“My life would be worthless without music”

Pelican – Thanks for your previous notes. I’d love to answer you directly but you are “friends only.”

People have gotten upset because I’m bringing up gun control now, but I’m doing it for the same reason I did several months ago when that theatre in Colorado was shot up, or when the Sikh Temple was shot up in Milwaukee, or when Virgina Tech was the site of the rampage. If we sit on our hands and do nothing, it will happen again. I don’t want it to happen again. I’m signing petitions, writing letters and attending rallies to fight for gun control everywhere and have been for years. People call me political, hateful and mean for posting gun control lectures less than 12 hours after the shooting, but it’s been 2072 days since the Virginia Tech shooting… how much longer should we wait to address the issue? Gun control is needed badly in the US, and everyone needs to shout their outrage now or nothing will happen. Okay?

Love and healing… definitely not enough of that going around.

NOW IS the time!

That’s pretty cool. Thanks for posting. I hate to throw things away. I’m always thinking someone else somewhere could have a use for it…. As for you other comments, well, I have nothing to add. It’s a sad state of affairs.

Saw this video posted on Facebook. So awesome that musical instruments are created from trash and sound pretty damn good.

Thanks for posting the video of the LandFillharmonic Orchestre!

ryn: hahahaha!! Nunzio!! You are the awesome. That made me giggle and thank you for sharing. I seriously I had no idea anal sex would make me want to squirt as well. I dunno why. I’ve just not reached that point which is so very strange for me since I always considered myself relatively free… Guess not? Well, there are some things to work on. 😀 You are so lovely. hahahaha!

ryn: thanks! but…uh…sorry, i can’t share those pics. if i regift those pics they’ll stop coming in and i’d be sad.

To quote a cliche: “Every little bit helps.” We all have the choice, each day, to be loving or fearful, to be hurting or healing – and our society is built on those choices. RYN: Thank you for your thoughtful comments. Yes, more attention to mental health I’m sure would help in both your country and mine (Australia has a mental health system – or lack of system – very similar to that of the US.) I do wonder what percentage of those who kill in the US are mentally ill – but what is mentally ill? Is it a permanent or a sometime condition? Where is the line between mentally ill and just “odd”? (*Tom* has a post I found interesting about brothers in his neighbourhood who have many guns. How would those men be classified?) The basic differences I see between Australia and the US regarding guns are the density of gun ownership (mandated by law in Australia) and the belief/lack of belief that owning a gun gives protection. Oh, and the rate of homicide by gun.

“What am I doing to increase the love and healing in this world I live in?” <– I feel like that’s the most beautiful way to approach the world right now. ryn;; That’s my husband! ♥ & you know, his Epic Beard, which is like its own entity at this point.

RYN – I do appreciate all of your notes. I appreciate the time and thought you put into them, and sometimes it isn’t what I want to hear, but I think always what I need to hear, or at least a very honest perspective. ~I’ll be

Though we don’t pay even rent, him paying rent at all helps me out because he moved in to my place. So I am saving $200 bucks a month that I wasn’t before. The problem is that I don’t NEED that help because I was doing fine on my own, so it’s easy for me to let it slide when I know that he’s strapped for cash. ~I’ll be

When he moved in he didn’t have a car payment. His car began acting up right after he moved in and he either needed to pay somewhere around $1000 or more to get it fixed, and he decided to just get a new car that got better gas mileage. So now he also has a $300 car payment that he didn’t have a year ago. And he’s making less money. It’s just tricky. But I do thank you, keep ’em coming! ~I’ll be

Mid december your last post. I hope you write again soon. Yeah, they have plenty of sheltered areas to pup, and I would like to see small kids playing there again. I don’t think they will tho.

That film is magic….thanks so much for posting it.

It’ll never be enough if others don’t join you.

this is a very beautiful and poignant entry, Nunzio… i, too, don’t think i’m doing enough, and i’m not quite sure anymore what i can do.

ryn: Somewhere out there is a video of a low flyby between an aircraft carrier and a small boy – I think the F-14 was dragging an F/A-18 at flight deck level. We set our altimeters to make the flight deck read 60 feet. At five bills 60 feet doesn’t feel very high – you go into lizard vision with one eye glued on the radalt.

I don’t know what enough is, but I do spend a great portion of my digital reach discussing the evolution of love and the slow extinction of hate. I do believe that as the evolutionary gap between those who love and those who fight is growing. The fear that creates for those who cling to prejudices and hates only serves to widen the gap. And just like all evolutionary happenings, eventually those who cannot evolve, become extinct. The polarization we are seeing out there, and the peaceful global movement under several names (OWS, Idle No More, Unify, etc) for social and environmental care over profit, prejudice and control continues to grow are strong indicators it is happening. And it’s happening right now. I hope more and more people let go of their fears and evolve. For those who won’t, so long. Say hello to the dinosaurs and the dodo birds.

Ive been asking myself the same thing. M.

“I learned from your page on FetLife that he’s 13 years older, mid 30’s, and he still acts like a frat boy?” Wait, what? ~I’ll be

ryn: At 5’9″ she is no spinner! I think the official cutoff is 5’0″ tops – but I would have to consult my copy of the CVW-17 “Arachnids at Play”, of which I have the very last printed copy!

RYN – No I understood what you meant without all the extra words, but I don’t have a page on FetLife…He’s not 13 years older than me and in his mid 30’s. ~I’ll be

ryn: you bought that copper teapot thing for $76?! lol. that thing must hold a lot of olive oil. I only vaguely remember the owner using it to put olive oil on the pizzas.

You increase the love and healing in the world in your notes, sugar = )

ryn: yeah.. “interesting” indeed. That advice is definitely for the *minority* of rape–the kind that society accepts. I saw that going around on FB too and every time I add information to it. More *accurate* information. It’s not that the advice is bad. It’s good for general safety like not being robbed, too. But the problem is that it doesn’t address most rape situations like “hey if you feel

uncomfortable around someone you trust? Listen to your gut.” that is the BIGGEST one. ALWAYS remember the people you love and trust COULD harm you. It’s not to be paranoid but to be honest. Or to remember, other people’s intentions are not always the same as yours. or, don’t excuse behavior that makes you feel uncomfortable. Even if you can’t explain it. THAT would be WAY more beneficial to

protecting oneself from being raped than the info on the front page. *sigh*

(April ^ is commenting about this diarist’s entry: http://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=D944587&entry=10104 )

🙂 Thank you Nunzio. Oddly enough, I was thinking of you a few days back and wondering how you are doing and remembering some of the fantastic notes you have previously left me. Somehow you always hit the mark. And there you go an do it again. Still…I might have to wait a while until I’ve got over the embarassment of that last bit. 😉

.RYN: Thanks for the note. Nope he was out of town at a convention, he said when he finally returned our call. We just wanted to rent one for two conventions….we don’t care who made it. Now we can roll through Comic Con in comfort. 🙂

This is beautiful. Beyond amazing!

ryn~mmmm, don’t know. I made a few edits but the title is the same…anxious for the next segment? What do you think happens next?

This music and those people are a piece of heaven on earth. Wow wow wow!

RYN: Thanks for your note. Your reply was very understanding and well-said. Take care.

I miss your writing entries. just fyi. and I always delight in your notes. just fyi too.

ryn: There was a segment in that show with a guy with all manner of illegal exotic animals. My uncle had a stuffed baby croc when I was a kid – the thing scared the crap out of me!

RYN – The funny thing is, before I posted that entry I had a line in there about how his argument would be something like, “Well you didn’t text me either…” and turn it around on me, but I took it out for some reason. I guess I didn’t want to put words in his mouth, but apparently we all know what he would be thinking… ~I’ll be

RYN: So absolutely true. That’s why I didn’t attack her personally, really; just used her note as an example to show what I’m unwilling to put up with. I’m not even terribly stressed about it; just enforcing diary decorum. 🙂 Thank you for insight, as always.

RYN: How the hell were you not on my friends list? Rectified. There’s another entry that explains a little bit more, but no. It did not go well.

RYN: I did! [colder] admonished me, too. ::sheepish::

RYN: Oh, I have no intention on going a year. I know I won’t last that long. But I will last until I’m ready. How did you know about my penchant for lumberjacks? 😉

RYN: Yes. Hallefuckinlujah, yes.

RYN: That gives me a lot to think about. I’ll sleep on it. Goodnight. <3

Just love you.

RYN: You *are* on my friend’s list. Your name is familiar. I may have read you/exchanged a note or two a while back? Either way, lucky you! 🙂

ryn: i saw you when i went through the list of names and added you when i first joined. people keep saying “It’s not the site, it’s the community that I’m loyal to!” but I want to shake them until they realize this is a chance to pick the community up and move it someplace that isn’t always under water.

RYN: You are relentless. :p Nope, those are just pics I like.

Thank you for the link. You are awesome.

RYN: No, sir. You are appreciated. Thank you, sincerely.

ryn: Hah! One of the characters asked MLP (Nancy) “Who you looking at with those crazy eyes?”

ryn: It’s a great book. I think King has gotten to the point where it doesn’t matter if he gets paid or not.

Weird. Your diary is here, but you aren’t.