The Carver One...

...when this becomes available, I am so getting it. How fun would it be to drive this and commute through traffic! It's like driving a car, steering a motorcycle and flying a jet plane. I'm there!! ;-) peace

The Carver One...

...when this becomes available, I am so getting it. How fun would it be to drive this and commute through traffic! It's like driving a car, steering a motorcycle and flying a jet plane. I'm there!! ;-) peace

The Carver One...

...when this becomes available, I am so getting it. How fun would it be to drive this and commute through traffic! It's like driving a car, steering a motorcycle and flying a jet plane. I'm there!! ;-) peace

Two Week Notice

Well I did it... I gave my two weeks notice. I wrote out a very long and detailed letter on why I felt this was the right choice. This will be the first time I have ever quit a job but man my sanity and stress level is more important to me then the job. I finally was able to put my wants infront of others needs. Now I have to wait and see how they will react. I already got a call from my boss, she left a message on my cell phone a few hours later. Saying that she is sorry and didn't know I was that unhappy.. she wanted me to call her back.. but I didn't feel like it. I did give them the option for me to work two more weeks.. I didn't want to leave them with no one but will see if they want me to continue or not.

I AM SO HAPPY... this is the happiest I have been in the past few months. It's like the elephant on my shoulder has been taken off. I'll keep you posted.

Meltdown at Work

Some of you may or may not know but I haven't been too happy with my current job. My executive producer is a very difficult person to work for. She can't seem to handle her stress so I become her whipping boy. She complains about the computer hard drives humming to loud and not being able to work, she blames me for every little thing that happens in post but at the same time she won't allow me to do my job in post. I have no idea what the editors are doing since she won't allow them to follow my schedule. The list goes on and on but the thing that led to my meltdown today was when she called me to her office to complain about lunch again. First let me say that she wants lunch by 12:30 everyday. So she picked Bossa Nova for lunch today, we called it in at Noon and planed on picking it up and back by 12:30pm. Well they were super busy and told us it would be an hour. We told my boss it would be an hour but she seemed okay with that... well like I said she called me to her office and gave me a talken too. Since she didn't get her lunch at 12:30pm she has low blood sugar and wasn't able to concentrate and lost valuable time in the edit bay.. and guess what.. it was my fault. I told her that we did tell her that food was going to be late.. she then went on to tell me that I as post super need to be able to foretell the future and know if a restaurant is going to take longer to do our order so we can call earlier. Well that did it.. that was the final stupid thing she was going to say to me.. I stood up told her that I needed to leave her office and exited. I stopped by the line producers office and told him that I'm going to take this weekend and really think about my job and weather I want to work here or not. I went down stairs back to my desk for about an hour until the line producer, who understands my issues with my boss.. told me I could go home.... so I did.

I have never been so angry before. I was near tears and shaking from head to toe. It took me hours to fall asleep that night.

Happy Friday...

...ok it's a bit early on Friday but I had to work late and I also got back from the movies. I went and saw Oceans 13, um...it's ok... a rental. Life is good here but busy! So my hobbies of golfing and bowling are intensifying and I'm looking to meet more people who are in to that. Found this vid on youtube, it's from a different angle than the one I've posted before. Hope all is well with everyone... ;-) peace

Happy Friday...

...ok it's a bit early on Friday but I had to work late and I also got back from the movies. I went and saw Oceans 13, um...it's ok... a rental. Life is good here but busy! So my hobbies of golfing and bowling are intensifying and I'm looking to meet more people who are in to that. Found this vid on youtube, it's from a different angle than the one I've posted before. Hope all is well with everyone... ;-) peace

Happy Friday...

...ok it's a bit early on Friday but I had to work late and I also got back from the movies. I went and saw Oceans 13, um...it's ok... a rental. Life is good here but busy! So my hobbies of golfing and bowling are intensifying and I'm looking to meet more people who are in to that. Found this vid on youtube, it's from a different angle than the one I've posted before. Hope all is well with everyone... ;-) peace

Michael Buble...

...hmmm. He's kinda cute! Life is well here, my friend Greg is doing good and he is in Palm Springs doing lawd knows what! :-) Right now, he is doing Everything. Enjoy. ;-) peace

Michael Buble...

...hmmm. He's kinda cute! Life is well here, my friend Greg is doing good and he is in Palm Springs doing lawd knows what! :-) Right now, he is doing Everything. Enjoy. ;-) peace

Michael Buble...

...hmmm. He's kinda cute! Life is well here, my friend Greg is doing good and he is in Palm Springs doing lawd knows what! :-) Right now, he is doing Everything. Enjoy. ;-) peace

Re-Building My Computer

Well slowly but surely I have been re-building my PC. It's taken a few weeks but it's all coming back together. If you read previous blogs you know I lost about 10% of my media.. but I did manage to find back up DVD's from 2005 that I had forgotten about with all our Home Videos that we had digitized. So some good news there. I'm still uploading programs and media that has disappeared off my computer. My big thing will be doing my Itunes again. I'm a huge Itunes person and lost everything, music, videos, podcasts... all this stuff will need to be re-uploaded which will take a while. So it will be about a month before my computer is back to where it will be... actually it will never be what it was since I'll never have everything back.. but I got my important stuff.. pictures and home videos.. everything else is extra.

Just When You Think It Can't Get Any Worse

Well today while I was at work Harry worked his magic and after hours and hours of trying figure out what was missing from my computer and got the internet to work. Of course when I got home one of the patches that he downloaded kept causing the computer to crash but he quickly resolved that issue.

So as you know I have been trying to transfer media from my old bad drive to the new one via a really old and slow Mac G3. I am almost done. I have one huge music file and all of our home video that we have digitized from tape to MPG for editing left to transfer. I figure tomorrow I would all be done and ready to re-organize and put back on my computer. Well I was getting out of my jeep and sure enough my computer bad split open and both old and new drives fell about a foot to the hard concrete ground. I quickly went inside the apartment and plugged in both drives and guess what.. the new drive seemed fine but the old one was making a weird kind of clicking inside the actually hard drive area and wouldn't mount to the desktop, just my luck.. being so close to finishing up the transfer and permanently destroying the drive. I swear the hard drives just don't like me. So I'm done with the transfer and I managed to save about 80% of my media. Computers are great when the work but man they are a pain in the ass when they don't. Let's hope this is the end of my computer woes for a while.

Ok, so it's been a bit...

...life has been busy. The job is going well, been playing catch up lately. My friend is doing well and my "second dad" is doing better, prognosis isn't great but he's out of the coma at least. All in all, life is wonderful. Hope everyone has a good week and I just needed a bit of eye candy. I'm thinking of quitting my job at Intel and being one of the people who fluffs these guys hair, or rubs in lotion...or anything at all!! ;-) peace

Ok, so it's been a bit...

...life has been busy. The job is going well, been playing catch up lately. My friend is doing well and my "second dad" is doing better, prognosis isn't great but he's out of the coma at least. All in all, life is wonderful. Hope everyone has a good week and I just needed a bit of eye candy. I'm thinking of quitting my job at Intel and being one of the people who fluffs these guys hair, or rubs in lotion...or anything at all!! ;-) peace

Ok, so it's been a bit...

...life has been busy. The job is going well, been playing catch up lately. My friend is doing well and my "second dad" is doing better, prognosis isn't great but he's out of the coma at least. All in all, life is wonderful. Hope everyone has a good week and I just needed a bit of eye candy. I'm thinking of quitting my job at Intel and being one of the people who fluffs these guys hair, or rubs in lotion...or anything at all!! ;-) peace

Janet Muirhead Hill is my guest today. She is the author of the acclaimed, young reader/teen series, Miranda and Starlight, about the bond between a girl and her horse. Danny's Dragon, the award-winning story of a ten-year-old boy facing heartache and uncertainty when his father is killed in Iraq. And, if that isn't enough, she is also president of Raven Publishing, Norris, Montana.

MARY: Welcome, Janet. In your Miranda and Starlight series, are you Miranda? And, if so, how much of your childhood translates to the series?

JANET: Thanks, Mary. I am Miranda to the extent that I am whatever character I’m writing about. I get into all of my characters’ heads, experience their trauma and emotion to varying degrees. But Miranda began as a composite of my granddaughter Jayme, for whom I told the story, and a younger me. Many experiences of my daughters and my siblings were integrated along the way. Of course Miranda, with her impulsive nature and tendency to take things into her own hands, much like Jayme’s, takes on a life of her own. Miranda’s fearlessness and willingness to take dares and risks came mostly from me. As a child I was a dreamer. Though I had horses to ride, I longed for a horse of my own. I was determined to own a horse ranch when I grew up, because I had a stronger bond with horses than I had with peers. Jayme, as an eight year old, shared those desires. She lived with me, her grandmother, missed her mom, and had a hard time fitting into a new school. Starlight, the handsome black stallion, is the horse of my childhood daydreams.

MARY: Miranda grows older with each successive book. Was this planned when you wrote Book One?

JANET: No, not really. Each book called for another, and Miranda continued to grow and face new challenges that could not be contained in one book.

MARY: You ended the series with Book Six. How difficult was it to "let go" of Miranda and Starlight?

JANET: I felt that Miranda had grown up through her experiences. The problems and challenges facing her throughout the series were resolved—at least to the extent that the reader could fill in the rest of the story with their own imaginations. However, I haven’t forgotten Miranda. I recently revised the second book, making a few slight changes. It was fun to “be” her again in the process. I have plans to combine the six books in an anthology some day. Young readers still ask for book seven, however, so I haven’t ruled that out. In fact, I just started a blog, Miranda and Starlight Blogspot, inviting kids to talk to Miranda. I let Miranda speak through me, as I write “journal entries” of her experiences prior to the beginning of the story. I can hardly wait to see where it goes when kids become familiar with the blog and write their questions and comments to her.

MARY: Although Miranda faces many challenges, Danny's Dragon focuses on a child's worst nightmare; the loss of a parent. Was this experience based on a true story, or just a composite of the many challenges facing children today?

JANET: All of my stories begin with a “what if,” based on challenges I see kids facing. How would I feel if I were in their shoes? How would I react? This was especially true when writing Danny’s Dragon. I’d seen a news clip on TV of a very young child saying a tearful goodbye to both parents as they were deployed to Iraq. About the same time, I asked Jayme about the new kid on her bus route. “He moved in with his grandparents because his dad is in Iraq,” she told me. I was filled with sadness for the losses these kids were experiencing. I remember how hard it was for me to be separated from my parents at the age of nine, when I stayed with neighbors for a week or two. I thought I’d die of homesickness. That was nothing compared to having a parent sent thousands of miles away into a very dangerous situation. Thousands of kids have a parent missing, and in some cases both parents, because of the war. I became very passionate about speaking to this problem, giving these kids a voice. “What if the parent never returns?” became the next question. Danny’s Dragon answers that through the eyes of a Montana rancher’s son. Like all my stories, the characters take control of the story, and many challenges and adventures pop up. Danny’s horse, Dragon, powered by Danny’s imagination, plays an important role.

MARY: Has your dream of owning a horse ranch come true?

JANET: (Laugh) I made a bet with my brother when I was about 8 or 9 years old, that I would be the one to own a horse ranch. He said he would. We bet five dollars, and neither of us has paid up yet. He owns a cattle ranch and has three or four horses now, but more in the past. Years ago, I raised a few Arabians, though it was hardly big enough to be called the ranch of my dreams. Today I own three horses on our acreage in rural Montana, so no, I’d have to say I never realized that dream. But dreams change, and I’m living my dream daily when I write and publish books.

MARY: And, finally, what is your latest project? Another series?

JANET: Yes, I’m currently working on a trilogy about twins who were separated at the age of four when their parents divorced. I have the first book written (about the girl twin, who at age eleven lives in a foster home in Kansas after her mother’s death—and runs away). The second book (her brother’s story) is well started. Then there will be a third one in which they get together—or at least that’s what I think is going to happen. Like I say, the characters lead the story.

Now that I’ve learned to blog, I thought it would be fun to invite readers to participate in my stories—give me some ideas as I write, present challenges for my characters, for example. With this in mind, I started another blog where I list several projects they can write about. One is the trilogy I mentioned, another is a book and its sequel, which I wrote before the Miranda and Starlight series. When people read the manuscript they say, “You’ve got to publish this book!” So I’m considering it. I could certainly use some help from my readers, however, as it is part fantasy and quite “scary.” At least that’s the reason I’ve put off publishing it. Is it TOO scary for kids? Maybe not for middle-grade or young adults. I’d love to hear from kids to find out. They can find the blog at fictionwritingwithkids.blogspot. There are links to all my blogs on my publishing website: Raven Publishing and soon will be on my author website.

Janet Muirhead Hill

Fixing my Computer

Okay.. tried last night to rebuild my computer hard drive and couldn't get it to work.. we gave up. Started the day with cleaning the kitchen, dining and living room. After this Harry and I went back to trying to rebuild my RAID system. We tried and failed several times but finally figured out what the problem was and managed to build my new RAID hard drive system. Great.. finally they computer is up and running with two new hard drive for a total of 600 gigabyte of space. Now it's time to upload all the programs. A few of the programs needed to register online so I decided to hold off on uploading more info and opted to try and connect to the internet through the router. Again this be a PC from hell it wouldn't work... we tried and tried but still nothing. After hours of trying I got frustrated and gave up. So as it is now.. my computer has a new bigger hard drive and windows XP is not operating.. but that's as far as we have gone. Gotta work on it some more. Harry is really good with computers so I'm sure he'll figure out what the problem is. BTW.. still transferring media from the bad drive to the new drive... still have a few more days left.

Cleaning / Kyle XY

I spent today cleaning up the back patio, every few months it seems like a tornado goes through it and it requires a few hours to re-organize and clean up. But once done I have a feeling of accomplishment. The back patio looks great now. Not only did I clean the back patio I also replace all four of our kitchen lights that have been out for a few weeks. I had intended on cleaning more but we started to watch the second episode of Kyle XY and the next thing I knew we were watching episode eight and would have gone more but I didn't have the last disc, so we had to stop. So what started as a great full of energy and cleanaloic day ended with a seven hour marathon of Kyle XY... I'm loving this series.

Computers, Computers, Computers

Well if you read my blog earlier you know my computer hard drive crashed and I had just backed up my entire drive to an external drive, which also crashed. Well we tried hooking up the external hard drive to Harry's Mac to see if it was noticed it. The Mac did see it but you could not mount it. I borrowed Disk Warrior from our friend Bruce, if you don't know what that is it's a fantastic program that can rebuild hard drives and almost always works. Well come to find out that now that Mac's use Intel processors the Disk Warrior won't work with them unless you buy (50 bucks) upgrade. I wasn't going to do this just because I wasn't sure this Mac program would work on a PC created drive.

My next plan was to see if my older G3 Mac laptop would see the drive and sure enough it did. I couldn't believe it. So I tired the Disk Warrior on it and found out that it cannot fix non-Mac drives, glad I didn't buy the upgrade. So instead we hooked up Harry's 500 gig external drive and started to copy over the media. It will take about four or five days to bring everything over... I have over 175 gig of info to transfer on a very slow G3. So it seems like everything is okay.. well except OX 9 for some reason has a weird flaw of truncating the names of a file. So all my e-comics say Star Trek #CHGSI$#$%.cbr and all my music have titles like Bonnie Raitt - Let's $#tnm9#$S.mp3. So it's going to take me a while to go though everything and rename it all so it make sense.. but I shouldn't complain at least I have gotten back about 90% of what I lost.

Good Fishin'

I created a new wall sculpture today from things that I bought for the purpose and things that I used. It's called "Good Fishin'." Like Duchamp's Readymades, it makes a humorous comment about life and art. The insulated bottle holders have clips on them - belt clips? - which gave me the idea. Here's a photo of it. So laugh already!

Soon I'll post photos of recent paintings.

That's the latest step on the journey of Jay Rolfe From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You can see some completed expressions of Jay Rolfe's unique artistic idea on his website at www.3dssc.com/.

Kyle XY

This is a TV series on ABC Family Channel. It started last year and I wanted to watch it then but missed a few episodes and I knew this was a serial drama and had to watch it from the beginning to make sense so I waited for it to come out on DVD. Well I got season one on DVD and for TV night tonight we watched the first episode. I really enjoyed it, it's sci fi/fantasy with a little teen drama mixed in. The first episode did a good job at establlishing the characters and the mystery of "Who is Kyle XY". I can't wait to see what happens.

More Birthdays

Happy Birthday to my Cousin Robert and my friend Nicola. I wish you both a very Happy Birthday Today.

The Artistic Journey of Jay Rolfe

On Monday I completed two new paintings. I'll try to photograph them tomorrow and post photos soon. Yesterday I spent the day at a funeral for a friend's father. Today I started two more 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas (3DSSC) paintings.

That's the latest step on the journey of Jay Rolfe From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You can see some completed expressions of Jay Rolfe's unique artistic idea on his website at www.3dssc.com/.

Happy Birthday Leonhard

Today is Harry's nephew's birthday... the big 4... Happy Birthday Leonhard

Happy Monday...

...hope everyone had a good weekend, mine was reflective. In my life, when it rains it pours because I also found out that my other best friends step dad is in a coma and might not make it. He is a cool guy and at times was like my second dad. So a rough weekend yes, but life is still wonderful and the only way I can support those who need it, is to still be me. Which means having sunshine raditating out of my ass as always! ;-) it's true...like the skittles rainbow!! Oh yesterday I went to bingo with my parents (hey it was Father's Day!) I actually won...the game I won on? Well all the men got a free game called the Father's Day special...AND that is what I won on! LOL how ironic!!
I found this pic...I love it...it makes you really look and appreciate it, just how life is. ;-) peace

Happy Monday...

...hope everyone had a good weekend, mine was reflective. In my life, when it rains it pours because I also found out that my other best friends step dad is in a coma and might not make it. He is a cool guy and at times was like my second dad. So a rough weekend yes, but life is still wonderful and the only way I can support those who need it, is to still be me. Which means having sunshine raditating out of my ass as always! ;-) it's true...like the skittles rainbow!! Oh yesterday I went to bingo with my parents (hey it was Father's Day!) I actually won...the game I won on? Well all the men got a free game called the Father's Day special...AND that is what I won on! LOL how ironic!!
I found this pic...I love it...it makes you really look and appreciate it, just how life is. ;-) peace

Happy Monday...

...hope everyone had a good weekend, mine was reflective. In my life, when it rains it pours because I also found out that my other best friends step dad is in a coma and might not make it. He is a cool guy and at times was like my second dad. So a rough weekend yes, but life is still wonderful and the only way I can support those who need it, is to still be me. Which means having sunshine raditating out of my ass as always! ;-) it's true...like the skittles rainbow!! Oh yesterday I went to bingo with my parents (hey it was Father's Day!) I actually won...the game I won on? Well all the men got a free game called the Father's Day special...AND that is what I won on! LOL how ironic!!
I found this pic...I love it...it makes you really look and appreciate it, just how life is. ;-) peace

Happy Father's Day/Fantastic Four 2

Today Harry and I visited my Dad for Father's Day. We burned him two CD's of his favorite songs and got him Season one of King of Queens. We also took him to lunch and a movie. We saw Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

I really enjoyed the first one. I know some folks didn't like it but it was entertaining to me. I like the effects and really enjoyed seeing how each person dealt with there new powers. I thought the first film also set up the relationships between the characters. So I knew part 2 was going to be action pack and it didn't disappoint. This one also had a more complete story, awesome effects and was very comical at times. The Silver Surfer was pretty cool, we didn't go in great details of his past but just enough to understand why he is doing what he is doing. It was good to see Doom back even though he was more of a minor role until the end. The final battle was great, the Fantatic Car was awesome and I like that Johnny got the spotlight. Both Harry and Dad enjoyed it and it was a fun Father's Day visit.

Computer Woes

My PC has been acting up for months now, but not enough to go through the hassle of re-formatting the hard drives. But today it started to do something worse and I started to get worried so I cleaned off one of my external hard drives and started to back up everything. Took me all day but I managed to back up my entire PC with exception of "My Video" folder which was pretty big. But I got most of it and I was happy. After I backed up everything I checked the external drive to make sure things were okay.. well there were issues. Even though the media was there the drive somehow lost it's format and was no longer a valid drive. I was disappointed but thought.. oh well I'll back it all up again tomorrow.

Well I get up Sunday morning and started my computer and guess what... yep it said that it didn't have a bootable drive and was unable to start. We tried booting from an external CD but it says I don't have any hard drives... then we you do a check on the hard drives and it says the drives are fine and working.

So it seems both my compuer and back up drive have crashed. Luckily I have about 70% of my stuff saved on DVD's but still I hate losing stuff, recent music, audio books, videos and e-comics. I'm still hopeful that I'll be able to retrieve some of my missing media. Here's hoping!!!!

Hey all...

....I haven't posted in a bit, had some rough news regarding my best friend this week. Been trying to deal with that, I created another blog to deal with his news and to kind of let loose how I feel and how I am going to accept this.
I'm just in a weird place right now, but as me and my BFF ;-) spoke about, life does go on, so on Monday I look forward to posting more often. Just kind of need the weekend to deal. Thanks.
;-) peace

Hey all...

....I haven't posted in a bit, had some rough news regarding my best friend this week. Been trying to deal with that, I created another blog to deal with his news and to kind of let loose how I feel and how I am going to accept this.
I'm just in a weird place right now, but as me and my BFF ;-) spoke about, life does go on, so on Monday I look forward to posting more often. Just kind of need the weekend to deal. Thanks.
;-) peace

Hey all...

....I haven't posted in a bit, had some rough news regarding my best friend this week. Been trying to deal with that, I created another blog to deal with his news and to kind of let loose how I feel and how I am going to accept this.
I'm just in a weird place right now, but as me and my BFF ;-) spoke about, life does go on, so on Monday I look forward to posting more often. Just kind of need the weekend to deal. Thanks.
;-) peace

Always cool to get another review

My very first romantic suspense, DISCOVERING VERONICA, was re-released this year, and here’s a review of it that was just posted this week:

http://reviews.armchairinterviews.com/reviews/discovering-veronica

“You want to stay with these people long after the story ends.”
~ArmChair Interviews

Pirates of the Caribbean III

So after three weeks of it being in theaters Harry and I finally saw Pirates III. First let me say that we watched Pirates II a few nights before since Harry had not seen it so we were in a Pirates mood. The movie opens with some very beautifully haunting images then picks up where the last film left off. This was a fun roller coaster ride of a film. It was more violent then the other two but it was also a "bigger" movie. The special effects were great, the acting was good and the story was fun. My favorite scene was the crew getting back to the land of the living by flipping over their ship. It was a very cool plot point and some very fancy effects. Of course they leave this film open for a sequel and if they make it I'll be there to see it.. if not I'm happy with this great adventurous Trilogy.

Free Hugs

Have you guys seen these You Tube videos called "Free Hugs". It started with a man, Juan Mann down in Australia who was holding up a sign saying "Free Hugs". It was set to music and put on You Tube.. it was instantly a hit and shown all over the world. Then other "Free Hugs" Video started to popping up on You Tube, from China, Peru, Hollywood, New York, Warsaw, Italy and so on.

We live in a very damaged and corrupt world and watching these videos of strangers hugging for no reason other then to hug is inspirational. Whenever I'm feeling down all I have to do is watch one of these and it lifts my sprits and bring me to tears. If you haven't seen this great videos check them out at www.youtube.com and search for "Free Hugs".

Woot-woot!

I spent my weekend in Chicago at the Printers Row book festival. This was my third year to attend, and like all the other years, this one rocked! Thousands of people were there packed into the downtown streets of the windy city. There were authors and musicians and readers and animated characters (ya know, like Disney) and food and booth after booth after booth of books and trinkets and clothes. Basically anything having to do with literacy, you could’ve found at this festival.

And the best part (other than meeting awesome people), I sold out of my young adult book, MODEL SPY! Everybody say woot-woot!

Here’s a pic of me with Simone Elkeles and Sam Morton, two stupendous authors.

Today's Weather...

...has been hella hot!! So I'm thinking...the less you wear...the better! ;-) peace

Today's Weather...

...has been hella hot!! So I'm thinking...the less you wear...the better! ;-) peace

Today's Weather...

...has been hella hot!! So I'm thinking...the less you wear...the better! ;-) peace

"Wine = Tax Deduction"

Jay Rolfe completed a new, small painting yesterday titled "Wine = Tax Deduction." The words of the title are spelled out with wine corks. The artist buys the bottles of wine and uses the corks for the painting which is, as are all of Jay Rolfe's paintings, for sale. Art supplies, including the corks, are tax deductible for the artist. Brilliant, right? Here's a photo of the painting.

That's the latest step on the journey of Jay Rolfe From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You can see some completed expressions of Jay Rolfe's unique artistic idea on his website at www.3dssc.com/.

Rabbit Dance...

...our equivalent to a slow song for most people, it's actually hard to do 'cause the women do it a bit different then the men. Enjoy ;-) peace

Rabbit Dance...

...our equivalent to a slow song for most people, it's actually hard to do 'cause the women do it a bit different then the men. Enjoy ;-) peace

Rabbit Dance...

...our equivalent to a slow song for most people, it's actually hard to do 'cause the women do it a bit different then the men. Enjoy ;-) peace

It's powwow nite...

...so I just got done about a half hour ago working from home and finishing things I needed to finish. So to relax, I take my ass to youtube and look for videos involving my people. So I found this vid, it is normally a traditional dancer man who closes out the ending of a powwow, but this lil girl did her thing. The reason it struck me so, was because she just has a shawl, no outfit, just a shawl. In the olden days that's all it was, just a shawl, all you needed. Nowadays, you have sequins and sunglasses and bright colors, but back then, if you had a shawl that is all you needed to be fancy. She's young, and technique? mmm...not the best but she dances, she closes it down. I give her respect for dancing in her tennis shoes...for not feeling bad she don't have no outfit, she uses what she has and she does it well. To me this is a real fancy dancer. ;-) peace
One more thing, more importantly...when everyone else is walking out...she finishes the song, she dances until the end. That is so cool. Love that. Hahempi waste yelo (have a good night) ;-)

It's powwow nite...

...so I just got done about a half hour ago working from home and finishing things I needed to finish. So to relax, I take my ass to youtube and look for videos involving my people. So I found this vid, it is normally a traditional dancer man who closes out the ending of a powwow, but this lil girl did her thing. The reason it struck me so, was because she just has a shawl, no outfit, just a shawl. In the olden days that's all it was, just a shawl, all you needed. Nowadays, you have sequins and sunglasses and bright colors, but back then, if you had a shawl that is all you needed to be fancy. She's young, and technique? mmm...not the best but she dances, she closes it down. I give her respect for dancing in her tennis shoes...for not feeling bad she don't have no outfit, she uses what she has and she does it well. To me this is a real fancy dancer. ;-) peace
One more thing, more importantly...when everyone else is walking out...she finishes the song, she dances until the end. That is so cool. Love that. Hahempi waste yelo (have a good night) ;-)

It's powwow nite...

...so I just got done about a half hour ago working from home and finishing things I needed to finish. So to relax, I take my ass to youtube and look for videos involving my people. So I found this vid, it is normally a traditional dancer man who closes out the ending of a powwow, but this lil girl did her thing. The reason it struck me so, was because she just has a shawl, no outfit, just a shawl. In the olden days that's all it was, just a shawl, all you needed. Nowadays, you have sequins and sunglasses and bright colors, but back then, if you had a shawl that is all you needed to be fancy. She's young, and technique? mmm...not the best but she dances, she closes it down. I give her respect for dancing in her tennis shoes...for not feeling bad she don't have no outfit, she uses what she has and she does it well. To me this is a real fancy dancer. ;-) peace
One more thing, more importantly...when everyone else is walking out...she finishes the song, she dances until the end. That is so cool. Love that. Hahempi waste yelo (have a good night) ;-)

Smoke Dancin...

...I don't know what tribe this originated from, but it's pretty cool (yes, all Natives are not alike) the men dance slower than the women in Smoke Dancing. If you notice it's the women who aren't in dress that dance really well. I wonder if they are the more traditional and grew up with smoke dancing...they do a good job. Enjoy ;-) peace

Smoke Dancin...

...I don't know what tribe this originated from, but it's pretty cool (yes, all Natives are not alike) the men dance slower than the women in Smoke Dancing. If you notice it's the women who aren't in dress that dance really well. I wonder if they are the more traditional and grew up with smoke dancing...they do a good job. Enjoy ;-) peace

Smoke Dancin...

...I don't know what tribe this originated from, but it's pretty cool (yes, all Natives are not alike) the men dance slower than the women in Smoke Dancing. If you notice it's the women who aren't in dress that dance really well. I wonder if they are the more traditional and grew up with smoke dancing...they do a good job. Enjoy ;-) peace

Kyle XY...

...So I wake up and stumble into the living room this morning (ok around noon) and flip on the TV. I don't know why but it's on ABC Family and this show is on called Kyle XY, and the boy is hella fine!! He's actually 25 but plays a teen ager in high school. He is gorgeous with dark hair and blue/green eyes! So I'm like ok he's cute, but come on ABC Family? Turns out the series is quite good, kind of like Dark Angel, along those lines. Oh and of course Kyle is hot, his name is Matt Dallas. "Matt Dallas stars as Kyle, a mysterious teenager who wandered out of the Seattle woods with no past, no belly button and no idea who he was. With the help of the Tragers, a loving family who opened their home to him, Kyle began piecing together who he was and where he came from. But the more he uncovered the more his past began to seem more mysterious and more dangerous than his present. In season two Kyle finds answers to many of his questions, answers that force him to lead a double life that could tear apart the only family he has ever known."

He's extremely fast and strong, he can jump off the roof of the house no problem, I think he's an alien. Reminds me of that short lived show Invasion. N E ways...so I'm hooked and I'm watching the whole marathon in preparation for tomorrows season premiere! He's dreamy... .*swoon*. I think season 1 will come out on DVD or you can watch the episodes online. Of course there are the gay rumors (as with all new hot young actors).

Kyle XY...

...So I wake up and stumble into the living room this morning (ok around noon) and flip on the TV. I don't know why but it's on ABC Family and this show is on called Kyle XY, and the boy is hella fine!! He's actually 25 but plays a teen ager in high school. He is gorgeous with dark hair and blue/green eyes! So I'm like ok he's cute, but come on ABC Family? Turns out the series is quite good, kind of like Dark Angel, along those lines. Oh and of course Kyle is hot, his name is Matt Dallas. "Matt Dallas stars as Kyle, a mysterious teenager who wandered out of the Seattle woods with no past, no belly button and no idea who he was. With the help of the Tragers, a loving family who opened their home to him, Kyle began piecing together who he was and where he came from. But the more he uncovered the more his past began to seem more mysterious and more dangerous than his present. In season two Kyle finds answers to many of his questions, answers that force him to lead a double life that could tear apart the only family he has ever known."

He's extremely fast and strong, he can jump off the roof of the house no problem, I think he's an alien. Reminds me of that short lived show Invasion. N E ways...so I'm hooked and I'm watching the whole marathon in preparation for tomorrows season premiere! He's dreamy... .*swoon*. I think season 1 will come out on DVD or you can watch the episodes online. Of course there are the gay rumors (as with all new hot young actors).

Kyle XY...

...So I wake up and stumble into the living room this morning (ok around noon) and flip on the TV. I don't know why but it's on ABC Family and this show is on called Kyle XY, and the boy is hella fine!! He's actually 25 but plays a teen ager in high school. He is gorgeous with dark hair and blue/green eyes! So I'm like ok he's cute, but come on ABC Family? Turns out the series is quite good, kind of like Dark Angel, along those lines. Oh and of course Kyle is hot, his name is Matt Dallas. "Matt Dallas stars as Kyle, a mysterious teenager who wandered out of the Seattle woods with no past, no belly button and no idea who he was. With the help of the Tragers, a loving family who opened their home to him, Kyle began piecing together who he was and where he came from. But the more he uncovered the more his past began to seem more mysterious and more dangerous than his present. In season two Kyle finds answers to many of his questions, answers that force him to lead a double life that could tear apart the only family he has ever known."

He's extremely fast and strong, he can jump off the roof of the house no problem, I think he's an alien. Reminds me of that short lived show Invasion. N E ways...so I'm hooked and I'm watching the whole marathon in preparation for tomorrows season premiere! He's dreamy... .*swoon*. I think season 1 will come out on DVD or you can watch the episodes online. Of course there are the gay rumors (as with all new hot young actors).

No More "Little" Brother

Some of you might be wondering why I haven't posted much about my "little" brother in recent months... well there have been some complications. He has had some anxiety and seperation issues with his mother. We tried to make the visits shorter, three hours is manditory but we cut them down to a little over an hour and we thought it was working. But the past few visits have been cancelled with Nico saying he is sick or not feeling well so his mother and I talked along with the Big Brother sponser and decided that he might be a bit young to be in the program and will have to be taken out for the time being.

So this is two "littles" in one year. I think I'm going to take a break from being a Big Brother for a while. It's tough to get to know a "little" and start to enjoy the time spent together then something comes up and you "lose" them. Both of these happend about four months into the program, and at that point you really start to get emotional attached and then they are gone... it's tough. I think I might wait till this current job is over before starting the program again.

Harry Potter Deluxe Book Cover

Today they released the book cover for the Deluxe edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It shows are Trio on the back of Dragon. Only a little over a month left before the final Harry Potter book is released. I can't wait.. but also can't believe it's almost over.

It's All In The Translation

I happen to notice that "Cynthia's Attic: The Magic Medallion" is available through Amazon, France. Naturally, the page is written in the French language. Duh. So, I decided to 'translate this page' and got a chuckle.

In the section that says you can be the first to write a review, the translation read: "Be the first NOBODY to comment on this book." Sounds inviting, huh?

Repost...

...I had a reader who asked if I could repost this blog. I was like why? and he said because it's important and not everyone has read it, as your blog has reached more people. Ok, nuff said. this is a repost of an IM convo with y brother, I think I held my own. ;-) peace

Homophobia...

...I'm going to post an IM session I had with my brother. I'm not sure if he's homophobic or not, he's come along way having a gay brother, but he definitely has conservative views when it comes to gay marriage. He's my brother and I love him, but we have very different views on the world today. Let me preface this by saying he loves the movie It's a Wonderful Life and he thinks I don't like it because it's wholesome and about family values. That's not true, I really don't like black and white movies or old movies (ok take my gay card) but that's just my thing. Here is the conversation that we had that started with the movie and ended up about gay marriage, byt the way I'm oglalaboy and my bro is Owen...

Owen: i'm tellin you... this movie is good!

Owen: it's wholesome with family values.... that's why you don't like it

oglalaboy: whatever, it's in black and white and all those people are dead...I live in the NOW...

Owen: you are a liberal..! you are against family values!

oglalaboy: no I'm for Family Vaules...but I don't discriminate against ALL families...as you do. Which is a contradiction, how can you say family values yet you PICK and CHOOSE which family's are allowed to be familys...that's a hypocrite and a small minded person.

oglalaboy: You really don't want to have this conversation with me.

Owen: we have to have boundaries as as society

Owen: and the boundaries of a traditional household consists of man and woman!!

oglalaboy: boundaries? or bigoted lines drawn by overzealous bigots?

oglalaboy: Well you know, we don't live in traditional times anymore do we?

oglalaboy: we are in modern times and fight as much as you want, but times are changing.

Owen: well.. it's up to consertive people like me to keep a hold on civilizaion and keep things sane for future generations

oglalaboy: women don't stay home and cook and clean and most kids up to 5 don't even believe in santa clause but they know how to hook up a dvd player...it's a different world and you either join or just be a dinosaur and let the world pass you by.

oglalaboy: you'll lose

oglalaboy: it's already happening. There are 5 countries that allow gay marriage, there is one State that allows gay marriage there are 3 states that allow gay civil unions (same as marriage rights, just not the same name as gay marriage)...it's just a matter of time before the world realizes we are all the same and we can all love and we can all be productive members of society.

oglalaboy: the religious movement is failing, the leader of the biggest church in Colorado has resigned because he was outed as paying a MALE prostitute for sex...the leader of the SECOND biggest church in Colorado...also came out the of closet and has resigned. The religious movement is failing because people realize it's all a sham.

Owen: well... right now.... i'm watching it's a wonderful life.. along with a lot of people in this country.... and i'm sure they are all not thinking of the pervert men who want to marry men and the men who want marry their toaster next!!

oglalaboy: And you know what? I know right now there are a lot of gay couples who are watching it's a wonderful life also, with their kids and with their partners, so it's just not for you conservative (small minded ignorant) people...life...is for everyone to enjoy. As a matter of fact, it's a wonderful life is the favorite movie of the majority of my lesbian friends. They watch it with their kids. And to think there is no difference between a man marrying a man and a man marrying a toaster is not only ignorant, but it also shows the lack of intelligence amongst people who think that. I think Delta (a junior college) will do you good, you need an education.
Owen has signed out. (12/24/2006 8:31 PM)

heh heh, like most republican conservatives, he had to change channels! ;-) I'm sure he went to check the status of Iraqs WMD's. ;-) peace

Repost...

...I had a reader who asked if I could repost this blog. I was like why? and he said because it's important and not everyone has read it, as your blog has reached more people. Ok, nuff said. This is a repost of an IM convo with my brother, I think I held my own. ;-) peace

Homophobia...

...I'm going to post an IM session I had with my brother. I'm not sure if he's homophobic or not, he's come along way having a gay brother, but he definitely has conservative views when it comes to gay marriage. He's my brother and I love him, but we have very different views on the world today. Let me preface this by saying he loves the movie It's a Wonderful Life and he thinks I don't like it because it's wholesome and about family values. That's not true, I really don't like black and white movies or old movies (ok take my gay card) but that's just my thing. Here is the conversation that we had that started with the movie and ended up about gay marriage, byt the way I'm oglalaboy and my bro is Owen...

Owen: i'm tellin you... this movie is good!

Owen: it's wholesome with family values.... that's why you don't like it

oglalaboy: whatever, it's in black and white and all those people are dead...I live in the NOW...

Owen: you are a liberal..! you are against family values!

oglalaboy: no I'm for Family Vaules...but I don't discriminate against ALL families...as you do. Which is a contradiction, how can you say family values yet you PICK and CHOOSE which family's are allowed to be familys...that's a hypocrite and a small minded person.

oglalaboy: You really don't want to have this converstaion with me.

Owen: we have to have boundries as as society

Owen: and the boundries of a traditional houshold consists of man and woman!!

oglalaboy: boundaries? or bigoted lines drawn by overzealous bigots?

oglalaboy: Well you know, we don't live in traditional times anymore do we?

oglalaboy: we are in modern times and fight as much as you want, but times are changing.

Owen: well.. it's up to consertive people like me to keep a hold on civilizaion and keep things sane for future generations

oglalaboy: women don't stay home and cook and clean and most kids up to 5 don't even believe in santa clause but they know how to hook up a dvd player...it's a different world and you either join or just be a dinosaur and let the world pass you by.

oglalaboy: you'll lose

oglalaboy: it's already happening. There are 5 countries that allow gay marriage, there is one State that allows gay marriage there are 3 states that allow gay civil unions (same as marriage rights, just not the same name as gay marriage)...it's just a matter of time before the world realizes we are all the same and we can all love and we can all be productive members of society.

oglalaboy: the religious movement is failing, the leader of the biggest church in Colorado has resigned because he was outed as paying a MALE prositute for sex...the leader of the SECOND biggest church in Colorado...also came out the of closet and has resigned. The religious movement is failing because people realize it's all a sham.

Owen: well... right now.... i'm watching it's a wonderful life.. along with a lot of people in this country.... and i'm sure they are all not thinking of the pervert men who want to marry men and the men who want marry their toaster next!!

oglalaboy: And you know what? I know right now there are a lot of gay couples who are watching it's a wonderful life also, with their kids and with their partners, so it's just not for you conservative (small minded ignorant) people...life...is for everyone to enjoy. As a matter of fact, it's a wonderful life is the favorite movie of the majority of my lesbian friends. They watch it with their kids. And to think there is no difference between a man marrying a man and a man marrying a toaster is not only ignorant, but it also shows the lack of intellegence amongst people who think that. I think Delta (a junior college) will do you good, you need an education.
Owen has signed out. (12/24/2006 8:31 PM)

heh heh, like most repubican conservatives, he had to change channels! ;-) I'm sure he went to check the status of Iraqs WMD's. ;-) peace

Repost...

...I had a reader who asked if I could repost this blog. I was like why? and he said because it's important and not everyone has read it, as your blog has reached more people. Ok, nuff said. this is a repost of an IM convo with y brother, I think I held my own. ;-) peace

Homophobia...

...I'm going to post an IM session I had with my brother. I'm not sure if he's homophobic or not, he's come along way having a gay brother, but he definitely has conservative views when it comes to gay marriage. He's my brother and I love him, but we have very different views on the world today. Let me preface this by saying he loves the movie It's a Wonderful Life and he thinks I don't like it because it's wholesome and about family values. That's not true, I really don't like black and white movies or old movies (ok take my gay card) but that's just my thing. Here is the conversation that we had that started with the movie and ended up about gay marriage, byt the way I'm oglalaboy and my bro is Owen...

Owen: i'm tellin you... this movie is good!

Owen: it's wholesome with family values.... that's why you don't like it

oglalaboy: whatever, it's in black and white and all those people are dead...I live in the NOW...

Owen: you are a liberal..! you are against family values!

oglalaboy: no I'm for Family Vaules...but I don't discriminate against ALL families...as you do. Which is a contradiction, how can you say family values yet you PICK and CHOOSE which family's are allowed to be familys...that's a hypocrite and a small minded person.

oglalaboy: You really don't want to have this conversation with me.

Owen: we have to have boundaries as as society

Owen: and the boundaries of a traditional household consists of man and woman!!

oglalaboy: boundaries? or bigoted lines drawn by overzealous bigots?

oglalaboy: Well you know, we don't live in traditional times anymore do we?

oglalaboy: we are in modern times and fight as much as you want, but times are changing.

Owen: well.. it's up to consertive people like me to keep a hold on civilizaion and keep things sane for future generations

oglalaboy: women don't stay home and cook and clean and most kids up to 5 don't even believe in santa clause but they know how to hook up a dvd player...it's a different world and you either join or just be a dinosaur and let the world pass you by.

oglalaboy: you'll lose

oglalaboy: it's already happening. There are 5 countries that allow gay marriage, there is one State that allows gay marriage there are 3 states that allow gay civil unions (same as marriage rights, just not the same name as gay marriage)...it's just a matter of time before the world realizes we are all the same and we can all love and we can all be productive members of society.

oglalaboy: the religious movement is failing, the leader of the biggest church in Colorado has resigned because he was outed as paying a MALE prostitute for sex...the leader of the SECOND biggest church in Colorado...also came out the of closet and has resigned. The religious movement is failing because people realize it's all a sham.

Owen: well... right now.... i'm watching it's a wonderful life.. along with a lot of people in this country.... and i'm sure they are all not thinking of the pervert men who want to marry men and the men who want marry their toaster next!!

oglalaboy: And you know what? I know right now there are a lot of gay couples who are watching it's a wonderful life also, with their kids and with their partners, so it's just not for you conservative (small minded ignorant) people...life...is for everyone to enjoy. As a matter of fact, it's a wonderful life is the favorite movie of the majority of my lesbian friends. They watch it with their kids. And to think there is no difference between a man marrying a man and a man marrying a toaster is not only ignorant, but it also shows the lack of intelligence amongst people who think that. I think Delta (a junior college) will do you good, you need an education.
Owen has signed out. (12/24/2006 8:31 PM)

heh heh, like most republican conservatives, he had to change channels! ;-) I'm sure he went to check the status of Iraqs WMD's. ;-) peace

Repost...

...I had a reader who asked if I could repost this blog. I was like why? and he said because it's important and not everyone has read it, as your blog has reached more people. Ok, nuff said. This is a repost of an IM convo with my brother, I think I held my own. ;-) peace

Homophobia...

...I'm going to post an IM session I had with my brother. I'm not sure if he's homophobic or not, he's come along way having a gay brother, but he definitely has conservative views when it comes to gay marriage. He's my brother and I love him, but we have very different views on the world today. Let me preface this by saying he loves the movie It's a Wonderful Life and he thinks I don't like it because it's wholesome and about family values. That's not true, I really don't like black and white movies or old movies (ok take my gay card) but that's just my thing. Here is the conversation that we had that started with the movie and ended up about gay marriage, byt the way I'm oglalaboy and my bro is Owen...

Owen: i'm tellin you... this movie is good!

Owen: it's wholesome with family values.... that's why you don't like it

oglalaboy: whatever, it's in black and white and all those people are dead...I live in the NOW...

Owen: you are a liberal..! you are against family values!

oglalaboy: no I'm for Family Vaules...but I don't discriminate against ALL families...as you do. Which is a contradiction, how can you say family values yet you PICK and CHOOSE which family's are allowed to be familys...that's a hypocrite and a small minded person.

oglalaboy: You really don't want to have this converstaion with me.

Owen: we have to have boundries as as society

Owen: and the boundries of a traditional houshold consists of man and woman!!

oglalaboy: boundaries? or bigoted lines drawn by overzealous bigots?

oglalaboy: Well you know, we don't live in traditional times anymore do we?

oglalaboy: we are in modern times and fight as much as you want, but times are changing.

Owen: well.. it's up to consertive people like me to keep a hold on civilizaion and keep things sane for future generations

oglalaboy: women don't stay home and cook and clean and most kids up to 5 don't even believe in santa clause but they know how to hook up a dvd player...it's a different world and you either join or just be a dinosaur and let the world pass you by.

oglalaboy: you'll lose

oglalaboy: it's already happening. There are 5 countries that allow gay marriage, there is one State that allows gay marriage there are 3 states that allow gay civil unions (same as marriage rights, just not the same name as gay marriage)...it's just a matter of time before the world realizes we are all the same and we can all love and we can all be productive members of society.

oglalaboy: the religious movement is failing, the leader of the biggest church in Colorado has resigned because he was outed as paying a MALE prositute for sex...the leader of the SECOND biggest church in Colorado...also came out the of closet and has resigned. The religious movement is failing because people realize it's all a sham.

Owen: well... right now.... i'm watching it's a wonderful life.. along with a lot of people in this country.... and i'm sure they are all not thinking of the pervert men who want to marry men and the men who want marry their toaster next!!

oglalaboy: And you know what? I know right now there are a lot of gay couples who are watching it's a wonderful life also, with their kids and with their partners, so it's just not for you conservative (small minded ignorant) people...life...is for everyone to enjoy. As a matter of fact, it's a wonderful life is the favorite movie of the majority of my lesbian friends. They watch it with their kids. And to think there is no difference between a man marrying a man and a man marrying a toaster is not only ignorant, but it also shows the lack of intellegence amongst people who think that. I think Delta (a junior college) will do you good, you need an education.
Owen has signed out. (12/24/2006 8:31 PM)

heh heh, like most repubican conservatives, he had to change channels! ;-) I'm sure he went to check the status of Iraqs WMD's. ;-) peace