2011.08.24 19:00 - Poetry and English

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    The Guardian for this meeting was stevenaia Michinaga. The comments are by stevenaia Michinaga.

    Frenchie Riverstone, Aphrodite Macbain and iwandertoo Resident joined me this evening with a wide range of topics .

    stevenaia Michinaga: you are a cloud tonight
    stevenaia Michinaga: aww there you are
    Frenchie Riverstone: hi
    stevenaia Michinaga: hi
    Frenchie Riverstone: :)
    Frenchie Riverstone: is time for meeting, no?
    stevenaia Michinaga: yes, I am here for the meeting, but there is not explicite group at any particular time, just random people
    Frenchie Riverstone: oh?
    stevenaia Michinaga: how many times have you been here?
    Frenchie Riverstone: ummm
    Frenchie Riverstone: 10?
    stevenaia Michinaga: :)
    stevenaia Michinaga: I am the one who logs the seesion to the Wiki tonight, there is always someone designated for that
    Frenchie Riverstone: dash tell me come here and talk English better
    stevenaia Michinaga: where are you from?
    Frenchie Riverstone: i stay with ppl about New Orleans
    stevenaia Michinaga: aww, I have never been there
    stevenaia Michinaga: did you travel far?
    Frenchie Riverstone: yes
    Frenchie Riverstone: they bring me to live here from _________
    stevenaia Michinaga: nice, I ahve a friend in Rl from _________, he says he misses the food
    Frenchie Riverstone: yes
    stevenaia Michinaga: so we took him to a _________ place nearby and he enjoyed it
    Frenchie Riverstone: umm, can my home be left from record, please?
    stevenaia Michinaga: yes, I will remove it :)
    Frenchie Riverstone: ty
    Frenchie Riverstone: :)
    stevenaia Michinaga: how did you find this group, through Dash?
    Frenchie Riverstone: yes :)
    Frenchie Riverstone: he is nice
    stevenaia Michinaga: yes
    Frenchie Riverstone: waves
    stevenaia Michinaga: hello Aphordite
    Aphrodite Macbain waves back
    Aphrodite Macbain: Hiya Stevenaia, Frenchie
    Frenchie Riverstone: hi
    stevenaia Michinaga: I am having problems with the autologogger as I did last week, can you see if ycan claim it?
    Aphrodite Macbain: sure hold on
    Aphrodite Macbain: I couldn't "touch" it
    Aphrodite Macbain: oops
    stevenaia Michinaga: you can sit on it
    stevenaia Michinaga: :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: but not touch it!!
     
    stevenaia Michinaga: let me try to reset it, I found that and see if that changes anything, it my be my mere presents that breaks it, I can still used my recorded log
    Aphrodite Macbain: I had no trouble last Saturday claiming it
    PaB Listener Master: Recording has started!
    Aphrodite Macbain: looks like you're shooting it Steve
     
    --BELL--
     
    Aphrodite Macbain: anything?
    stevenaia Michinaga:  If you have problems or questions, send an IM to Wol Euler.
    Aphrodite Macbain: anything?

    Aphrodite Macbain: yayyy!
    Aphrodite Macbain: How do you reset it?
    stevenaia Michinaga: yes, seems to be working, will see if it;s actually recording
    Aphrodite Macbain: It says it is
    stevenaia Michinaga: may be recording but nothing is in the log
    stevenaia Michinaga: I will use my own log to post it..sign
    stevenaia Michinaga: sigh
    Aphrodite Macbain: rats
    stevenaia Michinaga: it may jsut take a while
    stevenaia Michinaga: if nothing appears in the log, I;ll email Wol
    Aphrodite Macbain: are you going to contribute to the poem Stevenaia?
    stevenaia Michinaga: very stange, I used to have a very soothing afect on elecronic divices, recently they all seem to go haywire
    Aphrodite Macbain: It's your electric personality
    stevenaia Michinaga: the poem?
    Aphrodite Macbain: Yes. as part of the Sept 21 peace event. Did you get 0's email?
    stevenaia Michinaga: yes, although I ahven;t read to them all
    Aphrodite Macbain: I suggested a group poem to go along with the video Bleu will make of the event
    Aphrodite Macbain: Frenchie, do you get our emails?
    stevenaia Michinaga: Poetry is very new for me, I ahve jsut recently begun to understand it;s beauty, but hardly in a position to think of more than one poetic line
    Frenchie Riverstone: no
    Aphrodite Macbain: woould you like to be?all you have to do is joun PaB
    Aphrodite Macbain: join
    stevenaia Michinaga: I think it;s a Guardian list APh
    Aphrodite Macbain: really? are you sure?
    stevenaia Michinaga: but ther emay be something on the wiki eventually
    Aphrodite Macbain: It's for anyone who comes to the Pavilion
    Aphrodite Macbain: to sit silent for the length of each session that day
    Frenchie Riverstone: i don't join groups now. maybe will later
    Aphrodite Macbain: KK I just want you to know you are very welcomwe to join us!
    Aphrodite Macbain: welcome
    Frenchie Riverstone: feels good to speak English so
    Aphrodite Macbain: yes? Normally tu parle francais?
    Frenchie Riverstone: not now
    Aphrodite Macbain: Then you speak anotherlanguage normally?
    Frenchie Riverstone: no, simply english now
    Frenchie Riverstone: simply :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: and it still feels good to speak it. :-)
    Frenchie Riverstone: yes
    stevenaia Michinaga: you speak english well
    Frenchie Riverstone: ty
    stevenaia Michinaga: I am not a good typist
    Frenchie Riverstone: i like the short words like SL, RL, ty, etc I learn now
    stevenaia Michinaga: yes, difficult to miss-type those


    --BELL--


    Frenchie Riverstone: not so long :)
    Frenchie Riverstone: comme "je ne parle pas la francaise maintenant" :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: pourquoi?
    Frenchie Riverstone: i like SL, RL, ty, etc :)
    Frenchie Riverstone: not so long :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: I wonder if there are short forms in French
    Aphrodite Macbain: like mr, rv, sv
    Frenchie Riverstone: :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: (merci, real vie, vie seconde
    Frenchie Riverstone: n'sais pas
    stevenaia Michinaga: I have not spoken french in decades
    Aphrodite Macbain: I'm going to go and attempt to write a poem now
    Aphrodite Macbain: in English
    Frenchie Riverstone: i desire not to speak it for decades :)
    stevenaia Michinaga: you can try to write it here, would love to see the process
    Aphrodite Macbain: to present at the Molecule Theatre on Oct 2
    Aphrodite Macbain: the process is all in my head.
    Aphrodite Macbain: attepts, scratchings, rewordings
    Aphrodite Macbain: attempts
    stevenaia Michinaga: yes, that process all ways looke more interesting from the putside looking in
    Aphrodite Macbain: making a mess with sounds and syllables
    stevenaia Michinaga: like painting with words
    Aphrodite Macbain: yes. but also like trying to find the exactly right word that gets to the heart of what you are trying to say
    Aphrodite Macbain: polishing, sifting
    stevenaia Michinaga: like picking thr perfect color
    Frenchie Riverstone: dash say he paint with words :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: exactly. dash writes songs
    Aphrodite Macbain: so yes, he does paint with words. nice way to put it!
    Frenchie Riverstone: :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: I want to write a poem about a almpine meadow I visited 2 weeks ago
    Aphrodite Macbain: alpine
    Aphrodite Macbain: I am wearing the colours and textures of it
    stevenaia Michinaga: were you in switzerland?
    Aphrodite Macbain: no, in the Canadan Rockies :-)
    stevenaia Michinaga: :) a different kind of Apls
    stevenaia Michinaga: Apls
    Aphrodite Macbain: so beautiful and bright and fresh with poppies and lilies and Indian paintbrush and willow
    Aphrodite Macbain: Alps
    stevenaia Michinaga: :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: Aphro in the Alps
    Frenchie Riverstone: :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: blue blue sky,
    Aphrodite Macbain: snow covered peaks
    Aphrodite Macbain: the smell of willow
    Aphrodite Macbain: cool and refreshing
    Aphrodite Macbain: sparkling streams
    Frenchie Riverstone: belle :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: oui tres
    Aphrodite Macbain: My spirits soared
    Aphrodite Macbain: depression couldn't rise above the tree line!
    stevenaia Michinaga: did you go to see them ?
    Aphrodite Macbain: see what?
    stevenaia Michinaga: or just found yourself there
    stevenaia Michinaga: the mountains
    Aphrodite Macbain: No, I used to live in Banff in the heart of the Rockies. I went to visit friends and the mountains
    stevenaia Michinaga: nice
    Aphrodite Macbain: My friend Mary and I went to Sunshine Meadows between lake Louise and Banff
    Aphrodite Macbain: spent the day up there
    Aphrodite Macbain: I lived theer for 7 years in the 80s
    Aphrodite Macbain: have either of you hiked in he mountains?
    Frenchie Riverstone: i also like the mountains :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: yes/
    Aphrodite Macbain: ?
    Aphrodite Macbain: which ones?
    stevenaia Michinaga: nothing taller than the Appliachians out east


    --BELL--

    Aphrodite Macbain: the Appalachians are supposed to be amazing
    Frenchie Riverstone: i desire to see Rockies...only photos so far
    Aphrodite Macbain: Do you live far from them?
    Frenchie Riverstone: yes
    stevenaia Michinaga: I live abut 20 minutes from the Appalachians, used to hike on the trail when I was young
    Aphrodite Macbain: I live in Vancouver so it takes a day to get to Banff by car
    Aphrodite Macbain: are there well made trails Stevenaia?
    stevenaia Michinaga: there is the one that goes from Maine to Georga
    Frenchie Riverstone: :)
    Frenchie Riverstone: of this i have heard
    stevenaia Michinaga: they are well traveled and well marked with leanto's along the way
    stevenaia Michinaga: *well marked
    Aphrodite Macbain: That's quite a hike! Are the Appalachians that long?
    stevenaia Michinaga: yes
    Aphrodite Macbain: had no idea
    stevenaia Michinaga: one continuous trail
    Aphrodite Macbain: wihth cabins along the way?
    stevenaia Michinaga: yes, open on one side
    Aphrodite Macbain: would be a nice way to spend a couple of weeks
    stevenaia Michinaga: many people try to do it every summer
    Aphrodite Macbain makes a note to investigate
    Aphrodite Macbain: I'm off now to be a poet. Or attempt to be.
    Frenchie Riverstone: good night :)
    stevenaia Michinaga: enjoy, hope we helped
    Aphrodite Macbain: bon soir tout le monde!
    Aphrodite Macbain: Bye
    Aphrodite Macbain: Bye!
    Aphrodite Macbain: yes - you wre an inspiration!
    Frenchie Riverstone: sad Wol not here
    Frenchie Riverstone: no FcSeeker
    Frenchie Riverstone: no Dash
    stevenaia Michinaga: yes, they are both in europe (wol and Fc)
    Frenchie Riverstone: no Bertrum
    stevenaia Michinaga: it is very late there
    Frenchie Riverstone: happy to see you :)
    stevenaia Michinaga: often see them for the 1:00 or 7:00 am sessions
    stevenaia Michinaga: :)
    stevenaia Michinaga: thank you, nice to have company here
    Frenchie Riverstone: :)
    stevenaia Michinaga: have you tried the 9 second meditations, or the 90 seocnds ones here?
    Frenchie Riverstone: yes
    stevenaia Michinaga: for me it was like poetry, something new to see
    Frenchie Riverstone: meditate can be help
    Frenchie Riverstone: i desire more to talk
    Frenchie Riverstone: waves
    iwandertoo Resident: waves :)
    Frenchie Riverstone: on phone?
    stevenaia Michinaga: i Susan, gtsy
    stevenaia Michinaga: *hi
    stevenaia Michinaga: are you on yoru phone tonigh
    stevenaia Michinaga: t
    iwandertoo Resident: yes on phone
    Frenchie Riverstone: :)
    stevenaia Michinaga: your legs are bent
    Frenchie Riverstone: magnificent
    iwandertoo Resident: lol
    stevenaia Michinaga: you are on your feet now :)
    Frenchie Riverstone: phone is expensive?
    stevenaia Michinaga: how was your day? are you still at work?
    iwandertoo Resident: no...free
    iwandertoo Resident: I am in transit
    Frenchie Riverstone: 8)
    stevenaia Michinaga: not driving I hope
    iwandertoo Resident: phone. is part of the data package
    iwandertoo Resident: I don't drive
    iwandertoo Resident: :)
    stevenaia Michinaga: nce
    stevenaia Michinaga: nice
    stevenaia Michinaga: not to need a car
    iwandertoo Resident: I wish I could
    stevenaia Michinaga: could?
    iwandertoo Resident: this is why I want to live in an urban area
    iwandertoo Resident: I wish I could drive
    Frenchie Riverstone: is nice to walk :)
    stevenaia Michinaga: nods, I could take a bus to work if I didn;t ahve to go anywhere
    iwandertoo Resident: it is nice to walk and think


    --BELL--


    Frenchie Riverstone: too much hurry when driving
    stevenaia Michinaga: I usually listed to music when I walk
    Frenchie Riverstone: listen to music?
    stevenaia Michinaga: when I walk
    Frenchie Riverstone: in cities, music is all around
    stevenaia Michinaga: not around here
    Frenchie Riverstone: no?
    stevenaia Michinaga: not on the streets
    Frenchie Riverstone: in New Orleans, music from cars, restaurants, ppl sing :)
    Frenchie Riverstone: i sing :)
    iwandertoo Resident: its awesome seeing people sing alone in their cars completely rocking out
    Frenchie Riverstone: :)
    stevenaia Michinaga: have you been to one of the music sessions, not sure of the times
    iwandertoo Resident: I love that...sheer joy
    Frenchie Riverstone: Kate invite has me to music events in SL
    stevenaia Michinaga: there is lots of music on SL
    Frenchie Riverstone: guitar, piano, flute
    Frenchie Riverstone: violin
    Frenchie Riverstone: good music
    iwandertoo Resident: waves
    iwandertoo Resident: best to you
    Frenchie Riverstone: waves
    stevenaia Michinaga: bye susan
    stevenaia Michinaga: thank for the visit
    Frenchie Riverstone: guess i go now too?
    Frenchie Riverstone: thank you for company :)
    Frenchie Riverstone: nice talk
    stevenaia Michinaga: almost always
    stevenaia Michinaga: bye Frenchie

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