Spiral Dynamics

I attended a lecture on this topic a while back (when I lived in Illinois.) Maybe I will try to look more into it.
About Spiral Dynamics

In the mail

A nice thank you note arrived from my friend, Linda Ha, for a little (just $10) contribution made to the Make a Wish Foundation of New Jersey.
She participated in a walkathon and surpassed her fundraising goal by almost 5 times the original amount. I thought that was pretty cool.

More foriegn music

Una notte a napoli
Wish I understood Italian!
Una notte a napoli again.

One of those songs

I got from my mother's boyfriend's CD collection.
Subterranean Homesick Blues

Something cool

I heard that last night a baby girl came into the world. She might've been born in November, but she came in October, which made the family very happy. Since her grandmother and great-grandmother have October birthdays, she's set to inherit all the opals in the family. Her ancestry is half-Thai and half, um, Central European/Anglo-Saxon, I think. But her aunt says she most resembles her mom. Guess what her name is?
Another Pink Martini song

3 songs

Across The Universe
Hallelujah
Hang On Little Tomato

Duets

One Too Many Mornings
Big River

Poems about lots of people--I like them! Mipoesias
Here's more about Amaterasu again at lyricalworks.com.

Kind of interesting & angelic

Adults can act in all sorts of different ways. But one person I noticed the other day was a little boy with blond hair who came in wearing a Spiderman shirt. Actually, I didn't notice him at first, but he had a huge family with him and they all made such a big deal about me noticing his shirt. They said he would be very disappointed if I did not notice him and he acted incredibly happy when I did. And even to say that, seems like a big understatement. And when they left and he saw me, he acted incredibly happy, again. He stood out, to me. Adults can act in whichever way they want, they can offer their lessons, they can feel good, or right about these choices, or do whatever, but you can't make a little kid act that way. This Spiderman-shirt kid was very genuine and happy. He wasn't old enough to act otherwise.

Art by some artists

Equus
Amaterasu-Epona
Future Myths

Cute songs

Us
The Letter

Funny movie

I saw Bam Bam and Celeste the other day.
It was pretty funny. I wasn't sure if I'd like it at first.
But I did. Maybe even enough to buy it.

Major feats of athleticism

What a good horse video.
I like how they make it all about the "dominant male."
(Take heed, "bachelor stallions.")
After all...who needs girls?
Who?
Who?
Who?
Thank you, Big Eyed Cat!
Que lindo/a, Sotano de las golondrinas.
Meow, Snowboarding.

Miranda July, and music

Forgot about Miranda July.
I think I want to get back into looking at her stuff a bit more.
She seems very talented and jack-of-all-tradesy.
She had a book of stories published, recently.
She made a movie with a flashy intro.
Later
I found some of those Blonde Redhead songs I used to listen to.
(When I was driving around upstate NY.)
Melody
Messenger

2 poems & blog

I really wanted to find a certain version of Caught a Lite Sneeze on youtube. The video has a feminine character dressed as a kind of Japanese Samurai. Unfortunately, I can't find it. However, I found some poems, such as:
Peter Quince at the Clavier
(rather seductive, but also disturbing), and
The Emperor of Ice-Cream
which I remember studying in a poetry class at Mary Baldwin College.
Also, I stumbled across this blog:
Emperor of Ice-Cream Cakes

Oooo, Japanese music. ;-)

Flower of Japan
Maybe this year, my Halloween costume will be: a Japanese ghost writer.

other musical offerings

Calm Music Nice Car
Is that nice? Maybe it came from this commercial:
Nice Car
Maybe these are better:
Hypnotize yourself with some calm music
Clifton Handbell Ringers
Instant Relaxation
Relaxation Meditation Nature Sounds
Havasupai Indian Waterfall

Does this sound kind of Russian-y?
Velvet Revolution

news item

I got to this news item via an article about Russia marking Sputnik's anniversary, which I was not looking for but which came up in my search engine anyways...

Musica

This whole album by Susana Baca, is, I think, really good.
http://www.luakabop.com/susana_baca/
I meant to link it to the pink flowers by the ear one.
I want to listen more to the others, too, though.

C'est une femme

She keeps being good at encouraging me to believe in a kind of genius.
Fool on the Hill/Horses
Caught A Lite Sneeze Live