It's good to see the torch being passed...

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Apehangers are a privilege

Don't abuse them.

Speechless.

Seriously, someone explain this.

Taco Tuesday

NINJAS!

They come in all kinds of different shapes and forms but, all are equally silent and deadly.

Some Wicked Shit!

What's up Bastards?

So this dude Joshua Norton came in to my printmaking class yesterday and talked and showed us some of his work. It was pretty cool, lots of funny, poster type stuff. Metal and spacey combined, mosters, religious humor, etc. Josh is a local artist from here in Minneapolis. Check it out: http://www.joshuanorton.net/

Harley's new clothing line

The H.O.G. Official Merchandise line has really gone off the deep end.

Flaming Lips New Jam!

RAD VIDEO!

This dude's long bike...

...is clearly more chopperrific and hardcore than yours.

Check out the 19th century motor technology! No signals, no lights, no brakes at all! Handmade springer and frame, custom seat, narrow bars, adjustable forward controls! Ridin shirtless, one handed, drinkin a 40, with a dirty mohawk for a helmet!

$16k panhead punks eat your hearts out!

Happy Friday, you Bastards!

Guess who I'm gunna see tonight...

Hahahahah, indeed! Enjoy a cold one er something, witch-doctor's orders.

Cheers!

Zen?

So Pat the Bastard asked me to write something about Zen.  I just know about meditation.  So here is something about that:

Zen bastards? You need to be a bastard to succeed at meditation.  Tenacious, relentless, and generally unwilling to accept defeat as you start the adventures onto the cushion and into the screaming heebeegeebee depths of what your mind is actually up to.  Maybe you’re a walking bundle of peace and calm?  Excellent.  Otherwise, this may be useful info.

One thing to remember about meditation: it is training.  Even if you are one of the rather uncommon folks to have the spontaneous enlightenment thing fall in your lap, you actually need to sit and be still once in a while if you want to keep that revelation and make it something real.  But, if you are like 99.9999% of us, you will need to learn to meditate, put in your dues, and face some uncomfortable times before the joy starts flowing, the knots unwind, and you start having an inkling about what non-conceptual awareness is all about.

No prob.  There is a long track record of seriously messed up people going all the way with the training.  People collecting and wearing necklaces made from fingers of the people they killed, folks living on cow poop, people who acted like dogs all became enlightened once they got down to actually meditating.  That’s the story.  Seriously, however messed up you think you are, you probably aren’t living on cow poop.  McDonalds may actually be surprisingly close to that, however.

Ok, pep talk done.  Now, what to do? Go sit.  This is always the answer.  Feeling cruddy?  Go sit.  Feeling good?  Go sit.  Find yourself surprisingly drunk at the time you expected to meditate?  Go sit.  Sit every day; plan the time before hand so it’s simple.  Get a timer; sit about 20 minutes till that’s easy.  Then sit longer. 

When you sit, you sit with your spine strait and don’t move.  That’s about all that’s important with posture.  You’ll be sleepy and dull if your spine is not straight or leaning on something.  Chairs are fine, standing is ok too, and sitting in a perfect lotus is also ok.  If you sit on the floor, sit on a cushion that lets your knees be lower then your pelvis.  Tip you pelvis a little forward to straighten the spine, and then don’t move. 

Then what?  You need a plan.  Otherwise you’ll be making lists, having lovely sexual fantasies, and perhaps generally WASTING your time. 

Lets start with the breath.  There are other objects of meditation, but the breath is a good one to start with and perhaps discard at a later date.

Instructions:

When you breath in, be aware you are breathing in.  Relax you entire body and head one time.

When you are breathing out, again be aware of this fact in a very general way.  Relax you entire body and head one time.

That’s it.

Until you get distracted. 

It may be minutes until you remember what you are supposed to be doing.  No prob.  Don’t fight it, just notice when you get distracted.

Let go of the distraction.  Let it be there, don’t push it away or dislike it.  Stop paying attention to it.

Relax you head and body one time. You wont succeed in relaxing everything.  Doesn’t matter.  Move on.

Smile or even better keep smiling, cause it is all hilarious. (and it makes everything easier – there are plenty of fMRI studies about why its good to smile for your brain)  It doesn't matter if you feel like smiling; just get over yourself and do it.

And then go back to relaxing on the in and out breath. 

Do it again.

That’s really it.

Notice, there is no mention of feeling the breath at your nostrils, counting your breaths, scaning your body for tension, putting your mind in the pain, closely examining the sensations of the breath, or anything like that.  Sit, breath, relax, smile and that will get you where you want to go.  Do everything by doing nothing, that’s always then best plan.

You will experience distraction.  Distraction is actually your friend; returning to the breath is the real training.  You might have some uncomfortable feelings.  Whatever.  This method, in fact, opens up you mind so it will do the crazy things it usually does, or has waiting on deck.  Your job is to not react to anything, let it be there, and simply relax on the breath.  If you don’t pay attention to the distraction, it will eventually go away.  Maybe it will take10, 100, or 1000 breaths.  But, if you follow the instructions without adding or removing anything, the distraction will unwind and leave clarity and calm in its wake.  Then you actually get to hang out in Samadhi.  More on that later.

I hope this was helpful.

I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure

...that's not how you want your knee to bend when you drag the inside leg on a turn.

I'm familiar with rat bikes, but...

Chicken scooter? That's a new one, or am I just behind the times on this new style?

Taco Tuesday

ZBMC Prints

Took me a while to post a pic of these...but ya'll want one?

I'll ship em, just need addresses to send to..

Here's me: m_popnfresh@hotmail.com

Party on, Wayne.

Chrome accessories

Here's another reason I believe in removing all unnecessary chrome accessories.

Pigs like to party, too!

Notice this cop's ear to ear shit-eating grin. He's stoked because it's not legally bestiality if they're both pigs...score!!

After such a windfall day in uniform, what pig wouldn't want to invite the boys from work over for a proper porker party? Dance pink princess, dance!

here you go fuckers!

because you dont seem to like dogs pooping or midgets

Bwaaaaahahahaaahaaha!

Holy shit I almost pissed a little...BWAAHA AHAHAA HOHAHOOHEEHEHE SHIT BWAAAAHAHAHAAA!

Pretty sure I saw this dude while on patrol in Iraq

Bitchin Motorbikes and Tunes to make you Jealous

Saw this beast in person...yeah it's pretty impressive, I gotta say.

Now that you're twenty one, you've got a lot to lose.

Look back on better times, fuck all 'til twenty-two.

Now that you're twenty-one!

Patrick also sent me a pic of this bike and reminded me that I had seen it in person.. It's fucking awesome. This guy is totally eccentric, like he worships his teddy bear, make all these awesome vases and shit. Think any of you dudes would ride this bike? haha

AAAHAHAHAHAAAA!!

Hahaha haha ha aaaaaahahahaaa!

Not just another sporty chop job

Wish I could see more of this thing. That's one rad roadwarrior ride!

Diet Pepsi vs Diet Coke

Makes me glad I don't drink soda, especially diet!

Deez Nuts - The Ride

This should be a pretty cool ride if anyone can get out there for it.
DEEZ NUTS

LOVE Cycles 3rd Anniversary PART 6--last one I promise!

I'm getting sick of posting these LOVE Cycle pics, so I'm just gonna throw out the boring ones and try to cram the rest all into this last post. --WARNING LOOONG POST-- Enjoy!