I'm not a Sage, I just play one on tv.

A real Sage is not Arrogant. There is really no need for Arrogance in their lives. So, it stands to reason that I am not a Sage, because I am surely very Arrogant.

Maybe one day Enlightenment or Satori will come over me, but for now I truly enjoy a good argument and laughing at people for their (IMHO...who am I kidding, there is nothing humble about my opinion) poor shoe choices.

Here is an excerpt from my favorite book on Taoism. Or rather, it's a book on his Taoist perspective of the Tao. ;) It's called The Tao is Silent by Raymond Smullyan. This chapter was snagged from here, and it's called:

10. The Tao and the Sage: They Never Argue . . .

Does the Tao ever argue? Of course not! With whom could it argue? At least, I have never heard it argue; it has never once argued with me. How unlike the Tao, in this respect, is God! The Old Testament is full of characters arguing with God about all sorts of things! But could you, in your wildest imagination, conceive anything as preposterous as arguing with the Tao . . . ? What about the Sage? Does he ever argue? Let us see!

CHINESE SAGE: Laotse said, "The good man does not argue; he who argues is not good."

WESTERN LOGICIAN: I disagree!

SAGE: You disagree with what?

LOGICIAN: With what you said!

SAGE: And what was that?

LOGICIAN: That the good man does not argue.

SAGE: Wrong!

LOGICIAN: What do you mean "wrong"?

SAGE: I never said the good man does not argue.

LOGICIAN: Of course you did! You distinctly said that the good man does not argue and that he who argues is not good.

SAGE: Nope! I merely said that Laotse said that.

LOGICIAN: Oh, all right! You knew what I meant.

SAGE: Who's being illogical now?

LOGICIAN: Oh, come off it! Why are you so argumentative?

SAGE: I am not being argumentative. I am merely being logical.

LOGICIAN: You are hardly being logical. I would say you are being irritatingly logical.

SAGE: Now, what kind of logic is that? If I am being irritatingly logical, then a fortiori [for that very reason] I am being logical.

LOGICIAN: Again you argue! Why are you being so argumentative? After all, as you said, the good man does not argue.

SAGE: I didn't say that! I said that Laotse said that.

LOGICIAN: And do you believe it?

SAGE: Do I believe what? That Laotse said that?

LOGICIAN: No, no! Do you believe that what Laotse said is true?

SAGE: Yes.

LOGICIAN: Oh, then you do believe that the good man does not argue.

SAGE: Yep!

LOGICIAN: So why didn't you say so?

SAGE: Why should I have?

LOGICIAN: There you go arguing again! You are so inconsistent!

SAGE: How so?

LOGICIAN: Because you admit that the good man does not argue, and you go on arguing with complete disregard of that fact.

SAGE: I am not being inconsistent. It just so happens that at the moment I feel more like arguing than being good.


I also found this chapter online:
Is God a Taoist. Trust me, one of the best chapters in the book. And always remember this..."My facetiousness is obviously only an annoyance reaction to your pedantry."

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Well, this weekend was lazy and yet strangely productive.
I have been in a craze to find some kind of "style" for our apt. I am just sick of living in an eclectic mess. See, it all started with buying a couch. Now all of a sudden I am aiming high..like for a theme or something.

Anybody have a clue about decorating? I like Asian decor. That's as much help as I am willing to give. Now, somebody decorate my freaking living room!

Where's Momma when I need her? I had to braid my own hair this weekend. It took several hours, spaced out over the whole weekend. Luckily, my sister braided half of it while she was visiting.

My downstairs neighbor wants to pay me $10 to cornrow his 'fro. Hell, I told him I would do it for $5, but he upped it. That guy really needs to learn better negotiation skills! Ahh, just means more for me. Poor guy, I know exactly what it costs to go to a salon to get the 'fro worked on. Those punks will charge you $60 to braid your hair. And they tend to get scared when they see a sista with natural hair. ;) "Come on honey, don't you want to relax all that?" Fuckin' chemical pushers.

One day, I will take out all my braids and post a pic of my glorious crown...hell, it should just be a sig picture. Unfortunately, for a shot like that, all the braids would have to come out at once....which means, I would have to braid it back up. Did I mention my lazy disposition?

I guess I could post a picture of me and my hair....here you go:

Sweet Skateboarding Christ

That's a quote from this blog's comment section. Thanks to Kimmer from Stay At Home Parents message board for posting this fabulous blog. I will have to add her to my blogroll.

The Arrogant Sage gets organized!

Thanks to Pezzy Wezzy, I decided to check out The Fly Lady...now my house is decently clean and I have a notebook I obsess over. Damn you, Pezzy! Seriously, though. I don't shine my sink or anything crazy like that, but my kitchen is actual clean every night. So is the living room. I must be suffering from some strange sickness.

I did a weigh in this past Monday. I have lost a total of 15 lbs on Weight Watchers! I did a horrible job while my family was here, yet I still managed to consistently lose. Way to go me.

The summer is hot as hell and for some reason these Pacific Northwesterners don't believe in A/C being standard. So, I had to quit my part-time cleaning apartments. Bye bye cash-ola. It was great while it lasted, but for now it's just too damn hard to drag myself into another apartment and work. Have I ever mentioned how blessed my life is?

Speaking of blessings....I just wanted to make a quick note about the big D. My how I love that man. I can't believe how incredible he really is. Happy Father's Day, D. You are loved more than you know.

Purple Monkey Dishwasher

Everybody was thinking it, but I was woman enough to say it.

And I have to add..

I've been reading the Bible lately. No, I haven't hit my head on a rock. Just wanted to know what all the hulla balo is all about...hell, did I spell that right?
This Bible thing is gonna take me a LONG time. I am reading from many different sources. My friend, T, is going to supply me with a KJV. I have checked out the New English Bible (with Apocrypha). And every once in a while I have to check out this site Skeptics Annotated. Which lead me to this site. Boy howdy, that makes me giggle.

Back by popular demand!

Sorry all, my vacation went longer than expected. And by vacation, I mean I had to work....12 hours to clean ONE apartment. Yes, it was truly one nasty apt.

Let's put a recap on last week. Picked up the family from the airport in my nice shiny rental van (Ford Winstar...omg, I want one sooo bad). We went straight to Ikea and shopped. In fact, we shopped all week long. (My family is sooo cool).
That night we went to Happy Teriyaki for dinner...yum. The very next day, I corrupted my sister and mother. I introduced them to SCRAPBOOKING! They both took to it like a fish to water.

Everytime we took pictures, we would run out and have them printed up so we could make new layouts. I will take a picture of my layouts (E and I did similar ones) and post it here.

These are some of the places we visited:

Pike Place Market

Ft. Lewis

Ocean Shores, Wa

We got to see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and the Dinner Train was freaking fabulous! All in all, it was a spectacular visit. I miss my family dearly and C had a BALL. She took to her aunt and cousins so quickly. She still asks me where they are.

BTW, my sister has lost a couple of pounds doing LA Weight Loss. She is even going to pass some clothes on to me. Damnit, she's still the cutest one in the family...I'll get you yet, my pretty!

The last bit of news is that I have finally purchased my first real couch. It is microfiber suede. LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT

So that's my foray back into blogging. I guess I have a lot of blogs to catch up on myself.

OMG, WEEEEEEEEEEEE

Not much to say here...just check out these two sites. I'm still laughing my ass off.

A bit of language history.
Squirrel.

Life isn't always so serious. ;)