Thursday, May 31, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
I'm travel-sized...
At 5'2", I'm quite travel-sized. I sometimes get goofed on about it which is cool because as a travel-sized human, I can pull off some sweet moves...
Turning on a dime -- I like zigzagging when I run-- makes me difficult to catch when I've done something annoying.
Tougher to knock over -- The lower center of gravity deal makes it harder to tip me. OKAY, NOT IMPOSSIBLE -- so don't try to slam into me from behind, please :-)
Quick-n-easy curl up factor* -- After a typical day of mayhem, sometimes it's nice to find a little spot to curl up in and take a breather.
*Also handy if prudent or desirable to camouflage oneself.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Yay -- a new theory!
Scott Adams has a new theory -- it asserts that you can train yourself to get in the mood to do something based on the footwear you put on.
His examples -- tennis shoes get him in the mood to work out, work shoes = hit the office, and tuxedo shoes = dancing.
He admits the Pavlovian undertones, and since he thinks we are all moist robots anyway, he's fine with that.
Shoes I'd like to train myself to react to:
Gladiator sandals -- aerial leaps full of gleeful warrior spear thrusting
Hermes' winged sandals -- flying and summering throughout Europe, hanging with the Mount Olympus crew, delivering unsavory messages
Aquaman Sea Booties -- strolling thru underwater metropolises, fighting deep-sea crime with magnificent sea creatures
However, I take issue with this theory being workable with pointe shoes. As a ballet class rebel myself -- I defy anyone to defend that pointe shoes make you want to dance en pointe and don't simply hurt the (insert noun of preference here) out of your feet.
My other selections are quite of interest, however :-)
Scott Adams has a new theory -- it asserts that you can train yourself to get in the mood to do something based on the footwear you put on.
His examples -- tennis shoes get him in the mood to work out, work shoes = hit the office, and tuxedo shoes = dancing.
He admits the Pavlovian undertones, and since he thinks we are all moist robots anyway, he's fine with that.
Shoes I'd like to train myself to react to:
Gladiator sandals -- aerial leaps full of gleeful warrior spear thrusting
Hermes' winged sandals -- flying and summering throughout Europe, hanging with the Mount Olympus crew, delivering unsavory messages
Aquaman Sea Booties -- strolling thru underwater metropolises, fighting deep-sea crime with magnificent sea creatures
However, I take issue with this theory being workable with pointe shoes. As a ballet class rebel myself -- I defy anyone to defend that pointe shoes make you want to dance en pointe and don't simply hurt the (insert noun of preference here) out of your feet.
My other selections are quite of interest, however :-)
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Str-e-e-e-e-tching the parameters of my blog...
Okay, I wrote that I post live and/or acoustic vids of kick awesome songs, BUT this video by Mute Math is so cool. Not live or acoustic -- BUT PERFORMED IN REVERSE FOR THE SPECIAL EFFECTS!!! They actually sang and played their instruments in reverse -- so when the video is played backwards their singing and playing match the forward-playing song. The jumping, flipping, and throwing of stuff maintain the very cool effect of going in reverse while it looks like they are singing and playing correctly. It's sheer madness and I am obligated by the rules of supreme coolness to share it with you.
So I am posting Mute Math's actual video for "Typical" this week. Next week, I'll post their live version of "Chaos". I think you'll be pleased... :-D
Okay, I wrote that I post live and/or acoustic vids of kick awesome songs, BUT this video by Mute Math is so cool. Not live or acoustic -- BUT PERFORMED IN REVERSE FOR THE SPECIAL EFFECTS!!! They actually sang and played their instruments in reverse -- so when the video is played backwards their singing and playing match the forward-playing song. The jumping, flipping, and throwing of stuff maintain the very cool effect of going in reverse while it looks like they are singing and playing correctly. It's sheer madness and I am obligated by the rules of supreme coolness to share it with you.
So I am posting Mute Math's actual video for "Typical" this week. Next week, I'll post their live version of "Chaos". I think you'll be pleased... :-D
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
You can't "un-do" knowledge...
Most of the time...that's a good thing --howevvvver --
This past weekend I was talking with an acquaintance and this person says, "Oh, did you hear about so-and-so and blahdee-blah-blah-blah..." There was not a pleasant type of sharing happening.
I'm like, "ARRRGH, NO! And I don't want to!"
I don't like gossip. I define gossip as talking about someone, without them there, in regard to something they would find embarrassing. It feels invasive to hear. Plus the person in the matter involved has no input. Smells cruel to me.
The acquaintance felt the sharing hurt no one because the person wasn't there to be embarrassed.
So I go, "But they are being embarrassed by proxy!"
Blank stare back at me.
Yeesh.
Most of the time...that's a good thing --howevvvver --
This past weekend I was talking with an acquaintance and this person says, "Oh, did you hear about so-and-so and blahdee-blah-blah-blah..." There was not a pleasant type of sharing happening.
I'm like, "ARRRGH, NO! And I don't want to!"
I don't like gossip. I define gossip as talking about someone, without them there, in regard to something they would find embarrassing. It feels invasive to hear. Plus the person in the matter involved has no input. Smells cruel to me.
The acquaintance felt the sharing hurt no one because the person wasn't there to be embarrassed.
So I go, "But they are being embarrassed by proxy!"
Blank stare back at me.
Yeesh.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Counter-intuitive insights for people on-the-go...
* Instincts aren't purely primal. Over time people educate their instincts based on their experiences.
* Countless brilliant, creative, innovative writers will remain unemployed this year. Yet many banal books will be published and trite movies will be made due to formulaic marketing strategies.
* If you tell someone, 'Don't worry about it" -- they will worry about it.
* Fun-size candy bars are only fun if you have, like, 12 of them.
* Instincts aren't purely primal. Over time people educate their instincts based on their experiences.
* Countless brilliant, creative, innovative writers will remain unemployed this year. Yet many banal books will be published and trite movies will be made due to formulaic marketing strategies.
* If you tell someone, 'Don't worry about it" -- they will worry about it.
* Fun-size candy bars are only fun if you have, like, 12 of them.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Markedly disturbing impetus for unity...
Article on plan for walling in Iraqi neighborhoods:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/world/middleeast/24iraq.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Last week's news on the Baghdad walls being built in Sunni neighborhoods (known for insurgent activity) is ironically generating a even more volatile situation. Once opposing Sunni and Shiite activists are now joining in denouncing the pervasive impact the U.S. is having upon them as citizens of Baghdad.
Of course, people want the civil unrest to stop. However, the common ground is now against U.S. forces whose supposed purpose is to quell the unrest.
I am not a person who normally advises for divisiveness -- but is the answer to helping this region an Iraq divided into three separate countries i.e. Sunni, Shiite, Kurd? How will the resources be split if that happens? The complexity truly overwhelms...
Article on plan for walling in Iraqi neighborhoods:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/world/middleeast/24iraq.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Last week's news on the Baghdad walls being built in Sunni neighborhoods (known for insurgent activity) is ironically generating a even more volatile situation. Once opposing Sunni and Shiite activists are now joining in denouncing the pervasive impact the U.S. is having upon them as citizens of Baghdad.
Of course, people want the civil unrest to stop. However, the common ground is now against U.S. forces whose supposed purpose is to quell the unrest.
I am not a person who normally advises for divisiveness -- but is the answer to helping this region an Iraq divided into three separate countries i.e. Sunni, Shiite, Kurd? How will the resources be split if that happens? The complexity truly overwhelms...
Friday, April 27, 2007
How important is sleep?
I almost never get enough sleep. If 7-8 hours a night is normal, then I am, um, not exactly an achiever. Everyone acknowledges the whole "busy" thing...we are all so busy and our world is complicated, and there are always issues that had to be solved yesterday that are still in the proverbial in-box.
Many times I can't shut the thought process down, tho. I just have thought after thought of things going on like some chain-link, free-for-all rumination of my work, or the world, or the universe, or whatever. I haven't resorted to trying to slap myself out of it, or unconscious (whichever comes first) -- since even tho I am quite durable, I do bruise and all :-P I won't do the prescription sleep-aid deal because then I'll obsess over becoming addicted. Besides, I shun lab-made chemicals running through my body. Unnatural chemicals = unnatural side effects -- and nobody wants an eyeful there.
However, when I do get enough sleep, it does feel amazing. It's like being kicked into turbo. And who doesn't love that? :-D
I almost never get enough sleep. If 7-8 hours a night is normal, then I am, um, not exactly an achiever. Everyone acknowledges the whole "busy" thing...we are all so busy and our world is complicated, and there are always issues that had to be solved yesterday that are still in the proverbial in-box.
Many times I can't shut the thought process down, tho. I just have thought after thought of things going on like some chain-link, free-for-all rumination of my work, or the world, or the universe, or whatever. I haven't resorted to trying to slap myself out of it, or unconscious (whichever comes first) -- since even tho I am quite durable, I do bruise and all :-P I won't do the prescription sleep-aid deal because then I'll obsess over becoming addicted. Besides, I shun lab-made chemicals running through my body. Unnatural chemicals = unnatural side effects -- and nobody wants an eyeful there.
However, when I do get enough sleep, it does feel amazing. It's like being kicked into turbo. And who doesn't love that? :-D
Monday, April 23, 2007
Do you fancy...SOME POETRY?!?
~~~Universal Flow~~~
Under the glow of the sunset
pink, orange, golden-calling sea vision --
the music in the wind reaches
and awakens you.
You swim past the shallows,
down, down, deep.
The tumultuous tide pauses in your eyes,
all briny depth,
as sea shadows
amaze with their reflection.
Ignoring the moon's pull,
you dive in to touch
the shimmer of an abandoned past.
The cusp of dusk, now,
and you draw yourself ashore.
Leaving the sun,
and the sea,
and their song,
you slide through the twilight
and briefly hear the trees whisper in a breeze's sigh --
about the emerging starry night
looking like deep-sea starfish
you remember
from somewhere.
~~~Universal Flow~~~
Under the glow of the sunset
pink, orange, golden-calling sea vision --
the music in the wind reaches
and awakens you.
You swim past the shallows,
down, down, deep.
The tumultuous tide pauses in your eyes,
all briny depth,
as sea shadows
amaze with their reflection.
Ignoring the moon's pull,
you dive in to touch
the shimmer of an abandoned past.
The cusp of dusk, now,
and you draw yourself ashore.
Leaving the sun,
and the sea,
and their song,
you slide through the twilight
and briefly hear the trees whisper in a breeze's sigh --
about the emerging starry night
looking like deep-sea starfish
you remember
from somewhere.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
Blink*Tear*Blink...
Actually, I am not about to emote something profound about some crime against humanity, but I did have eyelid surgery today. Yeah.
I had a duct in my eyelid that didn't heal properly from a stye, and was forming scar tissue...and well...there you go.
The Dr. was amazingly gentle and put up with me quite well. I'm a bit of a baby, but at least I know I'm a baby, and I try to be sweet and apologetic about my baby anxieties.
So he does his thing -- that's as far as I'll explain... and I did feel amazing relief when I knew it was over because my olfactory sense knew -- he had to cauterize the incision.
Needless to say -- my eyelid had been pumped full of anesthesia. My eyelid is very droopy now and hard to open. It's quite bruised and swollen and it looks like I need the help of some protective agency, but I feel pretty okay.
The anesthesia is wearing off a bit tho, and my eye kind of aches...but they said no patch. Dang! What self-respecting rabble-rousing girl doesn't want a patch after all this?!? Nothing says, "Don't you be playin' with this crazy mess" better than an eye patch
;-D <---squinty one-eyed me
Actually, I am not about to emote something profound about some crime against humanity, but I did have eyelid surgery today. Yeah.
I had a duct in my eyelid that didn't heal properly from a stye, and was forming scar tissue...and well...there you go.
The Dr. was amazingly gentle and put up with me quite well. I'm a bit of a baby, but at least I know I'm a baby, and I try to be sweet and apologetic about my baby anxieties.
So he does his thing -- that's as far as I'll explain... and I did feel amazing relief when I knew it was over because my olfactory sense knew -- he had to cauterize the incision.
Needless to say -- my eyelid had been pumped full of anesthesia. My eyelid is very droopy now and hard to open. It's quite bruised and swollen and it looks like I need the help of some protective agency, but I feel pretty okay.
The anesthesia is wearing off a bit tho, and my eye kind of aches...but they said no patch. Dang! What self-respecting rabble-rousing girl doesn't want a patch after all this?!? Nothing says, "Don't you be playin' with this crazy mess" better than an eye patch
;-D <---squinty one-eyed me
Thursday, April 12, 2007
You will be missed...
Farewell Kurt Vonnegut -- November 11,1922 - April 11, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_on_re_us/obit_vonnegut
I first read Slaughterhouse-Five when I was thirteen. I was hooked...who was this radical thinker to which nothing was sacred? I felt as though Vonnegut was someone who opened my door to thinking freely and questioning ideas and ideals throughout culture and society.
He cared enough to debate societal norms and trends without seeming bitterly cynical or burnt-out. His high ethical and moral standards pervaded his writing. Issues he raised showed how much he loved humanity, and wanted to see it survive, evolve, thrive.
I will miss his humor the most. Though wickedly dry, it always contained a heartrending undertone of hopefulness.
Farewell Kurt Vonnegut -- November 11,1922 - April 11, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_on_re_us/obit_vonnegut
I first read Slaughterhouse-Five when I was thirteen. I was hooked...who was this radical thinker to which nothing was sacred? I felt as though Vonnegut was someone who opened my door to thinking freely and questioning ideas and ideals throughout culture and society.
He cared enough to debate societal norms and trends without seeming bitterly cynical or burnt-out. His high ethical and moral standards pervaded his writing. Issues he raised showed how much he loved humanity, and wanted to see it survive, evolve, thrive.
I will miss his humor the most. Though wickedly dry, it always contained a heartrending undertone of hopefulness.
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Taxing to the depths of my soul...
First -- knuckles and a high five to Scott Adams for this quote:
"At this point, the so-called government does little more than provide content for news channels and blogs. I think they should do more. For example, I’d like to see Congressmen and Congresswomen run across a field of rakes every morning to get to work. For me, it would only take a few rakes in the face per day to make me feel as if my tax dollars weren’t a complete waste."
Arrgh...tax time is here and it makes me crazy that I feel I have so little impact on where my tax dollars are being spent. I do not feel that many people currently holding administrative office in our government are the representation of how I feel about life, the universe, and everything, and yes, I voted. At this point, I think the current administration is simply keeping the status quo until 2008 just so a new administration will have to step in to be "the bad guys". If there are any other possible scenarios that you see...please enlighten me because I welcome the idea of feeling less frustrated about this.
Political humor helps me get through the day, and government has, quite frankly, been made fun of since, well, the beginning of government. Even Julius Caesar's life had a dash of irony. There will never be a government everyone is in love with. However, the divisiveness of our country has been at such high levels, partisanship does not even seem like a viable definition anymore.
First -- knuckles and a high five to Scott Adams for this quote:
"At this point, the so-called government does little more than provide content for news channels and blogs. I think they should do more. For example, I’d like to see Congressmen and Congresswomen run across a field of rakes every morning to get to work. For me, it would only take a few rakes in the face per day to make me feel as if my tax dollars weren’t a complete waste."
Arrgh...tax time is here and it makes me crazy that I feel I have so little impact on where my tax dollars are being spent. I do not feel that many people currently holding administrative office in our government are the representation of how I feel about life, the universe, and everything, and yes, I voted. At this point, I think the current administration is simply keeping the status quo until 2008 just so a new administration will have to step in to be "the bad guys". If there are any other possible scenarios that you see...please enlighten me because I welcome the idea of feeling less frustrated about this.
Political humor helps me get through the day, and government has, quite frankly, been made fun of since, well, the beginning of government. Even Julius Caesar's life had a dash of irony. There will never be a government everyone is in love with. However, the divisiveness of our country has been at such high levels, partisanship does not even seem like a viable definition anymore.
Monday, April 02, 2007
Bringin' _______________back ...
Things that should be brought back from wherever it is that they've gotten lost in the universe:
Gladiator sandals. Those babies will stay put on your feet when it’s time to haul. Sure, they take some time to tie up, but any saucy merchant can develop skills if he practices long enough. Perfect for summertime!
Full, bushy eyebrows. Plucking eyebrows is stupid. They’ve hurt no one. It’s a moronic aesthetic that needs to go away. Viva la uni!
The monocle. Why did monocles ever go away?!? Monocles are so freakin’ cool.
Things that should be brought back from wherever it is that they've gotten lost in the universe:
Gladiator sandals. Those babies will stay put on your feet when it’s time to haul. Sure, they take some time to tie up, but any saucy merchant can develop skills if he practices long enough. Perfect for summertime!
Full, bushy eyebrows. Plucking eyebrows is stupid. They’ve hurt no one. It’s a moronic aesthetic that needs to go away. Viva la uni!
The monocle. Why did monocles ever go away?!? Monocles are so freakin’ cool.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Your baggage is waiting...
If the soul exists (and I believe it does), it's logical to extend that idea to our skin is what is keeping it in. When the soul becomes free of the body, I wonder if it takes memories with it -- i.e. does memory transcend corporeal limits?
I hope it does -- actually I'm fairly sure it does, I just don't understand how. I also feel that the soul is less encumbered with the things/ideas/issues that weighted it down while it was part of the mortal body.
In one way, I think it would be completely spectacular for us to be able to let go of all of the things which have happened to us which we have deemed "awful" while we are here. Just be baggage-free. Then I grow concerned that we would never grow strong if we did that. Maybe the harshness is all about growing the soul stronger.
If the soul exists (and I believe it does), it's logical to extend that idea to our skin is what is keeping it in. When the soul becomes free of the body, I wonder if it takes memories with it -- i.e. does memory transcend corporeal limits?
I hope it does -- actually I'm fairly sure it does, I just don't understand how. I also feel that the soul is less encumbered with the things/ideas/issues that weighted it down while it was part of the mortal body.
In one way, I think it would be completely spectacular for us to be able to let go of all of the things which have happened to us which we have deemed "awful" while we are here. Just be baggage-free. Then I grow concerned that we would never grow strong if we did that. Maybe the harshness is all about growing the soul stronger.
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