bodhi day co(ck)ntest
// December 8th, 2009 // Uncategorized
Happy Bodhi Day everyone! This is a good day for contemplation or rather an arbitrary day in the ebb and flow of winter holidays to be kind to one another. The eighth day of the 12 month is about when Shakyamuni or Siddhartha Guatauma attained enlightenment. Which calendar do you ask, well… for consistency sake let’s just say 8 December. Anyway it is a great day to exhibit reverence, just like everyday.
We here at Ossumniss HQ have something amazing to share with you though. A contest actually. Your very own metal cock. He weighs in at 1.5 pounds and is 20″ tall, exactly and approximately. His meaning, whatever you want! Let him hang out on your mantle, be protector of your Wii high score, torment your parents, scare the squirrels in your garden. Your choice.
He is a beautiful little guy so we are not just giving him away. You need to work for it. Tell us your best quick story of personal enlightenment in the comment section. We will harbor judgments which doesn’t seem very enlightened but that is how we will select the best story.
We will mail in the continental United States, but for local folks… we will bring him to Ignite Boulder on Thursday for you if you are going. Just think, he can also be your drinking and heckling buddy. Win-win.
Contest closes 9 December at 6 PM MST. Winner will be announced 10 December.
Happy Bodhi Day. Now go eat a tangerine. Mindfully eat a tangerine. And BE NICE TO EACH OTHER!
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Every year, during ski season, I make it a point to go up for at least one day and ski by myself. It’s an excuse to be as physically demanding on my body as I want to be, to take the turns I want to take on the runs I want to, um…run, and spend as much time on the mountain as I can muster without waiting for anyone else to make a decision.
It’s also my best excuse for climbing up above the highest lift and staring out over the valley, for as long as I feel like it. I do this because it’s a great reminder that wherever I’m headed in life, there’s always a view like this somewhere nearby. All I really have to do is get to the top of the hill and relish in it.
Now gimme that cock!
OK, I know I am late, but after thinking about your question long and hard, (no pun intended, considering the prize,) ahem… I decided to submit an excerpt from one of my blog posts this year (http://tekee.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/gone-but-not-forgotten/) which was perhaps the strongest feeling of enlightenment I’ve ever had, albeit simple.
“One was his eternally optimistic views on life. He was always able to cheer anyone up and help them see the brighter side of things, if not in spoken words, you could find it in his poetry and campfire songs. In fact, within hours of his passing, the rain stopped and the most fantastic triple rainbow appeared. I know that it was sent from him and it was the sign I needed to know that everything would be alright, the glass would always remain half full.”