Intentionally Seeking Beauty - Instead of watching TV News, I went for a walk in the garden and took photographs of the Roses.

49er Roses - Gold & Red

Later I turned on the TV News and they said: People far away from here are behaving crazy again and that's why their lives really suck... I'm sure glad they don't live around here.

Everyday every broadcast the story is exactly the same... The specific names of the people that are far away from here change... But they're still behaving crazy and that's why their lives really suck... 

On social media, I read that a lot of people spend their lives watching TV news and looking at their phones doomscrolling... Worrying about problems that they can do nothing about... I'm not kidding...

It's safe to summarize TV news as: People I don't know, far away from here, are behaving crazy again. And that makes their lives suck. I'm sure glad they're not around here.

I do read posts on Faceborg written by friends and family... I especially like the movies of my family skiing... And dancing at rock concerts... And every time I see someone expressing a MAGA Moron absurdity, I block them... And I never see their Trump Pansy #CrazyTalk again...

Why would I voluntarily read posts written by Russian Bots or paid employees in Nigeria?

When you stop to think about it... There are very few Actual MAGA Morons In the Real World... Their opinions are Amplified by Computer Programs that "flood the zone" with #mindControl #brainWashing ... I decline to participate...


When I'm playing with the computer art program, I cannot see a clock... So I go into "The Zone" ... And often, hours pass... Time well spent!


I do like the artificial intelligence Image Makers... I use the programs by Google and Microsoft... I type in a description, they generate an image, and I choose the best one...


now that I think about it...
I have a lot of Hope for the future... First we have to survive the next three years... And by that I mean the human race... I mean life itself... If Trump starts World War 3 then we could exterminate all living creatures on planet Earth... And it may take a billion years to evolve a new life form... And it may be a dead Planet forever... Who knows? I won't be around to witness it... I figured that since I live near Sacramento, California... in the event of a nuclear war I will be dead before I even know it started...

But I predict that the next presidential election will be won by Gavin Newsom and Jennifer Siebel. It will be like Camelot 2.0 - there was a time in American history when JFK and Jackie were in the White House and that era was commonly called Camelot... Not only will Gavin and Jennifer serve for 8 years in the White House... But their children will grow up to rule... Just like those other family dynasties... The Bush family... The Kennedy family... We will have a Newsom Dynasty that will rule for 100 years...



this portrait of me was taken after camping for a week at the Rainbow Gathering in Utah. Some young people needed a ride to the hospital and I was "the man with the van" ... Automatically doing what needs to be done immediately without thought of payment or benefit to me... Is a great way to live... Then later I drove them to the Salt Lake City Airport where they called a family member who bought them a couple of airplane tickets back to Colorado... Nice kids but... Totally unprepared... And it's really our responsibility as Village Elders to take care of the young... I was traveling with my friend Mike and he volunteered my services as a ambulance driver... And I said okay!

Here I am at the office... In Eureka, California.
You will note that I have a string of bells hanging on the wall in the upper left hand corner... Those bells have "been danced" by me at a Pow Wow in Paradise, California... And every day at 5:00 I would ring those bells and shout out: "GO Home! The work day is over! Stop working! GO Home!"

and when I retired, I gave those bells to my coworker "SP" so she could ring the quitting time bells for the rest of her career...

LINK: Postcard for Sale. Red Roses and the Slogan: Intentionally Seek Beauty...

Springtime in Orangevale California - Trees in Bloom and Blue Sky with Feathery Clouds - I Feel Optimistic - We Just Installed a Brand New American Flag! and A Photo of a "UFO."

 Near Sacramento, California - In A Rural Area

Just a Few Photos of My Walk Around the Neighborhood.

A Fake Photo of a UFO in the Sky Over Orangevale...
It's a JOKE! gvan42

New American Flag Being Installed
by the Care Givers at Home - gvan42

feathery clouds - useful as a background image

Persimmon Tree In Bloom - Orangevale California

Psychedelic Art - Green Green Greener Still - gvan42

Springtime in Orangevale California -
White Flowers on a Tree - gvan42

 

Observe the Psychedelic Animations and Slip Into a Trance...

Handy For Self Hypnosis... 

For Example: Quitting Smoking 

"Whenever I Have the Urge to Smoke, 

I'll Remember This Light Show...

and How Much FUN It Is To BE ALIVE!

~~~~~~ (~);-} ~~~~~~

On a Different Subject:

Washington DC: At the Air and Space Museum Gift Shop I Bought Thin Plastic Sheets of Diffraction Grating. When You Look Thru the Plastic Sheet You See Rainbows is All Directions from Every Point of Light. Well, I Cut that Sheet into Four Pieces and Scotch Taped Two of Them as Replacement Lenses for Paper Movie Theater 3D Glasses. That way You Could Wear The Rainbows While Walking Around, Dancing or Riding as a Passenger in a Car on the Freeway (Driving is Not Recommended - You Might Get in a Car Wreck!)

SO... I Had the Habit of Giving these MAGIC Glasses to People and Blowing their Minds!  After All, I Could Just Make More! One Time I Gave a Pair of these Glasses to a Man Who was Selling Quartz Crystals in the Parking Lot of RFK Stadium before a Grateful Dead Concert... and then He said; "Would You Like to Break Bread With Me, Brother?" and I Said "Yes" and Ate The CENTER SQUARE of a Round Loaf of San Francisco Sourdough Bread... and Went on My Way... 

and Then... Later... I Was Tripping on LSD! That Surprised Me Because I Had Not Bought any LSD From Street Vendors... and I Had Not Eaten any LSD... BUT IT WAS UNMISTAKABLE!  

That Particular Concert was EPIC because There was a Thunder and Lightning Rainstorm and The Football Field Turned Into a Sea of MUD... There Were People Running and Diving and Sliding... Just Like they Did in the Movie "Woodstock." I Danced in the Mud but Did Not Slide...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBMvfhea0TI

After the Show I Did a "Power Walk" Just Like Carlos Castaneda and don Juan Did in those Books... I Took a Step, and Experienced Everything There Was to Know about That Particular Location... and When I Had GROKKED It Fully... I Took Another Step... and Experienced Everything There Was to Know about That Particular Location... SO... What Happened Was... I walked Extremely Slowly All the Way to the Car... and People were Streaming Past Me "Rapidly." - It Was Like a Scene from the Movie "Koyaanisqatsi" - and Some People Were Laughing and Pointing... "Watch OUT! That Guy Is Moving REALLY FAST! Danger Danger! He'll Knock You Right Over!" - In Fact: Deadheads are SILLY PEOPLE! 

Speaking of Washington DC...

I learned how to Play DEAL by the Grateful Dead on my Acoustic Guitar... and It's One of My Favorite Songs to Sing and Play in Public... One time I was in LAFAYETTE PARK right across from the White House and One of The Homeless People I Was Singing For said... "I Really Like that song about a DEER." - Misunderstood Lyrics... So Common...  On the other Hand, One Lady Did Not Care for GOLDEN ROAD because the Lyric "She's a Neon Light Diamond, She Can Live on the Street." Doesn't Amuse People That Are Actually Living on the Street...

I Loved Going to Lafayette Park Because There Were Endless Protests Going On There... No Nukes! and Anti-War! and Random Other Causes Were Attracted to That Location. During the Gulf War of George Bush the Father I Played The Big Marching Band Bass Drum in a Drum Circle Designed to DISTURB HIS SLEEP and Remind Him That We The People Were NOT HAPPY With His War... A Man Named "Kodiak" Owned the Bass Drum but he was Tired of Standing and Holding it Up... They are Heavy! So He Asked Me to Play It For a While...  and I also Played a Paddle Drum with Buddhist Monks There... They Played a VERY STRANGE and COMPLEX Rhythm... I asked Why and They Said It Requires the Drummer to FOCUS Their Mind - a Technique Useful in Meditation... 

Read More of My Autobiography at: 

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/03/growing-up-in-los-gatos-california-in.html

American History: The US Military Built an Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia to Help Fight the First War Against Iraq. Then After the War Was Over the US Air Force KEPT THE BASE OPEN... Because... Why Not? It's a Great Location for Making Bombing Runs to The Entire Middle East... Or Spying Flights... Anyway... Osama bin Laden Was Angered by Americans Invading HIS Country and Never Leaving... He Was So Mad About This That He Got Revenge by Having His People Fly Airplanes into The World Trade Center on 9/11/2001. It Has Been Asked: WHY DO THEY HATE US? and The Answer is: Because We Invaded Their Country and Never Left. The Answer is NOT "Because They Hate our Freedom." - That's "Spun" Propaganda Written by Professional Liars That Work for the CIA... Did You Know That the WORD "BRAINWASHING" was Invented By The CIA? They Employ Countless Writers To Create Believable Stories to Mislead the Public... and Publish Them in Newspapers Worldwide... and on the TV & Radio... Most Famously the "Voice of America" with a Broadcast Station Located in Europe and Antennas Pointed at Russia... Broadcasting "PRAVDA!" For the People to Hear! The Message is "Our Guys are Red Hot, Your Guys Ain't Diddly Squat!" OR... Our Way of Life is Dramatically Better Than Yours... Overthrow Your Government!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_withdrawal_from_Saudi_Arabia

"Since Saudi Arabia houses the holiest sites in Islam (Mecca and Medina), a number of Muslims, including Bin Laden and his supporters, were outraged at the permanent presence of non-Muslim U.S. military personnel. The continued presence of U.S. troops after the Gulf War in Saudi Arabia was also one of the stated motivations behind the September 11th terrorist attacks^[1]" 


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