Time to begin again....

wow...

it has been a long time since I updated this blog, I am sure no one is reading anymore, why would they? there has been no new material in quite sometime, so my dear readers, if you happen to be reading this, I apologize, life caught up with me, and my chronic pain, FMS,head cold that turned into an ear and sinus infection and a pesky lump that suddenly decided to grow under my right nipple to the size of a half dollar in two months have kept me quite busy. (surgery to remove and biopsy the lump is scheduled on the 3oth, I will let you all know what happens, and keep your fingers crossed for me) I also helped my Friend and Ex, Desta, open her second tattoo and piercing shop, Adorn East by doing some design work for her ad's and flyers and making phone calls and such. So needless to say I have been busy. and i really have no other excuses... I will try to not let this lapse become a habit...

more tomorrow, i may post a couple of movie reviews and an outline of do's and dont's for couples with a partner in chronic pain (henceforth refered to as CWPCP) heh heh i like random acronyms with the scent of uselessness....

I now go to try to fall asleep to the movie "28 weeks later"


The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

Porn and politics! - The Euro way

(edited out because I found out more about the posts topic and wshed i had not posted about it and i can do that, its my blog!)

Ok i am getting back into the mode soon... pictures from my vegas trip will be posted soon... none that i took unfortunately because our camera got lost in the car before we got their and i didn't take any... but some pics of our trip have been kindly given to me so i will post some highlights soon, and also get you all back up to date... been adjusting to some new medication and some increas3ed dosages that have been making me kind of Nucking Futs for the last couple of weeks, but i have some deep insight and some random comments and references to pass onto you all, so look for a post by tomorrow... it was a nice vacation but i have milked it long enough :)

kiss kiss

The Rev...



The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

BUSY BUSY BUSY!!!

I am sorry dear readers that i have been so busy i have updated my blog in quite some time, I have been preparing for a week long vacation trip to las vegas. I leave this saturday with some friends of mine and my darling girlfriend, we are going down for the association of Professional Piercers Conference and will be helping out our friend at their jewelry booth in the vendor's area Reign Custom Design. but it is a dual purpose trip as my Beloved and I are celebrating our Aniversary a bit early (its on May 8th) I am even gettignto bring down my Electric Wheelchair so transportation is going to be easy for me around the strip... and so I have been busy trying to take care of last minute details, but rest assured when i \get back there will be some updates and some photos and lots more fun. I am also ever so much closer to the weekly internet television show and my podcast. stay tuned... this is going to be a cool project!.

Ok, back to the grindstone.. only a few more days and then we get to play with the pierced and tattooed freaks I call my extended family for a whole week in the decadent city of sin! YAY! i am so excited i can't even really find the words!

The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

S.A.S.T.

so I added a few video clips onto my Internet Confetti Page for those of you with a craving for Short Attention Span Theater... let me know what you think of them.. come on, you know you want to ;) more real blogging coming up again soon, I promise.


The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

Feeling lucky

So I have gotten some feedback from a number of people about the open letter about FMS, and i have to say i am so fucking lucky to have the friends and family I have around me. It makes a difference being able to explain to people what i am going through and have them understand in a visceral way what that really means. thank you all very very much. I like being able to be comfortable knowing that i am understood by my loved ones. and It is so nice to feel that kind of loving support. I am looking forward to my vacation at the end of this month, me and my SO are going to Vegas for the Association Of Professional Piercers Convention to help a friend out with their jewelry booth and to celebrate our 4 year anniversary which is on the 8th right after the conference, so I will be in Las Vegas for a week and loving it! It has been quite a while since I was able to get out of town for a vacation like this and it is ALWAYS fun to do Vegas with a whole bunch of the pierced and tattooed freaks that i call my friends... nothing like sin city with the heavily modified crowd! YAY! I will be taking lots of pictures and will be sure to post them so you all can see exactly what i mean!.... anyways... i am getting sleepy... so i am off to bed. thanks for reading.. thanks for sharing.. and most of all thank you all for being my friends....

Namaste.

The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

LEAVE ME SOME COMMENTS!!!

come on everybody. I know i am getting hits on this page, from all over the world... but no one is leaving me any comment love.... Please take the time to leave me a comment, let me know you were here, tell me who you are... tell me to fuck off... something... it is so depressing sometimes to just be shouting into a void that you know people are reading but you get no feedback... bloggers thrive on feedback... don't i deserve a little comment love?


The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

Now Accepting Confessions!

Well, now that i can see i am getting about 40-50 unique hits on my blog a day, and 45 percent of you are returning readers :) yay, i thought i would put a call out for confessions or questions... I will accept either. If you, dear reader have something you wish to confess, in the relative safety of the confines of this blog, or have a question that I can help answer while wearing my Reverend Purrv hat, please email me! you can email me at rev_purrv23@allmadhere.com and I will feature your confession or question in a future blog entry if it's interesting... come now people! be creative, share your innermost secrets, ask for some advice... i will be here waiting...



The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

Spoon Theory

To go along with the last post and to give you all a better idea of what it is like to have Fibromyalgia I was sent this link from a friend of mine and it really applies to FMS as well as to Lupus which I believe it what the author is suffering from. It explains exactly how I have to go through my day and designate how much energy I have to spread between all of my tasks each day... thanks again for reading...

The Spoon Theory
My best friend and I were in the diner, talking. As usual, it was very late and we were eating French fries with gravy. Like normal girls our age, we spent a lot of time in the diner while in college, and most of the time we spent talking about boys, music or trivial things, that seemed very important at the time. We never got serious about anything in particular and spent most of our time laughing. [click the link to read more]

© 2003 by Christine Miserandino Butyoudontlooksick.com


The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

Fibromyalgia. - An open letter to my friends and loved ones.

I wanted to write a letter to explain to all of my friends and loved ones what Fibromyalgia is like and what I go through on a day-to-day basis. This is also useful if you have someone else in your life that is suffering from FMS. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Fibromyalgia isn't all in my head, and it isn't contagious. It doesn't turn into anything serious and nobody ever died from fibromyalgia though they might have wished they could on really awful days. I can't control how often I feel good or how often I feel terrible. If you want to read articles about fibromyalgia I can show you some that I think are good. If you just want to learn as we go along, that's fine too. This is definitely going to be a process. The first step is for you to believe that there is an illness called fibromyalgia and that I have it. This may sound simple, but when you hear about some of the symp­toms I don't want you to think I'm making this up.

Fibromyalgia is a high maintenance condition with lots and lots of different kinds of symptoms. There's no way to just take a pill to make it go away, even for a little while. Sometimes a certain medica­tion can make some of my symptoms more bearable. That's about the best I can hope for. Sometimes I can take a lot of medication and still not feel any better. That's just the way it goes.

There's no cure for fibromyalgia. It won't just go away. If I am func­tioning normally, I am having a good day. This doesn't mean I'm get­ting better, because I suffer from chronic pain and fatigue for which there is no cure. I can have good days, weeks, or even months. But a morning can suddenly turn into a terrible afternoon. I get a Feeling like someone has pulled out a plug and all my energy has just gone out of my body. I may get more irritable before these flares, and suddenly get more sensitive to noise, or just collapse from deadening fatigue. Other times there may be no warning, I may just suddenly feel awful. I can't warn you when this is likely to happen, because there isn't any way for me to know. Sometimes this is a real bummer and I'm sorry.

Fibromyalgics have a different kind of pain that is hard to treat. It is not caused by inflammation like an injury. It is not a constantly in one place like a broken bone. It moves around my body daily and hourly and changes in severity and type. Sometimes it is dull and sometimes it is cramping or prickly. Sometimes it's jabbing and excruciating. If Eskimos have a hundred words for snow, Fibromyalgics should have them for pain. Sometimes I just hurt all over.

Besides pain we have muscle stiffness, which is worse in the mornings Some times when I get up out of a chair I feel like I'm ninety years old. I may ask you to pull me up. I'm creaky and I'm klutzy, trip over things no one can see, and I bump into the person I'm walking with and I drop things and spill things because my fingers are stiff I or my coordination is off. I just don't seem to connect the way I should. Hand-eye, foot-eye coordination; it's all off. I walk slowly up and down stairs because I'm stiff and I'm afraid I might fall.

Because I feel badly most of the time I am always pushing myself, and sometimes I push myself too hard. "When I do this, I pay the price. Sometimes I can summon the strength to do something spe­cial, but I will usually have to rest for a few days afterwards because my body can only make so much energy. I pay a big price for overdoing it, but sometimes I have to. I know it's hard for you to under­stand why I can do one thing and not another. It's important for you to believe me, and trust me about this. My limitations like my pain and my other symptoms are invisible but they are there.

Another symptom I have is problems with memory and concentra­tion, which is called fibrofog. Short-term memory is the worst! I am constantly looking for things I have no idea where I put, I walk into rooms and have no idea why. Casualties are my keys, which are always lost, my list of errands, which I write up and leave on the counter when I go out. Even if I put notes around to remind myself normal for fibromyaglics most of us are frightened that we are getting Alzheimer's.

I mentioned my sensitivities earlier and I need to talk about them again. It's more like intolerance to everything. To noise, espe­cially certain sounds like the television, or shrill noises. To bright lights, to fluorescent lights. To smells like fish or some chemicals, or fragrance or perfume. I also have a problem with heat and with cold. It sounds like I'm never happy but that isn't it. These things make me physically ill. They stress me out and make my pain worse, and I get exhausted. Sometimes I just need to get away from something, I just don't know how to say it. I know that sometimes this means I will have to go outside, or out to the car, or home to sit alone, and that's really all right. Sometimes when I feel lousy I just want to be by myself.

When I'm like this there's nothing you can do to make me feel better, so it's just best to let me be or offer generalized comfort and love.

I have problems sleeping. Sometimes I get really restless and wake up and can't get back to sleep. Other times I fall into bed and sleep for fourteen hours. I'm sure that's confusing to be around, and I know there are times when my tossing and turning and getting up and down to go to the bathroom disturbs you. can talk about solutions to this.

All these symptoms and the chemicals in my brain can make me depressed, as you'd imagine. I get angry and frustrated and I have mood swings. Sometimes I know I'm being unreasonable but I can't admit it. Sometimes I just want to pull the covers over my head and stay in bed. These emotions are all very strong and powerful. I know this is a very hard thing about being with me. Every time you put up with me when I'm in one of my moods, secretly I'm so grateful. I can't always admit it at the time, but I'm admitting it now.

I have other symptoms like irritable bowel and bladder pain that will take their toll on my physical intimacies. Some of these symp­toms are embarrassing and hard to talk about but I promise to try. I hope that you will have the patience to see me through these things.

I have made a promise to myself and now I am making it to you. I will set aside time for us to be close. During that time we will not talk about my illness. We both need time to get away from its demands. Though I may not show it always I love you a million times more for standing by me. Having to slow down physically and having to get rid of unnecessary stresses will make our relationship stronger.

This is just an overview of what I go through on a day-to-day basis, Please take the time to realize how some of this may apply to your friendship or relationship with me and know that I am trying to find the best way to relate and interact with all of you.



The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

Thursday Night Dishes...

just thought I would share with you all a picture of my dishwasher that my SO took on thursday night, I have tentatively titled it "getting ready for the weekend" lol





heh heh

I love my Life!



The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

Happy Easter!

I was surfing the net and found this video and thought i would share with it being the easter season coming up soon and all... definately worth putting here rather then on the internet confetti page... I think this is probably a more authentic way to celebrate easter than most others i have seen, Warning! not for the faint of heart...

Found via liveleak

Filipino Man Nailed To Cross During Lenten Ceremony
Featured (04/06/2007)

The Lenten ritual is opposed by religious leaders in the Philippines -- Southeast Asia's largest predominantly Roman Catholic nation. But it has persisted to become one of the country's most-awaited summer attractions in San Fernando City's San Pedro Cutud village.

The devotees' palms and feet were attached to wooden crosses with 4-inch nails soaked in alcohol to prevent infection after a nearly mile-long walk to the mound, each carrying a wooden cross on their backs.





The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

Do you have a crush on me?

Do you have a crush on me? tell me! let me know, my ego needs some stroking...

(heh heh I said stroking!)



Crush this person!
Get your own ThisCrush.com CrushTag!




The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

Cooking a ton and arranging my world

I have been cooking a ton, and it has been delicious! and sort of arranging my world and environment. I had a couple of rough days with my FMS and am feeling almost back up to speed today... we will see how it all goes... Please bear with me on the pod casts... my video software should be here by next week and i have been busy catching up on old work logs... so soon, my friends, soon i will be starting my video blog... My first guest will be announced in a matter of days. Today I have to go downtown to my therapist and discuss some of the other symptoms that my Fibromyalgia has been creating for me Oh joy! *sigh* When i get home i will write some more to keep you all updated... much love..



The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

Incredible model car

this blew me away... you need to go see the next video on my internet confetti page... the Model car to end all model cars....

wow

Found vis Boing Boing


The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

AMAZING DOG

yet another internet confetti post :) this one is a must see, that dog is smart as hell

I know i have been promising more blog entries and a video podcast, please bear with me, i had to completely rebuild my computer and then reinstall windows, but now i have twice as much ram and a dual monitor setup and the video editing capabilities... sooo.... video podcasts coming soon! and some more personal entries coming soon too :)

Namaste



The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

NEW Voice Comments...

So I am testing a new feature if you have not seen it yet, i would love to get some people to try it so i can see how it works and if it is worth leaving on my blog... It is Voice Comments, you call a number, enter my pin and then leave me a voice comment that can be heard on the blog or where ever I post the player... or on snapvine

check it out!



I also have a permanent link to this down toward the bottom of the sidebar...

tell me what you guys think!

thanks

The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

Episode 4 of "Calls For Cthulhu" just released. Why watch the lesser evil?

I found this series on YouTube.com and normally this would go on the Internet Confetti page but it is too amazing so i am sharing it here... go check it out and then watch the whole series, you will not be disappointed!

Episode 4 of "Calls For Cthulhu" just released. Why watch the lesser evil?

The mightiest of the great old ones momentarily rises from his captive slumber to answer call in questions and e-mails, and to hand out occasional amoral judgment. In this episode, he deals with cooking and telemarketers.

you can see the video on youtube here

read more | digg story

The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

Kavadi Confetti

New Video on my Internet Confetti Page

It is a beautiful Kavadi walk...
I can not wait until I can do one of my own.

go check it out!

The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

A Secret...

Adam Sandler has a new song...
its in the Internet Confetti Page

wow, amazing!


The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

Chocolate Painting

There is an amazing video I just posted to my Internet Confetti Page.
this guy does an amazing painting in chocolate with only Hershey's chocolate
syrup and a spoon, set the the new numa numa song... defiantly worth seeing!

The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

Drunk Squirrel - Oh My!

There is a New video on my Internet Confetti Page featuring a drunk squirrel! go check it out and leave me some comment love here :)

The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

The WetSpots - Do you take it?

There is a new video on my Internet confetti page, one of my favorite bands right now...
go check it out and then leave comments here :)

The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

changing formats a bit,,,

Ok, well i am going to be doing some changing of formats over the next few days...

my beta testing and setting up of this blog has been going well so I am going to move to my new format and layout over the next week or so... one of the first changes is that my posts here are going to be much more about me writing and discussing things and I will tell you all when to check out my "Internet Confetti" page ( there is a link to it under my profile info in the sidebar) That is where I will be posting the internet clips / videos and links and pages that I find interesting and/or funny, but that I really don't have much to say about... I am going to be using this space to devote myself to writing more about my life and the things that interest me. this blog is not going to be theme less for much longer! I really do have stuff to say, so now that I kind of have a rhythm going, I will start to try and continue it, but in a much more personal and sometimes lengthy way.

thank you for your patience, and thank to the few of you who are reading this blog on a regular basis. Go and tell your friends... post the link on MySpace Page... tell people that you found something interesting here, http://purrv23.blogspot.com (when you do, or even when you didn't I am not picky :P ) I am going to start promoting it in earnest now, ( I know, who is Earnest?) and before too much longer you will see some regular video PodCasting here... I almost have my video studio set up and when it is all ready to go expect some big things...

ok... thats enough for now....

Namaste,

Purrv23



The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

Symptoms of Inner Peace

A dear friend sent this to me during a chat session when I was describing to her how I was feeling these days and what my general energy was like.

It fits. (for the most part)

Symptoms of Inner Peace

  • A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears based on past experience
  • An unmistakable ability to enjoy the moment
  • A loss of interest in judging other people
  • A loss of interest in judging self
  • A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others
  • An inability to worry (this is a very serious symptom!)
  • Frequent overwhelming episodes of appreciation
  • Frequent acts of smiling
  • An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than to make them happen
  • An increased susceptibility to the love extended by others as well as the uncontrollable urge to extend it.


Something to strive for, don't you think?


The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.



Trio at the Coast



The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

amazing turtle video

I love turtles... and i saw this and thought of Desta who is probably scuba diving off the great barrier reef as we speak... I am so proud of her for sticking with her diving.... I would love to learn how to scuba.






The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.

Ze Frank's "The Show" is over...

and I will miss it a ton.

for those of you who are familiar with "the Show" and Ze Frank, you undoubtedly feel the same.. How ever it was an amazing online experiment in shared media conversation, where the character took his cue's from his audience and created a online conversation in the form of a daily video blog.

He made me laugh, and cry and get mad about current events. He is probably one of the reasons I started this blog and that I head out into the web each day to see what I can see and what other people are seeing and doing and talking about...

The shows year long archives will be available at The Show and if you need more of an explanation of what the whole project was about, or if you are completely lost in reading this post, go check out the article in the LA times about his experiment...

I for one, will miss hearing his voice and seeing what his brain was up to every day. but i can't wait to see what he does next...

good bye "The Show" ... it has been a blast!



oh and one of my recent favorite shows is here and another one is here and here
and especially here.


The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I make, Therefore I Am.


Spanking the cat

You know, I found this video on youTube

via Quixoticals
and I really did not have anything that I thought i could add that would really do the video justice but i had to repost it here...




but then he also had a link to this page, cat spanking , and now i know i am speechless.

comments? anyone?

The Reverend Purrv23
:::: Creo Ergo Sum ::::
I Make, Therefore I Am

Help Al Gore Spread his message about global warming

I found this link today through an email list i am on, I went and signed it and I urge you all to do the same. Global warming is not a joke, as he has stated it is a Planetary emergency. and we all need to get involved in order to try and make sure our childrens children can still call this planet Home. Click on the link and send your message to congress.



Al Gore - Tell Congress to act on global warming





The Reverend Purrv23

::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::

I Make, Therefore I Am.


Thrown out of Starbucks for being homeless?

An elderly woman was asked to leave a Starbucks because its employees assumed she was homeless. apparently the homeless are not allowed to drink the coffee they purchase there in Glen Ellyn, Ill.

Daily Herald | News

The 70-year-old Lisle woman was kicked out of the Starbucks in downtown Glen Ellyn a few weeks ago. She claims it was because employees mistook her as a homeless person, part of a purge the store waged to mollify customers who complained that the coffee shop was overrun with the homeless.

Just another sign to me that Starbucks is an evil corporate monster...



Found Via Boing Boing

and

Starbucks gossip





The Reverend Purrv23

:::: Creo Ergo Sum ::::

I Make, Therefore I Am.


Bondage Cable Winder

Found this Adorable cable minder via Boing Boing

he is just too cute for words...


Boing Boing: Tied-up man cable-winder
Tied-up man cable-winder Cable-ties are a handy way to keep everything tidy, and this one is nicer than most -- a little bondage dude who awaits you excess wire to keep him all tied up.
you can go buy him here



The Reverend Purrv23
:::: Creo Ergo Sum ::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.



Anti War Protesters and Portland Police Clash

This happened on March 18th during the Anti war rally here in Portland OR. The rally was attended by over 10,000 people and our mayor, Tom Potter was one of the speakers...

But on a side street, away from the main rally a clash between a splinter faction of the protesters and the Portland Police happened... video follows...





Kind of makes me sad to see... sometimes I wonder what the problem really is with the portland police...

The Reverend Purrv23
:::: Creo Ergo Sum ::::
I Make, Therefore I Am.




SeV Tactical 4.0 System - Simply the coolest jacket ever!

SO I Found this amazing manufacturer of clothing with the geek in mind.... SeV is the coolest thing I have seen in a while... amazing quality and ingenious design...

Of Course the one I want is the tacticle 4.0 System, it is the fullest featured jack/vest/liner/outercot system i have ever seen and it has 50 pockets! I would never need to carry a backpack again.. and with the even weight distribution of all the pockets, designed for anything the modern geek would want to carry, and the versitility of the system being essentially two jackets and seven ways to wear them, it would be a year round all weather solution for me. I MUST own one! anyone have $340.00 and want to give me the coolest present i have ever gotten? Go check em out!
SCOTTEVEST/SeV® - Gear Management Solutions™ - Tactical 4.0 System
One fantastic system, two terrific jackets and seven ways to wear them. Our Tactical System keeps you covered in any kind of weather. A System includes a Tactical 4.0 shell and an SeV Fleece 4.0 liner. Both jackets have removable sleeves and can be worn separately, as jackets or vests. The fleece can be zipped into the shell for added warmth--you can even zip the fleece vest into the shell vest. And, because of our DualAccess™ pockets you can still get to the contents of your pockets when the Fleece is zipped into the Tactical. The Tactical System gives you the flexibility to match your outerwear to the weather outside. The 52 pockets and compartments and abundance of features create the quintessential Gear Management Solution™. This combination of the Tactical 4.0 and SeV Fleece 4.0 is clearly the best jacket on the market.



yeah, its hot! like i was saying to my Girlfriend, it is like it was made for me in mind.
yes, yes somehow this year i will find a way.... I want, I want, I want...


The Reverend Purrv23
::::: Creo Ergo Sum :::::
I Make Therefore I Am



GGW doesn't like being taped..and some explanations




how funny, GGW doesn't like being taped themselves... figures.....

sorry about the random videos, just trying out a few new things, getting ready for some new blog content that will be interesting i promise.... some changes coming here soon!

Stay tuned for more...

The Reverend Purrv23
::Creo Ergo Sum::
I make, Therefore I Am.

Montage-a-google

I found a cool website that uses google's image search to generate a montage of images based on your input search terms. its fun and kind of addicting...
Grant Robinson : Montage-a-google launcher

Montage-a-google is a simple web-based app that uses Google's image search to generate a large gridded montage of images based on keywords (search terms) entered by the user. Not only an interesting way of browsing the net, it can also be used to create desktop pictures or even posters (see examples below - more coming soon).
I of course started using search terms like "booty" and "chronic" but "shibari" revealed a pretty cool montage, than you can either click on the thumbnails to see the original pictures.. or take a snapshot of the full montage and import it into photoshop and create cool desktop backgrounds from it..




Found Via Webzen


The Reverend Purrv23
:::Creo Ergo Sum:::
I Make, Therefore I Am.


Lightning on Demand

I found a great page about a group of scientists and engineers trying to build a lightning laboratory out in the nevada desert somewhere


Lightning On Demand

Lightning On Demand is a collaboration of engineers, artists, scientists and machinists. Our main objective is to develop an experimental facility suitable for the study of natural electrical phenomena.

The design for the Nevada Lightning Laboratory features a phased pair of Tesla Coils, 122 feet tall. The 8 megawatt twin coils will be capable of generating electrical discharges several hundred feet in length, with the goal of re-creating the essential components of natural lightning in a laboratory environment.



Sounds amazing! here is a picture of the conceptual drawing of the laboratory... and they are talking about having shielded observation areas inside of each of the top electrodes of the twin giant Tesla coils....

I want to go inside and see a lightning storm up close....!!!!

That sounds like a cool place to have sex too come to think of it....

Steak and Blowjob Day Tomorrow!

everyone remember.. tomorrow is officially Steak and Blowjob Day!

Steak and Blowjob Day!

so be good to your partner and do your part to observe an important holiday!

cheers :)

Gps and Google Earth

ever since i can remember first reading about gps driving systems and mapping systems and geocaching i have been craving one badly... but now i have found someones cooler than god solution for a do it yourself gps solution that is totally configurable solution..

GPS & Google Earth Solution - Cost-effective GPS mapping in real time

I have been doing a lot of exploring and surveying in the desert recently, and have been trying to find the right GPS mapping solution. The solution I found incorporated stuff I already had (laptop and GPS) with the help of some excellent, nearly free software. The best part is that it works even better than the $900 in-car GPS solutions as it uses always up-to-date satellite data, and is easily sharable.

Basically you run Google Earth and use some great donation-ware to link it in real time to a GPS. This means that your mapping software and maps worldwide are not only free, but you also get hi-res satellite views and in some cases 3D buildings (in downtown areas). Only a year or so ago this would have cost tens of thousands of dollars in proprietary GPS mapping gear; it would be difficult to share it once done; each map and satellite shot would cost extra; and it would have been an ordeal to get it all loaded up and working properly for each area you wanted to go.

Posted on March 13, 2007 at 05:00 AM -- Alexander Rose from Cool Tools

Its Amazing! I have love google earth and this is an affordable solution and an elegant way to get the kind of sdvanced gps mapping and driving solution that I would kill to own... its almost within my reach... if anyone has a laptop to donate or a gps unit that they bought with the best intentions and just never use, or any equipment that this solution needs *HINT HINT HINT* email me and i will get you my address :) go check out the link Here is is again!

I want to geo-cache so bad I can taste it...

Green Sex

no... not sex with Kermit, the beloved Muppet, you pervert... seriously... even I know some things are sacred... I found this article and thought i would share the link...

Love-making gets green light from adult stores
You've heard of green cars, green tourism and green weddings. Now Canadians should ready themselves for green sex. For those who like to make love to the soundtrack of the global warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Greenpeace has released a list of strategies for "getting it on for the good of the planet," suggesting "you can be a bomb in bed without nuking the planet." TreeHugger, an online magazine edited by Ontario's Michael Graham Richard, has just published a guide on "how to green your sex life."


Bamboo sheets? I want some bamboo sheets! sounds divine... anyways,,, what are your thoughts on green sex or EcoSex? do you think about this when it comes to making the beast with two backs, or three backs, or however it is that you do it? Whats another way we can be good to the planet when we get down? leave some suggestions in the comments....

thinking green today,

:)

Purrv23

Joost

I keep checking my email and hoping to see that i have been chosen to beta test Joost. Please pick me! please pick me! I am a disabled geek who has nothing better to do then test the hell out of it and tell everyone I know all about it...

for those of you not in the know... Joost is from the inventors of skype, and is their next project, it was code named the venice project now it is known as Joost

from the website

"Joost™ is a new way to watch TV, free of the schedules and restrictions that come with traditional television. Combining the best of TV with the best of the internet, Joost™ gives you more control and freedom than ever before - control over what you watch, and freedom to watch it whenever you like. We're providing a platform for the best television content on the planet - a platform that will bring you the biggest and best shows from the TV studios, as well as the specialist programs created by professionals and enthusiasts. It's all overlaid with a raft of nifty features that help you find the shows you love, watch and chat with friends, and even create your own TV channels"

doesn't that sound cooler than shit?

I want it ... if anyone else out there reads this (yeah right like anyone is reading my blog) and you happen to have an invite left for joost beta testing... send me one.. please... my Fibromyalgia will thank you.. :)

Copyright Navigator

I am always trying to explain the crazyness that is our copyright law here in the us to other people when trying to get them to understand why DRM is a bad thing or what DRM is in the first place and and why the RIAA is the devil and Creative commons licensing is the only way to go and I recently found this wonderfull educational page about copyright law here in the us...



it helps answer a lot of those questions and bring up a whole lot more..



like any good tool



for the Copyright Navigator, a Digital Annotated Concept Map of the Fundamentals of US Copyright Law by Lionel S Sobel, Professor, Southwestern University of Law, Editor of the Entertainment Law Reporter.



Click on this link.... Copyright Navigator





Enneagram Relationship Profiles

Growing Relationships:



Enneagram Type Seven (the Enthusiast) (Miss.Allegro)

with

Enneagram Type Nine (The PeaceMaker) (Miss.Ember)




What Each Type Brings to the Relationship

Enneagram Sevens and Nines are one of the most often seen pairings of the types because they bring a good mix of similar and opposite qualities. Fundamentally, Sevens and Nines are both positive outlook types who are optimistic, upbeat, and who prefer to avoid conflicts and negatives in their lives and in their relationship. Both types are friendly, sociable, and generally happy with themselves and with their lives. Neither is typically introspective or brooding, preferring to get on with things rather than to look backward or to stew over failures or disappointments. Both are able to forgive and forget and to make the best of their limitations, whatever they might be. They might be separated physically or have few financial means, but Sevens and Nines can make the best of these circumstances and continue to build their future together. Both tend to be practical, although both can have a romantic streak and a physicality that adds spice to their relationship. Both are also often funny and can make even the most mundane events pleasurable and pleasant. Sevens provide the stimulation, Nines the audience.



On the complementary opposite side, Sevens are more active and self-assertive than Nines; they tend to take initiatives, to make plans, to have multiple interests, and to provide the energy for the couple. Sevens are mentally quick, self-confident, curious, open to new experiences, and resilient when there are setbacks. They bring the fun, sparkle, and sense of adventure. Nines bring a sense of steadiness, support, and acceptance to the relationship. They tend to be more sympathetic and soft hearted than Sevens, as well as more relaxed and undemanding of themselves and their environment, including other people. Nines are also often generous and willing to make personal sacrifices to help others and to make them happy. Their personal simplicity and uncomplicatedness meshes well with the more assertive qualities of the Seven. As long as neither takes advantage of the other, there is a good balance between energy and relaxation in this couple.





Potential Trouble Spots or Issues


One of the main areas for potential problems is the fact that neither Sevens nor Nines are usually adept at working through negative or painful aspects of their lives or of the relationship. Both would prefer everything be kept on the positive side; neither one wants to fall into the possibility of depression or to otherwise cut off their chance for happiness. At most, they will briefly acknowledge a problem or conflict in their relationship by blaming the other: both types tend to become anxious, critical, and edgy when under stress, taking these things out on someone else rather than working through negative feelings themselves. Both types also tend to be blind to their own share of responsibility for how the relationship has deteriorated, including their own contribution to communication problems. Nines tend to collapse in the face of the Seven's angry demands, withdrawing into silence and, eventually, inaction. They become increasingly unable to make sense of the Seven's grievances, and so they become stubborn and shut down further, with occasional outbursts of anger or anxiety, or both.



Of the two types, Sevens are far more equipped to talk about whatever is bothering them than Nines, although this does not mean that Sevens are necessarily more able to face what is really bothering them much less resolve it. Sevens tend to impulsively say whatever comes to mind and to fall into excoriating verbal abuse of the Nine whenever the Seven feels frustrated. Sevens often feel that the Nine is too checked out and unresponsive to them. Nines seem perpetually indecisive, slow, and ineffectual. Sevens' criticisms and outright contempt for the unresponsiveness of the Nine only makes Nines retreat further from them and disengage from the situation. However, Sevens often feel that they cannot help themselves and that honesty demands that they tell the Nine how unhappy they are with them. One of the sunniest and most carefree couples can become one of the most hopelessly tortured if they become unwilling or unable to really talk with each other.





Enneagram Relationship Profiles

Growing Relationships:



Enneagram Type Six (the Loyalist) (Rev.Purrv23)

With

Enneagram Type Seven (the Enthusiast) (Miss.Allegro)




What Each Type Brings to the Relationship


Both Enneagram Sixes and Sevens are mental types, and there can be a great deal of mental stimulation in this pairing. These two types offer many areas in which they reinforce each other, and some areas in which the strengths of one counterbalance the limitations of the other. Sevens are usually entertaining and tend to lift the spirits of Sixes. Both are quick mentally and often have rapier wits: they enjoy bantering with each other, verbally sparring and seeing how absurd or funny they can become as they push each other to more outrageous limits. Sevens are particularly good at generating new ideas while Sixes are particularly good at mastering the practical steps that are necessary to get things done. Sevens help Sixes put fear and limitation into perspective, and sometimes to move beyond them entirely. They thus make effective team members in which the Seven lays out the big picture and gets people excited about new possibilities while the Six moves in with the logistical and tactical know-how, following through with the details. In intimate relationships, the same balance pertains: Sevens are the stimulators, Sixes are the regulators—and they can keep each moving forward by allowing the other to counterbalance their own limitations.



To this visionary-functionary mix, Sixes bring commitment and loyalty to the Seven, often an expertise and groundedness that the Seven comes to trust and rely on implicitly, as well as a strong grip on reality and what can be accomplished within given parameters. Sevens bring a driving sense of optimism and possibility, high energy, a sense of adventure, and fearlessness with regard to failure. They can teach Sixes how to be resilient and how not to fear the future, while Sixes can teach Sevens the difference between optimism and pipedreams.





Potential Trouble Spots or Issues

Despite how well Sixes and Sevens can reinforce each other's strengths when they are healthy, in the average to lower Levels, the picture can shift quickly. Sixes are essentially interested in security and predictability, foreseeing problems and building procedures to prevent future uncertainty. They are aware of limitations and why things cannot be done—or at least done easily. Sevens, by contrast, are about seeking happiness and relief from increasing frustration or anxiety. They are about trying new things, seeing new possibilities and overcoming limitations. They do not want to hear about problems or obstacles: they want things to be done the day before yesterday. Sixes tend to be negative and pessimistic, while Sevens tend to be positive and optimistic.



Sevens are future oriented, while Sixes tend to be aware of the past, of precedents, and the lessons of history that would prevent things from going badly again. Sixes very much want to find someone with whom they can have a long term commitment, Sevens tend to be fearful of long term commitments and enter into them somewhat reluctantly. Sixes tend to feel that Sevens are too hedonistic, selfish, extravagant, and when the chips are down, they wonder if they can be relied on. Will they skip off to someone else or avoid their responsibilities in some form of escapism or addiction? Sevens tend to feel that Sixes are too anxiety ridden, worry too much, and make themselves (and everyone else!) crazy raising every question and objection before trying anything. Sixes oppose everything, at least at first, and get distrustful and suspicious easily. They live a life of limits and rules that Sevens feel are restrictions largely imaginary and self-imposed. In a Six/Seven couple, these two opposing philosophies reflect the very different expectations Sixes and Seven have from life and from a relationship, and unless they can be reconciled, it will be difficult for this couple to remain one.



Miss.Allegro's Enneagram

Miss.Allegro took the Enneagram test and here are her results:



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Scale Results:


Enneagram Test Results
Type 1 Perfectionism |||||||||||| 44%
Type 2 Helpfulness |||||||||||||||| 64%
Type 3 Image Focus |||||||||||| 41%
Type 4 Hypersensitivity |||||||||||| 49%
Type 5 Detachment |||||||||||| 41%
Type 6 Anxiety |||||||||||||| 56%
Type 7 Adventurousness |||||||||||||||||||| 84%
Type 8 Aggressiveness |||||||||||||| 54%
Type 9 Calmness |||||||||||| 44%
Your main type is 7

Your variant is sexual
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Enneagram relationship Profiles

Growing Relationships:

Enneagram type Six (the Loyalist) (Rev.Purrv)

with

Enneagram type nine (the Peacemaker) (Miss.Ember)



What Each Type Brings to the Relationship




This is one of the most stable and most common relationships. Although

both types are very different, they want rather similar things—security

and predictability (Sixes) and stability

and autonomy (Nines). They both want

their lives to be built on solid, dependable values and for good,

honest work to be rewarded. Both types tend to personify "middle

of the road" values in their time and culture, to be dutiful, respectful

of authority, and to abide by the rule of law. On the other hand,

there is a rebellious streak in Sixes and a counterculture streak

in Nines that allows some of these couples to live on the fringes

of society, to be unusual in their lifestyle and beliefs, to be

free thinkers and unconcerned about conventional values and mores.

More for Sixes and Nines than for most couples, much depends on their belief systems and the quality of their childhood experiences—andthey are looking for a partner who will mirror this, including their own beliefs and reactions. To this mix, there are also complementary differences: Sixes bring a more active mind, questioning and alert to exceptions, to problems, and to safety issues. They can be more skeptical of others and find it more difficult to be trusting: others need to prove themselves first. Nines, on the other hand, are usually trusting and unquestioning, sunny and easy to get along with. They are optimistic and steady, offering support and non-threatening acceptance. If Sixes tend to see the exception and to focus on complications, Nines tend to see the general and to focus on what will work without problems. This couple gets along well, greasing each other's wheels and adding just enough gas to the mix to keep them moving forward together. Change, when it comes, is slow and methodical. Both tend to see themselves as simple, regular people and do not feel special or exempt in any way. Both bolster the other's confidence through their solidarity with each other. They are generous with each other and do not crowd the other or make special demands. When they find a relationship such as this, it usually feels like they have found what their heart has been seeking and their dream has come true.



Potential Trouble Spots or Issues


Since Sixes and Nines find it very difficult to say what is actually

on their minds (and what they really want for themselves), there is

a great tendency in this relationship to clam up, to be silently stubborn

and defensive, and to make the other person guess what is going on.

If there is little motive to do so, the two parties will fall into

a stalemate that keeps the other at arm's distance, yet close enough

so that the other will not drift away. They may also begin to have

health problems or other nonspecific complaints about themselves that

seeks to bind the couple in cords of concern and guilt. Psychological

or physical problems help to insure that the other person will continue

to be there. Moreover,while these two types fulfill social roles very well, they both tend to disappear in their roles too completely for their own good. Sixes are

frequently burdened by guilt feelings and doggedly do whatever they

think they must do to keep their job or their security in place. They

try to make sure that they have covered the bases so that no one will

be angry at them for failing in their responsibility. Nines also

fulfill roles, but these usually have to do with mediating between

people to keep them together in some way. They accommodate themselves

and go along with what others need even as their own stress grows.

Another potential problem is that both types love the familiar and dislike change. The feeling is that familiarity equals security, which is

reinforced by the conviction that they must not rock the boat. Both

types will tend to put off confrontations until they are pushed to the

limit, although Sixes have a shorter fuse concerning their anger. They

will either give up on the Nine, or there will be an explosion in which

a backlog of pent up hostilities will be said, often to the permanent

damage of the relationship.



Miss,Ember's Enneagram

Miss.Ember took the Enneagram test too and here are her results:



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Enneagram Test Results
Type 1 Perfectionism |||||||||||||| 57%
Type 2 Helpfulness |||||||||||||||||| 72%
Type 3 Image Focus |||||||||||||||| 67%
Type 4 Hypersensitivity |||||||||| 39%
Type 5 Detachment |||||||||||||| 60%
Type 6 Anxiety |||||||||||||||||| 71%
Type 7 Adventurousness |||||||||||||| 52%
Type 8 Aggressiveness |||||||||| 40%
Type 9 Calmness |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Your main type is 9

Your variant is social
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Rev.Purrv's Enneagram

I took the Enneagram test and these were my results:



Main Type
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Enneagram Test Results
Type 1 Perfectionism |||||||||| 40%
Type 2 Helpfulness |||||||||||||||| 70%
Type 3 Image Focus |||||||||||||| 60%
Type 4 Hypersensitivity |||||||||||||||| 63%
Type 5 Detachment |||||| 29%
Type 6 Anxiety |||||||||||||||||| 77%
Type 7 Adventurousness |||||||||||||||| 69%
Type 8 Aggressiveness |||||||||||||||| 64%
Type 9 Calmness |||||||||||||| 54%
Your main type is 6

Your variant is sexual
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