Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Please stay! NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Don't go! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! You are my anchor! I shall drift until you return. :) Smiley face is a real happy smiley face and knows you are an awesome being.
LOVE OBBAJEEBA (did I spell that correctly?) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: > > Obba!  How spot on is that video..."self-destruct" and "re-invent" is the > name of the game.  I turned 50 - a woman in her 50's, in menopause no less, > is not to be deterred.  This was my love letter to FFL, my goodbye letter > "until we meet again."  I hope the gratitude came through.  Love you too.  > Emily. > > > > >________________________________ > > From: obbajeeba > >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > >Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 4:39 AM > >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia > > > > > > > >Emily! > >Keep on the thrust! > >Knock em out! > >One, two punch! > >Brush off the knees! > >Body slam! > >Weary is the excuse of solitude! > >I am here, baby, for you! > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flU8ISt40eA > > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emilymae.reyn" wrote: > >> > >> P.S. If the auric shield doesn't work, there's always tequila. > >> > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote: > >> > > >> > "The other way is through creating an auric shield. To do this, I > >> > imagine my aura growing, expanding, and sparkling. It is a protective > >> > bubble that I envision, through which negativity simply cannot > >> > penetrate." > >> > > >> > BZZZZZT! "A bottle, I mean...What IS a bottle of Champagne?... > >> > > >> > OK,...Spiritual Allegories for $400, Alex..." > >> > > >> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: > >> > > > >> > > {snip}àI would hate to be forced to use Emily as a human shield; > >> > > she may > >> > > not be as clueless as I am, but I'm sure she's a lot more cynical > >> > > (smiley face). > >> > > > >> > > Dear Bob, my "shield of human-ness" has taken a lot of hits of late > >> > > and I am trying on a new reality - that of emulating Share's approach > >> > > to me and all others' she has determined are exhibiting negativity - > >> > > particularly of the nasty and sniping variety. àI found this > >> > > treasure tonight (under the heading Auric Shield) on an internet > >> > > healing site, so I know that it has a lot of "street cred." àShare > >> > > has mastered this technique and I think she may have written these > >> > > exact words, in fact (the ones in the first paragraph.)à> >> > > > >> > > What this means is for me is:àno more attempts to creatively > >> > > insult; no more cynicism or irony; noàhelping others help > >> > > themselves with pseudo-insightful observations; no more self-serving, > >> > > creepy humor. àNow, you must realize, I've been practicing and > >> > > learning all these important skills right here, but I have seen the > >> > > gemstone of therapeutic wonderment and have had a change of being. à> >> > > > >> > > The "heart on the sleeve" shield I have been using is covered in blood > >> > > spatter and must go in for repair; the breaches in my security > >> > > resulted in dramatics of grandiose proportions over the holidays > >> > > (Share, poor woman, had to weather the bulk of my distress); I have > >> > > been kicked out of the inner circle of my favorite cute (I mean > >> > > "cult") leader, who has apparently retired to the sandy beaches of > >> > > somewhere for more introspection. àà> >> > > > >> > > > >> > > I am going to visualize an auric shield, as described below (paragraph > >> > > 2) and go forth into the wide world of wonderfulness; it is an apt > >> > > consequence to my many irritating digressions from love and logic that > >> > > FFL so patiently and compassionately allowed me to display, as I > >> > > flailed and wallowed my way back, these past 2 years, to a state where > >> > > I believe that I may be able to "act as if," if the knowingness of my > >> > > first person ontology fails me at any given time.à> >> > > > >> > > My astrological chart tells me that February is the month for me to > >> > > move to the front lines, go where the action is, feel the fear and do > >> > > it anyway, take up drawing, unpack the clothes, become accountable, > >> > > raise my standards, take care of business, etc., etc., etc.à> >> > > > >> > > I guess I say all this to say that my recovery from cluelessness and > >> > > cynicism is likely to be of painfully long duration, but I am > >> > > confident that my auric shield will protect us both, and I promise > >> > > that "when you call my name, I will be there" (I do tend to run a bit > >> > > late, but I'll work on that too), to distract and dramatize as needed. > >> > > àLove, Emily. à> >> > > > >> > > "AURICàSHIELD > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > I have been working on the ability to remain unaffected by and not > >> > > absorb negative words or negative energies of other people. > >> > > One way I have been doing this is by simply not responding to comments > >> > > that annoy me. By not dignifying the comment with a reply or a > >> > > defense, I can keep my stress levels lower. Of course, this is not > >> > > easy, and it takes a lot of practice!" > >> > > > >> > > The other way is through creating an auric shield. To do this, I > >> > > imagine my aura growing, expanding, and sparkling. It is a protective > >> > > bubble that I envision, through which negativity simply cannot > >> > > penetrate." > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >________________________________ > >> > > > From: Bob Price > >> > > >To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" > >> > > >Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:08 PM > >> > > >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > >à> >> > > >________________________________ > >> > > >From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > >> > > >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > >> > > >Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 2:21:14 PM > >> > > >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia > >> > > > > >> > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairituààwrote: > >> > > >> > >> > > >> On 01/30/2013 12:52 PM, turquoiseb wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > "The Killing" was SO much better in its Danish original > >> > > >> > that it makes the American remake pale by comparison, > >> > > >> > and I actually *liked* the remake...for what it was. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > The best TV series I saw last year, "The Bridge," or > >> > > >> > "Bron/Broen," also from Denmark, looks as if it will > >> > > >> > never get an American release. Instead they are going > >> > > >> > to remake it. I shudder to imagine the result. Both > >> > > >> > of these series were *enormous* hits in the UK, > >> > > >> > although subtitled. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > The thing is, the American networks somehow believe > >> > > >> > that Americans are too stupid to follow even the Brit > >> > > >> > accents in English-language UK series (and they might > >> > > >> > be right), so they remake *them*, too. This one ("Utopia") > >> > > >> > is quite interesting, at least judging by the first > >> > > >> > episode that I just watched. You'd really enjoy it. A > >> > > >> > pity that it will probably be remade for the US market > >> > > >> > as well... > >> > > >> > >> > > >> The American general public unless it's PBS or BBC America > >> > > >> can't tolerate accents much at all. So the remakes. Yup, > >> > > >> dumbing down for the stupid. They don't like subtitles > >> > > >> either so "The Killing" got a remake. > >> > > > > >> > > >People are going to think I'm being cynical when I > >> > > >say this, but I really don't think I am. I believe > >> > > >that the primary reason that subtitled movies have > >> > > >lost their market in the US is that many Americans, > >> > > >as many as 50-60%, simply can't read well enough > >> > > >or fast enough to enjoy a subtitled movie.à> >> > > > > >> > > >***BP: > >> > > > > >> > > >As a committed member of the great unwashed, is it me or did one the > >> > > >above informants, > >> > > >who appears to watch television a lot, call Danish an accent; and > >> > > >another > >> > > >informant, who also appears to watch a lot of TV, not only agreed, > >> > > >but also > >> > > >informed us that the reason viewers in America won't watch > >> > > >programming with > >> > > >Danish accents is that they can't read well enough?à> >> > > > > >> > > >As a side bar, I consulted my thesaurus and for the life of me I > >> > > >couldn't find > >> > > >"cynical" as a synonym for *clueless*. > >> > > > > >> > > >Now, Share Long, if I've been ironic inadvertently, behaved like an > >> > > >attention vampire, or, > >> > > >much worse---violated the bounds of Whimsical Wednesday, please don't > >> > > >come > >> > > >after me, as I would hate to be forced to use Emily as a human > >> > > >shield; she may > >> > > >not be as clueless as I am, but I'm sure she's a lot more cynical > >> > > >(smiley face). > >> > > > > >> > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRR5YrpbBe4 > >> > > > > >> > > >ààà> >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
