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

Pila and Aphrodite joined me after a while sitting alone,

stevenaia Michinaga: hi Pila
Pila Mulligan: hi Steve
stevenaia Michinaga: was wondering if everyone was at Bleu's movie screening
Pila Mulligan: oh, I didn't know she had a movie

--BELL--

Pila Mulligan: are things getting back to normal for you after the snow storm?
stevenaia Michinaga:

hi PaBers, My video, "The Molecule Theater Opening Night" has been chosen by The Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA) to showcase in Month of Machinima (MoM) for the month of November. On Wednesday November 2, at 7 pm SL time, my video will be shown along with 6 other films. Sadly, I won't be able to attend the opening due to RL work, but you are all invited to attend. here are the slurls if you want to go: http://slurl.com/secondlife/LEA1/250/16/21 Bleu

Pila Mulligan: sounds like quite an honor
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, a recongnized talent
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Pila Mulligan: what is machinima
Pila Mulligan: ?
stevenaia Michinaga: some sort of thing that creates movies in SL.. I think
stevenaia Michinaga: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUX2zH2AH90&feature=channel_video_title
Pila Mulligan: my internet is just limping along, I better not try to open it now
stevenaia Michinaga: when you do, it's very nice
stevenaia Michinaga: hi APhrodite
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi stevenaia, Pila
Pila Mulligan: hi Aph
Pila Mulligan: how's your vacation?
Aphrodite Macbain: I'm home now and doing laundry!
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: It was fine thanks
Pila Mulligan: ah, back to the mundane :)
Aphrodite Macbain: and all the commitments
Pila Mulligan: yep
Aphrodite Macbain: pouring wih rain like every November
Aphrodite Macbain: maybe I'll come and visit you Pila!
Pila Mulligan: sure :)
Pila Mulligan: funny, I was thinking I'd like to take a train ride across canada
Aphrodite Macbain: I imagine Hawaii to be perpetual sunshine
Pila Mulligan: grass is always greener ...
Pila Mulligan: we are in the rainy season now
Pila Mulligan: a bit less sun
Aphrodite Macbain: well- the grass is very green here because of the rain!
Pila Mulligan: :)

--BELL--

Aphrodite Macbain: are you planning to eturn to the Original face meetings Pila?
Pila Mulligan: no, but I was wondering how they are doing
stevenaia Michinaga: do they still hold regular meetings?
Pila Mulligan: i dont know
Aphrodite Macbain: Yes. I really enjoy them
Aphrodite Macbain: every Monday 10:30AM -12:30 PM
Pila Mulligan: I'm trying to find time to do some WoK sessions, but I am not online that much usually
Aphrodite Macbain: Cal, Darren, Bruce, Zen and I are the regulars
Pila Mulligan: oh, two hours, nice
Aphrodite Macbain: yes- it gives us time to get into things
Pila Mulligan: I have not seen Darren for quite some itme
Pila Mulligan: yes, two hours is a good session
Aphrodite Macbain: No, he doesn't come to PaB any mpre- just these sessions
Pila Mulligan: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: occasionally Samuo comes
Aphrodite Macbain: and recently Santoshima...
Pila Mulligan: cool
Pila Mulligan: nice group
stevenaia Michinaga: nice to find something that resonates
Aphrodite Macbain: yes, I feel very supportewd and cared for there
Aphrodite Macbain: A nice way to start the week
Aphrodite Macbain: Feel free to come steve
Aphrodite Macbain: we discuss a theme every week and usually Cal suggests it
stevenaia Michinaga: tine are not right
stevenaia Michinaga: tiems
stevenaia Michinaga: times
Aphrodite Macbain: too bad
stevenaia Michinaga: perhaps once, not sure how diligent a meditator I am
Pila Mulligan: do you guys have a theme each week or is it more free form?
Aphrodite Macbain: each of us have our weaknesses. It's not about that
Aphrodite Macbain: hjere is a theme that Cal suggests each week. He puts a lot of work into it and gives a summary of the concept before we start
Aphrodite Macbain: Darren leads the meditation part of the sessin -usuallly 20 minutes
Pila Mulligan: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: *session
Pila Mulligan: what have been some of your favorties?
Pila Mulligan: themes?
Aphrodite Macbain: we go round twice, facilitated by a talking stick
Pila Mulligan: yes, I rememebr
Pila Mulligan: a nic eprocess
Aphrodite Macbain: First we do a check in - describing how we are and what came out of the meditation, and then we address a theme
stevenaia Michinaga: do you log the sessions?
Aphrodite Macbain: no
Aphrodite Macbain: we keep our own but it is a "protected space". Kept within the group
Aphrodite Macbain: allowing us to feel more open
Pila Mulligan: like Maxine's dream sessions, no log
Aphrodite Macbain: no?
Pila Mulligan: we decided the same thing early on
Aphrodite Macbain: One day I'll attend. I rately remember my dreams
Aphrodite Macbain: rarely
Pila Mulligan: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: We had a dream session at the Vashon retreat
Aphrodite Macbain: I enjoyed it.
stevenaia Michinaga: did you dream thre?
Pila Mulligan: yes, Luci's dream circles, they are interesting
Aphrodite Macbain: People had completely fresh takes on an old dream I had.
Aphrodite Macbain: I dont think so, I notice I remember dreams when I am in another time zone
Aphrodite Macbain: and my sleep is shallower
Aphrodite Macbain: Do yu find Luci's and Maxine
Aphrodite Macbain: Maxin'es dream sessions useful?
stevenaia Michinaga: I've never gone
Pila Mulligan: was afk -- FredEx delivery
Pila Mulligan: I go to Maxine's regularly
Aphrodite Macbain: hope it's something nicve
Pila Mulligan: it is interesting
Pila Mulligan: a dehumidifer
Aphrodite Macbain: yes?
Pila Mulligan: the dream workshop is interesting
Pila Mulligan: just a chat session
stevenaia Michinaga: how do you dehumidify hawaii?
Pila Mulligan: but Maxine is expereinced in dream work
Pila Mulligan: :)
Pila Mulligan: inside only
Pila Mulligan: Fox is also often there and she works at a dream lab in RL
Aphrodite Macbain: I thought you would have wide open breezeways for the air to circuate

--BELL--

Aphrodite Macbain: OH -so she brings a science to it
Pila Mulligan: I'm up on a mountain in a rainforest -- cool here, and wet
Pila Mulligan: yes
Aphrodite Macbain: How lovely that sounds
Pila Mulligan: it is nice
Aphrodite Macbain: nice view?
Pila Mulligan: trees :)
stevenaia Michinaga: you had some extraordinary pics, Pila
Aphrodite Macbain: pics?
Pila Mulligan: there are some extraodrinary places to see, but I'm in a jungle
Pila Mulligan: I lived on Maui before, and there it was all extraoridnary sights
Aphrodite Macbain: what kind?
Pila Mulligan: like the photo on the I Ching site, from my front porch -- incing,ws
Pila Mulligan: www.iching,ws *
stevenaia Michinaga: http://www.iching.ws/
stevenaia Michinaga: you had a comma in there
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Pila Mulligan: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: that;s your view?
Pila Mulligan: it was until 2005
Aphrodite Macbain: That link didn't work
stevenaia Michinaga: try mine
Aphrodite Macbain: ah. OK
stevenaia Michinaga: what happened in 2005
stevenaia Michinaga: tree gone?
Pila Mulligan: I moved to the jungle
Pila Mulligan: different island
stevenaia Michinaga: awww
Pila Mulligan: :)
Pila Mulligan: Maui was too expensive
Aphrodite Macbain: ah that explains it. It doesn't look like a jungle
Pila Mulligan: nope :)
Pila Mulligan: really a buetiful place
Pila Mulligan: beautiful*
Aphrodite Macbain: what's it like living in a jungle?
Pila Mulligan: quiet, wet
stevenaia Michinaga: big bugs?
Aphrodite Macbain: humid? insects? birds? monkeys?
Pila Mulligan: humid, some bugs, no monkeys
stevenaia Michinaga: lol
Pila Mulligan: or elephants
Pila Mulligan: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: I imagine the sound of rain falling on big leaves
stevenaia Michinaga: anything w/ legs, deer?
Aphrodite Macbain: splat splat
Pila Mulligan: wild hogs
Pila Mulligan: yes, much pitter patter split plat
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Pila Mulligan: frogs
Aphrodite Macbain: you must sleep well
Pila Mulligan: yep
Aphrodite Macbain: do things go mouldy quickly?
Aphrodite Macbain: like paper and leather?
Pila Mulligan: yes, ergo the dehumidifier
Aphrodite Macbain: ah!!
Pila Mulligan: mold is abig issue
Pila Mulligan: this is my third one
Aphrodite Macbain: I lived in Nigeria for a year and remember it was a big problem
Pila Mulligan: yep
Aphrodite Macbain: plus the fact that cuts dont heal quickly
Pila Mulligan: were you ina rural area?
Aphrodite Macbain: no Lagos
Pila Mulligan: ah
Pila Mulligan: sound sinteresting
Aphrodite Macbain: but very humid, with a river running through it
Pila Mulligan: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: I was 16/17 yrs old and learned to do the twist there
stevenaia Michinaga: bedtime for me, night Aph, Pila,
Aphrodite Macbain: and watrskiid and rode horses and went to night clubs
Pila Mulligan: bye Steve sleep well
Pila Mulligan: :)
Pila Mulligan: since 1985
Pila Mulligan: 26 years
Pila Mulligan: Iowa before that
Pila Mulligan: it was very cold there in winter
Pila Mulligan: yes
Pila Mulligan: enuf to propel me to the tropics

Aphrodite Macbain: but still in the US!
Aphrodite Macbain: I would find it hard to work in heat and humidity but I suppose youhave air conditioning
Pila Mulligan: crashed
Aphrodite Macbain: oops

--BELL--

Pila Mulligan: I've signed back on using the text only SL client
Pila Mulligan: less trouble
Aphrodite Macbain: you look really strange
Aphrodite Macbain: like Ruth
Pila Mulligan: am I not an appearing as avi?
Aphrodite Macbain: a female avi- you have breasts
Aphrodite Macbain: same clothing, different shape
Aphrodite Macbain: with a small beard/moustache
Pila Mulligan: aPh ... are you there?
Aphrodite Macbain: yes
Pila Mulligan: ahh, thnaks
Aphrodite Macbain: Did you read my description of you?
Pila Mulligan: I guess I should signoff ow, the internet connection here is not doing well -- only about 200 kbs
Pila Mulligan: nice to see you -- bye for now :)
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye
Aphrodite Macbain: NP. I should go too, Bye! Pila.