Ice Cream! We're gonna have ICE CREAM <---*old Bill Cosby fans take note*

[icarus]

There's an ice cream social going on at our building right now. Live jazz, elegant tablecloths in the Atrium, goooooood ice cream sundae's you build yourself. The janitorial staff looks like they're having fun serving. I got to spoon on my own chocolate fudge... I held the spoon way high and let the fudge twirl around the peak of the ice cream, following the crannies and valleys, outlined the dish in chocolate...

... behind me, someone cleared his throat.

Oopsy.

"Were you writing your name?" The man in the business suit grins.

"I was playing." I beam. "Some things you shouldn't give up when you're nine."

I could see he was still smiling after he dished up his own fudge.

Comments

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

Good for you- I bet you inspired him. Maybe he'll skip to his car tonight, or spray whipped cream into his mouth straight from the aerosol can, or some other refreshingly youthful activity!

[toujours-impur.livejournal.com]

Aww :D that is cute. One for the books. :)

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.... Name-writing in hot fudge....
*ideas*
(Shhhh! No fair warning my boy to hide!)

Life philosophies

[wishwords.livejournal.com]

That is definitely something to remember. That is so perfect. Am I correct that you are or were Buddhist? Which philosophy did you follow and do you mind talking to me about it?

Re: Life philosophies

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I was a Buddhist nun for 14 years, Vajrayana tradition (which is part of the Mahayana school -- mostly Tibetan Buddhism). My favourite topic actually.

The lineage of Tibetan Buddhism I belong to is Nyingma (old school), dating from the 8th century and the first translation of Buddhism from Sankrit into Tibetan, mostly led by Guru Padmasambhava. Nyingmas have a rep for being way-out mystics. The Nyingma follow the philosophical teachings of Nagarjuna, and the 'terma' or 'hidden teachings' spiritual tradition (while the Dalai Lama's lineage, for example, follow Je Tsongkhapa).

Getting even further into the details, I am a practitioner (a little less than in the past, I am resting right now) specifically of Longchenpa's spiritual tradition of terma, and also a lesser known teacher from the 14th century, Migyur Dorje. My philosophical education has been about 50/50 Nyingma and Kagyud (just because the Kagyud are better established in the US and have more translations available).

Does that make any sense at all? I'm not sure what background you're coming from.

Icarus

[dien.livejournal.com]

*blinks* *over her head at the speakage of Buddhism, but that's okay as she meant to comment on the ice cream anyway*

Was it vanilla? And that's a great image. It's little things, no? :)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

*visualises Homer Simpson* No, not vanilla. Chooooooocolate... (and mint chocolate chip).

*grins*

Icarus

[(Anonymous)]

at least you didn't put a cherry in your navel ala Cosby

note to self - buy sundae fixings

tjstein

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

It's blazing hot out here (comparatively speaking) so ice cream sundaes sound very, very good.

[tinderblast.livejournal.com]

Hello lovey, just dropping by to ask something: Esperanza asked me at my lj about the problems you're having with your website

(see here http://www.livejournal.com/users/tinderblast/12343.html?view=41527#t41527)

and I was just wondering what the current status was? Is? Are you thinking of changing servers, or will they pick up their socks soon and fix the problem?

brodie

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hi, I guess I need to put out a general notice. I'm just going to have to live with what Earthlink has done to my site, and have people link to The Main Page (http://home.earthlink.net/~dinkbird) rather than the fic page as before. I've changed the main page so people can tell there's fanfiction there (you couldn't before).

In the meantime, I'm hunting for new servers to host my site. I've mostly stayed with Earthlink (paying the higher price) because of their excellent customer service.

Gosh, I've missing posts by my old friends. I have a really long friends-list now, and... it's great, but I missed those great recs and... I guess I'm going to have to click on peoples' livejournals directly.

Icarus

[tinderblast.livejournal.com]

Gosh, I've missing posts by my old friends. I have a really long friends-list now, and... it's great, but I missed those great recs and... I guess I'm going to have to click on peoples' livejournals directly

I know - it's fantastic being able to keep up with people via their journals, but if everyone posts on the same day then I struggle to read all the new entries as I typically on have about an hour a day online to do everything ...

brodie