Feb 2017 Wrap up

Hung out with the fabulous Rikki Cheese, Locq & Toxi from Sin City Bounty. February 14
​Met a local Las Vegas comic: ​Louie Bruce February 21

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On the 12th, the ladies and I streamed live interviews from Plush the Nightclub's party, Glitter and Glamour. We tried recording via facebook but the music pumping from the club obscured the recording so we relied on the Ustream recording. We thought we had shut down the Facebook live stream but to our astonishment, we had not. These are the screen shots of our discovery. ​This won the night!!

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I was a bit crafty this month creating a Book of Shadows leaf for the website WitchIt Good
Spell Journal worksheet page: Download the clean PDF here.

I also designed a logo for Inner Circle Sanctuary with help from my BFF, Poetrysue.
February 10

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February 9
Lunch with moms; fishball soup #spongy #notbungholes

Normal Guay Teow
Thin rice noodles served with slices of steak and Thai meatballs in a brown broth.topped with bean sprouts, green onions, cilantro, fried garlic, sugar, red pepper, fish sauce, soy sauce, and whatever the heck you want to throw in.

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My social media offering for St. Valentine's Day

February 15
I discovered a storytelling podcast many, many years ago called "The Vinyl Cafe" - Stuart McLean was directly responsible in fostering my need to move to Canada... long before a certain politician rose to power. Stuart passed away on Feb 15th and I feel as though I've lost a friend. My favorite stories are “Dave Cooks the Turkey” and "The neighbours who renovated" but my absolute favorites were when Stuart would wax on about the history and beauty of the various cities and towns he visited when The Vinyl Cafe was on the road. Listen to as many as you can. Maybe I can get you to move to Canada with me.

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I learned a wonderful new word

​nepenthe

​(noun) Originated from Ancient Greece, nepenthe is described as something, which can make you forget your heartache, grief or suffering. (via wordsnquotes) 

and I realized I have a lot of things in my life that I can classify as nepenthe

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A new gorgeous friend, Jasper, had this in his timeline

"Always keep your friends close and your enemies closer because now you've got a human shield of your enemies."

During the Feb 12 live stream broadcast, the ladies and I interviewed a few people and Jasper was one of them. I had been prepared by Toxi prior to meeting him and indeed was quite intrigued. He was described as gregarious and delightful albeit a tad provocative. When I actually shook hands with him, I found him charming and beautiful, an Adonis to take the breath away. His social media is a delight to follow. @jasper_driver

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Broken Heart CC BY 2.0 by David Goehring

My heart was broken this month. Someone whom I loved dearly, instead of bringing an issue they had to me, chose a different way to handle it. I was crushed that this was the path they had chosen. Even moreso since the ensuing chaos has defamed another person I love and cherish. I have asked myself many times over the course of these past few days, what, if anything, could I have done to engender more trust by this individual. When I have an issue with something someone said or did, I go to the source, always to the source. I thought this was known protocol... or rather, I would have hoped that this was the protocol I have tried to instill in those around me. After days of ruminating, I realize it wasn't something I did or could have done. It was a knee-jerk reaction on their part. I am disappointed.

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Because of the chaotic aftermath of the above story, I thought I would offer up a sounding board if anyone had any questions about some of the heinous social media posts that they had been seeing. I offered up the simple,
"Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions you may have." 

​After an innumerate amount of private messages, and several public questions that made me pull out my dusty tarot cards, I finally had to close the thread but I have to say, it was a fun Saturday.

I'll have to do it again soon.

Our group held a book fair this month. It was awesome and I got these great pictures.

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Are You Not Entertained?

Things that entertained me this month.

This Is Us: NBC - I cry practically every. damn. episode.

annie96 is typing... The creepiest chat history you’ll ever read Feb 12

Sean Spicer Press Conference (Melissa McCarthy) - Saturday Night Live video

February 4 
"It took a few insults delivered in a trademark shriek to hammer home that this really was Melissa McCarthy, in drag, capturing the unquestionable essence of a political figure whose public image so far has largely revolved around belligerence, alternative facts, and cinnamon gum. As soon as the assembled audience figured it out, they began cheering, causing McCarthy’s Spicer to berate them once again. “Settle down, SETTLE DOWN!,” she screeched. “Before we begin, I know that myself and the press have gotten off to a rocky start. And when I say rocky, I mean Rocky the movie because I came out here to punch you. In the face. And also I don’t talk so good.” ~quoted from The Atlantic

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News

• Earth has a new continent called 'Zealandia', study reveals - ScienceAlert 
• "...it’s not influenced by regular, inherited genetic mutations or traits, but by environmental factors – influences that are affecting the baby as it grows in the womb." >> We Finally Know Why People Are Left- Or Right-Handed | IFLScience 
• ​Major Discovery! 7 Earth-Size Alien Planets Circle Nearby Star 
• "CNN, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Politico and BuzzFeed were blocked Friday from an off-camera White House press briefing, raising alarm among media organizations and First Amendment watchdogs. Breitbart News, The Washington Times and One America News Network were also allowed in....The Associated Press chose not to participate in the gaggle following the move by White House press secretary Sean Spicer. "The AP believes the public should have as much access to the president as possible," Lauren Easton, the AP's director of media relations, said in a statement." White House blocks news organizations from press briefing
• Animals Know When They Are Being Treated Unfairly (And They Don’t Like It) | IFLScience