A Squirrel's Musings

Asleep at the Jeep!

2009-07-13T11:52:00.000+02:00

Activities

2009-06-21T12:27:00.001+02:00

Ouzo @ 5 hours each gig
Nathalie IBDC
Yvonne Rehearsals
Virginia Rehearsals
Lotus Classes
Lotus Show Coproduction
Rehearsals for other Shows
Official Classes West Palm Beach
Private Classes up North
Extra Gigs

No rest for the unprepared...

2009-06-13T07:44:00.001+02:00

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

-- Robert Anton Heinlein

Fiat closes deal to take bulk of Chrysler's assets

2009-06-10T17:09:00.002+02:00

DETROIT (AP) — Italy's Fiat is the new owner of the bulk of Chrysler's assets, closing a deal Wednesday that saves the troubled U.S. automaker from liquidation and places a new company in the hands of Fiat's CEO.

The deal clears the way for a new, leaner Chrysler Group LLC to emerge from bankruptcy protection minus billions in debt, 789 underperforming dealerships and burdensome labor costs that nearly sank the storied automaker.

Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne immediately was named CEO of the new company, which said in a statement that it would soon reopen Chrysler factories that were idled during the bankruptcy process, costing the automaker $100 million per day.

The new company will focus on smaller vehicles, areas in which Chrysler was weak.

"Work is already under way on developing new environmentally friendly, fuel-efficient, high-quality vehicles that we intend to become Chrysler's hallmark going forward," the new company said in a statement.

The Italian automaker won't put any money into the deal but will give Chrysler billions worth of small car and engine technology.

"We intend to build on Chrysler's culture of innovation and Fiat's complementary technology and expertise to expand Chrysler's product portfolio both in North America and overseas," Marchionne said in a statement.

The sale to Fiat SpA marks a victory for the Obama administration, which shepherded Chrysler into Chapter 11 protection on April 30 with the hope that the company would emerge in a matter of months with a new partner.

Small Reminder (Revisited)

2009-06-08T17:04:00.004+02:00

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '99
Wear sunscreen
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be
It. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by Scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable Than my own meandering Experience…I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not
Understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and
Recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before
You and how fabulous you really looked….You're not as fat as you
Imagine.

Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
Effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
Bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
Never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
On some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with
People who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes
You're behind…the race is long, and in the end, it's only with
Yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
Succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your
Life…the most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they
Wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
Olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have children, maybe
You won't, maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky
Chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don't
Congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your
Choices are half chance, so are everybody else's. Enjoy your body,
Use it every way you can…don't be afraid of it, or what other people
Think of it, it's the greatest instrument you'll ever
Own...

Dance… even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

(Brother and sister together we'll make it through
Someday your spirit will take you and guide you there
I know you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there
For you. And I'll be there, just tell me now, whenever I can.
Everybody's free.)

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for
Good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
People most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you
Should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
Lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
Knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
In Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
Philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize
That when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
Noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
Maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one
Might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will
Look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
Supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
Fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
Ugly parts and recycling it for more than
It's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen…

(Brother and sister together we'll make it through
Someday your spirit will take you and guide you there
I know you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there
For you. And I'll be there, just tell me now, whenever I can.
Everybody's free.)

Noticed for the first time on Feb 3rd 2007

First Mashups then Literal Videos

2009-06-08T16:47:00.001+02:00

Vacanze Romane

2009-06-06T19:34:00.004+02:00

Where were you, Rome? You were with me
Today you are a prison, I am a prisoner
Rome ancient city
Now old reality
You do not notice me and do not know how you hurt me
The sky rains onto the city
You, with the heart in the mud
The gold and silver, the tearooms
Land without bells
Then, dolce vita that goes away
On the festive banks of the Tevere
A concert of violets and enjoyment
Your perfume of Roman Holidays

June

2009-06-01T16:54:00.001+02:00

It is already June
It really
It really is already June
:(

Don't Stop Believing

2009-06-01T16:53:00.001+02:00

imagine a small gift wrapped in a blue bow...

2009-05-25T10:27:00.003+02:00

I do not like
The image to be
At the top of the post
So I will it
To be below what I write

I love what she makes

Everybody does Cocaine

2009-05-23T23:02:00.001+02:00

Hi, I will do your doping test today

2009-05-23T22:56:00.001+02:00

BRUSSELS -- The Belgian bodybuilding championship has been canceled after doping officials showed up and all 20 competitors fled.

"I have never seen anything like it and hope never to see anything like it again," doping official Hans Cooman said yesterday.

Cooman said the bodybuilders just grabbed their gear and ran off when he came into the room.

If you liked the other...

2009-05-23T07:39:00.001+02:00

I think I could do better than this...

2009-05-10T08:25:00.000+02:00

2009-05-06T15:09:00.002+02:00

I
do
not
show
stuff
around
without
thinking
carefully,
abandoning
painstaking
truthfulness
sarcastically.

Lynch did Dirty Dancing... Really

2009-05-06T12:52:00.000+02:00

David Lynch on films played on phones...

2009-05-06T12:46:00.001+02:00

Mooove...

2009-05-02T14:18:00.001+02:00

Brrrt... brrt... beep! Bohemian Rhapsody

2009-04-30T12:29:00.001+02:00

1000 fps

2009-04-28T18:29:00.001+02:00

I-Movix SprintCam v3 NAB 2009 showreel from David Coiffier on Vimeo.

What is this?

2009-04-28T16:24:00.002+02:00

Yes, she said
Only few know
Up and down the road

Forget the strangeness
Leave the weirdness
Yesterday won't matter

The future brings things
Other than the new

Right, see the Colosseum
Oh, look at the Forum Romanum
Mightily impressive the Vatican
Enjoy it, it is special

Olright? Not this Sunday, the other one
Keenly pack not too many things.
?

what makes it funnier is, this guy is serious...

2009-04-28T12:13:00.001+02:00

Amazing Photography

2009-04-22T17:29:00.002+02:00

Photographer Peter Funch spends weeks taking photos on Manhattan street corners and then pastes them together into single photographs.

http://www.v1gallery.com/artist/show/3

Bing bong

2009-04-22T13:09:00.000+02:00

[..../]

Head-On Required

2009-04-22T10:09:00.001+02:00

Call and Response from wreckandsalvage on Vimeo.

I do wonder...

2009-04-21T14:48:00.000+02:00

... who discovered Europe?

More...

2009-04-21T14:45:00.001+02:00

Thwarter

2009-04-21T14:01:00.001+02:00

So...

2009-04-19T11:23:00.001+02:00

... all you gotta do is pick up a gray squirrel holding an acorn, squeeze his belly, and hear him make real squirrel chatter.

Floating Dog

2009-02-25T11:34:00.001+01:00

110 years ago...

2009-02-10T07:03:00.000+01:00

We are at the redwoods

2009-02-08T08:37:00.001+01:00

(by lil)

We are at the redwoods
Its cool and misty
With streaks of sunlight penetrating the forest floor
Beneath our feet is an ocean of four leaf clovers
Not 3 but all of them four
And we sit surrounded by silence
Till a touch of sparkle catches our attention
We are cuddled close
And both of us look to the left
Up a stream of sunlight
And we see glittery dust
As magical as our Love
It floats around us
The 4 leaf clovers seem to rise
And brighten
And turn a shade of green that's golden in hue
We breath deep
Feeling a slight intoxication
Of the mist, glittery dust cocktail
And we become closer
To each other
Feeling the magic of love
Embrace us
Brightening us
Filling us
Our faces glow
As our lips meet
Realizing we, our love, has just been blessed by the red wood fairies.
And so we kiss
To seal the
Gift

Is this going to be forEVER???

2009-02-05T10:58:00.000+01:00

Today

2009-02-04T13:19:00.003+01:00

Light Blue Light

2009-01-07T20:13:00.000+01:00

She does not catch
Your dreams at night
No pretty lamp
That shines a light

Protects your thoughts
Makes monsters hush
The butterfly
With daddy's wish

Let it be there
Right next to you
When father's there
It's force times two

Learn this by heart
When day is done
A soft voice says
Sleep little one

Butterfly Dreams

2009-01-03T09:27:00.002+01:00

I wonder whether it still works,
Whether it has kept its energy
Whether it was cut off
Whether it flows
Or is just floating?

We will see.

Where are those eyes

2009-01-03T09:20:00.002+01:00

Where are those eyes
The serene form
Of your blessed
Happy and loving face

The ivory hand
The beautiful breast
Which when I think of them
Make of me a fountain?

(old Italian poem)

Heart with Joy

2009-01-02T18:12:00.001+01:00

I just need my baby's arms
Wound around me tight
The candles all aglow
But with my baby far away
What good is mistletoe

Please make these reindeer hurry
Well their time is drawing near
You wanna make me happy and fill my heart with joy

Purple Squirrel

2008-12-21T15:22:00.002+01:00

Baffled animal lovers are trying to explain why a PURPLE squirrel has turned up in the grounds of the school.

Teachers and pupils thought the rodent, who they have named Pete, may have fallen into purple paint or had a run-in with some purple dye.

Pete the purple squirrel has become a legend among staff and pupils at the school he visits. But people who have seen the squirrel say they do not believe this explains its even colouring.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1099282/Pete-purple-squirrel-leaves-animal-lovers-baffled.html

Ad Absurdum

2008-12-02T13:44:00.001+01:00

Amusing Ourselves to Death

2008-12-01T20:26:00.000+01:00

We were keeping our eye on 1984. When the year came and the prophecy didn’t, thoughtful Americans sang softly in praise of themselves. The roots of liberal democracy had held. Wherever else the terror had happened, we, at least, had not been visited by Orwellian nightmares.

But we had forgotten that alongside Orwell’s dark vision, there was another - slightly older, slightly less well known, equally chilling: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Contrary to common belief even among the educated, Huxley and Orwell did not prophesy the same thing. Orwell warns that we will be overcome by an externally imposed oppression. But in Huxley’s vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As he saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.

What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny “failed to take into account man’s almost infinite appetite for distractions”. In 1984, Huxley added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us.

This book is about the possibility that Huxley, not Orwell, was right.

(Foreword from Neil Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death")

Moon Transition

2008-11-24T09:27:00.000+01:00

The Gift

2008-10-12T11:32:00.002+02:00

Sometimes, when uncontrolled thoughts sneak up on me... unwanted and unexpected, I should just visualize what she sat down to make. And I did.

What an inspiration it must have been, to do just this, just now, and hand it to me.

I just visualize a small golden heart, in the center on her and it helps. More than once already.

Want some :(

2008-10-08T19:01:00.000+02:00

Writing...

2008-10-08T19:00:00.001+02:00

Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read.
Don’t use no double negatives.
Use the semicolon properly, always use it where it is appropriate; and never where it isn’t.
Reserve the apostrophe for it’s proper use and omit it when its not needed.
Do not put statements in the negative form.
Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
No sentence fragments.
Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
Steer clear of incorrect verb forms that have snuck into the language.
Take the bull by the hand in leading away from mixed metaphors.
Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
Try to never split infinitives.
Never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.
I must have told you a million times to resist hyperbole.
Also, avoid awkward and affected alliteration.
“Avoid overuse of ‘quotation “marks” ’ “.
Avoid commas, that are not necessary.
A writer must not shift your point of view.
And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction.
Don’t overuse exclamation marks!!!!!
Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of ten or more words, to their antecedents.
Write all adverbial forms correct.
Avoid un-necessary hyphenation.
When dangling, watch your participles.
It is incumbent on us to avoid archaic phrases.
Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
It’s hard to imagine a phrase when you will have needed the future perfect.
Unqualified superlatives are the worst.
A preposition is a terrible word to end a sentence with.
Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

Today I feel...

2008-10-06T15:16:00.003+02:00

Come and have me, Little One!

Too cute... comparisons...

2008-10-06T15:12:00.001+02:00

Maye Stomach-U Horts

2008-10-05T08:33:00.001+02:00

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Desktop Video

2008-10-05T08:29:00.001+02:00

Sunshine, Wind and a Ladder

2008-10-04T17:29:00.001+02:00

a small list...

2008-10-03T15:56:00.002+02:00

i miss the 'wipe your paws' in front of the door
i miss having stairs to run up and down all day long
i miss getting us red bull
i miss playing guitar hero
i miss us not going to the pool systematically
i miss missing you when we are on a different floor
i miss running late for stuff
i miss having to ask you to close your eyes before i switch on the fan/light
i miss the scent of the jeep, humid, when i get inside of it
i miss my sunglasses
i miss laying in bed, listening to you in the shower
i miss sneaking chocolates from the living room table
i miss the sound of the windspiel in the back porch

these are just some small things that come to mind... there are much bigger ones, but i do not even dare put them in writing

Ok.. one more...

2008-09-24T16:55:00.001+02:00

I will get to writing soon...

2008-09-21T10:34:00.001+02:00

How To Irritate People...

2008-09-20T15:38:00.001+02:00

They said she was like a rainbow...

2008-08-30T09:07:00.002+02:00

... and I did say that a while ago, I just noticed.

My Rainbow, a rising one, into infinity...

Red, as the beautiful passion that is in Her and in Me
Orange as the rising sun over the rolling hills
A Star close to my heart, burning Yellow to incandescent
Fruitfully Green, promising, the sensual power of Nature inside
Vast and Blue as the skies, around me at all times
Mysteriously and exotically Indigo with depth and weight
Violet, embracing my heart with Her beautiful loving perfume

Ever

2008-08-29T20:45:00.001+02:00

I have never loved anyone as much as this woman.

Ever.

I know I will never need anything else as long as I live

2008-08-29T19:11:00.003+02:00

Little girl: Please?
Father: I'm not paying attention to you.
Little girl: Pleeeeeeease? Do you want me to cry? I'll cry. Do you want me to cry, daddy? (holds up stuffed owl) Just get this for me and I'll be happy, please?

--Gift Shop, Museum of Natural History

from www.overheardinnewyork.com

The Soft Good Night

2008-08-28T14:12:00.004+02:00

Her Soft Good Night

It brings immediate images to my mind. That soft, girl-like good night from Her. Whether it is by itself or one of the many names she calls me. One of the many things I am to Her.

Tender, thoughtful, drifting off to a place that will be safe after we speak. A place She and I will awaken from and live together.

That light voice, like a feather. I can hear it right now. It is stored within me. Deeply.

And I keep it there, lovingly.

Your Soft Good Night

Pandoro (ha!)

2008-08-24T23:52:00.001+02:00

I didn't want to open it. I said I did not and had not. Then I did.

And while just thinking about it right now, I feel precisely as I did when I broke the trust given to me and opened it - bloodless, dead, lifeless, anguished, confused. It was there. Shut tight, unopened. And I made it open again. It opens so easily now.

And then. Madness. Much later. I opened it again. Because it stared at me, over and over again. Tempted. Taunted me. Perhaps in the hope to find something there which belongs to the present. Which is ours.

Now it will be gone, and all I wanted was to have Us inside of it. Then it would never have to be opened again, I would just know, that is what she really sees in us and really thinks about me. What she wants me to do. What she wants to relive, but with me. What she needs from me. What makes her feel alive, wanted... what makes her sleep. Happy and Exhausted.

How f(e)ar can I go here...

2008-08-24T16:47:00.004+02:00

I wonder now... perhaps if She would just know the blog is here, it would not have to be linked to anything of hers and I could just write away. Ans She knows it is here. For me and her.

Being private in public? Why even do this? Perhaps because I am now so deeply introverted about my life and my ambitions, that I suffer under it and wonder if it is just out there, somewhere... then it helps. As if it is a set of shared thoughts.

I just told her, no matter how complicated things seem to be, they are really incredibly and utterly simple. Are they? To be happy, life has to be simple.

The truth is also more simple than any constructs. And I do not meen lies. I mean place holders one makes for one's self. Thoughts of how things are, were or should be? To calm the thoughts. To make the bad ones go away or at least have their own place. And why does it have to be sexual?

It's difficult being simple. To be a child. But I want it and I will get it. Childish, perhaps.

Just a sales pitch...

2008-08-23T10:14:00.000+02:00

Minime

2008-08-22T18:39:00.003+02:00

This little guy is something like 28 years old. My moder made him, no idea why... and I found him hidden in a corner somewhere in the old house.

Just the right thing...

2008-08-21T18:27:00.003+02:00

I firmly believe
And I know it has worked in the past
That no matter what the mood or situation

If I am the right one...
(And I do know that I am)

Saying precisely the right words
Finding exactly the right gesture
Pointing out that one special detail

Will help and solve and bring out
That smile that shows me how much I am loved
The one I have grown to live for

... and those times when I failed to do these things
To know I learned my lesson
And not forget it
The next time

Still tempting...

2008-08-21T12:57:00.001+02:00

I wonder when it will stop and go into the background... but perhaps I am just impatient.

No, I am just impatient.

Dd

2008-08-20T19:49:00.001+02:00

Insomnia

2008-08-19T15:30:00.003+02:00

After observing and thinking... I have come to the conclusion that the best way to fall asleep when you can't... is to force a smile on your face.

I mean, if you have to force it. Otherwise, just fall asleep. It also makes you look cuter if you smile, and that can't possibly be bad.

To stay asleep, I still insist melatonin works best.

Contact Juggling

2008-08-18T18:37:00.000+02:00

Cuddly Moments of the Day

2008-08-17T18:21:00.002+02:00

Cuddle-Flashes today:

New York, that Frenchulicious Cafe/Bakery thingie with the excellent salads, the really unamerican bread and you next to me. Sequences of perfection.

Key West, introduction to Merengue with naked Japanese onlooker. Any instance of Merengue thereafter. Any future instance of Salsa.

Face of the Enemy (NHN)

2008-08-15T12:26:00.002+02:00

After 48 hours...

2008-08-15T12:22:00.002+02:00

"nerve endings begin regrowth
ability to smell and taste improves"

Sounds like Spring in late Summer. Let's see what it tastes like.

I do know that a Benson & Hedges now would taste like failure.

24 hours after last one...

2008-08-14T17:48:00.001+02:00

"Chance of a heart attack decreases"

How does that affect heart-ache?

8 hours after last smoke...

2008-08-14T17:46:00.002+02:00

"Carbon monoxide level in blood drops to normal
Oxygen level in blood increases to normal"

Yet I do not feel normal at all.

Or perhaps it was that Rothmans Blue 15 years ago that re-defined normality for me?

20 minutes after the last cigarette

2008-08-14T17:45:00.002+02:00

"Blood pressure decreases
Pulse rate drops
Body temperature of hands and feet increases."

Hmmm... perhaps I will sweat less?

Create

2008-08-14T13:18:00.001+02:00

When you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. Your tastes only narrow & exclude people. So create.

Writing on the Wall

2008-07-22T14:22:00.003+02:00

Alone

2008-07-21T10:55:00.000+02:00

Completely alone again
Went to sleep
Alone
Woke up
Alone

Deal with me as well sometimes
Help me when necessary
Please?

I try to... all the time

My Dreams

2008-07-21T08:53:00.000+02:00

Sunday

2008-07-19T09:39:00.002+02:00

No matter what, I know She will Win.

You

2008-07-19T09:38:00.002+02:00

Sometimes, you just do it...

2008-07-19T09:31:00.001+02:00

And now a word from our sponsors...

2008-07-18T08:30:00.002+02:00

Couldn't help it...

2008-07-17T08:28:00.003+02:00

I am not sooooo much into the lolcats thing... but I couldn't help but save these two.

Highest Waterfall in Florida

2008-07-16T10:37:00.006+02:00

Much to my surprise there is a waterfall in Florida. The highest one is in the conveniently named "Falling Waters State Park" and apparently... it is the only one. A whopping 73 feet of year-round waterfall yumminess.

Some 8 hours by car from our home in Fort Lauderdale, it is practically smack in the middle between Pensacola and Tallahassee. Interesting feature... the water drops straight into a sinkhole and goes underground. So if we ever do a tour, for instance to New Orleans... we have to make sure we stop by there.

There you go, I was wrong and mislead to make fun of Florida and its not having any cascades!

Luckily!

And here is a link to it: Falling Waters State Park

I watched some videos today...

2008-07-15T16:28:00.002+02:00

So I watched some of our videos today. Quite a lot actually, considering how many things I have to do.

Some very sweet...
One I need to get used to but I will eventually...
And it made me dig up some of the older ones.

Hmmm... not bad at all what we have done so far and how we came, not bad at all.

Looking forward to making many more together. With the puppies too, of course.

Threat Level Codes

2008-07-15T16:24:00.003+02:00

A recent conversation made me check the actual colours of threat levels... and I did that by digging up a snapshot from a recent Daily Show skit on how the glorious president of the US downgraded North Korea from the axis of evel status. (btw: now it is a corner or point of evil... only Iran)

Why we need art...

2008-07-14T13:44:00.001+02:00

... or artists... or find our inner artist or incite people to create things. I have my "PROPERTY OF ISIS" bracelet... do you?

Bichon or Bunny?

2008-07-13T23:31:00.002+02:00

We will buy two sets?

2008-07-12T19:20:00.000+02:00

If that bear only knew..

2008-07-12T11:50:00.000+02:00

Today's Definition of Happiness

2008-07-08T23:03:00.002+02:00

And it is: A Girl with Puppies

Now I wish I could distinguish the new little little one already, but soon I will. And I can't wait. And I miss her more than anything in this world!

No
Double
Entendre!

Family Seal

2008-07-08T23:01:00.001+02:00

Or rather, family squirrel?

With some ambition to nobility someone had his mentally ill cousin draw this. So much for noble origins.

Rain

2008-07-06T17:50:00.005+02:00

Rain outside
Rain inside
Rain inside the inside
Sometimes, perhaps, I try too much

Sometimes, perhaps, unwilling
I have to take a step back
Insist at the right time
Before I create unhappiness

Just move aside a tiny bit
After doing what I should
Trying to do something good
Before I have to face the It

My energy is at its lowest
Doing it all for the daily fight
Seeking our unique playful light
I find only a dense dark forest

Bring it magically out, insist
"Enough now, I will return
With much more strengh to burn!"
Til then, silently - painfully - desist

And still - it is perfectly clear
How could I possibly just hide
Unable to withstand, lacking pride
There is no other way but to be near

The card house of my intention
Falls apart right away
Silencing the thoughts
Never meant to be even considered
Confused like syllables and rhymes
I still wait for my normal self
Please, return, do not just change
And stay this way. I need you, Me.

What a week...

2008-07-05T23:26:00.003+02:00

Completely exhausted. And it was more than a week actually. I think the whole month was a lot of running around with only one highlight and joy.

I want that back. Constantly.

Master Of The Internet

2008-07-01T13:36:00.000+02:00

Cascades

2008-06-30T10:43:00.003+02:00

Yes there are those times
A soft waterfall appears
Ours out of nowhere

So a magic word
Warmest of nature's touches
Expression of Love

Caressing landscape
Flowing on vegetation
Creating a pool

It is on our path
Whether we want it or not
Pure delight for Us

A Wild look around
May sometimes help us to glide
But pure it is best

Yes there are more times
A soft waterfall appears
Ours out of nowhere

Thankfully

Painting: Grey Line by Georgia O'Keeffe

Ell... A and O

2008-06-29T12:20:00.000+02:00

On my desperate search back to Her
Somehow we invited Him in again
With unlimited transfer of Ownership
Just reconfirmed and welcomed

Curious how it felt this time
Curious how I felt this time
And why I expressed it
Immediately understood

While thinking of Her lovingly
It feels like it was the first
Even the second time
All the time

Exploring, Re-Opening
Defining again
Resuming growth
Passionately

This is what we want
And what we found back again
To keep
As long as our hearts beat

[curious thing i just noticed for the first time... latin ending for female (a) and male (o)... taken together means everything... Alpha est et O(mega)]

Silent World

2008-06-28T18:36:00.001+02:00

http://trinixy.ru/michael_kenna.html

Waterfalls

2008-06-28T11:08:00.003+02:00

We discovered waterfalls
She discovered them
We got a guide
We followed it
And we found

Not as glorious
As the ones in Lichfield
She saw long ago
Without me
Just our small ones

But they grow
They are hidden
They will be found
The world is huge
And I will keep travelling it

The last one was hidden
We went up
And it was down
But we found it
"You see, we found it" She said

So keep melting
Let it rain
Make things flow
We will come and visit
And keep you in our hearts

Al Anul

2008-06-27T17:43:00.004+02:00

At times you turn a corner
Or just don't go to bed
(like you should)
And suddenly She surprises you
Turning Us into children
(like we should)
With an open mouth...
So I wonder
(like i should)
If we had three moons
Or four?
Would we ever get used to this one?

She is just a part of Earth
Reflecting Life
Like a mirror
Turning distant Gold
Into precious Silver
Making the unreachable
(reachable)
At any time of Day or Night

(this is from the series... wow... *I* wrote *that*?)

ATCs and Twinchies

2008-06-27T11:00:00.000+02:00

Two by two she said. Two by two? Oh, inches. And what topic? None? Just anything? So not only do I have to impress her with my non-existent crafting abilities, I have to find something that makes me look good 'intellectually'. And I do not even have a good pre-defined topic to hang on to. Oh well. The golden Pyrgi Tablets had Phoenecian and Etruscan on them, they helped understanding the latter language a little better. Nearly a Rosetta Stone and I was conveniently reminded of them in my book about alphabets. And it has to have a stamp. Next time, give me a twinchie topic! ;-)

And...

The night before I made this, again with a real artist's help (ignoring some of the advice)... my ambition with the "Venus Hides" ATC was to keep the testosterone levels high while playing with some of the nice toys Isis has for her crafting. I will add more shine to things next time around. And seeing it like this, as a small photo, it gives much more away than the ATC card in your own hands.

I loved working on these things, can't wait to do more. And there is a scrapbook project that needs to be worked on and prepared. Prepared and worked on (preparing it will be FUN!). But I won't be able to post it here without being punished.