Here and Now...What's Happening?

[Carmody]

Finally found the Gary Larson illustration that I feel 'epitomizes' the entire forum, in some ways. I've been looking for it, trying to find it on line, for years.

[CD7]

Hahahahhahaha, hilarious

[Bryn ap Gwilym]

I just been sent this video.

Can anyone confirm if there is any truth in this pleas?



Troops on the streets in Santa Monica ? Possible nuke dirty bomb soon for L.A. ?

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7BlnRKKYNk

[ViralSpiral]

Posted by Bryn ap Gwilym (here)
I just been sent this video.

Can anyone confirm if there is any truth in this pleas?



Troops on the streets in Santa Monica ? Possible nuke dirty bomb soon for L.A. ?

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7BlnRKKYNk

Welcome

Suggestion: Start a thread?

[modwiz]

Posted by Bryn ap Gwilym (here)
I just been sent this video.

Can anyone confirm if there is any truth in this pleas?



Troops on the streets in Santa Monica ? Possible nuke dirty bomb soon for L.A. ?

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7BlnRKKYNk

That video is to well produced for what it purports to be, a distraught citizen making a quick video on their cell phone or web-cam. The logos and music were too slick. I think it is psy-ops to try and make the plebes nervous. Psychopaths enjoy messing with people.

Just my American opinion. Albeit, I am no average American. I can find Armenia on a map, LOL.

[Chinaski]

Posted by ulli (here)
Has anyone noticed- a rainbow icon has appeared in front of the Avalon URL recently.
No wonder the subject matter has shifted around here....

P.S. Chinasky, were have you been? ...been missing you....

miss you too Ulli

i've actually been trying to write a book. it's something i've wanted to do for some time, and now i'm finally doing it. funny, i always thought i'd just sit down and it would all just come pouring out of me...doesn't work that way! LOL. i've scrapped 3 or 4 drafts now. it's maddening. maddening and fulfilling all at the same time.

between that and work and all the rest of it, i just don't have a ton of time these days. i expect to be busy with this project for a while, but i'll definitely be stopping in to say hello now and again. this place - this thread in particular - is energetically refreshing. did you ever think it would go for 437 pgs!?!....and counting

[ViralSpiral]

WOW Chinaski! Good luck!

Don't forget the deadline:- Dec. 21, 2012

[Chinaski]

Posted by ViralSpiral (here)
WOW Chinaski! Good luck!

Don't forget the deadline:- Dec. 21, 2012

LOL! thanks for the reminder v.spiral!

actually, you know what got me started? (rhetorical question) there was this guy, this inspirational speaker/writer or something, on 'Coast' who has some workshop with the premise being - what if you only had 1 yr to live? what would you do?

he interviewed people on their death bed and asked what they would have done different. 1 of the the biggest regrets was wasting time, which wasn't surprising to me because i've worked with the terminally ill and have heard them say similar things. anyway, listening to the guy helped me find my inspiration.

wish i could remember his name???

so the Dec 21rst thing does hold a little relevance to me...ironically and perhaps a little creepily lol

[REILLY]

Ha, chinaski, love the new signature but I miss the ugly mug (avatar).

[Rahkyt]

happy writing chinaski! i'm about 70 pages into mine and keep getting distracted by new gurus and trips to neptune. i need to focus.

[ViralSpiral]

Posted by Chinaski (here)

Posted by ViralSpiral (here)
WOW Chinaski! Good luck!

Don't forget the deadline:- Dec. 21, 2012

LOL! thanks for the reminder v.spiral!

actually, you know what got me started? (rhetorical question) there was this guy, this inspirational speaker/writer or something, on 'Coast' who has some workshop with the premise being - what if you only had 1 yr to live? what would you do?

he interviewed people on their death bed and asked what they would have done different. 1 of the the biggest regrets was wasting time, which wasn't surprising to me because i've worked with the terminally ill and have heard them say similar things. anyway, listening to the guy helped me find my inspiration.

wish i could remember his name???

so the Dec 21rst thing does hold a little relevance to me...ironically and perhaps a little creepily lol

And you know what else is synchronistic?
I listened to that interview too. It was done on the 21.12.2011. Was it Clint Arthur?

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ATrh_ABaj8

There is no such thing as coincidence


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[onawah]

That's great, Chinaski.
You've inspired me. Thanks.
I started working on my life story about 2 years ago, but it's been gathering dust for a while now.
I really do want to finish it.
There is too much to distract on the Net.
But I'm feeling like the major things that have been distracting me are going to wind down this year.
It feels like a good time to get to work again.
We could start a thread in the Express Yourself subforum and have a writer's support group.
Avalon is one of the few places where I think I wouldn't be viewed as TOO weird if I posted some excerpts here!

Posted by Chinaski (here)

Posted by ulli (here)
Has anyone noticed- a rainbow icon has appeared in front of the Avalon URL recently.
No wonder the subject matter has shifted around here....

P.S. Chinasky, were have you been? ...been missing you....

miss you too Ulli

i've actually been trying to write a book. it's something i've wanted to do for some time, and now i'm finally doing it. funny, i always thought i'd just sit down and it would all just come pouring out of me...doesn't work that way! LOL. i've scrapped 3 or 4 drafts now. it's maddening. maddening and fulfilling all at the same time.

between that and work and all the rest of it, i just don't have a ton of time these days. i expect to be busy with this project for a while, but i'll definitely be stopping in to say hello now and again. this place - this thread in particular - is energetically refreshing. did you ever think it would go for 437 pgs!?!....and counting

[Chinaski]

Posted by PurpleLama (here)
Ha, chinaski, love the new signature but I miss the ugly mug (avatar).

yeah, Bukowski is an ugly bastard but i always found the guy oddly handsome (in a very very unconventioanl way lol)

i'll bring him back eventually, in some shape or form.

[onawah]

Those not familiar with Bukowski might be intrigued.
I saw a couple of documentaries about him, and they are high on my list of favorite docs.
Not for the squeamish, though.

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVR4CB78IOc

[ViralSpiral]

Posted by Rahkyt (here)
happy writing chinaski! i'm about 70 pages into mine and keep getting distracted by new gurus and trips to neptune. i need to focus.

Good luck to you too Rahkyt! When complete, please don't forget the donate button


Seriously, I'll buy it!

[Chinaski]

ViralSpiral thanks for posting this! yes, very synchronistic. and very cool, too. great to hear this again.

@Rahkyt, that's 70 pgs more than me like i said, i've scrapped several drafts - 1 of them was 90+pgs long. but it just wasn't right. i'm struggling to find my style. i'm not even sure if i want to write it as fiction or nonfiction, though it's really all about me. i was thinking something post-moderny, something allegorical, kinda Vonnegutish. not sure. i go from wanting to write very simply and direct a la Hemingway, to a little more complex and involved, like a David Foster Wallace. still trying to find my voice here.

i'm looking forward to yours. waddya writin about?

@Onawah, you have quite a story to tell! i order you to write it!!! lol. i recall a few of your posts detailing your most interesting life experiences, health challenges, adversity etc...i was really moved by it. would be a shame if it wasn't put down on paper! do it!

[onawah]

Thanks Chinaski.
I guess I'll have to start that writer's thread now, and walk my talk.
Hope to see you there.

[Chinaski]

Posted by onawah (here)
Thanks Chinaski.
I guess I'll have to start that writer's thread now, and walk my talk.
Hope to see you there.

i think it's a great idea!

[ulli]

Posted by Chinaski (here)

Posted by onawah (here)
Thanks Chinaski.
I guess I'll have to start that writer's thread now, and walk my talk.
Hope to see you there.

i think it's a great idea!

So do I. By the time every book that was started in the last few months rolls off the printing press there will be no one left who is able to read a book from cover to cover.
Even long posts will pose a challenge.
2012 will be the year where all communication will become reduced to slogans. After that, telepathy.

[Carmody]

Mine was supposed to be a decalogy..... I wrote the synopsis when I was 18.