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

Hana Furlough, Aphrodite Macbain and Paradise Tennant joined me tonight

stevenaia Michinaga: greetingd hana
stevenaia Michinaga: s
Hana Furlough: Hi Stevenaia
Hana Furlough: how are you this evening?
stevenaia Michinaga: good, I just finished my "99 day" blog. worked out nice tonight except for the moments of cat intervention
Hana Furlough: great!
Hana Furlough: oh dear...hope it wasn't the delete button...
stevenaia Michinaga: no, not the blog, the excercises before the blog, the cat usually plays with the track pad when I am at the computer
Hana Furlough: haha cute
stevenaia Michinaga: so he belives
stevenaia Michinaga: how are you
Hana Furlough: : )
Hana Furlough: i'm good, thanks
Hana Furlough: no cat intervention, but nesting pigeons on my balcony that afford ample distraction
stevenaia Michinaga: it;s quite cold here, 12 ° tonight, only 23° tomorrow
Hana Furlough: brrr
stevenaia Michinaga: but the bunnies still hop around outside
Hana Furlough: aww cute
stevenaia Michinaga: no, bunnies eat out plants :(
Hana Furlough: oh
stevenaia Michinaga: and the cat ignores the bunnies
stevenaia Michinaga: so much the circle of life.. wants cat to shoo them away
Hana Furlough: ahh i see
Hana Furlough: he was doing a lot of scratching...
stevenaia Michinaga: thought he was running in place, cat lag
Hana Furlough: haha

--BELL--

stevenaia Michinaga: Have you given any thought to this week's theme, "Hidden Layers"?
Hana Furlough: oh i didn't know that is the theme
Hana Furlough: sounds right to me
stevenaia Michinaga: it's under the schedule, every week there is a new weekly theme
Hana Furlough: oh nice
stevenaia Michinaga: I have not chipped away at it, I'd be happy to listen to your thoughts
Hana Furlough: i'm not really sure that i have anything interesting to say about it
Hana Furlough: but i feel like there are definitely hidden aspects of reality
Hana Furlough: don't you think?
stevenaia Michinaga: hidden as yet undiscovered, or some other type of hidden, never to be found
stevenaia Michinaga: Hi Aphrodite
Hana Furlough: hi aph!
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi
Aphrodite Macbain: what's cooking?
stevenaia Michinaga: we were just dicussing the hidden aspects of reality
Aphrodite Macbain: listens
stevenaia Michinaga: we jsut began :
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Hana Furlough: : )
Aphrodite Macbain: the layers and layers of hidden realities
Hana Furlough: yeah
Aphrodite Macbain: I was thinking that we need to determine what we mean by hidden
Aphrodite Macbain: hidden from view?
Aphrodite Macbain: hidden beliefs?
Aphrodite Macbain: attitudes?
stevenaia Michinaga: remember seeing a science show on string theory and how it took you smaller and smaller until you saw the various strings that make up everything
stevenaia Michinaga: or so they said
Hana Furlough: reminds me of this: Sometimes, when you look around, everything seems still and calm on the surface. And then you detect a little disturbance. And you know for sure that underneath the surface lies some other secret world. -- Peter Gabriel
Aphrodite Macbain: nods- so in that case we are talking about visually hidden - the world of quantum physics
Aphrodite Macbain: and the only way we know they exist are the traces they leave
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, hana
Aphrodite Macbain: or the "disturbances"

--BELL--

Aphrodite Macbain: Hana - how long have you been with PaB?
stevenaia Michinaga: like our little pond before us, smoke and ice and water layers
Aphrodite Macbain: smiles
Aphrodite Macbain: smoke?
Aphrodite Macbain: It does look smokey, doesn't it?
stevenaia Michinaga: water capor
stevenaia Michinaga: vapor
stevenaia Michinaga: mist
Aphrodite Macbain: ah
Aphrodite Macbain: yes
stevenaia Michinaga: Mist on the water... just doesn't have that ring
Aphrodite Macbain: hitting the hot air of our pronouncements
Aphrodite Macbain: lol
Hana Furlough: sorry stepped away for a sec...on and off since 2009?
Aphrodite Macbain: were you here when everyone moved here?
Aphrodite Macbain: to the Playgoda?
Hana Furlough: i only know here, so i suppose i came after that
Aphrodite Macbain: k - I gather some people weren't happy to move from where h=they were before
Aphrodite Macbain: they felt it was too open
Hana Furlough: oh interesting
Aphrodite Macbain: I'm writing a chronological summary of PAB and am discovering lots of intresting facts
Hana Furlough: oh cool
stevenaia Michinaga: I remember some conversations about the differences
Aphrodite Macbain: you do? When did you come to PAB stevenaia?
Aphrodite Macbain: what did they say?
stevenaia Michinaga: a month after they began meetings
Aphrodite Macbain: in 2008?
Aphrodite Macbain: March?
stevenaia Michinaga: sometime in May, it's in the interview Adams did with me
stevenaia Michinaga: May
Aphrodite Macbain: May 2008
stevenaia Michinaga: it began April 1st
stevenaia Michinaga: yes
Aphrodite Macbain: yes I know. Hence our celebrations ending on that date
stevenaia Michinaga: I met Pema 1st, then he invited me to a session with him and Stim
Aphrodite Macbain: I hadn't realized you too are an old timer!!
Hana Furlough: i'm afraid i have to get going so i can run some RL errands
Hana Furlough: great chatting with you both
Aphrodite Macbain: ok HAna
stevenaia Michinaga: hehe, I was that before I began
Hana Furlough: until next time!
Aphrodite Macbain: byee
stevenaia Michinaga: bye Hana
Aphrodite Macbain: happy running!
Aphrodite Macbain: Please tell me mor about the early days
stevenaia Michinaga: looks for interviews on wiki... and can't find them
Aphrodite Macbain: Maybe it's in the Chronicles?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, chapter 7
Aphrodite Macbain: thanks!
Aphrodite Macbain: what do you think are some of the key dates, events, builds?
stevenaia Michinaga: Iw as at the 1st meet-up for dinner w/ Pema, Adams, Sylectra and my spouse, to make sure I was not kidnapped
stevenaia Michinaga: and Genisis
Aphrodite Macbain: meet up? You mean retreat?
stevenaia Michinaga: Things were jsut begining to be structured at the time, wiki being developed
stevenaia Michinaga: no, initially it was jsut an evening dinner with some people local to Princeton
Aphrodite Macbain: meet up? You mean retreat?
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Para
Aphrodite Macbain: I'm learning about the good ol days
Paradise Tennant: hiya aph stev :))
stevenaia Michinaga: the 1st retreat was that fall, that was very interesting, we all signed on from the retreat
stevenaia Michinaga: hi PAra
stevenaia Michinaga: there should be a log from that weekend
Aphrodite Macbain: so yu had a meet up AND a retreat?
stevenaia Michinaga: thre is a nice write-up in the wiki about it that Genisis wrote
Aphrodite Macbain: how were they different?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes
Aphrodite Macbain: kk
stevenaia Michinaga: quite a few people turned out for the 1st retreat
stevenaia Michinaga: a very interesting weekend
Aphrodite Macbain: where was it?

--BELL--

Aphrodite Macbain: where was it?
stevenaia Michinaga: Para poofed
stevenaia Michinaga: Princeton, at the Institute for Advances Studies campus
Aphrodite Macbain: yes :-(
Aphrodite Macbain: ah- where Pema works?
stevenaia Michinaga: nods
Aphrodite Macbain: How was it?
stevenaia Michinaga: I suppose, although I only attened one other, that it set the tone for the other successful retreats
Aphrodite Macbain: Meditating, discussions, talks?
Aphrodite Macbain: wb Para
stevenaia Michinaga: meeting in RL many SL faces was the most interesting. In fact there was quite a discussion about the release of photos as some were very protective of their RL/SL identities and keeping them separate
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, and the things you mentioned too,
Aphrodite Macbain: I worry that the core of PAB is being lost, So much was done and hoped for in the early days
stevenaia Michinaga: I think some are more relaxed about that now, that is why you only see the back of my head, as there were people how wanted their privay in all the other pics of me :)
Aphrodite Macbain: yes- some people dont want to be recognized for a variety of reasons
stevenaia Michinaga: it is dificult to keep up the intensity witout a few social beaks here and there
Aphrodite Macbain: Do you find it intense?
Paradise Tennant: yes have to maintain the connection because in a large degree it spawns the creativitiy and the insight
stevenaia Michinaga: When did you finD PaB PARA
Paradise Tennant: hmm I remember the first time I came by accident I think stumbled on you and Pila talking ..
Aphrodite Macbain: PAB spawns your creativity and insight?
Paradise Tennant: sat down and listened was so interesting
stevenaia Michinaga: I think it used to be more rigerious in the dicussion, more exploratory
Aphrodite Macbain: Ih dear, para poofed again! What is wron with S these days. It's happening to me also more and more
Aphrodite Macbain: SL
stevenaia Michinaga: now the exploartins ahve taken a new direction, which is helpful in keeping the focus
stevenaia Michinaga: could you re-type that?
Aphrodite Macbain: what new direction have you observed?
stevenaia Michinaga: aww wrong with SL
stevenaia Michinaga: the weekly theme I have always found helpful
Aphrodite Macbain: What is wrong with SL these days. It's happening (crashing) to me also more and more
Aphrodite Macbain: yes- it helps focus the discussions
stevenaia Michinaga: wb para, everyone is crashing
Aphrodite Macbain: you are having a hard time PAra!
stevenaia Michinaga: like picking a fruit from a tree, nice to have them hanging to easilly grab
Aphrodite Macbain: Sch a lovely skirt btw
Aphrodite Macbain: smiles at Stevenaia
Santoshima Resident: 's current display-name is "San".
Paradise Tennant: lol sigh must be having viewer issues keep crashing and now I have lost my shoe :)
stevenaia Michinaga: they are both on
Aphrodite Macbain: I find that occasionally there is a really really iteresting discussion that can go on for a long time
stevenaia Michinaga: hi san, seems everyone is crashing
Aphrodite Macbain: I see your show Para
Aphrodite Macbain: Oh dear
stevenaia Michinaga: speaking of poofs, there she goes again
Aphrodite Macbain: I little San
Aphrodite Macbain: head and tail but no body
stevenaia Michinaga: just stuck in a pillow
Aphrodite Macbain: *Hi* little San
stevenaia Michinaga: I see all of her
Aphrodite Macbain: oh!!
stevenaia Michinaga: looks for "pet" script
Aphrodite Macbain: I rebaked but nothing changed
Aphrodite Macbain: lol white and black and nothig
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, sometiems there are great conversations , they usually begin spontainiously
Aphrodite Macbain: perhaps that is part of the hidden layers

--BELL--

Aphrodite Macbain: Now I see san, sort of
stevenaia Michinaga: wb Para
Paradise Tennant: hiya san you are floating hair tonight
Aphrodite Macbain: You are nothing if not persistent Para
stevenaia Michinaga: all clothes and only feet
stevenaia Michinaga: aww there you are
Aphrodite Macbain: complete
stevenaia Michinaga: we are all here
Aphrodite Macbain: no hidden layers!
Paradise Tennant: lol smiles
Aphrodite Macbain: Now it's 8pm and I should get back to work in another sim
stevenaia Michinaga: a nice moment... then Para poofs
Santoshima Resident: work?
stevenaia Michinaga: coffee?
Aphrodite Macbain: Well, I am creating an exhibition
stevenaia Michinaga: of your artwork?
Aphrodite Macbain: using my photographs from La Rotonda in Vicennza
stevenaia Michinaga: 99 days of art
Aphrodite Macbain: I suppose I could post a photo!
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: I am comparing the original with the build in Sorrentina- Villa Vesuviana
stevenaia Michinaga: oh? in art?
Aphrodite Macbain: see you all later!
Santoshima Resident: ciao
Aphrodite Macbain: in art?
stevenaia Michinaga: ok Aph, enjoy
Aphrodite Macbain: byye
stevenaia Michinaga: art can be so confusing
Paradise Tennant: nite nite san
Santoshima Resident: uhm, bye
stevenaia Michinaga: when you talk about it
Paradise Tennant: think I am going to say good night too .. cannot seem to stay on
stevenaia Michinaga: nods, thanl for coming back to say good bye :)
Paradise Tennant: and when I crash cannot tell I have crashed for quite awhile only when my chat does not appear
Santoshima Resident: oh, laggy here.
Paradise Tennant: smiles nite nite namaste san .. aph steve :)))
stevenaia Michinaga: wonders how Storm's testing is going
Santoshima Resident: peaceful evening, paradise
Santoshima Resident: ok, i best go too.
stevenaia Michinaga: bye San good seeing you in your many forms