Zenister

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  1. well if you live in a trailer on the DZ they have a high speed wireless network set up now...which is probably your best bet since i wouldnt call anything in Casa Grande "living" ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  2. Zenister

    largest arms

    you need to read some of his martial philosophy and hear (or talk to, there are quite a few still teaching) the interviews with his students. He was ALL about what actually worked, not what was traditional or simply pretty. yes some of the movie stuff was certainly for show (it is a movie after all) but as a martial artist he simply had no peer at the time and its very possible NOONE would really be were they are today without Bruce breaking the paradigm of what martial arts "was" and how it was taught and practiced. There is alot more to him, his life, and his art than the glimpses you get in the movies. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  3. or its human evolution, caused by the continual exposure to an stressful, alien enviroment (the Matrix) over hundreds (thousands?) of years.. much of the Architect's spiel implied that this has been going on for a while and based on some other comments i wonder if it was taking a shorter and shorter time for the One to appear? or perhaps being 'in' the source gave neo some measure of the same power the Architect has the choice then becomes how does he use it? start the cycle anew or rebel against creation? Merovigian certainly has "satanic" roots, reflected in his obvious role as lord of the matrix underworld and Persephone as a wife. Smith? the matrix is a simulation, a program that exists in human consciousness, Smith has discovered he can overwrite the human consciousness and some part of that rewrite carries over into the real world. Ive been wondering why/if the humans ‘occupied’ by the agents would die if they died in the matrix? If their mind did not experience death why would the body die? Do they reoccur in another place? Or is that a enforced control method by the machines? But then why sacrifice a battery? On a related note, why do the agents need human consciousness in the first place? Is it an intentional limitation of their program to keep then from becoming “exiles”? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  4. Zenister

    largest arms

    they can be but they are not always. pardon the half assed terminology, someone in the field please correct me.. the difference for strength training is you are trying to get the most out of every single fiber. Where as with body building your increasing the number of muscle fibers, without the focus on how efficiently your muscles work. anecdotal accounts claim that Bruce was pound for pound MUCH stronger than the body builders he worked with when he became interested in weight training. having the potential strength and being able to focus it when you need to are two different things. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  5. i'd say call first and come down anyway..Jesse has worked out a couple of alternate landing areas so we can get some sky even if its cloudy at Kapow.. which it sometimes is, even though i'll look up from my balcony 15 min away and see blue. the WA weather satellite obviously does not know where the DZ is or on what days they fly..always blues on mon&tues. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  6. oh i'm well aware of what the death certificate says, however if the EMT (who should have been charged for gross negligence & incompetence) hadnt KEPT rolling him on to his back then he never would have choked. read some of the bios, nearly every source agrees it was a very preventable fatality. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  7. sure hope you dont mind the stale travel smell, i've been in planes and cars all day and didnt get to jump out of any of them[/i] ((((((((((((hug)))))))))))))) ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  8. I find a quiet calm in the fact that i am not responsible for anyone else. It allows me to risk my life i ways i would really have to think about if i had kids etc..whos lively hood depended on me. (kind of similar to the way i decide not to go out and snowboard on a crappy day because twisting a knee on the ice would keep me from jumping over the weekend..it really about priorities. my parents and my wuffo friends are sometimes concerned about my adrenalin exploits, but they all know i wouldnt be really happy if i didnt look for the edge in life and so understand why i play in the ways i do, even if they dont share my enthusiasm I dont know that i would stop skydiving (or BASE once i start) for a SO since i dont think i could get that seriously involved with someone who couldnt accept that there are things i NEED to do, to be content with my place in the universe, but i would have to do some deep thinking if i knew that there was a growing life who depended on me for the chance to experience everything i have already.. a good question, i dont think there could be any absolute answer. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  9. Think what Jimi would have done had he not drowned in his own vomit. Drugs have also robbed of us of some of the best music. drugs didnt kill Jimi an ignorant EMT did. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  10. Zenister

    High/Low

    low: getting up at 4am to head to SEATAC. lower: getting stuck in traffic (at 430am WTF?!@!?) and so missed my first flight. lower still: being woken up by the jackass next to me accidentally knocking his drink into my lap. just low: Louisiana (but not New Orleans) High: the moon undressing before my eyes… blue skies holly..you still remind me to enjoy every day for what it is.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  11. Zenister

    largest arms

    to qoute bruce lee "sure he's big, but is he powerful?" can he use all the muscle efficiently or is it really mostly for show? i'm MUCH more impressed with the powerlifters, most are tiny guys (& girls) who maximize the potential power in the more "normal" amounts of muscle a human has vs a focus on increasing their size to superfreak proportions. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  12. i think your close, but your miss assigning the role of God the father. Morpheus doesn’t have that level of influence although he does appear to be very powerful in the first movie. One of the interesting things is the number of levels the myth structure takes place at simultaneously. Anyone else find the overall theme to be particularly damning of the Christian patriarchal mythology? Set the universe in play to fail in exactly the way you intend? may be my particular literary bent, but i almost felt like they were a bit 'lead pipe' in some places with the religious parallels. I do think they did a nice job of pulling in enough other mythos to keep it interesting.. I see Morpheus very literarily. "the dreamer" He who opens the door & points the way for the questor. LOADS of subtle suggestions in the Architects spiel. I particularly like the themes of control and the various means of doing so. i thought it was a great film, but i really felt that some of the scenes (particularly some of the Zion background) seemed rushed and incomplete. A friend suggested they intentionally left "holes" in the main movie so that you would be forced to see/play the various spin off products to get the "whole story". Its understandable from a financial standpoint but REALLY REALLY frustrating artistically. I guess we should start a spoiler thread if were really going to pick it apart so as not to ruin it for anyone else one question that kept coming up for me. How long has the cycle been taking place?? anyone else getting the feeling that they were occuring faster and faster?? oh yeah..another possible mythological tie in..Mayan mythos believes civilization has already been destroyed 5 times and that the 6th is coming (2012 according to some readings of thier calenders) just something else i found interesting. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  13. clicky be safe freakas ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  14. try http://www.skydivekapowsin.com/ ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  15. dude that trailer is cut from the xmen preview. if you like sunday morning super human kung fu theater then that movie will be a ton of fun. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  16. Well it must be on my body then....such a sexy me BIOTCH! As long as ya don't look at the gravitational effects...oh and the scars...but then they tell a story....nor the crocked nose since it's been broken twice....yeah must be me up there!!! since when can skydivers complain about "gravitational effects"? if shes folding into a pretzel and still flying you like a kite, its probably betsy ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  17. television is the new Opiate. Religion, Drugs and Media have all been used as a means of controlling the populace. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  18. If it's a dangle then the angle surely will not work! No need to worry when it's a dangle, it's when it is on angle that you better not drop the soap just ask to see the pike exit she does, its impressive ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  19. grrr well it seems i will not be experiencing the Dropzone.com Boogie at Perris. I will instead be experiencing the joys of headspace and timing while killing mosquitoes in lovely Ft. Polk LA.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  20. what gives anyone the authority to decide who is a "real artist" or not? if my means of inspiration is belly lint. does that mean i'm not real?? drugs have been a motivating influence on civilization since the beginning..only recently have we decided that they were "good" or "bad" as opposed to another tool/experience that some choose to have while others do not. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  21. not likely the bait has been dead awhile ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  22. uh..could you do a search first?? we did this one in great length. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  23. feelings of deja vu..maybe i just need some drugs ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  24. Zenister

    High/Low

    High -> getting tickets to the 11pm showing of Matrix reloaded tonight. getting orders today to head to louisiana for the rest of the month..no Perris for me.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  25. a fine example of your tax dollars at work in defense of personal freedom. and people wonder why they shouldnt trust the government. What part of any of that operation was necessary? millions on useless surveillance? cooperate or we spy on & kill your family? nice police state we've got going here, and to think we call this “land of the free” ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.