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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.

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...

Long Beach and a 7.8 magnitude quake.

By
Dante
on November 12, 2008 6:29 PM |
The Great Southern California Shakeout.  Please check out the Long Beach and other links on what can/is expected to happen during a 7.8 magnitude quake.

and I am here: My Shakeout Page

Going to mountains after the dentist,

By
Dante
on November 5, 2008 8:14 AM |
I'm going to the mountains after the dentist. Whoo Hoo!!!

ltr

d.


today is a good day to die

Morning walks & more...

By
Dante
on October 30, 2008 5:17 AM |
   I got up from sleep a little less than an hour ago and I'm getting ready to start a new daily regimen of mild physical exercises mixed with the walks. For almost all of my life the physical fitness part was out of mind as my metabolism and life style kept me in pretty good shape---better shape than most men my age (excepting the physical injuries and abuse--lol).  Physically I've always been quite capable of doing most if not everything I wanted to do.  In the two months I've been here in Long Beach, California I've lost the extra weight gain of the last few years and I feel the difference. It is time for me to refocus my mind on seeing myself as parts of a whole. I've come to the realization that for me to feel good the physical as well as the mental needs some conditioning.  Go figure.


   I've got a few places I feel I can go to and be with myself for an hour or so and where I can rest and prepare my mind for the day. I will start a few physical exercises during my long walks along with warm ups at home. I will be adding some type of yoga of some sort soon. But physically I feel better than I have in a few years. Psychologically, it could be better. A little house cleaning is in order. That is always a mixed bag with me. I tend to be a little drastic where self-preservation is concerned. Temperance and patience?  We'll see. 

d.

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note to self: try no television or radio before the walks.

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7:12 AM -back from walk

Today is a good day to die.

Old Lodge Skins: Today is a good day to die. 
Old Lodge Skins: Come out and fight! It is a good day to die! Thank You for making me a Human Being! Thank You for helpin' me to become a warrior! Thank You for my victories, and for my defeats! Thank You for my vision, and the blindness in which I saw further! You make all things and direct them in their ways, O Grandfather. And now You have decided the Human Beings will soon walk a road that leads nowhere. I am gonna die now, unless death wants to fight. And I ask You for the last time to grant me my old power to make things happen. 
[Lies down to die. After a moment, props himself up on his elbows to add:] 
Old Lodge Skins: Take care of my son here. See that he doesn't go crazy. 
Old Lodge Skins: There is an endless supply of white men. There has always been a limited number of human beings. 
[Grandfather, who has laid himself down to die, wakes up] 
Grandfather: Am I still in this world? 
Jack Crabb: Yes, Grandfather. 
Grandfather: [groans] I was afraid of that. Well, sometimes the magic works. Sometimes, it doesn't. 

   I walked the beach for a short while and did a few exercises. On my way back a woman was admiring an artists rendering in the sand nearby the walk/bike path (I walk the tide mark) so I stopped to see what she was viewing. It was a pretty cool sculpture of a face with some stuff added. What was cooler was that we---the woman and me---spoke for about a minute. She welcomed me to California after sharing her views of people who anonymously create things in the sand. I used to see the same type of things on Revere Beach and Winthrop Beach while walking Dante or walking alone that one year I had to leave the pup behind (I did visitations). I still wonder who it was that left the art and sculptures behind.

thank you whoever you all are...

Too often we underestimate
the power of a touch, a smile,
a kind word, a listening ear,
an honest compliment,
or the smallest act of caring,
all of which have the potential
to turn a life around.

--Leo Buscaglia




<*wink>

d.
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