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Wednesday, August 9, 2006
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An appeal found on MySpace
I admire the people who simply ask for what they want or need.
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Please help The Artists Of The Gossamer Court Help Others
Please Forward this on to any groups or blogs that might help us with this important need.
As it stands now there are over a dozen groups of seekers affiliated with the Gossamer Court, preparing to travel to the desert in Nevada, for Burning Man. This is my family and they are the ones who inspire all the work I do, that many people seem to enjoy so much.
This marks the beginning of a spiritual mission for me, as I will be traveling on to the Northwest after Burning Man, answering a request from two very dear souls, Justin and Amy, who are about to have a baby in October.
Through mishap they lost so much in the material sense. They have each other, a wonderful giving and healing spirit, as well as a desire to help their tribe. My friend Rob, the victim of a hate crime a few months ago in Reno is helping by simply putting me up for a few days to rest before Burning Man, because my health is not the best, providing a meeting point for us to continue of to Burning Man.
As for my trip to Washington state, there seems to have been a negative energy blanketing Seattle that I am going to attempt to bring some light into. Ever since Justin and Amy wrote me about the problems in that area, I have known in my heart that this is a test of my ability as a shaman. Thye had no one else to trun to and I am humbled that they asked me. How could I say no. Please pray for us.
For travel such as the Seattle goodwill trip, I only request food and lodging during my visit. My ticket is paid by me. I do evrything I can before asking anything of anyone else.
When it comes to the artists who give so much of themselves to the purpose of The Gossamer Court, healing through art many of them are not in a position to live as I do, with few desires, need for material things. My responsibilities are of a very different nature. Many of our affiliates have jobs and struggle just to keep a roof over their heads.
This is where my concern rests.
I do occasionally ask for money, items that might be useful, especially for 7 days in the desert and this one of those times.
Our reserve fund for The Gossamer Court would be totally empty were it not for my mother making a small donation. We have had to discontinue some of our outreach work because of the economy and my lessening ability to pay out of pocket for such mundane things, as gas money for musicians traveling to put on an event for disenfranchised youth.
When embarking on a journey, travelers sometimes encounter hardship and lets face it, very few in our number would ever be mistaken for young Republicans, so in addition to possible vehicle trouble and medical issues, we tend to encounter local authorities checking inspection stickers and ID. etc. The artists of The Gossamer Court and all others who use their work to heal are worthy of consideration.
This promises to be a very productive journey and our affiliates, in being able to join together, in the desert, will find new ways of furthering our sacred purpose of healing through art.
Some people in thee past have sent us art supplies, blankets, clothes, camping gear, beads (that jewelry made paid for things) and some cash, the latter being important, because we do not really want that phone call on the road, from someone who cant pay $75.00 or so, for a car part that could keep them from making it.
There are a few in our number who are only a few dollars short of being able to make the trip. One of our fire safety people might not be able to make it because of money.
Many of us have given all that we can, and continue to do so, with an open heart, as joy we bring to others.
I have always been reluctant to have fundraisers and to keep from doing constant requests for donations, as the idea of selling spiritual gifts like soap is repugnant to me and these types that keep pressuring others who can not afford to, to give, promising a condo in the heavens and a ringside seat at the Second Coming make me ill.
THIS IS ABOUT TAKING A LITTLE AND TURNING INTO A LOT OF GOOD ART, ENERGY AND MAGICK TO HELP MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
What I can promise is that anything sent to us will go to the artists and emergent needs that may arise.
Please help us to help others.
I implore you to help us in any way that you can. A few dollars or whatever you can part with, in an envelope would be most welcome. So are your prayers and good wishes.
Many Blessings To You All.
Namaste,
Yust The Faery King
http://www.myspace.com/yust_the_faery_king
http://www.myspace.com/thegossamerproject
thefaeryki.comng@yahoo
The paypal account is listed under thefaeryking@yahoo.com and the mailing address is:
Yust Lundberg
The Faery King
199 Massachusetts Avenue ..214
Boston, MA 02115
617 448 6340
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Please help The Artists Of The Gossamer Court Help Others
Please Forward this on to any groups or blogs that might help us with this important need.
As it stands now there are over a dozen groups of seekers affiliated with the Gossamer Court, preparing to travel to the desert in Nevada, for Burning Man. This is my family and they are the ones who inspire all the work I do, that many people seem to enjoy so much.
This marks the beginning of a spiritual mission for me, as I will be traveling on to the Northwest after Burning Man, answering a request from two very dear souls, Justin and Amy, who are about to have a baby in October.
Through mishap they lost so much in the material sense. They have each other, a wonderful giving and healing spirit, as well as a desire to help their tribe. My friend Rob, the victim of a hate crime a few months ago in Reno is helping by simply putting me up for a few days to rest before Burning Man, because my health is not the best, providing a meeting point for us to continue of to Burning Man.
As for my trip to Washington state, there seems to have been a negative energy blanketing Seattle that I am going to attempt to bring some light into. Ever since Justin and Amy wrote me about the problems in that area, I have known in my heart that this is a test of my ability as a shaman. Thye had no one else to trun to and I am humbled that they asked me. How could I say no. Please pray for us.
For travel such as the Seattle goodwill trip, I only request food and lodging during my visit. My ticket is paid by me. I do evrything I can before asking anything of anyone else.
When it comes to the artists who give so much of themselves to the purpose of The Gossamer Court, healing through art many of them are not in a position to live as I do, with few desires, need for material things. My responsibilities are of a very different nature. Many of our affiliates have jobs and struggle just to keep a roof over their heads.
This is where my concern rests.
I do occasionally ask for money, items that might be useful, especially for 7 days in the desert and this one of those times.
Our reserve fund for The Gossamer Court would be totally empty were it not for my mother making a small donation. We have had to discontinue some of our outreach work because of the economy and my lessening ability to pay out of pocket for such mundane things, as gas money for musicians traveling to put on an event for disenfranchised youth.
When embarking on a journey, travelers sometimes encounter hardship and lets face it, very few in our number would ever be mistaken for young Republicans, so in addition to possible vehicle trouble and medical issues, we tend to encounter local authorities checking inspection stickers and ID. etc. The artists of The Gossamer Court and all others who use their work to heal are worthy of consideration.
This promises to be a very productive journey and our affiliates, in being able to join together, in the desert, will find new ways of furthering our sacred purpose of healing through art.
Some people in thee past have sent us art supplies, blankets, clothes, camping gear, beads (that jewelry made paid for things) and some cash, the latter being important, because we do not really want that phone call on the road, from someone who cant pay $75.00 or so, for a car part that could keep them from making it.
There are a few in our number who are only a few dollars short of being able to make the trip. One of our fire safety people might not be able to make it because of money.
Many of us have given all that we can, and continue to do so, with an open heart, as joy we bring to others.
I have always been reluctant to have fundraisers and to keep from doing constant requests for donations, as the idea of selling spiritual gifts like soap is repugnant to me and these types that keep pressuring others who can not afford to, to give, promising a condo in the heavens and a ringside seat at the Second Coming make me ill.
THIS IS ABOUT TAKING A LITTLE AND TURNING INTO A LOT OF GOOD ART, ENERGY AND MAGICK TO HELP MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
What I can promise is that anything sent to us will go to the artists and emergent needs that may arise.
Please help us to help others.
I implore you to help us in any way that you can. A few dollars or whatever you can part with, in an envelope would be most welcome. So are your prayers and good wishes.
Many Blessings To You All.
Namaste,
Yust The Faery King
http://www.myspace.com/yust_the_faery_king
http://www.myspace.com/thegossamerproject
thefaeryki.comng@yahoo
The paypal account is listed under thefaeryking@yahoo.com and the mailing address is:
Yust Lundberg
The Faery King
199 Massachusetts Avenue ..214
Boston, MA 02115
617 448 6340
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Tuesday, August 8, 2006
August edition of...Sites I visit
- The "What's Your Brand Mantra?" blog has some interesting things to say about brand extension.
- The Church of the Customer (a title that a former coworker found to be a bit much) profiles Moleskine, a product that I have bought it the past year, and how wee bit of word of mouth and a devoted fan base turned it around.
Ah, Robin
I make no real secret that I like to watch the soaps. One that I kinda grew up with is General Hospital, which has swung back to being a bit more about a hospital than it has in years past. There was actually a time that I said that ER was more like what General Hospital was supposed to be with its 'mountain of misfortune' to be suffered be the Corday-Greens and the endless rounds of the triangles of Carter-Abby-Luka. I actually referred to General Hospital as 'the Sopranos present: General Hospital' because of their unrelenting focus on the mob storylines.
One character that I grew up with a bit was Robin Scorpio. Her essential biography is that she is the daughter of two secret agents-the British Anna Devane and the Aussie Robert Scorpio. She is currently one of the doctors at General Hospital and she had HIV. Robin is a sweet kid whose weathered her parents' James Bondesque lifestyle and their deaths (though now both are back alive). She tries to help her friends and has been known to show kindness to her enemies, which of course are very few.
She contracted HIV through her first real boyfriend Stone. The storyline gave actress Kimberley McCullough another Daytime Emmy win. After Stone's death and through some interesting plotting, Robin becomes involved with Jason Morgan, who used to be "the good son" Jason Quartermaine but for a severe head injury caused by his disaster of an older hald brother AJ. Robin and Jason resurrect each other in the relationship and some of the best moments of that subpar period of GH come from their storyline (the others come from Robin's future nemesis, Carly Roberts).
Robin loses Jason first to the gangster life he leads with Sonny and then next to the morass of a situation surrounding baby Michael where only in the soap world can a person become a villain because they did the right thing and told the baby daddy that he is the baby daddy instead of lying about it and covering it up. Robin went to Paris after being rejected by Jason.
We heard of her in passing over the years on GH, usually around World AIDS Day. Tons of fan fiction apparently sprung up as well.
The actress who portrayed her appeared in some good roles on some good tv shows. I thought she was the best thing about the "Party of Five" episode, where she interviewed Julia for the school newspaper. Her character was a bit off but wiser than the angst-filled Julia ever could be.
She did show up on GH briefly from time to time, most notably when venerable old Lila Quartermaine died. She and Jason seemed okay with each other. This particular appearance foreshadowed Robin's return to GH, which pleased me of course but which meant that some loose ends would need to be resolved for a Jason-Robin reunion.
Since Robin's departure, Jason:
-had been almost completely involved with Carly, who ended up marrying Sonny Corinthos-his saviour, boss and best friend
-had been involved with Elizabeth Webber, who was available at the time
-had been married to Courtney, Sonny's half-sister by their dad Mike and the catalyst of one of the worst conflicts Sonny and Jason would have up to that time
-had been married to Brenda, Robin's best friend (for appearance's sake)
-had been involved with and engaged to Sam
I accepted the fact that Robin's return meant that Sam would still be in the picture-for the moment. I operated under the delusion that Sam would meet some unfortunate accident being that she is dangerprone and after a suitable morning period, Jason would resume life with Robin. When the GH storyline about the massive trainwreck emerged, and the hype mentioned some fatalities, I prepared to mourn Sam. I did not hate her as a character. She has some really stupid moments but she grew on you and for actress Kelly Monaco, it was definitely a better character than that Livia-whatever character she played on the now defunct "Port Charles."
Unfortunately, Sam didn't bite the big one and the storyline progressed towards a marriage between Jason and Sam, with Robin cheerfully playing the best friend and trying to get Jason the medical attenion he needed at the time.
I lost all hope until an fatal virus storyline hit and again fatalities were promised and again I thought, "Well, it was nice knowing you, Sam. Of course suitable mourning period-reunion of Robin and Jason."
Again, I was wrong. Sam's brother died, setting off a quest for her and Jason to find Sam's birth family. Robin was being pushed towards the Drake family-especially Dr. Patrick Drake the son. And to make everything entirely silly Robin's father comes back from the dead.
Well since then Robin has been engaging in typical soap opera relationship dynamics with one Dr. Patrick Drake, who I honestly can't stand. I totally hate it when soaps create handsome characters like this, throw a perfectly normal character at it and while the normal character tries to 'redeem' the other character, both engage in some pretty childish behaviour. Since her return, Robin has engaged in some really dumb behaviour. She essentially has stooped to Carly's behaviour on some occasions. At times reading the character's blog has been depressing-not just because the more I read, the more I realize that GH will do everything they can not to put Jason and Robin back together. It has been depressing because I read about a character that at times has put up with bad behaviour, ambiguity and tit for tatting.
So now as of this writing:
Sam and Jason have split (for now with the option of reunion)-good.
Jason has slept with Elizabeth Webber Spencer-less good.
Patrick might have contracted HIV and this is the clever tactic that GH has used to put he and Robin together. (Yeah, a pos couple-how cool is that...yeah I'm being sarcastic-but you know that a writer had that deep thought.)
All in all though, I still am fond of Robin. I hope that her lot improves. I hope that her character's life will involve more than HIV storylines and stupid high school love triangles.
I also hope that it will involve Jason again.
One character that I grew up with a bit was Robin Scorpio. Her essential biography is that she is the daughter of two secret agents-the British Anna Devane and the Aussie Robert Scorpio. She is currently one of the doctors at General Hospital and she had HIV. Robin is a sweet kid whose weathered her parents' James Bondesque lifestyle and their deaths (though now both are back alive). She tries to help her friends and has been known to show kindness to her enemies, which of course are very few.
She contracted HIV through her first real boyfriend Stone. The storyline gave actress Kimberley McCullough another Daytime Emmy win. After Stone's death and through some interesting plotting, Robin becomes involved with Jason Morgan, who used to be "the good son" Jason Quartermaine but for a severe head injury caused by his disaster of an older hald brother AJ. Robin and Jason resurrect each other in the relationship and some of the best moments of that subpar period of GH come from their storyline (the others come from Robin's future nemesis, Carly Roberts).
Robin loses Jason first to the gangster life he leads with Sonny and then next to the morass of a situation surrounding baby Michael where only in the soap world can a person become a villain because they did the right thing and told the baby daddy that he is the baby daddy instead of lying about it and covering it up. Robin went to Paris after being rejected by Jason.
We heard of her in passing over the years on GH, usually around World AIDS Day. Tons of fan fiction apparently sprung up as well.
The actress who portrayed her appeared in some good roles on some good tv shows. I thought she was the best thing about the "Party of Five" episode, where she interviewed Julia for the school newspaper. Her character was a bit off but wiser than the angst-filled Julia ever could be.
She did show up on GH briefly from time to time, most notably when venerable old Lila Quartermaine died. She and Jason seemed okay with each other. This particular appearance foreshadowed Robin's return to GH, which pleased me of course but which meant that some loose ends would need to be resolved for a Jason-Robin reunion.
Since Robin's departure, Jason:
-had been almost completely involved with Carly, who ended up marrying Sonny Corinthos-his saviour, boss and best friend
-had been involved with Elizabeth Webber, who was available at the time
-had been married to Courtney, Sonny's half-sister by their dad Mike and the catalyst of one of the worst conflicts Sonny and Jason would have up to that time
-had been married to Brenda, Robin's best friend (for appearance's sake)
-had been involved with and engaged to Sam
I accepted the fact that Robin's return meant that Sam would still be in the picture-for the moment. I operated under the delusion that Sam would meet some unfortunate accident being that she is dangerprone and after a suitable morning period, Jason would resume life with Robin. When the GH storyline about the massive trainwreck emerged, and the hype mentioned some fatalities, I prepared to mourn Sam. I did not hate her as a character. She has some really stupid moments but she grew on you and for actress Kelly Monaco, it was definitely a better character than that Livia-whatever character she played on the now defunct "Port Charles."
Unfortunately, Sam didn't bite the big one and the storyline progressed towards a marriage between Jason and Sam, with Robin cheerfully playing the best friend and trying to get Jason the medical attenion he needed at the time.
I lost all hope until an fatal virus storyline hit and again fatalities were promised and again I thought, "Well, it was nice knowing you, Sam. Of course suitable mourning period-reunion of Robin and Jason."
Again, I was wrong. Sam's brother died, setting off a quest for her and Jason to find Sam's birth family. Robin was being pushed towards the Drake family-especially Dr. Patrick Drake the son. And to make everything entirely silly Robin's father comes back from the dead.
Well since then Robin has been engaging in typical soap opera relationship dynamics with one Dr. Patrick Drake, who I honestly can't stand. I totally hate it when soaps create handsome characters like this, throw a perfectly normal character at it and while the normal character tries to 'redeem' the other character, both engage in some pretty childish behaviour. Since her return, Robin has engaged in some really dumb behaviour. She essentially has stooped to Carly's behaviour on some occasions. At times reading the character's blog has been depressing-not just because the more I read, the more I realize that GH will do everything they can not to put Jason and Robin back together. It has been depressing because I read about a character that at times has put up with bad behaviour, ambiguity and tit for tatting.
So now as of this writing:
Sam and Jason have split (for now with the option of reunion)-good.
Jason has slept with Elizabeth Webber Spencer-less good.
Patrick might have contracted HIV and this is the clever tactic that GH has used to put he and Robin together. (Yeah, a pos couple-how cool is that...yeah I'm being sarcastic-but you know that a writer had that deep thought.)
All in all though, I still am fond of Robin. I hope that her lot improves. I hope that her character's life will involve more than HIV storylines and stupid high school love triangles.
I also hope that it will involve Jason again.
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