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ss project active and have been more thinking orientated for the past 2 days. This gets somewhat problem resultant for me. When i get focused like this I have a tendency to think on lack of progress..I develop this overwhelming tendency to believe that like a hamster in a wheel i'm running hard but getting nowhere..knowing that time is running out as well. We've been working desperately hard at the smaller footprint life, but there seems to be no end in sight of the hauling, sorting, painting, modifying..to get our existence to where we want it to be...there's been about zero cooperation from the outside--no contractor's for kitchen,(although we may have found one, too early to tell yet?) the back yard fence or solar panel installation. It's been very difficult to find organizations willing to accept viable donations of personal excess.. no progress the segway concept..and the nerd cave needs alot of work, as does the main bathroom, which i'm starting on today. The back yard's a mess and i've been to the local bookstore once since i've moved in.
Yet, the living room, dining room, bedroom and front porch are painted, decorated,and detailed. I planted flowers in beds out front and in decorative pots....The house's entire electrical system has been replaced. We have managed to sort through 
half the boxes of our previous,excessive lifestyle. We are living economically, saving and making money, paying cash. I'm averaging over 50 miles per gallon per day on my commute with the Prius. Above all else how can i be depressed when i see my dogs lying in the sun in the new living room. We are developing a zen like living space it just takes awhile. I
n reality it is my own brain attempting to screw up my perceptions of what is truly occurring. Time to personally evolve alittle bit.... I have been doing excellent overall with the Prius--50 or 51+ mpg as a daily average
. The wind in new mexico is the greatest obstacle to high mileage. There are often times, like this week, where i average 51 mpg for 4 days and on the 5th day with an increase in headwind i lose everything to drop down to anywhere from 44 to 48 mpg. Amazing you know? Here's a bizarre news item. Our leadership cannot deal with improving any form of American produced transportation...
ss project active and have been more thinking orientated for the past 2 days. This gets somewhat problem resultant for me. When i get focused like this I have a tendency to think on lack of progress..I develop this overwhelming tendency to believe that like a hamster in a wheel i'm running hard but getting nowhere..knowing that time is running out as well. We've been working desperately hard at the smaller footprint life, but there seems to be no end in sight of the hauling, sorting, painting, modifying..to get our existence to where we want it to be...there's been about zero cooperation from the outside--no contractor's for kitchen,(although we may have found one, too early to tell yet?) the back yard fence or solar panel installation. It's been very difficult to find organizations willing to accept viable donations of personal excess.. no progress the segway concept..and the nerd cave needs alot of work, as does the main bathroom, which i'm starting on today. The back yard's a mess and i've been to the local bookstore once since i've moved in.
Yet, the living room, dining room, bedroom and front porch are painted, decorated,and detailed. I planted flowers in beds out front and in decorative pots....The house's entire electrical system has been replaced. We have managed to sort through 
half the boxes of our previous,excessive lifestyle. We are living economically, saving and making money, paying cash. I'm averaging over 50 miles per gallon per day on my commute with the Prius. Above all else how can i be depressed when i see my dogs lying in the sun in the new living room. We are developing a zen like living space it just takes awhile. I
n reality it is my own brain attempting to screw up my perceptions of what is truly occurring. Time to personally evolve alittle bit.... I have been doing excellent overall with the Prius--50 or 51+ mpg as a daily average
. The wind in new mexico is the greatest obstacle to high mileage. There are often times, like this week, where i average 51 mpg for 4 days and on the 5th day with an increase in headwind i lose everything to drop down to anywhere from 44 to 48 mpg. Amazing you know? Here's a bizarre news item. Our leadership cannot deal with improving any form of American produced transportation...but they turn their attention to insuring that hybrid cars make enough noise so that blind pedestrians can hear their approach..
i sit and shake my head! My wife and i have been discussing buying a segway human transporter...but after several in-depth discussions we've decide
d that instead of a segway we will buy the first viable electric vehicle to hit the marketplace. By viable we mean--sits two people, has a 50 mile range, capable of 65 mph, and is an actual "real" car--4 wheels--metal body and real tires and brakes. The vehicle i have my hopes on is the Subaru R1e pictured at the left..The R1e is currently,reportedly, under real world testing in NYC. From what i have read on the net about this vehicle i would buy it in a second if they offered it right now. I'm planning on writing Subaru and trying to push them for production as soon as possible....Ah-well, the date of 2009-2010 for real electric cars seems to be the event horizon that everyone is hoping for.
d that instead of a segway we will buy the first viable electric vehicle to hit the marketplace. By viable we mean--sits two people, has a 50 mile range, capable of 65 mph, and is an actual "real" car--4 wheels--metal body and real tires and brakes. The vehicle i have my hopes on is the Subaru R1e pictured at the left..The R1e is currently,reportedly, under real world testing in NYC. From what i have read on the net about this vehicle i would buy it in a second if they offered it right now. I'm planning on writing Subaru and trying to push them for production as soon as possible....Ah-well, the date of 2009-2010 for real electric cars seems to be the event horizon that everyone is hoping for. 
I just finished an outstanding book--"Massive Change" assembled by Bruce Mau..I say assembled because this book is a tremendous construction of essays, photography, and graphing describing the effect that 
design can have now, or could have in the future to solve the problems effecting the human condition. Design is truly used as a real concept covering invention--human interfacing--and operation of any particular concept. This book is beautiful--i found i could not put it down some nights and wound up tired like a dog the next day at work...but it was worth it! If you are at all interested in design, or the end result of think tank production you should look into this book---it reads in the same manner as a beautiful website---i recommend.
I have been working on my art in drawing and on my notebooks...writing and receiving emails from friends that make the world go round---lego's have become an ongoing process--working all the time---in anime i've been watching the APPLESEED movie alittle bit at a time and it is wondrous--simply wondrous...growing my hair--it's about down to my shoulders now and it's great being old & gray and not worrying about what people think----i have a ton of computing projects to catch up on and if i think about it--i'll go crazy but i'll get on it as soon as i can i suppose. That's it for now, i'm off to write Subaru get started on jobs around the place and do alittle art----take care--------- live smaller and smarter.... 
design can have now, or could have in the future to solve the problems effecting the human condition. Design is truly used as a real concept covering invention--human interfacing--and operation of any particular concept. This book is beautiful--i found i could not put it down some nights and wound up tired like a dog the next day at work...but it was worth it! If you are at all interested in design, or the end result of think tank production you should look into this book---it reads in the same manner as a beautiful website---i recommend.
I have been working on my art in drawing and on my notebooks...writing and receiving emails from friends that make the world go round---lego's have become an ongoing process--working all the time---in anime i've been watching the APPLESEED movie alittle bit at a time and it is wondrous--simply wondrous...growing my hair--it's about down to my shoulders now and it's great being old & gray and not worrying about what people think----i have a ton of computing projects to catch up on and if i think about it--i'll go crazy but i'll get on it as soon as i can i suppose. That's it for now, i'm off to write Subaru get started on jobs around the place and do alittle art----take care--------- live smaller and smarter.... 
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