2019.06.03 07:00 - The Moth

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

How to go back to sleep in the middle of the night:zzzzz

Riddle Sideways: Hey Eden
Riddle Sideways: with the Spring outfit on
Riddle Sideways: hat an all

--BELL--

Eden Haiku: Good m orning Riddle :) Yes, Spring is here at last...a bit chilly, but my avatar doesn't feel the chill :)
Riddle Sideways: morning Adams
Riddle Sideways: also a very nice outfit Adams
Adams Rubble: Good morning Eden and Riddle :)
Eden Haiku: Adams, you look so pretty in red!
Adams Rubble: you look pretty in white :)
Eden Haiku: blushing
Riddle Sideways: gets shoes out of pool
Riddle Sideways: Eden was smart to take shoes off
Eden Haiku: been trying to post test pics on the wiki, but it didn't work...
Riddle Sideways: hmmm, wonder why
Eden Haiku: You look like "in the Mood for Love" edams, in this
Adams Rubble: I put the images on the bottom and then in edit mode, I click on the bottom picture, copy it and then go to the place I want it and paste
Eden Haiku: in this red Chinese dress
Eden Haiku: Will try that Adams, than tks!
Riddle Sideways: that is the method that worked last week, but editing the size of the pic then did not work
Adams Rubble: no, things do not work as they used to
Eden Haiku: Updates are killing the joy!
Riddle Sideways: Change and Updates are constant
Adams Rubble: like death and taxes
Adams Rubble giggles
Riddle Sideways: ha, yes those were the ones was trying to remember
Riddle Sideways: nothing changes except change itself and Updates
Adams Rubble: last night I was awake in the middle of the nightagain and I decided to watch my thoughts. And I kept on having thoughts and kept forgetting to watch them
Eden Haiku: Change and updates, impermanence...
Riddle Sideways: cycling
Eden Haiku: Getting sucked in your thoughts...
Eden Haiku: The way we usually live our lives, entrapped in our thoughts
Riddle Sideways: that small court reporter person over to the side recording the thoughts
Eden Haiku: Thanks Adams, the posting work by copying and pasting. I have yet to find the correct size though.
Riddle Sideways: yes, the re-sizing did not work last week
Adams Rubble: no, can't resize that way
Riddle Sideways: the upload an image thingie works when not in edit mode. then in edit mode the insert image tabs never find their own images

--BELL--

Eden Haiku: Exactly!
Riddle Sideways: The Updates giveth and The Updates taketh away
Eden Haiku: The wiki doesn't work as well as it used to...
Eden Haiku: I have the feeling it lets just one of us using it at a time...
Riddle Sideways: yet, it does now work in FireFox.
Riddle Sideways: use to only work in Chrome
Eden Haiku: Loved the dreams cats of the dream session
Riddle Sideways: :))
Eden Haiku: And the tea house memories :))
Riddle Sideways: oh dear, others read the sessions
Eden Haiku: Rarely now, but I did this morning :)
Riddle Sideways: must remember to be more meaningful session stuff
Eden Haiku: Couldn't go back to sleep, so...
Eden Haiku: Have a good auto-hynosis trick for that
Adams Rubble: It sounds like you made better use of your wakefulness than did I, Eden
Eden Haiku: but it didn't work this time
Riddle Sideways: wake up cat (hey, it is daybreak) won't let go back to sleep
Eden Haiku: usually it works
Eden Haiku: you could try it Adams
Riddle Sideways: /listens
Eden Haiku: you notice 5 things you see
Eden Haiku: then 5 things you hear
Eden Haiku: then 5 sensations or feelings
Eden Haiku: then 4 of each
Eden Haiku: then 3 of each
Eden Haiku: 2 of each
Adams Rubble: Zzzzzzzzzzz
Adams Rubble: :)
Eden Haiku: 1 of each
Riddle Sideways: never get to 1
Eden Haiku: and yes xzzzzzzz
Adams Rubble: thank you Eden :)
Eden Haiku: It brings you back to your body
Eden Haiku: You notice all sorts of tiny sounds beyond your hearing: far away birds
Eden Haiku: birds...
Riddle Sideways: a leaky shower head
Eden Haiku: and when you start seeing dream-like things, you notice you start falling asleep
Riddle Sideways: getting to that age that it is the body feeling that is waking one up
Eden Haiku: hummm that would be overwelming: I would jump up trying to fix it!
Riddle Sideways: knees, back, etc
Eden Haiku: Old Riddle :)
Riddle Sideways: hahahaha
Eden Haiku: You kook so young though...
Riddle Sideways: giggles
Adams Rubble: I think it is my mind that wakes up my body
Riddle Sideways: avatar keeps up youthful appearances
Eden Haiku: Worries Adams?
Adams Rubble: my body is saying "leave me alone"
Riddle Sideways: that too
Eden Haiku: Decided to finish a novel I have been reading in the last few days.
Adams Rubble: :)
Eden Haiku: Someone creates an avatar in Second Life but it's like in a sci-fi universe
Riddle Sideways: yes, a separate reality
Eden Haiku: All about youthful appearance and feminine beauty standards
Adams Rubble: :)
Eden Haiku: But the novel is utterly cold.
Riddle Sideways: oooo
Eden Haiku: No feelings except a general dislike of human contact

--BELL--

Adams Rubble: SL can be a practice lace for social contact
Eden Haiku: There were many French poets at the Poetry festival in Montreal this week end.

Watching our thoughts

Adams Rubble: we need to be exploring and learning no matter what world we are living in
Adams Rubble: or playin gin
Eden Haiku: They are so much into "human contact", it was joyful and fun!
Adams Rubble: hehe playing in
Eden Haiku: Playing gin tonic hehe
Riddle Sideways: what? went off to find a link and y'all are drinking already?
Eden Haiku: Last week, we had lunch with a younger woman we hadn't seen in 12 years. Last time was at the baptism of her son and then they left for Bristish Columbia., It was amazing: we started the conversation kind of where we left it. Connection was still there, strong and happy!
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: ㋡ great when that happens
Adams Rubble: yes
Eden Haiku: Yews Riddle it's happy hour somewhere in the UK :)
Riddle Sideways: joins the Irish toasting
Adams Rubble: they need happy hour in the UK
Riddle Sideways: true
Adams Rubble: we need happy hour in the US
Eden Haiku: We met her when she was only 6 years old, the daughter of an older friend who passed away a long time ago...
Adams Rubble hopes I am not leading people to a bad place
Riddle Sideways: one of the bands of time that goes around the globe
Riddle Sideways: like day-night
Adams Rubble: nice Eden
Eden Haiku: No, no, Adams you're not: we are joking and drinking fresh water and  decaffeonated coffee in my case :)
Riddle Sideways: coffee finished, going on to banana here
Eden Haiku: Last drop of coffee has turn cold as I had forgotten it, typing away...
Eden Haiku: I used to love bananas...
Riddle Sideways: ? not now?
Eden Haiku: My companion doesn't like them, so I rarely eat them now
Eden Haiku: Back to Adam's insomnia. What did you notice, enmeshed in your thoughts?
Riddle Sideways: thought it was maybe shopping list dropage
Riddle Sideways: was it noticing the you were not noticing?
Adams Rubble: what did Adams notice?
Adams Rubble: Adams noticed that Adams had lost the ability to watch thoughts
Eden Haiku: It became that Riddle. I used to froze them (to use in smoothies) and then forgot them in the freezer and ended up not buying bananas anymore.
Adams Rubble: the thoughts came and instead of letting go Adams followed them and swam in them and frollicked in them and then remembered to watch thoughts
Riddle Sideways: [07:08] Adams Rubble: last night I was awake in the middle fo the night again and I decided to watch my thoughts. And I kept on having thoughts and kept forgetting to watch them
Adams Rubble: then another thought came and Adams got on, etc. etc
Eden Haiku: is having deep thoughts about bananas, shopping list and so on...,
Riddle Sideways: so should have been: watched that you were not watching
Adams Rubble: ohhh, yes
Eden Haiku: Being
Eden Haiku: Appearance
Adams Rubble: Isn't it amazing that I can look so fresh after being awake for so long?
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: yes, there are foods/meals had every week and then one day the last of (something) is used and hands are too messy to write it on the shopping list
Riddle Sideways: and a year goes by without eating that
Eden Haiku: updates of daily life :)
Riddle Sideways: ㋡

"Adams Rubble: Isn't it amazing that I can look so fresh after being awake for so long?"

--BELL--

A short story, sappy songs, a pushing cat, a weather cat

Adams Rubble: there is a persitent cat in RL and he has been warned and he still persists
Eden Haiku: Meewing away?
Riddle Sideways: same here
Adams Rubble: rub my head rub my head
Eden Haiku: Sooo sweet...
Eden Haiku: Not so muc h in the middle of the night though
Riddle Sideways: check my food, check my water, let me out, let me in
Adams Rubble: the second cat has come now and is watching from behind
Eden Haiku: Hello Kitty!!!
Eden Haiku: Sorry bell couldn't resist saying hello to Adams' cat watching the screen
Eden Haiku: onigokko
Eden Haiku: That's for your cat Adams :)))
Adams Rubble: they left :)
Adams Rubble: except for th cat hairs on my keyboard
Riddle Sideways: ㋡
Eden Haiku: stop
Adams Rubble: whew
Eden Haiku: smiles
Riddle Sideways: the Human/Social connection/touching mentions reminded of a "The Moth" story. However, their site is near impossible to search
Adams Rubble: last night when I was awake I thought I should write a short story but nothing was happened on that score
Eden Haiku: The Moth? What is is about Riddle?
Riddle Sideways: thinks it might be a time sink hole to tell Eden about The Moth
Eden Haiku: Oh, nice Adams, maybe next time the short story will write itself!
Riddle Sideways: it is a radio show of people telling the most amazing true stories about their lives
Eden Haiku: Ok, I understand Riddle. Will search for it in the Dark Web :)
Eden Haiku: Oh, that's a nice summary, thanks!
Adams Rubble: don't fly too close to the flame
Eden Haiku: What are your most amazing true stories?
Riddle Sideways: they have story nights at events around the country/world and people get up and tell true stories
Eden Haiku: WOW!
Riddle Sideways: beware...! you would get hooked
Riddle Sideways: addicted
Eden Haiku: Lovely, never heard about it before,,,
Eden Haiku: If it's a radio show that is podcasted I could listen as I walk :)
Riddle Sideways: yes, hours and hours of podcasts available
Riddle Sideways: sometimes in the middle of the night, can hear The Moth podcasts coming from a pillow speaker nearby
Eden Haiku: haha!
Riddle Sideways: did you know? in the still of the night you can hear somebody else's pillow speaker
Riddle Sideways: and just have to hear the rest of that story
Eden Haiku: Reminding me I should by bluetooth earpods. Much less damaging because you can leave your device outside of the bedroom, less exposure to radiations
Riddle Sideways: ok, under force reveals themoth.org
Eden Haiku: Thanks Riddle, I just found it :)
Riddle Sideways: oh dear, hope not to be blamed
Eden Haiku: Things one learns in PaB!
Eden Haiku: I hereby free you from any guilt Riddle :)

--BELL--

Riddle Sideways: during the weekend, played a gig. during breaks somebody was playing music via a bluetooth connection to their phone
Riddle Sideways: phone playlist. then they walked off to get food and drink
Riddle Sideways: after 30 meter the music quits
Eden Haiku: Ah good to know. 30 meters must be a safe distance :)
Riddle Sideways: Bluetooth is a limited range
Eden Haiku: What did you play Riddle?
Riddle Sideways: it was a wedding and they requested a few Country songs we had to learn
Riddle Sideways: and some sappy songs we never practice
Eden Haiku: With the Bose sound system, the tablet can be in an other room and the music is stlll there :)
Riddle Sideways: yes
Eden Haiku: Sappy songs :))
Eden Haiku: Country songs :)
Eden Haiku: Your rock and roll self must have cringed :)
Riddle Sideways: however, if played from the phone playlist and many are dancing to the playlist
Riddle Sideways: and the owner walks away
Eden Haiku: the dancing stops!
Riddle Sideways: no rock-n-roll still there
Eden Haiku: Right :)
Riddle Sideways: but, need to please the paying public
Eden Haiku: Sure :)
Riddle Sideways: besides at a wedding it is not so good to do breakup songs, killing them songs, leaving songs
Eden Haiku: laughs
Adams Rubble: :)
Eden Haiku: Especially break up songs...
Riddle Sideways: this couple each had 2 failed marriages, so lived together 19 years
Riddle Sideways: to test it
Eden Haiku: wow!
Adams Rubble: no Roy Orbison at the wedding
Riddle Sideways: got married, we'll see how long it lasts :))
Eden Haiku: Yep...
Riddle Sideways: hmmm, no did no Roy
Riddle Sideways: and no Billy Idol "White Wedding"
Adams Rubble: none of that "You've lost that lovin' feelin"
Eden Haiku: hopes not
Adams Rubble: cat is back again ushing my arms
Adams Rubble: puhing
Adams Rubble: pusdhing
Eden Haiku: hello cutie Kitty
Adams Rubble: pushing
Riddle Sideways: :)) pushing
Eden Haiku: cat loves you Adams :)
Adams Rubble: nobody else in house right now--I'm all they gots
Riddle Sideways: awww
Eden Haiku: still, they could be aloof
Riddle Sideways: weather cat came through, meow meow meow, pet me, not wet outside, but a bit cold, feel, pet me
Eden Haiku: 11h11 here
Adams Rubble: when they are in the mood to be aloof
Eden Haiku: weather cat is lovely as welll :)
Eden Haiku: Hello weather cat :)

Riddle Sideways: hi Blanche  [Had rezzed my virtual cat at the fountain]
Riddle Sideways: weather cat has done it's job. has now gone to sleep up on the bed pillow to leave cat hair
Adams Rubble: persistent cat is being more [persistent

--BELL--

Riddle Sideways: ㋡
Riddle Sideways: no cats in this room to hear Blanche
Adams Rubble: Hello Blanche
Eden Haiku: She answered you Adams :)
Riddle Sideways: hearing a virtual cat usually alerts them
Adams Rubble: I must get going. Thank you all for being here today :)
Riddle Sideways: yes, the garbage awaits taking
Riddle Sideways: out
Riddle Sideways: hears the purrrrrs
Eden Haiku: Thank you both for being here :)
Adams Rubble: have a very good week Eden and hope to see you tomorrow Riddle
Riddle Sideways: thank you All
Eden Haiku: have a great day and say hello to your cats from me:)
Adams Rubble: OK :)
Riddle Sideways: yes, however Thursday will probably be ifffy
Adams Rubble: ohhh, OK
Riddle Sideways: not sure what time leaving
Adams Rubble: Tomorrow is election day here and we will have to get to polls
Riddle Sideways: ah
Adams Rubble: not sure when that will be but hope to be here on time
Riddle Sideways: vote early and often
Adams Rubble: bye for now
Riddle Sideways: by All