ultramundane journal

2005-12-21 08:11

pacification

I don’t really have anything to say. I’m just tired of seeing the word “masturbation” in big letters at the top of the page.

Adaptation of a joke I remember from elementary school:

Q: How do you top a war?

A: Tep on the brake, tupid!

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Reader comments: 2005-12-21 15:32 -sc

Q: What do you get when you cross a GFP tagged C. Elegans with beer??
A: Light Beer

2005-12-23 08:58 ult http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_fluorescent_protein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_elegans

Eww you’re drinking worms! 2005-12-27 19:42 -JAC

Sorry in advance: this is about a 5 year-old “walkabout” entry. I was just wondering if you’ve ever heard anything from Carlos…as in the “Mexican guy who now tests negative for HIV after two years of Tibetan medicine and a little self-transformation. He’s writing a book about it, I’ll let you know when it comes out.” Would love to read that book!

2005-12-29 20:25 ult

Hmm. I haven’t heard anything from him in a handful of years, though a Tibetan friend of mine worked for him at his Mexican restaurant in Dharamsala for a while. I googled a website by a Mexican guy who had recovered from AIDS using Tibetan Medicine in Dharamsala and written a book—same guy? I can’t tell for sure, but after comparing photos I think it must be.

Here’s a photo of him last time I saw him: http://mundane.org/gallery/v/journal/014-1801.jpg.html
And here are two photos of him from his web site: http://www.geocities.com/vihlapuerta/img6.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/vihlapuerta/img2.jpg

The photos aren’t very high quality, but the red ribbon around his neck might be the give-away.

Unfortunately the website (and the free book in Word format) is in Spanish.
Spanish: http://www.geocities.com/vihlapuerta/
English translation: http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=es%7C en&u=http://www.geocities.com/vihlapuerta/&prev=/language_tools

Hope that helps!

2006-01-07 22:45 -JAC

Thanks :-)

2006-01-10 13:53 carlos

hey guys im carlos, the mexican you talk about… you can e-mail me at vihlapuerta@yahoo.com.mx and yes! i was the owner of the mexican rest in dharamshala… je je je

2006-01-14 09:25 anonymous

ult, i’m coming over. do you have a spare bed for a few weeks

2006-01-14 22:53 ult

anonymous, yes, of course, drop by any time. so long as you like to drum, of course.

2006-01-18 08:41 anonymous

I’m not sure how i am about drumming, is that ok? i’m peaceful and nice, and i think we’d have a good time hanging out. there is only a 5 percent chance i’d fly to the east coast and all, but if i did, you’d have a bed, no?

2006-01-20 08:39 ult

Peaceful and nice is good. I don’t understand how we’d have a good time hanging out if you don’t drum, but I’ll give it a shot. Maybe you’ll learn to drum. I have a small futon that you can use as a bed. I only have one room which serves as my bedroom, living room, office, mudroom (that’s like a foyer in New England), and drumming room. The hard part would be that I work out of that room four days a week, so you’d have to be very very quiet. No drumming. But you could go have a beer at Harlow’s or something until I’m done with work, then you could go with me to pottery or drumming.

2006-01-25 08:36 anonymous

I could learn to drum. You want me to drum, but don’t want me to drum. I could have a beer as such. What do you want?