seeing a world in a grain of kitten

"holding eternity in the palm of your hand"
-- william blake

this is my poetry, photography, and friends'-only journal. (please excuse the re-post, my friends. this entry needed revision.)

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very cool writer's prompts . . . and you can even create your own! :)

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for my friends who don't live in the uk, you may not have seen this. her name is katy brand, and she does wonderfully funny impersonations of contemporary singers. warning: this song WILL be implanted in your head.

i've posted the best of the photos i've taken here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30274867@N04/sets/



hope you will visit and enjoy. :)

i also have a few of the images for sale at deviant art:

http://betsycontent.deviantart.com/

from TIME magazine - august 20th:

new rules for living buddhas

is reincarnation possible? tibetans think so, believing their spiritual leader, the dalai lama, is the 14th reincarnation of the same god-king. but china has banned the dalai lama and tibet's other living buddhas from - get this - reincarnating without government permission.

the 14-part edict also prevents anyone outside china from taking part in the process to recognize a living buddha.

the rules seem ridiculous, but they aim to prevent the exiled dalai lama, 72, from helping identify newly reincarnated buddhas, allowing china to handpick people loyal to beijing.

as a member of "Mensa" since the late 70's, i was thrilled to read this:


"A two-year-old girl from Hampshire has become the youngest ever female member of British Mensa.

Georgia Brown, from Aldershot, Hampshire, astounded experts by scoring 152 in an IQ test - putting her in the top 2% of the population for her age.

Psychologist Joan Freeman, who tested Georgia, said she thought the toddler could have scored even higher but needed a nap after 45 minutes of work."


Marilyn vos Savant-Jarvik is currently the smartest human being on the planet. Looks like another girl will be her rival soon. :)

when gerald ford was president, and his secretary of agriculture, earl butz, said that all "negroes" needed to be happy was "tight pussy, loose shoes, and a warm place to shit?" really, he did. fortunately, he was kicked out of office - there is SOME justice in the world. still, this wonderful YOU TUBE satirical video is a MUST SEE.



WARNING: MAY NOT BE ENTIRELY PC TO EVERYONE.

i want to recommend a children's charity that doesn't cost more than the price of sending a greeting card to cheer up a sick child: http://www.makeachildsmile.org/

(borrowed from about.com)

What's your favorite Bushism?

'Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.'

'I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.'

'They misunderestimated me.'

'Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?'


thank goodness he's finally out of office!

he loves to sit like this. :)

me: what are you doing, honey?
steph: i'm designing an ion propulsion drive.
me: oh. i thought you were working on your tornado machine.
steph: it's my day off.

i love my husband. :)

"The invasion of Iraq was not about terror. It was about oil and schoolboy fantasies of empire and whatever weird oedipal dynamics were at work in the Bush family."

-The Fear Factor
By BOB HERBERT
Published: April 17, 2006
The New York Times

i have completed anne rice's new book, "Christ the Lord, Out of Egypt." i believe i was wholly objective and open to what she had to say. i was ready to be "wowed" even. alas, it was not to be. somehow, ms. rice managed to make christ's childhood seem absolutely boring. endless descriptions of deserts, rivers, hillsides. litany after litany. it might better have been titled: 5,000 ways to give thanks to THE LORD. given whose alleged childhood we are talking about here, there was so very much more that could have been said and done. it was written in the first person, which i usually enjoy, but even though it was told from christ's supposedly adult point of view, it always felt as though a (rather simple) child was telling the story. and that's after rice goes on and on telling us how brilliant christ appeared to all of his teachers. i know that some of you whom i love deeply adored this book, but for the life of me, i can't fathom why. i tried to like it. i really did. but in the end, it only made me yawn, and think "is that all there is?" recommendation? if you're curious, wait until it comes out in paperback, or re-read her best book (in my opinion) "Memnoch the Devil."

The Pivot Questionnaire
("Inside Actor's Studio" Questions)
These 10 questions originally came from a French series, "Bouillon de Culture" hosted by Bernard Pivot.
They're better known as the questions that James Lipton asks every guest at the end of "Inside the Actor's Studio" show.

Please answer in my "comments" space.


What is your favorite word?
(other than love: REPARTEE)

What is your least favorite word?
(PEDOPHILE - the fact of their existence)

What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
(brilliance, angels, compassion, generosity, and stephan)

What turns you off?
(arrogance, stupidity, incompetence, see "Bush, George W.")

What is your favorite curse word?
(SHEISSE! - pronounced SHICE-uh - German for "shit."

What sound or noise do you love?
(cat's purring, children's laughter, ocean waves, thunderstorms)

What sound or noise do you hate?
(flies buzzing, leafblowers, grass cutters, electric saws, frogs being attacked by my cat - sound like babies in pain)

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
(i wish i had the talent to be a painter, would love to buy and refurbish old houses, and wonder what might have happened had i pursued my music career.)

What profession would you not like to do?
(i would hate to have to be a factory worker, work in a sewer, or have anything to do with garbage.)

If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
(Come on in, your house and hot bath are ready, your family and friends are waiting to see you, and the dolphins are looking forward to swimming with you every day.)

During his first Presidential Debate with John Kerry, Dubyah uttered the following:

"You can't be a leader and give out mexed miss . . . um, mixed messages."

Classic.

Good Will Hunting (1997)
K-PAX
Some Like it Hot (1959)
Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
The Butterfly Effect
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Contact (1997)
The Lion in Winter (1968)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
Moulin Rouge (2001)
( more behind cut tag )

It's snowing!!! (Dances around like Snoopy on acid.)