Saturday morning post
Posted by michellemoquin on April 5th, 2008
Good morning everyone!
I woke up this morning and my entire blog was changed; not the visual that you see but the inner workings of setting this thing up. The layout is a bit different so later on I am going to have to reacquaint myself. No matter….on with the day!
Doug had a biz meeting last night so I jumped around with a girlfriend Tara and her beau Paul, our newbie friends. Actually yesterday was a pretty social day all around…. I have been getting up at 6:30 every morning which is new for me. Between blogging and emails and eating breakfast early, it is a great way for me to jump start my day and get the little stuff out of the way. Not that blogging is little stuff and not that I want to get it out of the way. I just know that you my readers look forward to a new read early in the morning, especially during the work week so that you can hang and coffee clutch n’ cluck in the break room or near the water cooler. I’m not making this up – you’ve emailed me requesting this! :)
So…my girlfriend Juls, whom I haven’t seen in about 3 years, came over in the afternoon – it was like we had just spoken yesterday. I just love when that happens. It just goes to show you that when you have a connection with someone, time and space really doesn’t matter. Hmmm… I just now realized that I need to remember that one in regards to another person. Anywho, we gabbed non-stop for two and an half hours drinking tea and catching up on life. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and promised to get together sooner this next time.
Juls left just in time to watch Oprah. Did any of you catch the show? I bet it was eye-opening for some of you. I could never imagine having the job of choosing which dogs to euthanize – how terrible and even more so when they showed that one kennel where 40 dogs are euthanized everyday! It weighs so heavy on my heart. My mom and I talked about this and the hardest part was not only knowing that so many dogs are put to death every year but that they seem to know from the look on their faces that it is their time to go. :( I hope that all of you will reconsider when you are out looking for a dog – adopt and older one. Our last Dog Vince was 10 years old when we adopted him. Unfortunately he only lasted 2 years but I know it was a wonderful two years for him – He was extremely attached to me and he despised Doug! But Doug was much more of a sport about it than I could ever have been - Thanks baby for not taking his snarling personally :)
So back to last night….Tara picked me up and we headed to Le Cheval, this fab Vietnamese place in DT Oakland, to meet Paul for a bite to eat before we headed to Oakland’s Art Murmur. Prudy, another friend had blogged about it months ago and until last night we hadn’t gone yet.
The murmur happens the first Friday of every month, 6-10 pm and features 17 galleries in a few blocks range. If you live in the Bay Area, it is a must – very cool vibe and some interesting artwork, especially at the Johansson Projects Gallery. The gallery spaces are a bit crowded so seeing the art can be difficult but half of the fun is all of the people watching, and there were lots of people just hanging out in the streets. In fact we ran into about 8 or so of Tara and Paul’s friends – all super friendly.
There was one street between two galleries that was blocked off and vendors sold a few things ranging from fresh made vegan donuts ( umm sounds good but they weren’t), to patches of fabric printed with art to sew onto a t-shirt (?). Kind of burning man’ish with street dancers, art video splashed on an entire side of a building and a graffiti artist doin’ his latest installation on an outside gallery wall. Lot of action and lots to see. Tara mentioned that there was a booth last time where these people would cut up knit sweaters and plunk each piece on top of your head sewing them together, making you a personalized hat within 5 or so minutes! – cool. Unfortunately they were not there last night. Have any of you gone to the art murmur? I would love to hear your rap.
We finished off an early evening with a drink at a local bar and I was home by eleven. A perfect evening – except for the fact that I Missed you Doug.
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Doug and Al: Thanks for your kind comments yesterday. If we all just do a little bit more for the things that are close to our hearts how can things not get better?
Daphne: Just caught your comment the other day. I know you are a big fan of Steve – so am I. I liked the article that he wrote. I agree with some of it, and some I have to think about some more. The only paragraph that I know I don’t agree with is:
“The irony is that those who suggest we must dissociate from the ego are still very much ego-associated themselves. They simply detach their egos from materialism and re-attach it to spiritualism. The identification with physical life becomes stronger than ever.”
My feeling is I don’t think that if you detach from the materialistic that you then attach to the spiritualism. I think for some and maybe many, this will happen. But if you truly detach, all that is left is simply: being; I am. I have been working on this detachment of ego and just trying to be present; to create the space to be the awareness behind the ego. It is not always easy as we fall into the different roles that we play in our lives – our identities that we are attached to. There is nothing wrong with having roles as long as there is no attachment to the identity, so that being can just shine. I just keep thinking of “A New Earth” – have you looked at this book at all? I think you would find it very interesting.
That’s it for today….have a splendid Saturday!
Gratefully your blog host,
Michelle
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April 5th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Hi Michelle, It’s Saturday afternoon and I am doing some domestic work such as Laundry to keep me busy and not hurt my Spine too much.
Yesterday, I had a complete Spinal M.R.I. at a nearby Hospital. It took about 1 and 1/2 hours of being stuck in the Machine. While in the M.R.I., I became a bit claustrophobic. I had to meditate to keep calm and breathe smoothly. It is an easy, non-invasive procedure but it leaves me really exhausted and sweaty afterward.
Would you believe that I actually miss the banter between Gleia, Adam, Tal and myself. I wonder what they are up to?
You know that I am awaiting a trip with Azza and their comrades soon. I hope plans don’t change for any reason.
Hope you and Doug have a nice Weekend and lots of interesting people Blog in. I need to read a good Comment from someone – even a shy Newbie would be nice.
Michelle, Thanks for being a good Blog Master – Bye for now.
HOWIE
April 5th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
TO: Azza, Gleia, Zmiv. Adam, Tal and the rest of the TAO Group:
This is HOWIE and I miss hearing from your Group. I am a bit lonely here on Michelle’s Blog. I am sure that you are missed by many more then just myself. Is there a reason you are not commenting?
I used to read some spectscular writings from the TAO Group about everything from Earth-like Planets to Broth and miss this eclectic mixture of information.
I hope that everything is going well with the Climax and your other ships in the general area. Your Human Friends would like to know how you are faring and perhaps hear some space travel stories.
I personally would love to hear some stories of your voyages. After all, I plan on being aboard ship in the near future and hope everything is going according to schedule.
Believe it or not, I am actually concerned and a little worried about you beings. Please let Blog readers know that you are OK. We are sitting on the edge of our seats waiting to find out.
HOWIE
April 5th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Michelle,
Your thought for a title is great! Those little creative snippets that add so much. Vince was great, he just didn’t want me to know how much he liked me…it was all an act. He did good. As we talked about your evening last night, I must say that I won’t miss the next one and I can’t wait.