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Book meme

PoosieKat — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:21:06 GMT

1. Grab the nearest book 2. Open the book to page 28 3. Find the 3rd sentence 4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your blog (and as a comment on mine) along with these instructions. Do not look for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST book. And if you're starting from scratch, you'll either learn the tricks of expediting and economizing (which we'll cover later), or be content with relatively slow initial growth. I am saying, though, that in the majority of cases, the fastest, most efficient way of getting into business is to buy a going concern. In California, you can complete a purchase by an escrowed bulk sale in as little as ten days. "The Small Business Survival Guide: A Handbook" Bob Coleman 5. Tag 5 other people to do the same. I'm tagging Shelly Pinemom, Brian, Lynn, Jelly Beanie, and Sayra

The question meme

PoosieKat — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:31:51 GMT

1.)Q. Can you cook? 1.)A. Yes. I just prefer not to. 2.)Q. What was your dream growing up? 2.)A. Which one? I did a LOT of dreaming. Still do. 3.)Q. What talent do you wish you had? 3.)A. Perfect pitch maybe? Perhaps being able to sing all pretty like...... 4.)Q. If I bought you a drink what would it be? 4.)A. Bell's Two Hearted (beer) 5.)Q. Favorite vegetable? 5.)A Bell peppers. 6.)Q. What was the last book you read? 6.)A. Man and his Symbols - Jung 7.)Q. What zodiac sign are you ? 7.)A. Aquarius and Dragon. 8.)Q. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? 8.)A Piercings. No tats. 9.)Q. Worst Habit? 9.)A. *shrug* I'm not sure. 10.)Q. If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride? 10.)A. YES!!! 11.)Q. What is your favorite sport? 11.)A Badmitten 12.)Q. Negative or Optimistic attitude? 12.)A. Pretty optimistic, but not overly idealistic. 13. )Q. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me? 13.)A Talk, laugh, share. Generally have a good time of it. 14.)Q. Worst thing to ever happen to you? 14.)A. Not sure how to answer this....... 15.)Q. Tell me one weird fact about you 15.)A I like to eat my candies in evens only. Odds make me feel odd....weird....uneven...unbalanced? 16.)Q. Do you have any pets? 16.)A. Two kitties live with me. 17.)Q. What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly? 17.)A. Okay! That would be pretty cool. We could hang out, talk, laugh, and generally have a good time. 18.)Q. What was your first impression of me? 18.)A. (this was from Zannarose, so this answer is primarily for her) My first impression was that you imbodied a lot of what being a goddess requires. 19.)Q. Do you think clowns are cute or scary? 19.)A. Depends on the clown and the setting, but mainly just kinda creepy. 20.)Q. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be??? 20.)A Um....the very few things that I would change I can....and am. So...nothing? 21.)Q. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience? 21.)A A little of both. 22.)Q. What color eyes do you have? 22.)A. Hazel of the brown and green variety. 23.)Q. Ever been arrested? 23.)A. Nope. 24.)Q. Bottle or Draft? 24.)A. Bottle. 25.)Q. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it? 25.)A. Pay off bills, invest some, put some in the savings, then maybe buy myself some expensive chocolates and more art supplies. 26.)Q. Would you date me? 26.)A. (Again....for Zannarose) If we hit it off...sure......why not? 27.)Q. What 's your favorite place to hang at? 27.)A. Around the fire. 28.)Q. Do you believe in ghosts? 28.)A. For the most part. 29.)Q. Favorite thing to do in your spare time? 29.)A. Henna, read, draw, talk, play on the computer. 30.)Q. Do you swear a lot? 30.)A. More than a sailor some days....others not at all. 31.)Q. Biggest pet peeve? 31.)A. Eraser nibs and loud breathers. 32.)Q. In one word, how would you describe yourself? 32.)A. Me 33.)Q. Do you believe/appreciate romance? 33.)A. I can appreciate it....... 34.)Q. If you could spend 12 hours with me and ask/do anything you like, what would it be? 34.)A. I'm not sure..... 35)Q. Do you believe in God? 35)A. I guess....in my own way......not in any religious sense though. 36.)Q. Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same? 36.)A. Done and done.

Smiles, giggles, and LOVE!

PoosieKat — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:55:02 GMT

Well, I would like to start off by giving a shout out of thanks, in no particular order: Thanks to the weather for staying SO beautiful, even if it WAS too warm for my fuzzy costumes. Thanks to Angie, Chris, and the whole octOHburn event organizers, planners, and staff. Thanks to Graham for being another mass smile and giggler. Thanks to Pokes, Will, David, Eric, and all the fire crew for SUCH a great fire (extra thanks to Pokes and Will for the effigy). Thanks to the effigy crew and everyone who put some time into helping to make it BEA-U-TI-FULL! Thanks to the Pink Flamingo Wine Bar! YAY! for more Indiana burners who rock my socks off! Their home brew is superb! Thanks to Rebecca and Sierra for hooping with me, feeding me (yeah, I self-responsibility and all that.....I couldn't let her have an abundance of food left over...I was just doing my part *big grin*), for the great pictures, and all the connecting. Thanks to Tim Black for the hypnotron.....everyone seemed to be impressed....lovely. Thanks to the Hannon's. They simply RAWK! Thanks to Kristal Light and Sweet T for yet another GREAT Pornyata Camp. You lovely ladies need some time off....and more lovin's than I can express. You two are ALWAYS a delight! Thanks to Captain, My Captain for the connection, for the snuggles, and for the love. Thanks to the Clean up crew for the great job of starting so early on the clean up and disposal of the Jack-o-lanterns. Thanks to the fire performers for a beautiful light up. Thanks to Yasha for the warm heart, ever present smile, and open, generous nature. You are such a beautiful, effervescent soul. Thanks to everyone who came out, helped make this a beautiful, magical, event. Okay, so there it is. My thanks. I got EVERYTHING that I wanted out of this weekend. I got to work (my body will make sure I remember HOW much work/moving I did). I got to connect with people (connecting in a variety of ways....I have a BFF that I wouldn't have had otherwise...I got to geek out over hoops, I met some new Indiana burners, I got plenty of mad make-outs, hugs hugs hugs and MORE hugs....I'm a hug-slut, I got snuggle/cuddle time w/o the overt sexual tension, which I VERY much needed, I got to share my art with people through henna, I got to share love galore, and I laughed, smiled, giggled almost non-stop the whole weekend.) I was busy just about the whole time. Maybe about 4 hours worth of rest...tops.....maybe...and that's rest...not sleep....heeheehee. So much energy. It's not the type of energy that you get from a summer event, it was more intimate, more down tempo, more connecting......less party, less non-stop loud, bump, and yahoo. This event was EVERYTHING that I needed, wanted, and could have hoped for. THANK YOU! This was just what I needed on this journey of mine. I love life, and this was just another little boost to hold in my heart and mind in the winter to help stave off those winter blues. There's so much I want to share, yet, words do nothing to convey exactly what it is....smiles, giggles, and heart-felt love is the closest that I can get.

Erich Fried

PoosieKat — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:24:06 GMT

So, the wonderful, beautiful, witty, and intelligent Spark (http://people.tribe.net/riotgrrl) posted three different blogs of Erich Fried's poetry. I loved it so much that I asked if I could steal it and repost it. YES! I'm definitely loving his stuff. I don't remember having heard of him before Spark's posts, but am VERY happy to have been edu-ma-cated/schooled/learned. ;) The following poems rock my socks off: Theft of Freedom Those who take the liberty to say what does not belong here Are also taking the liberty to say what belongs here and what does not And take from me the freedom to say the things that belong here. ***************************** Violence Violence does not start with one person strangling another, It begins when one person says: "I love you: You belong to me!" Violence does not start with the euthanasia of the sick, It begins when one person says: "You are sick: You must do as I say!" Violence starts when parents oppress obediant children, and when popes, teachers and parents all demand self-restraint. Violence reigns when the government dictates: "In order to fight violence, there is to be no violence except OURS. Violence reigns everywhere a person or object is too high or too holy to be criticized. Or where criticism is reduced to empty words And the high and mighty may employ more than just words. Violence reigns where people say: "you may use violence" but also where people say: "you may not use violence." Violence reigns when political opponents are locked up under allegations of inciting violence. The Law of Violence states: "What we do is right, What others do is violence." Perhaps violence can never be overcome with violence But it probably won't be overcome without it either. ************************************** Where Do We Learn: Where do we learn? And where do we learn learning? And where do we forget to live not only what we learn? Where do we learn to be smart enough to avoid the questions that put our love in jeopardy? And where do we learn to be honest enough despite our love and for the sake of our love not to avoid these questions?

Bottle cap wisdom

PoosieKat — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:09:46 GMT

Milk a cow ti it says "WOW" BIG is little...little is BIG What is your Secrect? Behold! the Power of Yeast Never Flee from Glee Waste Time, Collect 'em all Engage Your head or it'll get Dead Participation makes a great Nation Stuff a Liar with Balls of Briar Life in a Hurry makes everything Blurry Tweak the nose of those who Doze Mother Lager lives Heed the Spirit, if you can Hear it Don't Salve Away Until Your Grave Put glitter in it's place It is better to Make than to Take What is Today's secret Word Have a 9 on 9/9 Steal this cap! All would Rather you didn't Blather Try no to be Your own Enemy (Magic Hat Brewery: http://www.magichat.net/) (No, I'm not the only one drinking these beers down, though, honestly, I could, they're SO damned tasty. With fun messages on the bottle cap, it gives you something to ponder while drinkin' down that tasty mix of hops, yeast, sugar, water, and other assorted what-nots. Yummy!)

The secret word

PoosieKat — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:11:45 GMT

Today's secret word can be found here: http://secretword.tj9991.com/ The other day a bottle cap asked me what the secret word was, and honestly, I didn't know. Now we can all be in the know.

51 Ways to Expand Your Comfort Zone

PoosieKat — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:11:27 GMT

http://www.evolvingtimes.com/2007/09/51-ways-to-expand-your-comfort-zone.htm 51 Ways to Expand Your Comfort Zone September 26, 2007 Most of us love the familiar. Whether we realize it or not, we put a lot of work into ensuring that certain things in our lives remain constant.This personal “comfort zone” is the invisible, but very real area that defines the boundaries of what we know and understand. By staying within this comfort zone we reassure ourselves that we are safe. And as long as we are safely held within the walls of what we know we feel secure and confident. As we move closer to the edges of that zone we begin to feel a bit shaky and unsure of ourselves. But those edges are where we grow. And by stretching those boundaries we increase our ability to receive. T. Harv Ecker, the author of The Secrets of The Millionaire Mind has said that our comfort zone equals our money zone. In order to have more money in our lives we must expand our comfort zone. I would add that our comfort zone equals our joy zone, our love zone, our fulfillment zone, our spiritual connection zone, you name it. So if you want more of anything in your life, the place to start is with your comfort zone. By expanding your comfort zone you will get more of what you want. It’s that simple. Now it sounds easy enough, but most of us have built up some pretty sturdy walls around our comfort zone. Pushing them out or breaking them down requires conscious, concerted effort. And I have found that it’s easier to expand the comfort zone in small, steady, steps than in great big leaps. But in order to do that, you need to intentionally take expansive action on a daily basis. So to get you started, I’ve created a list of 50 actions that might expand your comfort zone. Keep in mind that the parameters of everyone’s comfort zone are different. So if you already love to Scuba dive, number 30 on this list isn’t going to expand your comfort zone very much! But there are most likely other items on this list that will work for you. Also realize that many of these can, and may need to be, turned around to work for you. For example, number 6 is “Be the first to say, “I love you.” But if you’re the one that always says I love you first, you’ll need to turn it around to “Let the other person say ‘I love you’ first.” For some of you that’s going to be quite uncomfortable, especially when the other person doesn’t say “I love you!” This is not meant to be an all-inclusive list. It can’t be. Instead, it’s a catalyst and a reminder for you to take small steps each and every day that expand your comfort zone. Here’s the list: 1. Try some new food. 2. Go on a silent retreat. 3. Ask for a raise. 4. Smile at strangers. 5. Say hello to people in the grocery store. 6. Be the first to say “I love you.” 7. Perform at an open mike night. 8. Eat at a local restaurant by yourself. 9. Take a day off from work to volunteer at your child’s school. 10. Go back to school. 11. Start a new business. 12. Moonlight as a waitperson. 13. Unplug the TV for a week. 14. Write in a journal every day. 15. Learn to surf. 16. Go to a different church/temple/mosque each week. 17. Get your news from different sources. 18. Live in another country. 19. Do a house-swap for a month. 20. Use public transportation. 21. Wear an outrageous outfit. 22. Meditate for 15-minutes a day. 23. Put your cell phone in a drawer for a full week. 24. Make a fool of yourself – on purpose. 25. Call someone you admire in your community and ask them out for lunch. 26. Ask someone you admire to be your mentor. 27. Switch sides (of the bed) with your partner. 28. Confront a phobia. 29. Jump out of a plane (with a parachute please!). 30. Learn to scuba dive. 31. Say I love you to your parents/children/siblings/friends. 32. Admit you were wrong. 33. Go to a movie by yourself. 34. Take responsibility for something you didn’t do. 35. Give away all one-month’s income. 36. Give a public talk on a topic you’re passionate about. 37. Join a networking group. 38. Disconnect the Internet for a week. 39. Ask for help. 40. Get a part time job as a checker at your local grocery store. 41. Enter an art show. 42. Forgive someone. 43. Join Toastmasters. 44. Start a blog. 45. Ask for a partial or complete telecommute arrangement at work. 46. Take lessons in something you’ve always wanted to try (art, music, woodworking, dancing, etc.). 47. Learn a foreign language. 48. Read a book in a genre you don’t usually read. 49. Delegate more of your work. 50. Get up an hour earlier than usual. 51. Try a therapy or modality that seems a bit “out there.” Which of these have the most potential for expanding your comfort zone? Which ones made you gulp or start to sweat a bit? Which actions did I leave off this list that, for you, are particularly effective at expanding your comfort zone?

Fall....again....

PoosieKat — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:33:24 GMT

As I sit here typing this, looking out the massive wall of windows that looks out to the surrounding woods, my attention is distracted by slowly floating leaves of gold, amber, chartreuse. Solo flight. A pair dancing. Slowly, sparsely floating down, spinning, pirouetting in the sunlight. An ever hungry hummingbird lapping at the recently put out feeder. The sunlight filtering through the tree tops, the leaves, changing at a snails pace, way up at the top, rustling in the wind, casts it's shadows in an interesting play of movement and color. It gives the look of newness, or the ready need for change. I'm in love with this time of year, the colors of the leaves, the dancing in the air, the sunsets, and the crispness in the air. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..........

Waiting for contact

PoosieKat — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:31:24 GMT

My friend Audi is over in Iraq. Nothing new. He's been there about a year now. I've been writing to him all that time. Sometimes my letters didn't make it to him the first time around, but I would resend them again, unopened, having forgotten what they said, just that they weren't mine anymore, but his. It's been nice using pen and paper to write to someone you know, love, and miss. It also afforded me the opportunity to draw a little more, and try out a few other creative ideas swirling in my head. But that's the selfish side of it....mainly I just wanted to make sure he knew he was missed and thought of. Over a month ago he was home on leave for about a week or two. We got to spend some time together...it was nice, especially knowing that he was going back, but it was only supposed to be until sometime in Sept. Well, in just a couple of weeks September will be upon us, and (hopefully) he'll be home. I've already written him a couple of letters, but no response yet. The more time passes, the more worried I become. More than likely he's fine and will be back, all in one piece, in about two to three weeks (I'll be gone), and I'll have twisted myself into knots with worry for nothing other than a wild imagining. However, I'm still waiting for contact, for reassurance.....for him to be back home.

Words of wisdom

PoosieKat — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:05:23 GMT

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." The above speech by Nelson Mandela was orignally written by Marianne Williamson who is the author of other similar material."

Small jump

PoosieKat — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:49:24 GMT

This past weekend in Ohio the wonderful Tim Black opened up his land for the Puck Fair. Such a good time. Small, intimate, and, without a doubt, life-course changing....for me at least. The land was beautiful, the people were fun, insightful, playful, and with it....and....the weather played along nicely as well. However, it wasn't so much the party that was the life-course changer....it was the offer to move there and be creative. Normally this is the type of thing that I would encourage others to do if it was offered to them. Explain what a great opportunity....to live in a beautiful house, surrounded by beautiful land, and to work on whatever their pretty little hearts desired with such an eclectic, generous, insightful, creative, ingenious person as Tim...not to mention his family and friends. However, it wasn't something that I would have pounced on. Not because I wouldn't have wanted to, I would, but because it would mean taking someone up on their generous offer, of putting off my other responsibilities (read: debt payments), and more than anything....because....really.....it's hard for me to accept something that I don't believe that I deserve. There are people who are far more talented than I, that are FAR more deserving, but here I am, being offered the opportunity that I had been asking the universe for.....and I was seriously thinking about turning it down. *slaps forehead and rolls eyes* So, come the beginning-mid-September I'll be moving into Tim's house, picking up my paint brushes, pens, papers, and more and working....happily....on creating, for a bare-minimum of one month....we'll see what happens from there. I'm sure that I'll be doing other stuff as well....he needs some help organizing things....and I LOVE to organize so I wouldn't pass that up. I'm ready to see what the universe has in store for me....and I can show the universe what I have in store for it.

InterFuse 2007

PoosieKat — Mon, 14 May 2007 20:07:32 GMT

I know, I know. It's been over a week now since I've been back. It's been hard for me to sort my feelings, thoughts, and experiences of this years event. Even now, just sitting down to write this up has me swelling with emotions, memories, and thoughts. It's kind of a jangled mess in my head, though it always is. InterFuse 2007 was the BEST InterFuse EVER! Of course I've been sayin' that every year....2004 til now, and it's the truth. Every year IS the best. It just keeps getting better and better. The core community is there and every year it's added to, grows, adjusts. The art is there....and again, every year it grows. Gifting abounded this year in ways that were visible and feel-able in years past, but in such a great surge that it would be hard for me to think that someone could/would leave there without having felt it (by giving OR recieving). Last year I said that IF had finally come into it's own, that it was it's own beast, and this year we REALLY saw that in action. Even with the weather seemingly against the event pre-entrance and the first day, we still saw more people returning, and showing up for their first burn ever. Again we did that magic that we always do, makin' the clouds part, the mud dry up, and the sun shine shine shine. Though I for one could have done with a few little puffy clouds or more breezes here and there. Over all mother nature seemed to delight in playing with us as we played with/in her. Few things are as cool as seeing the magic we create in real time. Manifest! Oh the people that I met! I don't think that I've met as many cool, wonderful, loving, fun fun fun people (all in one place) as I met this year at IF. Not only were these people up to great things at the event, but they're takin' it back out with them into the real/default/mundane/normal world with them. Sharing of themselves, their time, and their skills. It's something to see. People were out sharing their skills with others....everything from contact juggling, poi, hoop, silks to metal cutting with an acetylene torch, dream interpretation, and more. I spent so much time with a smile on my face (sur-prize, sur-prize....lord knows *I* never smile.....taste the sarcasm) and laughter bubblin' up that I'm surprised I didn't burst something. I think between the lack of sleep, the beer, and the general atomosphere of the event and the participants there was little to no way that I could get away with NOT being so very very happy. Thank you to all of you who I laughed and smiled with. I'm smiling right now just thinkin' about it. Over all IF is not only the beginning of my burning year, the one event that I *MUST* attend, but it's always the first day of my awakening from the hibernation of depression and loneliness that is winter for me. IF gets me out of my funk, shows me a new way to view the world....well..not really a new way, but it takes away those really bad blahs that I fight through every winter. It's the light at the end of that really long and tiring tunnel. IF doesn't save my life, but it does save my sanity. Every year, without fail. Thank you not only to the organizers, but to the participants and friends that make it possible. With out this wonderful event to look forward to, to attend, and to ulitimately learn and grow from it would probably be a slower waking, and a lot less fun.

Scorched Nuts!!!

PoosieKat — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:38:44 GMT

So for all you beautiful people who couldn't (or just didn't) make it out to InterFuse (and believe me, you should be kickin' yourself over it, it was AMAZING!!!!!) you have another chance to spend some time participatin' at another great event......SCORCHED NUTS!!!!!!! It's just around the bend and OH so close to Indiana. Get your tickets( http://www.scorchednuts.com ), get your gear ready, and get your butts out there! This is year one, but already the talk all over is about this event. If you have any questions or concerns about Scorched Nuts (or hell...about anything really....if I can't answer it I know someone who can) just drop me a line. Poosie Kat out!

Traits for Finding a Lifelong Mate (Friends, lovers, etc.....)

PoosieKat — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:50:32 GMT

Traits for Finding a Lifelong Mate by Clarissa Pinkola Estes 1. Choose someone as though you were blind. Close your eyes and see what you can FEEL; their kindness, loyalty, insight, devotion, their ability to be concerned with you, their ability to care for themselves as an independent being. 2. Choose a person who has the ability to learn, explore new ways of doing things and perceiving things, who is curious, and who is EVOLVING. 3. Choose someone who is willing to be like you....strong like a tree, but flexible in the wind. Someone who is sensitive and who has the ability to see what is around them......who is AWAKE and alert. 4. Chooses someone who when you hurt them, they are willing to show it; and when they hurt you, they see it and are sorry. Choose someone who can perceive your pain and feel for you about it. 5. Choose someone who has an INNER LIFE that they love, who is on their own journey - and who wants a partner on their own journey. 6. Choose someone who has similar passions as your own. A relationship is for making similar memories together, doing things TOGETHER - this is the GLUE of the relationship during hard times. It can be very simple. 7. Choose someone who has similar VALUES about children, money, marriage, family. This decreases the friction in relationship. These need to be worked out before there is a long-term commitment. When the pragmatics in the relationship are mostly taken care of, it is much more easy to SOAR. 8. Choose someone who is COMPASSIONATE, willing and able to listen, who gives equal time. 9. Choose someone who can LAUGH at themselves, or who can stop an argument in mid-sentence. 10. Be able to overlook certain faults and characteristics. KNOW WHAT YOU CAN LIVE WITH. Anything that takes a person away from their soul life, or not telling the truth, or a person who cannot face you after making a mistake and who tries to cover it over in a dramatic, large way instead....this would be starting a relationship on a swamp ground. 11. Be FRIENDS, not just lovers. Are you willing to do for your partner what you would do for your good friend? 12. ****VERY IMPORTANT*****...When you choose, choose someone who makes your life bigger rather than smaller."

Mardi Gras Burner Ball - 2/24

PoosieKat — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:09:03 GMT

Mardi Gras Burner Ball -a Benefit Party For the Common Ground Collective in New Orleans. Saturday February 24th at the Acorn Theater in Three Oaks MI. This multi room costume/dance party will feature DJ's, the Environmental Encroachment Marching Band, Rhythm Works African drumming ensemble, a Mardi Gras costume contest, and a special screening of the short documentary "Solidarity, not Charity", a film that chronicles Common Ground Collective's heroic ongoing relief and rebuilding efforts in New Orleans. This event is an intentional gathering that will celebrate the Soul of New Orleans and will bring together conscious party people from across the midwest in the spirit of Love, Community, and Radical Self Expression. Performers will include: Rudeboi-Drum and Bass Nate Manic-Caliber/Bad Advice Bear Chicago Sean Conlon-Funk D'jour-Soular Powered Productions Lou Dooben-Afrodelic beats Brett Padgett-Fontanelle Umbrella John Darbyshire-Rare Grooves Rhythm Works African Drumming Ensemble Environmental Encroachment Marching Band Adam Abstrakt-Electro House-Rapid Eye Terrance Dizko-House-Groove Hustlers Tom Slick-House-Groove Hustlers Dj Vincent Valay-House-Groove Hustlers Jonathan Ian-Goa/ Acid Techno-Log2 Dan Dementia-Goa/ Acid Techno-Log2/ Local303 Rich D-Techno/ Trance-Log2/ Local 303 Dj Decend-Breaks-BrokenSoul/ Rapid Eye Sure Shot-Drum and Bass Solace(LivePA)-Drum and Bass-FresherSouthern/ TechSin Costumed freaks who enjoy a good strut Catering by Belle Via Market in Three Oaks. Sound by Log2. $15 admission Doors at 8, music at 9 and goes til way past your mommas bedtime. Interested volunteers or those with questions can contact Sean at: mardigrasburnerball@yahoo.com The Acorn theater is a beautiful venue located in SW Michigan near I-94/US12 in the funky little town of Three Oaks. It is about an hour and ten minutes from Chicago. This is a fully legal/licensed venue and due to Michigan Liquor laws outside alcohol cannot be brought in. There will however be a bar inside serving until 2am. Directions and general info about the Acorn can be found at www.acorntheater.com The address is: Acorn Theater 111 N. Elm ST. Three Oaks, MI 49128 Common Ground's mission is to provide short term relief for victims of hurricane disasters in the Gulf Coast region, and long term support in rebuilding the communities affected in the New Orleans area. Common Ground is a community-initiated volunteer organization offering assistance, mutual aid and support. The work gives hope to communities by working with them, providing for their immediate needs and emphasizes people working together to rebuild their lives in sustainable ways. www.commongroundrelief.org

Autumn

PoosieKat — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:57:21 GMT

This is by far the favorite of my four favorite seasons. It's the beauty of the colors, the chilling of the air, and the scents that waft in and out with nary a trace to follow them by. Oh, and I can't forget to mention fire......fire fire everywhere. Even the trees are in on it with their yellow/orange/red leaves in the dark setting sun. Everything winding down for the winter nap. So, in dedication to the gorgeous change of seasons I thought that I would share facts and poems with you all. *************************************************************************************************************************** Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold, Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Nature XXVII, Autumn by Emily Dickinson The morns are meeker than they were, The nuts are getting brown; The berry's cheek is plumper, The rose is out of town. The maple wears a gayer scarf, The field a scarlet gown. Lest I should be old-fashioned, I'll put a trinket on. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Leaves by Eloise N. Brady How silently they tumble down And come to rest upon the ground To lay a carpet, rich and rare, Beneath the trees without a care, Content to sleep, their work well done, Colors gleaming in the sun. At other times, they wildly fly Until they nearly reach the sky. Twisting, turning through the air Till all the trees stand stark and bare. Exhausted, drop to earth below To wait, like children, for the snow. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Gathering Leaves by Robert Frost Spades take up leaves No better than spoons, And bags full of leaves Are light as balloons. I make a great noise Of rustling all day Like rabbit and deer Running away. But the mountains I raise Elude my embrace, Flowing over my arms And into my face. I may load and unload Again and again Till I fill the whole shed, And what have I then? Next to nothing for weight, And since they grew duller From contact with earth, Next to nothing for color. Next to nothing for use. But a crop is a crop, And who's to say where The harvest shall stop? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 10,000 by Wu Men Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter. If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Autumn Poem by S.K.Lindeman Honied yellow dripping gold, Leaf of autumn in the cold Dancing on in crisp despair Whirling on enchanted air Falling silently to earthen tomb Away from tree's rooted arm Perhaps the silence broken then By hollow cries of autumn grief Synchronized with the falling leaf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Fall Song by Mary Oliver Another year gone, leaving everywhere its rich spiced residues: vines, leaves, the uneaten fruits crumbling damply in the shadows, unmattering back from the particular island of this summer, this NOW, that now is nowhere except underfoot, moldering in that black subterranean castle of unobservable mysteries - - -roots and sealed seeds and the wanderings of water. This I try to remember when time's measure painfully chafes, for instance when autumn flares out at the last, boisterous and like us longing to stay - - - how everything lives, shifting from one bright vision to another, forever in these momentary pastures. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A blade of grass by K.Gibran Said a blade of grass to an autumn leaf, "You make such a noise falling! You scatter all my winter dreams." Said the leaf indignant, "Low-born and low-dwelling! Songless, peevish thing! You live not in the upper air and you cannot tell the sound of singing." Then the autumn leaf lay down upon the earth and slept. And when spring came she waked again -- and she was a blade of grass. And when it was autumn and her winter sleep was upon her, and above her through all the air the leaves were falling, she muttered to herself, "O these autumn leaves! They make such a noise! They scatter all my winter dreams." ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn) Autumn (also known as fall in North American English) is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition from summer into winter. In the temperate zones, autumn is the season during which most crops are harvested, and deciduous trees lose their leaves. It is also the season where days rapidly get shorter and cooler, the nights rapidly get longer, and of gradually increasing precipitation in some parts of the world. Astronomically, some Western countries consider autumn to begin with the autumnal equinox (around September 23) in the Northern hemisphere, and the vernal equinox (March 21) in the southern hemisphere), ending with the winter solstice (around December 21 in the Northern hemisphere) and the summer solstice (June 21) in the Southern hemisphere). Such conventions are by no means universal, however. An exception to these definitions is found in the Irish Calendar which still follows the Celtic cycle, where Autumn is counted as the whole months of August, September and October. In Chinese astronomy, the autumnal equinox marks the middle of autumn, which is deemed to have begun around the time of Liqiu (around August 7). On the other hand, meteorologists count the entire months of March, April and May in the Southern hemisphere, and September, October and November in the Northern hemisphere as autumn. Albeit the days begin to shorten after the summer solstice, it is usually in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March (Southern Hemisphere) when twilight becomes noticeably shorter and the change more abrupt in comparison with the more lingering ones of summer. Autumn is often defined as the start of the school year, since they usually begin in early September or early March). Either definition, as with those of the seasons generally, is somewhat flawed because it assumes that the seasons are all of the same length, and begin and end at the same time throughout the temperate zone of each hemisphere. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/chemweek/fallcolr/fallcolr.html) THE CHEMISTRY OF AUTUMN COLORS Every autumn across the Northern Hemisphere, diminishing daylight hours and falling temperatures induce trees to prepare for winter. In these preparations, they shed billions of tons of leaves. In certain regions, such as our own, the shedding of leaves is preceded by a spectacular color show. Formerly green leaves turn to brilliant shades of yellow, orange, and red. These color changes are the result of transformations in leaf pigments. The green pigment in leaves is chlorophyll. Chlorophyll absorbs red and blue light from the sunlight that falls on leaves. Therefore, the light reflected by the leaves is diminished in red and blue and appears green. The molecules of chlorophyll are large (C55H70MgN4O6). They are not soluble in the aqueous solution that fills plant cells. Instead, they are attached to the membranes of disc-like structures, called chloroplasts, inside the cells. Chloroplasts are the site of photosynthesis, the process in which light energy is converted to chemical energy. In chloroplasts, the light absorbed by chlorophyll supplies the energy used by plants to transform carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and carbohydrates, which have a general formula of Cx(H2O)y.

Wind-memories

PoosieKat — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:22:07 GMT

Today, as I felt the air brush against my skin, I remembered lovers past. No one lover specifically, simply a general remembering. Walks, canoe rides, fishing trips, or lazily sitting on a deck/porch/carhood during the warm summer months. Sneaking in and out of a bedroom window because we didn't want to upset his roommate. Talking about what our dream house (together) would look like. Naps in the sun. Horse play in the pool. Loud, hot sex with all the curtainless windows thrown open to capture as much breeze as was possible. I never did such things when I was a teenager, only once I reached my twenties. It makes me wonder what's in store for my thirties. Though the make-out sessions of my teens were something spectacular. A whole other realm of memories, sensations, and sly smiles.

Dancin' high

PoosieKat — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:06:21 GMT

Last night I went to a friends house to hang out, chat, and generally have a chill good time. This involved a bit of drinking....less on my part, but still I partook. There was music. Good music. Dancin', hoopin', booty shakin' (though not all bassed out) music playin'. David Byrne, Tom Waits, random. We're down in the basement bar, drinkin' beer. I go out and get my hoop and start hoopin'/dancin' to the music. It was such a great feeling. Normally when I hoop it's just me hoopin'...no music....just the rhythm of the hoop, my blood-flow, and the traffic on the road. This....this was something all together different. This was quite a high. This was dancing, sexual, gyrating, sensual, aerobic. I danced with and without the hoop. I danced with and for my friend. A move was attempted, but softly denied....the dancing became better, more visreal, sensual....more of a story we were tell with one another. I found my motion, my groove, my flow last night. I was allowed to tease and it was appreciated for the fun that it is, the build-up that may or may not ever come. The sensual/sexual dance that doesn't end with an orgasm, but builds upon itself each time. Energizing. I look forward to doing this again pretty soon. I need to do this often.

I've been tagged

PoosieKat — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:38:51 GMT

[RULES - Once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with 8 facts/things/habits about yourself, saying who tagged you. In the end you need to choose the 6 people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs.] This is thanks to Maev the Beautiful! 1) I love to eat peanut butter out of the jar with my fingers....because I love peanut butter and I love to suck on my fingers..... 2) I'm allergic to cats, yet I live with two felines 3) I still play dress-up when I'm home alone....with make-up and all. Some things find the light of day...some are just for me. 4) I find it hard to hold a grudge for long....eventually it just seems kind of stupid. 5) I've always lived in Indiana...and most of that time has been in Muncie.....whodda thunk it? 6) I hate cow juice, aka milk. It's nasty, but DAMN I love milk products. 7) I lick random objects. 8) I like to watch people through their windows....normally while they're doing mundane things like eating or watching tv. So....these are the peeps that I'm tagging: Beth, MamaSun, DougalDutch, Christopher, SparkleBottom, Naiade, Scott, & Traci

Entheon Convergence, June 23rd, Chicago,Live Alex Grey Painting

PoosieKat — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:33:24 GMT

Dear Burners, Friends and Like Minded People Entheon Village is proud and excited to present the community with its next large fundraising event, Entheon Convergence on Friday, June 23rd, 2006. Entheon Village and Arise Productions have been working hard to design a collaborative evening showcasing local and national talent in all realms of the senses. Building on the vibe, creativity and experience of Entheon Foundation in May, Convergence develops the concept of a full sensory experience even further. Showcasing the live painting of Alex and Allyson Grey along with multiple other live painters, over 18 musical artists, more performances, an outdoor area and a larger gallery space with more art work for sale and viewing pleasure, Convergence will definitely be an evening you won't want to miss. On Saturday evening, following Convergence, a silent auction will take place featuring the created artworks from previous events along with prints and originals from supporting artists to raise funds for the Entheon Village project. All information located at bottom of this email. Come be a part of the Cultural Re:Evolution Entheon Convergence Cultural Re:Evolution June 23, 2006 Heir Gallery 4115 S. State St. Chicago IL 60609 www.entheonvillage.com Entheon Village Fundraising Event for Burning Man 2006 An evening of visionary art exhibitions, live painting, performances, interactive art & visuals Musical Artists Include: Janaka Selekta (San Fran) Dhamaal ~ www.terraphonic.net j.RicK aka Brasswork Agency (LA) Auxprocess ~ www.brassworkagency.com Carla Starla (Chicago) ~ www.carlastarla.com Asmadeus (Chicago) Native State Records, Chilluminati ~ www.nativestaterecords.com Levi (Chicago) Locale Sundays ~ www.localeevents.com Justin Reed (Chicago) Classic, Abicah Soul, illmeasures ~ www.illmeasures.com DJ Striz (Chicago) Cartridge, illmeasures ~ www.illmeasures.com Derby (Chicago) Chilluminati ~ www.chilluminati.org Damon (Chicago) Chilluminati/Divine Balance Rec. ~ www.divinebalance.com Justin Reed (Chicago) Classic, Abicah Soul, illmeasures ~ www.illmeasures.com DJ Striz (Chicago) Cartridge, illmeasures ~ www.illmeasures.com DJ Tapedek (Chicago) Anti-Matter Media ~ www.myspace.com/tapedek The Abominable Twitch (Chicago) ~ www.slum.org/twitch Live PA / Live Act: SwitchFocus - "The Doctors of Disco Malfunction" (San Fran) ~ www.switchfocus.com Rena Jones (San Fran) Native State Records ~ www.renamusic.com Brad Miner (Chicago) First Cut, illmeasures ~ www.illmeasures.com Kouroush Dini (Chicago) Psymbolic Shop ~ www.psymbolic.com Convolution Integral (Chicago) ~ www.joshbrill.com DJ Duke (MFChicago) with Chihsuan (New Millennium Orchestra) playing the Erhu (Chinese Violin) ~ www.myspace.com/djduke01 Live Painting: Alex Grey ~ www.alexgrey.com Allyson Grey~ www.allysongrey.com Oliver Vernon ~ www.oliververnon.com J. Garcia ~ www.jgarcialive.com Kris Davidson ~ www.krisd.net Ian Welling ~ www.ianwelling.com With more being added 2 floors and multiple rooms of art installations: Alex & Allyson Grey - Chapel of Sacred Mirrors ~ www.sacredmirrors.org IAMU - Interdimensional Art Movement Unified ~ www.iamunified.com Roberto Venosa ~ www.venosa.com Martina Hoffman ~ www.martinahoffmann.com Kevin Loftus ~ Pulsating Visions on Fabric Minds Wide Open ~ www.mindswideopen.cc 1313 Lighting Effect ~ www.1313effect.com Earthen Sculpturing- out of sand, clay & straw "cob" by Miguel Elliott ~ www.chicobco.com Dave's Rock Shop- Minerals and Fossils ~ www.davesdowntoearthrockshop.com MagicLasers ~ www.magiclasers.com Visual Projections by: VJ Mason Dixon ~ www.vjmasondixon.com Shudder ~ www.shudder-inc.com VJ Crazy Ivan ~ www.visualpanic.org MFChicago~ www.mfchicago.com Population Works~ www.populutionworks.com Amputeenie & Silencer Performance Art throughout the evening: SPUNN- Kinetic Fire ~ www.spunn.org Read My Hips- Belly Dancing ~ www.readmyhips.com Pyrotechniq- Urban. Fire. Samurai. ~ www.pyrotechniq.com John Sacelli- AngLynx Divination ~ www.angelynx.com In the Gallery Area, Art work will be for sale by: Alex & Allyson Grey Robert Venosa Martina Hoffman J. Garcia Oliver Vernon Dave Heskins Roman Villagrana Phidelity Michael Gonzo Gonzales Dreamers Jewelry Music & Necklaces from the Psymbolic Shop And many more Flyer Created by Phidelity.com located at: Convergence Flyer Front Convergence Flyer Back 3 separate areas of sound provided by: Arise Productions and Entheon Village Illmeasures ~ www.illmeasures.com Chilluminati ~ www.chilluminati.org Logistical Information: June 23, 2006 Heir Gallery 4115 S. State St. Chicago IL 60609 Event Gallery Hours: 7-9pm Music and Event: 9pm-5am Tickets: 18+ to enter 21+ to drink ID is required! Presale: $25 At the door: $35 VIP- Open bar: $75 At the door in wild and outrageous costuming: $30 At 3am there will be an outrageous costuming contest. Top winners will win a one of a kind art print signed and personalized with photo of artists and yourself. One of a kind artwork will be similar to artwork available in Gallery. Directions: Heir Gallery is located at 4115 S. State St. Chicago IL 60609 Mapquest Carpooling is high suggested Driving: From Lakeshore drive: Take Pershing Rd exit and go west. At State St. go left or south To 4115 S. State From 90/94: Take Pershing Rd Exit and go east At State St. go left or south To 4115 S. State St. Public Transportation: Train: Green Line south to Indiana ** the green line does not run from 12:30am to 6am on Saturday morning. Bus: #29 State Street South to 4115 S. State Visit our myspace profile at: www.myspace.com/culturalreevolution Saturday June 24, 2006 Silent Art Auction and Gallery Showing Hosted by Alex Grey, MAPS and Entheon Village 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Location TBA Continue to check back at www.entheonvillage.com for information. Presenting original and prints created by: Alex & Allyson Grey J. Garcia Oliver Vernon Roman Villagrana David Heskin Kris Davidson Chris Berg Michael Gonzo Gonzales And many others Alex and Allyson Grey, J Garcia, Oliver Vernon, Kris Davidson, Ian Welling and others will be present at the auction. Artwork created at Entheon Foundation and Convergence will be part of the silent auction.

Best said out loud

PoosieKat — Wed, 17 May 2006 14:07:39 GMT

Linger longer, Lucy Linger longer, Loo Linger longer, longer linger Linger long at you. Listen what I say I tell you I am true I longer linger, longer linger Linger long at you.

InterFuse thoughts

PoosieKat — Wed, 10 May 2006 16:07:51 GMT

I've put this off for a few days....just to mull it around in my head a little more....though I'm not sure that I've fully left OA yet. Okay...a few words that I heard bandied about this past weekend: moist (bringing all the elements together in one place...definitely helped make for a truly magical time), beautiful (from the location to the people to the art), awe-some (most definitely), amazing (without a doubt), and many more, though they weren't used in quite the frequency as the above. I've been going to InterFuse since it's beginning (2004) and have loved it every year, but this year felt like it had actually come into it's own...that the imputeous that Zay, Lohr, Aldric, and all the other beautiful people who have put so much into it since moment one has given this event a life of it's own. It's a wonderful movement to witness. To see this thing...this event...this idea bloom into something that moves and flows of it's own accord...that is drawing in more people every year, bringing back folks from the year before, and giving more people a reason...a place....a way to express themselves. It's something to look forward to each year....a yearly sabbatical..........it's become more important to go to InterFuse every year than to the playa....make that short and wonderful trek to the Ozarks every year....to connect and reconnect with all these beautiful, wonderful, creative people from the midwest and farther abroad. Interfuse is a great example of how it can be done....how it can go so very right..... There was a point after the burn on Saturday when Bee Bop was talking about how he had made his teeter-totter (which was amazingly fun to play on and to fall off of) with found, junk, objects.....and it hit me....if the world was to fall apart I was with the people that I would search out first...the ones that know how to not only survive, but to make survival a pleasurable experience. These are people that know how to take care of themselves, that know how to reuse those things that others toss out as junk and turn them into something fun and beautiful and many times quite useful, and who have so much love and beauty to share with everyone. All in all I had a blast.........of course I don't think there was any doubt that I would.

Catharsis

PoosieKat — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:44:24 GMT

Today I deleted e-mails from an ex that I should have deleted a LONG long time ago. Some of them made me mad all over again, some actually threatened to bring tears to my eyes, and some made me feel a little better. Through reviewing our relationship in this fast and sloppy way, coupled with everything that I now know that I didn't know then, I feel better about our being parted. Though sending something to it's internet death isn't nearly as satisfying as setting it on fire, it still has done the job that I needed it to.

Stroker Ace by Lovage

PoosieKat — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:33:42 GMT

monsieur Dan can i come with you as you both look awfully kind sadly he and me are through let me tell you what i've got in mind i'll sing to you my mewing charm looks like you both could use a pet and purr my purr all night long i think a pussy's your best bet stroke that shiny coat stroking is the antidote stroke that, it's a start only for the wild at heart stroke that shiny coat stroking is the antidote stroke that shiny coat stroking's what it's all about my tail alone could tell you tales it's got a life all of its own watch it move just like a sail sail you to the twilight zone i love to lap a spot cream and i assure you that i'm neat but you never know what you can expect when the pussy is in heat stroke that shiny coat stroking is the antidote stroke that, it's a start only for the wild at heart stroke that shiny coat stroking is the antidote stroke that shiny coat stoking's what it's all about i like to watch, if you don't mind every sphinx knows how to pass the time your little love nest suits me well let me show you how to cast a spell stroke that shiny coat stroking is the antidote stroke that it's a start only for the wild at heart stroke that shiny coat stroking is the antidote stroke that shiny coat stroking's what it's all about

Always Marry An April Girl

PoosieKat — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:52:00 GMT

Praise the spells and bless the charms, I found April in my arms. April golden, April cloudy, Gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy; April soft in flowered languor, April cold with sudden anger, Ever changing, ever true -- I love April, I love you. Ogden Nash