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		<title>Madness&#8230; is just a sip away. Ode to concrete blonde.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After five or six or seven so called harmless in and of themselves. God is a bullet. Have mercy on us everyone. The silver drops of rain hanging from the trees. All lies. or Omissions. Princess. Mind is runnin on a wheel. Don&#8217;t know why.  Met the Queen of LA. Graveside voices. Talking to me? No. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=misapero.wordpress.com&amp;blog=407895&amp;post=19&amp;subd=misapero&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After five or six or seven so called harmless in and of themselves.</p>
<p>God is a bullet. Have mercy on us everyone.</p>
<p>The silver drops of rain hanging from the trees.</p>
<p>All lies. or Omissions. Princess.</p>
<p>Mind is runnin on a wheel. Don&#8217;t know why.  Met the Queen of LA.</p>
<p>Graveside voices. Talking to me? No. Keep on Keep on Keep on.</p>
<p>Who am i to say? Master?</p>
<p>Nothing to gain and Less to lose.</p>
<p>What if? Princess X meets Princess Y and both bow to Queen B?</p>
<p>haha not on your life!</p>
<p>You have Nothing to gain and Everything to lose?</p>
<p>Stifling&#8230;Entrapment&#8230;Caged?</p>
<p>What if? /sigh &#8212; &#8220;don&#8217;t care, make it up.&#8221;</p>
<p>A comment. An offhand remark. Makes you lose reason. Angry.</p>
<p>Where are you then?</p>
<p>Can&#8217;t stand to be in the same house let alone the same room.</p>
<p>depressed? no. i am self righteous. i am indignant. i feel wronged.</p>
<p>i swear. i scream. but still nothing is nothing.. and being right. </p>
<p>as in correct y&#8217;know? is all that matters? apparently.</p>
<p>hears? cares? listens? not on my life, princess. twisted? O yes, quite.</p>
<p>if a mother screams in the forest&#8230;</p>
<p>i&#8217;ve been runnin all this time.</p>
<p>not sexy enough? certainly that is not the issue.</p>
<p>sick and tired. running running running&#8230; what did you say? oh? i see.</p>
<p>apparently just not young enough&#8230; and not different enough&#8230; and, (/sigh)  not interesting enough&#8230; these i would concede to.</p>
<p>of every place i know&#8230; well&#8230; it&#8217;s just not enough i guess&#8230; no value in it.</p>
<p>deja vu. cosmic connection nevermore. runnin out of places to go.</p>
<p>everything i do. everything i say.</p>
<p>The downfall of the bad girl&#8230; no respect in it.</p>
<p>He wouldn&#8217;t treat anyone else this way.</p>
<p>Unless, of course, he was done with them as well.</p>
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		<title>About???</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Matter of fact data seems rather absurd. I&#8217;m such and such age with such and such degrees working in such and such job? Nauseating.</p>
<p>I suppose I would characterize myself as a humanist with a strong educational background in both the arts and sciences. I am diverse in my interests which are in constant flux. I tend towards the arts through dance, music and art. Love symbolism of any kind. I like to dabble in ancient cultures/religions/occult from a purely intellectual interest as opposed to a practicing or engaging level. Probably psychometrics is the impetus there&#8230; not sure myself.</p>
<p>I enjoy wine (both red and white, love merlots regardless of recent bad press) and scotch (Glenfid or Glenlev is what I buy), like an occassional cosmopolitan or dirty martini when feeling fem or fru fru.</p>
<p>Most of the time, I&#8217;m more comfortable as one of the guys versus one of the girls. I like good food and good restaurants. I enjoy live performances of any kind; music, theater, etc. I play a decent game of pool. Like MMORPG&#8217;s. New to blogging.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve done alot of interesting things and been in alot of interesting places at interesting times finding myself doing extraordinary things: if I were to elaborate, most would say ya right whatever and move on so I don&#8217;t bother with that anymore. Lets just say I have a great deal of experience in a very broad range of subjects and leave it at that.</p>
<p>I like to think I have an open mind but there are things that absolutely shut it. I like mischievious playful playmates but not devious ones. I enjoy being an exhibitionist when I&#8217;m drunk (I must, because that is usually the result <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  lol. But I also like to share the attention and sometimes even to direct. I&#8217;ll let you figure that out.</p>
<p>I find that currently I&#8217;m interested in expanding my sexual tableau of tricks. A kind of &#8220;try it you&#8217;ll like it&#8221; kinda thing. But not interested in pain for obvious reasons&#8230; like &#8220;Ow! That hurts. No thanks.&#8221;</p>
<p>I have no adverse judgements toward those who pick thier poisons different from my own. I&#8217;m very lucky that mine just happen to be socially innocuous; alcohol, caffeine and chocolate are enough for me.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m interested in atmosphere, decadent and plush and comfortable &#8211; a &#8220;sink-into-me-aaaaaaaa-ah-that&#8217;s-nice&#8221; feeling. But not too nice. Can anyone say &#8220;room service?&#8221;</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t have any tattoos or &#8220;extra&#8221; piercings. Although there are times I would like to get some. Hasn&#8217;t been a priority for me to decorate myself in this manner as of yet.</p>
<p>I wouldn&#8217;t call myself deviant or eccentric but there have been those who have. I don&#8217;t believe in God/Gods but I reserve the right to change my mind. I certainly have second thoughts when I&#8217;m frightened or in danger. I believe in &#8220;something else&#8221; other than the purely biologic-chemical-physical, I think, but haven&#8217;t been able to put a name to it or been able to identify it as of yet.</p>
<p>I love intelligence combined with thoughtfulness or sensitivity; personalized and honest. Genuine. This I appreciate in others above all things&#8230; I like a sense of humor as well. Agendas drive me mad with disgust and are a cause of immediate dismissal. Life&#8217;s too short.  Ok&#8230; I&#8217;m tired of writing and I&#8217;m sure you are of reading for now&#8230; but that&#8217;s an intro of sorts. Nice to meet you if I do.  <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Sonic Butterflies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<p align="center"><em>The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking,<br />
&#8220;Is there a meaning to music?&#8221;<br />
My answer would be &#8220;Yes.&#8221;<br />
And &#8220;Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?&#8221;<br />
My answer to that would be &#8220;No.&#8221; <br />
- Aaron Copland</em></p>
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<p align="center" class="author"><strong>Rippling through the crowd&#8230; one stops to enjoy the effect&#8230; euphoria?<br />
Yet, not. I find myself &#8220;moved.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p align="center" class="author"><em>Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness,<br />
or perhaps of subconsciousness &#8211; I wouldn&#8217;t know.<br />
But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.<br />
- Aaron Copland</em></p>
<p align="center">I assume others share this when they &#8220;experience&#8221; music that they relate<br />
to for lack of a better way to say.<br />
I often cry. Am I sad?<br />
No&#8230; for me it is subliminal, unconscious and raw.<br />
Well&#8230; at least most of the time.</p>
<p align="center">I often feel the need to talk about the intensity of it&#8230;<br />
like when one experiences&#8230;<br />
<em>an intense event.<br />
</em>This would be, for me, usually an emergency-type event.<br />
I have seen quite a few.<br />
Like the slow-motion, spinning, other-worldliness<br />
of an automobile accident I had as a teen&#8230;<br />
Or the absolutely horrifying, yet beautific majesty<br />
I felt when driving a pumper<br />
<em>through the flames<br />
</em>in Oakland on my way to Lake Temescal&#8230;<br />
Later dubbed &#8220;Firestorm.&#8221;</p>
<p align="center">This almost always is pointless and not usually shareable.<br />
I usually am left frustrated at my inability to convey the power<br />
of the &#8220;it&#8221; string of moments.<br />
But I offer it up as some lame attempt to at least illustrate the point.</p>
<p align="center">The particular nuance that moved you and for what reason, I put forward,<br />
is as personal as your set of experiences comingled with your genetic code.<br />
Throw a little bit of how your brain has been hardwired<br />
in response to chemicals, stimuli, etc.</p>
<p align="center">Personal interpretation is not universal.<br />
So why do we agree upon that which is liked?<br />
My only thought is that it is a much larger branch<br />
of the dichotomous aural tree than what,<br />
in particular, I find compelling let alone anyone else.<br />
For me it is sometimes pretty difficult to pin down.</p>
<p align="center"><em>&#8220;How powerful is you magic sound?&#8221;<br />
&#8211; Mozart, The Magic Flute</em></p>
<p align="center">It almost always is connected to finite application<br />
- a moment in time captured -<br />
But doesn&#8217;t have to be.<br />
Some tones seem to resonate within my psyche<br />
with very little connection to something literal.<br />
I must confess that a voice is what usually draws me&#8230;<br />
drags me down, into the deep muddy water of the font.<br />
Not being &#8220;musically inclined&#8221; myself&#8230;<br />
meaning &#8211; I only have my voice to recommend me -<br />
no skill at this or that instrument &#8211; though there had been<br />
a modicum of effort put forth as a child<br />
to attain some kind of proficiency in one.</p>
<p align="center">There is very little to grasp onto.<br />
What words would make it more substantial? More concrete&#8230;<br />
more explainable&#8230; more shareable?<br />
It is ethereal, akin to magic &#8211; I ponder the &#8220;soulness&#8221; of humankind.</p>
<p align="center">Soul:  the definitions are wordy and numerous.<br />
Greater intellects than mine have had the courage<br />
to put forth their opinions.</p>
<p align="center">I think their intelligence begets the arrogance of fools.</p>
<p align="center">And if not that, what is the biological function of so much emotive power?<br />
What evolutionary purpose does it serve?<br />
Is it attuned to our sense of Predation? Survival?<br />
Is it simply the fine-tuned pounding chorus of our rushing<br />
blood in our veins when we win?<br />
Or the screaming of outrage at our pain and loss when we don&#8217;t.<br />
Where do we place that?</p>
<p align="center">The silence that follows, filled with the security of the living<br />
or the triumph of victory? When the enemy is vanquished?<br />
All punctuated by the beating of one&#8217;s organs and fluids<br />
though the shell of our &#8220;it-ness.&#8221;</p>
<p align="center">How could this be? I think I should accept that it could.<br />
Ockham&#8217;s Razor be damned.<br />
Still. I could think of worse&#8230;</p>
<p align="center"> The Very Sense of &#8220;Being&#8221; something more&#8230; something greater.<br />
Aware of the &#8220;Specialness&#8221; of each other&#8230; and of ourselves.<br />
This is the realm of music I believe.<br />
Creating and Imagining. Dreaming. Discovering. Feeling.</p>
<p align="center">Of course, this is what the musician does&#8230;</p>
<p align="center">But so does the listener&#8230; the audience&#8230; the subjects&#8230; if you will.<br />
In one&#8217;s interpretation.</p>
<p align="center">I am a <em>mother </em>(I dislike this word, mother. Sounds rigid and stiff. <br />
I so want to write Mommy with a capital &#8220;M&#8221;).<br />
The wonder in a child&#8217;s eye is easy to recognize, by anyone,<br />
but I&#8217;m fortunate to see it on a daily basis.<br />
I have a tendency toward dance, as do my children.<br />
The peace or happiness, and sometimes the <em>very seriousness<br />
</em>that appears to me to be on their faces when they dance<br />
leads me to believe that the magic is not an acquired sense of taste,<br />
and yet, it is cerebral.</p>
<p align="center">It often gives me a moment of pause and a sense of hope<br />
that maybe we are more than the sum of our parts.</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
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