tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764319808156870622024-03-05T12:29:43.856-07:00Tweak your SensesRandom spewing on what stimulates my mindMy Walkabouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07496419020044744807noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876431980815687062.post-77300654633461696772012-02-12T09:12:00.000-07:002012-02-12T09:12:29.424-07:00Another Earth<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You have that one moment in your life that changes everything, don't you?</div>
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Everyone does. When it is that one moment that you wish you could change though, the one moment that forever altered your course of living...</div>
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if given the opportunity to alter that path</div>
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would you?</div>
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How can one know if the other direction is better, less painful, more joyous</div>
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any different than the life you currently lead?</div>
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Existential questions and more from Another Earth.</div>
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Could it be that people like this truly exist? By all appearances normal to the everyday, but with a darkness inside that has found a way to unleash itself with purpose?<br />
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A show that has strong characters and great writing, I've been hooked and watching seasons 1-4 over the last couple of weeks. The season finale of the fourth season left me speechless, staring with emptiness at the surrounding walls for hours....<br />
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A show that entertains, makes you laugh, and give you possibilities to think about.<br />
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I knew absolutely nothing about the film when I sat down in the theater, but from the opening scene in David Fincher's new movie, I was immersed in cinematic wonder.<br />
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The main character is unlike anything I've seen before. Raw and true to herself, something I could relate to. The scenes in Sweden made me chill to my bones as they played out on screen. Movies with good dialogue are my cup of tea, and this movie had plenty of that.<br />
Dark, twisted, and interesting, this film is not your typical thriller, and that is what made it so damn good.</div>My Walkabouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07496419020044744807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876431980815687062.post-87170383421773237892011-12-22T07:14:00.003-07:002011-12-22T07:14:54.610-07:00Humans and a HumpbackI love whales, and when I see humans doing great acts of kindness towards them, I have to share it.
What happens is simply amazing, and inspiring!
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My favourite morning radio show, X96, keep talking and ranting and raving about this new show, <a href="http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/ahs/">American Horror Story</a>, so much that I gave in and watched the Pilot episode.<br />
After viewing it, I immediately downloaded an iTunes season pass, and it has been the best $32.99 I've ever spent on TV entertainment.<br />
From chilling scares, a great storyline, wonderful acting, and a downright freaky, creepy premise, not to mention tons of sex, blood, gore and mayhem, this show lives up to all the hype the radio show was giving it ( if all that stuff is your thing....)<br />
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Do you remember the innocence of childhood, even when shrouded in tragedy?<br />
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Do you remember your childhood friends? The ones whom you can never replace, never get back, never forget?<br />
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Do you remember when you said your first swear?<br />
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Nostalgia.<br />
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You can learn from it, choke on it, die from it.</div>My Walkabouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07496419020044744807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876431980815687062.post-92221342307986308272011-09-13T17:24:00.002-06:002011-09-13T17:24:46.524-06:00I need this today...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />My Walkabouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07496419020044744807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876431980815687062.post-1038582820675085512011-08-12T12:01:00.000-06:002011-08-12T12:01:10.853-06:00the Guatemala Light ProjectIt was before dawn on August 10th, 2011, and all I wanted was coffee, two cups preferred. The Southwest airlines gent was more than accomodating.<br />
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As I finished my second cup, I noticed a little blurp about drinking the coffee from Southwest.</div>
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For every cup of coffee you drink on Southwest ( and it's all free coffee) Southwest donates to the non profit group, <a href="http://lightthevillage.com/">Light the Village.</a></div>
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My Walkabouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07496419020044744807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876431980815687062.post-66868203595052611092011-08-01T21:39:00.001-06:002011-08-02T06:17:24.513-06:00the birth of MTVAugust 1st, 1981.<br />
I was only ten years old when MTV debuted to national audiences on the Telly. I knew nothing about the world of music, as my primary focus was playing with my army guys, making up stories about futuristic space travel with my sibling's random toys, shooting my first (and only) beebee gun at beer bottles, and floating sticks down the creek behind my parents house. Pre-pubescent, pre-adolescent fun.<br />
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I don't know if it's sad or not, but I never really got into MTV until I was eighteen. But I do remember this video, which epitomizes everything about music television to me.<br />
Do you know who is singing the intro?<br />
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Get More: <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/dire_straits/artist.jhtml" style="color: #439cd8;" target="_blank">Dire Straits</a>, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/" style="color: #439cd8;" target="_blank">Music</a>, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/video/" style="color: #439cd8;" target="_blank">More Music Videos</a></div>
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That's right, <a href="http://www.sting.com/">Sting</a>. Happy 30th MTV, you suck these days.My Walkabouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07496419020044744807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876431980815687062.post-64520519116816168952011-04-15T13:22:00.001-06:002011-04-15T16:52:54.914-06:00HannaThey say that the eyes are the windows to the soul.<br />
these eyes of mine don't see it that way, I see<br />
death coming towards me, and if I do not stop you<br />
take you down, destroy you<br />
You will destroy me, my eyes, my soul.<br />
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I want to belong to a society that welcomes me in,<br />
but asks no questions as to why I am wanting,<br />
needing,<br />
searching for companionship, a lone light caressing the waves<br />
in the empty sea.<br />
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The sharks surface, biting at my heels, wanting blood<br />
turning everything red, bloody<br />
dead.<br />
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</div>My Walkabouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07496419020044744807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876431980815687062.post-14420663369717253972011-02-16T22:06:00.003-07:002011-02-16T22:14:16.858-07:00the more you know....I'm not a<a href="http://www.chooseveg.com/animal-cruelty.asp?gclid=CKmznPyxjqcCFUHu7Qod2Cw2dQ"> vegan</a>, but this makes one think about our current habits and practices, doesn't it?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098713815343767703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876431980815687062.post-46167884875793851742011-01-16T13:36:00.000-07:002011-01-16T13:36:08.194-07:00Words to live by....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Do, or do not. There is no try.<br />
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You must <i><b>unlearn</b></i> all that you have learned.<br />
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You see, some of us are invisible in plain sight. Whether by choice or not, we live in the shadows of the mainstream, around the corner from the majority.<br />
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Maybe we secretly hope that some cataclysmic event will change our future, our fortune in life, giving new energy to the cells coarsing through the bloodstream to go a different direction.<br />
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If I was invisible, truly invisible, maybe someone will see me for what I am.<br />
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</div>Thank goodness for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/AT-Quickfire-GSM-Cellular-Phone/dp/B003X3QCBM?ie=UTF8&tag=korieakol@yahoo.com&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">modern technology</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=korieakol@yahoo.com&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003X3QCBM" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />. On second thought, scratch that. Replace with the thought " Thank goodness older people are learning how to use modern technology to keep their children in the loop about their health".<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you aren't a person who has an aging baby boomer parent, consider yourself lucky. but if you are ( like I am), I am glad that I get picture text messages from my Mum letting me know that all went went at the Doctor's, with a little note updating me on the procedure and her current condition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It might sound lame, but knowing they can do this gives me comfort that they can still communicate quickly with us. ( emergency or non-emergency, like bring a salad for Sunday dinner...)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Which is a big relief and one less worry to have.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks for the picture text Mum.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7_j7vV1GeXUmSJoZFOHlGhIFBWP2N074KcY9j9tolv6QQDDNojACJ98i56bbKzaaYiP5cnkroIQ2OBrGD0jDGQ-hdMEYS3hDaT7Z83Eso4Y0TZVaMDxJOEzfd-1pudQaDgOH4Tqd/s320/photo.jpg" width="240" /></div><br />
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Can you imagine the pain, the focus, the pressure?<br />
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Are you comfortable with your own sexuality? One wonders what that even means.....identity, exploration, love....orgasms.....<br />
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A life pursuit of perfection can lead to a split in consciousness. If you don't know what that means, look in the mirror to see the dichotomy of your own self. Accept what you see, don't be afraid. Embrace what you are, or at least what your mind hopes for your body to be.<br />
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You reach your climax, your goal you set for yourself in life, only to find that upon reaching your expectation your soul dies, is the pursuit worth the effort?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the market, I smile at the Salvation Army volunteer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as my coins drop in the familiar red bucket.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We exchange pleasantries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An old man drops some items outside,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a women stops to help him gather what was lost.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is so grateful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The winter sunsets here are magical,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as is the wonder of this time of year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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One of those things people could do was boycott going to Sea World and similiar animal parks. Under the guise of studying these creatures, the parks are supporting slaughters such as the one in Taiji.<br />
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But my ranting and raving fell on deaf ears. My own family just recently returned from a trip to San Diego, which included going to Sea World.<br />
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I tried a new approach, a silent protest. I did not go with them, did not tell my niece and nephew about my feelings about Sea World. No preaching came from me. When I saw them after they returned, I politely asked them how it was, but with a melancholy heart.<br />
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I write this now as Ric Barry has a new post up on his <a href="http://savejapandolphins.blogspot.com/2010/09/defiance-in-japan-first-dolphin-kill-at.html">blog</a> about how the killing has returned to Taiji. I hope that with constant attention to this from people such as Ric and little bloggers as myself, we can make a difference.<br />
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This could very well be some of the best one liners from a seashell ever.<br />
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Agree?<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sadly they won't. They only see the most immediate of problems, and want only the most immediate of solutions.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Right or Wrong.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">All of America is voting today. But for what? not the greater good.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but that is up to interpretation.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">As is this vignette, and all of life, I suppose.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Harsh thoughts are preventing me from moving, cancelled a show I had tickets to last night.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sat in a corner staring and waiting for answers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">maybe<a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-Delighted-People-EP/dp/B00406525S?ie=UTF8&tag=korieakol@yahoo.com&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"> Sufjan</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=korieakol@yahoo.com&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00406525S" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /> would have been better....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">or maybe not.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I made <a href="http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2010/10/ethiopian-chicken-stew-doro-wat-slow.html">Doro Wat</a> and thought of you</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I'm all about equality for all people, and when such insidiousness gets vocalized from the above groups and gets blasted across our news media, it makes me so angry. How unfair to say that gay people in the armed forces deserve to get killed by the Taliban because God hates homosexuals. And for Mr. Packer to state that "being gay" is a choice just shows how obtuse he is, and for that matter, anymore that listens to him.<br />
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But when I first heard Forth Worth councilman Joel Burns, all that anger washed away. Not because I came to terms with people's irrationality and prejudiced fears, but because I know that anger is not the solution. Understanding is. Please watch, listen, and help to end this prejudice. People are dying.<br />
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The idea of this new production company is to combine artistic elements to create something new, and in that sense, they succeeded. The classic silent film plays on screen at the back of the stage, with images so profound and shocking you find yourself mesmerized.<br />
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The production though mixes in a Rock Opera atmosphere by having dancers choreograph modern scenes to try and relate Gaston Leroux's classic novel onto a modern stage. from beautiful musical scores depicting love lost, to speed metal music which sounded like Metallica, it all rocked.<br />
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This show kicks ass. The images and scenes from the silent film haunt me. Seeing Lon Chaney on film portraying the Phantom took my breath away. This show may not be for everyone, as was evident by the chairs that were empty as intermission ended, but those that left early missed a classic display of new art. Too bad losers.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Planted in the earth months ago by human hands, now ripe and ready.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Nature's bounty does not go unappreciated.</div><br />
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