2010.04.22 19:00 - Really just like mould

Wol Euler recovered this session from the autologging database.

 

Bleu Oleander: hey P!

Paradise Tennant: hey Bleu gtsy :)

Paradise Tennant: how are you :)

Bleu Oleander: i'm cooking so if I don't respond i'm afk .... good, you?

Paradise Tennant: ok what are you making .. :)

Bleu Oleander: nothing exciting

Paradise Tennant: all good here .. drinking lavender tea :)

Paradise Tennant: just had dinner and happy to be home :)

Bleu Oleander: we're about to have din

Paradise Tennant: ok .. well enjoy your meal .. :) bon appetit !

Bleu Oleander: have you seen "through the virtual looking glass" yet?

Paradise Tennant: no what is it

Bleu Oleander: a big rl/sl art show

Paradise Tennant: oh cool

Bleu Oleander: it's a lot to go see

Paradise Tennant: do you have a land mark ?

Bleu Oleander: i'll give you the hud

Paradise Tennant: thanks very kindly

Bleu Oleander: lots of good stuff

Paradise Tennant: smiles cool .. will look forward to seeing it

Bleu Oleander: I love AM Radio's installations

Bleu Oleander: and Bryn Oh

Bleu Oleander: http://www.virtual-art-initiative.org/TTVLG/Home.html

Paradise Tennant: sounds intriguing

Paradise Tennant: wow

Bleu Oleander: hey did you see i've redesigned my whole place?

Bleu Oleander: took it all down and started again

Paradise Tennant: I have not been on much this week .. I will check it though :)

Paradise Tennant: smiles

Paradise Tennant: at her neighbour's love of change :)

Bleu Oleander: if only it was this easy in rl

Paradise Tennant: would that not be great

Bleu Oleander: it would be amazing

Paradise Tennant: come home one night at 8 and decide to completely redo you home .. be finished in just a few hours

Bleu Oleander: I can remember doing that once

Bleu Oleander: once is the key word here

Paradise Tennant: and just think of how nice life would be if you could keep all your stuff in an inventory .. and not clog your closets :)

Bleu Oleander: oh yes

Bleu Oleander: and just push "delete" for stuff you don't want

Paradise Tennant: smiles

Paradise Tennant: would be liberating

Bleu Oleander: gtg eat .... be back in a few

Bleu Oleander: :)

Paradise Tennant: ok hon enjoy :)

--BELL--

Bleu Oleander: ok back

Bleu Oleander: quiet night?

Paradise Tennant: yes

Paradise Tennant: but that is ok too

Paradise Tennant: I wonder how the retreat is going .. have you heard ?

Bleu Oleander: no I haven't

Bleu Oleander: I know Wol and Gaya couldn't go

Paradise Tennant: apparently eos and piet are sharing their hotel with a beauty pagent :) the cherry blossom queen contest :) smiles :)

Bleu Oleander: oh how fun!!

Paradise Tennant: yes that horrific .. volcano ...

Paradise Tennant: we really are just like mold .. we think we are in control ..until .. our moldiness .. become self apparent ;)

Bleu Oleander: :)

Paradise Tennant: was thinking it would be fun to do a word association round on pab

Paradise Tennant: type a first reponse to various terms :)

Bleu Oleander: that would be fun

Paradise Tennant: up for it ?

Bleu Oleander: sure

Paradise Tennant: would you like to start say we take turns and come up with maybe 5 or 10 terms each :)

Bleu Oleander: ok ... like .... weather?

Paradise Tennant: yes

Paradise Tennant: rain

Paradise Tennant: smiles

Bleu Oleander: do we keep going?

Paradise Tennant: if you like .. say what comes to mind when you read the term 9 secs ?

Bleu Oleander: PaB

Paradise Tennant: smiles

Paradise Tennant: appearances ?

Bleu Oleander: ordinary

Bleu Oleander: hehe

Paradise Tennant: retreat?

Bleu Oleander: PaB

Paradise Tennant: Time

Bleu Oleander: endless

Paradise Tennant: space?

Bleu Oleander: time

TH Ordinary: hi paradise

Paradise Tennant: knowledge?

Paradise Tennant: hiya th :)

Bleu Oleander: TSK

Paradise Tennant: we are doing a round of word associations with words that express the PAB theme?

Paradise Tennant: care to try a few ?

TH Ordinary: it was nice having you over for dinner this evening

TH Ordinary: yes

--BELL--

Paradise Tennant: being?

Bleu Oleander: dropping

TH Ordinary: present

Paradise Tennant: play ?

TH Ordinary: fun

Bleu Oleander: happy

Paradise Tennant: practice ?

Bleu Oleander: piano

TH Ordinary: piano

Paradise Tennant: smiles

Paradise Tennant: community ?

TH Ordinary: club

Bleu Oleander: group

Paradise Tennant: awareness?

Bleu Oleander: attention

TH Ordinary: awake

TH Ordinary: rain

Paradise Tennant: smiles

Paradise Tennant: blinking on other terms ? maybe .. perception ?

TH Ordinary: sleep

Bleu Oleander: brain

Paradise Tennant: smiles

Bleu Oleander: hi Ben

Benedizione Vita: hello everyone

TH Ordinary: hi ben

Paradise Tennant: hiya ben gtsy :)

Benedizione Vita: likewise, paradise

Benedizione Vita: what are we talking about this evening?

Paradise Tennant: was there anything you wanted to explore tonight ben .. th bleu ?

Bleu Oleander: interesting article on sleep ..

TH Ordinary: ny times article

Paradise Tennant: smiles

TH Ordinary: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...p/?ref=opinion

Benedizione Vita: I have to read?

TH Ordinary: if you want

Bleu Oleander: they quote someone we are going to meet on our NYC trip

Benedizione Vita: I think at this point in the day, practice trumps theory ;)

Paradise Tennant: ok .. loves a good mystery and there are so many :)

Benedizione Vita: when it comes to that particular topic

Benedizione Vita: you're going to meet descartes?

Bleu Oleander: ha!

Paradise Tennant: who are you going to meet bleu :)

Bleu Oleander: neuroscientist Rodolfo Llinas

Bleu Oleander: we've also met V.S. Ramachandran on our past trip

Paradise Tennant: smiles wow

Bleu Oleander: Hallucinating all the time .... interesting concept

Benedizione Vita: you met Rama?

Benedizione Vita: that's amazing

Bleu Oleander: yes

Bleu Oleander: pretty fascinating guy

Paradise Tennant: read a good quote lately "life is like a hallucination of all five senses :)"

Benedizione Vita: so what?

Benedizione Vita: I'm actually posing a question, not being dismissing :)

Bleu Oleander: is waking another form of dreaming?

--BELL--

Paradise Tennant: Norman Doidge, MD The Brain That Changes - Toronto based researcher who wrote a very readable book on the mushy stuff we all have :) He would be a good speaker :)

Bleu Oleander: he would

Paradise Tennant: ben - "so what" if this is all a dream ? was that the question ?

Benedizione Vita: yes ma'am

Benedizione Vita: wow, that looks so formal...

Benedizione Vita: my southern is showing

Paradise Tennant: smiles

Benedizione Vita: but anyway, yes, that is the question

Paradise Tennant: what a good question :)

TH Ordinary: what is instinct?

Benedizione Vita: something that smells bad

Paradise Tennant: shared understanding

TH Ordinary: in stink

Benedizione Vita: instinked

Paradise Tennant: was commenting to a collegue today .. how just having someone stand there while you figure it out .. makes it easier somehow

Paradise Tennant: like there is synapse support in mere proximity to another brain :)

TH Ordinary: focus?

Bleu Oleander: we're social creatures

Paradise Tennant: point

Paradise Tennant: yes we are

Benedizione Vita: well, practice is about to overwhelm theory, so I must sleep :)

Paradise Tennant: not sure .. that the we is not more real than the i :)

Benedizione Vita: good to "see" you all

Benedizione Vita: have a great night everyone

Bleu Oleander: nice to see you

TH Ordinary: good night

Paradise Tennant: good nite ben :) thank you

Bleu Oleander: nite

TH Ordinary: anticipate

Bleu Oleander: sleep

Paradise Tennant: lol

Paradise Tennant: smiles

TH Ordinary: wink

Paradise Tennant: thank you two :) for the company :)

Bleu Oleander: it's alway nice to see you P

Paradise Tennant: going to trundle off too .. to walk the hound and then per chance to dream;)

TH Ordinary: we enjoy your garden!

Bleu Oleander: sweet dreams!

Paradise Tennant: thank you !

TH Ordinary: good night!

Bleu Oleander: nite

Paradise Tennant: big wave from toronto !