not paying attention or otherwise occupied
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flaneuse: a stroller, loiterer, who ambles through a city without apparent purpose but is secretly attuned to the history of the place and in covert search of adventure, aesthetic or erotic
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Strange is our situation here upon Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. However, there is one thing that we do know, that we are here for the sake of others. Above all, for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy.
~Albert Einstein

social justice, tattoos, animals, animal rights, photography, art in general, travel, death/dying, gerontology, vegan crap, psychoactive drugs, my dog, new-to-me music, existentialism, abnormalities, social psychology, disinformation

James Taylor, Warren Zevon, Steely Dan, Freddie Mercury/Queen, Freedy Johnston, Townes van Zandt, Taj Mahal, The Beatles, The Jayhawks, Son Volt, Pearl Jam, ever expanding thanks to outside influences

The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, any Monthy Python, O Brother Where Art Thou, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Bottle Rocket, Home Fries, Rear Window, Lonesome Dove, The Princess Bride, The Muppet Movie, Clay Pigeons, Young Frankenstein, The Royal Tennenbaums, Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

whatever we can rent on DVD: The Simpsons, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office, Nip/Tuck, Reno 9-1-1

Choke, Infinite Jest, Dorothy Parker's Elbow, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, A Beautiful Mind, A Multitude of Sins, We Were the Mulvaneys, Crime & Punishment, A People's History of the United States, Everything You Know is Wrong, Tripping, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers