My Birthday Already??

This morning, I am greeted with this lovely blog entry snippet from the now-famous Miss Amy Steinberg:
-=Then, I receive a wonderful myspace message from Janet Planet in Hot Springs, South Dakota. (Where?) Now I have never played the Dakota's because I wasn't sure that people actually LIVED there. Snicker. But much to my surprise there is what Janet calls a VORTEX of spiritual energy here in Hot Springs, and she has come upon my music and wants me to come through!

The magical thing is that she got my music from another myspacer who got my music from another myspacer, etc... And it's this song "Exactly" that is drawing this positive force. So incredible! We reap what we sow, and I think that piece has brought a lot of light to a lot of people. Yay. So there's the fill in date, and now I've got my stop between Salt Lake and Omaha.=-

To which I was forced to reply:
Is that your ONLY plan for South Dakota?? I'm just 5 hours due East of Rapid City, right on the freeway, in Sioux Falls. I KNOW I can find a place for you to play here if ya wanna... or I can just hook you up with some great company and some good eats while ya pass through...
Lemme know!! :)
~diana~hoping this is the universe making up for me not being able to see you tomorrow at Lovejoys!~

To which she responded:
this is bizarre and incredible...although totally normal, but miracles and blessings are so abundant i am still shocked by them!

i would absolutely love to come through your city, even if it's just to stay with you for an evening... you saved my life one day...

if you'd like we could look into me doing a show, a small one set coffeehouse gig or something? i have several shows in a row right after it, but it actually does cut the drive into smaller pieces... i am in omaha that tuesday...

date we are looking at is monday, may 28th... let me know your thoughts.

all love
amy

And of course:
Oh man, oh man, oh man! someones love me... all them someones on the other side! My birthday is **May 27** and I celebrate for the next 18 days!!! I get Amy for my birthday! I'm so glad I was borned!! Wooo Hoo!!! I'm a dancin fool!!!!!!
I will ask my wondermous new boyfriend, who happens to be a local musician (myspace.com/wumpus --he's the drummer) to check out the perfect soo foo locale for my gal :) (ooooh and I'll have to tell you how much he deserved listening to Emphatic at the Attic....)

Oh my! Not gonna be sleeping tonight...

Much Love to You, my goddess
~diana <3>

Tena?! Brian?! Jamie?! Wade?! I guess now we know what we're doing for our birthdays!!! Wooot!

24 et al

I dunno if I'm cut out to watch show... or maybe I'm just not cut out to be a good American. (Spoiler alert!!) The Tom situation, the twisting of the truth, blaming of the not- so- innocent- but- really- innocent- this- time- peace- maker, the dishonesty of the VP, the (eeeww) sheeple in the Cabinet... I want to vomit, my head is spinning!! I'm so glad it's just television and completely made up, :::cough, cough, cough, wretch:::: I'm thinking Canada... maybe even New Zealand or Australia... I just don't wanna live in a place where truth never has a "T" and is pliable for anyone to fit their purposes... Lucky for us, this never, ever, ever happens in Real America. We only go to war after the Facts are in (not to be confused with facts) and the ts are crossed and the is are dotted and the egos are stroked and the pockets are lined... oh wait! did I really type that?! No, I can't give up now... I still L♥VE my date with Kiefer (didja know his grandpa was voted The Greatest Canadian in 2004? He's the *father* of their socialized medicine) and I know there'll be some kind of trite "bow wrapping" at the end of the season... and a cliff hanger for next year :)
Ah, shit! We can't leave the country without our Government Mandated- from pharmaceutical companies who remain free from consequence for their actions- vaccinations...
The Constant Gardener, has ruined that for me, too, along with the option of ever wanting to visit Africa... okay, maybe I was already on this path with delaying vaccinations in my kids from suspicion surrounding the government propaganda given to me by any and all medical "professionals", plus all the brain tumor/polio vax schtuff I've discovered (thanks to Mitch's coincidental brain tumor & the crazy- but- ringing- true article in Penthouse, July 2001), then the The Origin of AIDS filling in gaps between the ideas already burned there... this movie, well, it made it all waaaaay to fecking REAL. Yeah, I know it's a movie, I'd really, really, really like to pretend this is some kind of Quintin Tarantino construct or maybe even George Lucas, but I know, deep down in my beyond-human soul, that there is waaaaay too much Truth in fiction for it to sit comfortably with my heart. When the dark-skinned mama is turned away from the American run hospital with her very sick baby by the light skinned American Pharmaceutical Worker who explains, "You refused our vaccinations, we refuse to treat your child." I can't help but just know this really does happen. Welcome to Free Enterprise.
It gets worse. I'm so glad I don't have a car. I may become a "bikini lady" like the one we see walking all over town reading her books, in a bikini when weather permits and humidity demands. She has no guilt when she watches a movie like Syriana. Didja see Traffic? What Traffic did to inspire your faith in our country's drug laws and their incredibly benevolent intentions :::spit, spit, spit, pwew::: for American Citizens & Humans everywhere, Syriana will do for you with our country's relationship with Big Oil, Free Enterprise, Middle-East Infighting and Weak Infrastructure, and hell, America's attitude toward humans in general... Yeah, I hope that story's all made up too... My tummy tells me it's not.
Tonight's movie choices: Serendipity or Crash??? One of these films is more made-up than the other... and it's not the one I wish it was.

The REAL Queen of England...

turns 6♥ today!! ♥ Yay! I, for one, am eternally grateful that Reginald Dwight Howard has graced this planet with his existence. ♥

Only one birthday request from the man... end bigotry. Not a tough request: grant marriage licenses to all (consenting adults) who ask for one. The go'ment is supposed to be blind anyway, who cares about gender when L♥ve is the real issue?

When I turn 6♥, I don't need that kinda party (6♥th concert at Madison Square Garden), I don't even need a cool Bill Clinton introduction or DVD sales... what I d♥ need (aside from lots of Elt♥n music), what we all need, is the kind of L♥ve Elton has finally found in his partner, David. All those songs finally mean something; you got your ♥ne! Get down fatboy! We're s♥ glad you've c♥me...

Strange coupla days...

*uniquely* strange :) I'm celebrating and mourning for a family I've not met, I'm celebrating and mourning for families I don't even know exist... and I've looming fear. Big, pull me away from everything dear in the name of emotional protection, kinda fear. Oh, I'm not one to be terribly obvious, except maybe to myself, so I just crab-ass and hold my breath and slowly back away from love. It's what I do. I'd say it doesn't work, it sure isn't working in my now though I imagine it's served great purpose for me before. Know the best thing about being gregarious?? (read: worst thing) It always seems that I'm engaged. I can have you engaged and not even be there. That's a terrible thing to admit. Maybe it's a Gemini trait; could just be something I picked up along the way to becoming diana. I slip away easily. I'm like Claire: impossible to forget and hard to remember. I'm distant when I'm too close. I'm crabby when kindness counts. I embrace martyrdom with sighs and stomps. Life is good and I'm shitty. blech.

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Gemini: You Twins are more susceptible to the changes of your own emotions with the Moon visiting your Sun sign. The positive side of this is that you can deal with sudden mood swings better than most other signs. However, don't fall into the trap of over-intellectualizing; instead just let your emotions ramble freely.

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In light of this admonition, I'll end my pissiness and get my trash taken out and my cat box cleaned and I'll kiss and hug my boyfriend and I'll love on my kid. Life is good and I have a choice.

Strange day indeed...

I was all over the emotional map, er, globe today. I had a pity party for strangers, I had one for myself, I had a joyful, enlightening talk with an old friend, my boyfriend fed me an orange, I chatted with a plumber, had great discussions with my son, attended my kitty's needs for love and affection and had a family gathering of friends, including a gift of Hannah's clothing.
Pretty freaking cool.
Scotty being here for most of it, sitting quietly, focused on homework and catching up... a calming presence. He would have easily jumped into the madness; I'm so glad he was stuck at his computer, it was such a blessing to have a touchstone of stability while I did my whirling dervish routine.
I'm gonna curl up with a book, ignoring any & all universal messages included therein... there has to be a harlequin romance around here somewhere... I'm actually open to all messages sent under the guise of bodice ripping and rippled abs owned by the smoldering Han Solo types, as a general rule ♥
See what I mean?

Truth on Thursday

The Ground Truth: the Human Cost of War
a film by Patricia Foulkrod

"Anyone who claims to support the troops, owes it to them to see the film and hear their stories."

The Ground Truth we meet veterans---patriotic young men and women who heeded the call for military service in Iraq. Take one hour out of your day and listen to what "Support the Troops" means to them.

DATE: Thursday, March 22nd
COST: FREE
TIME: 8 pm
PLACE: Sankofa Coffehouse & Bistro - 41st & Lake

To reserve a seat, or for more information, contact SD Peace & Justice, 743-5647.

Summary of The Ground Truth:
Filmmaker Patricia Foulkrod produced and directed this documentary, designed to shed light on a little examined side of war -- the soldiers who do the fighting. The Ground Truth: The Human Cost of War focuses on the men and women who fought in the War in Iraq, but found themselves largely ignored in the media coverage of the conflict and in their treatment by the military bureaucracy when they came back from the front lines. In extensive interviews with veterans of the Iraq war, these men and women talk about the hardships of war, the danger of serving in a country where the people you defend often consider you the enemy, the onset of post-traumatic stress disorder, the gap between media coverage of the war and the grim realities soldiers see on the battlefield, and the often callous treatment extended to soldiers by military authorities and the Veterans Administration. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Running Time: 1 hour 12 minutes
Director(s): Patricia Foulkrod
Awards: 2006 - Women Film Critics Circle - Best Documentary

Support the Troops! Support the Truth!

Meet Hayden...

Have I mentioned how much I love Sinfest?

I am X!!

Your Personality Is Like Ecstasy

You're usually feeling the love for the world around you - you want to hug everyone. And while you're usually content to sit back and view the world with wonder... Sometimes you're world becomes very overwhelming and a little scary.

What Drug Is Your Personality Like?

Flowers are Safe!

I don't need to ask a daisy, I can just enjoy them.
He loves me and I already know!
We have such an amazing time every time we're together, I'm just filled with awe.

Even on Saturday morning, when I my first words were, "I'm crabby!" I was forgiven. Given wide berth, yeah, and genuinely forgiven.
Wumpus was part of a three band line-up for St. Patrick's Day. Lisa & Brian chaperoned me again ♥ Was very fun! The first band, Alive from Heaven, had a cutie patootie drummer with perfect dreads (I saw Niki at the park on Tuesday, she offered to do mine!!); he later let me pet him! In the quick quiet times between, I got to meet the Scooty Crew :) There was the Wumpus table, where I got to give a quick, inspiring unschooling spiel to a "just found out we're pregnant" dad, Carey (& his lovely wife Adrienne), who also happened to train Lisa at Gateway 10 years ago! Then I saw my friend, Veronica, who happens to be dating the W bass player & I had a bizarre memory of hanging out at Natalie's last summer, drinking wine on her porch, playing with the kids, including Veronica's boyfriend's daughter while he was at band practice & I met him when he picked her up -- makes your head spin, doesn't it?? Kim, the cool librarian, works with my cousin Liz. Sven was a sweetheart, great brownies! Liam knows V and via too much conversation, I discover he works with my house-mate Susan at Citibank! I got to show myself to the very important Jenn, on her next-to-last day in town before moving to El Paso. There was a big KDLT crew in attendance, as well... I was so glad I'd heard stories of everyone before we met, it was like a mental matching game story + person. I heard He's the nicest guy I know at least 15 times during the night. Libby's face when she witnessed our kiss was priceless - I met her on our first date, during the infamous (and all too freaky) "preserve my kitty's fur" talk. I love being surrounded by such brave folk! The last band was The Madhats by the way, from Spearfish, SD. They were really good!

Silver-tipped red hair
you are completely infused
now you're part of me
~S

We spent a good amount of yesterday all wrapped up in photographs of Life and Everything. It was perfect. I got to be melancholy and sad and giggly and misty and lost and found again.

Browsing through photos
-The ghost in you, she won't fade-
series of moments
~S
Fully lost in you
leaving an old life behind
preconceptions scrapped
~S

Hoping you're sleep
burning candles at both ends
a contract fulfilled
~S

4 years...

and finally the CHRISTians have something to say...

"This war, from a Christian point of view, is morally wrong — and was from the beginning," the Rev. Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners/Call to Renewal, one of the event's sponsors, said toward the end of the service to cheers and applause. "This war is ... an offense against God."

In his speech, the Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, senior pastor at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, lashed out at Congress for being "too morally inept to intervene" to stop the war, but even more harshly against President Bush.

"Mr. Bush, my Christian brother, we do need a surge in troops. We need a surge in the nonviolent army of the Lord," he said. "We need a surge in conscience and a surge in activism and a surge in truth-telling."

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Peace, it's not just for pagan hippies anymore.