Mission Accomplished!!!

I got the sweetest little dog at the shelter with the help of a friend :) My sister Ofelia and the pooch are already the best of friends. Her first walk did not go so well she ran away and we had to chase her she was quick! I was so scared but we went to Petco right after that incident and got her all the essentials. I gave her a little bath with black cherry shampoo and she was like a brand new dog! Smelled yummy too ; ) The little one still does not have a name but Ofelia is working on it. I'm calling her Holly Golightly for now.

Gwen Stefani/V Magazine/Kissy Sell Out/Wind It Up

Hey everyone,
It has been a well over a month since I have posted anything and I am about to go to sleep so I will keep it light. Some people may think it is silly that I am saying this, but I think Gwen is quite artistic in a non superficial non-commercial way. I cannot pinpoint why I feel this way! Not entirely of course, I mean check out her 1st solo album..............but something about her style of dress, poetic song lyrics and even the commercial for her "L" fragrance directed by Sophie Muller evoke a certain type of haunting beauty that I like many others cannot get enough of. Right after the 2nd picture of Gwen is a link to the "L" fragrance commercial as well as a link to the Kissy Sell Out remix of Wind it up, enjoy and please share your thoughts.

Wow! I referred to Gwen's artistry as non-commercial and used a commercial as proof! An unintentional irony I assure you!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nW54YPfF7k <----- "L" Fragrance Commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DPxg1NoRDM <--------Wind it up(Kissy Sell Out Remix)

Aristophanes's speech on love from Plato's symposium.

One of the most fascinating of the Platonic Dialogues that I have read is the Symposium. Most specifically the speech of Aristophanes. (It is later trumped in intensity by the speech of Alcibiades.............somewhat.)

So many engaging metaphors in one place. Reading it will keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what comes next! I have always thought, since I first read it years ago that Aristophanes is making the point that the sexual orientation is predetermined, making it a part of human nature. He also seems to be saying that 2 heads are better than one and that when you look for a mate it should be one that compliments your natural assets the most and vice versa because that is the one who was meant for you and together you will be at your fullest potential.

Funny, that is the type of dating advice that can be found on copious websites all over the web :)

But, naturally, no one expresses those sentiments quite like Plato does.

I love the part about each of the three genders of the original humans each being modeled after their "ancestors". The all female form a descendant from the Earth, the all-male form of the Sun and the hermaphrodite form of the Moon. The third, because as Plato puts it, partook in the other two.

There are so many other things that could be said of the Symposium but I'll leave it up to you to discover for yourself. Below are two links; the first is the Jowett translation of the Symposium.

http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/symposium.html

The second a link to a video of a recitation done in French with English subtitles of Aristophanes's speech.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4paSMqKYXtY

Aristophanes will make you laugh and Alcibiades will make you cry.

Enjoy

*Special thanks to Darren Takayesu for discovering & e-mailing that second link.