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=Matthew O'Hanlon's=



Getting Started
==== The beginning seemed pretty easy. Unfortunately, by the end of the second day my fingers started twitching, kind of like Siddharta's "nails long on his thin fingers." This seemed like an onimous sign that it would be harder than I thought. I figured that if I just don't think about games, it will be easier. This would prove easier said than done. ====



Mid-Week-
====This definitely was the real test of endurance. My brother or my dad seemed to always be playing games, and I could have sworn they would turn up the volume when they knew I was in the other room. Luckily, I was kept busy with marching band, so that took my mind off the games for a while.====

End of the week-
====I did not make it the full seven days. I got careless and crashed on the seventh day. At first I felt bad, but realized it wasn't the end of the world. Siddhartha's middle way came to mind, and I realized total abstinence is not the right way to go. It's probably unhealthy considering I was going insane. Who knows, I might try it again sometime. NOT!====



Siddhartha reached awakening after he left the Budha, and was walking near a stream. I chose to draw the river as a snake because " He realized that something had left him, like the old skin that a snake sheds." (37) The snake is also incorporated when the awakening first occured. "he stood still, as if a snake lay in his path." (40) I also incorporated alot of green, blue and yellow into the picture because of the way Siddhartha described the world around him. " Here was blue, here was yellow, here was green..." (39)

media type="custom" key="21298150" I feel content with my daily life as it is.There is nothing unnecesary or distracting about my day. It is pretty average for people my age. School takes up the majority of my day,but it is important, and I actualy enjoy it. I feel at home with my schedule and would not change a thing.

media type="custom" key="21324866" Gonna lay down my sword and shieldDown by the riversideDown by the riversideDown by the riversideGonna lay down my sword and shieldDown by the riversideAin't gonna study war no more. //refrain// I ain't gonna study war no more,I ain't gonna study war no more,Study war no more.I ain't gonna study war no more,I ain't gonna study war no more,Study war no more. Gonna stick my sword in the golden sand; Down By the riversideDown by the riversideDown by the riversideGonna stick my sword in the golden sandDown by the riversideGonna study war no more. //refrain// Gonna put on my long white robe;Down By the riversideDown by the riversideDown by the riversideGonna put on my long white robe; Down by the riversideGonna study war no more. //refrain// Gonna put on my starry crown; Down By the riversideDown by the riversideDown by the riversideGonna put on my starry crown;Down by the riversideGonna study war no more. //refrain// Gonna put on my golden shoes;(ETC)Gonna talk with the Prince of Peace;(ETC)Gonna shake hands around the world;

Quote -
"'Yes, said the ferryman, 'It is a very beautiful river. I love it above everything."

media type="custom" key="21324900" In the twilight glow I seen her Blue eyes crying in the rain When we kissed goodbye and parted I knew we'd never meet again

Love is like a dying ember And only memories remain And through the ages I'll remember Blue eyes crying in the rain

Someday when we meet up yonder We'll stroll hand in hand again In the land that knows no parting Blue eyes crying in the rain

Quote -
"He stopped on this river and stood hesitatingly on the bank... Why should he go any further, where, and for what purpose?"

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We all came out to Montereax, On the Lake Geneva shoreline. To make records with a mobile, We didn't have much time. But Frank Zappa and the Mothers, Were at the best place around, But some stupid with a flare gun, Burned the place to the ground. Smoke on the water and fire in the sky. Smoke on the water...

They burned down the gambling house, It died with an awful sound. (Uh) Funky Claude was running in and out, Pulling kids out the ground. When it all was over, We had to find another place. But Swiss time was running out, It seemed that we would lose the race. Smoke on the water and fire in the sky. Smoke on the water...

We ended up at the Grand Hotel. It was empty cold and bare. But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside, Making our music there. With a few red lights, a few old beds, We made a place to sweat. No matter what we get out of this, I know I know we'll never forget. Smoke on the water and fire in the sky. Smoke on the water...

Quote -
"Love this river, stay by it, learn from it."

Kamala -

 * Name**: Kamala


 * Location**: The Pleasure Grove


 * Eyes**: Dark Brown


 * Hair**: Deep Chocolate Brown

She is beautiful and smart and attractive. Siddhartha is attracted to her for this as well as her potential to teach him in the ways of love. Siddhartha describes her "Under black hair, which made to tower high on her head, he saw a very fair, very delicate, very smart face, a brightly red mouth, like a freshly cracked fig." This gives the impression of a very beautiful and powerful person.
 * About Me**

**Hobbies / Profession**
Kamala is a courtesan, so she attends royal courts. She like to have different men dote upon her. "Many young men come to me, and there are also sons of Brahmans among them."

**Looking For (54, 59, 60)**
I am looking for a rich man one with "pretty clothes, and shoes, pretty shoes,and lots of money in his pouch, and gifts for Kamala."