Ariana Paz's Open Salon Blog

healthcare in one line

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:03:03 -0400

"Obama is not a brown-skinned anti-war socialist who gives away free healthcare. You're thinking of Jesus." -- John Fugelsang

Happy Birthday Sirenita!

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:11:59 -0500

Dearest Sirenita:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!! I hope that life continues to bring you joy and fulfillment.

I missed your actual day of birth (11-4) but I know you are celebrating today so it’s still timely. I had never been a member of a social network before and I had no idea you could meet amazing people like you (and other OS’ers) on the internets!

I simply think you are amazing and brilliant and funny and kind and strong and really interesting and full of grace.

Your mermaid avatar is a part of you and in honor of that avatar I found some mermaid poetry for you to enjoy. I wish you all that is good and all that your heart desires and even a little bit I wish for a bit of miracle. MWAH!!!!!!!!! or as Marcela says Besitos!

Sheila Wolk

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Maggie and Milly and Molly and May

--e.e. cummings

maggie and millie and molly and may
went down to the beach(to play one day)

and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles, and

milly discovered a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;

and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles; and

may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.

For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find at the sea

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excerpts from plays by William Shakespeare

Oberon:

My gentle Puck, come hither.

Thou rememberest since

Once I sat upon a promontory,

And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back

Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath

That the rude sea grew civil at her song,

And certain stars shot madly from their spheres,

To hear the sea-maid's music?
A Midsummer Night's Dream -excerpt

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Uduma Kalu

A mermaid dance

Dance a mermaid dance...
a sweet mermaid dance-
and let your cresting waist
glide in the moon.

Dance a moonlight dance, sweet mermaid.
Let your gliding swish catch the glimpse of the fish
in moonlight .
And let us watch your nose warm in obeisance.
Dance, sweet mermaid, dance.
And let the moon cast its warmth on your narrow waist.
And let us watch your swinging waist meander in the
moon
When the flutist calls.

Twist your head again, sweet silence. Nod your head
again.
And let your wild hair tumble together like light fins
gliding in the moon.

Tim Ashkar

And of course MARIACHIS! (this video is actually for the singer but I thought you would enjoy all the pics of Alejandro, he is one of the new standards of this song on youtube)

Amazing Sand Animation - Ukraine's got Talent

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:09:47 -0400

I can't sleep so I am trolling reddit and found this amazing video. I once saw Tibetan monks do a mandala at a university performance but this is so much more and so different

"Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian artist who just won the "Ukraine's Got Talent" competition. She uses a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and "sand painting" skills to interpret the invasion and occupation of her country from 1941-1945. "

Billionaires for Wealth - Satire

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:09:32 -0400

ok, I promise to actually write something myself next time instead of copy and pasting but here is one more:

From here: http://www.billionairesforwealthcare.com/

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Billionaires thank teabaggers for their support

| September 12, 2009 |

It was a lovely day in DC as the Billionaires for Wealthcare gathered to survey our investments. After a few of our beautiful heiresses took proper tea at the Ladies Tea Party held by American for Prosperity, our gilded heroes headed off to greet the marchers with signs, chants and songs.

We set up our post on an elevated curb along Pennsylvania Avenue, proudly surveying the throngs we’d funded. The crowds mainly greeted us with cheers for the status quo. A few seemed confused; they were clearly in awe to be face-to-face with those who profit from their most manipulated fears.

As they passed we waved them on and serenaded them with our songs.

From our perch, your trusty billionaires thanked our hardworking teabaggers, rallying the crowd with rousing chants like “Money is freedom!”, "Freedom Works – FOR US!, “You Protest – We Profit!” and the big crowd favorite, “Bring Back Bush!!!”

From there we decamped and headed into the crowds toward the Capitol to mingle with those working so hard to ensure our right to raise rates and deny claims.

The crowd embraced us with their exuberant chants and signs. Ayn Rand was a favorite theme, of which we naturally approved, but some were a big unique. Regardless, we’re proud of the teabaggers, and thrilled that they came out like good soldiers. After all, nothing says freedom like denying claims. And besides, OUR death panels turn a profit.

To close we popped some champagne, toasted our teabaggers and took our leave of the march.

Back in the limo, we enjoyed the last of our caviar and, as a final touch, sent a huge flower arrangement to the luxury suite of our most loyal foot soldier, Glenn Beck, and headed home.

Until the next rally, we remain yours in obscene wealth and the status quo – Billionaires for Wealthcare.

We have conquered Washington, DC!

TED Blog - talks on work for Labor day

Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:09:16 -0400

Yes I saw this on Facebook but I wanted to put something up over my last post. Mike Rowe, Elizabeth Gilbert and Jacqueline Novogratz speak on work.

From: blog.ted.com

"Most TEDTalks are about work of some kind. It's often creative work, inspired work, work that doesn't feel like work. But all of us, no matter what we do, also take on work that isn't as glamorous as skiing to the North Pole or smashing atoms -- but that is equally noble, equally worth celebrating. To celebrate the Labor Day holiday, here are some great TEDTalks about work.

Mike Rowe (Host of "Dirty Jobs") tells compelling (and horrifying real-life job stories. Listen for his insights and observations about the nature of hard work, and how it’s been unjustifiably degraded in society today.

Elizabeth Gilbert shares a radical idea about work: that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a look inside the day-to-day work of being a writer:

Jacqueline Novogratz tells the story of Jane, a woman who -- with the help of a sewing machine -- found an empowering new calling: