ah electrochemestry

you all know electrochemestry, that state of being with another where you can't stop smiling, where the other becomes the number one topic of conversation, and formost in your thoughts...

it's a blast isn't it?

Graphic Learning Curve

Well once again I find myself going through some schooling, the self inflicted kind. I've been working with a graphic program, and need some brain food. Though I've worked with this program before, at least earlier versions of it, it still requires some learining to re-aquaint myself with the tools and skills nessesary. I would like to expand my skill set with graphic design to more than vector based designs which is what i've been using until now, into more desktop publishing. whew. still, once you stop learning you start dying. lol

back again,

my travels took me many places this year, but it seems as though my yearly bus travels have ended, back in Kamloops, place of my birth. A little sadness accompanyed my return, but I have resolved to make the best of it. Surrounded by good friends and community, with steady work I can enjoy and assorted other business opprotunities - Yes, I am back home.

aprons and oatmeal.

this is a short essay I wrote for a contest here in town, or rather this is an essay I wrote for me and my grandma, prompted by an contest my mother set up.

Aprons & Oatmeal

I think of my grandmother mostly in the mornings, when I’m making my breakfast oatmeal. She was short, and round, and as long as I can remember had grey hair . Like her thick german accent her apron was everpresent, whether she was cooking in the kitchen, weeding the garden or teaching me to play chinese checkers.

She came from Europe as a child, I remember her telling me stories of hearing cannon fire coming from just over the hills during the great war, how when she got to this country she couldn’t speak any English, and how she couldn’t understand the teacher at school up in northern Alberta. I remember sneaking cookies from her kitchen, and teaching my little sisters to do the same. I remember sitting in the shade at her house in Salmon Arm, shaving cabbage for sauerkraut, shelling peas for winter and digging potatoes in the fall. I remember her chopping firewood in the winter, and having to find her to start the lawnmower for me. As a teenager I would escape to grandmas house when I needed to escape from my home for a while, she would always listen to my troubles when I cared to share them, and would never pry when I didn’t. As I grew bigger and bigger it sometimes seemed that she grew smaller and smaller, in size though not in spirit - though I could have probably carried her with one arm, she could still stop me in my tracks with a single word.

My Grandma wasn’t loud or flashy, she wasn’t given to fits of anger or outbursts of displeasure. She was strong and quiet, and in some ways she was a lot like her breakfast oatmeal, simple, wholesome, hearty and good. She was always there when I needed her and she always gave me a warm feeling inside. I still love my oatmeal, and everytime I make up a pot for my own little girl I think of my Grandma and smile.

stress

I am good, highly stressed but good.

Not original, collected from the internet, thanx jane.

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

Drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost
immediately -- without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional
"pain relievers."

Did you know that Colgate Toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns?

Before you head to the drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled with
mysterious chemicals, try chewing on a couple of curiously strong Altoid
Peppermints. They'll clear up your stuffed nose.

Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1 Tablespoon of Horseradish in a
cup of Olive Oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as a
massage oil, for instant relief for aching muscles.

Sore Throat? Just mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take 1
tablespoon six times a day. The vinegar kills the bacteria.

Cure urinary tract infections with Alka-Seltzer. Just dissolve two tablets
in a glass of water and drink it at the onset of the symptoms. Alka-Seltzer
begins eliminating urinary tract infections almost instantly -- even though
the product was never advertised for this use.

Eliminate puffiness under your eyes..... All you need is a dab of
Preparation H, carefully rubbed into the skin, avoiding the eyes. The
hemorrhoid ointment acts as a vasoconstrictor, relieving the swelling
instantly.

Honey remedy for skin blemishes... Cover the blemish with a dab of honey and
place a band-aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile,
and speeds healing. Works overnight.

Listerine therapy for toenail fungus... Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus
by soaking your toes in Listerine mouthwash. The powerful antiseptic leaves
your toenails looking healthy again.

Easy eyeglass protection.. To prevent the screws in eyeglasses from
loosening, apply a small drop of Maybelline Crystal Clear Nail Polish to the
threads of the screws before tightening them.

Coca-Cola cure for rust... Forget those expensive rust removers. Just
saturate an abrasive sponge with Coca Cola and scrub the rust stain. The
phosphoric acid in the coke is what gets the job done.

Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer... If menacing bees, wasps,
hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you can't find the
insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground
instantly.

Smart splinter remover... just pour a drop of Elmer's Glue all over the
splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off the skin. The splinter sticks
to the dried glue.

Hunt's Tomato Paste boil cure... cover the boil with Hunt's tomato paste as
a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothes the pain and brings the boil
to a head.

Balm for broken blisters.. To disinfect a broken blister, dab on a few drops
of Listerine.. a powerful antiseptic.

Heinz Vinegar to heal bruises.. Soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and
apply it to the bruise for 1 hour. The vinegar reduces the blueness and
speeds up the healing process.

Kills fleas instantly. Dawn Dish Washing Liquid does the trick. Add a few
drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly Rinse well to
avoid skin irritations. Good-bye fleas.

Rainy day cure for dog odor... Next time your dog comes in from the rain,
simply wipe down the animal with Bounce or any dryer sheet, instantly making
your dog smell springtime fresh.

Eliminate ear mites... All it takes is a few drops of Wesson Corn Oil in
your cat's ear. Massage it in, then clean with a cotton ball. Repeat daily
for 3 days. The oil soothes the cat's skin, smothers the mites, and
accelerates healing.

Vaseline cure for hair balls..... To prevent troublesome hair balls, apply a
dollop of Vaseline petroleum jelly to your cat's nose. The cat will lick off
the jelly, lubricating any hair in its stomach so it can pass easily through
the digestive system.

Quaker Oats for fast pain relief.... It's not for breakfast anymore! Mix 2
cups of Quaker Oats and 1 cup of water in a bowl and warm in the microwave
for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for
soothing relief from arthritis pain.



because sometimes solutions are easier than we think...

Local scenes,

I am a big fan of regionalism, and as such of local scenes. Regionalism, as I define it, is the opposite of globalization, social globalization especially. Regional scenes allow small cultural trends to grow and develop independently of the larger world. In an era of ever present media and cultural wide shifts in trends and culture, small regional cultural practices can be a pleasant relief.

I have had the opportunity this year to explore a number of smaller cultural scenes, explore their rituals and meet many interesting people through them. It is encouraging to meet other like minded people and to know that human nature and its diversity can thrive in a sea of media sameness.

DRUMS DRUMS DURMS!!

Life is so great, I have been manifesting and working towards a way that will support me in my goal of modern nomadicism, something less structured than a job to job lifestyle. Something that would allow me to get right into the communities that I want to reach and touch, right to the people who have the stories I am looking for. A number of things have entered my psyche, a few things I know well and a few with huge learning curves, but nothing which completly fit my personality.

This week while doing some tracking of parts for this bus project i'm working on, I stumbled upon the most amazing thing, a whole room in a wharehouse chock full of drums, high quality africanhandrums to boot. The owner of these drums, a really nice guy, was unable to move them by himself, not being a drummer, and lacking any real contacts in the drumming community - which is where I come in, being completley tied into that community, and actively searching out other communities of the same.

So that being said - anyone looking for a really stellar drum? High quality Djembes, from Ghana, Nice carvings on all, with different styles, prices depend on size, but I am selling for 350-400 dollars, which is below retail everywhere I have looked. Interested? email me at coyotesight@hotmail.com

cheers and blessings,
beleive in your dreams,
Steve the Drum Guy!

Busses fixed, drums bought and sold, Veggies planted, weeds pulled, High steel entertainment uprigging, poems read, diatribes spoken, Gutars played, communitys created, Digeridoos droned, houses framed, concrete poured, spoltights perated, trees plans, treasures found, Naps taked, beauracracys rocked, traffic controlled, sea salt extraction, gardens tended, lawns mowed, cattle ranched, stories told, African drums repaired, opinions shared, virginity removal, Bicycles repaired, Stories told, Paradigms shifted, dogs trained, beers enjoyed!

what do you think of my new business card?

when i'm on, i'm on but when i'm off....

Well that seems to be the best way to describe me, On, or Off. It goes beyond mood swings or attitude, I imagine somebody with letters behind their name might try to class this as some form of bipolar or manic depressiveness - But I just call it ON/OFF.

I was ON a couple weeks ago, and man was I a sight to behold, I was simply amazing, manifesting shit all over the place, making friends wherever I went. I was tripping around the city (Vancouver) meeting all kinds of people, from all walks of life. Creating money, community, literally making friends and influencing people. In one memorable day, I had lunch with one of Canada's top chemists, hung out with some wickedly creative freeqs in the park, did some dancing, made some music, and ended the night doing an informal interview and sharing a bottle with some homeless dudes. When I'm ON the whole world is my playground, and everyone is my friend.

But when I'm OFF, goddamn, just leave me the Fuck alone, I don't want to talk to anybody, do anything, I just want' to curl up and sleep, or get drunk and miserable, or violently angry. This is beyond introspection, beyond personal space, this is downright Anti Social. With Capital letters!!

Luckly these OFF sessions dont' last very long anymore, I have experiance with depression, and have the ablility to end it - when I feel like it, I know it's dangerous to let myself get wrapped up in my bad moods, 'cause they CAN take over my life.

Yesterday was an OFF day, couldn't get anything done for the life of me (though I actually did get some shit done) and was tired and miserable all day.

I don't know if i can make today an ON day, but I'm on my way back up.

cheers

Bill C 51, come on people let's do this one more time.

We are the ones who matter in the world, we the people! Not we the Corperations, not we the Burecrates, not we the Government, not even we the Law, It is WE THE PEOPLE! Nobody hs the right to take our rights from us! Nobody! We as persons, as individuals as HUMANS in this world Have the right to choose our own futures and in this case our medicine! And here are a group of government folks who think they know better than 70 percent of the population! If some evil one were threatning your child would you not get angry?! Angry with Love?! So angry with love that you would go to no ends to protect them... Well that day is here! This is not a law soley directed at us, but one directed at our children, our parents, our grandparents, aunties, uncles, grandchildren!! This is a law against YOUR FAMILY!!! Yes your family, your mum, your dad, your brother and childen!!! This is a restriction of rights! Which as so many immigrants can tell you that is the most important thing!! THIS Revoulution will be fought and won with Love but we have to focus this love with such intensity that we burn the illness out of our society! Because in fact that evil one is here, it is everywhere, but nowhere is it stronger than when our rights are being stepped on. Remeber Womens rights and the fought they still fight! Remember the Struggle for equality so many people of all races and cultures have fought and are still fighing daily! Rights are something worth fighting for, worth loving for!! There is nobody else to take care of this, there are no govenment programs to protect us from themselves, nobody else can or will.

For our children, for our grandparents, for ourselves, for our future...


http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/StopC51

http://www.naturalnews.com/023121.html

Canadian Rights And Freedoms Are At Risk
An Important Notice Regarding Bill C-51

On April 8th, 2008, the Canadian Minister of Health introduced Bill C-51 into the House of Commons. This Bill proposes significant changes to the current Food and Drugs Act that will have wide-ranging negative implications for Canadians.

Bill C-51 will:

· Remove democratic oversight, bypassing elected officials to vote in laws and allow bureaucrats to adopt laws from other countries without our consent.

· Remove 70% of Natural Health Products from Canadians and many others will be available by prescription only.

· Restrict research and development of safe natural alternatives in favor of high risk drugs.

· Punish Canadians with little or no opportunity for protection or recourse for simply speaking about or giving a natural product without the approval of government. More than 70% of people in Canada use a Natural Health Product. The new law goes so far as to warrant action against a person who would give another person an 'unapproved' amount of garlic on the recommendation that it would improve that person's health.

Proposed New Enforcement Powers:

· Inspectors will enter private property without a warrant

· Inspectors will take your property at their discretion

· Inspectors will dispose of your property at will

· Inspectors will not reimburse you for your losses

· Inspectors will seize your bank accounts

· Inspectors will charge owners shipping and storage charges for seized property

· Inspectors will be empowered to store your property indefinitely

· Inspectors will levy fines of up to $5,000,000.00 and/or seek 2 years in jail per incident

With your assets and money under their control will you be able to defend yourself in Court?

Can you trust government with this new law and enforcement power?

Would our government really ever turn this law against us? Read the following account.

Example

In 2003 Health Canada launched an attack on a group of mentally ill patients and the company who supported them naturally. They seized shipments of a safe natural therapy required by the patients and stormed the support center with 17 armed officers and agents. The company (Truehope) reported that they lost contact with more than 300 of their Canadian participants. The Canadian Mental Health Association told of suicides as a result of government action.



Health Canada then charged the not for profit company, burdening them with heavy legal costs. Truehope was found innocent by necessity and instructed by the judge to continue under legal and moral responsibility. Although the agents admitted knowing they were injuring people through their actions, they stated under oath they care only about policy and directive. And what happened to the more than 300 mentally ill Canadians that became unreachable? In the months and years following, reports of hospitalizations and suicides during the seizures have surfaced. No Health Canada agent has ever been charged.


Here's what you can do to protect your rights:

Educate Yourself


· Go to http://www.stopc51.com/

· Read a legal discussion on Bill C-51

· Read bill C-51 on www.parl.gc.ca Tell others a

· Talk to your local Press

· Contact your local MP Click Here

· Ask the leaders in your community to get involved

· Contact your MLA

· Tell your Friends

HERE IS THE LINK TO FIND YOUR MP.... PLEASE COPY & PASTE THIS LETTER (or write your own RANT to support our Freedom)

http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Compilations/HouseOfCommons/MemberByPostalCode.aspx?Menu=HOC

Dear (name of MP),

On April 8th, 2008, the Canadian Minister of Health introduced Bill C-51 into the House of Commons. This Bill proposes significant changes to the current Food and Drugs Act that will have wide-ranging negative implications for Canadians.
Bill C-51 will:

- Remove democratic oversight, bypassing elected officials to vote in laws and allow bureaucrats to adopt laws from other countries without our consent.
- Remove 70% of Natural Health Products from Canadians and many others will be available by prescription only.
- Restrict research and development of safe natural alternatives in favor of high risk drugs.
- Punish Canadians with little or no opportunity for protection or recourse for simply speaking about or giving a natural product without the approval of government.

More than 70% of people in Canada use a Natural Health Product. The new law goes so far as to warrant action against a person who would give another person an 'unapproved' amount of garlic on the recommendation that it would improve that person's health.

I am completely opposed to the 'police state powers' which are proposed by Bill C-51 and consider this bill a breach of my rights of freedom. As my representative in parliament I respectfully request that you protect my rights of access to natural health products by voting against Bill C-51.

Thank you.
(Your Full name, Address, Phone Number)

To all my unborn sons and daughters...

I knew of some of you, and some of you I knew not. I want you all to know that I love you all, for the lessons which you taught your mothers and I, and though we were never able to meet your memory stays with me always.

I think about you sometimes, what would you be like? Would you be tall and strong like me, would you have been beautiful as your mother? Would I be able to see my Grandmother in your eyes? How old would you have been now, 12, 6, 4, 1, years, or would I still be anxiously waiting your arrival. How clever you would be, how inquisitive, how beautiful.

You have a sister, she is three years of age, and the treasure of my life. She is smart like me, and beautiful like her mother, she is kind and gentle and will someday be a mother herself. She loves the dirt, and her little dollies. And I know she would love you.

Thank you for your Life, short though it was.
I love you.

The stars at night.

For years and years I have been uncomfortable in the city, Sure I enjoyed the amenities and activities found within a bigger city, but the pure numbers of people combined with traffic, crime, pollution and the never ending cost of city living began to wear on me, and I began to lose my sanity! No amount of trips out of the city, no amount of camping was able to refresh that feeling, every time I ventured out of the city, I would ask myself "Why the hell do I live in the city?", and every time I returned I would ask myself, "Why the hell do I live in the city?" I never had a good answer for myself.

Four years ago, I began my Exodus, I got a job out of town, a safe place to stay, all was good. The day before I left however, I met the woman who would prove to be the mother of my child, and my exodus was put on hold. The honeymoon period was great but we leapt immediately from honeymoon to pregnant and from pregnant to parenting and my exodus was put on hold.

Our relationship lasted two years, full of beautiful moments and incredible beauty, the birth of our child and the establishment of our home, but unfortunately the stress of city living proved our undoing, ending in a mutually abusive relationship.

Immediately following this period, I began to resume my quest for exodus, albeit in an unorthodox fashion. I obtained an older (but in great shape) schoolbus and began it's conversion. For the last two years I have been living out of my bus, preparing it and myself for my journeys.

My daughter, and the lingering hope for if not a reconciliation, at least a working relationship with her mother kept me in the city, but the realization that it was never to be finally forced my hand.

So I am out, taking the first steps in my new existence as a non-city dweller, and as a nomad. eventually I hope to settle somewhere with someone meaningful, but untill then I intend to travel, collect new stories and experiances, make music and rejoice in the stars at night.

Back in the bus,

Well it's official, I'm back in the bus, Spent my first night in her last night, a little chilly, but only when i got out of my warm bed! I forgot how much i loved my bed, I've been on my futon for the last 6 months. Todo list for today, get my living room finished, and move all my crap from my apartment into the bus, before i go to work!. I had to tear all the interior apart to get my windows installed last year now it's just a matter of putting back together. I'm parked in an industrial yard next to my friends studio, he is "working" on some upholstery for me, at least that's what we are telling the landlords. lol

next post will be from ashcroft.

Happy Birthday to Me

Well another year has gone by, with it's own share of trials and tribulations, joys and heartbreaks. I'm a little greyer, a little balder, and a whole bunch wiser. I've made some new friends, some new lovers, lived in a few new places, tried a few new jobs, overall one could say a year of change.

Fitting considering it was my 30th year. (ok it was actually my 31st but just go with me ok)

In y 31st year I hope to do some more traveling, Make some new friends and best of all FINALLY get out of this city. I'm Packing up, pulling stakes and driving my big ol bus out of the city in the next week or so, hopefully by the equinox. Farwell city traffic, city pollution, city attitude.

where will this year take me, i don't know, but i do know that wherever I go the love of my friends and family will stay with me, and new friends, scenery, and adventure await.

31 Here I come!!

Laundry. vs Mum.

I was visiting my mum, and while I was over I tossed in a load of laundry. So I'm loading the washing machine and my mum sees me and starts questioning my Laundry abilities.
"What are you doing?"
"Just a load of laundry Mum,"
"WHAT!!, that's not how you do laundry!!"
Now to set the stage, I'm a Grown man, a Father, and I've been doing my own laundry ever since I was old enough to leave questionable stains on my night clothes. I know how to do laundry. And I should point out that I am a pretty casual, low maintainance type of guy, i wear jeans and black tshirts and a bandanna. sometimes a sweater. Ok, a kilt sometimes but that is a special case and not part of the story.

"What's the problem?"
"You don't do Laundry like that!!, you didn't seperate your colours or your whites!"

In the Laundry load in question the colours consised of one old red bandanna which had no chance of the colours running, and one pair of white sox.
I remember having this conversation 15 years ago, and i wonder why i'm having it again now. I mean, it's not like my clothes dont' get clean, It's obviously just a Mum thing. I dont' really mind,
though, it's how my mum expresses her love.


Love ya mum,

Manifestations made real,

Say what you will about the power of creative visualization and manifestation, even I think it sounds hokey sometimes, but i cannot deny it's power. Using these techniques I have been able to bring so many things into my life, both positively and negatively. Case in point, yesterday I was able to create three new work situations for myself; a building gig and two moving gigs. That by itself is impressive to me especially considering how little work I did to get them, I merely put myself in the right headspace and followed through.

In the past I have been able to manifest money, women, cars, seemingly out of the blue. I shudder to think of how many things I have destroyed using these powers carelessly

Dreaming of a bus...

So last night I had a surreal dream concerning busses, I have the most unreal dreams sometimes, especially when i am sick.(which i have been) My dreams are insanly real, and lucid more often than not. In fact my dreams are so real that they dirupt my waking life.

I had my own bus there, in a storage yard, and I had another bus which i was trying to hide behind my own bus (how do you hide a 40 foot bus anyway)

There was another bus involved as well, a GM fishbowl that I had just aquired. I have always wanted a Fishbowl, they are such classics.


umm well there is no point to this story, exept that it got me thinking about busses again, i spent all morning checking out busses on the internet, DAMN there are some wicked busses out there.

I'm really looking forward to being back in my bus.