2019.10.28 07:00 - Flamenco and the Independence of Catalonia!

The Guardian for this meeting was Eden Haiku. The comments are by Eden Haiku.

Riddle, Eden and Adams

Haunted house

Eden Haiku: Good morning Riddle.Was visiting your haunted house, wow!
Riddle Sideways: morning Eden
Riddle Sideways: ㋡
Riddle Sideways: did you get through the maze
Riddle Sideways: or just take the first candies ㋡
Riddle Sideways: there are cupcakes at the end
Eden Haiku: Had some sugar free Halloween candy, played chess and lost myself into the maze. Didn't find the cupcakes :(
Eden Haiku: Yet!
Eden Haiku:So sorry about the Sonoma fires...
Riddle Sideways: need to find a real/playable chess board for that table
Riddle Sideways: yes, awful
Eden Haiku: smiles at Riddle's dedication
Riddle Sideways: no
Eden Haiku: California is now plagued by fires almost every year?
Riddle Sideways: yes, every year. just before the rains
Riddle Sideways:some say we don't have seasons
Eden Haiku:Ready for some flamenco dear Adams?
Riddle Sideways: howdee dotty Adams
Adams Rubble: good morning Eden and Riddle :)
Adams Rubble: nice autumn outfit Eden :)
Riddle Sideways: polka dot dress is to celebrate, what?
Adams Rubble: polka dots for anytime
Riddle Sideways: ah ok
Eden Haiku: Thank you Adams :)
Adams Rubble is ready for flamenco anytime :)
Eden Haiku: Busy as a bee last week, had no time to post the session nor read the logs, I feel out of touch, keep me posted? What happened?
Riddle Sideways: ha, no surprise flamenco sneaking up on you
Eden Haiku: My camera is ready!
Riddle Sideways: that out of touch feeling, yes if the logs are not read
Riddle Sideways: had a Play, Playing, Playful Thursday
Adams Rubble plays at being an exhibitionist
Eden Haiku: I saw there were logs but had not time to dive in
Eden Haiku: Oh you are a great dancer Adams!
Eden Haiku: Lovely:)
Adams Rubble: and Riddle ...
Eden Haiku: Made a video with my phone, but I'm afraid I can't post videos in logs...
Riddle Sideways: hmmm, how did inventory get those
Eden Haiku: Wow, you are BOTH great flamenco dancers :)
Riddle Sideways: :))

--BELL--

Flamenco dress and pink flamingos

Riddle Sideways:first misspeeling find lots of pink Flamingos
Adams Rubble: :)
Eden Haiku: That was beautiful. I missed the music though :(
Riddle Sideways: music?
Eden Haiku: Flamenco music?
Eden Haiku: Flamenco of pink flamengos :)
Eden Haiku: Flamingos :)
Adams Rubble: bump bumpa bumpa bump
Riddle Sideways: turned all the sounds, music, media up and heard none, guessing there was none
Eden Haiku: None no...
Eden Haiku: Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqxJMCQxb_Q
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: good.
Eden Haiku: After the advertising gate, there is some music :)
Eden Haiku: Great Adams!
Riddle Sideways: yes, after the NutriSystem healthy food adverts (why it thinks I would need healthy foods?)

The red fan

Eden Haiku: Was at the Mexican consulate for a poetry reading last week and there was some flamenco dancing from Veracruz.
Eden Haiku: The young lady had fantastic pink shoes with designs and was dancing on a small board. Magical!
Adams Rubble: :)
Eden Haiku: You are both very elegant dancers!
Eden Haiku: loves your foot work!
Riddle Sideways: ha, hawaiian shirt is not a flowing skirt
Eden Haiku:oh the red fan!
Riddle Sideways: ooo a fan
Eden Haiku: Flamenco dates back from historic times doesn'it?
Adams Rubble: i imagine it developed through the changes in Spain
Adams Rubble: sometimes mimics bull fighting
Adams Rubble: bull fighting very ancient
Eden Haiku: Flamenco only from the 18th century it seems...
Adams Rubble: hmmm
Adams Rubble: whew

--BELL--

Riddle Sideways: much better with the background music
Adams Rubble: I hear arabic elements in the music
Eden Haiku: From Andalusia...at cappella music only...
Eden Haiku: Yes, arabic elements, a mixture of different folklores...
Eden Haiku: I also guess it's much more ancient than Wikipedia pretends
Eden Haiku: There is something poignant about flamenco
Riddle Sideways: nice, youtube has gone on to play the entire Flamenco channel
Riddle Sideways: hours of this music
Eden Haiku:As fires rage in the Sonoma valley and people protest their governments in Chili, in Lebanon and so on...
Eden Haiku: Yes, Riddle, my You Tube is still playing flamenco also :)
Riddle Sideways:as a friends button said "F*ck politics, Let's Dance"
Eden Haiku: Let's dance!
Adams Rubble: At the top of Palomares Mountain, high in the Palomares sierra, Some say single, and others say a pair In the mirror of the water I look and I comb my hair, Some say single, and others say a pair Ay, don't go close to the bramble patches, Brambles have prickles and tear your apron Problems, double problems come to one who has water between their lips but can't drink it At the top of Palomares Mountain, high in the Palomares sierra, Some say single, and others say a pair.
Riddle Sideways: that friend was Molly the Flamingo Avi
Adams Rubble: yaaay Eden :)
Eden Haiku: Thank you for the animation Riddle :)
Riddle Sideways: Yaay! all dancing

Playing as Dancing!

Riddle, Eden and Adams playing as dancing flamenco

Riddle Sideways: back to Playing
Eden Haiku: Let’s dance!
Eden Haiku: Playing as Dancing!
Riddle Sideways: always worried about putting roses in mouth. what about those thorns?
Riddle Sideways: PaD ㋡
Adams Rubble: best to take the thorns out first :)
Eden Haiku: Feels like stretching my soul as well as my limbs :)
Eden Haiku: loves the sound of the "palmas" and the feet on the ground!
Eden Haiku: excruciating when the music goes slow
Eden Haiku: than builds up again
Riddle Sideways: and stops and starts again
Adams Rubble: Xirana should be here
Riddle Sideways: Yes!
Riddle Sideways: checked in with her, last weekend
Riddle Sideways: Toooo much Politics
Eden Haiku:Not sure if Catalonians like flamenco these days...
Riddle Sideways: not sure either
Riddle Sideways: liking nothing Spanish

--BELL--

Adams Rubble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD1U6YTaAn8
Riddle Sideways: what an odd selection of adverts youTube is putting between music
Adams Rubble: hehe, yes
Riddle Sideways: the last one might force one to buy ad-free
Eden Haiku: Was lucky, not to get any more ad after the 1st ones...
Eden Haiku: Flamenco is mesmerizing us out of our minds isn 'it?
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: Molly's button is right
Riddle Sideways: yes
Riddle Sideways: can't even think about the people in our county without electricity
Riddle Sideways: no fires and no electricity
Adams Rubble: I think you just did :)
Eden Haiku: Fires...so terrible
Riddle Sideways: nope, still hearing Flamenco and seeing Flamingos
Eden Haiku: Still have flamenco music in the background...
Riddle Sideways: little town of poor people Gonzales is miles of watered cropland away from anything burnable
Eden Haiku: Ah! found the secret window where it was still playing :)
Eden Haiku: Climate change is still there even if the "bad guy" died like a dog...
Adams Rubble: which bad guy died like a dog?
Riddle Sideways: getting Xir report now
Riddle Sideways: IF the Biggest Dog
Riddle Sideways: hums, who let the Dogs in
Eden Haiku: Something your dear president said about the ISIS leader killed in Syria

Xirana joins us!

Riddle, Eden, Adams and Xirana

Xirana Oximoxi: 's current display-name is "Xirana".
Adams Rubble: Hello Xirana :)
Riddle Sideways: Hi Xir ㋡
Riddle Sideways: 07:56] (You): we were just talking/thinking of you [07:56] Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): hi Riddle :-) [07:56] (You): whether Flamenco music and dancing are not welcome in Catalonia now? [07:57] Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): lol...nooo :-)) [07:57] Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): why not? [07:57] (You): thought it was maybe tooooo Spanish [07:57] Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): we are just against Spanish State behaviour towards Catalans...not against Spanish culture ㋡
Adams Rubble: so nice to see you :)
Xirana Oximoxi: hi Eden, Rid and Adams :-)
Riddle Sideways: we were Flamenco dancing the hour away
Xirana Oximoxi: thank you very much ! :-)

--BELL--

Xirana Oximoxi: I like flamenco guitar very much :)
Eden Haiku: Welcome Xirana. So sorry to hear about what is happening in your Catalonia these days...
Xirana Oximoxi: thanks Eden...yes..it is worrying.. and sadly we don't see any easy solution
Adams Rubble: :(
Adams Rubble:so much conflict these days
Eden Haiku: So much yes...
Xirana Oximoxi: yes... a lot of reasons to fight for too
Xirana Oximoxi:in a lot of countries
Riddle Sideways: so sad
Adams Rubble nods
Xirana Oximoxi: yes
Eden Haiku: Lebanon, Chili, Catalonia..
Riddle Sideways: Hong Kong
Eden Haiku: Hong Kong! yes...
Xirana Oximoxi: yes... and what is amazing is how through new technologies some of these places are connected in somekind of solidarity
Adams Rubble: yes
Adams Rubble: but right wingers also connected
Eden Haiku: So sorry our Canadian newly reelected "cosmetic" Prime Minister refused to protest the jailing of 9 Catalonian leaders....
Adams Rubble: so sorry for our "president"
Riddle Sideways: and facial recognition is helping the police and governments
Xirana Oximoxi: yes...in Canada they did a referendum so it is something that should not be so strange for other places too
Riddle Sideways: as Molly's button says:"F*ck Politics, Let's Dance"

Dancing flamenco with Xirana

Eden Haiku: Quebec prime minister did protest though. We understand your cause very well :)
Xirana Oximoxi: bravo Rid! :-)
Adams Rubble: Riddle has lots of energy :)
Eden Haiku:smiles at Riddle resuming his flamenco dance :)
Eden Haiku: Ok, let's dance :)
Adams Rubble: brb
Riddle Sideways: need to Energy into good things
Xirana Oximoxi: :)
Xirana Oximoxi: yes....it is important to keep our mind open to nice and positive things too
Riddle Sideways:drain the Bad energies out
Riddle Sideways: Eden, stay in the picture ㋡
Xirana Oximoxi: nice dress Adams :-)
Riddle Sideways: the dress that started all this
Eden Haiku: Yes, sorry, didn't mean to wander...
Eden Haiku: The dress that started
Eden Haiku: the dress that started it all indeed :)
Xirana Oximoxi: :-)
Adams Rubble: whoops
Adams Rubble: nice guitar playing Xirana :)
Riddle Sideways: Xir brings in the guitar playing
Eden Haiku: beautiful guitar Xirana :)
Xirana Oximoxi: it is transfer...woukld you like it?
Eden Haiku: Sure :)
Adams Rubble: yes :)
Riddle Sideways: yes please

Xirana teaches us to play the flamenco guitar 

--BELL--

Adams Rubble: thank you Xirana :)
Xirana Oximoxi: you're welcome :)
Riddle Sideways: thank you
Eden Haiku: Thank you. I never knew I could play the guitar!
Adams Rubble: hehe
Riddle Sideways: so many pics for the log ㋡
Xirana Oximoxi: :-)
Xirana Oximoxi: very nice concert :)
Eden Haiku: Indeed!
Adams Rubble: playing as musicians
Eden Haiku: Playing as Playing :)
Riddle Sideways: hope the pavillion floor is strong enough for our stompinjg
Xirana Oximoxi: hehe
Riddle Sideways: PaP
Eden Haiku: laughs
Adams Rubble: very nice guitar, animation and music Xirana :)
Eden Haiku: But we are listening Xirana. Feel like sharing about your situation?
Riddle Sideways: puts youtube back on for the day
Eden Haiku: smiles

Catalonia and a thought for Boxy

Xirana Oximoxi: well...it is very complicated...Spanish state don't know how to deal with pacific protests/demonstrations...so now we have violence at the end of each one...a lot of them come from the same 'police' infiltrated...but also a new generation of young people that is looking for a better future, not under constant repression
Eden Haiku: Very unsettling situation...
Xirana Oximoxi: it is a new generation of youngs that have appear last few weeks...very powerful and not afraid
Xirana Oximoxi: weeks
Riddle Sideways: and not peaceful
Riddle Sideways: not non-violent
Xirana Oximoxi: but...we will see what happens...they have the power, the police, the justice, etc. all controled
Xirana Oximoxi: well...we have a discussion about what does 'violence' mean
Xirana Oximoxi: Spanish says it is violence to burn some trash
Xirana Oximoxi: they say violence is to beat people
Eden Haiku: The repression is so violent it angers the young people....
Riddle Sideways: voting as a violent action
Xirana Oximoxi: they look for a way to accuse independentist to be terrorists...an forbid it as a political option
Eden Haiku: 13 years of jail for having a referendum on independence is quite violent!
Adams Rubble: so sorry you are experiencing this Xirana
Xirana Oximoxi: yes...sadly ..it was an act of 'disobey' and in our constitution it implies not jail
Xirana Oximoxi: yes...I worry because Spain fascism is getting votes again...they use the unity of Spain as an excuse
Adams Rubble: so many right wing governments arising these days
Eden Haiku: Democracy is shrinking everywhere...
Xirana Oximoxi: excuse
Adams Rubble: yes
Adams Rubble: right wingers defining protest as terrorist in many places
Eden Haiku: yes
Xirana Oximoxi: yes...they use democracy only when it fits their interests....not as a way to let people decide
Adams Rubble nods
Adams Rubble: I must go but I hope things get better Xirana
Adams Rubble: the world is a mess
Xirana Oximoxi: and they control most of Spanish media, news, TV etc. so...the information that comes to most people of the rest of Spain is that we did a rebellion, we 'kill' Spanish etc...
Eden Haiku: Yes, my heart is with you and Catalonia Xirana :)
Xirana Oximoxi: thanks a lot :)
Xirana Oximoxi: hugs
Xirana Oximoxi: by the way
Eden Haiku: Hugs
Adams Rubble: hugs to you Xirana
Riddle Sideways: Hugggggges
Xirana Oximoxi: Boxy was visiting near me but we could not meet :-(
Adams Rubble: :(
Riddle Sideways: aw
Eden Haiku: I will also have to leave...
Xirana Oximoxi: See you soon! hugs :)
Adams Rubble: so hard to meet Boxy in RL
Xirana Oximoxi: I also go :)
Riddle Sideways: yes, need to take the garbage out
Eden Haiku: Have a nice day everyone, Thanks for the flamenco, the guitar music and the updates.
Adams Rubble: hard in SL too come to think about it

--BELL--

Xirana Oximoxi: thanks to you for your interest :)
Xirana Oximoxi: bye bye :)
Eden Haiku: Stay safe from the fires Riddle and dance your day away Adams :)
Adams Rubble: you are one of our family Xirana
Xirana Oximoxi: thanks Adams :)
Riddle Sideways: we are Family
Adams Rubble: bye for now
Eden Haiku: yes, Xirana :) Love you xxx
Xirana Oximoxi: bye bye :)
Eden Haiku: Bye everyone, enjoy the day!