oh, Rocky Balboa

Okay I know it's obvious I like Jenny Lewis tons, maybe a bit too much, but this is totally my favorite song off of her album Rabbit Fur Coat...

You Are What You Love

This is no great illusion
When I'm with you I'm looking for a ghost
Or invisible reasons
To fall out of love and run screaming from our home

Because we live in a house of mirrors
We see our fears and everything
Our songs, faces, and second hand clothes
But more and more we're suffering
Not nobody, not a thousand beers
Will keep us from feeling so all alone

But you are what you love
And not what loves you back
That's why I'm here on your doorstep
Pleading for you to take me back

The phone is a fine invention
It allows me to talk endlessly to you
About nothing disguising my intentions
Which I'm afraid, my friend, are wildly untrue

It's a sleight of hand, a white soul band
The heart attacks I'm convinced I have
Every morning upon waking
To you I'm a symbol or a monument
Your rite of passage to fufillment
But I'm not yours for the taking

But you are what you love
And not what loves you back
So I guess that's why you keep calling me back

I'm fraudulent, a thief at best
A coward who paints a bullshit canvas
Things that will never happen to me
But at arms length, it's Tim who said
I'm good at it, I've mastered it
Avoiding, avoiding everything

But you are what you love, Tim
And not what loves you back
And I'm in love with illusions
So saw me in half
I'm in love with tricks
So pull another rabbit out of your hat

and...I get these daily things from Tricycle magazine sent to my email and though I am not Buddhist, they always have something good to say and I just thought I'd share one...

Karma Consciousness

The word [karma] penetrated the Western consciousness, from the Buddhist point of view at least, in somewhat distorted guise. It is often called the Law of Cause and Effect, so it is about the consequences and actions of the body, speech and mind. And consequences are very important in Buddhism. Any action that is willed, however subtly, by the person who performs it will always produce a future ripening and ultimately a fruit of similar moral quality, because in the human sphere karma operates in an ethical manner. So an unethical action will produce a come-back of like kind in this life or some future rebirth; and the same goes for morally good or indifferent actions that are willed and freely undertaken. In the Bible it says something similar: that we reap what we sow. If we want to progress spiritually--or even just live with minimum aggravation--it therefore behooves us to be very careful how we speak and act, for there is no way we can escape the consequences.

--John Snelling, Elements of Buddhism from Everyday Mind, edited by Jean Smith, a Tricycle book

Anywho, time to head home, my parents are probably wondering where I am. I am determined this year to keep my family from drama and ppl getting upset this year. Last year was such a bummer around this time, I am not sure if I can handle two years in a row the same way so I am equipped with movies that should please most if not everyone and also some good music to listen to when we get our euchre on. I just seem to have luck when I play because I always get the aces and it saves my partner and I from getting euchred...woot!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

much love!

p.s. I really like the Rocky movies and I saw a trailer for Rocky Balboa and it didn't look that bad (trust me when I first read about it being in the works, I was wondering what Sylvester Stallone was thinking, but I have changed my opinion on that) so if anyone wants to go with me, let me know=Þ Or else I will probably have to go to a matinee by myself, heh.