didya know that..
At three minutes and four seconds after 2 AM on the
6th of May this year, the time and date will be
02:03:04 05/06/07. This will never happen again in our lifetime.
that's a strange little tidbit of info, i love little mysteries like that.. makes you wonder what, if anything will happen in that second..
i also enjoy collecting interesting images..
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In the 'stem and branch' Chinese system, each of the zodiac animals links with the five elements of Metal, Water, Wood, Fire, and Earth.
Year 2008 is a Chinese Brown Earth (Soil) Rat Year. Why did the Chinese name the year 2008 as the Brown Earth Rat Year? Chinese calendar used the Stem-Branch system to count the days, months and years. There are 10 Stems and 12 Branches in this system. Stems are named by the Yin-Yang and Five Elements (Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth). The Stem sequence order is Yin-Yang Wood,Fire,Earth,Metal,Water Yang Wood, Yin Wood, Yang Fire, Yin Fire, Yang Earth, Yin Earth, Yang Metal, Yin Metal, Yang Water and Yin Water. Branches use the animal names.
The Rat attracts according to his own nature and that means living life with wonder, bliss and joy. By turning our attention away from things that we do not want and focusing our thoughts on what we find pleasurable and fulfilling, the year of the rat will mark a time of great inner change and alignment. It is natural to have everything that we desire. The Rat knows this, offering a time to gain a deeper understanding of the law of attraction and learn what we can do to live our lives more fully and creatively.
The new moon time is at 03:44 on 2-07-08 of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and at 04:44 on 2-07-08 of Time Zone GMT+1. That means Chinese New Year day is on February 7th, 2008 for European countries.The Year 2008 (Brown Rat) is the 4705th Chinese year. The Chinese believe that the first king of China was the Yellow King (he was not the first emperor of China). The Yellow King became king in 2697 B.C., therefore China will enter the 4705th year on February 4th, 2008. Also, the Chinese Year uses the cycle of 60 Stem-Branch counting systems and the Brown Rat is the 25th Stem-Branch in the cycle. Since 4705 = (60 *78) + 25, therefore this Brown Rat Year is the 4705th Chinese Year.
Please receive the 5 traditional Chinese blessings:
*Longevity*, *Wealth*, Love*, *Health*, and a *Natural Ending*
for those of us born in the year of the dog... Dog: 1910, 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006
The Rat year will be absent the idealism necessary to spur Dogs into action. You Dogs find these years superficial and tritely material. This Rat year will not be your most productive. Why? Because you are basically unlike the Rat. Dog people are more high-minded than mercenary. It’s just the opposite with Rats. Rats seek power and stash cash. Dogs like to have some power too but for entirely different reasons. And money? Not really a priority for Pooches, except as a means to an end. Dogs only go after authority and loot if it gives them the necessary clout to effect social change. The Dog presidents or leaders of the pack in any organization want to see justice done. They rule to improve the world their way – not just to order people about. Rats rule to rule.
So in this Rat year, you Dogs may bark as stridently as you wish, but no matter how fiercely you yap, you won’t get much further than the bottom of your garden. The Rat simply doesn’t give a damn for what you care about. So be extra careful not to make mistakes or cause them to be made by others. You are borderline paranoid anyway and are normally an overly cautious person. But this year circumstances may crop up that make you feel you have slipped up or blundered. This feeling certainly doesn't help you regain lost self-confidence. But take heart. Next year will turn all of this around.
Meanwhile, keep your eye on the doughnut and not on the hole. We learn from our mistakes. Make sure you have taken stock of those lessons. Your personal life should be carefully monitored in August. Betrayal by a family member lies in wait. As it's a family matter, this fundamental issue is probably either about money or property (or both). It might also concern a young adult child who is threatening to leave school or home. Nip this in the bud by taking the time to talk it through and offering just alternatives. Do not despair. The Rat year is not all bad for Dogs. You may not feel that you are making much progress. But at least you are learning and maintaining the status quo. In Rat years, that’s about as much as any Dog can ask for.
i also found this on kim falconer's site.. veddy interesting..
mainly my dis::to::functional art, here are some images...
aphrodite and her mermaidens ~~ vanity screen, oil paints on hinged pine wood panels
african savanna detail ~~ vanity screen, oil paints on hinged pine wood panels
ohm blooming lotus ~~ colored pencil and marker on paper
red dragon retro ~~ colored pencil, marker and metallic pen on paper
blue mermaid ~~ colored pencil, marker and metallic pen on paper
~~my art~~ is available for patronage, commission and gallery showings. please contact if interested.
even more of ideas of interest,
the art work of my friends
mike malone comic book art
daniel quinones POAB Design
mary l. hines, proud dog photography
even more interests..
understanding what i contribute to humanity,
as yellow cosmic warrior and the mayan 'real time' calendar,
agape love,
practicing gratitude,
laughter,
intelligence,
hilarity,
hanging with the pontiff's blogstars,
star gazing,
fun,
tattoos,
tantra,
fashion,
jewelry
,
maquillage,
big cats,
culture,
mythology,
symbolism,
the arcane,
architecture,
horticulture,
botany,
landscape design,
interior design,
design,
reading,
writing,
creating art,
divas,
gaining & sharing knowledge,
going on adventures,
long drives in open country,
dancing,
communing with nature,
horses,
horseback riding,
hiking,
swimming,
biking,
past life regression,
kundalini yoga,
qi gong,
jeet kun do~kung fu,
capoeira,
psychology,
healing therapy,
astronomy,
physics,
music,
creating music,
singing,
parenting,
making friends,
healing,
conversing,
qi gong,
exploring,
creating healthy rituals,
traveling,
science,
making wish lists ,
making plans ,
oh,
and working on
creative,
expansive impulses
and pursuits...
everyone who is a real person.. the good, the bad, hell even the ugly..
feel free to chat me up sometime or
Send me a comment...
Hey Jack I better shake it off, put her out of my head
Thinking I balled just another young girl last night
Oh brother I left a woman in that morning bed
been on that trip so many times
Good God! Was it really yesterday?
I tried so many many many many many, many ways
I've lied and taken off into the day
Leaving another girl to weep over the breakfast tray
Loved her before I knew her name, hit me Jack cause I'm gonna love her way
(Come back my babe)
Come back my babe
Be holy again, I gave her
(I gave her) Ooh maybe, maybe
(Ooh maybe) Gotta give her, ooh baby, baby (Ooh baby)
That kind of love
can only destroy, I gave her
(I gave her) Oh maybe maybe
(Ooh maybe) Get it down if I'm gonna be her baby, 'cause it's gonna be me
(It's gonna be me)
There was no rein to check me
When all thoo..ose little things walked on by
Oh but I couldn't really stammer out the words
When that angel stuck in my mind
Oo oo oo oo, looking for love won't hold me back..
No! I'm gonna love her way
(Come back my babe)
Come back my babe
Be holy again, I gave her
(I gave her)Gotta give her,
(Ooh maybe) ooh baby, baby (Ooh baby)
That kind of love
can only destroy, I gave her
(I gave her) Oh maybe maybe
(Ooh maybe) Gotta get it down if I'm gonna be her baby, 'cause (Ooh baby)
Gonna be me, yeah!
(It's gonna be me)
Just playing that latest record
Waiting for the telephone to ring
Wiped out and bitter with a bag clutched in her hand
All the cars sound like they're pulling in the drive
Umm, no, no, no, no, no, uhh
I see her now....
A little tear running down her cheek
Lost, let down
People looking for me
I want to race down her street
and knock hard, hard, hard on the door 'til
Until she breaks down into my arms like a
treasured toy, and I feel her pain
I'll be so strong again and again
Come back my baby, yeah
I'll hold you again, I'll take you
(I'll take you) Ooh, babe, baby, baby
(Ooh baby) We're gonna have, ooh, baby, baby, (Ooh baby)
My kind of love
can only bring you joy, I'm gonna
(I'm gonna) Yeah, baby,
(Ooh baby) Yeah, gotta give you baby, baby (Ooh baby)
'Cause it's gonna be me
Umm, hmm, hmm
artist: david bowie
album: young americans
song: it's gonna be me
~~ music is an endless vessel filled with wondrous gifts and mind blowing super conscious messages (etc)....
on the radio..
kxlu,
kpfk,
kcrw: garth trinidad 'chocolate city', raoul campos 'nocturna' anne lit 'the A track', nick harcourt 'mornings become eclectic', liza richardson 'the drop', 'brave new world', 'open road', this american life with ira glass,
indie 1031 'jonesy's jukebox', the man who can play whatever he wants for 2 hours a day.. one never knows what one might hear on planet mongo..., then there's tk who says they do what they do for me *lol*, henry rollins' harmony in my head, passport approved, mark sovel's check one..two.., dj paul v's mashups , watusi rodeo, and camp freddy radio are all also on indie....
dave navarro's Spread Radio Live is now the NEW AND AMAZING (!!) or..link over to multifacetsflux radio station at launchcast to listen to my funky sounds (in no particular order)...including
blackalicious,
arthur lee and LOVE,
SEVENDUST ,
curtis mayfield,
robert johnson,
leadbelly,
gun club,
motorhead *lemmy!,
supertramp,
YUSEF also known as cat stevens,
the vandals,
STEELY DAN,
sidestepper,
grace jones,
zap mama,
d'angelo,
sam cooke,
brook benton,
marvin gaye,
stevie wonder,
smoky robinson and the miracles,
the delfonics,
the temptations,
thin lizzy,
patti la belle,
la belle,
nona hendrix,
amiel larrieux,
chaka khan,
new birth WILD FLOWER,
joan jett and the blackhearts,
iggy pop,
the stooges,
fishbone,
black flag,
the mau maus,
outkast,
the fixx
stone temple pilots,
velvet revolver,
portishead,
arrested development,
dead can dance, lisa gerrard
live,
incubus,
bjork ,
maxwell,
sade,
tom tom club,
tupac shakur,
tina turner,
delasoul,
pink floyd,
sly and the family stone,
rickie havens,
BLOOD SUGAR,
chrissie hynde,
the pretenders,
rage against the machine,
pearl jam,
nirvana,
foo fighters,
dandy warhols,
stiff little fingers,
t rex,
the undertones,
bow wow wow,
beastie boys,
gang of 4,
joy division,
L7,
killing joke,
midnight oil,
the cult,
madness,
the specials,
social distortion,
my bloody valentine,
god lives underwater,
filter,
english beat,
gwen stefani,
no doubt,
beenie man,
sean paul,
lady saw,
shabba ranks,
siouxie and the banshees,
the cure,
the CLASH,
U2,
the flaming lips,
the asian dub foundation,
LIVING COLOUR,
tamar-kali,
angelic upstarts,
fear,
X,
nuyorican soul,
los amigos invisibles,
lucinda williams,
the pixies,
sugarcubes,
bjork,
nusrat fateh ali khan,
psychedelic furs,
michael franti and spearhead,
nina simone,
billy holiday,
dinah washington,
sarah vaughan,
XTC,
tom waits,
diamanda galas,
transplants,
rancid,
black rebel motorcycle club,
wyclef jean,
the fugees,
lauren hill,
peter tosh,
the funky stylings of pharrell,
N.E.R.D,
the neptunes,
skunk anansie,
now .. ,
del the funky homo sapien,
PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC,
fela anikulapo-kuti,
femi kuti,
breakestra,
cesaria evora,
peaches,
peter glass,
brian jonestown massacre,
kronos quartet ,
sigur ros,
she wants revenge,
monsters are waiting...,
silversun pickups,
wendy o. williams,
the bellrays,
gang of four,
depeche mode,
(the) catherine wheel,
sisters of mercy,
hector zazou,
bill laswell,
harold budd,
bauhaus,
peter murphy,
jimi hendrix,
the doors,
milton nascimento,
ry cooder,
ryuichi sakamoto,
beck,
oumou sangare,
baba maal,
kinky,
los abandoned,
ursula rucker ,
black eyed peas,
jurassic 5,
talib kweli,
mos def,
cut chemist,
dj shadow,
the chemical brothers,
prince,
?uestlove,
the roots,
a tribe called q.u.e.s.t.,
trickie,
velvet underground,
bob dylan,
lou reed,
BOWIE ,
erykah badu,
circle jerks,
dead kennedys,
elbow,
led zeppelin,
MASSIVE ATTACK,
morcheeba,
MILES,
john coltrane,
the adicts,
SEX PISTOLS,
PiL,
john lydon,
steve jones,
super furry animals,
MOZART,
holst,
the beatles,
thelonious monk,
suicide machines,
roni size,
REPRAZENT,
john lennon,
COCTEAU TWINS,
SEAL,
the thrills,
nine inch nails,
trent reznor,
texas terri bomb,
brian eno,
joan armatrading,
simply red,
air,
afro celt sound system,
chemical brothers,
aphex twins,
RADIOHEAD ,
fiona apple,
laurie anderson,
bad brains,
patsy cline,
bob marley,
buzzcocks,
allison krause,
mozart,
burning spear ,
erykah badu ,
kate bush ,
nick cave and the bad seeds,
jane's addiction,
HIM,
johnny cash,
the damned,
sun rah,
king sunny ade,
orchestra baobab
U.N.K.L.E,
CUFF,
lee horrocks,
shotgun radio,
the futureheads,
RESTAURANT,
jr case,
gram rabbit,
shiny toy guns
THE GOSSIP,
the mormons,
cut chemist,
jurassic 5,
hector zazou,
bill laswell,
harold budd,
devotchka,
the shins,
the doves,
midnight movies,
CARINA ROUND,
suicide holiday,
lady sinatra,
drama addict,
atomic playboy,
wade williams,
killingbird,
solomon's seal,
minibar,
no man,
roger eno,
tim bowness,
steven wilson....how about EVERYTHING AND THEN SOME tbc...
jean de florette, manon des sources en anglais manon of the springs, meet the robinson's, the misfits , the cook, the thief, his wife & her lover, bladerunner ~~ Deckard: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe, all those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.' , the matrix trilogy, constantine, eraserhead, the james bond series, mulholland drive, blue velvet, lost highway, dune, chicken little, a clockwork orange ~~ [Listening to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony] Alex: Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh. It was like a bird of rarest-spun heaven metal or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now. As I slooshied, I knew such lovely pictures! , velvet goldmine, reservoir dogs ~~ Mr. Blonde: Listen kid, I'm not gonna bullshit you, all right? I don't give a good fuck what you know, or don't know, but I'm gonna torture you anyway, regardless. Not to get information. It's amusing, to me, to torture a cop. You can say anything you want cause I've heard it all before. All you can do is pray for a quick death, which you ain't gonna get. [He removes his razor] Mr. Blonde: You ever listen to K-Billy's "Super Sounds of the Seventies" weekend? It's my personal favorite. , wag the dog, the spanish prisoner, daughters of the dust, ~~girl with the pearl earring , hedwig and the angry inch, magnolia, himmel uber berlin~wings of desire, city of angels, constantine, maria full of grace, monster's ball, whale rider~~ Koro (to his granddaughter Paikea): Wise leader, forgive me. I am only a fledgling new to flight. , hotel rwanda, the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie, city of god, nil by mouth, blind swordsman ..19: zatoichi the samaritan ~~ Shinkichi: Massuer, did you see that? Zatoichi: I don't see much , casino, the big lebowski, sexy beast, the sleeping dictionary, rocky horror picture show, lost in translation, requiem for a dream, koyaanisqatsi, o brother, where art thou?, afropunk , annie hall, deep cover, the life aquatic with steve zissou, igby goes down, powder, the adventures of buckaroo banzai across the 8th dimension, the legend of sleepy hollow, it happened one night, the green mile, the life of brian, la dolce vita, mystic river, bringing up baby, twelve monkeys, the color purple, raising arizona, fargo, the shawshank redemption, the piano~~ Ada: I have told you the story of your father many many times. Flora: Oh, tell me again! Was he a teacher? Ada: Yes. Flora: How did you speak to him? Ada: I didn't need to speak. I could lay thoughts out in his mind like they were a sheet. Flora: Why didn't you get married? Ada: He became frightened and stopped listening. , pulp fiction, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, as good as it gets, memento, the silence of the lambs, red dragon, princess mononoke, psycho, sunset blvd.~~ Joe Gillis: [narrating] The poor dope - he always wanted a pool. Well, in the end, he got himself a pool. Joe Gillis: You're Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big. Norma Desmond: I *am* big. It's the *pictures* that got small. , american beauty, the filth and the fury, mad max, dig, to kill a mockingbird, the birds, spirited away, rear window, blade runner, the sixth sense, the 5th element, the usual suspects, american beauty, some like it hot, vertigo, 8 1/2, le fabuleux destin d'amelie poulain ~~ Amélie: [to her father, who is not paying attention] I had two heart attacks, an abortion, did crack... while I was pregnant. Other than that, I'm fine. , the matrix, taxi driver, se7en, monty python and the holy grail, crash, some like it hot, the incredibles, madagascar, lost highway, the life aquatic with steve zissou, amadeus, braveheart, mullholland drive, run lola run, eraserhead, pulp fiction, kill bill vols 1 & 2, the lord of the rings series, the harry potter series, true romance, magnolia, gladiator, ~~ the jacket:: Dr. Laurenson: How are we doing today? Rudy Mackenzie: For me...that is a really difficult question Dr. Laurenson, because the world around me is *shrinking*... and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are comin' to see me today, and they're not bringing flowers which... just makes it real difficult to get organized. ~~ just to name a few..
the brain drainer is usually playing in the background due to easy access :).. insanely enough..i find that life lessons are gotten everywhere, even the much maligned tv, on schoolhouse earth... and the stuff i end up at as i channel surf are :: well, on monday night, i was watching 'jean michel cousteau's voyage to kure' this bird is a rather cute little brown noddy , one of the seabird species found in the Northwestern Hawaii Islands.
from the website, 'What we saw and filmed over five weeks showed that balance among all forms of life to be threatened, but unbowed. Now, the outcome belongs to all of us and our collective will to protect one of the most remote and beautiful places on Earth. Photo credit: Tove Petterson, Ocean Futures Society'.. fascinating what i learned..
From the show and i quote:: 'Cigarette lighters and plastic toys were collected by our expedition team. This marine debris came from all over the world and passed through the bodies of albatross before being deposited on the beaches of the NWHI. The "citizenship" of this population and the answer for its proper disposal belongs to all of us. Photo credit: Tom Ordway, Ocean Futures Society There is grim news we must all face.
Many of you who have been following our logs, or reading and viewing news reports, are aware of the shocking scenes that we found along the shoreline and reefs of these islands. Hundreds of seabirds, mostly young albatross, lie dead along the beaches with an endless variety of plastics lodged in their decomposing bodies. On almost every island we explored, the landscape was littered with the discarded products of human society from thousands of miles away—cigarette lighters, golf balls, toothbrushes, children's toys, and fishing floats among others.
While the NWHI are largely uninhabited, the North Pacific gyre, a convergence zone of the entire North Pacific Ocean acts as a "pollution highway," bearing plastic debris along its path. These plastics become encrusted with fish eggs and are plucked from the ocean by albatross adults seeking food for their chicks. They swallow the eggs encasing the plastics, return to their chicks, and regurgitate the deadly combination into the hungry mouths of their young. These young birds simply cannot digest plastic materials and the accumulation of plastics over the first six months of their lives can result in starvation and possible death.
We collected and documented thousands of plastic products that covered the NWHI. They came from all over the world—the U.S., Japan, France, countries throughout Asia and around the globe. Pollution like this knows no nationality. We cannot blame one country or culture. The "citizenship" of this pollution belongs to all of us, and it is our charge to find an answer for the proper disposal of non-biodegradable products that are affecting every level of this delicate food chain.
~~
see, tv can be educational if ya look for it..and the lesson here is relatively clear..
START RECYCLING!! IKEA HAS A GREAT LITTLE 3 RECEPTACLE SYSTEM THAT'S CHEAP!!! SAVE THE ECOSYSTEM.. START TODAY!! ALL HUMANITY IS RESPONSIBLE.. THAT MEANS YOU AND ME..
i feel for the birds that think that those things we throw away into the ocean are edible and, unknowingly, because the fish are laying eggs on anything, including the plastic trash we throw in the ocean, and fish eggs are a natural food to them, they kill themselves with our trash..
this, or course, is one of the many killing fields that INhumanity inhabits, ego and narcissism is out of control.. aaahh, so self centered, that we think that it doesn't directly effect us..
well, by the time it gets to us it will be TOO LATE for the entire food chain, INCLUDING US..
we all have to be responsible for caring for the ecosystem.. once the food chain is compromised, so are we all...,
kcet public television, kcls, koce, and then there's on demand tv, bravo, bbc, discovery channel, travel channel, food channel, hg tv, tlc, mtv, history channel, e, national geographic, deadwood, entourage, classic arts showcase, bravo, recently obsessed with nip/tuck, monk, huff and weeds, hbo film elizabeth I, DEXTER (!!) blows me away, heroes, eureka, the dresden files.. and OK I LUV UGLY BETTY..
naked lunch
, the catcher in the rye, mother night, wicked, 1984, a clockwork orange, the illustrated man, brave new world, siddarta, the glass bead game, narcissus and goldmund, steppenwolf, stranger in a strange land, symbols of transformation, the course in miracles, anything by deepack chopra, the art of sexual ecstasy, hellraiser, weaveworld, imagica*****, abarat******and anything by clive barker memnoch the devil, the vampire lestat, anything by anne rice even if it's bad, the harry potter series, the lord of the ring series, possessing the secret of joy, awakening the buddha within, bradshaw on the family, anything by alice miller, the unbearable lightness of being, the celestine prophecy, dreamwork: psychotherapy and self change, the portable jung, the prophet, a return to love, a little yellow dog, the four agreements, the bondswoman's narrative, delta of venus..
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bowie, buddha, jesus christ, albert einstein, the love of my life, ella and leon for having the audacity to procreate me hahahahahahaaa...those crazy kids...amazing...ella ruth for being the best mother ever and king david james for fathering me.. i love you sooo much and pop and i always will..