Marriage to a Cat

I'm married to my cat. Apparently. When I go out, whether to a party or grocery shopping, he sees it as a betrayal of some kind. As soon as I walk in the door, he's all over me, sniffing, seeing what other cats I might have been visiting or worse, having petting relations with. God forbid I should run across a dog. If he smells my betrayal, there are no ends he won't go to punish me. From the resentful looks to the snubs if I try and stroke him, to puking on my pillow, he will be sure I suffer for having the gall to touch another animal. To him, I've been unfaithful.

My marriage to my cat has lasted longer than any marriage to a man, 10.5 years and counting so far. He doesn't sleep with me, but he's there first thing in the morning to wake me up with a ball of fur in the face, the closer to his butt, the better, yes he'd sit right on my face if he didn't think that would rule out getting fed right away. All bets are off though if I've visited other cats recently. 

I fantasize about other cats, wishing for a bit of variety, one more affectionate perhaps, one more silly and playful, a black furred beauty or perhaps a Maine Coon, my favorite kind. One look at Romeo (yes I named him for those star crossed lovers), and I know I'm just dreaming. I've tried to get him a buddy cat, he won't have it, never mind trying to get a dog. I watch others with their multi-pet households in envy, wishing my cat would let me have another pet. I've never seen a cat go as insane as he does when there's another animal nearby, especially a cat that he might have to compete with for my affections. I've given up after the 3rd failed attempt had him not eating for a week...just to show me who was boss. Ironic, since he came from a household of multiple cats and dogs, guess he had enough of that early on?

He loves to haunt me like a ghost if I happen to be busy not paying him the constant undivided attention he feels he deserves (but rarely tolerates for longer than 5 minutes at a time). If I'm on the computer, he's not happy unless he's walking all over the keyboard, and if I'm reading a book, he needs to be all over the pages. When I try to ignore him, he will just walk in circles around me, what I consider "haunting" me, until i finally relent and notice him, then he's ecstatic enough to go off and do mysterious kitty things again.

He's an orange tabby whose tiger stripes seem to be fading into the orange as the years go by. He never plays with the toys I buy him, shunning them for unexpected pleasures with bugs--especially the flying kind he can rarely catch--or electric cords attached to devices precariously near the edge of a surface, that he will "accidentally" yank down. Paper bags are his extreme sport, although a laser light will get his attention every time, and catnip is his drug of choice. Only with a pile of catnip will he get silly enough to tolerate me laughing at him. 

Early on I'd bought him this long fingered glove with pom-poms on the end, one I expected to wear on my hand and dangle the balls for him to bat around. He growled on introduction to this toy, grabbed the finger poms in his sharp teeth and ran off with it. This is the one toy he will not share, but his use of it is the funniest thing he does. I call it his sex toy, for he holds a pom in his mouth and drags the other finger poms between his hind legs, turning in a circle and making this godawful sound, not sure if it's pleasure or pain, then he falls over and licks himself in satisfaction, best not to watch. 



Marriage to a cat has it's good points. He listens without judgement, no matter how nuts my story, & he's always available for a cuddle. He's a warm snuggler on cold winter days, we're at least in the same room for meals (he gets fed when I do), and when something goes bump in the night it is generally just him exploring some cranny (and of course knocking over anything he can find while doing so). He's faithful, not that he has much choice, I keep him safe & sound indoors only. While he might not be as fun to greet as a dog, he's always happy to see me when I get home whether I've been gone 5 minutes or 5 hours. 
I'm looking forward to hopefully another ten years of getting to know my Romeo, the enigma of a kitty I adopted and rescued at 8 weeks old, from an abusive home so long ago. I've never had cause to regret my choice, unlike with so many men partners. This is one marriage that truly will last til death do us part, happily.

Classic Car Hop at Panther Mountain Inn 9-14-12

Last night I photographed the Car Hop at Panther Mountain Inn, Chestertown, NY. A gathering of mostly classic muscle cars with a few modern cars sprinkled in for good measure, this has become a monthly event with the next show to be in late Oct. again at the P-House.

I only got one short panorama video of the event itself, but plan on doing video tours of the cars at the next show, and hopefully with the cars running and perhaps the story behind each vehicle by the owners. However for this show it was all about the photos, with the album of 107 full resolution photographs at the link below on google plus (one does not need a google acct. to view or download the images). 

I especially am pleased with the various unusual angles and perspectives that I got of many of these cars, such as the fine curve of the body, super close ups of the badges, a birds eye view up a hood scoop, a mechanic's eye for the engines. Unfortunately there were many people as eager to see the cars as my camera lens, and these are not floor show images but taken in the heat of a very well attended event, so there are people in many of the shots who I can't identify. If anyone knows who they are, let me know and I will add their names to the photo descriptions. 

I'm still waiting for the information on who won the competition. Since 4 or more vehicles entered an hour after the other registered cars, many of the votes--including my own--were already handed in before they arrived, otherwise I am sure I am not the only one who would have changed their top 3 picks. The 5 that entered late were the blue car with massive hood scoop, the maroon Stingray (which would have had my vote for #1 if it had been there before my ballot was turned in), the 56 Chevy, the monster jacked up VW and a white Vette. 

My final votes as top 3 vehicles in the show are shown here:

 

My original 3 votes were for:

• the orange Demon was easily the coolest car there with the wickedest history in the rebuild that took over 8 months in a body shop to piece it all back together, the owner just getting it back last month;
• the green Chevelle as best presentation of the show, with it's picnic case in the trunk and newspaper pages from the era, the engine and interior clean enough to perform surgery on, it was the best presented vehicle originally;
• the charcoal colored Vette which until the latter entries showed up, was the hottest of the nearly countless Vettes in the show--so many showed up in fact that there should have been a separate category just for those.

 I believe there may have been at least 8 Corvettes, with several Chevelles & an old Goat, bringing back many happy memories for the attendees at this free event, with over 28 vehicles entered. Ballots were provided to all attendees for voting, a 50/50 raffle was held and trophies were awarded to the 3 best in Show. I'll add the results here for the trophies as soon as I know the winning vehicles. For now, enjoy the photographs below, the short video and if interested in attending the next event, contact the Panther Mountain Inn for more information on their facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/panther.mountaininn

To view the full resolution images in the 107 photo album, visit the google plus link here: https://plus.google.com/photos/104038011479006036477/albums/5788458741644356833

If you need to contact me regarding any information on the vehicles or people in the images that you'd like me to add description data to, please email me at ginazoneny@gmail.com or contact me via google plus on my profile at https://plus.google.com/104038011479006036477

Short panorama video of the event before the late entries and the place became mobbed with people:

My Beads for Capricious: Another Happy Day!

He finally got the beads I sent for his project, and posted the pics of them. Anyone who loves long haired men as I do, can get involved by just sending in a bead with a good size diameter of about 6mm or bigger, and will receive pics posted of your beads decorating his dreads, in his blog post, and a piece of artwork in return by mail. Looking for something fun and sensual, this was definitely satisfying ;-)
Gina

Beads for Capricious: Another Happy Day!: Sorry I've been behind schedule, but I did receive another package of awesome that I would like to share with you all!  An amazing as...

My 9/11 tribute video from last year. Industrial music.

My 9/11 tribute video from last year. Industrial music. Punish Yourself--From The Skies VIDEO

Sex mini -movie youtube video

This is hilarious & maybe even a bit sad.

Seeking Long Haired Men for next video!

This is a music video I made featuring the sexy long haired men of vampirefreaks.com and it's a mix of 4 songs by the awesome rock band Lluther. 12 minutes long, it's one of the best compilations at youtube if I do say so myself ;-)

I need to make a new one, so am compiling images, if you'd like to submit photos for the next video, or music, or both, please contact me at ginazoneny@gmail.com.

George Carlin - Religion is bullshit.

The BEST emotional PORN = Religion

A must watch for thinking people. Where is our REASON? 

Metal: a Conundrum?

Metal: a Conundrum?

What is it about metal that creates so many die hard fans? Besides the rebellion factor of the music being so different from one's parent's music or the folk music of the 60's, for me it's all about the sound. For others it might be the look, and granted sexy long haired musicians are a sight to see, but the black leather and denim attire, the punkish styles, the anarchic bent, is a small part of what metal means to many. Documentaries, notably "A Headbanger's Journey" have done an excellent job of exploring the meaning of metal and its roots, so this is just a personal observation from a metal fan.

Metal is all about the guitar, in my mind, referring to the strings and amplified sound that at times can scream, cry like a baby, wah wah wah or whisper sweet nothings in one's ears. The slower heavy beat drags me in with an irresistible urge to nod the head in time to the rhythm.

I don't believe acoustic guitar can ever be metal, although metal guitarists do acoustic versions of their songs, I've never known a purely acoustic band considered metal, have you?

To be a drummer in a metal band seems like it would be a lowly position, it certainly isn't about you. The drums keep the beat, they are background sound to the metal focus. No one is there to see the drummer, right? However, there are famous metal drummers just like in any other genre, and as much argument over who is good versus bad.

Just when we think we know what metal is about, guitars & distortion, we are thrown a curveball in sub-genres like death metal which seems to be more about the growl than the guitar, or speed metal, whose pace is set by the racing double drumming.

In a rock band, or a blues band, it's about the band or the sound as a whole, with each instrument as necessary to the music as any other, and each member gets to shine. With some exceptions like Jimi Hendrix, all about that lead guitar, a forerunner of metal music, the transition from blues to rock to metal that slowly transpired to create the metal genres we now celebrate.

Many of the early metal bands, such as Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden, used theatricality to pose as evil death and devil worshippers that they now admit were false impressions used for their art, not a philosophy they actually believed or practiced. Yet their pose actually inspired other groups to focus on the practice of satanism and similar activities, notably the Finnish Black metal bands, for the most part metal has zero to do with the devil or any religion or lack of same.

For me, and most, metal is about the music, always has been and always will be. We are diehards, and we aren't going anywhere any time soon.

Metal Music Definition, From Wiki:
Heavy metal (often referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music[1] that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and in the United States.[2] With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are generally associated with masculinity and machismo.[3]

The first heavy metal bands, such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple, eventually attracted large audiences, though many were critically reviled (with the notable exception of Led Zeppelin), a status common throughout the history of the genre. In the mid-1970s Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence;[4][5] Motörhead introduced a punk rock sensibility and an increasing emphasis on speed. Bands in the New Wave of British Heavy

Metal such as Iron Maiden followed in a similar vein. Before the end of the decade, heavy metal fans became known as "metalheads" or "headbangers".

In the 1980s, glam metal became a major commercial force with groups like Mötley Crüe and Poison. Underground scenes produced an array of more extreme, aggressive styles: thrash metal broke into the mainstream with bands such as Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax, while other styles like death metal and black metal remain subcultural phenomena. Since the mid-1990s, popular styles such as nu metal, which often incorporates elements of grunge and hip hop; and metalcore, which blends extreme
metal with hardcore punk, have further expanded the definition of the genre.

Sex IS Music IS Sex

Sex IS Music IS Sex
by Gina Jordan on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 3:08pm ·

I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this, watching live performances especially & guitar players the most of all. When playing an instrument, the look on their faces is what I imagine is the same look & grimaces, facial expressions, they have during great sex. As if enjoying the music, performing it, requires a letting go of self-consciousness, or of control, and the few musicians who refuse to let go, have no passion in their sound. I first noticed this with Jimmy Page in Song Remains the Same, versus modern It Might Get Loud, that his facial expressions are the SAME after all these years, as when he was truly into the playing & lost himself in the music, his face reflects an almost orgasmic looking bliss. Then I started paying closer attention to the facial expressions & body language of famous guitarists in the Woodstock film footage, such as Hendrix, Ten Years After Alvin Lee, Richie Havens, and when they truly let go & sink into their music, it is quite clearly a sexual experience going by their facial expressions and body language.



When a great guitar player holds that guitar right in front of their genitals, the vibration from the instrument must resonate through into their body, their sex organs, the friction alone would be stimulating, and sometimes it looks to me as if the guitar is an extension of their penis, and they are a virtuoso on their organ, playing their music & in some other time & place transported by the playing. Take a close look at their faces, such as Stevie Ray Vaughan as he wails on his guitars, especially during lead guitar parts where the guitar sounds as if it is screaming, moaning, growling even, with the sounds forced from its belly, in an agony of ecstacy. One can see the same expressions on any extremely talented and passionate musician's face during the parts the listeners especially love & react too, as if we are all passing blissful energy back & forth, around in a circle from instrument to musician & back to them on around to us, our body mind & soul, to those near us willing to let go & feel the pleasure, resonating back again to the musician. Like an orgy of sound & orgasmic energy, sound pressure levels, waves, building & building to the climactic moment together, as one.



Often those listening feel the same blissful energy, the music affects the body, our blood & fluids, like our moon does the tides, music is more than just a sound, it is an experience, a feeling, a surrrender, loss of control to the pleasure, a closing of the eyes, an expression of deepest joy, a clenching of our bodies, a stiffening of our sex organs, a stimulation of the very essence of out beings. I've read scientific studies that prove the effect music has on the physical, mental & spiritual body, whether human or animal, plant, liquid or mineral, music has a profound power to alter us for the good or the bad, to heal and to harm, to uplift, to enrage, and yes, to completion and climax as well. I've always thought I was the only one who called the experience eargasms, the full body goose bumps head to toe, hair standing on end, whole body orgasm only passionately played music can create or satisfy. I've found that many people use the same term so I'm not the only one noticing, though perhaps I may have been one of the first to coin that phrase back in the 80's, it is quite possible I am the only one who painted it across her windshield & on a license plate. I have definitely experienced full body orgasms from music, though for the most part it is more foreplay than completion, there are those rare few whose playing is so extremely powerful, I literally come to the music. Am I alone in this? I don't believe so.



Pay attention to the music, the artists on stage, their facial expressions, if and when they let go & drown in the music their talented hands are producing as if by some magick, notice what your body, mind & even spirit are feeling, saying, doing, watch those around you, the closed eyes, the rocking bodies, the moans & screams & little deaths in climactic opera surrounding & sharing energy with you. What do you see? Feel? Hear? Experience? Think? Are you able to let go & surrender, or are you baffled by the joy others seem to be expressing that you can't give in to or allow yourself to risk? Interesting questions to ask oneself, don't you agree?



It's not only live performances that have this effect--the same is true of TV/DVD, radio, CD & stereo, whatever ways we listen whether alone or with a group. If you aren't feeling it, relax, close your eyes, open up to the possibilities & the pleasure, the vibes & energy are just waiting for you to accept them & join the orgy of pleasure the music brings often without cost or consequence, the truest form of safe sex, don't you think? ;-P

AWOLGina AKA Gina Jordan

Copyright August 24, 2011






FEELING IT!

Cadillac Moon in Concert, together again?

Cadillac Moon Original Group

The band I used to work with, who just as they got famous playing the bar scene in Devil's Advocate with Al Pacino & Charlize Theron, the lead singer married his long time live in girlfriend who he let make him quit & it destroyed the band because his vocals were the sound, are back together performing live for an hour below. I can't stop crying, and I found this by accident today, their music can NOT be found anywhere online, or on CD anywhere, never mind live! I'm the only one who had live footage because they are the band I traveled with & filmed, the one I gave up music for 10 years over their breakup, the one who broke my heart, so to find this is an incredible gift & a rare special treat. It is blues jazz with a New Orleans sound though they are from LI, NY. I hope this means they will be performing regularly, and coming up my way again, I'd travel to them if necessary, whatever it takes. They got me started in this industry, my old film of them is on a dead hard drive (I still need to find someone certified to restore corrupted XP drives), no other film existed until now. Bawling my eyes out with joy, sadness, disbelief, bliss, and they sound exactly the same because the lead singer is back too (he looks like shit though, guess his marriage---which broke up the band--didn't agree with him?) and Mike Nugent looks the same as ever & sounds even better. Awesome is an understatement.

Nightwish: Imaginaerum 2CD+DVD Digipack

I finally received my 2 CD+DVD digipack from Nightwish yesterday, pre-ordered before released on 4-13-2012 and at 1st worried the PAL format would not work on DVDs in US. However my concerns were unfounded, everything is working perfectly. These come packaged in a beautiful boxed container

The DVD is the Making of Imaginaerum album and movie, roughly an hour 20 minutes long, with more behind the scenes & band member info than actual Making Of info unfortunately, though a bonanza for fans new & old, being able to see into the camaraderie and work ethics of such a group is always fascinating to me. However, I'd hoped for more than a peek into the coming movie of the same name. In fact, the only visual included is the music video for the single Storytime which is the introduction to Imaginaerum. The albums were released in Nov. 2011, so this digipack release was for the DVD, and includes both CD's, including an orchestral version I have yet to listen to. 


Last night I viewed the DVD, which is subtitled in English with spoken Norwegian by the band. Interviews of all band members, along with a bit of each one's childhood history & images that would perhaps embarrass most of us, with very frank & revealing facts that can mostly already be found in Wiki, there's about 10 minutes combined of newer revelations, yet no fan will want to miss the DVD. A comedy roast of Marco is intermittently mixed in, their global touring and activities leading up to the release of the album are more focused on than their work, although we do get quite a few shots of Marco in the studio mixing tracks together, adding vocals and drum tracks, as well as the "boys" at a summer camp they had attended as boy scouts and used as their work location for the final polishing of the music for the album. Interesting that they were all wearing coats even in late Aug. & Spet. 2011.


We also get a peek into their label Nuclear Blast Records, which gives me more respect for this label, where most employees are dressed in jeans casual, the band members were more dressed up while still also in denim, than the label reps were. I was surprised to see such a phenomenal band with a relatively newer and smaller label, although this album is also under the Roadrunner label, they were not at all referred to in the DVD.


Any who denigrated Anette's vocals as a replacement for Tarja may have to eat their words when they hear the range of variety, talent & sound in this album. I know Tarja will regret having left this band when she hears the album, sees the movie & realizes she left right before they hit their stride. If anything, the band is doing better without her, and everyone seems much more relaxed & enmeshed than ever before, with their priorities & goals well matched. I look forward to much more to come, as Tuomas said, "What next?"


This album is unlike their previous albums in many ways, and to my ears is more classical operatic with metal aspects, than heavy metal music. As I've only listened to the primary CD so far & not the orchestral, I can't imagine the sound being more symphonic than the primary disc already is! Anette's vocal range is astounding on this album, and the styles the band create travel from the jazzy Slow Love Slow to the more metal Scaretale (which the band members all consider their favorite of the album), Song of Myself is an incredible spoken word piece using over 20 different people as different reader characters, another brilliant idea from Tuomas as is the entire concept. Tuomas is quick to state that he had a wonderful childhood that inspires his music, songwriting & storytelling. 


Anette had several unfortunate incidents that kept her and Marco from recording their vocal tracks together for this album, and Tuomas was tasked with weaving them together in post. While one can not tell from listening that the vocals were recorded separately, I can only wonder how much better they might have sounded had the 2 vocalists been able to record together & feed off each other's energy & ideas?


The album is a journey in and of itself, without a movie or visuals, it takes the listener to surprising places within, and is a listening experience I can't compare to anything in existence. this is not an album to be listened to while engaged in other activities, especially thoughtful ones, because the listener finds oneself distracted often by the lyrics, or the particular high notes & range of Anette's voice, or the growling then sublime vocals of Marco, or the powerful & deeply felt drumming, the background choral singers, so I suggest one sit back and enjoy the ride without distractions getting in the way of the adventure.

Magical, gorgeous, intense, beautiful, sublime, incredible depth, all these and many more, describe this effort and the price for this set was under $30 Euro. A steal of a deal for the experience one will never forget & will take many times over again.


Teaser Trailer:








More Resources:


Buy the Digipack $21.99 Eu: http://presales.nwshop.fi/siteshop/item/-/id/51
Imaginaerum Official Website: http://www.imaginaerum.com/
Nightwish Website: http://nightwish.com/en/
Imaginaerum on Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginaerum
Nightwish on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightwish
Nuclear Blast Records: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Blast

Dark Gothic Rock Music Medley cloudcast I made

Dark Gothic Rock Medley #1 BPM 85-115 by Awolgina on Mixcloud

Wuthering Heights: Masterpiece Classic (review)

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Masterpiece_Classic_Wuthering_Heights/70213224?trkid=496624 


It's been so long (and so many other books inbetween) since I read this that I had no expectations, and am sublimely satisfied that this is the best version ever portrayed in film. These actors lived & breathed the characters to life, one watches rapt, unable to look away. Excellent quality production, absolutely nothing left out or done shabbily. No corners cut. I'm beginning to love British films for the acting & locations, production & cinematography, everything is far & above what a US film would provide. The viewer is lost in time, immersed in the story from start to finish, and yes, a box of tissues should be handy for several parts of the film, not just the ending (which does have a hopeful positive note). Highly recommend this, even buying for watching again & again. 


Emily Brontë's sweeping tale of romance set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors gets the "Masterpiece" treatment in this lush made-for-television adaptation starring Charlotte Riley and Tom Hardy. Cathy (Riley) eventually fell in love with Heathcliff (Hardy), the young Gypsy boy her father brought home years ago. But now that they're adults, another man (Tom Payne) is offering her his affections -- and a far more comfortable life.

Cast

Tom Hardy Charlotte RileyTom Payne Andrew LincolnSarah Lancashire Burn GormanRosalind Halstead Rebecca NightDes McAleer Kevin McNallyShaughan Seymour Sia BerkeleyJames Harper Barnaby Kay

Public Sex (Dogging: A Love Story) [Review]

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Public_Sex/70127237?trkid=7728649

PREVIEW MOVIE VIDEO:

Summary: To jump-start his career, wannabe journalist Dan (Luke Treadaway) sets out to write a juicy exposé on dogging, the practice of sleeping with strangers in parking lots. While researching the story, Dan falls for a curious co-ed (Kate Heppell) and struggles to overcome his hang-ups. This naughty British comedy co-stars Sammy T. Dobson as Dan's longtime girlfriend, Tanya, and Richard Riddell as his bed-hopping flatmate, Rob.

REVIEW: I thought it was a documentary but apparently it is a film pretending to be a documentary in style, which was an interesting viewpoint, since the viewer has no real idea whose view they are seeing of all the characters, which gets confusing at times. The sexual content is definitely R if not a soft X even, which is fine with me, but if the word twat bothers you, don't watch this, it is used more often than the F-bomb in other movies. An interesting twist on a love story, meeting through a sex web site, arranging to meet for public sex & all that goes wrong between the decision & the actuality, if there ever is one, is much of the movie's content. For voyeurs, this movie is a pearl. For exhibitionists, inspiring perhaps? This kind of movie would never be shown in US theaters, too sexy & raunchy for the hypocritical prudes here. A fun movie, not for kids, but perhaps couples would enjoy this raunchy comedic romance. I know I would see it with a guy if I had one.

Biker's Poem--I Saw You

I SAW YOU 

[biker poem]

I saw you,
hug your purse closer to you in the grocery store line.

But, you didn't see me,
put an extra $10.00 in the collection plate last Sunday.

I saw you,
pull your child closer when we passed each other on the sidewalk.

But, you didn't see me,
playing Santa at the local mall.

I saw you,
change your mind about going into the restaurant.

But, you didn't see me,
attending a meeting to raise more money for the hurricane relief.

I saw you,
roll up your window and shake your head when I drove by.

But, you didn't see me,
driving behind you when you flicked your cigarette butt out the car window.

I saw you,
frown at me when I smiled at your children.

But, you didn't see me,
when I took time off from work to run toys to the homeless.

I saw you,
stare at my long hair.

But, you didn't see me,
and my friends cut ten inches off for Locks of Love.

I saw you,
roll your eyes at our leather coats and gloves.

But, you didn't see me,
and my brothers donate our old coats and gloves to those that had none.

I saw you,
look in fright at my tattoos.

But, you didn't see me,
cry as my children where born and have their name written over and in my heart.

I saw you,
change lanes while rushing off to go somewhere.

But, you didn't see me,
going home to be with my family.

I saw you,
complain about how loud and noisy our bikes can be.

But, you didn't see me,
when you were changing the CD and drifted into my lane.

I saw you,
yelling at your kids in the car.

But, you didn't see me,
pat my child's hands, knowing he was safe behind me.

I saw you,
reading the newspaper or map as you drove down the road.

But, you didn't see me,
squeeze my wife's leg when she told me to take the next turn. 

I saw you,
race down the road in the rain.

But, you didn't see me,
get soaked to the skin so my son could have the car to go on his date.

I saw you,
run the yellow light just to save a few minutes of time.

But, you didn't see me,
trying to turn right.

I saw you,
cut me off because you needed to be in the lane I was in.

But, you didn't see me,
leave the road.

I saw you,
waiting impatiently for my friends to pass.

But, you didn't see me.
I wasn't there.

I saw you,
go home to your family.

But, you didn't see me.
Because, I died that day you cut me off.

I was just a biker,.....
A person with friends and a family.

BUT, YOU DIDN'T SEE ME...

[Reprinted, unknown anonymous]

It's that time of year again, please pay attention to each other on the road folks & let's get through this one alive.

Music:
DOWN TO DIE-SEAN P (YOUNGBLOODZ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPEE8-N8rUE
Mood:
Pensive

America: the New Nazis

This morning I've been thinking of the state of our nation, and the meaning of recent actions by President Obama that seem to be escaping the general public's notice or concern. Is it that American's are ignorant, blind, intentionally stupid when it comes to policies that are harmful to innocent people whether in our country or international? How is it there is no uproar in response to Obama's signing away our constitutional rights, not once but TWICE so far in 2012???


First of all, the power was already in the government's hands to detain people without due process, and they have abused that power repeatedly by jailing the wrong suspects, & the innocent, for years without legal access or rights. Now the govt. wants to apply this to American citizens within our own country. Does anyone feel safer from all the lost rights we already gave up since Bush started this process? Doesn't taking away our constitutional rights make the "terrorists" win? How is taking away our right to due process making us safer???


Secondly, Obama got away with it the 1st time, then signed in another violation of our rights within a month of the 1st & no one is paying attention. How can anyone even consider voting for such a POTUS who has violated our rights & his most solemn oath to UPHOLD the constitution of the United States? The only result that can come from such a measure, is the govt.'s freedom to abuse their power in jailing ANY CITIZEN it decides is a threat in ANY way: people protesting peacefully are already getting a taste of this power abuse, before our rights to due process were signed away! With the new policy, any one protesting any govt. action can be seen as a "traitor" or a "terrorist" or a threat to the security of the govt. monopoly of power, and detained indefinitely with no legal protections. Too many people are making excuses--oh that will never happen, you're blowing this up out of proportion, & similar justifications for remaining willfully ignorant. We will still be accountable for the harm we cause to the innocent, even if we refuse to acknowledge the harms done, just as we are accountable to laws whether we know they are a law or not; ignorance is NOT an acceptable defense in court, nor will it be acceptable in defense of our actions against others, whether in our nation or global.

Third, for those who are not seeing the parallels between the German Gestapo & Nazi actions against Jews & other "undesirables", and our actions against Muslims & similar "undesirables" or anyone resisting the new status quo, policy or dare I say, new world order, wake the hell up. When the Nazi's 1st came into power, the changes were so subtle no one really believed nor understood how far their govt. meant to go, until it was too late & they watched people being dragged away in the middle of the night, without reason or crime, to never be seen or heard from again. Families were destroyed, their property stolen by the govt. & soldiers in the streets, people were beaten & killed for nothing more than being an "undesirable" of the regime in control.


We are in the exact same situation that Germany was in before the Nazi's came into full power. The changes here are subtle, people don't want to believe or understand the far reaching abuses already happening, nor the potential for abuses that are now being made into laws that ordinary citizens will have NO RIGHTS to fight legally or otherwise! How is it we are going about our daily lives ignoring these facts? Those who blamed the German citizens for following the Nazi's without protest, we are now doing the exact same thing! We are not protesting the violations of our own rights, never mind those of the "undesirables", whether they be Muslim, peaceful protesters or bothersome citizens of our country.

When we are being dragged out in the middle of the night, with no legal rights and no reason or justification, never to be seen again, it will be too late to pay attention or take action. In fact, it may already be too late, considering the actions Obama has already taken against the citizens he is charged to represent & protect! When we are the new Nazi's, will you try to excuse your willful ignorance & say you didn't know? You will be lying, you DID know, you DO know, and there's no excuse for not having taken some action to prevent this from happening. Being busy is no excuse for not saving a life.


I am extremely concerned about these matters, yet feel powerless to stop them from happening. I don't have the money, or the influence or the reach to reverse the violations already in place, and if I could, I would leave this country & never look back. I felt this way when Bush became President, not by our votes but by a nepotistic Supreme Court judge related to his family. I've been ashamed of my country of birth for 12 years now. Instead of seeing anything improve over time as I'd hoped, our country has only become more greedy, power hungry & despotic in its reach for absolute power, over the world, not just out little nation. 


However, with our economy derailed, only the top 1% can actually afford to emigrate, and their needs are being catered to by our govt., they aren't going to leave! The intelligent, concerned & compassionate citizens are the ones too poor to leave, those like me without the resources to relocate to a truly free society in another country outside the reach of the totalitarian US govt., and I can't help but see this as part of the overall plan. Those who don't believe there IS a plan, are purposely blind. All these changes have taken a decade to put into place, slowly but surely, worse is coming, such as the ACTA, SOPA & infinite names for the same action that the govt. keeps trying to slip in without notice (they just keep renaming it & trying again, until eventually we won't be watching & BOOM, too late AGAIN).


A citizenship without the money or power to fight back, has to be part of the plan, we the people no longer even have the right to peaceful protest without extreme harm being done to those exercising their American rights to such protest, by those who work FOR us!


If one wanted to OPT OUT of the US, emigrate elsewhere, what happens to all the money we paid into the system for a lifetime, our taxes, disability, unemployment insurance & other MANDATORY thefts of our earnings over our entire life? Not that there's any money in those coffers for those who have been paying faithfully & without choice, also without any input in what is done with our own money as a nation or state entity. Do we leave as refugees, begging for mercy from the truly civilized & free countries? Where is the UN to protect us when our govt. becomes like Sadaam was to his citizens? Who will rescue us from the abuses our govt. have visited upon we the innocent? With our govt. becoming the new Nazi's, who will come to battle for our lives, our freedom & our safety?


Think about it, please. THINK. Wake up! Pay attention. Pull your heads out of your asses, or out of the sand they are buried in, and LOOK. Do your own research, make up your own mind, but do it deliberately, for you will be held accountable for your actions, and ignorance will NOT be an acceptable excuse. 


Resources for further reading [Each link opens in a new window]:

• Bill of Rights: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights
• Constitution:  http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States
• Nazi Enabling Act: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act
• Holocaust Denial: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_denial
• Gestapo: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestapo
• National Defense Authorization Act:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2012
• ACLU On Obama's Plan To Detain American Citizens INDEFINITELY With No Trial [video]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVdRanfzhyc
• Nazi Concentration Camps [Detainment camps]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_concentration_camps

April Fools Best & Worst!

April Fool's Day is almost here, a week away. Does anyone have any good pranks planned? I decided to do a little research & see what the best & worst pranks have been, perhaps generate some ideas for the upcoming celebration, if celebration is the right word. Make sure you have a camcorder at the ready to record your 2012 reactions & fun!


What are some of the best, and worst, pranks you have pulled on others, and that others have pulled on you? Use the comment section to submit your ideas, brags & moans.


Wiki may not be the be all & end all source of information, but it's my starting place for general holiday info:

April Fools' Day is celebrated in different countries around the world on April 1 every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1 is not a national holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when many people play all kinds of jokes and foolishness. The day is marked by the commission of good-humoured or otherwise funny jokes, hoaxes, and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, teachers, neighbors, work associates, etc.

Traditionally, in some countries such as Canada, New Zealand, the UK, Australia, Cyprus, and South Africa, the jokes only last until noon, and someone who plays a trick after noon is called an "April Fool" and taunted "April Fool's Day's past and gone, You're the fool for making one."[1] Elsewhere, such as in France, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Russia, The Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, Ireland, and the U.S., the jokes last all day. In France and Italy children (and adults, when appropriate) traditionally tack paper fish on each other's back as a trick and shout "april fish!" in their local language ("poisson d'avril!" and "pesce d'aprile!" in French and Italianrespectively).

The earliest recorded association between April 1 and foolishness can be found in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1392). Many writers suggest that the restoration of January 1 as New Year's Day in the 16th century was responsible for the creation of the holiday, but this theory does not explain earlier references.
Some of the most well known pranks include:

• Write-only memory: Signetics advertised write-only memory (WOM) IC databooks in 1972 through the late 1970s.^[1]
• Decimal time: Repeated several times in various countries, this hoax involves claiming that the time system will be changed to one in which units of time are based on powers of 10.^[2]
• Taco Liberty Bell: In 1996, Taco Bell took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times announcing that they had purchased the Liberty Bell to "reduce the country's debt" and renamed it the "Taco Liberty Bell". When asked about the sale, White House press secretary Mike McCurry replied tongue-in-cheek that the Lincoln Memorial had also been sold and would henceforth be known as the Lincoln Mercury Memorial.^[3]
  
  

  

  Wikipedia's Main Page on April 1, 2007. The featured article write-up deliberately confuses US President George Washingtonwith an inventor of the same name.
• A 1985 issue of Sports Illustrated, dated April 1, featured a story by George Plimpton on a baseball player, Hayden Siddhartha Finch, a New York Mets pitchingprospect who could throw the ball 168 miles per hour (270 km/h) and who had a number of eccentric quirks, such as playing with one barefoot and one hiking boot. Plimpton later expanded the piece into a full-length novel on Finch's life. Sports Illustrated frequently cites the story as one of the more memorable in the magazine's history.^[4]

By newspapers

• In The Guardian newspaper, in the United Kingdom, on April Fool's Day, 1977, a fictional mid-ocean state of San Serriffe was created in a seven-page supplement.^[10]

[edit]By websites

• Kremvax: In 1984, in one of the earliest on-line hoaxes, a message was circulated that Usenet had been opened to users in the Soviet Union.^[11]
• Dead fairy hoax: In 2007, an illusion designer for magicians posted on his website some images illustrating the corpse of an unknown eight-inch creation, which was claimed to be the mummified remains of afairy. He later sold the fairy on eBay for £280.^[12]
• Expedia ran a prank on April 1, 2009, offering flights to Mars. This was internally known as Project Dawnstar.
• Google has a tradition of perpetrating April Fools' Day hoaxes. 

Some of the best pranks ever so says the Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/01/april-fools-day-pranks_n_841663.html#s258809&title=Swiss_Spaghetti_Harvest 

Here, an entire web site dedicated to April Fool's:

http://aprilfoolzone.com/ 

Their top 3 prank ideas today:

Nailed Ya!

Find a small picture, a wall calendar, or similar item that can be hung up. Take a nail and use wire cutters to cut off the nail head, then glue the nail head to the item you're going to hang. Now glue a magnet to the back of the item. Take the item to the kitchen, along with a hammer. Stick the item to the refrigerator with the magnet, then start making a loud banging sound with the hammer. Hopefully, your victim will come to investigate the noise, and "catch" you nailing a picture to the refrigerator. (Note: you can play this trick on other surfaces as well wherever your victim will freak out about having a nail hole!)

Submitted by Emily

Pulling A Con

Is there a ceiling fan with an overhead light that your victim turns on using a pull cord? Trick them by substituting a fake pull cord attached to a cup of confetti balanced on top of the fan blade. Many fan cords detach which will make this easy to set up--otherwise use a substitute cord and tuck the real cord out of sight. They will pull the cord and get a big surprise!

Hanky Painty

First scope out a local park, college, or other public area that has benches where people frequently sit. Note the color of the benches. Now find some paint that matches the color of the benches. Take some old clothes and paint stripes on the back of the clothes - make them look like you sat on a freshly-painted bench. Let the clothes dry, then put them on. Now go to the park. Tape a "Wet Paint" sign to the bench, then sit down with your back covering the sign so no one can see it. Wait for someone to come and sit next to you. When you are sure they are watching, stand up with your back showing and act upset that you just realized you sat in paint (point to the sign which is now visible). The person will freak out thinking they sat in paint!

Submitted by Scott M.

April Fool's Day Atrocities

The Top 10 Worst April Fool's Day Hoaxes Ever (Article):

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/worstaprilfools.html

100 Worst April Fools Pranks Ever (Article):

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/100_Worst_April_Fools_Jokes

Two Videos that ought to get you started:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuWF0Wuo4y8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=-vQ2RVqJCNM