Orla Gartland

aubrey plaza

April threatens an intern ~>[ x ]

“Ben told you to finish the web site and if you don’t do it I swear to God I’m going to murder you in your sleep. I know where you live ..14th street, right? I’m going to get a melon-baller and scoop your eyes out and eat them. And your congressman uncle’s going to have to buy you a dog to drive your eye-less face around. Do you understand me ..?”

phonic memory

Deaf Jazz Vocalist Mandy Harvey

Meg Myers

Meg Myers 2014 Lollapalooza Full Set ( x )

Brie

Felicity jones

New Year

The Recency Effect

The Recency Effect is a fallacy that occurs when we think something is conclusive only because it's consistent with recent events. I suppose you could call it drawing the most obvious conclusion. However, there's usually more going on in the world than what recent events would suggest. North Korea was blamed for the cyber-attack on Sony last November because they'd just been the topic of a derogatory film and they had committed similar attacks in the  past. So, who else could it be, right? Cyber-security experts found it was more likely a former employee with a grudge.  Only by then, media reports had already blamed North Korea. This fallacy is so persistent that President Obama is still convinced that North Korea was behind the attack. He has pledged a full "proportional" response.

saorise

Body surfing

Ducking out underneath a breaking swell

the gag reel

I know memory isn't a passive record of events.  It's more like a re-construction. When this happens, I consistently get the order of things wrong.  I often confuse what happened at one time for something that happened at another time.  Last night I was watching a gag reel from season five of Parks and Recreation. In an early scene, Andy asks his young wife April if she's pregnant. April responds saying: "Nooo, we've talked about this ..and what do I always tell you? I wanna' wait till we're 50 and adopt creepy adult twins from Armenia ..!"  In another scene, Andy and April are giving Ben advice for a successful marriage. When Andy asks April what other thing she's always telling him, April replies: "Um, don't take it out till I scream!" Now, at the end of the reel, what do I remember?  In the first scene where they talk about having children ..I remember April saying: "Nooo, we've talked about this ..and what do I always tell you? 'Don't take it out till I scream'!" I put the dialogue from the other scene  here. It wasn't until I replayed the gag reel that I realized my mistake. Although my recollection didn't follow the actual order of events ..it still made sense and even retained some of it's humor.  Perhaps we remember pragmatic-sense better than chronological order.

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Helena

"Helena? Did you burn down the fish people's ranch?"

"No .."

..and I believe her

Affirmative Consent

In response to 'Affirmative Consent'  by Dr. Paul R. Abramson (x)

"..a person's approach to sexual behavior and relationships is often already firmly established by the time he or she reaches college ..ameliorative measures at the college level might come years too late. If we want to get it right, we must begin educating them in junior high school about the necessity of affirmative consent. The [best way] to do that is to make it part of the mandatory sex education curriculum."  - Dr. Paul R. Abramson

I agree. Our approach to sexual relationships is established well before college, however, I'm not sure classroom instruction is the answer. We're reared in a culture of 'intoxicated sex'. There are few opportunities for young people to meet without ingesting intoxicants to help ease the anxiety of social interaction. I think the Boy's and Girl's club is a better place than sex ed class .. and could be greatly expanded. It's a place where young people can go to meet while doing something other than drinking. I mean activities like video games, dance ..and even ping-pong are far less stressful than High School parties. Classroom instruction often goes out the window in the face of social anxiety. Engaging with others in a more natural setting while learning first-hand the consequences of disrespect and offensive behavior is, in my opinion, a step toward healthier relations ..and possibly away from a culture of intoxicated sex.

a fortuitous juncture

I believe we occupy a fortuitous juncture in time and space where the balance of cosmic events  favor life as we know it. The planetary whip of the sun and resulting elements of light, mass and energy have come together to form just the right biosphere.  Inside the biosphere, a system of sensory processes developed that binds these elements together and give rise to our conscious experience of it.

In addition, cosmology and neuroscience inform us that our conscious experience may be just one in a larger number of universe-like phenomena ..a multi-verse ..where many universe's co-exist (at different junctures) giving rise to different sensory processes. Who says our conscious experience is the only one possible ..? At different junctures - different ways of experiencing may have developed. There's inter-dependance between cosmic development and embryonic development ..and a different narrative begins at each juncture.  

I have no idea what I'm talking about ..

Millenials

Emma Stone

Brittany Murphy

Teresa Palmer

 Brie Larson

Lori Petty Film

The Poker House (2007) a film by Lori Petty with Jennifer Lawrence in her first starring role  (x)

Report from Pahoa

Starseed (Pahoa resident)  says the Kilauea lava flow that's threatening her home " ..is an exercise is patience and non-attachment. Madam Pele is our teacher. The lava will go when and where the lava wants to go."

Emma Stone

The millennials

Mia Wasikowska in the movie 'Tracks'

I've been following a group of actors and actresses who represent the Millennial generation. These are kids who came of age in the 2000's (Anna Kendrick, Brie Larson, Jake Johnson). Many of them don't have big studio contracts (if those even exist anymore) so they appear mostly in independent films (Breathe in, Drinking Buddies, Safety Not Guaranteed). Independent films rarely make it to 'wide release' in the U.S. Sometimes they go directly to DVD ..which leads me to my question: if the actors and actresses in these films represent the Millennial generation ..why don't they make it to 'wide release' more often? I have a theory. I think it has something to do with the narrative-expectation of this generation. They're the target audience for film distributors (between the ages of 16 and 30) and they're the one's who determine which films go from 'limited' to 'wide release' (the industry looks at their twitter posts from theaters during the first week). I don't believe Independent films always follow the 'video game' narrative they we're raised with.

Battle of evermore

We've been at war my whole life. So why am I so anxious for it to be over and peace to resume? What makes me think that war is short-term? It never results in a lasting peace. It only creates more enemies ..new threats and more war. I'm beginning to think it may be a way of life (x). I’m reminded of a Buddhist parable Jisho Perry once told us. I call it ‘the battle of evermore’ because I don’t remember the actual title. Nor do I remember the words. I can only paraphrase. It goes something like this:

A sentient being, unable to escape the cycle of reincarnation, is locked in perpetual battle with another being: a ferocious beast from hell. After several lifetimes of this, he grows disgusted. No longer fearing death he declares: “Enough! I can no longer live like this" and throws down his sword. Suddenly the illusion of the ferocious beast vanishes, the barricade of defensiveness crumbles and he's free from the endless cycle of battle.

critical thought

 Students in Colorado protesting Government
control of information taught in schools

In an effort to establish state control of education in Hong Kong, the Chinese government enacted the Patriotic Education Curriculum of 2012. Student leaders successfully campaigned against it (x)

In August 2014, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution requiring schools to use an Education Curriculum that presents a Patriotic view of history and promotes respect for Authority ..replacing one by the College Board of Review that promotes critical thinking. Sounds like a similar move to install State-Controlled education in the U.S. Students in Colorado are protesting (x)

coastal zone

offshore conditions at Butterfly ..crystal

Thousand Steps

Aubrey Plaza

Report from Serena Kali Devi

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Lava from Kilauea is heading for Pahoa town, Puna Hawaii

Serena Kali Devi: This weekend I have left the place my heart feels most at home, Puna Hawaii, where the beautiful aina and my amazing ohana is undergoing intense lava tapasya, transformation by fire to purify, cleanse and rebirth. Departure on the plane had me feeling like a crying child being separated from Mother's womb. But I still feel her nurturing me all the way from the other side of the world, she is guiding my travels, and I know she will bring me back home safe and sound to paradise when she is ready for my return. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti Tutu Pele Ma Ma Ma