tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45622188523759070292024-03-13T18:51:30.243-07:00For what its worthBits and pieces of this and thatDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107404717050983694noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562218852375907029.post-72195970565461681242020-07-03T20:57:00.001-07:002020-07-03T20:57:52.305-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few weeks ago I was on a website that I have followed for years, <a href="http://www.beekman1802.com/">Beekman1802</a>. They sell home products, goat milk cheeses, skincare and alike. And now they just started selling CBD products (with goat milk of course). I have always been intrigued by the concept. And of course who doesn't like to try new creams. So I bought some facial cream and soap (with goat milk of course) and loved it. I have been using if for almost a week and I can see and feel a difference. Now maybe thats just in my head. I have always been one who can easily be influenced by just a complement. I was once told I could sing like Elvis (thanks mom) so I bought a sequined cape. Thank God I'm gay so it hasn't gone to waste. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My point is I'm not really a big pot user.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The last time I smoked a doobie ... well the fact that I said doobie should give you an idea, I wasn't a fan. It made me hungry(er) and stupid(er) and I don't need help in those areas. But I've always been one for pomp, circumstance and the anticipation of whats to come. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Back in the 80's I was more into the cutting the blow into lines then actually snorting them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So walking into my first cannabis store today (reminiscent of an Apple Store) was sensory overload. Clean lines everywhere. Spotless maple floors. Tall ceilings. Perfect lighting. A quite sense of self came over me. Kind of like the feeling I get when I go to a bookstore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was ushered over to my personal "bud tender" (love that title) who welcomed me with a huge smile. Well at least his eyes smiled from over his mask. He introduced himself as Todd and asked what I was looking for. I told him I was a virgin in the whole <i>New Cannabis</i> <i>World</i> and I really only wanted to get an oil or cream with CBD for my elbow. He walked me over to a beautiful wall covered with shelves with carefully placed jars and bottles of all sizes. But only one of each (just like Apple). They had the real stuff behind a wall with a little pass through cut out. Kind of like what I feel Fort Knox would look like if Fort Know dispensed cannabis. He pulled a jar down from the beautifully lit shelf and said this is what he would recommend for boney areas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can I just stop here and say I have been referred to as a lot of body types but boney was never been one of them. I love Todd. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He then took down another jar and said this this one was good for blah blah blah once a day blah blah blah. To be honest I didn't hear, boney was still ringing sweetly in my ears. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once I could focus on his words again it was like speaking to a sommelier. Oils for this. Creams for that. If you use the one that contains THC you might <i>feel</i> this way. I'll save the THC for another time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway ... this is what I ended up with (pictured above). I'll be darned if it didn't work ... it totally did ! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rock on dude ! </span>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107404717050983694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562218852375907029.post-4937684301823080702020-03-25T07:21:00.000-07:002020-03-25T07:21:06.698-07:00<span style="font-size: x-large;">Conscious Awakening ... thats what is happening to humanity. We are seeing it everyday. People are looking out for their neighbors. People are looking out for our planet (whether on purpose or out of necessity). People are slowing down, spending more time with their family. People are giving of themselves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Is this all temporary? As soon as we are able to leave or homes will we be back to our old ways? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Lets hope not. Lets try to keep it going. At least long enough for our children to learn how humanity should be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Laugh </span>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107404717050983694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562218852375907029.post-16617926020247112592020-03-01T20:09:00.001-08:002020-03-01T20:09:52.815-08:00<span style="font-size: large;">May 2018 ! Wow, almost 2 years since my last BLOG. And 6700 views. Nice ! It's Sunday and you know what they say ... it's a school night. </span><br />
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107404717050983694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562218852375907029.post-79200181333013110292018-05-28T16:47:00.001-07:002018-05-28T16:47:49.224-07:00Buddy can you spare a dime ? Or a jacket? Or a blanket?<span style="font-size: large;">I found this in my drafts ... from 2014 - </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've always believed that true charity is anonymous. But I had to share this story. Hopefully my story will serve as a gentle reminder. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On my way to work I see same the homeless person at Laurel and Sunset. Day in and day out. He stands on the northwest corner at the bus stop, dressed in dirty jeans, holey sneakers and a faded blue t-shirt. He looks about 50 but I think he's younger. Seeing him makes me incredibly sad. And yes, ashamed. Everyday I wonder what his story is. How? What? Why? And every time that I catch the red light, just a few feet from him, I look left. I look up. I look down. I fiddle with the radio, heater, air conditioner. Anywhere but at him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've always been concerned for people less fortunate then me. I credit my parents for that. I was also a kid was was bullied everyday in school. I may not know what its like to go without shelter and food but I do know what its like to be different. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As summer turned into "winter" (thats how it works here in LA … Summer followed by less Summer) it was getting cooler, especially in the morning and after the sun went down. One morning as I was stopped at the stoplight I noticed he was wearing a t-shirt and a ratty light jacket. That night when I got home</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I looked through my closet to find a jacket for him. Needless to say I found a few (some still with tags on …ouch). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next morning as I approached his corner I pulled over to a near-by parking lot. As I walked along busy Sunset Blvd carrying the jackets, cars rushing by me, people walking past me on their way to work he must of seen me with the jackets because as I approached him he started to smile. Not a smile you get when you see dogs playing. Not a smile you see as you sit down with friends for dinner. But more of a smile of relief. A smile that says "I'll be warm tonight." </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He was incredibly appreciative. I told him I hoped the jackets helped at night. He smiled. I wanted to ask him so many questions. Maybe out of curiosity. What happened? Don't you have family? Maybe out of fear. How do I avoid this fate? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just turned and walked back to my car and drove off. Thankful for my clothes. Thankful for my friends and family. Thankful for life. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As I drove I started to tear. I vowed to be thankful for at least the rest of the day. I was ... until I forgot about the man on the corner. The man who I never even bothered to ask for his name. </span><br />
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107404717050983694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562218852375907029.post-81799508298945739622016-12-30T15:26:00.000-08:002016-12-30T15:26:32.875-08:00Happy whatever<span style="font-size: large;">Happy ... holidays? Merry ... Christmas? Happy ... Hanukkah? I'm not sure why people get so upset when they are greeted with Happy Holidays. How can you be mad when someone wishes you well? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm over it. If I know you celebrate Christmas your going to get a Merry Christmas from me. If you are a stranger I'll say Happy Holidays ... to cover all my bases. So many people are saying we are losing the Christmas spirit. Really? I even had a friend ask me in a huff "Why aren't we allowed to say Merry Christmas anymore?" </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I guess I didn't get that memo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's where I stand ... if somebody wishes me a happy anything these days I'm ahead of the game. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peace </span>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107404717050983694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562218852375907029.post-80566002059310719072016-09-22T18:37:00.001-07:002016-09-22T18:40:31.451-07:00<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px;">We had to say goodbye to our beautiful Maxwell Brown. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px;"> We had the honor of being his family for 15 years. An honor that we did not take lightly. He came to us as a 12 week old bundle of fur. Ready for what life had to bring him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px;"> Bruce, our first basset was ready to take on the responsibilities of the older brother. He showed him how to use the doggie door. Where to poop and pee. And most importantly how to use those special Bassett eyes to look at us adoringly when he wanted a treat. And it worked every time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px;"> Max was our moody child. Not everyone he met got to bathe in his love. But if he did befriend you, you were his for life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16px;"> I know Bruce was waiting for him at the bridge. Waiting to show him the ropes. And most importantly ... how to look at God with those brown eyes when it's treat time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">For us, but we're going to make it</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Starting all over as friends is going to be tough</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">On us, but we gotta face it</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">We lost what we had, that what hurt us so bad</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Set us back a thousand years</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">But we're going to make it up though I know it's gonna be tough</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">To erase the hurt and fears</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Oh, starting all over again is going to be hard</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">But I pray to the Lord to help us make it</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Starting all over again is going to slow</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">But we both know, we gonna make it</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">We gotta take life as it comes</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Never fuss about it, what's right or wrong</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">It's an uphill climb, to the finish line</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">We gonna try, we gonna try, just one more time</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Starting all over again is going to be hard</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">On us, but we can make it</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Starting all over as friends is going be tough</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">We both know, but we gonna make it</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">We gotta take life as it comes</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Don't make any fuss about it, what's right or wrong</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">We're gonna make it up, though I know it's gonna be rough</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">To erase the hurt and fears</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Oh, starting all over again is going to be rough</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">For us, but we're going to make it</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Starting all over as friends is going to be tough</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;">On us, but we got to face it</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">I was walking home from my local 24 hour grocery store late last night and saw a man sitting in a wheelchair under a blanket (remember how cold it was last night ?). Everything he owned was within a 2 foot radius. Everything. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">No I don't have the big fancy house (anymore). </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">No I don't have an endless bank account. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">No I can't pack up and fly to Hawaii at the drop of a hat. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"> </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica;" /><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">We get these little reminders at the perfect moments in our lives. The problem is remembering them for longer then it's takes to mention how much traffic sucks. </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica;" /><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">No matter who your "higher power" is take a moment to thank him/her/it. </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica;" /><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">Now back to cleaning. Geeze how I hate to clean. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Peace </span>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107404717050983694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562218852375907029.post-29095994499146201402016-01-10T12:13:00.000-08:002016-01-10T12:14:47.795-08:00If only we knew ...<div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">
Our love affair is bitter sweet<br />
Insecure and incomplete<br />
And I've often wondered why your leaving's been so long delayed<br />
It's all become so complicated<br />
Maybe you feel obligated<br />
And out of simpathy for me you stay<br />
But I had rather live alone<br />
Than live with someone who doesn't love me<br />
And I'd rather have you go than stay<br />
And put me down a thinkin' you're above me<br />
Our love affair is so wound up<br />
It's best that we unwind<br />
And if you don't love me, leave me<br />
And don't let it trouble your mind<br />
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You've waited much too long to leave afraid of how I'd take it<br />
And I'm deeply touched by your concern but I think I can make it<br />
It won't be easy for a while but I'll forget in time<br />
And if you don't love me, leave me and don't let it trouble your mind<br />
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I had rather live alone<br />
Than live with someone who doesn't love me<br />
And I'd rather have you go than stay<br />
And put me down a-thinkin' you're above me<br />
Our love affair is so wound up<br />
It's best that we unwind<br />
And if you don't love me, leave me<br />
And don't let it trouble your mind<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"How I Became The Bomb" is my new </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;">obsession, or more specific their single "Ulay, Oh". I fell down the internet rabbit hole the other day. You know how it is … you start looking for stores that sell crochet needles and end up looking at videos of surfing dogs. Anyway. I found myself on YouTube looking at a performance piece by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAID_2iKO5Y">Marina Abramović</a>. The clip shows her having a surprise encounter with former lover and fellow artist Uwe Laysiepen after decades apart. I watched the video at least 4 times in a row. The music haunted me. So of course I had to purchase it as well as look up the lyrics. </span></div>
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<i>There she was like a picture.</i></div>
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<i>There she was, she was just the same.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />There she was; he just had to know that she had forgot his name.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ulay, Ulay, Oh.</i></div>
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<i>Thinking back to the last time.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />On the wall as they turned away.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Walking back; was it just a dream or did he hear her say?<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ulay, Ulay, Oh.</i></div>
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<i>Trying his best to forget her.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Trying his best to just keep his stride.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Kept his word, but he knows he heard<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ulay, Ulay, Oh.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ulay, Ulay, Oh.</i></div>
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<i>There she was like a picture.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />There she was, she was just the same.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />There she was; he just had to know she had not forgot his name.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ulay, Ulay, Oh.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ulay, Ulay, Oh.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ulay, Ulay, Oh.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ulay, Ulay, Oh.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ulay, Ulay, Oh.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ulay, Ulay, Oh.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ulay, Ulay, Oh.</i></div>
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<i>There he was like his picture.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />There he was; he was just the same.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />There he was. He could never know she could never give his name.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ulay, Ulay, Oh.</i></div>
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<i>Thinking back to the last time.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />On the wall as he turned away.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Turning back, did he even know?<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Did he ever hear her say<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ulay, Ulay, Oh?</i></div>
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<i>Trying her best to foget him.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Trying her best just to keep her stride.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ulay, Ulay, Oh.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ulay, Ulay, Oh.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />There they were like the picture.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />There they were, they were just the same.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />There they were, but he walked away and her eyes could only say<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Ulay, Ulay, Oh.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Obsession comes in many forms. Good and bad. Sad and happy. But most of the time is happens in a form that cannot be understood. </span></span>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107404717050983694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562218852375907029.post-49430315750668293082015-06-17T20:23:00.002-07:002015-06-19T20:17:25.399-07:00Really ???<span style="font-size: large;">I've been hearing voices for a while now as I walk out of my building.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sometimes melancholy … </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Wish you were here"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"I miss you"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Do you miss me?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sometimes thoughtful …</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"I'd be surprisingly good for you"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"You and me … we made a good team"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Trust me"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>But recently just downright rude ...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Hey porky!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Whoa … when are you due?" </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"HEY, save some food for the rest of us"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Then I noticed who was saying it …</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Is is healthy? Or does it stop you from moving on? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having a relationship with an ex is hard. If not close to impossible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What do you tell him? What do you ask him? Is anything off limits? And when he tells you something do you believe it, history tells you no. You really want compliment the new furniture, the paint. The funny thing is … the new 60's style decor was never his style. Now it overflows from every room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you have dinner with your best friend nothing is off limits. But the rules change when you dine with the ex. If you ask about money … are you meddling? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you ask a BFF if they are dating you really want to know. And if they are you are happy for them. But if the ex is dating you feel replaced. Of course you want them to be happy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But could he at least wait until you are?</span></div>
Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107404717050983694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562218852375907029.post-47076837062800766092014-12-31T15:36:00.000-08:002014-12-31T15:42:48.323-08:00We've all had bad days ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've had a headache for the past two days. It's been really cold here in Los Angeles and I've had to turn the heater on. I had to say good-bye to my 15 year-old cat Squeaky last month. I had to say good-bye to my basset hound Bruce 2 years ago. My partner and I of 16 years broke up 3 years ago. My best friend died of cancer, my grandmother died and I got bullied so bad every day of my senior year of high school that I dropped out. </div>
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These are all things that happen to every one of us, give or take. We deal with them. We don't like it but we deal. Can you imagine waking up every morning in a body that wasn't yours? Every day wondering what it would be like to be … to need to be somebody else? So uncomfortable in your own skin that not taking your life was a daily battle? I can't. </div>
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Leelah took her own life on Sunday morning, stepping in front of a semi truck on Interstate 71. Leelah realized she was transgender when she was 14. Though she sought support from family, she received none. She posted a haunting suicide note to her Tumblr page, imploring parents not to react negatively if their child comes out as transgender, writing,</blockquote>
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<b>"Even if you are Christian or are against transgender people don’t ever say [to someone that they are wrong], especially your kid. That won’t do anything but make them hate them self. That’s exactly what it did to me." For Alcorn, the situation sadly felt hopeless:<br />Either I live the rest of my life as a lonely man who wishes he were a woman or I live my life as a lonelier woman who hates herself. There’s no winning. There’s no way out. I’m sad enough already, I don’t need my life to get any worse. People say “it gets better” but that isn’t true in my case. It gets worse. Each day I get worse. </b></blockquote>
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I know first hand what it's like to live in pain. In constant fear of not being accepted. In constant fear of not being able to be myself. But I was (am) lucky. Lucky to have loving, caring family and friends. People who accepted me for who I am. People I could turn to for help. For advise. Or just somebody to talk to. My heart truly aches for Leelah. I hurt for her because she had no one to turn to. No one that would listen to her. No one to hear her cries for help.<br />
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My heart hurts for society as well. What have we lost? The poems and wisdom of another Maya Angelou? The acting talents of another Meryl Streep? A political powerhouse of another Hillary Clinton? The medical brain of Marie Curie?<br />
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Sadly we will never know.</div>
Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107404717050983694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562218852375907029.post-60935788582056811572014-12-12T19:36:00.002-08:002014-12-12T19:37:39.962-08:00Good bye <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dog book, my favorite kind. Benoit loads up the RV for a month (turns out longer) long adventure across America. His traveling companion? His 8 year old lab mix that he (Benoit, not the lab) feels have not really connected in the 8 years that he's had him. Along the way they meet police dogs, farm dogs, dock-diving dogs, show dogs and dogs with nothing to do but bathe in the loving glow of their masters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What can I say? Its a book to make me a better sales person. Normally books like this remind me of whats-his-name? The guy with the big head and teeth … you know who I'm talking about. Anyway, this was a good, informative read. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>The Animals - Love Letters Between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy edited by Katherine Bucknell</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A love story of the oldest kind. Young man / Older Man. And this one lasted for more than 30 years despite a 30 year age gap. Love letters. Hate letters. Jealousy letters. Tender letters. For anyone who has lost the love of their life. Or is still looking. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What can I say about Jennifer? One word … my-side-hurts-from-laughing-so-hard. </span></div>
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<b style="font-size: x-large;"><i>A Sudden Light </i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.garthstein.com/">Garth Stein</a> wrote one of my favorite books … <i>The Art of Dancing in the Rain </i>published in 2008. I was so happy to find his new book on the shelves of my local Barnes & Noble. I'll keep you posted. Oh, one more thing … the man is hot !</span></div>
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107404717050983694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562218852375907029.post-78159134509976064352014-10-15T19:07:00.002-07:002014-11-09T18:04:02.527-08:00A new way of thinking? Or the right way?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have adored Meryl Streep for as long as I can remember. I truly believe she if one of the top actresses of our time. She embodies what acting is. She is diverse, sensitive, strong, weak, fearless, confident, funny, expressive, all encompassing, fluid … you get the picture. I worship her as an actress. But now I also see her as a living, breathing, caring, flawed creature. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found a post on Facebook that I am assuming she wrote. I mean … its on Facebook so it HAS to be true. I'd like to think it is. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me."<br /><br />"I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love those who do not love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"I no longer spend a single minute on those who lie or want to manipulate.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"<br /><br />"I decided not to coexist anymore with pretense, hypocrisy, dishonesty and cheap praise.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"I do not tolerate selective erudition nor academic arrogance.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">" </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"I do not adjust either to popular gossiping.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"I hate conflict and comparisons.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"I believe in a world of opposites and that’s why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"In friendship I dislike the lack of loyalty and betrayal. I do not get along with those who do not know how to give a compliment or a word of encouragement.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"Exaggerations bore me and I have difficulty accepting those who do not like animals.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"And on top of everything I have no patience for anyone who does not deserve my patience.”<br /><br /> - Meryl Streep</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">I have lived in and around Hollywood for many years. Both physically and metaphorically. I have been involved in the movie making process and its probably skewed my view on many things. People think acting is a frivolous career. It's not the act of acting that is superficial its some of the people that have chosen the career. I personally have been "touched" by the bug. Nothing has transpired … yet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meryl Streep's words have really touched me in a way that I haven't been touched in years (keep the snickering to yourselves). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love those who do not love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">How many of us do this? We chase after the approval and love of people who don't deserve it. We think "Please love me". No more. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"I no longer spend a single minute on those who lie or want to manipulate.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">" </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">And why should we? Life truly is to short to waste time on people that do not want to be honest, helpful, charitable and caring. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"Exaggerations bore me and I have difficulty accepting those who do not like animals.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;">"</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">This of course is the best. I have never trusted people that don't like animals. But better yet … I have never trusted people that <b><i>animals</i></b> don't like. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">- Beautiful Ruins </span>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107404717050983694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562218852375907029.post-79521085484437512962014-08-12T16:27:00.001-07:002014-08-12T16:27:06.307-07:00Juice this !<span style="font-size: large;">I started a 3 day cleanse today. I ended a 3 day cleanse today. </span>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107404717050983694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562218852375907029.post-56902177040254547632014-05-28T18:08:00.002-07:002014-05-28T18:08:56.680-07:00The side effects of working out <span style="font-size: large;">I guess a date with the cute check out guy at <i>Ralph's</i> is out of the question as I witness the Tinactin rolling down the check out conveyer belt. </span>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107404717050983694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562218852375907029.post-31331750474524276842014-05-12T15:57:00.000-07:002014-05-12T15:57:13.732-07:00Brilliant words … <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">Sing, sing at the top at your voice,</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">Love without fear in your heart.</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">Yeah and feel, feel like you still have a choice</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">When we all light up we can scare away the dark</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">We wish our weekdays away</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">Spend our weekends in bed</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">Drink ourselves stupid</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">And work ourselves dead</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">Or just because that's what mom and dad said we should do</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">We should run though the</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;"> forest</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">We should swim in the sea</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">We should laugh, we should</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;"> cry,</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">we should love, we should dream</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">We should stare at the stars and not just at screens</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">You should hear what I'm saying and know what it means</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">To sing sing at the top at your voice,</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">Love without fear in your heart.</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">Yeah and feel, feel like you still have a choice</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">When we all light up we can scare away the dark</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">Yeah we wish we were happier, thinner and fitter,</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">We wish we weren't liars and losers and quitters</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">We want something other then just nasty and bitter</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">We want something real not just hashtags and twitter</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">It's the meaning of life and it's streamed live on YouTube</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">But I guess gangnam style will still get more views</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">We're scared of drowning, flying and shooters</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">But were all slowing dying in front of computers</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">So, sing at the top at your voice,</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">Love without fear in your heart.</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif;">Yeah and feel, feel like you still have a choice</span><br style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; 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<span style="font-size: large;"> Because I have to tell you … I can leave the house rockin' the mirror only to find Jabba the Hutt staring back at me from the tabloids the next morning.</span>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107404717050983694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562218852375907029.post-18014096126006877562014-05-04T09:58:00.004-07:002014-05-04T09:58:41.953-07:00Lazy Sunday <div style="text-align: center;">
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107404717050983694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562218852375907029.post-6905194217427173442014-04-26T23:29:00.000-07:002014-05-04T09:47:13.508-07:00Happy birthday Carol <span style="font-size: large;">When I was a kid Saturday (and later Sunday) night was CBS night</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">My parents would let me stay up and watch her show. I remember having a hard time getting to sleep because I was so hyped up from laughing so hard. What I wouldn't have given to be in the audience asking her a question … "If you could have dinner with anyone, living or dead, who would you choose?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">When my family moved from Oklahoma to Los Angeles in 1978 I was <b>beyond</b> happy. Would I finally get to ask my idol my </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">question? It wasn't to be. Carol (yes, I feel after all these years I can call her Carol) ended her long running TV show in 1978. I was crushed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fast forward to 2005. A friend of mind had the pleasure of working with her in the production "Once upon a Mattress". They screened it at the Writers Guild in Beverly Hills and I was lucky enough to be invited. As my friend was about to introduce me in the lobby of the theater I was over come with such emotion I had to leave the building. I stood outside for what seemed like hours trying to compose myself. I never did. I could not get with in 20 feet of her without turning into a puddle of emotions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The world had all gone wrong that day</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> And tired and in despair</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Discouraged with the ways of life,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A soft caress fell on my check</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> My hands were thrust apart.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And two big sympathizing eyes</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had a friend; what cared I now</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> For fifty worlds? I knew</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> My dog's heart, loyal, true.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"God bless him," breathed I soft and low,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One lingering lick upon my ear</span><br />
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