RDTRN Archive - RDT Right Now #1899

RDT Right Now #1899

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Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 11:49:03 -0700
Subject: RDT Right Now #1899
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Do not hit reply to unsubscribe. To unsub, send a message to: <rdtrn-request@torithoughts.org> with "unsubscribe" in the subject and body. o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o Really Deep Thoughts Right Now Volume 04 : Issue #1899 . o - O - O - O - O - O - O - O - o . o o . o o O "Thoughts right now... O o What will become of me, o o Become of her, become of we?" o . o o . O O O - o - o - o - o - o - o - o - O o . o o o Tori Amos, "Thoughts" In this issue: o-o-o-o-o-o-o Don't Call Tori!! [ shannon hurley <shannonsongs@yahoo. ] Re: I'll teach you all this [ "Beth Coulter" <betheqt@voicenet.co ] A Personality Profile [ "Beth Coulter" <betheqt@voicenet.co ] To be a Republican in 2004... [ "Beth Coulter" <betheqt@voicenet.co ] Bethany [ Beth Winegarner <echoes@atlantic.de ] Bethany [ Beth Winegarner <echoes@atlantic.de ] Don't Do the Personality Profile... [ "Beth Coulter" <betheqt@voicenet.co ] Missed a digest? Pick up a copy at the RDTRN archives: http://www.torithoughts.org/rdtrn/archives -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 08:28:16 -0700 (PDT) From: shannon hurley <shannonsongs@yahoo.com> To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: Don't Call Tori!! Seeking dedicated street team members to help promote "Don't Call Us Tori", a female singer-songwriter collective in L.A. and SanFrancisco. No pay involved, but members will recieve a free compilation cd (almost ready for distribution). Must be willing to put up flyers, pass out hand bills, give away demos, and spread the word about shows. Enthusiasm required. If qualified, please contact shannonsongs@yahoo.com www.dontcallustori.com ===== www.shannonhurley.com www.dontcallustori.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 20:16:21 -0400 From: "Beth Coulter" <betheqt@voicenet.com> To: "John Bragazzi" <utown@worldnet.att.net> Cc: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: Re: I'll teach you all this It gets a bit frustrating, thinking RDT is back up and running, then not having things posted. Oh well, I'm gonna figure Violet's all hung up and she will be back on it soon. So John asked about "Tori Amos: Welcome to Sunny Florida": > (posted this a week ago) > > So, this live DVD kinda crept up on me. I hadn't heard a thing > about it until Wednesday, and then I wondered, "hey, when is it > coming out?" and it turned out it *was* out. Guess with RDT in > hibernation I don't have the most up-to-date news. > > So, does anybody have it? Is it good? Is it sucky? Is it a > life-changing experience? > I got it and have watched it once and listened to "Scarlet's Treasures" 4 or 5 times. Now, I got a fine deal from Sony... The DVD/CD for 14.95, no shipping cause I bought Roger Water's "Amused to Death" at the same time. It's good, it's fantastic with having the CD also (6 new songs!!!), but the DVD is good. It's like being front row of a Tori concert, with fan/band interviews intermixed, but not so often it takes away the concert feel. My only complaint is the censoring of Professional Widow. "F*cker" and "C*ck" are cut with the music playing while her lips move (or they cut away for a long shot). There is no warning on the package that editing has occurred, and frankly, it's so obtrusive, they might as well not have done it. Life changing? Nooo... But having just discovered Roger Waters and Pink Floyd this year, I'm not a good judge. Having "Pink" flip your life kind of mutes other experiences. > I did buy a DVD last week, though. I bought Return of the King (of > course). Haven't watched it all the way through yet (that's too > much for a work night), but I have popped around to some of my > favorite scenes (scenes with Eowen, scenes without Arwen, scenes > with Theoden, scenes before battles, Aragorn gets Anduril > (finally!)). I'll probably watch the whole thing this weekend. > > The Two Towers may still be my favorite, though. > I tried watching "LotR" a couple of years ago because a friend loved it so much he bought me a video tape of it. But two hours into it, I confess I turned to him and said, "Short People on a quest. When does the real story start?" He said that was the whole story and I turned off the tape and ended giving it away to someone who loved it. The first time I tried to read the Hobbit (age 13/14), I gave up after 100 pages because I was so turned off by the archaic language. I picked it up again a few years ago, determined to give it a try. I got 125 pages into it and gave up. Same complaint. Gee, Professor, what else do you know besides archaic terms? I'm the only person of my bent of mind who can't stand Middle Earth. I don't know what it is, but I've given up trying. > I also bought So-Called Chaos. So far, it seems to be comparable > to Under Rug Swept (i.e., top shelf), but time will tell. It has > all the things I like about Alanis: > > her annoying voice > > her tendency to put the emphasis on the wrong syllables of > words > > the fact that she documents her own thought processes even > more thoroughly then Tolkein documented Middle Earth > > her ability to come up with really good hooks (most of the > time) > > her humor (thing about her which is most often overlooked). > > Seeing her live with Tori killed all my appreciation for her. 4th row/center seats, and I couldn't bear to sit for her portion of the concert. I hadn't known I'd need Dramamine for the motion sickness she inspired. I love her first album, and on occasion like to hear a song of hers, but for the most part, her live performance ruined her music for me. Or maybe Tori ruined other performers for me, because I love the hypnotic quality of her concerts. Give yourself up to the red head and fly away on the notes. I guess you can do that with the DVD, to finish the original answer (way up ^ ^ ^ there somewhere). > So, my job is now tentatively possibly indefinitely scheduled to > end on August 2nd. Maybe. I'm not getting emotionally attached > to that date or anything. It's changed too many times. I have > seen the new area my department is going to move into, and there > are fewer seats than we have now. So, there you go. > Did I miss something? (most probably) Why does your job end and why do you seem to want it to? If it ends, what do plan to do next? Personal Update: I took Brian's advice and sent an apology to *my* professor in case he heard the rumors. I've gotten no reply and I don't expect to run into him until August, when we have class together. I hope he's over what ever it is by then, or I don't foresee being able to stay in his class. And I really want to take this course (Minorities and Human Relations). I rescued a turtle last week. It was a big old dinosaur of a Wood Turtle, trying to cross the road. He seemed to be a bit confused, and his shell looked fairly battered, so I stopped, ran out, stopped traffic both ways, then went to pick him up. I didn't know if he was a snapping turtle at the time, so I grabbed him near the back and picked him up. He had to weigh nearly 30 pounds, and he whipped me with his tail and thumped his legs so hard he flew out of my hands and landed on his back. I picked him back up and waddled to the field and sort of tossed him there. I was asked a few days later what sort of turtle he was. Since I had no clue, I looked it up by typing in "Turtles + SE Pennsylvania" into Google. One of the pages I was sent to had a picture of my therapist's old office on the Delaware Canal, which shocked me. There was text about the life in the canal, which is why I was sent there. There was an "Info" link at the bottom of the page, and when I clicked it, it took me to a page of classified ads. Ads for everything, including "48 year old male looking for dinner and dancing companion". I emailed him on an impulse and sent him to my web page, and he sent me a picture back. He's a beautiful, fit, Italian or Greek looking gentleman, posing with a Rottweiler. He wanted to meet immediately, but I told him to tell me something more about himself, and maybe we can meet next Saturday in New Hope. We'll see what his response is...like I'm hoping he's not married or anything. Something I've always been concerned about. My ethics won't allow me to even look at someone who is involved with another. I just won't. But anyhoo, it seems like fate the way all this happened. But after my experience last winter with meeting someone on the internet, I'm understandably cynical and cautious. I don't trust people as readily, which disappoints me, but is the only way to stay safe. But the biggest thing I'm hoping is that my feelings for the professor will not interfere. After almost a year of no real encouragement, you'd think I'd be over him. But my heart still longs for him. *sigh* I didn't have a very good holiday weekend. My doc gave me a new drug on Friday. I took it on Saturday. 12 hours later, I got a Sulfa allergy reaction...vomiting, dizziness, and hives so bad some ended up bleeding. My legs are covered with scabs. I guess I'm fortunate my face and neck didn't end up as bad, for I had welts all over. I'm also fortunate it didn't go into anaphylaxis (throat closes up), since that is the reaction I have to eating fish and bee stings. Needless to say, I didn't feel much like going anywhere, and less like letting people see me in my welted glory. In the aftermath, I've lost half of my eyelashes on my left eye, and I've got bald spots on my head wherever the hives broke out. I sort of look like I'm recovering from the mange. ;) Moral of the story: Always read pharmacy warning pamphlets and if it says "Sulfa reaction possible", don't take it if you know you will react to sulfa. I don't know why it didn't register on me before I took it. Oh well...for an honor student I can be pretty stupid. See ya all later. Hopefully in the pages of RDT (Right Now) (the name is getting to be even more apropos, eh?). Fairy Blessings, Bethey I'm OK when Everything's not OK cause it's the Fairies Revenge they say And I have always been a Fairy. www.bethcoulter.com -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 23:19:32 -0400 From: "Beth Coulter" <betheqt@voicenet.com> To: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: A Personality Profile Hey Gang! www.eharmony.com has a free personality profile. Lacking anything better to do, I filled it out. I happen to be pleased with the answers. See if you agree with the test (well, as well as you can know me). And if you get bored, go over and see what it says about you. :) If nothing else, it's a bit of fun. Peace, Beth ***Personality Profile*** You have to be with people. This extends into the need to gain popularity, achieve social recognition and influence those people around you. The "bottom-line" is a strong people orientation. You have a strong feeling of optimism, considered favorably by most people around you. Your perception is that the bottle is half-full rather than half-empty. You have a strong sense of humor. You usually know when to lighten a difficult situation, amuse and entertain people. Each person has a unique way of communicating. We use a combination of body language, facial expression, verbal tone and word choice to share ourselves with others. The following statements offer a look at the natural behavior you bring to an interpersonal relationship. You can generate enthusiasm in yourself and in other people. Your enthusiasm, often contagious, involves many people in a social activity who might not ordinarily become involved. One of your great strengths is your ability to communicate and talk readily. Since all strengths may be overused at times, you may sometimes talk too much. You are a natural communicator. You love to talk, offer jokes and make sure that everyone is having a good time. This trait is especially evident at functions and outings. You show sympathy to the feelings and needs of others. Your natural empathy style may draw others to you. You have a natural, outgoing style that some have labeled as the "natural salesperson." You are generally likable, talkative and socially assertive. Your primary intent is convincing or persuading people. Many different factors determine the communication styles with which you are most comfortable. Some individuals thrive on the challenge of pointed criticism, while others are at their best in a nurturing environment where criticism is offered as a suggestion for improvement. Each of us has a unique set of requirements and preferences. Below is a list of communication styles that will mesh well with your own. Having a partner who understands and practices these traits is important to your long-term happiness. Support ideas for change with facts, figures and logic. Be stimulating, fun-loving, and fast-moving. Be sincere and use a tone of voice that shows sincerity. Offer opinions and ideas that are stimulating. Leave plenty of time for socializing and relating. Allow time to ask questions. Talk about expectations. Take time during explanations. Share specific ideas to carry out an action. Plan interactions which support dreams and goals. Take time to be certain that you reach an agreement. Following are some of the specific strengths and/or personal characteristics that you bring to a relationship. These may form the foundations of many of your friendships and dealings with other people. Some will seem obvious, but you may be surprised by others. Take a moment to reflect on each and consider what role it may have played in your past successes, and even failures. You like to gather facts and think things over before offering a strong opinion. You are optimistic and tend to make others feel good about themselves. You are usually enthusiastic about activities and planning. You are very respectful of the needs and wants of other people. You are generally good at cooling down tense situations in a relationship. You have an excellent sense of humor and tend to see humor in events spontaneously. You are skilled at finding "win-win" solutions when conflicts arise. You are socially poised and people-oriented. You are excellent at listening to your partner. You tend to bring feelings of security and stability to a relationship. In general, human beings are defined by their needs and individuals by their wants. Your emotional wants are especially important when establishing with whom you are compatible. While answering the Relationship Questionnaire you established a pattern of basic, subconscious wants. This section of the report was produced by analyzing those patterns. Our wants change as we mature and obtain our life goals. You may find it valuable to revisit this section periodically to see how your wants have changed. You may want: A support system to help you get things done. A social environment spiced with change. Activities involving contact with many people. Acceptance in a variety of groups. Social recognition of your accomplishments. A variety of activities. Many activities, so there is never a dull moment. Many and varied activities. Equal relations with others. Popularity. Recognition of skills and ability. More time in the day for both work and play. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 11:45:55 -0400 From: "Beth Coulter" <betheqt@voicenet.com> To: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: To be a Republican in 2004... To be a Republican in 2004, somehow you have to believe... 1. Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton. 2. The United States should get out of the United Nations, and our highest national priority is enforcing U.N. resolutions against Iraq. 3. "Standing Tall for America" means firing your workers and moving their jobs to India. 4. A woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multinational corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without regulation. 5. Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you are a conservative radio host. Then it's an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery. 6. The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay. 7. Group sex and drug use are degenerate sins unless you someday run for governor of California as a Republican. 8. If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex. 9. A good way to fight terrorism is to belittle our longtime allies, then demand their cooperation and money. 10. HMOs and insurance companies have the interest of the public at heart. 11. Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care to all Americans is socialism. 12. Global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools. 13. It is okay that the Bush family has done millions of business with the Bin Laden family. 14. Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him, and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion. 15. A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy. 16. Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which, of course, includes banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet. 17. The public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George Bush's Harken Oil stock trades are none of our business. 18. You support states' rights, which means Attorney General John Ashcroft can tell states what local voter initiatives they have a right to adopt. 19. What Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the '80s is irrelevant. 20. Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony. 21. Affirmative Action is wrong, but it's fine for your Daddy and his friends to get you into Yale, the Texas Air National Guard, Harvard Business School, part ownership of Harken Oil, part ownership of the Texas Rangers, the Governorship of Texas, and then have the Supreme Court appoint you President of the USA. The scary part of this all is that it is true. Of course, I know you Republicans will be writing me to tell me how wrong this is. Feel free to defend your GOP. Peace, Bethey -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 10:31:44 -0700 From: Beth Winegarner <echoes@atlantic.devin.com> To: RDT Right Now <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: Bethany Bethany, I just wanted to say congratulations on your graduation - I've followed your trials through college by reading your web journal, and it's nice to see you come to the fruition of all that work and thought. Good luck. :) Beth -- "As sunlight obscures the stars by day, so does wakefulness blind us to the fact that we are still dreaming." (Peter Carroll) -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 23:15:52 -0400 From: "Beth Coulter" <betheqt@voicenet.com> To: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: Don't Do the Personality Profile... Sorry. I had no clue that within 24 hours I would be sent 18 "matches" with requests to join for $50/mo or $500 for the year. Don't go to eharmony. Sorry I suggested it. 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