The Guardian for this meeting was stevenaia Michinaga. The comments are by stevenaia Michinaga.

Bleu Oleander: 's current display-name is "Bleu".
stevenaia Michinaga: waves
Bleu Oleander: hiya
Bleu Oleander: quiet evening?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, I just finished a RL project for a meeting tomorrow so quiet is a good thing
Bleu Oleander: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: they want to own the rights to what I am presenting.. before they've seen it, but their agreement is too one sided to sign

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stevenaia Michinaga: silly corporations
Bleu Oleander: crazy huh?
stevenaia Michinaga: very
stevenaia Michinaga: just for the possibility of getting to work for them, fair, huh
Bleu Oleander: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: people wouldn't ask such a thing, but since corporations are people now, you would think they would know how silly they appear
Bleu Oleander: lol
stevenaia Michinaga: but the room is full of straight faces, very strange
Bleu Oleander: I'll bet it is :)
stevenaia Michinaga: Play with Imagination... this week's topic sounds relaxing
Bleu Oleander: yes could take it anywhere really
Bleu Oleander: we do a lot of that here :)
stevenaia Michinaga: wonders, if it isn't play, is it imagination?
Bleu Oleander: hmmm
stevenaia Michinaga: will it flow if it's not play
Bleu Oleander: r u saying all imagination is play?
Bleu Oleander: mind play
stevenaia Michinaga: I think I am saying play is a state of mind that encourages imagination
Bleu Oleander: and vice versa maybe?
stevenaia Michinaga: hmmm
Bleu Oleander: there's freedom in play and imagination
stevenaia Michinaga: freedom of exploration beyond not playing
stevenaia Michinaga: it;s like a dream, it jsut creates itself (imagination) puts you in a play zone
Bleu Oleander: play zone :)

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Bleu Oleander: brb

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Bleu Oleander: hi again :)
Bleu Oleander: hi Para
Paradise Tennant: hiya bleu
stevenaia Michinaga: hi , wb bleu
Paradise Tennant: smiles
stevenaia Michinaga: time flies
Paradise Tennant: play of imagination is our theme this week what a great one
stevenaia Michinaga: nods we were touching on it earlier
Bleu Oleander: it's the kind of phrase that's just fine as is :)
Bleu Oleander: hard to flesh it out further
Bleu Oleander: maybe, how to encourage play of imagination?
Paradise Tennant: kind of think everything is imagination really .. maybe born of a big collective one
Bleu Oleander: yes on some level
stevenaia Michinaga: play and imagination are positive energy creators
Bleu Oleander: imagination can be negative?
stevenaia Michinaga: listens?
Bleu Oleander: no?
stevenaia Michinaga: like creating something bad?
Bleu Oleander: can have a dark imagination
Bleu Oleander: scary
Paradise Tennant: yes
Bleu Oleander: play seems pretty positive

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stevenaia Michinaga: I'm sure bullies think what they do is play
Bleu Oleander: one persons play is another persons ....
Paradise Tennant: often wonders how much of reality is from the inside of my head and how much is really out there
stevenaia Michinaga: there?
Bleu Oleander: we do the best we can to "see" what's out there
stevenaia Michinaga: we make "there" up
Paradise Tennant: yes but there are always our own filters
Bleu Oleander: although we don't see too much and what we don't see we make up lol
Paradise Tennant: hmm leafs must have won tonight lots of honking here and general whooping it up
Bleu Oleander: speaking of play ...
Paradise Tennant: I supect we make it more interesting and appealing for our brains the added measure of make believe ..helps us adapt
Bleu Oleander: we do love a good story :)
Paradise Tennant: and we like to be ion it .. in a major role :))
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Bleu Oleander: :)
Paradise Tennant: often try to take myslf out of the situation
Paradise Tennant: and am always amazed how mcuh that changes what the situation looks like
stevenaia Michinaga: like a 9 second break?
Paradise Tennant: yes like stepping back out a door and looking in the window from the outside
Bleu Oleander: that's play of imagination
Paradise Tennant: yes kind of a play of imagination within a play of imagination
Bleu Oleander: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: meditating about meditation
Paradise Tennant: nods
Paradise Tennant: yep
Bleu Oleander: meta meditation
Paradise Tennant: or prograstinating on putting something off
stevenaia Michinaga: lol
stevenaia Michinaga: whi does that?
stevenaia Michinaga: who
stevenaia Michinaga: I better get some ice cream before I put it off
stevenaia Michinaga: brb
Bleu Oleander: haha just had some

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stevenaia Michinaga: back
Paradise Tennant: what flavor?
Bleu Oleander: where's our icecream?
stevenaia Michinaga: peanut butter cup
Bleu Oleander: that's not "playing" fair lol
stevenaia Michinaga: rules to play? hmm'
Bleu Oleander: yes, always share your icecream hehe
stevenaia Michinaga: so glad I don;t make ice cream
Bleu Oleander: I used to make a lot of icecream
Bleu Oleander: fun to do ... and eat :)
stevenaia Michinaga: like licking the bowls when someone bakes
Bleu Oleander: yes :))
stevenaia Michinaga: or the beaters
Bleu Oleander: indeed
Paradise Tennant: smiles
stevenaia Michinaga: they really don't design those for licking
Paradise Tennant: and they should !!!
Bleu Oleander: works ok for me haha
Paradise Tennant: beating is really only a secondary function
Paradise Tennant: I think the nicest part about baking is the smell
Bleu Oleander: yes
Paradise Tennant: love the whole olafactory experience
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, the prelude of what;s to cme
stevenaia Michinaga: on that note I'm off to bed
stevenaia Michinaga: night my friends
Bleu Oleander: nite nite
Bleu Oleander: sweet dreams
Paradise Tennant: sweet dreams