Friday, March 20, 2026

I was writing this when I fell asleep I wasn't in a groggy state when I was writing but then I got in bed and passed out without finishing

I've been doing that
nam myoho renge kyo chant
I don't know whether I think it does anything or not 

BUT 
I DO
LIKE 
chanting 

& I can get on board with chanting
MAYBE mix it UP 

I did find another 
buddhist temple
they teach zen meditation in English
in a free thing that runs
for several months
with dharma talks after

from the reviews it seems like it's really good 
& pretty diverse 

it is taiwan based
& the information videos 
seem somewhat like they're selling you a timeshare or something 
SO
I'm not sure about it either 

there are a bunch of temples that don't have anything in English
I guess 
if I want to understand what's going on 
I have to pick my poison 

now if it's not religion I want 
MAYBE 
the jung center is more like my speed

I've found TWO parks
one east & one west
roughly within a five mile radius 

that have "health and wellness programming"
which I didn't even know was a thing 

ya KNOW what else I used to enjoy 
that I'm not sure I remember how to do
PLAY backgammon 
I used to play it with gigi all the time 
& I thought it had
a really good balance of skill to luck

made it still fun to play
even if the skill levels of players were 
poorly matched