2019.06.03 07:00 - The Moth

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

Adams! You look so pretty in red!

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