Oh, sweet bed! I have missed your fluffiness this long day. Glad to see that you haven’t changed a bit. You even feel better than I expected!

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Koko (gorilla) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Koko is one of the few non-humans known to keep a pet. Researchers at The Gorilla Foundation said that Koko asked for a cat for Christmas in 1983. Ron Cohn, a biologist with the foundation, explained to the Los Angeles Times that when she was given a lifelike stuffed animal, she was less than satisfied. She did not play with it and continued to sign “sad.” So on her birthday in July 1984, she was able to choose a kitten from a litter. Koko selected a gray male Manx from a litter of abandoned kittens and named him “All Ball”. Penny Patterson, who had custody of Koko and who had organized The Gorilla Foundation, wrote that Koko cared for the kitten as if it were a baby gorilla. Researchers said that she tried to nurse All Ball and was very gentle and loving. They believed that Koko’s nurturing of the kitten and the skills she gained through playing with dolls would be helpful in Koko’s learning how to nurture an offspring.

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Peeps, I’m full now that I just ate but have not an ounce of motivation.

So I turned off my Instant Messenger (just for Fearless Leader) and will probably make some tea, work on my book while pulling a busy George at my desk.

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Peeps, I’ve been away from Fearless Leader since March 27th.

Not a good sign when I wake up this morning, April 6th, and I’m furious with him.

As soon as I opened my eyes, my brained picked up right where our last conversation left off…

In related news, I snapped this from a magazine last night:

I’m not there but I can relate.

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Lot of peeps here think i unconventionally ‘won’ the game & therefore will b around til i give up the ghost. Regional Mgr. who is decent friend say few day ago, ‘after a while person prove 2 me their worth-cant do no wrong & u planning on dying here, right? B4 i could say ‘no’ he talking bout me making some ‘real money’ & cutting my hair & wearing one of their’ fruitloop shirts & khakis. He dont get it. I like the job cause i was autonomous, got paid 2 exercise & if spirit moved me practice presence n morn & make floor shiny & plus n some way i dont completely understand pay ‘homage’ 2 art. The Revs & many @ church r real friends but been talking of me on committees & ‘think tank’ 4 how 2 greet & treat new potential members. I just like being still, nice,

& going cause it has good spiritual ‘happy’ feel, peeps aint ‘whacked’ on jesus like some sort of bad meth & Rev was good counselor 4 me when i really needed one. Believe jesus name came up bout 3 times n first yr of sessions :^). Howev, 4 me 2 get entrenched n a cause that still ultimately spiritually one dimensional & can significantly limit their growth-isnt my primary purpose-if they started paying me that would make it even worse. I can move comfortably within different socio-economic, cultural, racial & religious groups & i have started attracting & do not want 2 promote & could not lie 2 people that this was the totality of my belief system-cause closed systems inevitably lead 2 spiritual atrophy then decay. I hope they remember reason they liked

me n 1st place was i WAS different & told rev & others my beliefs sometimes were comforting but my actual spirittual shifts or experiences were life-altering & when that happens u r far less belief oriented & thrust n2 a realm where u KNOW. Regardless, i could prattle on n this way about mom, Andrew Carnegie Foundation, Library howev with u-ive already said more than enuf. U ‘get it’ I have plateaud with good i can do here & 2 keep doing it would b redundant. Which doesnt mean i dont hold this place n high regard & the x, fellowship & freedom i was alloted will never b 4gotten. Its just x 2 find more teachers & students & n some way that goes beyond words…2 move on. I love u, life should not be an endurance test. & as always more will be revealed.

In human terms of conventional life I passed point of safe return long x ago. U have not. There’s old Zen proverb that I think is sound enuf 4 u 2 think bout evry once & awhile whether u stay put or ‘let go & become one with the wind’ It say, do not seek 2 follow n the footsteps of the Masters of old, instead, seek what they sought :^)

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We’ve been at my mom’s for the Easter weekend. I have a bunch of photos to port from FB tomorrow. :-D

It feels like another one of my ‘life cycles’ here is coming 2 an end. Its x 2 wander again. Let go. Dont worry Im not heading up 2 Chi-town, only u, Dave Halen & damn polar bears can handle that funniness. Nor IA, CA, KS, FL, Death or Jeebie World (least not yet :^). Having defined where Im not going that leaves possibilities pretty open. The life Ive known here, the most meaningful ever known. Closest friends I have ever had (fam doesnt count :^) ). I have been a good son, brother (@ least 2 Weist) nephew & friend. After little shindigging I settled down & made some decent art & delightfully bizarre & deranged stories. I became good citizen n several different ways, a good worker, & most important good progression toward my spiritual goal.

I truly did love & appreciate vast majority of the moment Ive spent here-now tho x 2 go. Im sorry that 4 a change going 2 leave ‘a hole’ n some people’s lives but God will refill them easy enough if they remain open & willing 2 being refilled…Im not n trouble with anyone, even Rev James. He knows my orneriness & there was more than enough truth n my story bout what lead up 2 crucifixion, that he well-with him & most others round this neck of woods-i really cant do much wrong. Its just that nothing last 4ever n this place & i know i changed some perspective & lives 4 the better here, some profoundly & now Im supposed 2 do that somewhere else…maybe thats what ive always done but Im just lot more aware of what took place here. Anyway, its not a matter of

‘If’ but only ‘when’, but rest assured, when it happens it will be Now :^). Happy Easter & love 2 u & yers, sgc

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Peeps, I should really go ride my bike in this beautiful weather…but this bed is just fantastic.

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Just saw a lady walk by with a handful of pickled beets here at the Sirloin Stockade. Easter brings out the hungries apparently.

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