Purgatory Park and Qigong

Hey, what's up, Yesterday, I went to the Purgatory Creek Park with a friend. The park is located off Bishop rd. in San Marcos. My friend and I hiked the trail for about an hour. We came to this really open spot so we decided to chill and enjoy the scenery with some cigars. It was really refreshing to get outdoors and to enjoy the nice day. There were some badass mountain bikers out there as well. I saw some cool bugs and heard and smelled some really cool things. Here are some pictures and video from it.

Pierre, the french rock

LATER THAT DAY............................................................................

After the park, I went to this Qigong (chee-gong) class. The instructor explained that through channeling your energy correctly, you are able to defend yourself and utilize the energy to block hits and essentially build a barrier between you and whatever force might impact your body.

According to the brochure, Qigong "is a potent internal energy system that fully integrates the body, mind and energy through the careful application of physical practice, meditation and herbs". A 73 year-old lady busted a ceramic tile over her head, with ease. We did an exercise that consisted of patting our entire body to get the energy flowing through our body and an undeniable "buzz" came over me. My hands tingled. It was pretty cool.

Apparently, there are different levels to the training and Goldern Shield Qigong is the first one. It focuses on the lower dan-tien (energy center). After getting to the some of the higher levels, your hands are considered weapons.

It's nice to think that humans are capable of more than what we think. It's almost like it's time for us to evolve. Crazy.

Take it easy,
Jawshoewah

facebook and the mind lounge

Hey what's up,

I've been busy trying to tweak this site for the best possible effect. I have been looking through some cool pictures trying to capture the ideal look for this Mind Lounge I'm building.

The Mind Lounge is essentially a digital lounge to project your mind to. No it's not really a place in the woods, with a sofa but with these visuals, you can take your mind off of the room around you and picture yourself somewhere different, foreign, and most importantly, relaxing.

If I ever work somewhere later in life, I wouldn't mind working for Facebook. This isn't because I love stalking people and would like to do it for a living. I would purely want to work there because of it's new cool office. Check it out.

Facebook's Cool New Office

Meeting Room

Office Area (complete with custom fixie)

Work Area (everyone has their own bike, sweeeeet)

Facebook Techies

Cool Rooms

Lounge Area

I'm not a plagiariser so here is the original link that I got this the pictures from. http://www.home-designing.com/2009/08/facebooks-new-cool-office. So yeah, basically this would be one cool ass place to work due to the fact that you can cruise around on your bike everywhere. I think this is a genius idea because there are so many studies that deal with the mental energy wasted while staring at a computer screen. When you are riding around in the office, this gives you a chance to re-energize. Facebook earned some brownie points in my book for this but I still hate the fact that I can't edit the layout of my page. More complaints later.

Take it easy,
Jawshoewah