(This session countains so many topics I chose the least relevant one in order to make your mouths water...)
The Guardian for this meeting was Eden Haiku. The comments are by Eden Haiku.
SophiaSharon as a cute aubergine hybrid
It was very quiet for the first 10 minutes or so. I had a nice view of my hectic mind [ just out if a 15 minutes meditation...): ]. Were we Monday? Was it 7 am SLT? Had I said something wrong? Why was nobody showing up for my session...[whining sounds...] Let's be cool, listen to the birds, maybe pick a nice Rumi poem to quote..And so on.
I was SO grateful when I saw SophiaSharon sitting in the circle :-) And then others came.
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Eden :)
Eden Haiku: Hello SophiaSharon:-)
Eden Haiku: How are you this morning?
SophiaSharon Larnia: great, how are you, are you home?
Eden Haiku: Yes, been back home for a week now. Settling back. And you?
SophiaSharon Larnia: I thought so, you said you needed to unpack, but then later thought i read that you still were not :)
Eden Haiku: Nice furry ears and shiny jewels you are wearing :-)
Eden Haiku: Took me ages to unpack... still a few things to organize. Too much stuff...
SophiaSharon Larnia: thanks. I dont know what it is, but if i go a long time without wearing it i miss them
SophiaSharon Larnia: I bet Eden
Eden Haiku: Are the ears part of the hair? They are the same shade of aubergine, you look like a cute hybrid human :-)
SophiaSharon Larnia: ha, no they are not part of the hair :D
SophiaSharon Larnia: and I love this color so much that I recently dyed my rl hair very close in color to it
SophiaSharon Larnia: (temporary dye so far :D)
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Bleu
Bleu Oleander: hi Sharon, hi Eden :)
Eden Haiku: Bridging 1st and 2nd lives! Nice :-)
--BELL--
SophiaSharon Larnia: same style too (part is to the side tho), and yes, there have been several things in sl ive brought to rl
SophiaSharon Larnia: unfortunately, decided to dye my hair before job interviews, i hope i look hirable lol
SophiaSharon Larnia: um hire-able [I'm sure some potential boss will just love your aubergine hair Sharon!]
Eden Haiku: hello Bleu :-) Sorry, was answering the phone...
SophiaSharon Larnia: lovely board here Bleu, with the poems on it!
Bleu Oleander: hi Eden :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: hard to read, can you make it a little bigger?
Bleu Oleander: need to zoom in
Bleu Oleander: not meant to be read from a distance
SophiaSharon Larnia: i have to zoom in with the alt key to read it
Eden Haiku: Yes, oOOOo has been inspired: quite a nice poem she wrote! (is oOOO a she, not sure ;-)
SophiaSharon Larnia: oic
Eden Haiku: What is happening on June 12th Bleu? (trying again to get the cat out of the bag...)
Bleu Oleander: hahaha
Bleu Oleander: trying to catch me off guard!
Eden Haiku: Admiring your "stone" outfit Bleu with hiking boots ;-)
Bleu Oleander: it's from a painting
Bleu Oleander: by Jasper Johns
Eden Haiku: Ah nice ;-)
Eden Haiku: You are a living billboard
Bleu Oleander: for art :)
Eden Haiku: *living billboard of art!
Bleu Oleander: snap
Eden Haiku: snap
Eden Haiku: So, June 12 th?
Bleu Oleander: hi Zen :)
Eden Haiku: hello Zen-san!
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Zen
Bleu Oleander: can't say more yet about June 12th
As it seems I won't get more info about June 12th from Bleu, my attention turns to Zen who does indeed look quite "different".
This is my view of Zen this morning.
Eden Haiku: You look very different Zen...
Zen Arado: Hello everyone
Eden Haiku: You are so secretive Bleu...
Bleu Oleander: except be happy you have a reservation :))
Zen Arado: I do?
Bleu Oleander: did you reserve Zen?
Eden Haiku: Ah yes, you have mine already don't you?
Bleu Oleander: I have you Eden
Zen Arado: do I need to make one?
Eden Haiku: Good. I will find out!
Bleu Oleander: i'll put you down :)
Zen Arado: kk
Eden Haiku: Zen are you becoming transgender?
Zen Arado: ha I am Ruthed again :(
Bleu Oleander: I see you normal
Zen Arado: what viewer are you using Eden?
Eden Haiku: You are tiny with ballerina shoes, a shadow of a beard and small breasts Zen ;-)
Zen Arado: yeh that is Ruthing
SophiaSharon Larnia: Zen looks the same to me
Eden Haiku: Still in viewer 1. Can it be SO different? Am I hallucinating?
Bleu Oleander: Zen looks ok to me, but i'm using viewer 2
SophiaSharon Larnia: (I mean the same as usual, not what you describe)
Zen Arado: it happens when a viewer can't deal with changes
Bleu Oleander: happens with v1
A deep topic that we keep shallow as we all start looking for snapshots to "prove" our views hehe.
Eden Haiku: Can my view of reality be so different than yours?
SophiaSharon Larnia: smiles
Zen Arado: it defaults to a female av
Bleu Oleander: of course Eden
Eden Haiku: First time I notice this happening...
SophiaSharon Larnia: its happened to me a few times
Eden Haiku: A deep philosophical topic...
Bleu Oleander: or a tech problem
Eden Haiku: To be defaulted to a female avatar Sharon? hehe
Zen Arado: but is it me or the other person's viewer?
SophiaSharon Larnia: no, to see someone rezzed completely different then they thought they were
Eden Haiku: Tempted to come back in viewer 2 and see the difference... have a free conversation and dance as mice while the cat will be in limbo ;-)
SophiaSharon Larnia: i dont think its your viewer Zen
Eden Haiku: I might come back in different clothes as it happens when I switch viewers... hehe
Bleu Oleander: haha
Eden Haiku: Be right back!
Eden Haiku: Session will remained claimed right?
SophiaSharon Larnia: are we the mice Eden?
--BELL--
Deciding to stay, I keep trying to import in-world a snapshot of ruthed Zen with ballerina shoes so I can show off my angle of view on Zen :-))
SophiaSharon rezzes a billborad showing her normal view of a normal Zen
Bleu Oleander: will have to claim it again I think
Eden Haiku: The dancing mice yes and I'm the cat hehe
Zen Arado: maybe not since there are guardians here
Eden Haiku: Ah, in that case, better not than.
Bleu Oleander: ah ok
Eden Haiku: I like looking at Zen like this ;-)
Bleu Oleander: haha
Eden Haiku: But the ballerina shoes are weird..,.
Zen Arado: shifts uncomfortably
Eden Haiku: smiles at Zen
Eden Haiku: Sorry, talking on the bell...
SophiaSharon Larnia: see he looks rezzed in the picture
Eden Haiku: let me show you what I see in my hallucinated state of Viewer 1...
SophiaSharon Larnia: (i really love temporary textures lol)
SophiaSharon Larnia: ok
Bleu Oleander likes slides shows too
Zen Arado: yeh I've been through this before :)
Zen Arado: photographic proof
SophiaSharon Larnia: giggles
Bleu Oleander: could be photoshoped
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes, although maybe not that fast ;0
Bleu Oleander makes note to work on my speed
Zen Arado: I'm working on photos atm
Zen Arado: for painting from
SophiaSharon Larnia: :) i meant in the few mins from the taking of the picture and bringing inworld
Bleu Oleander: oh nice Zen
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh Zen really?
Bleu Oleander: landscapes?
Zen Arado: might be
iPhone evangelists make me crave owning the device :-)
Zen Arado: looking through Iphone storage
Bleu Oleander: have you tried more abstracts?
SophiaSharon Larnia: i really love my iphone, i dont know what i did without before
Bleu Oleander: me too
Zen Arado: off abstracts atm
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Lucinda :)
Zen Arado: Hi Luci
Eden Haiku: Tks Bleu for the picture [sorry Sharon, missed the slide show was yours!]
Eden Haiku: Takes me forever to locate the snapshot I took of Zen, sorry...Good morning Lucinda...
Eden Haiku: Coveting an iPhone...
Lucinda Lavender: hi @sbucks
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh? how did you log into SL when you were away?
Lucinda Lavender: on iPod;)
SophiaSharon Larnia: ohh whoops
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: i logged in SL with my iphone, but the buttons to type, and therefore actually take part in the conversation, are too small.
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Hokon
Lucinda Lavender: morning to all
Hokon Cazalet: hi =)
Zen Arado: Hi Hokon :)
Hokon Cazalet: =)
A meteor crater metaphor
Bleu shows us an interesting picture she took of the end of her cafe latte...
SophiaSharon Larnia: what is that a picture of Bleu?
Zen Arado: what's that? a meteor crater?
Bleu Oleander: that's an iphone pic of the end of my cafe latte :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: omg that is hysterical
Zen Arado: oh ha ha
Bleu Oleander: cool huh?
Bleu Oleander: I'll have to make an outfit out of it :)
Zen Arado: cool coffee
SophiaSharon Larnia: and also the oddest looking cafe latte i ever saw
Bleu Oleander: looks other worldly
Zen Arado: I did a painting of a cup of tea lately
Hokon Cazalet: hehe yup
Bleu Oleander: hi Hokon
Zen Arado: from a cup of tea in pizza hut
SophiaSharon Larnia: your iphone resolution is surprisingly good inworld
SophiaSharon Larnia: +picture res that is
Zen Arado: wonder if the use the same cups in the US?
Bleu Oleander: yes works fine for sl
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh Eden I see now
As I had successfully rezzed a billboard with a snapshot of a ruthed Zen but he now missed the ballerina shoes, I kept trying to import the other one in-world...Simultaneously, there is a wave of leavings and comings, cloud appearances and other mysterious events...
--BELL--
Bleu Oleander: funny Eden :)
Lucinda Lavender: is impossible for me to see on iPod?
Eden Haiku: I really need to attend the Prim workshop... it takes me forever to do anything in SL... Aarggh...
Eden Haiku: oh, just seeing the tea crater, nice![ thought it was Zen picture of a tea while it was Bleu's snapshot of a cafe latte, multitasking is not good for me...]
Eden Haiku: Hello Hokon ;-)
Hokon Cazalet: hiya =)
Eden Haiku: Still tring to locate pic of ruthed Zen in black laced ballerina shoes... Where is Zen? He left? Missed that. Bye Zen. Waving thru the log...
Hokon Cazalet: i need to go myself, gotta get ready for work, see ya all later =)
Bleu Oleander: have to go too
Bleu Oleander: bye all take care
Hokon Cazalet waves
Eden Haiku: Bye Hokon. Have a nice Monday at work!
Eden Haiku: Bye Bleu;-)
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye Bleu
Eden Haiku: Ah, Zen is coming back ;-)
SophiaSharon Larnia: wb Zen, and have to go too, bye Eden and Zen :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: have fun
Eden Haiku: Looking his ordinary self now :-)
SophiaSharon Larnia: :) good
Lucinda Lavender: bye bleu
Eden Haiku: likes to recognize a familiar face. Hello dear (((Zen)))
Zen Arado: bye Sharon
Eden Haiku: Bye Sharon, have a great day!
Zen Arado: I came back in Phoenix
Lucinda Lavender: bye ssl
Eden Haiku: My scanner says Lucinda is at 12 meters but I can't see you Lucinda. Are you invisible today?
Eden Haiku: Maybe it,s time I change viewers...
Zen Arado: she is a cloud to me
Zen Arado: V 1 is really out of date now
Lucinda Lavender: I am on iPod
Zen Arado: it won't rez lots of things in SL now
Eden Haiku: Ah, that might be the clue...
Eden Haiku: I don't even see your clouded self Lucinda ;-)
Zen Arado: Hi Eliza :)
Eden Haiku: Heard Eliza stepping in but can't see her either. Am I going blind or what?
Zen Arado: heard the thump when you landed
A pillar sprite
Eliza arrives with sound first then she reveals her all-black self: she looks like an actor in working clothes, I wonder why...
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Zen and Eden... sorry to miss the session today but nice to say Hello!
Zen Arado: :)
Lucinda Lavender: standing most likley
Eliza Madrigal: Oh, Hi Luci
Eden Haiku: Oh, turning my view, I catch a glimpse of her, all in black ;-) Hi dear!
Eliza Madrigal: you are a tiny little whisp of a cloud
Eliza Madrigal: (luci)
Eliza Madrigal: In fact from here you look like something from Eden's imagination....
Eliza Madrigal: heheh
Eliza Madrigal: (hovering)
Zen Arado: a pillar sprite
Zen Arado: :)
Eliza Madrigal: Yes :))
Lucinda Lavender: first time in long while
Eliza Madrigal: Eden how are you feeling? Rested up?
Lucinda Lavender: ;)
Zen Arado: ready for the big day?
Eden Haiku: Yes, thank you, feeling rested now. Jet lag always takes a week for me...
milakel Resident: hi :)
Eliza Madrigal: and this was a dramatic trip
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Mila :)
Zen Arado: Hi Mila :)
Eden Haiku: Ah yes, Eliza, what IS happening on June 12th? Please do tell us...
milakel Resident: eden! our egyptian spy is back :)
milakel Resident: and glowing! :)
Eliza Madrigal: Oh! I can finally tell everyone.....
Eden Haiku: hello Milakel ;_)
Eden Haiku: Nice to meet you. Are you a spy too? smiles
Eliza Madrigal: ...
Zen Arado: hmm..can't tweak your nose Mila :)
Lucinda Lavender: should go soon. good day to all!
milakel Resident: zen :)
Eliza Madrigal: to ASK BLEU
Eliza Madrigal: Bye Luci :))
--BELL--
As Lucinda is leaving, milakel walks in: something familiar about her...
Eden Haiku: Bye Lucinda! Have a good day!
Zen Arado: :)
Zen Arado: bye Luci
Eden Haiku: Ah Mila is Boxy, I see ;-)))
Zen Arado: it was a good clue :)
milakel Resident: i told you she's a spy :)
Eliza Madrigal: Zen, btw, what a wonderful poem for Bruce!
milakel Resident: yes, and a wonderful poster!
Zen Arado: he he
Zen Arado: didn't see poster
Eden Haiku: Yes, and I kind of remember Mila carrying the same radioactive tulips that Alfred carried around...
milakel Resident: behind me
Eliza Madrigal: And Eden, you are such a dazzling representative.... think if we could send anyone in hologram form to visit Bruce it would be you :D
milakel Resident: true, eden :) nice of you to remember
Eden Haiku: Ah yes, banners for Bruce, to welcome him back. O has been inspired!
Eden Haiku: Would love to travel in hologram form Eliza.
Eliza Madrigal: my attempts at writing have thus far fallen flat....
Zen Arado: Mila is a very attractive av
milakel Resident: *blushes*
Eliza Madrigal: :)) yes Mila is very pretty
milakel Resident: thank you, zen :)
milakel Resident: aww :)
Eden Haiku: My poem sounds like a Hallmark Card, but that's ok. That's my style for postcards and birthday cards too. ;-)
milakel Resident: i think it sounds perfectly eden-ish :)
To make a decision, stretching capacity, yearning for learning, integration, endless curiosity of life and so on...
Eden Haiku: have to make a decision by tomorrow about another trip I booked before Egypt.
milakel Resident: oh, please, tell about your trip
Eliza Madrigal: I don't think it is a Hallmarky card... think it captures what spontaneously erupted from sessions...
Eliza Madrigal: whirling wishes :D
Eden Haiku: This one is by the Saint-Lawrence river but it's an 8 hours road trip from Montreal.
Eden Haiku: A trip about listening the whales sing.
Eliza Madrigal: oooooh
Eliza Madrigal: what's to decide
milakel Resident: so nice
Eliza Madrigal: ?
Eden Haiku: But too much is like not enough...
Zen Arado: poster should be bigger
Zen Arado: hard to get to reading position
Eliza Madrigal: hmmm
Eliza Madrigal: Not sure Eden...
milakel Resident: eden, make a record and then upload here. maybe we could have our own little whales in the pond that sing :)
Eliza Madrigal: 'too much' can also be a way to stretch capacity?
Eliza Madrigal: aw
milakel Resident: yes, zen
Eliza Madrigal: yes!! Eden reciting poetry with the whales.... mmmmm
Zen Arado: no it's not Hallmarky at all
Eden Haiku: Yes, is it just laziness or do I really need down time to integrate Egypt, work on my book, get ready for moving in the country for the summer... Pondering...
Eliza Madrigal: ah, I see, yes that makes sense
Eliza Madrigal: Integration
milakel Resident: you're going to spend the summer in egypt? [ Missed that Mila: not in Egypt, no, in the Laurentian Hills not too far from Montreal]
Eden Haiku: But Tadoussac is also very tempting. Attending a conference tonite, will make a decision after.
Eliza Madrigal: well if it would help, I'll go too Eden....heheh
Eden Haiku: Always this feeling I need to learn "more". Do you feel that too?
Zen Arado: all my life \Eden
Eden Haiku: It would cool you from Miami's heat Eliza. Was in Tadoussac once in July and I missed my winter coat!
milakel Resident: endless curiosity of life :)
Zen Arado: lifelong learning yearning
Eliza Madrigal: My feeling is often that I want to learn to appreciate and share what I know
Eden Haiku: Yes, but isn't there a point where you should just stop and stop stretching?
Zen Arado: depends on the reason for the learning maybe
Eden Haiku: I know it's a good thing but then I have a tendency to overdo that's I'm watching.
Zen Arado: could be a feeling of inadequacy with me
Eliza Madrigal nods
Eden Haiku: But then we are going through changing times.
Zen Arado: a need to prove myself
Eliza Madrigal: it is interesting to watch ourselves
Eliza Madrigal: yes
Eliza Madrigal: re changing times
Eden Haiku: The conference I'm attending tonite is about "the state of the world",
Zen Arado: disabled people often do this
milakel Resident: i think it happens naturally when your interest shifts and sways with all new data coming at you
Zen Arado: to prove they aren't useless after all
Revolutionary energies
Eden Haiku: It's about the Arab spring and all these revolutionary energies awakening at this time around the world as well as within ourselves.
Zen Arado: yes learning should be natural
Eliza Madrigal: fascinating, Eden
Eden Haiku: can you feel these energies inside yourselves at this point? Blooming energies?
Eliza Madrigal: in that context I imagine many feel 'disabled' Zen
Zen Arado: last week I felt so tired
Zen Arado: stayed up too late though
Eden Haiku: Yes, all this new data Mila, it feels overwhelming sometimes.
Zen Arado: yeh can't keep up
Eliza Madrigal: I've been really drawn to energy work in a practical sense all year
Zen Arado: so many books to read
Eliza Madrigal: to answer your question Eden
Eliza Madrigal: but that is due to my resolution "Right Energy"
Eden Haiku: Oh nice Eliza :-)
Zen Arado: we have to be more selective with our energies
--BELL--
Eliza Madrigal: it fits with seeing time last year
Zen Arado: I waste mine :)
Eden Haiku: And do you feel it in your creativity Zen? I like very much your snapshot of a tea crater, nice metaphor ;-)
Eliza Madrigal: we all do Zen, but then one can find out that the wasted time was the most productive!
Eden Haiku: yes!
Eliza Madrigal: the goofing off helps integration of all the rest maybe :))
Zen Arado: that was Bleu's photo :)
Eden Haiku: Even talking on the bell with soft paws, aware of our transgression might be beneficial ;-)
Zen Arado: yeh sighs
Eliza Madrigal: heheh, yes
Eliza Madrigal: soft paws :)
Zen Arado: thought I had a solution there too
Eden Haiku: Oh, it was, sorry. Was distracted with trying to locate your pic with ballerina shoes Zen...Ambulance sounds in my area...Always distressing.Or maybe fire alarm...
Zen Arado: Better go
Eliza Madrigal: sometimes the best thing we can do is to take our eyes off something we're working on
Zen Arado: Original Face meeting soon
Zen Arado: and 2 hours long
Eliza Madrigal: Looking forward to seeing your exhibit Zen, enjoy the meeting
Zen Arado: what exhibit?
Eden Haiku: What exhibit Eliza hum hum...
Cat might be showing a paw out of the bag here...
Eliza Madrigal: I know I've seen your paintings before but nice they get a field trip, hehe
Zen Arado: ah the Perfect Para dise one
Zen Arado: yes
Eliza Madrigal: yes
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Zen Arado: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlif...se/130/136/607
Eden Haiku: smiles
Zen Arado: just happened to have thew Slurl :)
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Eden Haiku: have a good meeting Zen ;-) Thanks for showing up even ruthed and with laced ballerina shoes. Will use the pic in the log for sure :_))
Eliza Madrigal: yay, looking forward to seeing that
Zen Arado: k ty bye :)
Eliza Madrigal: Bye Zen
Eden Haiku: Bye zen!
As milakel was obvioulsy "away" I tried to startle her by singing a lullaby on voice, only to notice my voice didn't work...
Eden Haiku: Mila, Mila tu dors...
Eden Haiku: Ton moulin bat trop vite
Eden Haiku: Mila, Mila tu dors
Eliza Madrigal: hehe, lullybye?
Eden Haiku: Ton moulin bat trop fort
Eliza Madrigal: was really looking forward to being here for your whole session Eden, then fell asleep for a 'short nap', sigh....
Eden Haiku: Need to check my sound settings... It seems it doesn't work anymore
Eden Haiku: Oh short morning nap is good.
Eden Haiku: Did you get up very early?
Eliza Madrigal: I slept almost 1.5 hours! but.... I did need it... hadn't slept well in a few days
Eliza Madrigal: yes, usually do
Eliza Madrigal: when will you go to the summer spot Eden?
Eden Haiku: Oh my God, there is a glitch with my voice chat settings.
Eliza Madrigal: :(
Eliza Madrigal: maybe will work when you sign off/on
Eden Haiku: We are supposed to leave on June 15th but I think I will wait for my boyfriend to come back from Paris on June 17th (he leaves Saturday, just one week),. Tadoussac was from June 22 to 26. Complicates things...
Eliza Madrigal: ahh yes, nice to take the route that allows for enough quiet strolling under the stars :)
Eden Haiku: And we are a bit worried with my father. He takes weird decisions, changes his mind. My brothers are more worried than I am. Yet...
Eliza Madrigal: ooh
Eden Haiku: Lots of things to deal with ;-)
Eliza Madrigal: yes :)
Nova Scotia retreat
Eden Haiku: What about you, any trip planned? Are you going to the next retreat in Washington State?
Eliza Madrigal: the next retreat is back to Nova Scotia, and yes :))
Eliza Madrigal: I can almost feel the forest from here :)
Eden Haiku: Ah yes, Washington State is in September, Nova Scotia in July right?
Eliza Madrigal nods
Eliza Madrigal: I'd like to go in September but that is less likely
Eden Haiku: I remember you liked that retreat place very much.
Eliza Madrigal: I do...
Eden Haiku: Would love to develop ubiquity talents...
Eliza Madrigal: ubiquity talents?
Eden Haiku: To be at different places at the same time...
Eliza Madrigal: ah :)) yes....
Eliza Madrigal: you know though... have been considering 'full dimensionality' since you've returned
Eden Haiku: listening
Eliza Madrigal: not sure if I can articulate, but part of what I think happens when we come at something from many angles
Eden Haiku: Ah, yes ;-)
milakel comes back as we discuss fear of seeing...
--BELL--
Eden Haiku: Welcome back Mila ;-)
milakel Resident: ;)
Eliza Madrigal: is that we see all around it, at once, like a sculpture... so have been thinking of your talents and challenges...
Eden Haiku: I'm very inspired in my writing these days.
Eden Haiku: There is always a point where fear comes up
milakel Resident: we can see you glowing, yes :)
Eliza Madrigal: ah
Eden Haiku: I have to bypass that fear of seeing I have
Eliza Madrigal: isnt that a good sign, the fear?
Eliza Madrigal: as long as you don't let it 'stop' you I guess...
Eden Haiku: Was going to work on that with my EMDR therapist this afternoon. But she had to cancel. We rescheduled for tomorrow.
milakel Resident: emdr?
Eden Haiku: This kind of fear I think comes from the closing up of channels as a child wanting to conform...
Eden Haiku: Eye Movement Direction Reprogramming Mila. A new method in connecting the 2 sides of the brain.Powerful.
Eliza Madrigal: but you see it then Eden ... wonderful
milakel Resident: um, sounds cheesy :)
Eden Haiku: Intuitive channels have been widely reopened through the initiatic journey in Egypt.
Eliza Madrigal: lots of things sound cheesy Mila
milakel Resident: what have you seen there, eden?
Eliza Madrigal: :) "I love you"... ick... hehehe
Eden Haiku: Oh not at all Mila. Have been working with this for years now, on and off. It's incredible.
Eliza Madrigal: from the outside many wonderful things sound ridiculous :)
Eden Haiku: I love you (((Eliza)))). Let's be cheesy, it feels so good. Doesn'it (((Mila)))?
Eliza Madrigal: not that this does though... I'd try it if the opportunity arose...
Eliza Madrigal: hehe Eden :D
From wide opened intuitive channels to seeking a practical advice from a tech person...
Eden Haiku: Mila, may I ask for your tech advice about voice chat settings. It kind of stopped working a few weeks ago. I wonder why...
Eliza Madrigal: ((((((((Eden)))))))) ((((((( Mila))))))))))
Eliza Madrigal: weeks ago? wow
milakel Resident: sure
Eden Haiku: smiles and radiates
Eden Haiku: I go into preferences and set it to default
milakel Resident: there's not much to set though
Eliza Madrigal: I have to get going... catch up from unusual napping this morning
Eliza Madrigal: Nice to see you both :)
Eliza Madrigal: Thank you
milakel Resident: what client, eden?
milakel Resident: eliza, nap well :)
Eden Haiku: Bye Eliza ;-))
Eden Haiku: have a great Monday!
Eliza Madrigal: you too!
Eden Haiku: I'm in viewer 1
Eliza Madrigal waves
milakel Resident: ah, i'm using v2
Just ask and you will receive!
milakel Resident: wee! it works :)
Eden Haiku: Yeah, it works. Was singing that lullaby to you when you were asleep before ;-)
milakel Resident: hehe
milakel Resident: merci :)
Eden Haiku: Good!Thanks. Works magic. Just asked and then I found my way around it hehe
milakel Resident: yes, it helps when you try to explain
Eden Haiku: Yes, it made me realized I had to change some settings I forgot about on my computer...
Post-revolution Egypt
milakel Resident: so, how are things in egypt?
Eden Haiku: People are proud of having thrown out their dictator, hopeful for the future yet anxious about fundamentalism.
Eden Haiku: Was there first time in 1983 and there were almost no veiled women.
Eden Haiku: Now, the vast majority of them are veiled. Hijabs or even burquas.
milakel Resident: hmm
--BELL--
milakel Resident: you think the pro-religious groups are taking over?
Eden Haiku: Had a few conversations with our Egyptian guide who was delightfully fluent in French. That's what he shared. He's Muslim but he doen't like the salafists ways.
Eden Haiku: He gave us a kind of speech about all the islamic movements: there are many. His feeling is that Egypt is closing up instead of opening up. He lives in Europe part time so he's very aware of the differences.
milakel Resident: well, that's sad. i assume they took the advantage and filled the vacuum.
Eden Haiku: But taking to twenty somethings working in the hotels were we stayed, I felt there is much hope in their souls and much opening.
Eden Haiku: Egyptian people are naturally joyful, that's a wonderful quality.
Eden Haiku: let me give you a link to a great video showing this very clearly.
Eden Haiku: http://edenhaiku.posterous.com/egypt...yes-an-amazing
Eden Haiku: Someone from Egypt posted this on Twitter during the Egyptian revolution. I posted it on my site. I find it really beautiful.
milakel Resident: sadly, as it seems, they may swap one dictator for another
Eden Haiku: Shooted on Tharir Square before they ousted Mubarak. But they knew they would: you can see it in their eyes.
Eden Haiku: Strangely, I didn't remember the woman voice in Arabic. Only the music... maybe they updated it.
milakel Resident: yes, i was wondering what's she saying
Eden Haiku: So many smiling eyes and peaceful faces ;-) I sure hope they will live in peace.
Eden Haiku: The narrator tone is quiet. I remember overhearing an imam on loudspeakers on a Friday while visiting Karnak Temple in Luxor. The tone was very agressive.
milakel Resident: :(
Eden Haiku: They are so many treasures in their inheritance from the past.
Eden Haiku: And their land is magical in many ways: rich magnetic fields there.
Eden Haiku: You can feel them.
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Unpacking
Eden Haiku: You made a reservation for June 12th event didn't you?
Eden Haiku: I'm wondering what it is all about. Nobody wants to say anything...
milakel Resident: ah, yes, i did
milakel Resident: sorry, being distracted :)
Eden Haiku: Me too. I guess will know then and only then. A kind of surprise ;-)
milakel Resident: bleu is the master of suspense :)
milakel Resident: i don't think anyone knows
Eden Haiku: Heard the noon bells pealing away. I better go now and finish unpacking and organizing all my stuff...
milakel Resident: except her and a few others maybe
Eden Haiku: Maybe yes... a big suspense!
milakel Resident: so nice to have you back here, eden :)
milakel Resident: glowing and singing - we missed you :)
Eden Haiku: Thank you for this nice chat Mila, nice to meet you in this form ;-)
milakel Resident: merci :)
Eden Haiku: Oh thank you, how sweet of you to say.
Eden Haiku: Bonne journée! Have fun!
milakel Resident: hope you'll unpack some pleasant things :)
Eden Haiku: Only uninteresting things like electrolytes and such things :-)
Eden Haiku: In case of dehydration...