October 2008 Archives

California Dreaming

By
Dante
on October 3, 2008 2:15 PM |
I've had a "Road To Damascus"-Road To Cali" experience the other day. I was helping out Jamal and Louie the other day while working on a computer at the Good Times Cafe. A production company was around filming a trailer/promo for a future television series.

I've got to go now.


News update

By
Dante
on October 6, 2008 4:40 PM |
Still here in Long Beach and loving IT. I have a few more hurdles and road blocks to overcome and maneuver around and all will be hunky dory. I spent a few days in the hills and got a few photos of god's country on the southern west coast. I thought I died and ended up at the Ponderosa with Adam, Horse and Little Joe Cartwright(s).

I hope to have a few days latter this week where I can play with the blog and do a photo thing. I have had a pretty decent week what with the movie people and the trip to the mountains/hills.

ltr
D.


I'm back online and ready to go.

By
Dante
on October 9, 2008 9:28 PM |
Here it is almost two months (august 19th? - october 9th) since I came out here to the west coast and only now am I getting comfortable with looking back and wondering how it all began. Some days I feel just like Bob Dylan's Mister Jones.

I walked the beach the other morning and reminisced about my days walking Dante along the beaches and how my plans to move out here included taking the pup on walks along the Pacific coast, but life intervened and things are what they are. I hold fond memories of my past life with the pup, and I find as time goes by that I miss sharing my life with him as much now as ever. I have moved on without him physically by my side, but he is almost always in my thoughts. How strange that being as self-centered as I know I am and how cold I thought I was it took a dog/companion to teach this old dawg a few new tricks. 

I've been thinking about what the pup taught me about myself and life and I feel like it was yesterday---how hopeless I felt living was way back when I adopted the pup/Dante. I had almost given up and then there was Dante. How can I explain what happened without going into far too great detail (to my liking) right now about my life at that time and the events surrounding my recovery from what now seems like a nightmare existence. How odd that part of my journey through life has been. Looking back on it all I realize I can never repay one person in particular---Joe B.---for his support of my choices and allowing me the free reign to do what I did for those years. Without Joe's understanding, patience and his steadfast belief in me I would not have been able to pull IT off.

thank you Joe.

---

 I've made a few new friends/acquaintances here and I am attempting to establish a few connections that were put on the back burner. Starting my life over and getting to the place I am now at has not been as uneventful or as easy as it could've been, but with all said and done I expect things could've been more difficult. I am a grateful man today.

---

This is my first post from my new place and I plan on implementing a few changes of habit that should allow the time and state of mind I need in order to develop my site and web skills.

as usual
d.

Cable TV and Internet.

By
Dante
on October 12, 2008 12:01 PM |
I have a cable television hookup as well as broadband access to the internet. If I could get internet access cheaply I would dump the cable tv. Why--- The doom & gloom bs about the economy (end of the world/great depression)---also the crappy coverage and analysis of the Presidential campaign of 2008. Neither candidate inspires or moves me. I can see myself on voting day just forgetting to vote for lack of interest. McCain has become a huge disappointment and Obama reminds me of a salesman in a used car lot---he'll tell me anything I want to hear in order to make the sale. The media? What media?


Long Beach Tales - part II

By
Dante
on October 15, 2008 9:43 PM |
I've taken a few photos and never got the chance to put them online. Here I am looking as if I am patrolling the mean streets of Long Beach. These photos are of me on Long Beach Blvd around the time I first got here. For the first few weeks I was staying at a motel up on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) somewhere in between MLK Ave and Long Beach Blvd. 


cool, eh?


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longbeachblvd1.png

longbeachblvd2.png

Trouble finds it's own level

By
Dante
on October 16, 2008 8:06 PM |

Most trouble in life is caused on some level in part because of one's own personal baggage. We all at times allow trouble into our lives. Who knows why? It is part of the disease know as the human condition. But we have the power of choice---like Sophie had. Choice: It is not always a pleasant thing. Sometimes the choices all involve more---trouble.

I came out west to start over (not reinvent myself) again and starting over involves relearning a few of life's ugly and painful lessons. Starting over involves growth. Growth is always painful because in order to grow something must be broken apart and/or changed.

another oblique/obscure post? 

I use this place as a diary of sorts and one day soon I plan on doing what you've done---go through it.

d.

Chrisy Cinelli!!!!!!

By
Dante
on October 16, 2008 8:54 PM |
I was just checking my emails and saw a classmates.com spam (so I thought) and looked at it. To my great surprise there was Chrisy C. ---she was trying to get in contact with me. We lost touch before my move out west. Chrisy is living in Arizona somewhere. We're neighbors again!!!  lol

--
-Profile ImageChrisy @ classmates.com

Chrisy, if you got my email you will be checking this out. Email me back as a confirmation and I'll send you a phone number that I can talk on that has unlimited calling.

great to see you're alive and well

love
d.

---

Chrisy replied. Here is a snippet of her replies...

I just finished checking out your blog, LUV IT!!!  You haven't changed a bit, it's amazing LOL....The ocean looks awesome.  That is the one thing I do miss about MA, the ocean and the sound of the waves.
 
Hugs 

It ends tonight.

By
Dante
on October 17, 2008 3:34 AM |
Sadly IT periodically needs repeating... 

Your subtleties 
They strangle me
I can't explain myself at all.
And all the wants
And all the needs
All I don't want to need at all.

The walls start breathing
My mind's unweaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone.
A weight is lifted
On this evening
I give the final blow.

When darkness turns to light,
It ends tonight
It ends tonight.

A falling star
Least I fall alone.
I can't explain what you can't explain.
Your finding things that you didn't know
I look at you with such disdain 

The walls start breathing
My mind's unweaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone.
A weight is lifted
On this evening
I give the final blow.

[Chorus]
When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
Just a little insight 
Won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.

Now I'm on my own side
It's better than being on your side
It's my fault when you're blind
It's better than I see it through your eyes
All these thoughts locked inside
Now you're the first to know

When darkness turns to light,
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
Just a little insight won't make this right,
It's too late to fight,
It ends tonight,
It ends when darkness turns to light
It ends tonight
It ends tonight, just a little insight
Won't make this right, it's too late to fight
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight,
Tonight,
Insight,
When darkness turns to light it ends tonight

---the all-american rejects


and maybe I'll add this: I've been reading my blog. Not bad. I have no idea why some guy from New York diss-ed it. Jealousy? Damned Yankees fans!!!

here is a link to a post I love: Orlando

here is the part of that post I treasure:

For our brothers,
 
                                 this we were, this is how we tried to love,
                                 and these are the forces they had ranged against us,
                                 and these are the forces we had ranged within us,
                                 within us and against us, against us and within us
 
                                                                                             ______Adrienne Rich
Who is Adrienne Rich you ask and what does she do?

Getting into my groove and moving forward.

By
Dante
on October 17, 2008 6:06 PM |
People, places and things are starting to happen. I'm starting to get back in touch with IT. IT? Yeah, IT. 

I really do feel the vibe!

---

enjoy a few soul tunes on my bandwidth...



Loss - If you cant stand to lose something...

By
Dante
on October 19, 2008 1:52 AM |
Loss - If you cant stand to lose something...don't have it.

I have cable tv and just watched Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa and the line above about death/loss is a common theme I've heard throughout my life. I believe in it. I was touched by a scene in the film. Some old guy on the Mesa spoke tearfully about the death of his first sheep. His granddad took him aside and spoke to him about loss. The man went back in time in his mind to that moment and I feel as if I went back there with him. What an awesome thing to share.

Off the grid reminds me of talks I've had with a friend I made out out here---Big Harmonica Bob---who reminds me of John Levitt and John Latva(sp?) a duo I hung around with way back in the early-mid seventies when I stayed out...

...in the town of Acton, MA. where I was doing landsc(r)aping. The two Johns---great people. 


Out here in California besides Bob there is Luis...another friend (who reminds me of other people I hung around during another part of my life) and I think who would get IT about the Mesa. Luis would love living off the grid if given the chance. Lou is from NYC and his story is an interesting one. Bob and Louie are two good people and I am fortunate to have made the connection with them. 

Two friends in a few months. Not all people in California are as shallow as some would lead us to believe. Like trouble, friendship finds it's own level. Does that make any sense to you?

---

"Today is a good day to die." - Little Big Man

d.

Off and Running - Starting my day.

By
Dante
on October 19, 2008 10:24 AM |
   I am fully awake and dressed and getting ready to walk out the door for my initial walk. I'm going to use this post throughout the day to log in my activities. I need to get a set pattern or something to keep me steady.

--- logged out at 7:27 AM.

---logged in at 7:48 AM

   Here I am back from my dawg/pup walk. I do an initial walk most every day of 20 minutes or so. This stems from the habit I developed of taking Dante out for his morning poop before I did anything. Dante always came first. This habit kept me in shape for years and it also helped me establish patterns/habits that contributed to m y mental as well as physical health. 

Now it's time to shit, shower and shave and not necessarily in that order.

Oh Happy Day!

a little catharsis is in order...





I'm ready to go out again for my daily exercise/spiritual walk.

---logged out at 9:01 AM

---logged in 10:19 AM

Back from the walk. Cloudy out now whereas earlier this morning the sun was shinning---bummer. I walked by Good Vibes Cafe and Lou was out there along with a few clowns. Business as usual. Got a call from Lou. Headed out after grabbing a quick snack.

---logged out at 10:22 AM

---logged in at 9:30 PM

today I experienced a moment of clarity that has me seeing beyond the bs of the world and more importantly seeing past my own bs and past the bs of those I would care for and trust. Tonight I also got a call from Harry in Boston/Somerville that sent best wishes and kudos my way for having made the choice to journey out here. On balance, today has been a pretty good day.

ltr.



d.

Monday Blues or A New Beginning?

By
Dante
on October 20, 2008 5:18 AM |
I'm headed out for my morning walk and have lots to think about. After my late night walk I came home and got to thinking about the plans I have to start over. Hanging around the Good Vibes Cafe and the people there has been given me an opportunity to explore a few things on a micro level. No matter what happens with or to that place I am forever grateful that I made the acquaintance of the VIBE.

I have an idea I want to propose to somebody today that concerns the GVC (good vibes cafe). We'll see how that goes and then it's time to move on---one way or another.

d.

Here I am at 2:28 AM. Am I up late or early?

By
Dante
on October 20, 2008 5:22 AM |
Is it early or late? I guess it depends on your view subject to your lifestyle. I woke up an hour ago and decided to put my restless energy to constructive use. I've rearranged the few pieces of furniture I have (got a couch yesterday), cleaned up the kitchen counter area, and am getting ready to tackle whatever I can find around here---after I take a late night stroll.



The time is off and a few of the posts are out of order.

By
Dante
on October 20, 2008 9:18 PM |
It's okay because a new beginning is here. This place is coming down---or being put in back. A new blog is coming to this place. Moving on has never been so easy. I'm gonna love California!


It's so fine--it's sunshine----It's love -- the word/the beatles


Say the word and you'll be free
Say the word and be like me
Say the word I'm thinking of
Have you heard the word is love?
It's so fine, It's sunshine
It's the word, love
In the beginning I misunderstood
But now I've got it, the word is good

Spread the word and you'll be free
Spread the word and be like me 
Spread the word I'm thinking of 
Have you heard the word is love?
It's so fine, It's sunshine
It's the word, love
Everywhere I go I hear it said
In the good and the bad books that I have read

Say the word and you'll be free
Say the word and be like me 
Say the word I'm thinking of
Have you heard the word is love?
It's so fine, It's sunshine
It's the word, love
Now that I know what I feel must be right
I'm here to show everybody the light

Give the word a chance to say
That the word is just the way
It's the word I'm thinking of
And the only word is love
It's so fine, It's sunshine
It's the word, love
moving on...........................................


last post on this blog.


so long

d.

---

If you are here through a bookmark or something else this is the end.

you can find me and the new blog @ donaldeverett.com
the new blog has it's first post and it will have to wait to be linked to.


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