SoapBox Sally, aka: trifling tidbits

HELP - I am in DIRE NEED FOR A LIB CAR PASS!!!! I'll even work in your booth, if ya need it!

lilyan — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:45:08 GMT

Seriously everyone --- please, if you have an extra one, if you'll sell me yours, I NEED A PASS...and if I could get 2, even better. I'm (or I was supposed to be) camping in my car. And another friend of mine who has a camper van and has 3 in her party were planning to sleep in her van as well. Everything's in it --- the kitchen, the whole set-up, etc....so now she has to figure out something else as well. So if I can only get 1, we'll live, but if the heaven's open and the manna falls in the form of 2 passes (that we'll pay for), then I'd be ever-so-grateful! I bought my LIB ticket when they first went on sale and didn't realize that we needed to purchase car passes as well. I literally just found out about our cars being charged entry late last week --- and of course now they're sold out! I've even pleaded with the event coordinator --- nice guy, but he's not able to make any more exceptions. So now I'm throwing it out to the community ----- HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND IF YOU NEED HELP WITH YOUR BOOTH, I'll work...I just need a car pass! my number is 310.420.1529 ------ thank you in advance for any and all help in this quest! xoxoxoxo lilyan

pottery studio????

lilyan — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:57:43 GMT

I'm looking to get back into some ceramic sculpture and I need help!!! I seem to remember that there is an art studio somewhere in the Culver City area that is open to anyone who wants to come and work on pottery (both wheel and sculpture) projects, along with various other Fine Art mediums. I also seem to remember it being open 24 hours, for the night owls out there. Does this sound familiar to anyone????? HELP...I've tried doing a search for it, but I can't find it! THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!! xoxoxoxoxoxox

I heard my Dad laugh today...

lilyan — Wed, 16 May 2007 23:28:16 GMT

He returned to the Spirit world over 22 years ago...but today, while I was driving on the 405, listening to Damien Marley, thinking of nothing in particular ~ something magical happened... In my mind's eye I saw him break into a huge smile and actually heard him laughing...for no reason...just because...and then I realized, THAT's where I get it from! It made for a few great tears & a fabulous Wednesday Blessing!

Dancing + TONIGHT (Thursday 18th) = ZANZIBAR!

lilyan — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:11:55 GMT

LET'S GO EVERYONE! See you there...TONIGHT! xoxoxoxo lilyan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This week we have a special treat from the East…. Thursday January 18, 2007 ------------------:~0~:--------------------- Afro Funké WEEKLY FUNK INVOCATION ------------------:~0~:--------------------- Afrobeat, Brazilian, Dub, Reggae, Cumbia, Samba Disco, Batucada, Afro-Latin House, Indian Beats, Makossa & other deep-rooted Funk music from around the world ------------------:~0~:--------------------- special guest deejay: SABINE Oyasound Productions is the creative project of DJ Sabine. Oyasound Productions focuses on the exposure and pleasures of African Diaspora music: ancestral house, afro beat, afrotech, and Haitian roots music. DJ Sabine’s mainstay and cultivation has been the monthly event Brooklyn Mecca (formerly known as Soul in the Hole NYC). Brooklyn Mecca has been coined the home of “grassroots dance culture.” “The salmagundi of sound creolized and crystallized into a movement makes Brooklyn Mecca.”-Professor Olufemi Lasana (Africana Studies Dept., SDSU.) DJ Sabine’s influences are her spirit guides, ancestors and warrior women. Her ear for music soothes the innate part of herself and others that honors the sounds of drums, the power of words, and the healing affect of conjuring up pure positive feeling and emotion. All of which her musical mission is to move one to dance, release, and ultimately be free. www.myspace.com/djsabine special guest deejay: AL JACKSON (Soul Children / Ju Ju) This son of a jazz musician is dedicated to bridge the gap between hip hop and jazz. His musical influences range from Allen Jackson (dad) and John Coltrane to Pete Rock. Al’s DJ career was launched in 1989 fueled by his passion for collecting records and the desire to start an underground dance club. Simply stated, he began deejaying because he got tired of waiting in long lines and spending lots of money for clubs that were not worth the price of admission. In the year 2000, he was nominated for a LA Weekly Music Award as the “Best Selector DJ” and he was nominated for a NAACP Theater award in the “Best Musical Score” category for the play “2G’S.” He won the 2002 NAACP Theater Award for “Best Musical Score” in the play “Weights.” Currently, he has his own music production company called “Sincerebeats.” Through his company Sincerebeats, Al has released 2 DJ-mix CDs entitled L’automne and 2nd Quarter with more releases to follow. www.thesoulchildren.com / www.myspace.com/djaljackson live dance performance by: KADIATOU SIBI Kadiatou Sibi was born in Julangel, The Gambia, West Africa and raised in New York City . She has performed over 1500 shows throughout the world with or opened up for various music and dance groups such as: Srevie Wonder, Zap Mama, The Roots, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, A Tribe called Quest, Alpha Blondy, Beres Hammond, Thionne Seck, Ousman Gueye, The Last Poets, Medeski Martin and Wood, The Wailers. Gil Scott Heron, Rocky Dawuni, Leon Mobley, The Debbie Allen African Dance Company, Kabasa Dance and Drum Ensemble, Busso Dance Company, Balandugu Kan and Khaley Nguewel. Kadiatou is currently working on the documentary "A Room in my Father's House.” Filmed in The U.S., The Gambia and Senegal , it examines how the death of her younger sister reunites her dispersed family back into a room in her father's house in The Gambia. "Kadiatou Sibi, a singer-songwriter-dancer, is perched on the highest of the room's elevated couch areas leading the crowd in a dizzing array of African dance movements. As she gyrates with controlled abandon to the percussive drums being played alongside her, people in the crowd both yell their approval and simultaneously mirror her movements." - Los Angeles Times www.myspace.com/kadisibi resident deejay: JEREMY SOLE'S MUSAICS www.myspace.com/musaics hosted by: ROCKY DAWUNI www.rockydawuni.com / www.itunes.com www.myspace.com/rockydawunimusic afro funke’ photography & booking: CARY SULLIVAN www.myspace.com/carysullivan afrofunke@yahoo.com ------------------:~0~:--------------------- Afro Funké: Thursdays @ Zanzibar 1301 5th St. Santa Monica, CA. 90401 9pm | 21+ | 310.451.2221 | $7 www.zanzibarlive.com

Naked Rhythm @ Temple Bar, this Friday - Jan 5th!

lilyan — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:19:35 GMT

Just got this email today...Anyone interested??? They are amazing...love, lilyan Happy 2007!!! Start the year off right by joining us at the Temple Bar in Santa Monica this Friday (Jan 5). Naked Rhythm will be performing with talented guest musicians and amazing dancers to get the place groovin'. The whole evening is full of Middle Eastern beats, with Haale (Arabic psychadelic rock) headlining. See you there! Temple Bar 1026 Wilshire Blvd (Santa Monica, at 11th St) 10pm Door: $12 www.nakedrhythm.com www.myspace.com/nakedrhythm

I'm Breathing Love in 2007!

lilyan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 04:55:05 GMT

A dear friend just posted this...it bears repeating! Happy New Year Everyone...here's to Abundance in 2007, however that manifests for each of us...let it start with us & love...I'm going to breathe love everyday! xoxoxox lilyan The Four Agreements Be Impeccable With Your Word: Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. Don't Take Anything Personally: Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering. Don't Make Assumptions: Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life. Always Do Your Best: Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret. Live Your Heart's Truth The truth is easier to know than to feel, and easier to feel than to live. Everybody knows the truth about something. For instance, most people know that it is unhealthy to eat too many sweets. Of those who know it, less feel the truth while they munch a box of cookies. Fewer still change their behavior, once and for all, on the basis of knowing and feeling the truth. It is much harder to live the truth than to feel it or know it. Knowledge is easiest. The mind is more malleable than the emotions or the body, and so the mind is relatively swift to change. You can hear something and immediately know the truth of it. Then you can tell it to others. You can write about it. You can create a whole philosophy based on it. And still not much changes in your life. You can know the truth—for instance, exercise improves cardiovascular fitness—and then still sit on your butt. After your mind has grasped the truth, your emotions are next to change over time. Often years of suffering are necessary before the truth of something sinks in deep enough for your tears to flow and enthusiasm to grow in response to how true something is. Yet even highly developed emotional intelligence—your capacity to feel the truth with great sensitivity and nuance—is not sufficient for real growth. The last part of you to be transformed by truth is your body. Being more solid than your mind or emotions, your body changes last. You will know what you are supposed to do, and you will feel the truth of it, long before you are willing to live it with your body. You may know that you can’t afford a new dress or another trip to Las Vegas, you may feel the truth making you nervous and queasy, and yet you may not be ready to live the truth—so you plunk down your credit card and go through the usual motions, as guilty as you may feel. Your body’s habits—the motions you go through—are the most stubborn, the most rigid, and the least yielding to truth. Because your body is the thickest part of your self-process, sex is often the last part of your life to be transformed by truth. First, you know that love could be the basis for sex. Then, you learn to feel your lover emotionally during the tumble of passion. Finally, you learn to live your motions as love during sex. Even during the most erotic, pleasurable, or painful sexual moments, you can learn to breathe as love, writhe as love, thrust as love, receive as love, and speak as love. Sex can become the doing of love with your entire body. Sexually, and in every moment throughout the day, you can do love by opening out, feeling everybody, inhaling the entire moment full of pain and pleasure, and exhaling love to all from your heart as you go through your motions as love. You can train your body, like a marathon runner, to go the distance as love. When you are tired and want to collapse, give love through your breath and actions just a few more minutes. Offer a smile, lend a hand, or caress your lover, for just a moment more than your habit would curtail. Over time, your life opens as love’s doing, more and more. Throughout the day, slow down and feel your heart beating. Feel deep in your heart for the source of love’s flow. Let your body open as love by softening your belly and breathing in and out of your heart. Offer your deep heart to all through your breath, and allow love to move your body every moment you can remember.How would love wash a dish? While standing at the kitchen sink, breathing love in and out of your heart, feeling outward to the moment’s open edge, how does your body rub the soapy sponge across the surface of each plate? How can you give your open heart-truth to your coworkers, even when you disagree with them? Should you smile, tell jokes, act efficient, touch them, or walk away and give them space? Day by day, practice unfolding love as your body’s skillful offering, from your deep heart outward to the moment’s open horizon. Knowing the truth is fairly useless; feeling it is profound; living it makes all the difference. excerpt from Way of the Superior Man

Diary of a Dog vs. Cat

lilyan — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:11:04 GMT

Excerpts from a Dog's Daily Diary: 8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing! 9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing! 9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing! 10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing! 12:00 pm - Lunch! My favorite thing! 1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing! 3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing! 5:00 pm - Milk bones! My favorite thing! 7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing! 8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing! 11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing! Excerpts for a Cat's Daily Diary: Day 683 of my captivity: My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the floor. Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a "good little hunter" I am. The audacity! There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of "allergies". I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage. Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow - but at the top of the stairs. I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released - and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded! The bird has got to be an informant. I observe him communicating with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe....for now

I HATE WELLS FARGO!

lilyan — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:41:25 GMT

that's all... it's just too much to go into, but can I just say that i FINALLY got my shit together, covered my ass in terms of my lack of common sense with money, and followed up on all that i was supposed to do... ...and they still fucked me over! And now...*drumroll*...my rent check is going to bounce. THANK GOD I live with a super understanding landlord/friend who is being super gracious and supportive! I SWEAR, this time it WAS NOT MY FAULT!!!!!!!!!! Conclusion, I am not enjoying the Wagon Train Bank at this moment...and then can SUCK MY RAINBOOTS! That's all. xoxoxo lilyan

location scouting...HELP!

lilyan — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:01:26 GMT

Much Love Everyone! A dear friend of mine, who is also an independant film maker, is shooting a film soon and is in need of a location. Below is his reqest... Thanks Family!!! xoxxoxo ~ lilyan Hello, friends! Does anyone have or know someone who has acreage in the San Bernardino Mountains/Big Bear area? Wherever it is, it needs to be at the snowline. I’m shooting a film in late February and it would be nice to shoot on private property if at all possible (less red-tape to have to deal with). I would need the place for one weekend. All filming would be “exterior” (no house needed). Any contacts or leads would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Regards, Jeff

Happy Thanksgiving Daddy, your little girl's growing up!

lilyan — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 20:55:32 GMT

Oh Shit...didn't think typing that title would make me cry...maybe it's because little girls aren't supposed to grow up without their dads...I'm not the only one, of course, but I can only speak from my perspective...and for me, I still miss him. So, today I'm crying...it's a good thing. This Thanksgiving marked the anniversary of my Dad passing on from this world....that was 21 years ago and I was 13. You'd think the typical # anniversaries would be hard - 5, 10, 20....but actually it was #14 ~ that was when I'd lived longer without him than with him. Don't get me wrong, he's in my heart, in my blood, in my soul...but I can't hear his voice as clearly anymore. I tend to forget his infectious laugh, and the way he LOVED holidays and filled the house with so much life. Funny, in a beautiful-thank-you-God kind of way, I recently met someone on Tribe who reminds me soooooooooo much of my own father...they even look very much alike. I find myself touring his page every so often...reading blogs, looking at his pics of him and his kids, finding my own father in his page....it's comforting, and a blessing of a cyber-friendship. So, because the anniversary actually fell on Turkey Coma Day this year, I decided to have my own day...whatever I wanted! I'd planned on seeing a few movies and possibly FINALLY cleaning off all that Playa madness haunting me in the garage...of course I did none of the above. A little backstory on me...I do two external things for therapy (both of which my father taught me) ~ go to the batting cages or bake, the later much to the chagrin of my friends, because I don't actually eat it....rather they get all the proceeds which they love...and HATE because my therapy means more gym time for them. Anyway, lots has been going on for me this week...especially in terms of men and money - neither connected, but both have the same M.O. - Feast or Famine! Money's in the famine catagory right now, Men - however, are in Feast mode/supply...but I'm choosing to stay away from the buffet and marry myself instead...I'll hit all this up in another blog. So, I baked. I'd only planned on making 2....I ended up with 10. Therapy indeed. I can tell at the cages how balanced I am because I'm a switch hitter, so if one side's off in life, my swing's off on one side...sometimes both sides - then it's time to hunker down and get to the heart of the problems. When I bake...the finished product tells me how close I am to clearing things up, and usually with who. Some of the pies came out perfectly...some didn't. The ones that didn't, although edible and were fine to others, spoke volumes for what I needed to clear up in my own life. Ahhhhhhh, the mysteries solved with sugar and flour and eggs.... HOWEVER, the growing up part was present...I had the day to myself to work out my 'stuff' thru 10 innocent pies. In the meantime, I put on several Jazz Cds and sang along for hours...I found my voice again, I fell in love with my voice again, and was reminded of what I can do with it and what I should be doing with it...I was inspired, I was giddy, I was in love, I was/am/continue to be BLESSED! And though my father never heard me sing in person, he did today & was present with me all day...reminding me how to measure ingredients correctly, little whispers of baking hints that I'd forgotten, encouraging a little experimenting with spices, and he even let me make some mistakes....so that i'd learn...and I did. So Daddy, your little girl's growing up....slowly...but not without you...and I'm getting closer to getting a handle on the money thing...and eventually the man thing...man, I could use a few rounds at the cages right now, lol!

PRAYER REQUEST!!!

lilyan — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:25:46 GMT

*sigh* Well my precious little biscuits, it's been a hard week in the world of lilyan! My home was robbed on Saturday, and along with many personal treasures belonging to my 2 roommates, my own laptop was stolen. So I've been a bit slow getting back to you all lately. Thankfully, it will be replaced soon. But an even bigger 'thankfully' is that no one was hurt, it was a text-book robbery, and life is moving on with fewer stuff. *sigh #2* This morning my sister was in a car accident. Thankfully she's totally fine, along with the 2 little angels in the backseat that she nannies! So, as things seem to happen in 3's, I'm asking for some heavy duty prayer for my family and friends and all that surround me...for safety, for peace, for health, for (fill in the blank)...especially my mom. Because while she's choosing not to talk to me (going on 3 months now, ugh...she's a stubborn Taurus, lol!) she can still benefit from the love of me & my friends ~ my chosen family ~ while she's having her moment...right?! Thanks for taking a moment for this simple request. All is well, honestly, and I am more than overjoyed that everyone is okay, happiness & laughter continue to fill my home, and this bump in the road is just a mere pebble... Thank you for your love and support ~ xoxoxoxoxox lilyan

let's get it on, biscuits!!!

lilyan — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:21:27 GMT

YES....I am still going dancing tonight... YES....you should meet me there...and all the other fab peeps that are joining up with me... PUT UR DANCING SHOES ON, GET UR ARSE OUT THE DOOR & MEET US ON THE DANCE FLOOR ANYTIME AFTER 10:30PM!!!!!!!! peace ~ xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo lilyan They have the best Afro-Funke music...phenom DJ's and a great vibe...so let's go everyone...get up off your arses and let's dance the night away! peace...lilyan ps: don't ask about the pic...it's all I could find in a flash...lol! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zanzibar - Thursday 19th meet around 10/10:30?? 1301 5th St (at Arizona) Santa Monica, CA 90401 (310) 451-2221 AFRO FUNKE' - WEEKLY AFROBOOGIE RITUAL - THURSDAYS - 9pm doors | $7 DJ JEREMY SOLE'S MUSAICS + GUEST DJS + PLAYERS OF INSTRUMENTS www.musaics.com / www.RockyDawuni.com / (e-mail) afrofunke@yahoo.com 10/19 - DJ Al Jackson & Oakason

Zanzibar ~ This Thursday, the 19th!

lilyan — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:43:21 GMT

They have the best Afro-Funke music...phenom DJ's and a great vibe...so let's go everyone...get up off your arses and let's dance the night away! peace...lilyan ps: don't ask about the pic...it's all I could find in a flash...lol! Zanzibar - Thursday 19th meet around 10/10:30?? 1301 5th St (at Arizona) Santa Monica, CA 90401 (310) 451-2221 AFRO FUNKE' - WEEKLY AFROBOOGIE RITUAL - THURSDAYS - 9pm doors | $7 DJ JEREMY SOLE'S MUSAICS + GUEST DJS + PLAYERS OF INSTRUMENTS www.musaics.com / www.RockyDawuni.com / (e-mail) afrofunke@yahoo.com 10/19 - DJ Al Jackson & Oakason

From Doubt to renewed Faith...

lilyan — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:39:16 GMT

This is a public Thank You to my private non-date Date I had recently! And before I get a bunch of "reply" comments that question ad nauseum "why are you just friends?...it sounds like there's something more there?...what a catch?...are you sure?" YES...WE ARE JUST FRIENDS...THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS WHOLE BLOG...SO PLEASE, DO NOT JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS...DON'T READ BETWEEN THE LINES...AND FOR GOD'S SAKE, DON'T ASSUME ANYTHING...quite simply, I'm blogging a thank you, to a dear friend and a much needed, great night of faith...restored... So, it started that my return flight from San Francisco was LATE...my friend was picking me up at 5:30pm so we could get a bite to eat before seeing the play "Doubt"...but I was running late, and had been up for literally 33 hours straight, working and traveling and beyond exhaustion...but I wanted to go out, needed to go out, and a night at the theater with a good friend is hard to turn down, no matter how tired I am. So, I pulled it together, conjured up another "second wind", which by now was my 14th or 15th, ran into my house - raced around like a mad woman, and threw myself together as best as possible. The play, Doubt, was amazing...short (thank God!), and full of thought provoking ideas, which lead to conversations that continued on well after we left the theater. My Thank You goes to this man of men, new friend (for a year now) who I feel will be an old friend (a rare blessing to behold, especially these days) who was the best non-Date/Date I've had in a long time. Being single in L.A. is fun, challenging, crazy, unpredictable, and quite the journey...for both men and women. I don't claim to have a great handle on it...I do my best...but after awhile it can get to you. The assumed expectations, the bullshit, the game, the (fill in the blank) that makes us all roll our eyes when someone asks if we're "dating anyone special" right now. OHHHHHHHHHHHHH if only it were that easy, right? Sometimes we just want to go out, without that crazy ass dating pressure ~ enjoy the company of someone of the opposite sex, and for once in a great while, feel what it's like to be appreciated, respected, valued and equal to...and my God, if they treat you like you're a woman, and not just a buddy...what a brilliant experience to treasure! Chivalry is NOT DEAD! I have to concede that many of my close girlfriend's boyfriends/fiances/significant others are great at being loving to me, without making me feel uncomfortable, understanding that a single girl needs to once in a while, feel that appreciation from a level of respect and friendship, while being appreciated for being a woman. And I can't thank them enough....you all know who you are... But this thank you is for the single guy, who knowing that I was racing home from LAX, not wanting to cancel last minute, and wanting to hang out with him & some great theater, stopped by the store on his way to my house - and while I scrambled around to get ready in record time, poured Champagne, prepared a plate of cheeses and toasted bread so that we'd have a little nosh before we left...and was cool about it the whole time. We got to the show on time & had a cocktail, and then had dinner afterwards. The conversation was easy ~ (we talk about our ex's, our currents, work, play, pretty much anything) the mood was light, the pressure was non-existant...and I'm grateful to have him as a true guy friend... So THANK YOU for removing all doubt that there are still single guys out there with integrity, who not only show up in terms of being a friend, but remind us that when we do find that one man that's more than a friend...they're worth fighting for... It's just a big ol' journey, this thing called life...how blessed I am to have so many fabulous companions on the road!

Jonesing for some T.L.S. time...

lilyan — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:08:34 GMT

...as in, Tender Loving Snog time! I just finished a delightful old film called How To Steal A Million, starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole. They had some very precious, very innocent, and very tender scenes in a broom closet ~ and it's where they shared their first kiss and subsequent snog time! Ohhhhhhhhh, how I do miss some good ol' makeout sessions...not that Peter O'Toole lights up my life, but the sweet daydream of some shared tender, gentle moments of affection...sometimes it's all we want...or need...and it's just enough to keep us going, keep us sane, keep us grounded...and keep us inspired to not give up on love! That's all...sweet dreams, biscuits! xoxoxoxoxoxoxox

I LOVE TOAST...and other Fantastic Reminders for living! Enjoy...xoxoxo

lilyan — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:21:26 GMT

13 Fantastic Reminders of how to live each moment, so that each moment lives!!!! ...much love my little biscuits ~ xoxoxox ~ lilyan 1. I like you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.. 2. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry. 3. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. 4. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart. 5. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them. 6. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. 7. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. 8. Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you. 9. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful. 10 . Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened. 11. There's always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around. 12. Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you. 13. Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to. REMEMBER: WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

OOOOOPS! Bday party SNAFU!

lilyan — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:12:34 GMT

It's still my bday, but The Vanguard is scratched...no show...so now you all just have to buy me a gift, rather than get me drunk on Martinis and take advantage of my innocence...unless we find a new venue for tonight...lol! Oh well...peace, love and 34 year old rockets!

DECOM...Bring it On!!!!

lilyan — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:02:41 GMT

Not that you don't already know...but here's the decom schedule I've found so far: SF's Decom ~ Sunday, Oct. 8th LA's Decom ~ the following Saturday...Oct. 14th ...and that's all I know...so start planning accordingly!! Now if LA could just get a kick-ass poster, too!!! xoxoxo ~ hope to see you all at BOTH! ~ lilyan

Para mi Amore!

lilyan — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 18:15:16 GMT

Everyone's posting this...but it's WORTH the repeat! ************************ Be My Sherpa ~ by Andrew Varnon Be my buffalo head nickel, my foreboding mountain, the leg I don’t have to stand on. What if there were big things at stake? Be my ruckus. Be my shoot-out. Be my corduroy, my perfect non-sequitor. Be my cedilla. Be my circuit breaker, my prosecuting attorney, my lengthening shadows at dusk, my nest of pine needles, my second-story window, my autodialler. Be my hilarious fugue, baroque rococo. Be my Boolean logic, my array of pointers, my system architecture, my database management software. Be my cascading waterfall, my oscilloscope. My engaging imagination, my radical metonymy. Be my stone fence. Be my axiom. Be my if-you-stare-long-enough-you’ll-see. Be my subatomic particle. Be my ten lords a’ leapin’. Be my backbeat, my key of C minor, my surly apostle, my green sea birdgirl. Be my long strides, my inscrutable syntax, my mystic chancellery. Be these things. Be them. Be my maximum payload, my elemental munitions, my full complement of arms. I’m asking for guidance here. Once I was water coiled under sand. Now I make my plea. This is errata. This is what I forgot to say before. Listen. Aren’t I your blossom, your acceptable loss? The comet is ellipse. The mitosis is continental divide. It communicates within its own enzymic parameters. I’m asking you. All this will be ours. Every desperate clutch, every extenuating syllable. Emerge, come forth. Be my long gaunt carnivore, my nullifying vision. Be my simmering, seething, flickering, radiating, shimmering, and undulating. Be my hereby known as, my previously referred to, my otherwise, my elsewhere. Be my scandalous reparté. Be my semiotic wilderness, my midnight blue metallic, my queen’s gambit. Be my unheralded latecomer. Be that one move: the one where you cross over, go behind your back, put it through your legs, spin around, in midair, no look, no hands, with a wink, outstretched, half twist, and somehow escape with your eggshell intact. Be my come on. Be my let’s go. Be my it’s a great day to be in Montezuma. But I’m new now. I can never go back.

Extra Helping of Sex, Please!

lilyan — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 03:14:26 GMT

I'm passing this on to ALL OF YOU...God forbid I be cursed! LOL...this must account for all the "gosh lilyan, your skin looks amazing these days...what've you been doing?"...of course, I didn't know you actually get dinner (#3) with one of these outings...WHERE ARE THESE MEN??? LOL...Enjoy, Little Biscuits...Fulfilling & Pore Cleansing Sex for all of you... xoxoxox lilyan ------------------------------------------------- 1. Sex is a beauty treatment. Scientific tests find that when women make love they produce amounts of the hormone estrogen, which makes hair shine and skin smooth. ============= 2. Gentle, relaxed lovemaking reduces your chances of suffering dermatitis, skin rashes and blemishes. The sweat produced cleanses the pores and makes your skin glow. ============= 3. Lovemaking can burn up those calories you piled on during that romantic dinner. ============= 4. Sex is one of the safest sports you can take up. It stretches and tones up just about every muscle in the body. It's more enjoyable than swimming 20 laps, and you don't need special sneakers! ============= 5. Sex is an instant cure for mild depression. It releases endorphins into the bloodstream, producing a sense of euphoria and leaving you with a feeling of well-being. ============= 6. The more sex you have, the more you will be offered. The sexually active body gives off greater quantities of chemicals called pheromones .. These subtle sex perfumes drive the opposite sex crazy! ============= 7. Sex is the safest tranquilizer in the world. IT IS 10 TIMES MORE EFFECTIVE THAN VALIUM. ============= 8. Kissing each day will keep the dentist away. Kissing encourages saliva to wash food from the teeth and lowers the level of the acid that causes decay, preventing plaque build-up.. ============= 9. Sex actually relieves headaches. A lovemaking session can release the tension that restricts blood vessels in the brain. ============= 10. A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose. Sex is a natural antihistamine. It can help combat asthma and hay fever. ============= This message has been sent to you for good luck in sex. The original is in a room in the basement of the Dwight House Pub. It has been sent around the world nine times. Now the sex fairy has been sent to you! The "Hot Sex Fairy" will visit you within four days of receiving this message, provided you, in turn, send it on. If you don't, then you will never receive good sex again for the rest of your life. You will eventually become celibate, and your genitals will rot and fall off. This is no joke! Send copies to people you think need sex (who doesn't?). Don't send money, as the fate of your genitals has no price.

For My Love...

lilyan — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 02:16:18 GMT

~~~~~ Now! ~~~~~ Out of your whole life give but a moment! All of your life that has gone before, All to come after it, --- so you ignore, So you make perfect the present; condense, In a rapture of rage, for perfection's endowment, Thought and feeling and soul and sense, Merged in a moment which gives me at last You around me for once, you beneath me, above me --- Me, sure that, despite of time future, time past, This tick of life-time's one moment you love me! How long such suspension may linger? Ah, Sweet, The moment eternal --- just that and no more --- When ecstatsy's utmost we clutch at the core, While cheeks burn, arms open, eyes shut, and lips meet! ______________________________ Robert Browning 1812-89

That's my "I just spun FIRE for the FIRST time" pose, circa 1977!!!

lilyan — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:35:03 GMT

Ooooooo, tonight I spun fire poi for the FIRST time!!! So did Genesis...and it was awesome!!!! Thanks to my buddy Jake (who just picked up poi 2 months ago and already spins with so much skill and grace and flawless transitions that it makes you either love or hate him...stick with love, he's too chill and cool to hate!) and his fab friend Ricco (another amazing poi master who's helping us work out moves we're stuck on, plus fire safety and whatnot) who has opened his home/backyard to our Monday night sessions. What a fabulous night...and what awesome people to have shared this with...there's video of both of our "first times", but we'll have to wait on any stills. Just wanted to send out a huge thanks to Jake and Ricco, and also to JODY, who has helped us both on a few fabulous select Saturdays...she really helped us to get a grasp on some poi fundamentals, some wicked new moves, and an overall understanding of learning the moves the right way in order to develop proper techniques, rather than bad habits. YOU ALL ROCK...thanks community, for all the guidance and encouragement! And Genesis...GIRL, we LIT UP tonight...so happy to have shared that with you!!!! We rocked for our first time...another cherry broken this summer...BM here we come!!!! xoxoxoxo & blessings...

Calling all Superheros!!!!!

lilyan — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:28:50 GMT

Okay Kids...My lovely friend and fellow Wonder Woman, Eeva, posted a blog about finding out your inner Superhero. Well of course, I took the quiz...and oddly (or not so oddly) enough my results came back as not 1 but 3 superheros ~ 100% Superman, 100% Supergirl AND 100% Wonder Woman...let the jokes begin! I've always claimed to battle a duality (or multiplicity) in trying to sastify or even tap into all the different sides of me...not to the point that I need to be monitored or medicated, but definitley multifaceted. This probably explains why I'm single...Hmmmm, does this make me a Superhero Hermaphrodite? LOL!!! Soooooooooooooo, my little biscuits...what Superhero are YOU?? Take the quiz: www.seabreezecomputers.com/superhero/

the lover in all of us...

lilyan — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:27:50 GMT

The Lover If to be a lover is to be a poet, I am a poet. If to be a poet is to be a magician, I am a magician. If to be a magician is to be thought evil, I can be thought evil; If to be thought evil, is to be disliked by worldlings, I am content to be such. Disliked by worldlings is to be a lover of the true reality, more often than not. I affirm that I am a lover! ~ from the Sufi Poet, Anwari

Kumar made me do it...

lilyan — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:02:38 GMT

4 Jobs I've Had in My Life... - Camp Counselor - Film Screener - Light Operator for Theater Company - Retail Display for Day Spa 4 Movies I Could Watch Over and Over... - Godfather II - Groundhog's Day and/or What About Bob? - Emma and/or Howard's End (pretty much anything in this genre, ad nauseam) - A Christmas Story 4 Places I've lived... - Ft. Worth & Dallas & El Paso, Texas - Phoenix, Arizona - Kingston upon Hull, England, UK - Torrance & Culver City & Mar Vista, California 4 TV Shows I Love to Watch... - Will & Grace, seasons 1-4 (WHEN IT WAS FUNNY!!!!) - Lost - thirtysomething (ohhh, how I miss it so!) - any design or "build it yourself" show...except Home Makeover ~ I can't handle crying that hard for an hour+ 4 Places I've Been on Vacation... - Italy/Spain/France/The Netherlands/Scottland/Germany (when i lived overseas) - Australia - Maui & Kuai - New York City!!! 4 Websites I Visit Daily... - tribe.net - burkewilliamsspa.com (for work...tee hee hee) - google.com - i don't surf that much, unless I need an answer... 4 of My Favorite Foods... - Trader Joe's green olive tapenade - toast - leftovers - sangria 4 Places I'd Rather be Right Now... - home, dancing in my backyard, practicing hoop & poi - the beach, pretending to read~ but really napping in the sun - Manhattan/or a foreign place I've never been to, exploring the city, the people, the ??? - in someone's arms... _____________________ I'm tagging: KT ~ aka: Napalm Happe Jake BelLs the Klown Ruby Rob