tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43072466112345317542024-02-18T17:41:15.536-08:00the honeybee brigadewelcome to the house of honeybeeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307246611234531754.post-22972030632588345542011-04-28T12:26:00.000-07:002011-04-28T12:26:11.903-07:00bell hooks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When we drop fear,<br />
we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">~bell hooks</span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307246611234531754.post-81935608079701517882011-04-28T10:46:00.000-07:002011-04-28T10:46:41.668-07:00Hi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I'm back for now from a long hiatus. Time waits for no woman! I wanted to get back online and share some of the thoughts, ideas, things I've been up to recently. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307246611234531754.post-80822754628326597932009-10-22T10:06:00.001-07:002009-10-23T12:34:09.499-07:00<a href=""><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu347/honeybeebrigade/IMG_3453-1.jpg" /></a><br />
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blushing furiously, I said that it didn't matter at all."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">we flew in from opposite ends of the country and met up at the airport</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">then we drove up to picture perfect camden....</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">green, gold, scarlet leaves</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">rocky coastlines</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">rolling green hills</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">lobster, lobster, lobster!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">amazingly fresh oysters, haddock, lobster rolls, clam chowder...of which i probably ate a little too much...or i guess i never can get enough clam chowder...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">little towns</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">lots of rain</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">cosy cottage</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">cheery belated birthday celebration (where an opera singer sang to me!)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">lovely maine...it was all so impossibly beautiful and quaint, i couldn't believe it was real</span></span><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">time seems to rush by, unlike the lazy hazy californian summer that never ends</span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Last winter, we fulfilled a long standing desire to visit Patagonia, Argentina. Land of vast, never ending landscapes. The edge of the earth. It was exactly how I imagined, and more. This little adventure ended up changing our lives, in a wonderful way.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">After a few befe de lomo filled days in Buenos Aires, we flew to Bariloche. And that's where our Patagonian adventure began...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is what you shall do</span></span>: <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">love the earth and sun and the animals, </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning god, </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open</span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but </span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in </span></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohyrpi8qC0vhCtfDcJjdCwmmeGak-LdZSRUo6IFJ3WRTR2rF1mAyGZVbG66hsVwhjJyi3jNxQ4_zHQ-T_nNHTCeHTJ4taGW8ou8uC_n-vkEzlFoY659_04DKOf5Pm30GmwrEXjaqT_jP4/s1600-h/IMG_5181.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cc66cc;">late summer blooms from our garden</span></span></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre;"></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">i must admit that i was more than a little apprehensive, more than a little </span>worried about</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">the to move to the suburbs</span></span></span></div></span><br />
<div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">it can feel a little isolating...like i'm the only person alive out here*, surrounded only by</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">empty houses and dark streets</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">and then my neurotic side starts to kick in and then the hyperventilating begins!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_Az8-QFwin8kieUTPdcdpNoBkfHf8mHNpB20EgP7IhLvUL4jtr63w-WRtMkH9meM2wOqiJjRO5z1UP6_YGmfF8wfwy37BnmvZ9RhwFTd5nwtdNb79NnEwtSJ3Xapq3TkDR1A1rLoP1xM/s1600-h/IMG_5180.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379847624322778306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_Az8-QFwin8kieUTPdcdpNoBkfHf8mHNpB20EgP7IhLvUL4jtr63w-WRtMkH9meM2wOqiJjRO5z1UP6_YGmfF8wfwy37BnmvZ9RhwFTd5nwtdNb79NnEwtSJ3Xapq3TkDR1A1rLoP1xM/s400/IMG_5180.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="white-space: pre;"></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">but then i realized that i can make my world the way i wish it to be...i just </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">need to reach out, instead of waiting for what i want to come to me. after all, there must be other people that come back to all those empty houses right?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span><span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">ok now, deep breaths</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">in.....</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">out.....</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">in....</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">out....</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">everything will be ok! </span></span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"> and then i think some more, and </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">i really can't believe how lucky i am to live in such an incredibly beautiful </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">place. i must send out my "thanks" to the cosmos</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">what did i ever do to be so lucky?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">lush green trees, winding wooded trails, open grassy knolls, acres of gardens, miles of paths, glassy lakes, quiet, calm...just what the soul needs (my philosophical side, of course)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohyrpi8qC0vhCtfDcJjdCwmmeGak-LdZSRUo6IFJ3WRTR2rF1mAyGZVbG66hsVwhjJyi3jNxQ4_zHQ-T_nNHTCeHTJ4taGW8ou8uC_n-vkEzlFoY659_04DKOf5Pm30GmwrEXjaqT_jP4/s1600-h/IMG_5181.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379847712267357586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohyrpi8qC0vhCtfDcJjdCwmmeGak-LdZSRUo6IFJ3WRTR2rF1mAyGZVbG66hsVwhjJyi3jNxQ4_zHQ-T_nNHTCeHTJ4taGW8ou8uC_n-vkEzlFoY659_04DKOf5Pm30GmwrEXjaqT_jP4/s400/IMG_5181.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 300px;" /></a><span style="white-space: pre;"></span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre;"></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">i'</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">ve decided that i need to bloom where i am planted</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">it's the only thing to do really (my practical side kicks in now)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">this means 8 am yoga and meditation everyday..right? riiiigggght...</span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">that being said, </span></span><a href="http://queens.about.com/cs/neighborhoods/a/tour_flushing.htm"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">flushing queens</span></span></a><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"> is only a 25 minute drive away...i </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">will be back soon for m</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">y</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><a href="http://queens.about.com/od/eatingout/tp/Top-3-Dim-Sum-in-Flushing.htm"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">dimsum</span></span></a><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/taste-good-malaysian-cuisine-elmhurst"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">laksa</span></span></a><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><a href="http://newyork.timeout.com/restaurants/elmhurst/3573/upi-jaya"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">rendang</span></span></a><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">, etc etc...you can't </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">take this girl too far** from her food!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*i am mostly afraid of being all alone... que small sad violins </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">**that's why we stayed on the east side...close to all my beloved food - can't live without it!</span></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307246611234531754.post-77162811474065307572009-09-09T15:12:00.000-07:002009-09-09T15:55:56.943-07:00before/after<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEV2DAXEWLNl6sCYPdzlYtlGjrJT0Qv03DPzlnzcJc7GukcX0mhzGchV5cZdgU4ofMMJ_dqf6O0dbFmBlpmAuf95tlQwvOAIOiPeTL3Q-DxH7eKGggHtTj1xWr4fEN-6fJiriwr1LEKuQe/s1600-h/IMG_5105.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEV2DAXEWLNl6sCYPdzlYtlGjrJT0Qv03DPzlnzcJc7GukcX0mhzGchV5cZdgU4ofMMJ_dqf6O0dbFmBlpmAuf95tlQwvOAIOiPeTL3Q-DxH7eKGggHtTj1xWr4fEN-6fJiriwr1LEKuQe/s400/IMG_5105.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379594801730651794" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">A few weeks ago we moved in our new house. </span></span></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And after all the cleaning, unpacking and putting things away, </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">we decided that we just couldn't live without a chalk wall.</span></span></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNk88sBiuZIKwuDfXNuCT2mADqZ-7RjQybS5nMKgVS4j1_2xTWKEwdmC9Byt4TqWcMFvaRSCsLtzyexEx8Ej3IOtiM1H9sX41V156iHn63iBDibRRwFRLLdAbNoXBd7ottfPk3KlbeIBmK/s1600-h/IMG_5154.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNk88sBiuZIKwuDfXNuCT2mADqZ-7RjQybS5nMKgVS4j1_2xTWKEwdmC9Byt4TqWcMFvaRSCsLtzyexEx8Ej3IOtiM1H9sX41V156iHn63iBDibRRwFRLLdAbNoXBd7ottfPk3KlbeIBmK/s400/IMG_5154.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379595403198368210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So after buying the paint, taping, painting on two coats of paint..</span>.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSthUKr4hOdXLKwflBoDgCMFuQyLB6IlQ0IFP0jQuhyN5aNF3kJd5pztSC1VnyJr1QTdh4b4uxABJSv1_b1TvMt-1KM9M-Qzm0UmN434F5pDhELInIibQtygsbb8fIvM2V9lm9hvuZ4kF/s1600-h/IMG_5155.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSthUKr4hOdXLKwflBoDgCMFuQyLB6IlQ0IFP0jQuhyN5aNF3kJd5pztSC1VnyJr1QTdh4b4uxABJSv1_b1TvMt-1KM9M-Qzm0UmN434F5pDhELInIibQtygsbb8fIvM2V9lm9hvuZ4kF/s400/IMG_5155.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379595724671282546" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;">A lot of hard work I'm telling you. Phew, I'm sooo tired already...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think I better lay down for a nice siesta..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Umm...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ok, so maybe none of the work was done by me...</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I did come up with the idea - that has to count for something!</div></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicD6jsQ435R-qefQX0KKJKNZe8O67spP2KJDafVeD6LgFjGToDS-gvcGrvzm9E4ZsaNkPImAKpwGXR60ziBjTPrDC_RPi2FX1m_A3uCHSiaStj3p-73TzXr_bKjTV-SVgs4aU7I-qt4sPj/s1600-h/IMG_5191.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicD6jsQ435R-qefQX0KKJKNZe8O67spP2KJDafVeD6LgFjGToDS-gvcGrvzm9E4ZsaNkPImAKpwGXR60ziBjTPrDC_RPi2FX1m_A3uCHSiaStj3p-73TzXr_bKjTV-SVgs4aU7I-qt4sPj/s400/IMG_5191.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379596026613935522" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Viola! - A brand new chalk wall just waiting to be scribbled all over!</div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307246611234531754.post-22042016106682776422009-07-15T11:56:00.000-07:002009-09-18T18:54:40.652-07:00<img src="http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu347/honeybeebrigade/CW052-1-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307246611234531754.post-70027099804528266272009-07-02T12:11:00.000-07:002009-07-02T16:41:11.856-07:00Happiness lately<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;"><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YMPF6lpM0XM&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YMPF6lpM0XM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Here's to things that make me </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">HAPPY</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> lately:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1. Video by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Dirty Projectors</span> for their song <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"Stillness is the Move"</span></span>. Saw them at dark was the night and was intrigued by their innovative sounds and big voices.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">2. Went to the </span><a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Daily Show with Jon Stewart </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">yesterday with a friend. The greatness of Jon Stewart lies not only in his humor and on point commentary, but in his humility and kindness. Loved it.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">3. </span><a href="http://www.sushiofgari.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Sushi of Gari</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> - perfection. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">4. </span><a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/hortonhearsawho/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">{Horton Hears a Who}</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> - this made me cry like a baby last night - tears of joy that is. So many little lessons packed into one animated movie. And if you know me, you know I just love life lessons packed into animated movies. Sigh...this made me so happy. If you want to learn about the heart and what makes it tick... </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">*spoiler* I wanted to kill that kangaroo, but then Horton offers forgiveness and friendship, and I *sob* *tear* realized that's what true love is...right?? Watch this and it will lift your spirits.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">5. Making music...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">6.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">{Surprises}</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">: especially super special surprises. Saturday morning doorbell rings and 2 tickets arrive for No Doubt at Jones beach! And of course is was one of the best nights of my life. Seriously. So happy. "I'm just a giiirrrllll in the world, that's all that you'll let meee beeeeee....."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">7. A few patches of sunshine through the rainy days</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">8. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Pale pink/lavender chrysanthemums</span></span> (also a surprise delivery)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">9. knowing that the puppy will soon be neutered. I would do it myself if I could. Get out the old chopping block and knife. All it would take is a couple of snip snip snips really, or one easy ~slice~....</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">10. Upcoming <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">4th</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">of</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size:34px;">July<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:23px;"> weekend! Going out to the countryside...</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Hope all of you have lots of happy little things to enjoy as well...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307246611234531754.post-55748718414069095562009-06-23T23:43:00.000-07:002009-07-02T12:47:49.109-07:00Grandmother<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7P0DDW2toTEVkhshT6CMOcdXl4WsAE2M3hwdFBOItp8qZb7728vst4BUCo8mCcE9e57BlHnho5CuKSuATO4-c9tz-J0mDMvPzFq2x6jnfoZbFM2eiBcGLQoo6q9_SM_mH-S9sxOX41uZn/s1600-h/CW004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7P0DDW2toTEVkhshT6CMOcdXl4WsAE2M3hwdFBOItp8qZb7728vst4BUCo8mCcE9e57BlHnho5CuKSuATO4-c9tz-J0mDMvPzFq2x6jnfoZbFM2eiBcGLQoo6q9_SM_mH-S9sxOX41uZn/s400/CW004.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350790627758728850" /></a> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNoteLevel1" style="text-align: center;margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Christine Wong 1914 ~ 2009</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoteLevel1" style="text-align: left;margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span style="Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My grandmother passed away last month.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It’s taken me a while to untangle all of my feelings.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I don’t know if there are words to explain how much she meant to me and to my family.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To me she represented the woman that I hoped to become – strong, diligent, wise, patient, dedicated.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">She was my role model, a monolithic person that I hoped to emulate, but whose heights I only hoped to reach.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoteLevel1" style="text-align: left;margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span style="Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">She fought against societies perceptions of what a girl should be and pushed her way into university, the only woman to study biology.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One of her biggest regrets was that she never became a doctor like her classmates, when the war broke out and marriage and children prevented her from going down that path.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Instead, she was a mother to 5 children.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Along the way she became an incredible artist, studying under renowned masters.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A shrewd investor, she amassed her own fortune through diligence and hard work, all from her own home.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I remember her getting up early every morning and looking through the financial section of the newspaper, carefully tracking and recording that days up and downs in the stock market.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoteLevel1" style="text-align: left;margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span style="Times New Roman""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One of her mantras was, “Learn to do it yourself.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Don’t ever rely on anyone else to do anything for you.”</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">She was also the brains behind my grandfathers success, helping him to build his business during their life together.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoteLevel1" style="text-align: left;margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span style="Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> I can’t imagine growing up without my grandmother.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">She was the matriarch who guided all of us.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I remember lying on my grandmothers bed as a child, listening to her and my mother talk.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The amazing life stories, the lessons, I absorbed it all.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Her life had not been easy, filled with painful stories of loss, heartbreak, war, a controlled life under the eyes of her mother in law and betrayal.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But through it all she stayed strong, and forged a path with dignity and determination.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> One such lesson learned through observation: t</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">hrough her whole life, except for the last few bedridden years, she was always perfectly made up.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Whether or not she was going out for the day, she would have perfectly done hair, makeup and nail polish.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">She said that this was because she was old and that she didn’t want to “scare” anyone.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But what it taught me was that we must take pride in ourselves and always put our best selves forward.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Live our best lives for ourselves, and not for others.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoteLevel1" style="text-align: left;margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; "><span style="Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now I feel a desire to honor her memory and her life by living my best life.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To remember what I most admire about her, what I aspire to, and to actually live it.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To be fearless, adventurous, to always put my best self out there and remember the great women that came before me and made me who I am.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I like to think that I am living and loving life to my best ability. Sometimes I think that if she had been born in my time, without all the restrictions, she would have been one of the best and brightest at whatever she chose to do.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So now it’s time to really use each day, each opportunity wisely.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To use the opportunities that she paved the way for me to have.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I am just so thankful that she was my grandmother, and that I have all of my memories of her, all of her wisdom to learn from and her legacy to carry on.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I just hope that I make her proud.</span></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_WQn6ZSWQHaOKdSYx8ayRadB_Ios9anVYuDXZ6Y34oueRwkVSlGjGObELLufpqtKRdFZgn2Ub4EaTEJkpfb_KwdNoiqCAtowoy0BZqkEjVcW88qaXnz9BqcyWessHdFZbKVk3Iwmdtny/s1600-h/CW049.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZSDVX6fRSr4&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZSDVX6fRSr4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ok, i love this too</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">what is it about scruffy boys / snoring pugs that's so adorable?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">hmm....</span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307246611234531754.post-287602573598969962009-06-10T06:41:00.000-07:002009-06-24T00:30:44.950-07:00dance like no one is watching<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GA8z7f7a2Pk&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GA8z7f7a2Pk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">omgoodness, i love people!!!</span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307246611234531754.post-49923425361402265562009-05-04T13:41:00.000-07:002009-07-02T12:48:20.643-07:00Dark was the night @ radio city<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3pgKoNTfCt43Ta06An9hl2qeOwel39bjS4UzQyGb0rA7K_oOSffGYzWXG045gPHecgu7pmihdPVDRQzOb-e8jOsQ4QGHGa8beCm5PZpzDlHOjVW8DQihZ7kv49iQIwhu3yzEx_s6B272/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3pgKoNTfCt43Ta06An9hl2qeOwel39bjS4UzQyGb0rA7K_oOSffGYzWXG045gPHecgu7pmihdPVDRQzOb-e8jOsQ4QGHGa8beCm5PZpzDlHOjVW8DQihZ7kv49iQIwhu3yzEx_s6B272/s400/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332530651744112130" /></a><br /><div>One of the best things about living in NYC is easy access to live music. Everyone comes through new york. And one of the best things about E's job is easy access to tickets. We can get in everywhere :) <div><div><br /></div><div>Last night we went to <a href="http://www.darkwasthenight.com/">dark was the night</a> at radio city music hall. </div><div>Performers included the dirty projectors, my brightest diamond, feist, the nationals, david byrne, bon iver, sharon jones and the dap kings. I was really disappointed that grizzly bear didn't show up, because they were one of the main reasons I wanted to go...<br /></div><div><br /></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYARxuP3l5nWfwXhJDNY8pdYDHF49Ax46FSr_jJDsnENUTIA7r5iaL4E8mQcooNPklEGnY-bOsFbblQyQCUq2bkRMGBu3TEUDQJGSbN6EiIfEb8Os0xTqv_D0ctEuTLAke80TqIvairnMF/s1600-h/13.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYARxuP3l5nWfwXhJDNY8pdYDHF49Ax46FSr_jJDsnENUTIA7r5iaL4E8mQcooNPklEGnY-bOsFbblQyQCUq2bkRMGBu3TEUDQJGSbN6EiIfEb8Os0xTqv_D0ctEuTLAke80TqIvairnMF/s400/13.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332529518895348610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">my brightest diamon</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">d</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdIUERIF4QFAfsw_S0i-xtVYvwK1jUOLafj2eARGu59x-O1HtqpIttI5pja2gcPcr1XTsxSozGcXUx3CBWaE6POQK-I0aXu4jaBNKPTE5HuJsHkdeurkhzcTWQoiWF8a7XsktLHTny-J_/s1600-h/44.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdIUERIF4QFAfsw_S0i-xtVYvwK1jUOLafj2eARGu59x-O1HtqpIttI5pja2gcPcr1XTsxSozGcXUx3CBWaE6POQK-I0aXu4jaBNKPTE5HuJsHkdeurkhzcTWQoiWF8a7XsktLHTny-J_/s400/44.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332085526106100882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">feist</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">photos by<a href="http://natasharyan.com/music"> natasha ryan</a> via <a href="http://brooklynvegan.com/">brooklyn veg</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">an</span><br /></div><br /><div><div><div>I didn't know this before last night, but Dark was the night is a compilation that benefits the Red Hot Organization, a organization that raises money and awareness for HIV and AIDS. Another bonus to going.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Even though I didn't know the music of some of the performers, I was blown away. Feist was amazing live. Her recordings don't at all capture the silky smokey melancholy of her voice the same way it sounds live. Bon iver was unbelievable too.</div><div><br /></div><div>I was sitting there, and for a while listening to the music I felt like I was floating away, lost in the indefinable magic of the moment. The whole audience dissolves and you are collectively carried to a distant shore, captured only through melody. </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1GEAuX_3F1mJEyWfoVHcOeSp7T1HcgbmiEGUW8xU8iBv5vDJ61zdh8SlSwUS09GrmHymo8dusIU47pAKrvG10r7MVDJJY13oEFwhfLrPVB9AvUQFuugStVKzuNGMf4_7u1ZeykVq4NOW/s1600-h/38.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1GEAuX_3F1mJEyWfoVHcOeSp7T1HcgbmiEGUW8xU8iBv5vDJ61zdh8SlSwUS09GrmHymo8dusIU47pAKrvG10r7MVDJJY13oEFwhfLrPVB9AvUQFuugStVKzuNGMf4_7u1ZeykVq4NOW/s400/38.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333296373482757250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Bon Iver</span><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>It's just so wrong that there's no mainstream outlet for truly innovative music like this. Seems like the only way that great artists get exposed to the masses is as the background track of a tv commercial. And of course there is the internet. But it's so easy to get lost in the vast ocean of noise online. When is this going to change?</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307246611234531754.post-482349868818120942009-05-04T12:50:00.000-07:002009-07-02T12:48:42.172-07:00revelations by yoko ono<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBDIm8zg_m0i0wlUxaUL0BoLiUehIScm6opB_2eZyK63jWhXFJnklk3ap4j9ACM7ra2_OQJb9jtgzckw_q_6gC7dVJfjSHbS_rQ8jSivLiTg7FXr6VmtQnonbCHehOJ9zp_nlw3lbThNl/s1600-h/sunshinebottle264.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBDIm8zg_m0i0wlUxaUL0BoLiUehIScm6opB_2eZyK63jWhXFJnklk3ap4j9ACM7ra2_OQJb9jtgzckw_q_6gC7dVJfjSHbS_rQ8jSivLiTg7FXr6VmtQnonbCHehOJ9zp_nlw3lbThNl/s400/sunshinebottle264.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332061820686336802" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I love yoko ono. Her poetry, words, art and music inspire me. The way she views the world, looks beyond what can be seen. The way she challenges the status quo and what is considered the norm. Her message of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 255);">peace</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">love</span>.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The poem below is from her website <a href="http://100acorns.blogspot.com/">100 acorns</a>.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Revelations<br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bless you for your anger.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For it is a sign of rising energy.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Direct not to your family, waste not on your enemy.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Transform the energy to versatility<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And it will bring you prosperity.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bless you for your sorrow<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For it is a sign of vulnerability.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Share not with your family, direct not to yourself.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Transform the energy to sympathy<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And it will bring you love.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bless you for your greed<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For it is a sign of great capacity.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Direct not to your family. Direct not to the world.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Transform the energy to giving.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Give as much as you wish to take,<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And you will receive satisfaction.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bless you for your jealousy<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For it is a sign of empathy<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Direct not to your family, direct not to your friends.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Transform the energy to admiration<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And what you admire<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Will become part of your life<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bless you for your fear<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For it is a sign of wisdom.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do not hold yourself in fear.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Transform the energy to flexibility<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And you will be free<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">From what you fear.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bless you for your search of direction<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For it is a sign of aspiration.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Transform the energy to receptivity<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And the direction will come to you.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bless you for the times you see evil.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Evil is energy mishandled and it feeds on your support.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Feed not and it will self-destruct.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Shed light and it will cease to be.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bless you for the times you feel no love.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Open your heart to life anyway<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and in time you will find<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">love in you.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bless you, bless you, bless you.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bless you for what you are.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You are a sea of goodness, a sea of love.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Count your blessings every day for they are your protection<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Which stands between you and what you wish not.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Count your curses and they will be a wall<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Which stands between you and what you wish.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The world has all that you need<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And you have the power<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">to attract what you wish.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wish for health, wish for joy.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Remember you are loved.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307246611234531754.post-30662341617817354292009-05-04T12:44:00.001-07:002009-06-24T00:32:06.646-07:00ashes and snow<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WR7yzPLXNAM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WR7yzPLXNAM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Transcendental" and "otherworldly" are some words that describe the photos and film captured by Gregory Colbert. I feel like I'm looking at heaven on earth in these videos. Breathtaking...<br /></div><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5Dde5b_q2Hk&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5Dde5b_q2Hk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">After you take a look at the videos, make sure to visit <a href="http://www.ashesandsnow.org/">ashes and snow</a>, Colberts website, where you can explore and click on some of the most beautiful photos you will ever see.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307246611234531754.post-82441206669554917522009-04-20T21:58:00.000-07:002009-04-20T22:11:35.957-07:00home<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnERj1fkwFaOZ8Ts4nTafZBLu3LfagWdE3UCIdO9XyO1jdTlI09bHRnfozMaSmzWZyxClA8F5m-0EyuSkZ15zd7dKCGNlGV8PDGgYSlVai6kcPBfH5l5T5f5Tyr5o1-X1jpnssDlAM13vT/s1600-h/Photo+60.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnERj1fkwFaOZ8Ts4nTafZBLu3LfagWdE3UCIdO9XyO1jdTlI09bHRnfozMaSmzWZyxClA8F5m-0EyuSkZ15zd7dKCGNlGV8PDGgYSlVai6kcPBfH5l5T5f5Tyr5o1-X1jpnssDlAM13vT/s400/Photo+60.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327004714220836210" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">there's no place like home!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">at least to me...<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">there's nothing that i like more than staying in, reading a great book, eating some chips, cuddling under the covers and watching a good movie on tivo, playing with the pup, looking through old photos, listening to music, talking to someone i love, daydreaming...<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">i remember the days when all i wanted was an exciting night out on the town. maybe because growing up you're not allowed out late by yourself, and what we are not allowed to do suddenly seems like THE thing that we want to do the most</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">but once you have the most desired thing, you realise after a while...it's not so great after all. what's better is the warmth of home, a delicious meal, great friends and family...the simple things in life are the best after all</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307246611234531754.post-7276353476395902002009-04-15T16:40:00.000-07:002009-04-16T00:35:10.194-07:00puppy love<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrwCfzKq-ZjYg26pi2bixY2ag4IEsIl9pqWgEAcVj0CG_a1qh-aj4gx8rcMo0VF1n2mhoWIruv0-lzNrQpcWU8Yv57RPr1rVSUIndqav0cJdrtPAN8yrhHCteuz20G5N4f4PLdWS0q9WN/s1600-h/IMG_1615.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrwCfzKq-ZjYg26pi2bixY2ag4IEsIl9pqWgEAcVj0CG_a1qh-aj4gx8rcMo0VF1n2mhoWIruv0-lzNrQpcWU8Yv57RPr1rVSUIndqav0cJdrtPAN8yrhHCteuz20G5N4f4PLdWS0q9WN/s400/IMG_1615.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325072109273764130" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">puppy, oh puppy, how do i love thee<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">let me count the ways<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">~ i love the way you stare at me perplexed, head bobbling back and forth, when i sing at the top of my lungs<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">~ i love it when you run around and dance along with me all over the house</div><div style="text-align: left;">~ i love fluffing your velvety soft furry coat and scrunching your face <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">~ i love it when you optimistically pop up with the ball in your mouth hoping that someone will play with you<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">~ i love it when you try to jump on the bed, miss, and tumble over backwards like a fluffy brown clown<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">~ i especially love it when you are curled up in a ball beneath my feet, asleep, the naughty little monster turned angel, quietly frolicking in dreamland</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">i can't believe that i love this nasty little beastie</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307246611234531754.post-905104930794403782009-04-15T16:07:00.000-07:002009-04-15T16:19:28.800-07:00obsession<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qtRQsCgYmtc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qtRQsCgYmtc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">sometimes when i hear a song</div><div style="text-align: center;"> it creates a strange thirst in me that can't be filled </div><div style="text-align: center;">until i've listened to the song </div><div style="text-align: center;">1000 times </div><div style="text-align: center;">(or more)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">that's what happened in this case</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">looove</span> it</div><div style="text-align: center;">still thirsty...for <a href="http://wearephoenix.com">phoenix</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307246611234531754.post-14009077336583086742009-04-15T15:14:00.001-07:002009-04-15T16:32:57.933-07:00greetings<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpGRF-pnmcPrsAvm8umHBlLY1F0JPYyvB63WY62NilpVbfphqtHJwfRMyVW69h_HkLXUkU1qRMcLif-WHP0EqjgnAnrRjGavJnmJhOu3-FqVBj6qvJzwegze6h6ivjXa09jdnuwKc3XQN/s320/IMG_1938-pola01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325053227662939042" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJrDHEsCsErXakZY6FisKaUlhENkBalwi2wxONNcnPzMVO5XgbMiyV0dfOrmuyzVkhzE0lWWj0gnVuouCDjM5mG-cuZYR4sJW6EWRSj-Qk-7jlDiEGqJq7D06TszWGM8EYTs2w5yiaqYs/s1600-h/IMG_2212-pola.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJrDHEsCsErXakZY6FisKaUlhENkBalwi2wxONNcnPzMVO5XgbMiyV0dfOrmuyzVkhzE0lWWj0gnVuouCDjM5mG-cuZYR4sJW6EWRSj-Qk-7jlDiEGqJq7D06TszWGM8EYTs2w5yiaqYs/s320/IMG_2212-pola.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325057706076222530" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">hello<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">welcome to the beginning...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0