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Karma Satu

Don't lose the dreams inside your head.

About Me


parental guidance at its finest - since 1993
DaveSpacers at the Last Stop number of planets around the sun:
nine
how many the sun embraces:
one
miles traveled to see Dave Matthews Band play:
equivalent to several times around that one sweet world
getting to cross paths, roll out the red carpet, and deeply drink this blessed sip of life with these friends in Charlottesville:

PRICELESS

There are some things MasterCard can buy.
This experience was definitely one of them.
just a smidge Happily herbivorous. Certified 100% drama-, bitch- and PMS-free! I'm open to cognitive realignment. I admire stadium streakers' balls. Dave Matthews Band aficionado: a euphoric 2006 saw 9,245 miles by air, land and sea for nine shows. Flips flops are worn and the ocean and palm trees are appreciated daily. Not real big into exclamation marks. I seek out occasions to watch fireworks and eat cotton candy and funnel cake. Top five favorite college classes: rhetorical theory, philosophical thinking, music appreciation, digital rhetoric, and mass communication in society. I see the Creator in nature and the kindness of humanity, not in manmade houses of worship. I'm Googleable. I'll kick your ass in air hockey while you kick mine in pool. I've been to San Francisco and I wear flowers in my hair. My passport is itching for another stamp. Kinda have a thing for acoustic guitar players...
I enjoy incontinence-causing laughter. I'm a blogger, and blog of Satu is on The Million Dollar Homepage . I am a photographer and a writer but not a musician. Sweating is preferred to shivering. My international TV debut in 1983 leaves me with the elusive 14 minutes and 56 seconds of fame. I stop and smell all the flowers, not just the roses. Cake should be eaten before icing is licked. No thwarting is allowed.
what I've learned It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. People who don't mind their own business must have business that isn't worth minding. Responsibility's a big responsibility. There once was a man from Nantucket. Animals can tell you a lot about people. It's not polite to point or stare. All good things must come to an end sometime. You can't judge a book or a person by what you see on the outside. You never miss your water until your well runs dry. Drunk words = sober thoughts. Astronomers are wrong about Pluto being an exoplanet, for it will always be nine planets around the sun... You can take the girl out of New York but you can't take the New York out of the girl.
A closed mouth gathers no foot. Descartes - it's what's for dinner. Never trust someone who says, "Trust me." Dream. Give of your time, money and talents. A bird in each hand is worth four in the bush. Spell check is not to be relied upon. The early bird gets the shady on-campus parking spot. There's a difference between 'ur,' 'your' and 'you're.' Unplug. Love. Laugh. Don't step on other peoples' sandcastles. Soybeans rock! Wear sunscreen. Zen commutes are brought to you in part by non-factory-installed automobile sound systems. Quality restaurant service should be rewarded with at least the industry standard - 20%. Smoking is bad for you, unless it's a quarter past four-ish. Breastfeeding is not a reliable birth control method. The earth is not a garbage can. Eating plants instead of animals is good for physical health and my children's planet. Sometimes, felines, canines and rodents carry out Rodney King's wishes rather nicely. Maintain an awareness of poisonous spiders, sharks, venomous snakes, gators, fahr ants, sand spurs and crunchy bugs. Attempting a Romanian gymnast impersonation in a kitchen isn't a good idea. A day without laughter is like a night without sleep: it sucks. The best advice is, "Go play outside." Wisdom sharing via commenting is welcomed.
Blog of Satu is part of a directed independent study at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The DIS is analyzing examples of the effects of blogs outside cyberspace to show their significance to popular culture and mass society, looking at associations with electronic media and traditional forms of print media. Bloggers are sought for assistance by responding to survey questions concerning personal blogging experiences and/or by contributing links to scholarly articles or examples of varied extra-blogosphere web logs.
Any questions? Just ask the author . All research is being done by Satu Harris at UNCW, and will be completed by 12/1/06. The study is under the guidance of Anthony T. Atkins, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor of UNCW's Professional Writing Program.

some quotes

* Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson * You must be the change you wish to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader * Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. - French proverb * Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. - William Jennings Bryan, 1860-1925, American politician * It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences. - Harry S. Truman * Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. - Bernard Meltzer, American Law Professor * Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. Samuel L. Butler * Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life. - Ann Landers * He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but rejoices in what he has. -Epictetus, 55-135, Roman philosopher * I find that it is not the circumstances in which we are placed, but the spirit in which we face them, that constitutes our comfort. - Elizabeth T. King * People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily. - Zig Ziglar * To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing. - Janet Erskine Stuart * Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. - Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer & humorist * Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. - Arnold Schwarzenegger, American actor & California governor * Wherever we are and whatever we are doing, it is possible to learn something that can enrich our lives and the lives of others... No one's education is ever complete. - Sir John Templeton * The starting point of all achievement is desire. Weak desire brings weak results. - Napoleon Hill * Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time. - Viktor Frankl, author, neurologist, psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor, 1905-1997 * Words are things; and a small drop of ink / Falling like dew upon a thought, produces / That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. - Lord Byron, 1788-1824 * Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr., writer * No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness. - Phillips Brooks * The abundant life does not come to those who have had a lot of obstacles removed from their path by others. It develops from within and is rooted in strong mental and moral fiber. - William Mather Lewis * Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others; they do not seek to prove their value by measuring themselves against a comparative standard. Their joy is being who they are, not in being better than someone else. - Nathaniel Branden, American psychologist * Seek respect mainly from thyself, for it comes first from within. - Steven H. Coogler * In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy. - Albert Clarke * Dreams not pursued by action are simply that, dreams with little prospect of being attained. Action taken without a plan or direction is simply that - action with little prospect of success. Tie the plan and the action together and the dreams can become reality. - Julie V. Watson * When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take - choose the bolder. - W.J. Slim * We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons. - Jim Rohn * The sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make a new man of himself. - Wang Yang-Ming, 1472-1529, Chinese philosopher * The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. - Chinese proverb * Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible, it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could. - Barbara DeAngelis * The worst thing that one can do is not try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized and never knowing. - David Viscott * There are lots of opportunities out there in life, but if you never put yourself out on a limb and take chances you'll never dare to be great at anything. - Brian Griese, American football player) * Your choices today determine your tomorrow and you make your life through the power of choice. - Kathy Smith, exercise expert * Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand. - Emily Kimbrough, author and broadcaster, 1899-1989 * Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. - Herbert Kaufman, American author & behavioral expert * There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become. - Orison Swett Marden, 1850-1924, founder of Success magazine * Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so. - Belva Davis * I want to remind you that success in life is based on hard slogging. There will be periods when discouragement is great and upsetting, and the antidote for this is calmness and fortitude and a modest yet firm belief in your competence. Be sure that your priorities are in order so that you can proceed in a logical manner, and be ever mindful that nothing will take the place of persistence. * - Walter Annenberg, American Publisher *

my three blessings


I have every one & every one is scratched


Houston, tenemos un problema.


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My Interests


blog DIS!


I look up at the sky and my mouth is open wide

NOUNS:
DMB ~ optimism ~ water ~ education ~ nature ~ independence ~ laughter ~ organic vanilla soymilk ~ love ~ dreams ~ kindness ~ music ~ art ~ balance ~ sunshine ~ good karma ~ creativity ~ communication ~ sharing ~ encouragement ~ honesty ~ hope ~ goodness ~ goddess ~ good food ~ generosity ~ peace ~ photographs ~ fairytale ~ life ~ passion ~ compassion ~ inner beauty ~ well-being ~ competency ~ appreciation
VERBS:
smile ~ give ~ play ~ believe ~ love ~ travel ~ laugh ~ learn ~ live ~ move ~ release ~ appreciate ~ talk ~ swim ~ taste ~ climb ~ feel~ teach ~ walk ~ imagine ~ share ~ thank ~ think ~ write ~ create ~ master ~ practice ~

I'd like to meet:


Hardcore DMB fans and other Warehouse , Nancies and Ants members, because they are some of the finest people in this one sweet world. People who are in possession of brains, integrity, inner beauty, manners, wit and character. Aristotle. Gehrig. Einstein. Lao Tzu. Keller. Reagan. Shakespeare. Mozart. Monet. photos I've taken from afar

Dave Matthews, Carter Beauford, LeRoi Moore, Boyd Tinsley, Stefan Lessard (again), and Butch Taylor, to give the most heartfelt thank you for being such a significant part of my life. Kevin Bacon, because our three degrees of separation is still two too many. Those who try avoiding the squirrel in the road versus laughing when they don't. Someone who can teach me how to burp. People whose vocabularies don't include bored or hate. A cunning linguist, for I am an English major. I'll have sandwiches with Stewart and Colbert and I'll eat dinner (and breakfast) with Julian McMahon. Beverly Cleary, so I can thank her for writing me back when I was 8. My future editor/publisher/agent/intellectual property attorney, by the end of 2007. A chef who can create something other than a nice pasta dish. I plan to sit (though not jump) on Oprah Winfrey's couch. Sir Anthony Hopkins and Ralph Fiennes. Tree-hugging, -planting and -smoking, dirt worshipping, whirled pea-visualizing kinds of people. Warren Buffett or Bill Gates, so they could and I could pay off my $22,896 student loan debt. The guy who's gonna hand me a key to my first home. One of my ancestors from the motherland. People conscious of karma.
A man who will quench my heart and quench my mind.
I don't want to meet mean people, because they really do suck. Nor those who browse by zip code, which is why mine's fake.
And mimes and clowns - stay the fuck away from me.

Music:


Dave, The Stone

Dave, Stuck on You

DMB, Can't Stop

Dave and Tim, Crush

Dave Matthews Band, Robert Randolph & Rashawn Ross @ Red Rocks - 100% auditory orgasm

Dave Matthews Band, O.A.R. , Michael Tolcher, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Rashawn Ross, Sublime, Jack Johnson, Pearl Jam, Collective Soul, Ben Harper, David Gray, Eminem, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Louie Armstrong, The Beatles, Sting, Duran Duran, The Police, Paco Strickland , classical guitar, chamber music, string quartets, bluegrass, blues, indie, folk, acoustic, jam and Slow Kids at Play.
I like to financially support and attend performances by the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra , the Wilmington Concert Association , Chamber Music Wilmington and the North Carolina Symphony . I love music, except for country and Mr. Smelly's. And I swear, I have never requested Ken.

Honey, honey... come and DANCE with me!

Movies:

Team America - World Police, American Beauty, American Pie 2, Sense and Sensibility, Napoleon Dynamite, The Breakfast Club, Because of Winn Dixie, Mulan, Jackass, Toy Story, Babe, Young Frankenstein, It's a Wonderful Life, Beautiful Life, Bull Durham, The English Patient and all the Harry Potter movies. After graduation, Netflix will be my new friend.

Television:

TVMALSV - that would be Nip/Tuck, and that's it. Never cared too much for TV. I've seen in the past and love The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report and South Park. I prefer educational to entertaining TV - like History and Discovery channels, and National Geographic and Animal Planet.

Books:

If you are a publisher/literary agent/intellectual property attorney/publicist, please take a moment to e-mail me to discuss our potential professional association - I am a writer, and I want to get my books published. (Silly Abby, MySpace is for networking...) I've enjoyed books by Bill Waterson, Laura Ingalls Wilder, J. K. Rowling and Gary Larson. Naked Pictures of Famous People, Concise Oxford English Dictionary, The Highly Selective Dictionary of Golden Adjectives for the Extraordinarily Literate, The Art of the Personal Essay, Classical Mythology, my checkbook, The Secret Garden, Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, America (The Book) - A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, Running With Scissors, Harry Potter, lots of Really Expensive Textbooks, Leo the Magnificat, Sin and Syntax, No Uncertain Terms, The Creation of the Media - Political Origins of Modern Communications, The Writer's Handbook, Grimm's Fairy Tales, When Good People Write Bad Sentences, Verdi, Pussycat's Christmas, The Foot Book & Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss, and the books I am writing: the memoir of a former Studio 54 bartender and a series of children's books about Socrates.

Heroes:

A person who is admired for their courage or outstanding achievements? My children, my mom, my ex-husband's wife, Brian Edward Sweeney, Jon Stewart, Keith Olbermann, Cal Ripken Jr., Hermione Granger, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the teachers who made a difference,
and the servicemen and women of the United States military.

My Blog

problem-free and functional after much angst

You know how children are. Sometimes they punch holes in your souvenir postcard because they wanted to make dots. Sometimes they slowly ease a vaccum hose on a sleeping, deaf cat's fluffy tail. Someti...
Posted by Karma Satu Can't Stop JAMN2DMB on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:47:00 PST

computer issues - music and pictures and DMB CDs!

Well, y'all rock - those of you who are going to help me restore my music collection (I'm only talking DMB here, nothing else matters). By the end of this weekend, I should know what I'm still lookin...
Posted by Karma Satu Can't Stop JAMN2DMB on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:38:00 PST

DMB license plates - post your pics here!

Thanks to Mase for this link: license plates Post your pics here - I want to see them all! And please spread the word... I talked to one of my professors about researching this further if I've got a ...
Posted by Karma Satu Can't Stop JAMN2DMB on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:28:00 PST

DMB/Dave - the 17 shows I've been to over 8 years

Dave Matthews Band The Warehouse I've been to: 07/31/1999 Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek Raleigh, NC 09/01/2000 Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek Raleigh, NC 04/28/2001 Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek ...
Posted by Karma Satu Can't Stop JAMN2DMB on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:49:00 PST

PHOTOS OF DAVE FROM THE GORGE!

    WARNING: I have a camera, and I know how to use it. These were SO worth getting kicked out for... If these images are showing up as red Xs, the photos may also be viewed at this link. h...
Posted by Karma Satu Can't Stop JAMN2DMB on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:23:00 PST

GORGE update! tickets and tropical storm Ernesto

Jan's getting the tix and Kevin's taking the camping pass... It was $321.99 to change the flight to 24 hours earlier. Here is the forecast for the Gorge: Here is the forecast for my neck of the woods...
Posted by Karma Satu Can't Stop JAMN2DMB on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:35:00 PST

THANKS FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES!

All y'all - I really appreciate it. The bad thing is, I have to go to school on my birthday. (But I'll have only 39 more days of classes until I have earned my bachelor's degree!) The good t...
Posted by Karma Satu Can't Stop JAMN2DMB on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:10:00 PST

O.A.R. photos

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Posted by Karma Satu Can't Stop JAMN2DMB on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:40:00 PST

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND concerts!

Charlotte and Raleigh were awesome! Shows 11 & 12 - so much for taking a pic of how many fingers... I needed both hands and two toes! Here is the set list for Charlotte. Here is the set list for t...
Posted by Karma Satu Can't Stop JAMN2DMB on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:12:00 PST

I have a Kevin Bacon number of three

I started with this request, and I found out! Can someone help me figure it out? Here's whom I have met over the years: Lt. Col. Oliver North William Bennett Stefan Lessard Michael York Scott Hamilton...
Posted by Karma Satu Can't Stop JAMN2DMB on Mon, 08 May 2006 06:36:00 PST