Mistakes – Our Noose and Learning Tool?
22 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Community, Healing, Life, Media, Rants, Self Empowerment, Spiritual or Philosophical Tags: Albert Einstein, Alexander Pope, authentic living, Choice, consequence, culture, Forgiveness, George Bernard Shaw, Joyce Meyer, Learning, love, mistakes, moving on, quotes, Relationships, Rita Mae Brown, Terry Goodkind
Albert Einstein (Photo credit: mansionwb)
In society we often tout one of the best ways to learn in life, is from our mistakes. I often see encouraging motivational posters as well that say things like:
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new,” Albert Einstein
“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment,” Rita Mae Brown
“I’m afraid that we all make mistakes. One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes. If we lie about having made a mistake, then it can’t be corrected and it festers. On the other hand, if we give up just because we made a mistake, even a big mistake, none of us would get far in life,” Terry Goodkind.
“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” ― George Bernard Shaw
Looking at these rather positive quotes and how positive we put a spin on making mistakes you’d think it’d be that easy for people, ALL people to move on, one way or another with their lives, focusing on their present and moving into the future. More
Not Your Fair, My Fair!
18 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Community, Life Tags: 2013, City of Shelton, Counties, Fairgrounds, Governor, hoodsport, lease, loss, Mason County, Mayor, Shelton, Shelton Washington, transportation, travel, Washington
Empty Fairground Ride (Photo credit: groks)
Today I’m going to be talking about something important to me. An issue concerning my hometown of Shelton, WA.
Sometime back in January I remember reading in the local paper of my hometown that the Shelton Fairgrounds was on a lease to the City of Shelton from the Federal government. This lease is supposed to expire in January of 2013 which is, more or less, just around the corner. Once the lease is up it becomes the property of the Shelton Airfield. Now, I don’t know what the Airfield intends to DO with the Fairgrounds once it reacquires it, whether it would be to give it to the County as a gift so that we could continue to have a Fairgrounds or to possibly bulldoze it to make a bigger Airfield. That is the most uncertain thing about this matter. I’m certain they have enough space for their planes, but I could also be wrong. As it STANDS though, I feel our Fairgrounds are a very important and vital asset to maintain and keep. If anything it should be bigger, but sadly it’s not as big as we’d probably like it to be. Point is, the Shelton Fairgrounds is, in a way, an extremely crucial source of income and culture for the city. If we were to lose that, I’m not entirely sure where we’d have our cultural events, expos, or anything else. We could have them in Hoodsport but that wouldn’t make any sense. We could have them in Downtown but then people might complain once more about traffic bog-down. More
Why I Love Everything Peppermint
15 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Life, Just for Fun, Healing, Flora & Fawna Tags: positive, Health, tea, Christmas and holiday season, Peppermint, Herb, Peppermint tea, Mints, helpful, gardening, must have, Bath and Bodyworks
Peppermint Kiss Cupcakes (Photo credit: tawest64)
Why do I love the herb Peppermint? Well there’s a number of reasons why I love this herb as much as I do, the only thing that annoys me is our blatant marketing of Peppermint flavored this, that or the other during the holiday season (specifically Christmas time) ONLY it seems. But this special Herb is good ALL year round and is quite helpful for several things health wise.
To me this Herb tastes wonderful, smells good and is crisp and refreshing. It’s my preferred mint of the other two I know of and are more commonly used in other mint related treats we keep all year around (some of which don’t actually contain real mint flavoring *gasp!*).
So what are some of the AWESOME things Peppermint oil or the plant itself can do for us? Here is a simple list: More
You Know What Grinds my Gears?! Talking at the Movies
13 May 2012 1 Comment
in Comics, Life, Media, Movies & Television, Rants Tags: Arts, Avengers, Chatty Cathy, common courtesy, entertainment, Family Guy, Film, movies, Peter Griffin, rude people, Seth MacFarlane, talking, Theaters
For those who are unaware, the title is a reference to an episode where Peter Griffin, a character from the show Family Guy, was a news anchor with his own segment with the same title. I’d like to state for the record I don’t OWN the rights to the phrase/names or pictures used for this blog post, I’m just using it out of friendly love and respect for the show as a fan and to say, all rights reserved to their respective owners and Seth MacFarlane.
NOW! Jumping back on topic. You know what Grinds my Gears?! A decade ago it was RARE to hear anyone TALK during a movie at the movie theater much less text their buddies wherever they were during said movie (obviously because texting wasn’t that big yet). Nowadays, talking in theaters seems to be a RAMPANT trend and it seems to be getting worse. The ability to text your friends now ALSO a contributing factor in this rather rude annoyance. Unless you got an emergency, talking to your friends can WAIT! That goes for texting and phone calls. If you know it’s urgent, get up and step out, please! Don’t spoil the movie for the rest of us with your lack of courtesy for those of us still TRYING to enjoy the movie we paid to see! More
What We Have Here – Is a Failure to Be Creative
01 May 2012 9 Comments
in Books, Comics, Life, Media, Movies & Television, Music, Rants, Video Games Tags: adventure time, Amazing World of Gumball, Arts, Backstreet Boys, Bieber, chowder, crap, entertainment, enya, failure, Frank Sinatra, Hunger Games, jersey shore, Justin Bieber, MC Hammer, Paula Abdul, regular show, Spice Girls, thundercats, uncreative, United States, voltron, world of gumball
Nothing But the Best (album) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In the last 10 to 20 years or so I have noticed something VERY important to me. With the utmost certainty I’m sure there are others who have noticed the same as I. Creatively Americans have gotten LESS creative. As a whole, it’s hard to say if that stands but when I look at what’s on T.V. and popular today, as compared to when I was growing up from the 90s – up, the quality of what we enjoy in music, television and movies has gone seriously DOWNHILL. I’m seeing a LOT more from Book to Move Adaptations. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE seeing those! I also love the comic ones they are doing (yay for the inner child in some of us being sated by these things). But all this does not make up for the talentless entertainment we have today. I look at countries like Korea and Japan and I’m finding FAR better entertainment there on nearly ALL levels (some of them even have some pretty NIFTY architecture that I wonder why in the world aren’t we taking notes and doing the same?!). My big question is, “Dude, WTF happened?!” I’d like to give some examples and EXPLAIN why they are NOT up to PAR in my book of standards. Granted, some of this is probably going to be stuff some of you like, so no offense, I’m just explaining why I don’t enjoy it. Keep in mind – I’ve tried to give some of this stuff a chance to prove to me it can be redeemed in some way. Hasn’t happened. If anything I feel like half the stuff that’s come out in at LEAST the last 10 years has been garbage! I’ve seen very little that I enjoyed. If I did see something I enjoyed – it’s been ruined or taken off the air or something else.
List of Danny Phantom characters (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
So first example I have of lack of creativity. Music. Music has definitely fallen way down in the gutter. Granted, there have been some decent artists that HAVE come out, but as a whole – this past generation hasn’t been THE most creatively Talented. A great example I saw was this De-motivational poster that my friends were circulating on Facebook. It was Frank Sinatra, one of the Greats in my book of music, vs. Justin Bieber, who I feel (much like Big Time Rush) is just “Eye Candy” for young girls to “Squee” their little selves over…which could be good and bad, depending. More
8k Pageviews on DeviantArt Whoo and 2 New Paintings!
10 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Art, Healing, Just for Fun, Life, Magic, Media, Self Empowerment, Spiritual or Philosophical Tags: 8000 pageviews, art, deviantart, divine, Divine Spark, Gratitude, kiriban, light within, painting, spiritual, unconditional love, Visual Arts
DeviantArt (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I wanted to take this time to tell all my readers today I finally got around to scanning two new paintings I’ve done in the last couple of weeks. I think they are rather spiritual, uplifting and heartfelt – which was my intention with both. One is a motivational/positive Affirmation painting, the other is something for me to still reflect upon to fully comprehend and understand its meaning. I hope you enjoy both! More
Employers, In Your Social Media – Invadin Your Privacy!
09 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Life, Media, Self Empowerment Tags: Constitutional amendment, Employment, Facebook, Freedom of Speech, life, Personally identifiable information, Privacy, Social networking service, Work
(Feb. 7, 2012) ... (Photo credit: marsmet523)
I certainly hope most of you have heard about SOPA which has stricter rules, regulations and the like on what can and cannot be posted on the internet. But the other subject that has people abuzz over is social networking sites being used by potential employers and current employers to fire employees. Not that long ago I heard some potential employers were going so far as to ASK for social networking passwords and log-ins.
You know – I think that’s an invasion of privacy and none of their business. I’ve been saying it for a while now to my brother and friends when it comes up. Your boss has NO right to fire you over something you posted OUTSIDE of work on your own time. Many people from what I understand hate their jobs, their manager (s) or boss. I can completely understand how they feel and how the managers/boss feels stumbling upon that kind of thing, cause – truth hurts. But I also know not everything is as black and white as it may seem. From personal experience though, I have worked jobs where I felt my boss or employer didn’t have much of a moral compass or was out of touch with their compassion and humanity, at least that’s how it seemed and more often felt. More
Lying Naturally
08 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Books, Healing, Life, Media, Movies & Television, Political, Self Empowerment, Spiritual or Philosophical Tags: don miguel ruiz, Friendship, honesty, Human, Lie, life lessons, lying, Mind, philosophy, Psychology, Social Sciences, The 4th Agreement, The 5th Agreement, truth
me and my friend (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In light of some recent events – I feel like I have enough to work with to finally write this up and publish it thanks to a special muse. It isn’t my old muse. It’s a new one.
An online friend I chat with now and again once told me Psychology can be interesting and fun, but they remarked upon the fact that some of the higher levels of Psychological study, such as social/physical cues when others lie, can be pretty tough to handle and deal with on a daily basis. He understood how the ignorance of not knowing what he does now, could be considered bliss.
When we don’t know those we love or otherwise are lying to us – than there is no real suffering or pain, until perhaps the truth, whatever it may be, is revealed. But if you knew every time someone lied to you, how would that make you feel? Some people believe lying is NOT a natural thing at all, that in fact only humans do it but why? Thing of it is – lying IS a natural instinct. We have only to look to nature in all her splendor to see how it is. There are some types of moths or butterfly for instance that have certain types of patterns on their wings to help them nearly become invisible to the naked of eye of predators, by making them appear to be a face of another animal, a leaf, or something else entirely. There are even more animals out there whose fur changes colors as the seasons change to better blend-in with their surroundings during the winter or spring. It’s a type of deception that is for survival. More
Prude, Slut, Idiot, Satan – Yay!
01 Apr 2012 6 Comments
in Life, Media, Rants, Self Empowerment Tags: Abortion, Birth control, Health, Mother, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive health, Reproductive rights, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, Satan, Slut, United States, woman's rights
Margaret Sanger Deutsch: Margaret Sanger (* 1879) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I’m sure many of you heard about this story on the news (this is a bit late but better late than never as well). The whole fiasco about Rush Limbaugh insulting Ms. Sandra Fluke over the fact she was arguing for Birth Control to be covered by health insurance. I’m sure you’ve also seen many of the other blog posts arguing why women aren’t sl*ts or wh*res just because they want this. So if you don’t want to read another one, please don’t read any further. If you’re still in this for the long haul? Awesome! Glad you’re still reading and are willing to hear my thoughts on this matter as well. Fair warning, I got a feeling this is going to be a rant. More
Spiritworks
18 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
in Art, Healing, Just for Fun, Life, Magic, Media, Spiritual or Philosophical Tags: art, deviantart, drawing, Freedom, nyghtshaydeen, painting, Pencil, spirituality, spiritworks, Visual Arts
Spiritworks by NyghtshaydeEN on DeviantArt
This is a new art painting I did on stretch canvas using purely acrylic based paints. I feel so much free-er when I have a brush in my hands vs. my old pencils. But eventually I want to get back to ‘sketching’. I just don’t feel confident enough to pick up the pencil again yet because I don’t want to go all ‘rigid’ like before. I don’t feel like I can ‘let loose’ with my pencil as opposed to my brushes. Painting has been a rather ‘liberating’ experience for me. I would DEFINITELY full view the image if you can. 
