Jordanthemango's Blog

boink.

jordanthemango — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:15:21 +0000

Picked up some Advan RS’ =). Going to Streets of Willow in…. like 5 hours haha. Hopefully I can best my time of 1:24.4 there. Last time I tracked was 9 months ago though, shieeeeeeet. Oh well, it’ll be fun and a great way to end the year =).

bullshit.

jordanthemango — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:56:34 +0000

I tend to say this word alot when drinking LOL.

Reading rage.

jordanthemango — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:04:21 +0000

When my brother let me borrow his Kindle last week, I was pretty happy as I had planned to read a good amount over break. I opened it up, scrolled through the books and selected the first book that I recognized, which was the first Harry Potter book, The Sorcererererer’s Stone. Little did I know that I would be facking hooked in and on a reading rage over this series. I had planned to read self-development books, or some classics, autobiographies, etc. But now I’m reading about people flying on brooms, 3 headed dogs, and evil wizards and shit. I feel like I was transported back to 3rd grade, sitting on the ground in Ms. Amsbary’s class, mystified and fully encapsulated into the story as she would read us a chapter a day from the book after lunch, but whatever, shits dope.

I finished off the first book at like 4 am this morning, and then just finished off the second book now in a little bit under 5 hours. My bro has all the HP books on the Kindle and I’m determined to finish it all by by the end of next week lol. I feel like a kid but, I feel that Harry Potter is something that many people in this generation relate to and reference. Its a classic in a sense, and I feel that I’ve missed out, so yeaaah thats my justification.

Gunna head to Riverside to work on my car a bit, then… Buttonwillow.

Fall one one, got it done.

jordanthemango — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:12:02 +0000

Finally finished my last final today, first semester at USC has come to an end. This semester has definitely provided me with many eye-opening experiences, both with ones that I will happily never forget as well as those that I really really wish I can forget LOL.

I’ve been told by my dad and I’ve told others as well to “live in the moment.” But, these words have never truly come alive or made sense to me until now. I’ve always been the type of person to think waaay too much into situations and my mind is never really “present” to where I am. It’s quite suffocating to say the least.

Not gunna flood this post with details but, our time with the people we meet, our friends, our loved ones, is extremely short. Cherish the times with the people around you and really be present enough to enjoy their company; its quite liberating. Create new, amazing, and exciting experiences that will not only develop yourself but inspire others to do the same as well.

Create the environment you want and don’t let external factors or others drive you away from what you truly want to get out of life. Don’t think too much, just act, even failure is an experience in itself, and at the end of it all, reflect back briefly and and see how far you’ve come. To put it simply.. be genuine, inspire, and live it up.

i just want to be absorbed

jordanthemango — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:30:42 +0000

by the ground.

jordanthemango — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:22:21 +0000

a-me.

jordanthemango — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:47:51 +0000

rain. i rike.

Meditation?

jordanthemango — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:10:13 +0000

I decided on a whim to go with my brother and my mom to a meditation retreat yesterday. I’m pretty happy that I went as I emerged 6 hours later, transformed, enlightened, bald, and with a significantly larger belly. No but seriously, it was a profound experience and I came out feeling much lighter, determined, and focused.

The beginning of the day was tough as I tried to meditate but my mind was fucking in like a million places. I thought about her, drifting, pledging, finals, back to drifting, her, fuck. The next couple meditation sessions were the same story. The meditation leaders led us through a couple different meditations such as visualizing that our bodies are filled with light and to visualize our organs dissolving but, I couldn’t go that deep as I was trying to focus on my breathing and controlling my stray thoughts. My bro said that the body of light experience was pretty trippy and my mom had an out-of-body experience LOL.

Also, one of the meditation leaders was Cameron Mathison who I learned is a pretty big soap opera star, he was on All My Children for 11 years, and also featured on Dancing with the Stars. I had no idea who he was and his major following until I Googled him lol.

Toward the end of the day I finally got my thoughts in check and I achieved an incredibly relaxed and calmed state of feeling and control. Whenever a stray thought came about, I didn’t follow it and shut it down. Only when I achieved that state of mind was when I could truly be present and reflect on my current priorities regarding who and what is really important in my life.

I’ve realized who is truly important in my life at this moment in time and only to those will I dedicate more of my own time and energy toward. I will only open myself to those that are genuine and appreciate me for who I am and what I have to offer. To the others, you’re forever dead to me.

I have two more finals to go, one consists of a 15 page research paper on Vietnam, and I’m only…. one page in, due Tuesday, and a Japanese final on Wednesday. Looking forward to the break as I have lots of things planned =D.

the holstee manifesto.

jordanthemango — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:11:14 +0000

need drifting back in my life. rps13 will be created over break.

Happy Friday.

jordanthemango — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:43:06 +0000