Shutting down and moving on...

By
Dante
on December 17, 2008 6:20 AM |
Hello world! 

Before I go on I would like to say I can't believe this old mac of mine has not died yet. It is most definitely maybe a Dante-mac: tough, resilient and ornery as they come. Relentless.

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This is goint to be the last post here at [ www.donaldeverett.com/most_definitely_maybe ] and I'm going to be shutting down this blog very soon:
[ www.donaldeverett.com/most_definitely_maybe ]

along with the previous one:
[ www.donaldeverett.com/most_definitely_maybe ]

...as they were more of an experiment and an exercise for me. If you've been to either or both of them they will still be accessible if you keep the address(s). I may keep a link to them on the new site portal---we'll see.

I've been keeping a myspace account open at www.myspace.com/dantedonatello. I have a few music player downloads from playlist[dot]com over there with a few inane (are there any other kinds?) blog posts. Curiousity killed the cat---or did it? Right now I'm listening to the player with the John Lennon tunes on it.

There's been a few new developments on the home front. One concerns an elderly neighbor who has attached herself to me. We both moved into the same apartment building within a week of each other. We exchanged a few pleasantries and the next thing I know is boundaries are let down and crossed and she says I'm her new boyfriend and she has me checking up on her most every day. The other day I found her on her floor with a displaced hip. Needless to say it is all more than I bargained for, but things being what they are I am now committed to assisting her in any way I can. I am in contact with her healthcare providers and will do what I can to see she does not fall between the cracks of the system. I cannot be her caregiver, but a friend...? Yes.

The other developments will remain unspoken about for now. This post is a reminder to myself to keep on track with my plans and not to get side tracked by casual situations and friends. 


I found another page that deals with my old favorite saying...

;/)

d.

Tom Waits,,,

By
Dante
on November 22, 2008 10:15 PM |
I found a NPR podcast (free) of a Tom Waits concert. It is a must hear/download. There is a story about how I stumbled upon this thing. My pals Lou and Clinton in Long Beach have a like for this guy Waits. I had heard of him and thought he was an actor and a singer. Tom Waits is much more than that. Think Renaissance Man/Polymath


Glitter And Doom: Tom Waits In Concert

Hear A Stunning Performance, Recorded At Atlanta's Fox Theater

By Robin Hilton
 









The old mac is going to meet Dante.

By
Dante
on November 21, 2008 7:23 PM |
play taps and have a drink (or whatever) as I will be disappearing for the most part for quite a while. The old mac is definitely not going to last more than a few days or weeks....most likely days. I will try and use a public computer but I have an aversion to them and the people who hang around them.

nananana.png



I am canceling the apple dot mac accounts so if you need to get in touch with me you can at:   (  ajax.diomedes.fan at gmail dot com )

 I will most likely take my internet service off in a week or so when the new billing cycle starts.

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It's funny that my last post before this was about---back where it all began.


sigh


It's been a fun run.  now back to the business of starting over.

see you all on the internet(s). 

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I'll close with a copy of my first post written back on July 3rd, my brother's birthday and the day I put Dante down:



Some notes to myself that I left on my computer yesterday:


9:46 am

I am writing this before I take Dante in to the Animal Rescue League of Boston be put down.


His final moments with me as his companion:


My final moments with him as my loyal companion:


Will I feel comfortable putting the word loyal in the above?


We'll see how I feel about it later.


The appointment is at 11:30 AM


now: off to the ARL 9:48 AM


mike's b'day:

dante/michael :::::


tony maf's tunes


The notes I left were so I could remember what my state of mind was at the time. Most of the above would make sense to a perfect stranger excepting the last few lines. To start: Dante, is/was my dog.

Mike, is my brother who passed away 6 years ago on April 22, 2002. He was born on July 3, 1956.

Dante's original name when I adopted him was Michael, and right from the start I knew there was no way I was going to call the dog by my brother's name. What to do?

I adopted the 100 lb pup home when he was only about 10 months old. He got the name Dante, from me because I had recently taken out a book about Dante Alighieri and his Divina Commedia which included illustrations by Gustave Doré. It was on the coffee table when I was sitting around trying to think of a new name for what was to become my best pal and most loyal companion for over a decade: Dante.

During the time I had Dante with me and especially when my brother Michael passed away from a second bout with cancer, I reflected on how Michael/Dante was adopted by me when cancer had become an issue for my brother. I am not a superstitious person nor am I one who puts much stock in any supernatural phenomenon or beliefs including religion, but I must confess to being awestruck by the coincidences that appear in one's life, especially my own. It is as close to feeling spiritual as I get these days. Awe, is awesome.

During the last few years I have been in touch with some old childhood friends of both Mike and me, and one of them is Tony Maffei. Tony wanted a few tunes put on a disc for his car stereo disc player. I planned on coming home and keeping busy by making tunes for Tony. Also, seeing Tony reminds me of the good old days when we were all young and innocent and had the audacity to think we would all live forever,

Do I feel I can put loyal into the 4th line of my notes after having put Dante down?

Yes and no---definitely maybe.

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Today starts off a new chapter in my life. I am calling this chapter "A New Beginning" for more reasons than are obvious here.

Don


ps, Tony never got his tunes. I stopped by a place to have a beer on the way home from the ARL and I bumped into two acquaintances from years ago. It was just what I needed at the time. There was no way of knowing anyone I knew would be at this place as it was in downtown Boston and I hadn't hung around there in ages.


Small world full of coincidences.

go figure

What was I hiding? Nothing. Time does not allow IT all to be published in a timely manner.

By
Dante
on November 21, 2008 8:09 AM |

Ahh, here were are back where it all began. I had almost forgotten about this page which can be linked to through the Pages block on the right side of the blog. It is great reading the stuff I had in my mind when I set out on my journey out west. I'm attempting to upload an Allman's Brothers tune that seems appropriate for this post along with the latest version of the JW Player. We'll see how that goes. I'd like to have it up here some time today. I also have some video shorts and stills of a few bands playing at Clancy's Bar in Long Beach, California that I need to start working on putting together as a few packages for people. My plate is full for a few days and if ?I go away this weekend that will mean my week is tied up. It's a labor of love.

ltr

nananana.png

;/)

d.


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This is going to be more work than I bargained for. I forgot about the MT system.

sigh

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Say you want to be a rolling stone
Get your sail out in the wind
Get out on the highway and let er roll on
Roll on back to someplace you aint never been
Hey, hey

When I was younger I was hard to hold
Seem like I was always goin
Which ever way the wind would blow
Now that travelin spirit calls me again

Callin me back to where it all begins

Moon rise and sun go down
Turn my whole world around
Little star up in the sky
Tell my sweet baby please dont cry
Please dont cry

(solo)

Moon rise and sun go down
Turn my whole world around
Little star up in the sky
Tell my sweet baby please dont cry
Please dont cry

Travel out across the burnin sand
Cross the ocean to some distant land
Well reach the end well all be singin
And well all be friends
Back where it all begins

Back where it all begins



This One's For You

By
Dante
on November 20, 2008 7:15 PM |



Hide in your shell cos the world is out to bleed you for a ride
What will you gain making your life a little longer? 
Heaven or hell, was the journey cold that gave your eyes of steel? 
Shelter behind painting your mind and playing joker

Too frightening to listen to a stranger
Too beautiful to put your pride in danger
Youre waiting for someone to understand you
But youve got demons in your closet
And youre screaming out to stop it
Saying lifes begun to cheat you
Friends are out to beat you
Grab on to what you scramble for

Dont let the tears linger on inside now
Cos its sure time you gained control
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know
Well, let me show you the nearest signpost
To get your heartback and on the road
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know.

All through the night as you like awake and hold yourself so tight
What do you need, a second-hand-movie-star to tend you? 
I as a boy, I believed the saying the cure for pain was love
How would it be if you could see the world through my eyes? 

Too frightening- the fires getting colder
Too beautiful- to think youre getting older
Youre looking for someone to give an answer.
But what you see is just an illusion
Youre surrounded by confusion
Saying lifes begun to cheat you
Friends are out to beat you
Grab on to what you can scramble for
Dont let teh tears...
... just let me know
I wanna know...
I wanna know you...
Well let me know you
I wanna feel you
I wanna touch you
Please let me near you
Can you hear what Im saying? 
Well Im hoping, Im dreamin, Im prayin
I know what youre thinkin
See what youre seein
Never ever let yourself go

Hold yourself down, hold yourself down
Why dya hold yourself down? 
Why dont you listen, you can
Trust me,
Theres a place I know the way to
A place there is need to feel you
Feel that youre alone
Hear me
I know exactly what youre feelin
Cos all your troubles are whithin you
Please begin to see that Im just bleeding to
Love me, love you
Loving is the way to
Help me, help you
- why must we be so cool, oh so cool,? 
Oh, were such damn fools...

I have never met Napoleon...but I plan to find the time.

By
Dante
on November 16, 2008 7:01 PM |

Pretzel Logic is about as good as IT gets.

I just got back from the chaparral. Gawd, the west coast is beautiful...when you get out of the city. ;/j d.





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I would love to tour the Southland
In a travelling minstrel show
Yes I'd love to tour the Southland
In a traveling minstrel show
Yes I'm dying to be a star and make them laugh
Sound just like a record on the phonograph
Those days are gone forever
Over a long time ago, oh yeah

I have never met Napoleon
But I plan to find the time
I have never met Napoleon
But I plan to find the time
'Cause he looks so fine upon that hill
They tell me he was lonely, he's lonely still
Those days are gone forever
Over a long time ago, oh yeah

I stepped up on the platform
The man gave me the news
He said, You must be joking son
Where did you get those shoes?
Where did you get those shoes?

Well, I've seen 'em on the TV, the movie show
They say the times are changing but I just don't know
These things are gone forever
Over a long time ago, oh yeah 

My West Coast Bliss...

By
Dante
on November 13, 2008 7:50 AM |

Large Movie


Quicktime plug in is needed for the movies...sorry. Maybe a flash video is coming soon.


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