Mojo’s Blue Glasses

My living room shook and my refrigerator rocked on its legs as my 5th floor apartment endured a recent quake. It was a longer quake, so that’s what added to the excitement. While it was happening, I didn’t really think anything would go wrong, but I did wonder when it would stop.

People are in the hallways relieving their frazzled nerves by socializing. I did a loop downstairs and talked with several people, but then went back up to catch the reports on KRON4 News, the local station that is typically the first to report on such events.

I guess for one second I thought, what if this building collapses– I wonder if I’d survive. But then immediately after, I looked around for a bit, then bit into my fish fillet that I had just served up on a platter… Come on, priorities. Finish what you started, even if only a few bites. :-)

Today to test a phone call, I called 510-767-2676. For Northern Californians who know “POPCORN”, dialing this connects the caller to a phone company service that tells the time of day in 10-second recorded increments. One would be greeted with a female voice saying something like, “At the tone, Pacific Daylight Time will be… 10:15, and 20 seconds… Beep!”

I called this tonight, testing emergency call limitations on my cell phone, and got this surprising message: “Effective September 19, 2007, the time announcement information service has been discontinued. We apologize for any inconvenience.” WHAT? I just called it a couple days ago, and Time Lady was still there!

I am saddened by this significant and momentous service shut-down. I remember when I was a kid, as early as age 7, calling this number just for fun or to set my watch for DST, or program the microwave or VCR clocks after a power outage. News articles say that the service obsoletion in California is due to AT&T’s inability to get new parts for the old hardware. California and Nevada are the last two holdout states for this service, all 48 others have dropped it. …

I had some thoughts while observing the world from a balcony view. Have a listen. Balcony in Front of a Hospital

Hi. I’ve been up all night, waking just after midnight from a short nap, to photograph the lunar eclipse. It started at 1:51am PDT, and is about to end now at 5:17am. Since I’m up, I’m going to try to stay up for the sunrise, which is a rarity for me to witness.

What I find cool about tonight is that I pulled an all-nighter without any outside pressure or external deadline to do so. Just for my own sheer interest and enjoyment. I am glad to experience this.

Sorry about the silence regarding the Oz trip. It wasn’t that my Internet connectivity sucked, I had a connection virtually everywhere I went. This is evidenced by my ongoing Flickr stream. I simply lacked the energy to blog after all the activity.

I believe energy is an important aspect to blogging. Something to which you are not held accountable, and is not a necessary routine, will likely fall through the cracks when energy is being juggled between competing self-made tasks. We have finite energy, finite life force. And that which does not win a portion of our daily energy will not get tackled and accomplished on any typical day. I also think our common need for vacations and periods of time off is a subconscious signal that our chosen distribution of energies is not balanced; in fact, our daily choices diminish the total energy capacity over time.

It’s funny how in almost all resources, we use just about as much as is provided to us, and do not conserve enough for the big picture. Why can’t I learn a musical instrument? Why can’t I write that book I’ve been thinking about? Why …

In that time between sleep and waking, that is where I want to be. Where nothing is wrong, and nothing has been dredged up from memory to tighten my veins, that is where I want to dwell.

-Dennis Mojado

I’m flying to Brisbane today, and don’t know what my Internet connectivity will be like. Let’s hope I can stay in touch, but if not, see you all in two weeks!