I wish you love...

Tuesday I was returning from an appointment and saw a vandalized billboard that read "Born Evil". I pondered that concept for a moment. I figured that whoever painted that thought themselves fairly bad-ass, and figure they may believe that Might Makes Right and that respect is earned through fear and intimidation. Granted, I was speculating a great deal here, but having known many that felt this to be the case I didn't think it was very far fetched either.

As I contemplated that I mentally responded to myself, "but love is stronger than evil". Energetically, love will always be stronger. Anger and violence can only get you so far, but love will always take you farther.

Thursday night my drama partner and classmate, Eric, popped on over to catch up. Class has been out for two weeks now and instead of seeing each other daily we now have to schedule time to hang out. I miss seeing my classmates regularly, especially Eric.

During our conversation he told me about having gone on a meditation retreat a few years back. 10 days of no phones, no tv, no radio, no music, no books, no journals, and no conversation. No distractions, just meditation. For our modern, fast paced, technology-dependent, social media-filled society, that might not be a choice many would be willing to make. He recalled getting a little stir-crazy about day 2 and wanting to leave, but he didn't give up. He said by day 8 he had an epiphany and it all clicked for him, he understood what it meant to "be in the now" and connect with the universe. It sounded amazing and reminded me of when I returned home from Witch Camp back in 2000 -a life altering experience for me.

Anyway, one of the things he mentioned was building up to meditate for an hour about nothing. For me, it takes about 2 minutes and I'm asleep. I must have something to distract my brain or it just decides it's time for a nap. So an hour long nap, er, I mean... meditation on my breathing, and being "in the now" isn't an easy task for me, but guided meditations I can usually do.

Today I woke from a nap (no, an actual nap) and decided to do some energy work.  From a seated position on the middle of my bed, palms together at my heart chakra, I began grounding and centering. I sent roots from my feet down into the earth below to the center of the earth to pull up the energy from the earth's core into myself, filling my entire being. Then I brought in pure white light energy from the universe down into my crown chakra again, filling my entire being. While I did this I used the fresh, clean energy to push any and all unhealthy energy out or off of me. Sounds a little "New Agey" doesn't it? Yeah, well, it works, so I don't care if someone thinks it's "fluffy". Once I've connected to both sources, filled up and cleared out, I began my work.

Today I opted to send love.

I started out with the people closest to me, then expanded to all my friends and family. From there I added in all of my friends' families. I also included acquaintances and even people who were no longer my friends or people I knew, but didn't like (sometimes that's a tough one). Each time I pictured the individual, or their name, or relation to someone I knew. Once I ran out of people I knew directly I decided to just expand to sending love to every person on the planet. Yep, that's a lot of love! (I believe that every person truly has the ability to love that much.) I continued to include every living creature on the planet from single celled organisms to government officials... and yes, sometimes those two seem like the same thing.

When I finished I opened my eyes to a differently lit room than when I began. It was light outside when I started, and now my room was dark lit only by the light in the hall. I was slightly shocked at first, I didn't realize so much time had passed, but as it turned out, I had spent an hour... meditating.

So if you're reading this post, just know that today I thought about you and I wish you love. <3

Pitbull Rescue

Got an email today from someone seeking help in saving a year old friendly female pitbull. Here's the info I received:

On Friday July 8, a female pitbull showed up at our house. She is very friendly and is about a year old. I have tried every way possible to find her family and or home with no luck. She is not micro chipped. The way she acts I think her family abandoned her. I have called and emailed many pet shelters with no luck. I would keep her myself but my chow does not like her. Please let me know if anyone wants her. I am trying to avoid having to take her to the pound.

Second email

Ok, we have ran out of options now. After making many calls to shelters with none of them even returning a call back we must take the dog we found to the pound on Thursday. Just want to remind you that she is a Pitbull that acts nothing like a pit. She is super friendly and is house trained. By the way she acts I think she would be a great family dog. Like I said before I would keep her but my chow does not like her and went after her.

If you are in the Southern California area and able to help rescue this dog, please contact Dennis immediately!
Dennis - denniss@kuci.org


UPDATE - 7/15/11 Dennis has informed me that the dog has found a new home with a loving family! Thank you everyone! :D

Charlie Sheen - Is he still winning?

So I guess Charlie Sheen finally got fired from "Two and a Half Men". Is it really a surprise? I am confused a bit though. I thought they already canceled the show, so Sheen getting fired seems almost silly at that point.

I think he was being selfish. I seriously wish the media would quit glorifying drug and alcohol addicted celebrities. There's nothing great about someone throwing their life away.

It's a real tough time for a lot of Americans and right now no one can afford to loose their job, so for Sheen to go off on a self absorbed rant about poor him not making millions of dollars without a single care for the rest of the cast or crew... just sucks. I don't think he was the entire show, but he was definitely a major part of it. Without him on the cast it wouldn't be the same. He forced the producers to take action. He gambled and everyone lost. Many on the crew might be able to find work again soon, but some likely won't. Because of his selfish act, more families are going to struggle this year. I just don't see what's so great about that.

Nijugo (25) Random Facts

Ichi. I love salmon, but I will rarely eat cooked fish any more. I no longer like the taste or texture of cooked fish. So most often I'll have sushi over cooked fish.

Ni. I sing to my cats almost every day.

San. I'm allergic to cats and anything with fur.

Yon. I used to have a great fascination of ghost stories, especially if they had been passed down through historical accounts, so much so that I did my 7th grade history report on poltergeist and turned my doll house into a "haunted house" for the correlating model. During the exhibition, the doll house caught on fire. O_O

Go. The more Naruto I watch, the more I crave ramen. :3

Roku. I really love being behind the mic and doing voice over work! It's where I'm happiest.

Nana. I'm usually clueless if a guy likes me... unless he's one of my creepy stalker "fans". They tend to make themselves known right away. 9_9

Hachi. I broke my tail bone when I was 15. Fell from the rafters in the garage onto the concrete, landed on my back. Fun times. >_<

Kyu. I like baked goods with fruit, like cinnamon raisin bread.

Ju. I began programming in Basic in 1977.

Juichi. I have never asked if an article of clothing ever made my ass look big.

Juni. I started taking dance lessons at the ridiculously young age of 3. Tap and ballet.

Jusan. My mom said if I wanted to join band in jr.high my only option was to play flute. I wanted to play drums. Mom's logic was that girls play the flute and boys play drums. The one person I knew who played flute was a boy. I felt my mom's logic was flawed. I played the flute and hated it. Now I play drums. ^_^

Juyon. Because I was born with jaundice, crossed eyed, and ate slowly, social services assumed I was retarded and almost prevented me from being adopted. I no longer have jaundice, I'm not cross eyed,and am clearly not retarded (except when it comes to guys), but I'm still a slow eater.

Jugo. I was adopted and raised as an only child, but I'm actually the second oldest of 5 siblings from my birth family.

Juroku. Growing up in Huntington Beach, most people (if it ever mattered) assumed I was Mexican. I'm not Mexican, I'm predominantly of Hawaiian heritage.

Junana. Because I'm from HB, people outside of the state often asked if (or assumed) I knew how to surf. I do not know how to surf.

Juhachi. I had a paper route for the OC Register when I was 12 years old for a year. Paper delivery 7 days a week. I was up at 3am on weekends because I was the station manager and I had to sign for the newspapers for both my route and another person's route. My route increased by almost half on Sunday's because of Sunday only delivery. Sometimes it took me 3 hours to fold papers and make all of my deliveries by bike on Sundays, unless it was raining, then it was longer. Made $80 a month on average. Blew it all on video games and candy. Ah, the rockstar life of a 12 year old!

Jukyu. I found my birth mom when I was 25. My baby sister was 5 at the time. She turned 20 last summer. @_@

Niju. When I was 9 my mom cut my hair so short I was often mistaken for a boy. ;_;

Nijuichi. I'm a much happier person when my hair is colored purple. ^_^

Nijuni. I will sometimes play "devil's advocate" even if I agree with your position because I feel it's necessary to take all sides into consideration.

Nijusan. I'm told my first steps were taken at a park across the street from Knott's Berry Farm (which is no longer there), chasing the chickens.

Nijuyon. My first article was published when I was 19. It was an interview with drummer, Gene Hoglan, of the LA speed metal band, Dark Angel.

Nijugo. I've just taught you how to count from 1 - 25 in Japanese. Unless, of course, you already knew how. -_o