Search results

I'm not into bodybuilding so much anymore. I'm more into staying mobile/ flexible and strong/conditioned since I'm in Jui-Jitsu and MMA. Who are your bodybuilding heroes? What are your stats? And PR's in the deadlift and squat? Do you mostly front squat or back squat?

Agree except that there is no data to suggest that vegetarians/vegan diet are superior to eating meat. The studies that much such claims are always using processed, factory farmed meat in their studies. Not making a distinction between different qualities of meat. To them, its all just meat...

ok. Cool. Glad I cleared that up. Open ended comments like that can drive me crazy

'And what kind of weirdo is dying to fuck people in his own family?' you commented on this quote by me but I don't know what you meant, and its kind of been in the back of...

usually not. But since I posed my questions first, I only think its fair for you to answer me first. So again, why is it unethical to kill an animal for food? You're free to answer the rest of my questions as wel.

if we're meant to be vegetarian then why can't humans digest cellulose? Isnt our appendix a remnant of our raw meat eating ancestors? Whats unethical about killing an animal for food? Would that animal otherwise live forever in the wild...

I don't know of any vegan bodybuilders. Not that I follow it too closely, but I only know of one old school bodybuilder who was a vegetarian (Bill Pearl) Professional bodybuilders get most of their muscle from synthetic testosterone and Human Growth Hormone. And am I actually reading correctly...

I'm an omnivore. I see no reason to abstain from eating meat. Either from a health or ethical perspective. I make no distinction between plant life and animal protein.

Congratulations. I suggest a psychedelic experience like mushrooms.

all the best writers were drunks or were high on opjates. Vulgar? Dont use such a weird if you're a male. However if you're a 70 year old church lady like my mom, then its appropriate. Post Office is probably a better novel though.Factotum is second best.

how about an INTP tee shirt? Does such a thing exist online already? I would buy one right now, if it did.

agree. I also like William Burroughs.

its not you. These 'classics' are just really dated.

true. Although sometimes there isnt always something that can be done to help. Like if a child loses a parent in the 911 attacks. What I find repugnant is when people say shit like their 'prayers go out to the victims" of such and such event.

I think anyone who has ever experienced loss of a loved one or anything tragic in their life can empathisize with people they don't know and who they'll never meet. Thats the way in which we're 'involved'. Its not that you claim to know exactly what they're going through, but that you know what...

i currently live in my camper van. I don't pay any rent and just move it around town (I live in Los Angeles). I've never been happier since leaving my studio apartment in March. I would prefer to have my own small self...

i cried when i first learned of 911. I have a great deal of empathy but i usually dont show this to the outside world. But I tend to feel horrible when I hear of tragic things happening to people. I used to watch a segment on the news called "wednesdays child" where they would profile some...

rewatched American splendor. Pretty good little film. I relate to Harvey Pickard

i see. Well, thats not something I have had to worry about for a very very long time.

could be you're giving too much credit to the pot. The general population is filled with a ton of dunces, who don't smoke pot. You know correlation does not equal causation, and all that.

maybe I dont understand what constitutes 'long term use' but how can an adolescent be considered a long term user? As far as IQ, I suppose one would first have to believe in such a test as a measure of intelligence (which I do not). And I also don't understand what you mean by 'using but sober...

No. Just no.

I dont think there is any reason to hold in the smoke more than a couple of seconds at the most. Holding it in for as long as you can until you start coughing, because you think its going to get you higher seems to be just one of those stoner myths.

im 5'11 and weigh 220. I'm a bit soft in the middle but otherwise broad shouldered and pretty solid. My ideal weight is 190 to 200 no matter what a BMI chart says I should weigh.

Sounds like it really was part of their identity, if they were that immersed in it. Why wouldnt they come off that way? Like I said, it has little to do with the actual herb and more with the person ingesting it. People can become fanatical zealots with just about anything. However, i do...

I know what you mean. I never had a 2500 a month studio, but before the van, i had a very small studio apartment in a rent controlled building in gentrified Downtown L.A. It was not only bums screaming in the middle of the night, but my own neighbors screaming, throwing garbage out of their...

i dont really have any use for my two sisters. Theyre just mindless consumers that think they're elite. It actually makes me sad that they sicken me so much. On one hand, I know they cant really help it, but I know that being around them makes my stomach turn. My two brothers are ok but they...

i have smoked weed for over 20 years and dont consider it a 'drug' but rather an herb. When I think of drugs I think of stuff cooked in labs that destroy your body and mind if you were to ingest them regularly over an 20 year period or give you terrible withdrawls if you tried to kick. I have...

it would definately be uncomfortable living with a second person in my van but then again, I have always found it to be a drag living with other people. As far as peoples reaction, its mostly positive once I explain that its mostly by choice and that I really...

you sound like a cool cat though I think kids should start with shitty domestic beers before they graduate to craft beer :) I'm 35, live in my camper van, read classic literature, practice martial arts and...

DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Dr. Rick Strassman

I didnt die. But thanks for the concern. However, last Thursday, I was asleep at around 2:30am when I felt my van shaking a little bit. That woke me up initially and then hearing two girls talking and walking down the street made me get out of my bed. I proceeded to do what I usually do when...

4 I don't know why exactly.

Doug Stanhope on suicide http://youtu.be/v3ZA-_kWGGc

ugghhh...job interviews. The most uncomfortable kind of environment for me. When they ask me to say something good about myself. I always feel like I'm telling a lie, even if its the truth. To the OP: I'm sorry I have no advice for you. Any extroversion I picked up was by copying other...

Agree. Lets not forget the food either! And I don't just mean pizza and ice cream types of foods either. I have been high and raved many times about this being the greatest hummus or spinach salad that ever lived. Marijuana is simply medicine. If you need a condition to justify it to...

Just heard about a guy I went to school with, who laid his head on some train tracks (second person I personally knew, who did that, at these particular tracks). Doug Stanhope has a pretty funny bit about suicide being 'the cowards way out". Me personally, I can't really judge the act of...

I appreciate the comparison. Thanks. You never know what the future holds for you.

Thanks. I really like that. I would get one for my machine but I dont want the authorities to know Im actually living in this thing.

I will keep this thread updated from time to time. I'm 35, so i don't know how correct father was. I guess it all depends on what type of person you are. I suppose I am the "young at heart' type. I wouldnt know about dealing with extreme cold. I live in Los Angeles, so the weather is...

Thanks for the info. I might need a trustworthy mechanic someday. Ultimately I would like to learn how to do my own repairs on the van. That is a long term goal though. I train in Brazilian Jui-Jitsu mostly but have also started to get into the boxing/kickboxing classes my...

Pretty much the same things I did before, except now without the concern of how I am I going to raise my rent every month; and more of an emphasis on all aspects of my personal health. I take long morning walks, I lift my kettlebell, foam roll, hold some Yoga postures, read classic literature...

thanks to everyone for the questions and encouragement. I really do appreciate it. Im sitting in my van listening to a podcast with the DTLA skyline outside my window. It feels great.

I confess i have never watched The Matrix. But dont worry, I was already ashamed. Why Bangkok Mr Anderson? Where are from originally?

I always thought it would be cool to live in a van conversion on the open road. I always wanted to travel, but never had the means and the time, all at once. Originally I thought of getting a class C RV but found them to be too bulky and attracting too much attention. So I settled on this...

I eventually want to purchase a small parcel of land in the Southwest U.S. and build a small, sustainable farm. Vegetable garden, fruit trees, egg laying chickens, rabbits for meat and goats for dairy. I mostly do odd jobs I find on craigslist. Things like moving peoples apartments or maybe...

Thanks! I in no way consider myself "homeless". That's insulting to people who are truly without a place to stay. The way I see it, I have a mobile bedroom and the rest of the world is my back yard. I actually met a man who is truly homeless today at the park I frequent. I made us both some...

yeah, that definitely makes it harder to do, but not impossible. I'm fortunate enough to live where the weather is pretty mild. However, if someone wanted to, they could insulate their van really well and also buy portable heaters that run on those small propane tanks. One brand is called "Mr...

When I get a chance, I'll post pictures of the inside. Of course, there isnt much to see. I just moved my futon mattress from my old apartment into the van, I have an Igloo cooler for cold food storage and the rest of the van is just my clothes and books. Also don't have internet or...

And I've actually never been happier, in all of my life. For the past several days now, I have spent my nights doing some stealth urban camping in the Downtown L.A. area. I wake up, take a piss and head over to a local park. There I use the electrical outlet to make myself a cup of coffee...