Things are looking up
I've been having a lot of fun with 23Breaths and readership has steadily improved.
(to be fair I check the site 170 times a day so a big thanks to you 6 other readers!)
This is a definition of "small potatoes" in the blog world but it's fun and I have meet a bunch of great people.
(sadly it's not enough fun to make me want to wade thru html and change the font colors, I kid myself that it makes the blog "homey" but I'm not fooling anybody)
(to be fair I check the site 170 times a day so a big thanks to you 6 other readers!)
This is a definition of "small potatoes" in the blog world but it's fun and I have meet a bunch of great people.
(sadly it's not enough fun to make me want to wade thru html and change the font colors, I kid myself that it makes the blog "homey" but I'm not fooling anybody)
-- Site Summary ---
Visits
Total ....................... 52,026
Average per Day ................ 176
Average Visit Length .......... 3:09
This Week .................... 1,229
Page Views
Total ........... 72,236
Average per Day ................ 272
Average per Visit .............. 1.6
This Week .................... 1,905
(If my 401K did this well I could retire instead of looking for a job!)
So in celebration here is a repost of August 28, 2008
Shelter Party August 30th: Under The Sun and Goin' Big
Come Join the gang at Shelter Surf Shop on Saturday August 30th at 8pm for a gathering of the tribes!
Film, Art, Music and Literature!
Here's the Lowdown:
Film and Art: Under The Sun by Cyrus Sutton.
Scope the film trailer here:
Literature: Book Signing with Kevin O'Sullivan for his book on the Hayday of Gotcha entitled "Goin' Big"
Music: TBD
Refreshments: Courtesy of The Pike Bar and Grill.
Be There or Be a quadratic shape with four equal sides!!
(not really much different that you would find in a current post, so either it been decent all along or it's showing no signs of improvement)
oh and here is my first post
(really got wordy on this one!)
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2008
8 COMMENTS:
Prana- I like the direction of this blog.
A) depends on your lungs and your mat. When your mat gets in the water the temp changes the air volume changes and you have to re evaluate your mat inflation anyway. Pay attention to how your mat rides.
B) I was reading Rob Wilson's "The Illuminatus! Trilogy" where he expounds on the "law of fives" 2+3 = 5 etc
C) numeric blog names float to the top of the list (see blatant commercialism and self promotion)
D) counting your breaths is a good practice try it for a year or two
Either way I thought that was pretty good, I guess my wife was right about me being full of hot air.
Chowda,
Brian
How long you been married?
Don't you know your wife is always right?
Carry on
Great work on the site. I too like where you are going with the site.
Brian
Sitting on the shore, staring out to sea, preparing to return to
Mother Nature's womb. Meditating on the rhythm of the swells as they
ascend and descend in time with the measure of the ocean floor.
The melodies of the waves drown out all negative energy. The sound of
breathing reverberates everywhere.
Waves created by a far-off wind,
Mother Nature's breath. Air expelled from human lungs, breathing life into this inflatable wave-riding craft. The breath of life pulled deep and pushed long. It is meditation. Zen.
Surfing. Gliding on the liquid manifestation of cyclical energy
created by a distant breath. This is a spiritual dance that has long,
deep Polynesian roots.
Alien missionaries deemed surfing to be a sinful pastime of backward heathens, but for the Hawaiians, it was sacred. Breath was also sacred. It is the essence of life. Mana.
In Hawaiian culture, people would greet one another by standing face to face and simultaneously inhaling and exhaling each other's breath.
What would the ancients think of mat-surfing? Using the Mana of one's breath to perform the spiritual act of surfing on a wave formed by the energy of nature's own breath.
No wonder these surf mats feel so alive! There is some powerful magic going on here.
All things considered, it's funny to hear people refer to surf mats as just another pool toy. I can see how some might be offended. Perhaps it's all just nonsense. Don't spend too much time thinking about it.
Take a deep breath, let go and the surfmat will show you the way.
Aloha.