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Eve had a bound journal in front of her as she stood at the teacher's desk in the schoolhouse in the Fort. Amanda stood near her, the other residents of the Fort sat in the benches facing her. A fire muttered and sparked in the fireplace behind her, lending a decent amount of warmth to the room, and lanterns set on the window sills gave plenty of light despite the weight of the winter darkness outside.
The children were in the back, and Val was amusing Baby by having her settled on his lap in the rocking chair Amanda had set up for him and sharing a picture book together. The other children were valiantly trying to be grown up enough to be at the meeting.
"So we have a number of new people, so let's all stand one by one and introduce ourselves," Eve said. "Obviously I am Eve Aubrey. I'm over in the Commander's house."
Ed Bender sneered again, and Lila looked around nervously to see if anyone noticed. She saw only the short Native midwife even glance at them.
Eve pointed to Amanda, and the young woman introduced herself, then pointed at Travis, who was sitting closest to them, and the introductions went around the room in a fairly orderly fashion. Val and Baby both ignored their cues, so Eve introduced them.
"Ok, so I'll act as the meeting manager, almost like this is one big IEP," Eve said, and chuckled, then looked abashed when no one else but Amanda seemed to get the joke. "An IEP is an educational plan for special needs kids," she explained, lamely. Ben smiled encouragingly. "So, we are going to have a meeting like this every third night for now," she said. "And all the adults need to be here -"
"So you're not gonna have all these noisy kids here next time?" Ed said loudly.
Ben turned to shoot him a dirty glance. "Do not interrupt our Glorious Leader."
"I don't see how she-" Ed began, and Amanda slammed a yardstick down on the teacher's desk. Eve jumped back, startled, and Ed fell silent.
"In the interest of orderliness, Eve is managing this meeting," Travis said, mildly. "She's been here longest, and Gary appointed her the leader."
Eve cleared her throat. "Ok. I need to stop saying ok. First, Travis and Ben have compiled a list of jobs that need to be done daily, and I've made a calender for the next three days on the blackboard behind me here. When we get everyone assigned, I'll draw it all up properly and hang it up on this bulletin board over there between the windows. There's twelve main jobs, some of which need several people. And then there's patrolling. There's ten of us who could probably patrol if we include Will and Haley."
Will winced to be considered the same ability level as the slightly younger pregnant girl.
"Um!" Ben's hand shot up.
"Ben?" Eve said, patiently, pointing to him to acknowledge his need to speak.
He stood up. "I'm going to suggest we keep Dana and Haley off the patrol list. Haley's going to need more rest right now and Dana is our medic. We need her alert if someone is injured."
"I'm a midwife, actually," Dana said, standing up.
Travis turned to her. "We need you to stay seated and raise your hand," he said, firmly. She sat down quickly and raised her hand.
Eve gestured to Ben to sit back down, then pointed at Dana. "Dana."
Dana stood up again. "Actually, I am a midwife, not necessarily a medic."
"This is ridiculous!" Ed snapped, and Travis turned to him.
"It's not your turn."
Ed muttered under his breath.
"Closest we got right now," Eve said. "And you do know your stuff. You keep patching the young people up."
Ben's hand shot up again, and he wiggled a little in his spot. Amanda glared at him, but it didn't slow him down any. Dana glanced at Ben, up at Eve, gave a short nod of agreement, and sat back down.
Eve turned back to Ben, pointed at him, and said his name. He shot up. "That's what I mean. She's the midwife, she's got two pregnant girls to take care of, and we need her alert enough to also patch us all up. So I think those two should be exempt from the patrol." He sat back down, finally relaxed. Behind him Haley's hand shot up.
The teenager gave Ben a mutinous look as she stood. "I can patrol." She sat down and crossed her arms over the small mound of her belly.
Dana raised her hand again.
"She would be fine for about two more months yet, I think," she said. "I wouldn't want her up on the Round Tower or anything – your balance changes as your pregnancy progresses. But she could patrol other places."
"Ok," Eve said. "So here's the tentative plan. We'll do patrols of three hours each. First patrol will always include Haley, and she'll sit up on the catwalk. Whoever is drawn with her will take the Round Tower. After three hours the next two will come on, and we'll draw groups, and one of each group will take the catwalk and the other the Round Tower. If that sounds fair, raise your hand."
"Wait, who gets to vote?" Ed asked loudly. Dana, Ben, and Travis turned to him. "I know it's not my turn," he snapped. "But everyone's gonna be raising their hand to vote in a moment and no one would have seen I was trying to ask a question."
"It's fine," Eve said. "Sixteen and up."
"Yes!" Will said under his breath.
"Aw..." Kat muttered.
Daria raised her hand tentatively. Eve recognized her and Daria levered herself awkwardly to her feet, on hand supporting her enormous belly.
"Miss Eve, I'm fifteen."
"That's too bad," Ed said, still seated. "Fifteen and pregnant. Bad enough. She don't need to vote."
Dana whipped around to bare her teeth at Ed. "Everything we discuss affects her and her baby."
Lila piped up. "No, Ed's right, she's too young and she clearly makes bad choices anyway."
The people on the benches began to argue amongst themselves until Amanda shouted. "ENOUGH."
"Thank you," Eve said to Amanda. "Do we need to do a secret ballot? What age should be the cut off?" The others nodded to each other, murmuring assent. Eve passed out paper and pencils, and Amanda collected the votes in a basket, adding her own before she collected the others.
Eve tallied the votes on the chalk board, showing each ballot to the group.
"That's one each for the cut off age being twenty one, six, eighteen, eleven, and ten. That's two for fifteen. That's six for sixteen and two abstaining, Baby and Val."
"Wait, the retard gets a vote?" Ed interrupted. Eve turned to look at him, her face red.
"Yeah, you sure do, Ed," Amanda said, raising her voice. Ed stood up, his face turning nearly as red as Eve's.
Travis and Ben stood up and turned to face him down.
"You are here by Eve's choice," Travis said, his voice again so calm Amanda knew he was furious. "I'd suggest you use respectful language when talking about her children."
Lila stood up beside Ed. "He didn't mean anything bad by it. Ed is good to the retarded kids. He donates in the jar at the corner store all the time and give his quarters to-"
"EVERYBODY SIT DOWN," Eve thundered. Travis and Ben waited until Ed and Lila obeyed before doing the same.
"You," Eve said, pointing at Ed. "My son is not 'the retard". His name is Valiant James Aubrey and you may call him Val, but you will not again refer to him the way you just did."
"Fucking sensitive," Ed muttered. Lila laughed nervously.
"This is a safe place and we all need to live here in cooperation and peace," Eve snarled. "The voting age is sixteen. Now everyone who thinks the patrol plan is fair RAISE YOUR DOGGONE HANDS. Thank you. Passed. Now on to the rest of the agenda." She took a deep breath and visibly released all of her pent up upset.
"Hate dat guy," Val whispered to Baby.
"Book!" Baby yelled.
Val carefully kissed Baby's head, and opened her book to share with her.


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Before I continue though, I wanted to first share a picture of her actual party invitation card since the last one I posted on here was an e-invite image.
Anyway, the card says it all... The party was a Sesame Street inspired party...
Here's her Sweet Table that had to be set up at the garage LOL!!!
Aaron over at flickr, with permission to edit and use of course. I am also planning to sell the backdrop too but I have to go to the post office to check the shipping prices before I do. So if you're having a sesame street party in the future... let me know! I will definitely set up my etsy soon ;)
Now before I sign off... And aside from my family that helped made this party happened, there are certain friends and vendors that I want to give credit to...
1. Rhodora Suematsu (Nyomi's Godmother) - For the party decors!!! I couldn't have done it without her support LOL!
2. Hanna Boyle (Nyomi's Godmother) - For the large street signs and the backdrop.3. Shop Sweet Lulu - For the pretty packaging supplies
4. HeyYoYo - For the cupcake liners
For these printables, you can go to: http://www.etsy.com/shop/aubzielation
For the backdrop and street sign, you can go to: http://partyprintsandpieces.blogspot.com

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MisterStitches and I have two new additions to our family! In December we adopted these two squirmy little black kittens from our local humane society.
|I'm trying to hold these two wiggly kittens, but they won't cooperate with the camera!
Their names are Cassie (on the left) and Percy. Short for Cassandra and Persius.
They are extremely playful and energetic, which means the house needed to be baby proofed. It's been almost two years since our last cat died, and she was older and more tame. These guys can't be trusted anywhere! They are only allowed in my studio under my supervision, and then are sometimes tossed outside the door!
Since they arrived in December, we had only about three Christmas decorations put up that could be called kitten-proof. The photo below shows a really simple decoration I like to put in the tall narrow windows by our door. I used dental floss and little round white stickers from the office supply store to make these "snowflakes" falling down the windows. Well, those falling snowflakes were just too tempting, so the bottom parts had to be cut off and they only "fell" down the upper half of the windows!


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In the face of a mass produced market it has been important to me to create 'limited runs' of handmade jewellery, exploring different concepts. For inspiration, I mostly look to ancient jewellery and textiles. I referred to this in a previous post on an embroidered bag.
The Tree of Life is an interesting and rich symbol. I remember looking in a book on artefacts from South-East Asia, and seeing this motif repeated and abstracted across a wide range of media. When I did a search in the collections of the V&A Museum, artifacts from all periods and media came up again, mostly of articles that can be worn/carried on the body. If they could not be worn, they were made for display within the home. When I worked on a community project with a group of Turkish women, I was struck by how relevant these symbols still are and are lived with in an active way. Each week the women would bring in items that they had made, tea towels, pillowcases, curtains, tablecloths, headscarves, all embroidered worked with floral motifs, referencing among other things the tree of life.
Here is a selection from the V&A , the British Museum and the Louvre.
Workbag, embroidered in crewel wool and chain stitch on linen, 1701-1702
Cuff, Greece, 20thC
Square of fabric illustrating "Aphrodite's marriage", Coptic-Arabic Period, 7th-8thC, Louvre
Headscarf, Zara, 1920-1930
Jonah wall-hanging, third-fifth centuries AD, Louvre
Gold band with sphinxes and stylized tree, late Bronze Age II (1400-1230 BC) Louvre
Æthelwulf Ring, niello, gold, late Anglo-Saxon 828-858
Dress, Turkey, 19-20thC


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Skirt (Dress) - TopShop
Shirt - Vintage
Belt - Vintage Gucci
Necklace - TopShop
Earings - Urban Outfitters
Rings (2 sets) - H&M
So, as you can tell I am slightly obsessed with this dress now, so much so that I have now doubled it as a skirt (I just turned up the shirt and held it in place with the belt). I feel so unbelievably British in this outfit, it just oozes British highstreet. I am loving this new trend of fully buttoning up shirts and adding short necklaces although this shirt is missing a button at the very top, which is annoying when you're a perfectionist like me. This shirt is, again, from Unicorn in Oxford, which is where I get pretty much all of my vintage clothing. I must be one of their best customers by now, I spend half my life digging around the piles of clothes there, and I mean piles!
I tweeted earlier that I think I am wearing the most rings I have ever worn today, with a new personal best of 13! The 3 chunky rings are one set and the others are another, all from H&M. I was in MK yesterday doing some last minute shopping with my best friend and decided to pick the rings up to cheer me up (I was spending obscene amounts of money on Christmas presents). A warning to all, do not go to MK shopping center 4 days before Christmas! It was hell! We spent 5 hours trudging through crowds of people with heavy bags of presents. Not fun. Either way I still managed to get all of my shopping done so I guess I shouldn't complain too much. Although I am now broke.
I hope y'all have are more organized than we were and are super excited for the holidays!


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DDF recently got a very nice job as director of research & development at a moderately sized bio-medical firm in San Diego, so we'll be saying good bye to the lovely environment of Orange County in the next few months after the house is sold. As I type this late March blog post, I am sitting in my home's breakfast nook / drinking area that has glass on two sides and looks out over the back & side yards, where I can see all 8 hummingbird feeders, 3 hummingbirds drinking from various ones, and
But I digress... this post is supposed to be about my Dana Point Yoga Studio & Gym... so we'll move onto the collection of photos I've taken in the last several weeks to help illustrate these abodes. These are in contrast to the earlier locations I've illustrated here on JustJoeP, like Arizona Back Yards, Arizona Blue sky environments, Pool Sides, Group Pool Sides, Hawaii, Hotel Rooms (French Hotel Rooms, and Chicago Hotel Rooms), Mountain tops, grassy beach fronts (my first introduction to the Dana Point Beach) and next to Tide Pools.
There's usually lots of flowers and floral arrangements all around the studio & gym. It's especially nice when laying on the yoga mat and looking up to see this brilliant coral tree, contrasted with the beautiful blue sky behind it - no gray pall here, typically. Sometimes a California Phoebe comes up and proclaims his loyalty to K-Mart: "Cheap! Cheap!" and then dives down towards the grass to snatch up some insect or another. Other times an Anna's hummingbird male alights and flits all about the coral tree, claiming it as his. Other times and ornery crow squawks at me: "get off my concrete pad!!!" from one of the two symmetrical coral trees. (I am fluent in Crow now, having observed them closely for 2 years in California)
My gym has showers... which one can use to remove the sand from one's feet, if you've gone down to where the water meets the land. People in wet suits frequently rinse off there - not something most gyms have (wet suits).
There's lots of very large whales who frequent my gym. They're almost always on the move, and many times bring their small (10 feet long and a 1000 lbs... if you call that "small") children with them. Lots of grays, some sperm, blue, fin, and occasionally a humpback comes to the gym as well. I wouldn't call them "obese", but they are very Big folks indeed.
And then you've got all the skinny white folks, who are always looking at food, but apparently never eating any of it. They're down by the water's edge, gazing at their own reflections. They're up on inclined slopes, tip-toeing through the succulent ice plants.
And there's those who try and hog all the equipment, and sing while they're doing so. They don't sing too loud, even if they're trying to be fierce and menacing... it's still pretty adorable.
And there's the flashy dressers... in bright green & fiery red magentas.
There's a wide variety of equipment in the rock parkour area. Big ones, little ones, solid ones, smaller ones that rock when you push off, sandy ones - but like most gyms, you have to be careful about those who don't clean up after they've used the equipment. A little bit of Bird poop on rocks is still better than MRSA though, any day.
You don't have to have status to work out here... but there's lots of +$100K vehicles in the parking lot.
So I am going to miss my coastal gym that I've grown so fond of here in Dana Point. It's a short 15 to 20 minute drive (if I get out of the house before the high school kids get out of class), and the parking is free, or nearly free. The breezes are amazing. The scenery, unparalleled. Every Wednesday they do cut the grass and that makes it a little itchy... - grass in Arizona was never really an issue as it was all burnt by the orange fiery ball in the sky. I'm sure I'll find some kind of studio & gym equivalent in San Diego... but Dana Point was nice while it lasted.
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Tuesday, 7 September 2010
The last of summer?
Summer is over and last night saw me shed a tear as I cleaned two pairs of school shoes rather than three for Tom is at college now and no longer under the school uniform cosh. The last time I cleaned just two pairs was before Lula started school and suddenly the tears welled. And so time moves on and childrens' cherubic, kissable limbs lengthen into teenage sinewy elegance.
Posted by the art of curiosity at 15:14
Labels: my family and other animals
3 comments:
- Pretty Things said...
Aw. They get too big too fast.
- 8 September 2010 at 20:08
- the art of curiosity said...
They most certainly do! I wonder how many visits to the shoe shop this constitutes ;-)
- 9 September 2010 at 12:29
- Tilly said...
Hi there, just found you via the autism group on British Mummy Bloggers and thought I'd say hello. My Nipper (who has Asperger's) has just started school so I've added a pair of shoes to the 'school shoe' pile!
- 8 October 2010 at 13:09
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Israeli CRIME MINISTER & 9/11 FALSE FLAG Architect Benny Netanyahu
A newly revealed tape shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once openly discussed his intent to attack the Palestinian government, undermine the Oslo peace accords, and manipulate the United States to ensure its approval.
When I tried to add a comment to this video about 9/11 being a FALSE FLAG, this is what popped up:
You have been blocked by the owner of this video.
BBC 'loses' original tapes of 9/11 coverage, then blames everyone who suspects foul play of being paranoid.
The comment on this page are well worth reading, as many are not accepting the BBC's lame-ass excuse it 'lost' their original 9/11 footage.
This comment is typical:
If there was no conspiracy on your part, then tell us who told BBC News that WTC7 fell down before it actually happened. The video you're looking for will show the building before collapse with your reporter telling the public it had already collapsed.How does one 'lose' footage of that 'day that changed everything,' unless some of the footage showed truths that the PTB want suppressed?
The BBC Conspiracy Files programme on the third tower was shown on the 6th July. On the surface it seemed to be a pretty fair, balanced programme but all the alternative stuff appeared at the beginning and most people would have forgotten about it by the end of the programme. The 'swiss cheese' comments about the holes in the steel was shown at the beginning to demonstrate something dodgy only to be dismissed at the end as nothing important.
Steven Jones's work wasn't given enough time and they showed a brief clip of his lecture in Boston). The positive thing about this is that the BBC have done us a huge favour by finally admitting there was a third building collapse.
Ron Wieck, Mark Roberts, and retired FDNY Battalion Chief Arthur Scheuerman during a taping of the NYC TV show Hardfire
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Hardfire is a libertarian cable-TV political discussion program, produced in Brooklyn, NY, by Gary Popkin
Gary POPKIN has his own 'ZIOPEDIA' page.
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Yamaha Showcases New Handcrafted Piccolo Trumpets
New Designs Developed in Collaboration with Yamaha Trumpet Artists David Washburn and John Hagstrom
ANAHEIM, Calif. Yamaha Corporation of America, Band & Orchestral Division, adds two additional piccolo trumpets to its popular line of professional wind instruments. Slated for display at Winter NAMM 2009, the new YTR-9835 and the YTR-9825 piccolo trumpets in the keys of Bb and A now offer a new leadpipe design, two-piece valve casing, and flexible tuning options.
Ideal for professional trumpet players who perform diverse styles of piccolo trumpet literatures, the new trumpets also feature a hammered yellow Brass bell that produces a perfectly-balanced tone with quick response and extra presence due to advanced manufacturing.
"The quality of our new custom-made piccolo trumpets reinforces our commitment to the professional musicians we serve," says Kurt Witt, marketing manager, Yamaha Wind Instruments. "Both models will make a significant impact on the trumpet community."
Developed with the principal trumpet of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra David Washburn and with John Hagstrom of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, both new trumpets feature a fourth valve that adds an extended range.
A May 2009 delivery date is slated for both the YTR-9835 and YTR-9825.
For more information on the new Yamaha Piccolo Trumpets, visit Yamaha Corporation of America at Winter NAMM 2009 in the Marquis Ballroom at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel; write Yamaha Corporation of America, Band & Orchestral Division, Wind Instruments, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9011; e-mail
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Black. Mormon. Girl. Here I will share my thoughts and beliefs about the spiritual chapter of my life. I will write of the things we do as a peculiar people as well as the experiences of being a Member of the Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter Day Saints. I want the world to know that I am not ashamed of that which guides me to be a better person and that which leads me to Christ. It's a great journey, I hope you'll enjoy the view from your seat
Sunday, September 15, 2013
National Come Back To Church Day
I've talked a few times before about living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder aka PTSD. It comes from living through a trauma and various things can contribute to triggering your body and mine to feel as if it's going through the trauma all over again. In the military is used to known as SHELL SHOCK, however it happens to many people outside of the military as well. To make a long story short, I'll just speak in generalities.
My trauma came to a head June 20 2008. The next day I had the breakdown in a leadership meeting at one of the local ward houses. About month later the bishop who took me in, got me the help I needed, checked up to make sure I had access to the people, resources and tools I needed, took his own life behind our home ward building. This added another layer to the disorder. Because I'm necrophobic. I have a hard time dealing or seeing the body of a person after their spirit had departed. A couple of months after that one of the women I visit taught had a family member committed suicide. Needless to say I lost a huge block of life between June 2008 and now. The things that trigger and relapse me back into PTSD: Older White Males (ESPECIALLY in Suites or business attire) The Month Of June, and Church Buildings.
Some of the physical effects of PTSD:
Nausea, blurred or foggy vision, sweats, rapid breathing & heart beat, over anxiousness, nervousness, body aches, forgetfulness, unclear thinking. I go through the first 5 of these when I go to church. The symptoms don't last just a few hours. They last for days at a time. Even writing and talking about it brings on the physical and emotional repercussions of the issue.
However, telling your story helps to heal you and it helps to heal other people..
Now On with the Show!
Today, Sunday September 15,2013 is National Come Back To Church Day!
I've been on Hiatus Off and on for 5 years (Since 6/23/2008.) Sometimes I've been every week for several months in a row and sometimes I've not been in over a year. Sometimes I got to different wards other than my own. I've moved 3 times. The last time I moved I purchased a Condo cuz I got sick of moving. My Sister moved in with me and she is currently the Primary President in our ward.
Today was my first time in our ward. I've been psyching myself up for WEEKS to make sure I'm in the state of mind to make it to church today. I was actually going to go last week because it was stake conference and I would be a little less "zoomed in on" and could disappear into the crowd. Well, I mean as much as a black member in a predominantly white congregation can "blend." I would probably make more of an attempt in the passed to make into the building but being black and LDS we are those rare Pearls of Great Price
and being "Incognegro" in Utah is a chore.
When I got up this morning the Nausea wasn't so bad. I made sure to eat something just in case.
About an hour before church I started getting dressed. I was talking to my sister about our puppy Jake Dude-Action not getting to the dog park enough so I'm sure she thought I was getting ready to take him to the park. Being Primary Prez she took off before I was dressed.
I got dressed, threw on some make up. I looked at my reflection in the mirror and took a deep breath. The nausea set in so quickly so I ran and found a piece of peppermint gum. (The times I do go to church I take mints. Most of the time it keeps my stomach soothed enough to keep e from vomiting at church.)
I went back to the mirror and gave myself "THE TALK:"
You are safe. You have the knowledge to take charge of any situation. You have the tools to cope with whatever comes your way. No matter the outcome of your experience take pride in knowing you made the steps to break down another wall. NOW GO, YOU"RE LATE!"
I put a smile on my face, grabbed my purse and scriptures and out the door I went.
The Relief Society Presidency can to visit with my sister abt 7 months ago when she left the singles ward and started going to our family ward. I spoke with them about my situation and they were very understanding and compassionate to my situation. I wondered how they would handle the situation A couple of weeks after their visit I got a call from a Visiting Teaching companion I didn't know that I had. It was actually a bit too much not having stepped foot in the ward building or knowing anyone from the ward. I felt a little bit like Katniss at the reaping in hunger games just expected to do what I was told or called to do. This didn't work for me and I silently protested by not accepting the calling.
The goal was to attend 1 hours of church. The reason I'm going with 1 hour for now is because when I go for more than that, which I have before, I get SO sick that it's that sick feeling that I'm stuck with each week. It's not how I want to remember each Sunday. When I do 1 hour I leave just as I being to feel ill but it doesn't over power the great things about being there for 1 hour. Thank goodness our first hour is Relief Society. A sorority of Sisters, THANK GOODNESS!!!
I accomplished my goal. And it felt good. It's 6 hours later and I'm still nauseated, but it's not so overwhelming that I'm fixated over it. It should subside about Wednesday, just in time to start pumping myself up for next Sunday.
It sounds bad, having to pump myself up for church. Those looking for ways to bash our church, any church or organized religion in general will jump all over that. Meh, find something better and worth while to do. Because for a while I had to make the same kind of baby step goals just to get out of bed in the morning. In the early weeks of the breakdown I couldn't even step out of the house to get the mail. I had goals that were just to get out of bed and eat. Then get out of bed, shower and get dressed and eat. I freaked out on the Greeter at a Walmart 2 weeks after the initial break down. So I've come a long way, baby!
I know I've build up a safe little community with walls a mile thick. 5 years later only certain people are allowed into that community. People have taken it upon themselves to "help" break down my walls. Perhaps in other situations help is needed and welcome and expected. PTSD is so delicate. Many of us don't need the attention or the focus on us. This is one wall I need to being to break down myself and if others try to do it, it leaves me exposed. We need to talk about it when we're ready to talk about it and step back out into the world when we're ready to. For some it's easy for others it's a prison.
Part of the issue with me going to church is having to explain the issue. Telling the details of the story and triggers is sometimes a trigger itself. I felt my Relief Society President and my Bishopric needed to know. They need to know why a male home teachers would probably not get into my home. Or if the Bishopric just shows up why they aren't getting in my home.
Telling the story causes your mind and body to go back through the actual events of the trauma. Even though it's a healthy thing and needed thing, you have to go through all the coping skills for days sometimes weeks to feel safe and secure again. The more you do it the easier it gets So I know the more I make these goals the better it will. One truly never is healed from PTSD our coping skills just strengthen. In my situation the very people and place most turn to happens to make me sick.
I have to laugh at the situation sometimes because in reality CHURCH MAKES ME SICK!!
One of the most priceless things about today was the look on my sister's face when she happen to look out in the foyer and saw me standing there waiving at her and making funny faces. SURPRISE!! She came out and greeted me and walked me too Relief Society. She didn't need to. I didn't particularly want her to but I got the feeling that she needed to do it more than i needed her to.
The Relief Society President was pleasantly surprised and she did come and speak with me after. She address the Visiting Teaching situation and apologized for assuming I was willing and ready to be a visiting teaching with where I'm at. She was gracious and apologetic. Everything she should have been and that will help a great deal in my comfort level of being IN the building.
For the most part I'm feeling accomplished.
I'm grateful for having access to all the learning materials and lessons online. The church is brilliant that way for those of us who can't or are unwilling to get to an actual building and deal with the members, because lets be honest, there are times when we love the church and hate the members in it and some days it's the opposite. One thing I've learned from this is you can never judge a person as to why they do or do not attend church meetings. If our goal is Zion, Zion has to be born internally in our hearts and minds before it can be achieved externally. Be kind to those who come back to church. Don't be over bearing. A smile and a hand shake is just enough. Some people need to be zero'd in on and others just need space to get used to the atmosphere and marinate for a while to get comfortable. Take ques from them and don't be afraid to offer what you think may be needed. Always offer. .What they do with that offering is up to them. Some will use it, some will not. If you offer be genuine and you better make time and effort to fulfill your offering. Things I mostly don't like are when people are so quick with their mouths to offer time, talent and service and then 95% of the time have some excuse or crisis as to why they can't fulfill their own offer. If you don't mean it don't say it. Don't let your mouth write checks that the rest of you aren't willing to cash.
I'm thankful for National Come back to Church day. It game me more of a goal and a kick start to something I wanted to do but wasn't quite sure of doing. I hope that next year those who are looking for a way to go back to church, Whichever church that may be, that they take the opportunity to use National Come Back To Church as a guiding tool if you need to.
3 comments:
- s'mee said...
This was a great post. Congratulations, and spiritual hugs!
- Mon Sep 16, 08:09:00 AM
Wow Girl Wow,
I was just going blog to blog from mine. I saw your title, since my 2 early adult daughters are inactive, I paused to read through it.
By the way my girls are bi-racial. I'm of course the pale one here, which is good, who was the only second one in my fam. to join.
My point is it's great to see your blog. I want my girls to check it out. Hopefully inspire them to seek the truth again.
Keep The Faith, He will help you.
- Wed Nov 20, 04:45:00 AM
I am lds and have ptsd too. I don't think a person who hasn't had it can understand. It's hard. On my dads side we go back to Nauvoo on one side and polygamy on the other. My uncles are bishops and a mission president. I'm also single and late thirties. I'm white and have to force myself to go to church, but it is the Savior who has helped me. Some African American coworkers helped me after I was hurt. One coworker really took me in and took care of me. I hope you get feeling better. I am through counseling. If you haven't read Elder Holland's talk it might be helpful to you from conference.
- Fri Nov 22, 10:50:00 PM


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You've set about penning your polemical dystopian Y.A. masterpiece set in alt-2017. The main protagonist is probably a woman, but could also be a man. She may be transgender or a genetic female. She is probably Latina, but could be Black, Asian or biracial.
The head villain, cast as the ideological opposite of the main protagonist, is a thoroughly original, fictional monstrosity: an egomaniacal tyrant whose skin is tinted radioactive orange and hair is a garish fake yellow, accompanied by his gorgeously dim-witted mail-order bride. Lesser villains include a vice president who tacitly supports the systematic, sadistic psychological torture of LGBT children ¹, and a trashy motormouthed ex-beauty queen henchwoman with extensive familial reality TV credentials.
Beware Clichés and Caricatures
There's only one problem with the evil characters sketched above: despite an element of truth, they're obvious caricatures. Caricatures can be amusing at first, but their apparent lack of depth can quickly wear thin.
It may be tempting to imitate Hollywood with a high-concept plot along the lines of "The Future Versus Adolf Hitler" ² or "Billionaire President Versus The People".
Donald Trump may be a hyper-narcissistic, cocaine-addicted buffoon, but he's nothing next to Adolf Hitler. Hitler was politically smarter and more popular with the German people, among other key distinctions.
Here's a bit of basic research on historical differences between the rise of Hitler and the rise of Trump, to help you avoid a few pitfalls from the start in writing your next story.
Trump Has the Sniffles — Hitler Was The Real High-Roller
To start, Hitler was more creative in his choice of recreational drugs. By the end of World War II, Hitler injected a daily stream of hardcore pharmaceuticals administered by his faithful doctor, Theodor Morell³:
– Pervitin (methamphetamine)
– Eukodal (oxycodone)
– high grade cocaine
…among others.
Although Donald Trump may simply have a persistently runny nose, his alleged cocaine habit (and unhinged 3 a.m. Twitter diatribe tendency ⁴) pales by the sight of Hitler's needle-punctured, collapsing veins and erratic junkie-in-withdrawals behavior during his last days in the Führerbunker.
Trump Lost the Popularity Contest, Hitler Won The Reality Show
Adolf Hitler had far more popular support at the start of his reign in 1934 than Donald Trump has in 2016. Ironically, Hitler's popularity grew more to the level of Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin ⁵ than Trump. It's also noteworthy that many Germans seemed to support Hitler himself more than the Nazi party ¹⁴, whereas the Republican Party in general is hated far less than Donald Trump.
In 2016, Hillary Clinton indisputably won the popular vote ¹⁵ to become 45th president of the United States of America.
Trump lost the popular vote, instead obtaining the position of president through the electoral college. In other words, Donald Trump is a failed populist before his time in office even begins. Trump may inspire Hitler-level fawning adoration in some of his supporters, but in no way can he legitimately claim to be the American people's president.
Is the 2017 American Economy Comparable to Hitler's Germany?
The socioeconomic environment that precipitated Hitler's rise was far more dire than modern-day America ⁶. In 1933, the German people were suffering catastrophically due to:
– crippling financial reparations demanded by the treaty of Versailles after World War I ⁷;
– the aftermath of the Great Depression of 1929 and disastrous efforts by a pre-Hitler government to reverse the damage.
In July 1930 Chancellor Brüning cut government expenditure, wages and unemployment pay – the worst thing to do during a depression.
How does that set of events compare to the modern day and possible future?
In 2016, the efforts of President Obama's government — to repair the damage done during President Bush's Great Recession of 2007 — have failed to completely restore the economy ⁸. This is why many people below retirement age feel trapped in financial uncertainty.
American wages are still nearly stagnant (this is a corporate capitalist problem, not a presidential problem). Although unemployment has fallen, personal debt is rising ⁹ and employment increasingly centers on low-wage service industry jobs ¹⁰.
Lower-wage industries accounted for 22% of recession job losses, but are responsible for 44% of the hiring in the recovery.
High-wage jobs accounted for 41% of job losses but have only grown 30% since the recession, and mid-wage jobs made up 37% of job losses but only 26% of recent employment growth. That means there are almost two million fewer high- and mid-wage jobs than there were before the 2008 collapse, according to the report.
The economic situation in the United States circa 2017 isn't anywhere near that of 1934 Germany. The Great Recession of 2008 was caused by financial deregulation rather than world war. Deregulation enabled lenders to offer housing loans to those who couldn't afford them ("subprime" loans ¹¹). Those loans were reconstituted into "good" financial instruments that were actually junk ("securitization"), leading to a housing bubble that soon popped and destroyed the American economy ¹²:
After the Asian financial crisis in 1997, investors were looking for safe havens to park their money. What they wanted were AAA-rated bonds. What they got were mortgage-backed securities that were rated AAA but turned out to be junk. As we all now know—but most of us didn't know at the time—Wall Street firms in the early 2000s began slicing and dicing and then reassembling mortgage debt into more and more exotic and risky mortgage-backed securities in ways that made them look risk-free.
Now imagine what might happen during the presidency of a real estate mogul billionaire — who was cheering for the housing crisis so that he could make easy money¹³?
"I sort of hope that happens because then people like me would go in and buy," Trump said in a 2006 audiobook from Trump University, answering a question about "gloomy predictions that the real estate market is heading for a spectacular crash."
"If there is a bubble burst, as they call it, you know you can make a lot of money," Trump said in the 2006 audio book, "How to Build a Fortune."
The United States has already had a "pro-business" president (George W. Bush) whose deregulatory policies led directly to a massive recession that hasn't ended yet. Now the U.S. has somehow elected a real estate speculator who cheered for the failure of the American housing market.
In relation to the economy, Trump isn't Hitler. Trump is an opportunistic vulture asked to safeguard and nurture America's already-ailing fiscal health. Still, the U.S. isn't in the realm of 1934 Germany yet. If you want to write a dystopian plotline, aim for the socioeconomic landscape post-2020, after the new despot has grabbed the American consumer by the pocketbook and had his way with her.
War-Mongers at the Gates of Power?
The German people largely approved of Hitler's use of war to annex territory. Indeed, much of the German peoples' support for Hitler arose because of his regime's military success ¹⁴.
After the abject failure ¹⁶ of George W. Bush's oil-seeking adventurism in Iraq ¹⁷ based on lies — no, the lesser sin of "misinformation" — about "weapons of mass destruction" ¹⁸, most Americans abhor the idea of prolonged ground war ¹⁹.
The current worldwide drone and special operations deployments began precisely because "boots on the ground" are extremely unpopular in the prevailing American sentiment. Trump simply cannot wage war wholesale while waving a United States flag and crowing on about "making America great again", the way that Adolf Hitler did for Germany in the years leading up to Word War II. George W. Bush already tried that game with disastrous results that led directly to the rise of ISIS. In the current climate, the American people would never commit long-term support to flattening Iran or further maiming the already-crippled North Korea.
If your sci-fi plot requires large-scale global war, focus on the details of a "what if…" scenario that renders conflict as inevitable — not as the unilateral decision of Dictator Trump. Of course, that's quite likely what Trump himself would do.
Mass Surveillance
We find our hero seeking truth. She's skulking around the city, smoothly avoiding security cameras and narrowly escaping capture by the Gestapo of the Future. And of course she's some kind of hacker, because hackers are cool and computers are magical MacGuffins that can do anything.
How close could Trump's surveillance machine match that of Adolf Hitler ²⁰?
Unfortunately, from Donald Rumsfeld to President Obama, civil liberties and information privacy have been eroded continuously. ²¹
Guantanamo Bay is still operational. Drone wars are ongoing. Special operators slit throats of third-world adversaries in the dark. FBI informants spy on mosques and activists. The NSA is vast and practically unaccountable. Trump advocates increased deportations and endorses torture far beyond waterboarding.
The only thing preventing President Obama from ruling with an iron fist was the President himself. Now Americans have Trump, who promises no similar restraint.
In terms of surveillance, Trump certainly has the tools to be a dream in the remotest fantasies of Hitler. Your best fodder for realistic near-future science fiction may begin here — just be sure to get the details right. People need ongoing reminders that the extent of what's possible is just as mind-bending as anything imagined by Philip K. Dick.
Near-Future Civil Strife
A great backdrop for dystopian fiction is the image of protestors marching in the streets, throwing Molotov cocktails at robotically faceless oppressors and demanding the end of an evil regime.
Hitler's platform, as you've read above, pertained to the outcome of World War I and the Great Depression.
Today's populism tends to focus on jobs, but often leaves out important details. Those details can help your story feel more real.
Who took all the jobs? Was it "Obama", the machines or "the Mexicans"?
The Second Machine Age
President Obama didn't "steal" American jobs that Trump can magnanimously "give back" to the people ²². Manufacturing jobs are gone due to globalisation ²³ and the automation of factories ²⁴. Working-class occupational categories will continue to disappear. None of this has anything to do with who happens to be president of the United States of America.
Either the U.S. keeps up with global trends — that result in increased productivity and skyrocketing income inequality, the end of social mobility, etc. — or the entire national economy will quickly fall behind as business moves overseas.
Anyone who has graduated beyond a high-school mentality knows that it would be ludicrous to build an impossibly giant wall to keep out the imaginary hordes of Mexican rapists and job-stealing taco vendors. The first question for working-class people is "who's to blame?"
"If you're under economic stress and you can't provide for your family, the easiest answer is to find someone to blame," said Dr. Griffith. "Mexicans, illegal immigrants, Obama." ²³
The sad part about those who voted for Trump is that many of them are legitimately afraid that their simple way of life is under threat. It's true: capitalism sees labor as a cost and strives to eliminate it whenever possible. ²⁵
"You don't have to train machines," Mr. Mishek observes.
"If you're doing something that can be written down in a programmatic, algorithmic manner, you're going to be substituted for quickly," said Claudia Goldin, an economist at Harvard.
That's the corporate capitalist way. That doctrine has usurped and supplanted any regard for workers that existed before the rise of Walmart, Starbucks, Google, Amazon, Apple and Uber. Today's middle class is sliding to become working class; the working class faces a descent into poverty. Those who are poor face debt and homelessness. The only thing more amazing than the phenomenon itself is that those a step higher on the ladder sneer at the survivors one step below, thereby making room for themselves to fall and be spat upon when their turn comes. Positive thinking is little more than a thinly veiled prayer that misfortune will "never happen to me", enacted by controlling an uncertain universe through thought alone. That way, if you fail, it's all your fault. Society is for winners, and the lower 99% are on their own.
Dystopia is a great choice for fiction writing in terms of realism right now. The main challenge is to tell people — especially young people — fresh stories that we aren't already living day-to-day.
Blame the Mexicans…?
Working-class Trump supporters express legitimate concerns about their economic status and social well-being. The only part they consistently get wrong is the idea that their enemies are other working-class people who happen to have a different skin color or country of origin. Even if you could get rid of the Mexicans, have police murder all the working-age black men and women, and build empty factories devoid of all automation, the rest of the world (translation: China ²⁶) will simply pick up the slack. To fight globalisation by using racial and gendered hatred as an excuse for xenophobic protectionism/isolationism will only hasten the inevitable.
The socioeconomic landscape is changing. Within a generation, the blatant racism and sexism of Donald Trump will become a punchline about the backward ways of a long-gone era in the United States.
After Hitler, After Trump
When you write your dystopian tour de force, have a laugh by brainstorming with a fictional graphic that Trump tried in vain to pass off as fact, published by the nonexistent "San Francisco Crime Statistics Bureau." ²⁷ Donald Trump has done a brilliant job of dumbing-down his own public persona in order to the gain the favor of frightened, vulnerable, gullible, racist voters.
When Trump inevitably fails to materialize new working-class jobs and "make America great again", the national temperament will probably swing just as extremely to the left in 2020 as it did to the right four years prior. The country will still exist (provided humanity avoids Armageddon). Will the United States adapt to the world's tempo or become increasingly obsolete? This is a question of trajectory that the American electoral college may have already set in motion on November 9th, 2016.
Donald J. Trump may be an unnaturally orange-faced buffoon but, similar to Adolf Hitler, he can also be quite shrewd, socially if not politically. Make sure that your Trump-based characters don't fall too far into caricature, as tempting as the many opportunities certainly are.
Now you have a set of real-life facts to guide the construction of your Trump/Hitler fiction stories for the next four years of dystopian oddity on Spaceship Earth. Hopefully a few of those hyper-realistic Y.A. yarns have happy endings, or at the very least, open-ended and ambiguous ones.
P.S. You could also take a totally different approach, and imagine a world in which Bernie Sanders won the presidency. Until his successor emerges in 2020, you'll have to divine that scenario for yourself. Enjoy. ;)
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Saturday, April 22, 2017
Carries Her Dreams...
Lots of new stuff! New to the Exile:: store is Skyline, a cute ponytail that has curls dropping to frame your face just right. Then *Calamitous Intent* has several new releases this week including Spring '17 Essentials Cami and Ripped Jeans. There are several colorful combinations to be made, both items are hudded. Bad news, *Calamitous Intent* is only on marketplace now... Good news, *Calamitous Intent* is on marketplace which means no waiting to get into the event and shop from home/skybox \o/ So y'all have a great weekend, I'm looking
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Losing Weight May Not Improve Your Self-Image
Michele Benza
Surprised? Well, I am here to set the record straight! A few months ago I was an invited guest on The Eating Free Internet Talk Radio show (http://tinyurl.com/44uvquh). Together with hosts Manuel and Sarah, we have given the matter much discussion, and we have come to the conclusion that losing weight may not improve self-image.
Think about it: how many people embark on a weight loss journey hoping to boost their self-image? And how many reach their goals only to find that they still have the same beliefs about their image and self-worth? So what is a person to do? Psychotherapist Jeff Benson explains the psychological component of self-image and what you can do to boost yours.
He says that the main reason why most overweight people want to loose the weight is because they want to improve their self-image. However, many of those who have dropped the weight and decreased their clothes size, sometimes even by several sizes, still have a difficult time improving their self-image. Why? Because the mindset does not match the body.
After the weight loss and the drop in sizes they sometimes still see a 'heavy' person in the mirror although they are now thin. People that have lost the weight are sometimes disconnected with reality. Where is it coming from? Perhaps during childhood, they may have adopted inaccurate ideas and perceptions from family and friends, and therefore they think that is what they still are 'a fat kid.' This belief will stay with them even after the weight loss and all the hard work it takes to attain their new figure. They think that way because inside they still believe they are fat even after they have lost the weight. This is what's called 'self-image' and this self-image reflects on their self-esteem.
To take action and change the perception that they have of themselves, they need to shift their thinking. Benson encourages us to modify these beliefs with the following steps:
Read self-help books
Be pro-active and notice negative thoughts, and change thinking
Draw a picture of yourself before and after the weight loss
Draw a picture of how you believe people see you now
Use mantras all over the house: 'I have lost that many pounds'
Display pictures of yourself before and after the weight loss
These tips will help you to shift your thinking because after all, it is not what the scale says, but it is about what their mind tells you.
Once the self-image has been improved and you can see yourself for who you really are, your self-esteem and self-image will increase as well.
When the psychological aspect of the weight loss is resolved it becomes easy to update your physical appearance. Trying on new clothes is invigorating and exciting. A new color or style in your wardrobe is an adventure, and your favorites are not the clothes that make you feel "comfortable" but the ones that you truly feel beautiful in.
My first recommendation to someone who has lost weight and thus dropped in sizes is to do a clean out of the wardrobe and get rid of the pieces that have become too large. Keeping the 'large' outfits is an open invitation for pounds to return. Getting rid of the 'large' outfits is an enticement to continue the discipline of loosing weight.
When the 'fat' kid who is now the 'slim' kid will wear well-fitted, appropriate clothing, I can assure you that the self-worth will take a huge step forward.
I have said many times before and will repeat it again: No matter what the scale says, no matter the size tag in our garments, we are all beautiful. We all have great features that begged to be enhanced; we all have flaws that need to be camouflaged. At that is what image coaching can do for you.
A la prochaine,
Michele Benza
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
sweaty success...
the mercy lounge, where we showed no mercy.
the place was steaming and so was the power trio.
rarely do you hear such enthusiasm pouring
from a nashville audience; they've seen it all.
but this audience was loud and excited.
and on a tuesday night no less.
the new songs went off without a hitch.
what more can I say about eric and julie?
they are awesome.
tonight at 8:00 we board a plane for vienna.
vienna, virginia that is.
let the joy begin!
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I really enjoyed your show last night. It was a sweaty night, wasn't it?ReplyDelete
You were dripping with it by the time the night was over. I lost 2 pounds myself, and I was just in the audience-ha! It was my first time to see you with Eric and Julie. They are truly amazing. My hubby said he couldn't keep up with Eric (he was trying to air drum along with him). Get that whammy bar fixed for the rest of the tour:) I hope you guys have a great tour. Thanks for an amazing show! Next time I see you, I hope it's with the Bears-pretty please?
Mercy! but there was no lounging, last night.ReplyDelete
My husband and I (who, with 3 kids at home, rarely get out-especially not on a Tuesday night) enjoyed your show immeasurably! I could gush and go on about how wonderful you 3 were but I think what I really want to say is: Thanks for reminding us why we love live music. Y'all were awesome!
We had to leave after the first encore (the 6:30 am workaday alarmclock ringing in our minds). I really hope I don't hear that we missed anything after that!
looking toward virginia-ReplyDelete
where i'm to meet with
this ultra hot trio-hoping
that ---things stay HOT---for thursday---and the weekend---gary--
Yea! Vienna tomorrow night! We don't have a Mozart in our Vienna, but it's a great place all the same.ReplyDelete
I'm hoping to get my husband along as well as my older son, whose face I want to watch as he watches. "This, kid, is what can be done with a guitar..."
Mercy Lounge - What an incredible show!!ReplyDelete
You see, I have attended basically every Tennessee area show you've performed since 1997 or so. I caught the premier Projekct Two gig at the Cannery. I saw your do a show by yourself with the acoustic for Lightning 100 FM in '98 or so in support of the Salad Days album. (I even managed to meet Audie a couple times and discuss starting a band.) I saw all the 12th and Porter Heavy Construkction gigs for KC in 2000 and 2001. I saw the Bears at both 12th and Porter and 3rd and Lindsley in support of Car Caught Fire and Live. I was at the Crimson 328 performance hall gigs in 2001 that were released by the DGM Collector's Club. I saw KC in Knoxville at the beautiful Tennessee Theater in 2001. I traveled to Atlanta to catch the Power to Believe show in 2003 at the Variety Playhouse. I saw your trio with Mike and Mike opening for Buddy Guy at the Riverfront and at the Exit/In last year. In ALL of those shows, I have never heard a performance as INTENSE as last night's. It was... face melting. The funky / crazy groove on 'Three of a Perfect Pair' was... dare I say... fatter even than that of Levin / Bruford. It was just a total reconstruction. The Slick twosome have added such an incredible, groovy, HEAVY and INTENSE bottom to your tunes... I don't think touring with even Claypool and Carrey could have topped that sound. Your entire catalogue has been reinvigorated. I hope you stick with this group for a long while. I can't imagine any other musicians interpreting your material with as much of a modern edge as those two have.
So cheers to this trio!! Way to go on the new (for this tour) tunes too. Just killer!
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Tomorrow at Jammin' Java will be my 17th time seeing you in concert ... between your solo shows, Crim, The Bears, Paul Green's School of Rock, and Bowie. I'm looking forward to itReplyDelete
It got to be wonderful travel around the world makeing music, honestly I'd like be there playing my keyboards with you, and with musicians like you and your friends. I can imagine the music business it's a hard job, but you're not makeing business, you are makeing Art, and flying around the world makeing fantastic improv and noises!!!!! Adrian, my friend, you're very very lucky.ReplyDelete
And all those people who enjoy your shows are very very lucky, please Mr. Belew, bring us your art to GUANAJUATO MEXICO!!!!!! Make us lucky for just One time...
"And I've been standing in a cloud of plans..."
Saludos desde Mexico amigo!!!!
I can't wait for Sunday! I really, really wish your time slot was longer. One hour is waaay too short for you guys...I don't want to think of what's going to get left out. Maybe if you play backwards time will do the same. ;-)ReplyDelete
I can imagine the sweat. When you played the HiPointe in St.Louis for inner revolution, it was jammed and hot. You were wearing jackets back then (the suit type) and I remember the sweat pouring out of your sleeves wondering if you were going to melt away before the night was over!ReplyDelete
Cheers to the current tour.
I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize to Eric and Julie. I had read all the positive comments and thought to myself, "eh, they can't be that good." They are. And more. I rarely find my attention distracted from Mr. Belew's guitar acrobatics, but I frequently ended up watching Mr. Slick slack-jawed.ReplyDelete
Show burned last night. The whammy bar couldn't even keep up. The "new songs" for this tour--I won't ruin anything--were particularly incredible.
my mom and sis caught the show and had a great time. i told them about the show in jacksonville and they couldn't wait to see the show. my sis was so inspired by julie, she is switching to bass (bought one today, actually).ReplyDelete
Bravo Adrian! Love to hear you on that performing high.ReplyDelete
So... what were the new songs? Anybody care to share?
Impatient in LA... :)
Just got back from the Vienna show, which was fantastic. Thank you again, Mr. Belew (and Mr. and Ms. Slick, who put the rhythm power in the power trio).ReplyDelete
Thank you also for the autographs.
I hope the rest of the tour goes well and look forward to seeing you next time.
Hi Adrian,ReplyDelete
Any chance that you will be stopping in Montreal on your way to Quebec City?
Our city misses you.
Envy, Envy, EnvyReplyDelete
is the only thing I can feel when I read all your friends saying that they have been in a Belew show... I know I will not die until I watch you in a show, and too Mr.Fripp, and Bill, an KC and all the DGM cast.
Have a nice tour, and enjoy your job...
I insist, you're very very lucky.
Thanks for a great Vienna show last night. Ach du lieber! :)ReplyDelete
Wish I could have stayed for an autograph/photo, but the son I brought was getting tired. (So I got him a cool t-shirt instead!) By the way, he told me that you "are the definition of awesome." You have impressed the 11-year-old set.
Julie and Eric are unbelievable. Eric was a blur of drumstricks, and I especially enjoyed you three trading all the smiles and energy. You guys are FUN to watch!
The music was FANTASTIC. Honestly, you make me want to go out and buy an electric guitar...Hope you guys can come around again soon!
WOW A/car!ReplyDelete
I thought your cars (gonna miss seeing that Benz) were the ticklers.
When you turned me on to music... some Sweeheart years ago, a craving was born...even though it was just "Music Appreciation" it was born. It was confirmed at the Mercy of Sweat on tuesday.
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First I have to say this might of been the most incredible performance I've seen Ade do, and I seen plenty!ReplyDelete
6-21-07 Jammin' Java, Vienna, VA
Writing on the Wall
Young Lions
Beatbox Guitar
Men In Helicopters
Matchless Man
The Lone Rhinoceros*
Of Bow and Drum
Big Electric Cat
Frame By Frame
Three of a Perfect Pair
Elephant Talk
Thela Hun Ginjeet
*Adrian solo
Headed from Winchester to Alexandria, VA. Pretty smooth sailing until I got near the Wilson Bridge construction. I don't miss Beltway traffic one bit. Had a few beers and a awesome dinner with some old family friends who have a beautiful house overlooking the Potomac River in Mount Vernon. Me and Karl headed to venue and ran into Kate and Craig waiting in line (I am so glad ya'll went, and thanks for the gift Kate, YOU ROCK!) We had to wait in line for awhile, but the odd thing the line was inside the venue, never been in that situation before. It was cool since we had a drink as we waited. They let us in, the venue wasn't too spectacular (my first time there) decent sound though. They had closely placed chairs and no tables in front of the stage. Kate snagged some chairs 3 rows back from the stage. The opener Saul Zonana was pretty good, solo singer/guitarist who used loops of bass, guitar and drums. Adrian produced and plays on one of his cd's that I picked up and got signed after the show.
At the break between Saul and the Trio, I hit the bathroom and happened to walk by the green room as Adrian opened the door. Exchanged greetings and wished him a great show, and a great show it was. It was an all ages show and was awesome to see many younger fans.
They hit the stage to a loud and receptive crowd. Ripped open Writing on the Wall with a sonic assault. Eric and Julie are so incredible, and amazing to watch. I think Ade really feeds off of it too. No disrespect to the two Mikes, but this line up is SICK! Eric is a monster on the drums, and Julie is so fluid and strong on the bass, they both make it looks so easy.
Adrian joked about being in Vienna, and sorry that the audience doesn't speak English...LOL.
Ampersand was next, they blew the lid off of it!
Young Lions was next, I really love this song, awesome version. Adrian asked if he could get some light on the crowd so he could see us, but they didn't have lights placed that way.
Beatbox followed and had a MONSTER of a jam sandwiched in it. Adrian was really working his "toys", he has a cool bouncy stool he sits on when tweaking his gadgets.
Men In Helicopters was a treat. I was getting a little annoyed at this point, for a dude sitting near me was taking flash pictures like every 20 seconds. The guy in front of me was annoyed too and tapped him on the shoulder. He continued to shoot, so in between songs I got his attention and asked if he would chill out on all the flashes (it is a rock show, not a fashion shoot.) It worked for he only took two more pics the rest of the show.
Matchless Man had a extended part with more Adeffects and loops.
Madness was AWESOME. I am not the biggest fan of this songs version on Side One, but with the Slicks it is now one of my faves. Julie and Eric slayed on this. This got a great response from the crowd.
The next 2 songs was Adrian solo:
Drive was great with the Within Without You tease
Lone Rhinoceros was nice, Ade mentioned this was the song that put him on the map.
The Slicks returned and Adrian said they are going to play a new song that they just learned which turned out to be Neurotica. This was KILLER, Adrian had a vocal loop on this. It was SUPER HEAVY! At this point I needed to pee and went to hang out with Karl, who early on moved since it was pretty loud to him.
Of Bow and Drum followed, very cool trippy intro. This is one of my fave Ade songs, so was a treat to hear it again.
I found Karl by the merch booth and to my surprise saw that Martha was working it. Exchanged hello's and was tickled she remembers me.
Big Electric Cat got me bopping around, I should of stood and danced for the whole show, those chairs were uncomfortable.
Frame By Frame was incredible.
Three of a Perfect Pair ended the set.
Very loud reactions thru the whole show which Adrian gaive us props for being a weeknight show (he commented it was a nice response for any night for a show).
They encored with Elephant Talk and Thela which brought down the house.
Post show chatted with Eric and Julie and got them to sign the setlist I kept. They are def. bro-n-sis, Julie wrote "Eric Smells" next to his autograph. And it was fun seeing them kid around and one point Julie pushed Eric, lol, siblings for sure. I mentioned I love reading their mom's blogs (hi Robin) Eric said "I really love my mom". I got to briefly chat with Poppa Slick, very nice guy. Ade again made himself accessible to his fans and set up shop at a table and the fans lined up to get some time with him. I joked with Kate while standing in line that it was like being in line for sitting on Santa's lap at the mall, lol. It was kind of like a confessional, a fan would sit across from Ade and chat and then leave and someone else moved to the chair. I felt blessed, lol. Adrian remembered Kate and she had a nice chat w/ Ade. I then introduced Ade to Karl, who's brother in law used to do sound and roadie for Zappa in the early 80's. They had a nice, short exchange. Wished Adrian the best on the rest of the tour. Martha asked if I was heading to the Annapolis show, which sadly I can't for I am headed to Pennsylvania to see another show.
Sorry for the long winded review. GO SEE THE TRIO!
I just have finish tonight a work for a Theater company, a colection of 23 little pieces of music that plays with the scene actions.ReplyDelete
Is very very funny work with teens actors in a highschool theatre company. I think you have this frenetic style that needs the music of a theater work.
What about the tour?,
how do you feel traveling the world makeing music?
I can imagine you are very busy, you hav'nt write anything here in five days, but all we know you are enjoying your way of live your musical life.
Have nice shows Ade.
Mexico te saluda Amigo!!
What a weekend!ReplyDelete
My husband Roy and I saw twelve bands in the last three days. We had booked our flight to the East Coast long before I knew of Adrian's tour. The original goal was to attend NEARFest - the North East Art Rock Festival in Bethlehem, PA. But Adrian played 40 minutes away in Sellersville. It was too perfect; we had to go. We also managed to see the band Asia and Ian Hunter from Mott the Hoople at separate shows in nearby Philadelphia on Friday. Whew!
Adrian was wonderful. We had seen the earlier power trio, but this was our first time seeing him play with the Slicks. Excellent performance all around, even with some technical issues that must have been frustrating. It was great getting a chance to say hi after the show as well. The opening act Caryn Lin was very good as well.
This year has been amazing. I've seen Adrian three times this year, with completely different shows. We are getting very spoiled!
I wanted to say Hi Last tuesday but my head got ripped off!ReplyDelete
We met in Springfield. We have mutual friends. Bill J. Doug R.
I am not sure if you remember meeting. I played giutar with Cicero Slim and WWIII blues Band.
(Slim says HI)
Anyway, you have always been an inspiration.
Alex Borisov
Springfield, IL
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Just home from the the triumphant final show at B.B. Kings. All I can say is wow! I've never heard Adrian playing better and Eric and Julie are amazing discoveries. I cannot wait for Side Four!ReplyDelete
Thank you for another amazing evening of music!
Wow. I'm in a minority here: I heard Adrian's music for the first time about three weeks ago. I've played guitar for thirty-odd years; after hocking all my Fenders and Gibsons and Ibanezes and buying a bunch of Parker Guitars (they ARE the greatest guitars on earth!) I started reading all this chatter on the Parker forum about Adrian Belew. "Can't be a player of much consequence," I thought, "'cause I never heard of him..."ReplyDelete
But He was hot enough that Parker named a whole new model of guitar after him... I waited a year or so before, sitting idle at work one day, I checked out his website. Not to sound like a victim or anything, but Adrian rhocked my face off. Not just his music, but his insight! "so much of today's music is just fashionable crrrap disguised as art," he said. "Perhaps creativity will become fashionable again." Who thinks of this stuff!? I DO. I'd felt that way for decades about the music scene, and finally someone gave voice to my deepest conviction!
I drove five hours, and arrived in Vienna three hours before the show. Dinner was good, but better than that was the sound check: there was this guy on the stage who was consumed with making the music sound perfect. I appreciate that! Never did I hear "that'll have to do" or "good enough." There was just this pursuit or perfection...
I managed to get a seat front row, center stage... could've touched the Master's feet at any time during the show without even standing up. My apologies to the people behind me, but what the hell- you've seen Adrian before.
I saw during the entire show that this guy -and his "kids"- were diggin' the music. The rest didn't matter. If I'd been the only one there, I really believe they'd have played exactly the same show. Sure, they fed off the crowd's energy... but they were overflowing with the joy of just playing their guts out! Yeah, it was that visceral.
After the show, Adrian was gracious enough to sign my favorite guitar, and seemed genuinely interested in every individual who came to him to have something signed, or just to chat. What a nice guy! He could give lessons in graciousness to a good many lesser superstars!
So yeah... it was my first Adrian show. And it certainly will not be my last! THANK YOU for a superb show, but thank you even more for the inspiration that comes with sitting in the presence of excellence. Come back to Virginia SOON!
Hey Adrian,ReplyDelete
I'm the one that said 'hi' at breakfast Monday morning in Ocean Grove. I could've met Robert Plant when I was a teenager and all I listened to was Zeppelin and Floyd, but I didn't want to bug him. So, believe me, I wouldn't have bothered you if I hadn't read in the blog that you wouldn't mind. Although, I hope I didn't bother you too much (especially since your wife was there). I couldn't help it...I just started playing guitar again because of you and I used the SOR fest as an excuse to see the power trio. Thank you for being so cool about it.
I did make the BB King's show too and I consider myself one of the luckiest people around to have seen the trio two days in a row. I grew up wishing I hadn't missed all the classic Zep and Floyd shows and I can honestly say I could care less at this point (of course, a classic Crimson or Zappa show would've been nice). The trio is completely amazing, and I hope you guys stay together for a LONG time.
I also saw Julie that night after the show. She walked up behind us into the garage we parked at...what a weird and wonderful day. I felt like buying a lottery ticket!
Please do a midwest (Music Mill/Chicago) stop. :-)
(To everyone who hasn't seen the trio...beg, borrow, hitchhike, leave your poor husband at home...just get to the show!)


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Friday, August 07, 2009
A Chinese Steamed Rice Bowl Thing
I got this at a totally random food court stall that specialized in steamed Chinese soups along with a selection of rice bowls. It wasn't anything special (in fact, it got a bit mushy down at the bottom). But I was just amused by how the minced pork sat on top of the rice in a patty form, reminding me a bit of my usual negitoro-don from Narita.
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If you like this steamed rice bowl, u shld try a stall at Blk 925 Yishun Central. I always order the same thing - #6 on its menu: steamed pork with salted fish. The stall gives a few stalks of bak choy at the top too. Eat it with the small chilli padi - yum!!!
p.s. that same coffee shop sells nice prawn noodles too. not fantastic but it's not too bad when u r craving for something soupy
- August 12, 2009 5:36 PM
- JadedOne said...
You just ate my ultimate comfort food. My mom used to make those for me when I lived at home.
- August 13, 2009 8:12 AM
- *manda said...
I highly recommend the Yishun one too. I think its 924 actually, but basically its the big coffeeshop. ITS AWESOME! I normally get the Stewed Pork Rice with Preserved Vegetables, and because I'm so greedy, I eat that with a bowl of Salted Vegetable Duck Soup or Watercress Soup on the side.
I really like the Dried Chilli Frog Leg Porridge at the same coffeeshop too, because the sauce isn't too starchy. And its great with extra dried chilli in.
Across at the next block they sell really good and cheap Laksa too. Go check it out :)
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Phew, continuity. I wonder how much he's getting paid for reprising the role. Not like he really needs it after 3 big-budget movies as Magneto and the 3 LOTR's but, still, dude's got bills to pay.
I think he'd probably do it for free if he had to. He clearly loves the role, so I doubt money is a big motivator in this instance.
It's nice to think of actors enjoying their roles that much. He really does bring the character to life, although it can't be a huge confidence booster to be really good at playing a centuries-old wizard haha.


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There was no sign of any trouble in Poznan on our first night here. Far from it — the town square was packed with Poles, Irish and Croatians mingling and singing long through the night. I was told that riot police moved in on Friday night, nervous at the first sign of mixing of fans but they quickly stepped back. The Poles have been great hosts, entering into the party spirit with gusto and seizing on a great opportunity to showcase their country. Most visiting fans have most likely adopted Poland as their second team and the crucial match against Russia on Tuesday should be a cracker.
The football so far has been excellent, with the hosts and the Greeks giving great battle in the opening match. The Poles will be disappointed they didn't make more of their first-half possession but it all could have been much worse if Przemyslaw Tyton didn't save a penalty with his first touch of the ball. The performance of the tournament so far was the Russians, a brilliantly fluid and sophisticated display with Dzagoev and Arshavin in particular excellent. How good they are is hard to gauge, as the Czechs were quite poor but it will cause Dick Advocaat some alarm that the Russians surrendered the initiative for 15 minutes early in the second half to a reshaped Czech formation. Poland and Greece will have taken comfort from that.
The group of death has just got even deathlier. The Netherlands are now in a precarious position having to beat both Germany and Portugal to be sure of going through. They actually played quite well against Denmark although their defensive shortcomings were badly exposed on several occasions, including when Michael Krohn-Delhi cut inside Gregory van der Viel far too easily for the goal. The Dutch will also be aggrieved that they weren't awarded a penalty at the end for handball but you have to doff your cap to the Danes, who turned in a superb defensive performance. Going forward, they were much less confident and the final ball was often found wanting. Three points on the board is more than anyone expected of them after the first game but getting out of the group will still be a huge task, as four points will quite likely not be enough.
Germany were as we have come to expect — solid in attack, much less so in defence where Philip Lahm and Jerome Boateng bailing out Badstuber and Hummels more than once. The winner was courtesy of a splendid Mario Gomez header, the first time he's ever looked the part in a tournament match. It's a bad start for the Portuguese but they'll probably be thankful the second game is against the Danes and not the Dutch, even if Denmark did defeat them 2-1 in qualifying in Copenhagen last October.
Today is Ireland's big day and the green army are feeling confident. I don't expect to see a very expansive game even though Slaven Bilić is threatening an attacking approach to get points in the bag first off. It could well be the tournament's first scoreless draw but I am keeping my fingers crossed for an Irish win by the narrowest of margins. The other match could be the one that gives an insight into Spain's chances of completing that elusive three tournaments in a row. I don't think they'll beat Italy and they may even be on the back foot by eight o'clock local time tonight.


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Oh how much I love waking up to a Kate Spade Surprise Sale (and sometimes shopping during class, oops!). There are so many things I'm in love with! I also think the Halloween themed banners are adorable :) Here are some of my favorite items:
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"Just give me a call when you get this message would you please? I'll talk to you later. Bye-bye."
You're everywhere. And I miss you. So to spend time with you, I'll listen to your voicemails. How did I ever forget your voice had that mid-western lilt in it? Not forget, but not quite remember it like that in my mind.
"Hey sweetie, I just wanted to tell you hello. Don't worry about calling me back okay? I'll talk to you later, bye-bye."
The Christmas decorations smell like you. I told my therapist that was the hardest part of my weekend. I took one decoration that was felt, smelled like you. Ben asked where I wanted to put it and I told him no where, to put it in a Ziploc bag so the smell doesn't go away. That smell-it's security. It's the closest thing to actually feeling you hug me that I have now. I don't want it to go away. My therapist told me the nicest thing I've heard in a while- "That smell, it may not be there next year, but it's here this year. Don't worry about next year-get through this year." So here I sit, breathing in an old felt door hanger, looking like a lunatic, but feeling like I'm whole again.
"Hey, I just wanted to call and tell you Whitney FaceTimed me from England today, her birthday was yesterday, so that was a really good-that's been a good thing for me. Bye-bye."
Christmas morning-you were always there. There were no exceptions. Waiting there as soon as we were up, to watch us open presents. That's the thing about you. Even when I try to think of a life event and where you were, you were always right there. Christmas the year we lived in Colorado, and the Burl Ives cassette tape I can't believe we didn't wear out. I played "Snow for Johnny" for Charlotte the other day and she loved it. I wish I could give her the best-sung version, where you sang it slightly off key but always remembered all the words.
"Hey I was just calling to see how the baby is. I'll talk to you later, bye-bye."
Christmas Eve, with Dominos or Pizza Hut or Papa John's, depending on whoever had a coupon. The pizza always late because no one could ever find your condo. The sundaes almost no one but Austyn ate as we got older. The maraschino cherries we'd have to check the date on, just to make sure they weren't the same jar from last year. The house always warm, because it was cold outside and you were worried one of us would be cold. You didn't know you were the warmth. You're everywhere.
"Hey baby I just was looking at Facebook and there was a thing on there about potty training. It says for infants, but it may help introduce something for you. I'll talk to you later, bye-bye."


text:
Sigur Rósreturns home
'at home' / 'homeland'
After years of traveling the globe,
the Icelandic Alt. rock group, Sigur Rós,
longed to return home and play for the
very country and people who helped
cultivate their distinct sound.
The beautiful film, Heima,
documents the 2 week journey of Sigur Rós
as they played free, unannounced concerts for
the people and places that make up "home".
Whether it was in old factories, community halls,
barely fields, or at the foot of majestic mountains,
old & young grabbed a blanket
and listened to their famed-boys
play just for them.
watch trailer
The film has a beautifully
eerie "Pink Floyd" feeling