http://www.cygnoir.net/journal/2005/02/challenge-accepted.php#comment-971 You haven't lived until you've lived next to snake-handlers. You haven’t lived until you’ve lived next to snake-handlers.

]]> By: Michael http://cygnoir.net/2005/02/02/challenge-accepted/comment-page-1/#comment-970 Michael Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:26:08 +0000 http://www.cygnoir.net/journal/2005/02/challenge-accepted.php#comment-970 Congratulations to Jen! Thank you for the honourable mention, Halsted, too bad about Zen's habit of eating house plants. I'm an Atheist and a Pragmatist, but I practiced Wicca for a time when I became interested in the possibility of the existence of spirituality, long ago. Rather than observing familiar Judeo-Christian religious practices, why not choose something exotic like Fah-Lung-Gong(sp?), or something controversial like Islam? Congratulations to Jen! Thank you for the honourable mention, Halsted, too bad about Zen’s habit of eating house plants. I’m an Atheist and a Pragmatist, but I practiced Wicca for a time when I became interested in the possibility of the existence of spirituality, long ago. Rather than observing familiar Judeo-Christian religious practices, why not choose something exotic like Fah-Lung-Gong(sp?), or something controversial like Islam?

]]> By: Lunza http://cygnoir.net/2005/02/02/challenge-accepted/comment-page-1/#comment-969 Lunza Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:23:47 +0000 http://www.cygnoir.net/journal/2005/02/challenge-accepted.php#comment-969 As a reporter, I once had to go to an Assemblies of God service ... held in Russian. Boy, was THAT a trip. So I'm thinking you should go to a church service held in a foreign language. *grin* As a reporter, I once had to go to an Assemblies of God service … held in Russian. Boy, was THAT a trip. So I’m thinking you should go to a church service held in a foreign language. *grin*

]]> By: Uriel http://cygnoir.net/2005/02/02/challenge-accepted/comment-page-1/#comment-968 Uriel Thu, 03 Feb 2005 16:35:25 +0000 http://www.cygnoir.net/journal/2005/02/challenge-accepted.php#comment-968 Hey, if you ever want to learn improv, you should talk to my housemate. He's an AWESOME teacher. Hey, if you ever want to learn improv, you should talk to my housemate. He’s an AWESOME teacher.

]]> By: t. http://cygnoir.net/2005/02/02/challenge-accepted/comment-page-1/#comment-967 t. Thu, 03 Feb 2005 13:13:20 +0000 http://www.cygnoir.net/journal/2005/02/challenge-accepted.php#comment-967 email me if you want the lowdown on etiquette for attending quaker meeting for worship. but yeah, you can just wander in; they're accepting and very friendly. email me if you want the lowdown on etiquette for attending quaker meeting for worship. but yeah, you can just wander in; they’re accepting and very friendly.

]]> By: Tallbob51 http://cygnoir.net/2005/02/02/challenge-accepted/comment-page-1/#comment-966 Tallbob51 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 11:42:00 +0000 http://www.cygnoir.net/journal/2005/02/challenge-accepted.php#comment-966 Hey now, when you want a Wheat Thin who wants to be out of them! Hey now, when you want a Wheat Thin who wants to be out of them!

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