tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290740342024-02-28T14:35:01.718-08:00Headlines by GlitterGirlWhat's going on in my world is all over my head... literally. Explore the human condition through the messages I create on my shaved head.glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.comBlogger234125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-60094480126053229462009-02-25T00:48:00.001-08:002009-02-25T00:48:38.869-08:00English, Revisited (clever)1. The roundest knight at King Arthur's table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.5. The butcher backed into the meat glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-48618965925136554872009-02-24T10:58:00.000-08:002009-02-24T10:59:37.160-08:00Quick physical challengeThis may boggle your mind -- see if you can outsmart your foot. 1. Without anyone watching you (as they might think you are a nutcase!) And while sitting at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.2. Now, while doing this, draw the number '6' in the air with your right hand. Your foot will likely change direction.glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-73501114456319419892009-02-24T00:32:00.000-08:002009-02-24T00:33:09.740-08:00How clean is it?The Window Through Which We Look A young couple moves into a new meighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside. "That laundry is not very clean", she said. "She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap." Her husband looked on, but remained silent. Every time her neighbor would hand glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-15915570549734772892009-02-22T11:23:00.001-08:002009-02-22T11:23:38.813-08:00You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-8288987975065871482009-02-21T00:38:00.000-08:002009-02-21T00:40:21.141-08:00The Heavy Cost of Unexpressed Feelings"Our repertoire of words for calling people names is often larger than our vocabulary of words that allow us to clearly describe our emotional states. I went through 21 years of American schools and can't recall anyone in all that time ever asking me how I felt. Feelings were simply not considered important. What was valued was "the right way to think" -- as defined by those who held positions ofglittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-8486027320618941742009-01-03T16:01:00.001-08:002009-01-03T16:01:45.343-08:00GlitterGirl's Remixes for (Poi) Fire Dancingglittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-11582778836764744462009-01-03T00:50:00.000-08:002009-01-03T01:00:27.788-08:00GlitterGirl's Hip Hop/R&B/Electronic Dance Mix for (Poi) Fire DancingPeople keep asking me what music I dance to and enjoy, so I'm going to start making Play Lists and iMix's people can pick up for themselves. Here's one with a bit of Hip Hop, R&B and some electronic music to dance to. glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-88784498032696066022008-12-21T10:29:00.000-08:002008-12-21T10:59:47.039-08:00What does it mean to be Friends in this millennium? Happy Solstice!I'm starting to understand what it must have been like for my parents when they started diatribes that began with, "when I was your age..." because the changing times now seem to be even quicker than it was when they were my (current) age (39). Through my formative years, I saw the advent of push button phones, home computers, answer machines, cable TV, microwaves, walk mans, disc mans, video glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-2366644737326875412008-12-18T18:49:00.001-08:002008-12-18T18:49:56.507-08:0012 Days of Christmas: Meaning RevealedFrom 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England werenot permitted to practice their faith openly. Someoneduring that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics.It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church. Eachelement in the carol has a code word for a religious realitywhich the children could remember. -The glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-6062981064497769322008-12-11T00:29:00.001-08:002008-12-11T00:29:42.404-08:00Flip Mino CamcorderFlip Mino Camcorder with Personalized Design - Available only at www.theflip.com. Check out this unique Flip Mino design. The Flip Mino camcorder combines remarkable video quality in a pocket-sized package. Now personalizable - create yoursView >>glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-28955581661280885242008-12-11T00:15:00.001-08:002008-12-11T00:15:15.342-08:00Flip Mino CamcorderFlip Mino Camcorder with Personalized Design - Available only at www.theflip.com. Check out this unique Flip Mino design. The Flip Mino camcorder combines remarkable video quality in a pocket-sized package. Now personalizable - create yoursView >>glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-85917842802548822132008-12-04T15:06:00.000-08:002008-12-04T15:48:33.882-08:00Looking to increase everyone's joy this holiday season? Yeah, me too.Nearly 9 years ago I was lucky enough to stumble upon poi. Nearly 7 years ago I was driven enough to establish Temple of Poi. 4 years ago I was serendipitously granted the first of a series of opportunities to bring poi fire dancing to a credible stage, namely, Union Square. This was a donation of our time and money to be a part of the San Francisco Food Bank's (SFFB) Canned Food Drive. Each yearglittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-58986558030599113102008-11-19T04:03:00.000-08:002008-11-19T04:05:20.607-08:00Energy Drinks: Large quantities for Low cost$5.50 per case SmartPower Smart Energy Drinks - by the palletWe are the manufacturers of SmartPower Smart Energy Drink - The best FEELING energy drink on the planet. SmartPower has special ingredients that change the way your brain processes caffeine, enhancing the positive effects (Energy, Good Feelings, Clarity) while virtually eliminating the negative ones (The Jitters and the Crash. Smart glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-71437954019636959892008-11-13T09:11:00.000-08:002008-11-13T09:12:32.617-08:00Temple of Poi Student Profile: Jeff StarrThis is the first in a series of student video profile pieces I've been working on about some of my boot camp students. Enjoy this piece on Jeff Starr... glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-11573636756278687602008-11-12T08:41:00.000-08:002008-11-12T08:42:00.389-08:00Bring Back the FUNk!glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-50703982671461214942008-11-06T06:43:00.000-08:002008-11-06T11:49:10.230-08:00soul2soulwhat a privilege, honor, pleasure to share the gift of playing this extraordinary game designed to create deeper, more authentic relating. last night when i connected with Decker, Mark and Bryan it was a beautiful thing to feel myself pulled back into the Truth of the game -- knowing the safety of the space, the commitment to Truth, the depth of love. Being seen. Seeing. Loving. I'm honored to glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-71806281541509678202008-10-31T08:44:00.000-07:002008-10-31T08:45:33.684-07:00This cracked me up!glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-67043925112444759712008-10-28T21:44:00.001-07:002008-10-28T21:44:40.101-07:00Love's Threshing-Floor"When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste to the garden. For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he forglittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-58475448286034321332008-10-15T02:42:00.000-07:002008-10-15T02:43:02.864-07:00Loss v. What isFor what reason was I so focused on what I thought I would lose if I/we didn't "do it a certain way" rather than focused on what I/we have and what it makes possible?glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-46907325585294816522008-10-11T21:08:00.001-07:002008-10-11T21:11:31.750-07:00Political Cartoon caption: "I keep thinking we should include something in the Constitution in case the people elect a fucking moron."glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-89506480168289068992008-10-10T13:40:00.001-07:002008-10-10T13:40:56.649-07:00changehow do we transcend our current level of development and evolve in a way that is most wholesome for the most number of people while ALSO including all the elements of tradition that help define who we are?glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-22091418543080510782008-10-06T17:09:00.001-07:002008-10-06T17:09:57.245-07:00Humor: Investment AdviceWith all the turmoil in the market today and the collapse of Lehman Bros and acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America this might be some good advice. For all of you with any money left, be aware of the next expected mergers so that you can get in on the ground floor and make some big bucks. Watch for these consolidations in later this year: 1.) Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-69016273125032773732008-10-03T00:34:00.000-07:002008-10-10T13:48:11.045-07:00A Political joke you can enjoy no matter who you prefer!Montana CowboyA Montana cowboy was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leans out the window and asks the cowboy, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?"The cowboy glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-80771225908932773792008-10-02T14:36:00.000-07:002008-10-02T14:38:22.450-07:00The real difference between liberals and conservatives: Jonathan Haidt on TED.comPsychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most. And he challenges all of us to step outside of our moral Matrix and pledge to work toward a more civil, productive political process. (Recorded glittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074034.post-12518477227353135442008-10-01T12:50:00.001-07:002008-10-01T12:50:42.312-07:00Life and DeathI saw a friend in the hospital yesterday who went to the emergency room around noon and was in ICU for a good portion of the afternoon. It brought up some things for me about life and death. I have noticed that I'm most comfortable with my own death -- witnessing the loss of another... Egads, that just is much rougher for me. I have come the point in my life and literally had moments walking downglittergirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02296634425866959071noreply@blogger.com0