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Happy Halloween (see zoo animals munching pumpkins here: Hall-Zoo-Ween ) & Dias de Los Muertos ye'all! May the jack-o-lanterns light your path on this hallowed eve, and the costumed li'l goblins, witches, pirates and princesses get lots of snacks with their calls for "Trick or Treat!" (^-^)
Arts Alive Saturday night: Tuxford Gallery, Mexican theme, "the days of the dead", Brenda Gallery, Mongolian photos and paintings (I made a paper yurt!)
notes: scissoring/swiveling is when 2 lines overlap at a point, and the lines are not anchored, scissoring occurs in 2 dimensions on a square or other polygon but not a triangle, and in 3 dimensions on a cube or other polyhedron but not a tetrahedron, duo-tet, octahedron or icosahedron.
[there's a swedish viking in russia, actually a kampong girl] [i'm part swede and my home state's football team is called the minnesota vikings] [there's a waterfall nearby called minnehaha falls, on the mississippi river] [i think of her when i see water falling, cuz she is mini and she likes to laugh] [but she is scared of water. and it doesn't really matter at all.]
just trying to say goodbye. cuz she's too far away. and so am i.
i guess nobody will really understand this. me neither. i so much want to talk with her. yet there is nothing i can say. wish i didn't feel this way. rindu. :(
science: study & practice of natural order religion: study & practice of social order
It is my humble opinion that supernaturalists cannot speak authoritively of nature, and that naturalists cannot speak authoritively of supernature.
Evolutionary biologists, including human medical researchers, discover the flow of species changes through time by examining changes in organisms (via sexual reproduction mutations and natural selection), they see life as a movie subject.
Theistic creationists, including priests, reverends, rabbis, imams, discover the unity and perfect order of systems at any given time, they see life as an illustrated objective.
Both are right, of course, in their own minds. So there is nothing to argue about.
i made a snowman today (yukidaruma in Japanese) and put it atop my computer monitor, it is made of paper, bottom ball is ivory snow color, middle ball is blue, and top is a picture of an ink bottle with an Ink People face. the balls i wove like takraw balls with 6 strips of paper. it's kinda cute, like below. see ya ;)
The story on Winfrey’s Web site reads: “Born in China, Betty was separated from her family at age 7 during Mao Zedong’s brutal Cultural Revolution. Tormented by hunger and lack of social contact, Betty went mute (tidak dibunyikan). After four terrifying years, Betty escaped from China by walking 1,600 miles to Hong Kong and later arrived in America with only $20.”
Betty is safe here in Kuala Walu Wiki, Nor Calif. She speaks wonderfully too. :) "can you hear the thunder in a little girl's tears?" "can you mend her broken heart, and soothe all her fears?"
(I met her husband, physics professor at Humboldt State University. I don't know why she told him I'm a physicist. That's funny. I can't even do the math, I just guess.)
Congratulations Betty Chinn, such an awesome angel.
There seem to be many parallels between the indri and the siamangs. The abundance of liana vines in island SE Asia for siamangs to swing (brachiate) and the lack of liana vines in Madagascar for the Indris may be why clinging and leaping was adopted among the Indris. Both tend to walk/skip bipedally rather than quadrupedally, and both have enlarged laryngeal air sacs likely indicating past vertical floating in tidal forests.
Inhabits montane and coastal rainforest from sea level to 1800 meters (6). Indris are active during the day and are most at home in the trees, where they feed on leaves, flowers and fruit, but they do occasionally descend to the forest floor to cross small treeless areas or to eat soil (4) (6). On the ground they cannot walk on all fours and so move around on their back legs, standing upright and holding their arms outstretched for balance, skipping in a unique fashion through the forest (6). The indri is one of the most endangered species of lemur on Madagascar, and one of the most threatened primates in the world (4). They live by the coast, where forests have become so fragmented that they are almost too small to sustain viable populations (6).
Except a narrow strip at the eastern coast most of their natural habitat, the rainforest, is destroyed. Indris are amongst the most endangered species.
Even if you are luckily you meet Indris it's more likely to hear their voices instead of seeing them up in the trees. Their voices are said to be amongst the loudest within the animal kingdom. Indris live in family groups and they use their voices to mark their family range.
They give birth to just one young at a time. The young Indri stays in the family for a long time, even if there are younger siblings. Indris are very similar to gibbons concerning these behaviours. Other characteristics of Indris are their large ears, the long hands and the very short tail whereas most other prosimians have long tails. They belong to the few prosimian species which are active during the day; most of the other prosimians are nocturnal animals.
Why is the indri that endangered? Most of the Indri's natural habitat is destroyed by now and the Indri isn't able to adapt to other habitats than the rainforest. The destruction was caused by the growing number of human inhabitants and their need for soil to plant rice which is the common food on the island. Madagascar is a poor country and the methods of planting rice are not very efficient. Conservation societies worked out a masterplan together with the government of Madagascar to use the soil more efficiently, hoping that no more rainforest areas are destroyed in the future.
Speed walking? Wouldn't they all resemble each other cranially very strongly if that were the case? There's a lot of cranial differentiation, indicating long term separations between groups geographically.
Ok one more entry, about what singles typically are looking for in a prospective mate: "This could explain why women are drawn to indicators of resource and future investment, while men are more likely to look for youth and waist-to-hip ratio - signs of reproductive potential and the ability to tolerate the stresses of childbirth". h/t Ed Yong link: the cost of having children
That doesn't sound very romantic, does it? So analytical. Oh well, that's life.
Quite a great collection of masks here at Arts Alive in the Gallery, perhaps 100 or more,personally crafted and decorated in numerous styles and fashions. Will add more pics later. The Darth Vader mask is cute, being made from kitchen utensils.
The Coffee Opp coffee shop is up and rollicking (Kev, our Coffee Opp guest worker/Manager from Mauritia, managed to produce a volcano eruption in the coffee maker, the coffee and grounds looked like lava pouring down the sides of the machine and on the floor, he was too nervous, so many people came. All cleaned up now.)
And dekat sini, in the Municipal Auditorium, a bunch of kids are roller skating, singing and screaming to the music.
Tomorrow morning: live drawing (nude, not me la) Tomorrow night, punk metal concert. Ear plug time. Next night: watercolor landscape painting class, with Alan Sanborn
Also fiber arts (weaving), print making, Lunel's yoga class, etc.
Oh, Dell Arte is having their annual Bali study abroad class in mask making, wayang kulit, etc. FEBRUARY 9 - MARCH 12, 2009. I wanna go diving in Bali! Nak ikut? JOM kita pergi main menyelam & mensurfing kan! Full cost $5,000 US... nak duit raya ... sponsor anyone? [hint hint] http://72.167.83.180/dellarte.aspx?id=13
October begins the rainy season here. Raindrops are falling on my head, plop plop drip drop.
I have a Humboldt Hydroponics hoodie, of forest green hue, so if the rain is mild, I can just cover my hair with the hood. If it rains harder, then I'll need a brolly (payung) or proper rain gear, I think I disposed of last year's set.
In the gallery, the artistic mask exhibition is up 'Maskibition', and the Coffee Opp is getting the coffee shop set up.
Shoshanna's dance group has a benefit for the coffee opp in Arcata: link
I must admit that I've never thought much of belly dancing, but as I watched them perform the sword dance at the Ink People's annual dinner (Brahm Craic), I was impressed with their synchronised and balanced performance art. Much more than simply wobbling their bellies.
يشعي Main: Just regular, suke enjoying sharing some down-time wit ~ folks recharging with a cup of coffee/blend/tea/water or emotional massage or prayer.
Also seeking female diver/singer to play role, private space when needed. Marriage & kids are important to me, so I let God lead. Motto: Always leave room for miracles, even coincidental ones. Tears wash the face and clear the sight. Tigers can kill, but losing love can make me cry, I'm no wimp so don't even try, unless your heart is innocent and shy. "Impossible" is a lie I once believed in totally, an error that nearly killed me. Never forget, all things are possible. Faith~Grace~Love~Percaya~Ke'selam
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Thanks to "(^+^)" (a very nice pussy cat) for suggesting a name for the blog. Peace bless all you.
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Ring it up for da tok king! hmm
Bling it ON diva~sistah~grrrlfren
2 d` king X Bling @ ALAS MY LOVES
@ CASALAMB @ RAMARAMADANMARIPOSA~ hehehe
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