I am happy.

http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php

The Tenth Dimension

POINTS FOR ME--> I just used "eschew" naturally in a sentence. My God, Mrs. Doll would be proud!

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Person A is shooting the victim.|
Person B is present, and knows what's happening.
The "Objective Good" person is present to make You aware that Person A is not objectively justified.

Please respond.

Mirah
 (copied from HERE)

Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn has been at the heart of the vibrant Northwest independent music scene ever since her debut album ‘You Think It’s Like This But Really It’s Like This’. A collection of her own 4-track recordings alongside collaborations with Phil Elverum of The Microphones/Mt. Eerie, the album became an instant classic. A follow-up to her first release, the stunning ‘Advisory Committee’ (2001) cemented Mirah’s place in the alternative music canon. These albums were an exploration of the territories beyond lo-fi, aiming to transcend mere technical limitations and to push the boundaries of ‘indie-rock’ towards a more meaningful communicative goal. Phil Elverum’s sound experiments collided with Mirah’s striking lyrical poise and unabashed emotional honesty and the resulting mix proved quite evocative. 2003 saw the release of ‘Songs from the Black Mountain Music Project,’ the result of a self-imposed artists-in-seclusion collaboration with Brooklyn-based artist and musician Ginger Brooks Takahashi. Mirah began working with Lori Goldston and Kyle Hanson of Seattle’s Black Cat Orchestra in 2003 and the release of a collection of cover songs followed. The album ‘To All We Stretch the Open Arm’ was conceived as an anti-war statement and included renditions of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Story of Isaac’ and Kurt Weill’s ‘What Keeps Mankind Alive.’ Mirah’s third solo album ‘C’mon Miracle’ (2004) combined the ever-present youthful splendor of her earlier works with a more mature stylistic component which led many critics to hail it as her best work to date. A sonic expedition, Joyride: Remixes was released in 2006 and features dance remixes of tracks from Mirah’s three solo efforts by the likes of The Blow, Guy Sigsworth, Mt. Eerie and Anna Oxygen. Next, in 2007, came another turn with Lori Goldston and Kyle Hanson who had since re-created themselves as Spectratone International. Share This Place: Stories and Observations was the culmination of this second collaboration. The insect-inspired extravaganza became a multi-media performance featuring stop motion animation by Britta Johnson and 12 songs based in part on the writings of the influential French scientist/poet Jean Henri Fabre. A dip into the past brought forth 2008’s release of The Old Days Feeling, a collection of singles and previously unreleased rarities. In March of 2009 Mirah will unveil her new full length solo album, (a)spera.

I just ran out of one of my favourite teas, and apparently you can't get that particular brand outside of the States.

It's an Ume (Japanese Apricot/Chinese Plum) Oolong. Sad boat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_mume

Guns of August --> Book! WWI

I am all a-flutter, flushed from the fearful desire to fall and having nowhere firm to land.

Dreams:

Jesse called and woke me up in the middle of a dream this morning, so I had the chance to repeat for her all the ones I could remember. In reverse chronological order:

- I was Snape, from Harry Potter, collecting magical candies from a buffet table that would be somehow useful before I went off to fight Voldemort. One of the kinds of candies was made of black, compressed crumbs/dust that made you invisible if you snorted it. Last I remember (before she woke me up), I was jumping out a window with nothing to hold onto except candy bungee-cords. (Spearmint Greens, whites, some reds)

- My sister was very sick, and taken to Quarantine. It was night-time and snowing. I was trying to get into the compound where they were keeping her. In retrospect, it was sort of set up like a very grid-like zoo, with people in individual cubicles that were open on one side. I was afraid she was dying, but I don't think I found her.

- I was on a crowded subway car, and was knocked into / lay into someone's lap. The train was so crowded that I couldn't get up again. A man entered. He was planning to kill a list of people on the train. He told me that I was not on the list, but that I was going to die as part of his plan to kill someone else. I was on my back and couldn't move. He crushed my ribcage and heart with his elbow. (Pale yellow)

- I was hanging out with friends. A guy friend/acquaintance of mine hugged me (held me?) and told me that he loved me. I realized that I loved him too and told him so.

The last (first of the night, last in the list) is a recurring theme for me. I started having these dreams in November, had though I've had the last month or a bit off. It seems like they may be starting up again. Usually with different people, though I think this particular person has featured before.

I used to feel flattered that I get roughly 20 footprints a week or so, despite almost never writing anything here. Now I realize that these are mostly automated phishing sites. Sad Boat.

I have chased after the History and Literature of England like a panting puppy begging for treats. I, hungry for a richness of past, thickness of culture and a deeply defined sense of belonging, have looked to the nation that colonized mine to discover my identity (ignoring the French altogether). Canada alone has never been enough for me; I've always wanted to understand the histories that came before we were settled here, the places where history actually happened while time was only passing over here.

Even though I have identified with England, I am not a majority English. There is far too much French, Scottish and Slovak in my blood for me to even look the part. I blend in better at the Danish Canadian Club than I would in British circles.

And maybe the time has come to stop leaning over to Europe to find the history, the opinions, that matter. I have invested so much time in other countries, and have ignored my own. Yet I was born here. I am, and always will be a Canadian, so perhaps it's time to start understanding - or even shaping - what that means.