2017.10.16 07:00 - Silly Games

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

Tiny Empires

Eden Haiku: Good morning Riddle!
Riddle Sideways: Hi Eden
Riddle Sideways: where shall we sit?
Eden Haiku: You get to choose this morning :)
Eden Haiku: A special treat :)
Eden Haiku: I have no wardrobe issue :)
Riddle Sideways: no, no , no can't make decisions ㋡
Eden Haiku: Ah ok, too early for decision....
Riddle Sideways: taking the first available seat
Eden Haiku: Good! You made one!!!
Riddle Sideways: ha
Eden Haiku: That's a good way to start your day!
Riddle Sideways: and having no wardrobe issues is also a good way to start the day ㋡
Eden Haiku: yes!

Eden Haiku: From this new point of view, I see a few avatars in the distance...
Riddle Sideways: yes, that group is closer now
Riddle Sideways: the main group is mostly behind the mountain
Eden Haiku: What kind of group is it?
Riddle Sideways: this new group is here
Riddle Sideways: hmmm, need to look the exact name up
Riddle Sideways: got one of them to chat some time ago
Eden Haiku: Checked one profile and it says her groups are hidden...no luck...
Riddle Sideways: yes, a couple are like that
Riddle Sideways: something to do with Kingdom
Bleu Oleander: 's current display-name is "Bleu".
Bleu Oleander: hi Eden, Riddle :)
Eden Haiku: I do not have the luxury to be curious about other groups anyway :)
Riddle Sideways: welcome Bleu
Eden Haiku: Good morning Bleu ::)
Riddle Sideways: great to see you
Eden Haiku: How are you?
Bleu Oleander: I'm fine ty, you?
Eden Haiku: Yes, excellent!
Riddle Sideways:found it... called Tiny Empires

Riddle Sideways: it is a game within SL
Eden Haiku: Busy busy and sleep deprived but happy
Riddle Sideways:which seems a bit twisted
Bleu Oleander: what game is that?
Riddle Sideways: happy is what counts
Eden Haiku: Tiny Empires, I see ;) We were talking about these avatars we see in the distance, wondering about the group they are part of Bleu
Riddle Sideways: the quiet people in the region
Bleu Oleander: what do they do?
Eden Haiku: I guess they build tiny empires :)
Riddle Sideways: googling for it now
Bleu Oleander: I thought they were just raising the "traffic" numbers for the sim
Bleu Oleander: probably LL is getting ready to try to sell it
Riddle Sideways: http://tinyempires.com/
Eden Haiku: Ah... just cardboard avatars maybe
Bleu Oleander: so you think they're part of a game?
Riddle Sideways: no, real avis
Riddle Sideways: playing a game within the game
Eden Haiku: You have a nice bow in your hair Bleu :)
Bleu Oleander: what's the game idea?
Bleu Oleander: ty Eden :)
Riddle Sideways: seems to be recruiting others into your empire
Riddle Sideways:yet, they don't talk to any of us into it
Bleu Oleander: right
Bleu Oleander:seems like a silly game
Riddle Sideways: sort of role play
Bleu Oleander: how do they recruit if they don't talk to anyone?
Riddle Sideways: the Games others play, nearly always seem silly
Eden Haiku: Wondering too :)
Bleu Oleander:some games are much sillier than others :)
Bleu Oleander:take football for example LOL
Eden Haiku: giggles
Riddle Sideways: ah, yes
Riddle Sideways: which foot ball?
Riddle Sideways: ㋡
Bleu Oleander: hehe
Eden Haiku: giggles

--BELL--

Eden Haiku: Just accidentally took off my hair as I was trying to put on my nose ring...
Bleu Oleander: happens :)
Riddle Sideways: in this game
Bleu Oleander: always use "add" not wear
Eden Haiku: Silly game!
Bleu Oleander: yep
Eden Haiku: Tks Bleu!

Inquiring minds

Riddle Sideways:inquiring minds, wish to know about Eden not in the book reading session now about Adam and Eve in Eden
Eden Haiku: There is a book reading session?
Bleu Oleander: yes, we're reading "the rise and fall of Adam and Eve"
Bleu Oleander: by S. Greenblatt
Eden Haiku: Oh! I doubt I would have time for that in the moment, sorry...
Riddle Sideways: thought that would be the answer
Bleu Oleander: hard to find time for books these days
Riddle Sideways: no time to read while writing
Riddle Sideways: funny sentence
Eden Haiku: But you are right Riddle, it would seem only natural for Eden to be reading that book, in her garden of Eden...:)
Bleu Oleander: puppies are big reading deterrents
Riddle Sideways: lol
Eden Haiku: Well, writing is also on pause for now, Interviews and book parties time!
Bleu Oleander: fun!

A book party

Eden Haiku: Had a wonderful book party last week, so joyful!
Riddle Sideways: playing the book tour game
Riddle Sideways: /listens
Bleu Oleander: how can we get your book ... is it in English?
Eden Haiku: Family and friends, many writers, Enjoyed myself a lot!
Riddle Sideways: remembering that the earlier book is now out in English
Bleu Oleander: is it a novel or poetry?
Eden Haiku: Not in English yet Bleu, It’s 500 pages, so long to translate. In about a year I suppose.
Eden Haiku:A novel
Bleu Oleander: ok let us know
Eden Haiku: Yes, right, I have an earlier book available in English. It’s called "The Cygnus Constellation".
Bleu Oleander: also a novel?
Riddle Sideways: typing excuse today = face cat was out all night, so needs extra in face time
Eden Haiku: Here is a link: http://www.ekstasiseditions.com/recenthtml/cygnus.htm
Bleu Oleander: ty!
Eden Haiku: Yes, it's a novel Bleu.
Eden Haiku: So when is this new reading session?
Riddle Sideways: are any of the poetry books translated?
Bleu Oleander: mondays and thursdays at 1pm
Riddle Sideways: Monday
Bleu Oleander: we've had 2 sessions so far
Eden Haiku: Yes two poetry books in English and three in Spanish :)
Eden Haiku: Oh, same schedule as Maxine's book and TSK..
Bleu Oleander: yes
Bleu Oleander: have you read Paradise Lost?
Eden Haiku: Hopefully, my schedule will clear out one of these days
Bleu Oleander: Milton is discussed in the book
Eden Haiku: Yes, I love Milton
Bleu Oleander: I had never read it but have now
Bleu Oleander: there's an interesting on line class on Milton at Yale
Bleu Oleander: hi Adams

--BELL--

New book sessions

Riddle Sideways: welcome, leaping Adams
Eden Haiku: hello beautiful Adams:)
Adams Rubble: Hello Bleu, Riddle and beautiful Eden :)
Bleu Oleander: http://oyc.yale.edu/english/engl-220/lecture-1
Eden Haiku: How are you Adams?
Adams Rubble: ohh, heavy stuff
Bleu Oleander: :)
Adams Rubble: I am fine Eden
Bleu Oleander: just talking about our new book sessions
Adams Rubble: yes, read the sessions and am reading the book
Adams Rubble: shhhh
Eden Haiku: Who picked the book Bleu?
Bleu Oleander: we made some suggestions and this was mine and everyone seemed to like it
Eden Haiku: I remember you talking about Greenblatt in a previous session...
Bleu Oleander: yes "the swerve"
Eden Haiku: Ah yes!
Bleu Oleander: I also loved his "Will in the World"
Riddle Sideways: hard to look them all up as you mention them this fast
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: Good thing Danny Kaye is not here
Bleu Oleander: I'm reading "Origin" by Dan Brown ... have you all read any Dan Brown novels?
Bleu Oleander: its #1 on the NYTimes
Adams Rubble: yuch
Bleu Oleander: yes
Riddle Sideways: that first famous one,
Bleu Oleander: amazing to me
Bleu Oleander: but I can see the appeal
Eden Haiku: "... I thence/ Invoke thy aid for my adventrous Song!'
Eden Haiku: Read Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons
Bleu Oleander: this one takes place in Spain and focuses much on Gaudi's art
Bleu Oleander: will probably be another tom hanks movie LOL
Eden Haiku: hehe
Eden Haiku: Set in independant Catalunya :)
Bleu Oleander: science vs religion theme

--BELL--

Riddle Sideways:which one gets murdered?
Eden Haiku: giggles
Bleu Oleander: lots of murders
Eden Haiku: Silly games :)
Riddle Sideways: ㋡
Eden Haiku: /onigokko
Bleu Oleander: I had never heard of the Palmarian church
Bleu Oleander: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmarian_Catholic_Church
Bleu Oleander: interesting
Bleu Oleander: Andalucia Spain
Riddle Sideways: hmmm, interesting
Bleu Oleander: I've been to almost all the locations in the book, but not that one
Riddle Sideways: 7 tabs open to things that must be read today
Bleu Oleander: LOL
Eden Haiku: giggles
Bleu Oleander: I always have lots of tabs for later ha!
Riddle Sideways: yes
Bleu Oleander: must get going ... great to see you all
Eden Haiku: Bought so many books from young writers on book tour, I have to clear some space in my book shelves and start reading them!
Riddle Sideways: yes
Adams Rubble: bye bleu :)
Bleu Oleander: take care
Eden Haiku: Bye Bleu!
Riddle Sideways: by bleu

And the books keep rolling in 

Adams Rubble sings and the books keep rolling in... (to tune of Evita's Money keeps rolling in)
Riddle Sideways: thought the idea was for them to buy Your book?
Eden Haiku: giggles at Adams singsong :)
Eden Haiku: Yes, but we always end up buying lots of other writers books in Book Fairs Adams :)
Adams Rubble points to Riddle
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: ㋡
Eden Haiku: :)
Eden Haiku: Ah yes, I meant Riddle and wrote Adams...
Eden Haiku: Confused...
Riddle Sideways: we are interchangable
Eden Haiku: The highlights of my book party last week was my 6 yo grandniece sitting on my lap as I signed many copies and the fact that the Big Boss came to the party!
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: great
Riddle Sideways: big Boss?
Eden Haiku: He's a really funny guy!
Eden Haiku: The publisher.
Riddle Sideways: now days there are soooo many big bosses
Eden Haiku: The software correction company that created the publishing house 5 years ago .
Riddle Sideways: software correction company sounds interesting too

--BELL--

Eden Haiku: So Book Party no 2 is done! One more to go in a few weeks in my neighborhood this time
Eden Haiku: Yes, I should have said more correctly French correction software rather :)
Eden Haiku: But I see how you envision a software correction with delight, thinking about Your AI little robot Riddle :)
Riddle Sideways: it made for interesting google search
Eden Haiku: giggles

Non-violent communication

Eden Haiku: I'm taking a non-violent communication workshop for the next two days.
Adams Rubble listens
Eden Haiku: Always trying to solve the issue with my sister and with people who remind me of her...
Riddle Sideways: you don't seem to be the one that needs the workshop
Eden Haiku:It's the Marshall Rosenberg method but in French
Riddle Sideways: 2 more tabs
Eden Haiku: Thanks Riddle, that's sweet of you to say but I do need to find a way out of that maze.
Adams Rubble: Riddle will be busy today
Adams Rubble: so this is about personal communication and not public speech?
Eden Haiku: How do you two handle difficult people?
Eden Haiku: Yes about personal communication yes...
Eden Haiku: Link NVC in a nutshell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Rosenberg
Eden Haiku: About the fact that we all have the same basic needs
Adams Rubble nods
Eden Haiku: And just different strategies tp have them met
Adams Rubble:exchanging self with other?
Eden Haiku: Kind of Adams, I will see tomorrow..
Riddle Sideways: yes, was just partly reading that page
Eden Haiku: Listening to the need behind the jackal words...
Adams Rubble: so hard when the miscommunication is with someone close to us
Eden Haiku: Trying to relate to the need
Eden Haiku: Yes it is and it happens in daily lives also, miscommunication with different people.
Eden Haiku: What to do when you feel blocked? I haven't seen my sister in years now...
Eden Haiku: Four years now...
Riddle Sideways: sorry
Adams Rubble: I hope it works well for you Eden
Eden Haiku: It breaks my heart and yet I don't want to see her. I don’t have the tools to deal with her.
Eden Haiku: Thank you Adams :)
Eden Haiku: Thank you Riddle too :)
Riddle Sideways: hope the workshop gives you some of those tools
Eden Haiku: Yes, hope so :)
--BELL--
Adams Rubble: it is so good you are taking a big step
Eden Haiku: Wondering if I will be courageous enough to use the tools :)
Riddle Sideways: courageous enough to play a different game and get other to play too
Adams Rubble nods
Eden Haiku: A much better link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_Communication
Riddle Sideways: ty
Eden Haiku: Four components part is the nutshell
Riddle Sideways: for more links
Adams Rubble is starting to get tabs reproducing too
Eden Haiku: Yes, he is :)
Eden Haiku: You don't have to follow it all,I'm going to make a nutshell version next week :)
Eden Haiku: Maybe you will se my hosting skills honed :)
Riddle Sideways: ah, but want read ahead
Eden Haiku: Not sure of that sentence's structure but you know what I mean :)
Eden Haiku: Observe what is
Adams Rubble: you host very nicely :)
Eden Haiku: Observe what is (tks Adams)
Adams Rubble: start at the end :)))
Eden Haiku: Check how you feel
Eden Haiku: See what need is not met
Eden Haiku: Request for a specific action
Eden Haiku: Read it many times, listened to videos, practiced it a few times, but it's the unlearning process of the programming that is hard...
Riddle Sideways: yes
Riddle Sideways: hard to unlearn
Adams Rubble nods

About the fires

Eden Haiku: Some orange guy should try this maybe, so we don't get all nuked. Oh Riddle, wanted to ask about the fires?
Adams Rubble: our bodies resist the unlearning
Eden Haiku: Interesting point Adams, Our bodies yes, makes sense...
Eden Haiku: Are you feeling the smoke Riddle?
Riddle Sideways: fires are quite a ways north, but there has been a smokey smell
Eden Haiku: Yes, Napa is further North, but still, it's worrisome...
Riddle Sideways: they ripped through the houses so fast
Eden Haiku: So sad...
Eden Haiku: So many people losing their homes
Riddle Sideways: burned the Camp (nobody was there) that both kids went to and loved
Eden Haiku: Oh no!
Eden Haiku: And the trees and the vineyards!
Riddle Sideways: haven't heard reports on the vineyards yet
Eden Haiku: Saw that on local tv here.
Eden Haiku: We like wine :)
Riddle Sideways: yes. like wine

--BELL--

Pass the bottle over please

Riddle Sideways: those photos of people hugging amidst ash and nothing
Eden Haiku: yes
Riddle Sideways: then immediately hear of bombing in far away place
Riddle Sideways: and think how bad that is too
Eden Haiku: We need a lot of faith and hope to go through these times
Adams Rubble: and pepto-bismal
Eden Haiku: giggles
Riddle Sideways: so easy to fall into depression(s)

Adams Rubble: The stories of the fire are very heart-wrenching
Eden Haiku: Especially if one drinks too much wine just to forget all that :)
Adams Rubble: yes about the depression
Eden Haiku: I did drank too much yesterday and realized I was fighting depression...
Adams Rubble: we all have been been walking around with advils chained to our souls since last November
Eden Haiku: Just baby book blues I think and the state of the world I dunno which is which
Eden Haiku: I empathize with that Adams...
Riddle Sideways: does seem to get worse if a radio, tv or newpaper is around
Adams Rubble: yes, or a computer
Riddle Sideways: silly games
Eden Haiku: Here, will end up having free access to cannabis from coast to coast next year. About the only accomplisment of the new young Prime Minister of Selfies :)
Eden Haiku: Silly game indeed...
Adams Rubble: hey, be willing to trade leaders :)
Eden Haiku: He's cuter I agree...
Riddle Sideways: re-inventing the Ugly American
Eden Haiku: Sad...
Riddle Sideways: pass that bottle over, please
Eden Haiku: You had Obama for 8 years and we thought the world would turn in a good direction...
Eden Haiku: We will end up depressed and drunk...
Adams Rubble: now we have Godzilla and it will turn back when he is gone
Eden Haiku: Obama was cuter than Trudeau
Eden Haiku: Brilliant is very sexy
Eden Haiku: Silly games
Riddle Sideways: yes, very silly games being played
Eden Haiku: I think I have my title for today's session :)
Riddle Sideways: giggles
Eden Haiku: You are good at providing titles Riddle!
Riddle Sideways: no depth, but providing titles
Eden Haiku: And then it gives a nice beat fo the session.
Riddle Sideways: like tabs
Eden Haiku: It transforms into a kind of music
Eden Haiku: Tabs do create rythm too yes :)
Riddle Sideways: time to take the old wine bottles out to the curb ㋡
Riddle Sideways: recycle
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: make the world better
Eden Haiku: Adams and I almost look like twins today.. Both in brown and sherwani vests :)
Adams Rubble: :)
Eden Haiku: Yes, recycling and posting last week's session for me.
Adams Rubble: you can communicate with me anytime :)
Riddle Sideways: looking up Sherwani
Eden Haiku: No RL interruption this week Adams!
Adams Rubble: I did not announce it this week :)
Eden Haiku: Don't look it up, it's the name of what we are wearing, A kind of tunic
Riddle Sideways: right
Eden Haiku: Last week I got curious about the rythmic RL interruption....

--BELL--

Eden Haiku: Maybe Adams has a secret lover who arrives every Monday morning at the same time?
Riddle Sideways: ooooo yes
Eden Haiku: Sorry to be so obnoxious, giggles
Adams Rubble: and I return right away?
Adams Rubble: :)
Eden Haiku: A quickie maybe?
Riddle Sideways: oh dear, just looked out and saw a newspaper right where the recycling needs to go
Eden Haiku: Sorry Adams, I'm joking...
Adams Rubble: I know :)
Riddle Sideways: time to go play a different game
Eden Haiku: We have been sitting here for nearly 2 hours...
Adams Rubble: we have been here many moons :)
Adams Rubble stretches
Eden Haiku: Silly games of recycling, posting and so on :)
Eden Haiku: Thanks for the medley guys:)
Adams Rubble: I hope you both have good days
Riddle Sideways: so many games to choose from
Riddle Sideways: play well, friends
Adams Rubble: and best wishes eden for a successful outcome
Eden Haiku: Yes, thank you. Same to you Adams and good day Riddle!
Adams Rubble: bye for now
Eden Haiku: Bye!