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Expert Tuesday (Dog Grooming) by Emily Harper

There are few careers in the world where you can be paid to chase small animals around with sharp objects...but that is just what I do. However the art of dog grooming has been practiced for far longer than you would think.

During the renaissance era, pets fortunate enough to live with rich and doting aristocrats, were very pampered pooches. They were tended to by professional groomers called "demoiselles" (today the politically correct term is Pet Stylist). It was these groomers that used artistic ability and embellishment to create the more outlandish breed styles we see today...it was during this time too, that canine 'coiffures' were increasingly patterned after women's hairstyles. This is the case with the Continental clip that we still see on most standard poodles. In 17th century France, the poodle was the official dog at court. It was during the era of King Louis XV that has the first official records of dog grooming parlors.

The process of grooming a dog hasn't changed much over the years. In the late 1800's grooming consisted of taking your pet to a 'demoiselle' where, for a fee, the animals would be lathered, immersed in sulfur water (to kill fleas), then sent to fetch a stick tossed into a river for a quick rinse, after which they would be dried then clipped. Ok, so the process has changed a little bit. I start every groom with a pre-clip, followed by a bath. The batheing process has come a long way since sulfer water and rivers. I have numerous shampoos/conditioners at my disposal, ranging from milk baths to herbal shampoos. During the bath is when a pets ears are cleaned and thier teeth are brushed (its recommended you brush their teeth every day, I only do my dogs teeth about once a year) with a special chicken flavored toothpaste. Once the pet is dried, I give them their finishing haircut. Depending on size and coat texture, the entire groom can take 1-3 hours. For long hair breeds, grooming is usually required every 6-8 weeks.

There are currently about 150 breeds recognized by the AKC. These are divided into 7 groups (hound, sporting, non-sporting, terrier, herding, working, and toy) Every breed has a 'breed profile' or a standard for how it should look. The breed profile is determined by what that breeds original purpose was (i.e. breed profile requires that most terriers have a docked tail because they were bred to chase vermin into holes, and the owner would have to grab them by the tail and pull them back out).

If you haven't been bored enough by the above...feel free to come to the Atlanta Pet Fair during March 2005!

Albama Survivor 2004

Well this weekend we headed off to the woods for Alabama Survivor 2004. The contestants were all eager to take on the challenge. On the playing field was

Kevin aka Hunter Gatherer, for at 6 in the morning he was already in search of kinlin

Uju aka So Fresh So Clean, for no one should shower as much as he did on a camping trip

Casey aka Shine Eyes for he will always shine his flashlight in your eyes.

Rex aka Fall Back, for no one can fall over backwards in a chair like him...

Brett aka Bright n Windy based on some genius comments, and the Windiness of his posterior.

Jared aka Not receiving a nick name

Phillip aka Limp Tent for the quality product he brought

Tommy aka On the phone

Jeremy aka No hair on hand

With the contestants in Place. The challenges could begin, the duo of Tommy and Phillip struggled for hours to assemble what would become the tent of choice. The tent of the gasious wars that would lead to many people being voted off.

After the First day the Kamaloos were gone. Nicknames lead to reason of being voted off. Yet despite being voted off, Casey aka Shine Eyes, continued to compete. The next day brought an end to the competition for Rex, and Windy. Rex demanded a recount during his vote, which led to his being voted off two times actually. It was down to the challengers.

Next to go was Kevin, in a close bout with Tommy. THe next round would take out Tommy with a close bout with Jeremy.

It was down to the last 3... who would remain? A challenge of swimming while climbing down cliffs... would this prove the breaker in the challenge? It would lead to an alliance, and Jared was gone.

The final two... who would win. In a unanimous vote, Jeremy was gone, and Phillip would prove to be the forever champion of Survivor Alabama 2004.
The competition was intense, as was the random smells of the weekend. The food was anything but healthy... (as the worlds most complex and high calorie omlet was created...) Rookies would learn some of the ropes of the woods, and how to cook a hotdog over an open fire. The 2.5 mile hike would kill some, and the rains would soak a few. But in the end, most everyone survived.

Whos friday next week?

This weekend I take a few rookies camping... the one with the most memoriable story or picture... will welcome there very own friday next week.

Keep watching. But I'm late to leave, stupid rocket science that doesnt work,.... its cutting into my personal time.

Now for some lyrics...

Seeing how its creative writing... I thought I would turn to some artist for good lyrics. I usually listent to music for the music not the lyrics. But some bands, its all about the lyrics... good example

THE SMITHS - GIRL AFRAID

Girl afraid
where does his intentions lay?
Or does he even have any?
She says:
"He never really looks at me
I give him every opportunity
in the room downstairs
he sat and stared
in the room downstairs
he sat in stared
I'll never make that mistake again !"

Boy afraid
prudence never pays
and everything she wants costs money
"But she doesn't even LIKE me!"
and I know because she said so
in the room downstairs
she sat and stared
in the room downstairs
she sat and stared
I'll never make that mistake again!"

Add your favorite lyrics to a song...

Quote Wednesday

I'm a people person, well not really... I hate people.

I have body parts that don't work anymore.

Hardwood floors are like women you may not like this or that, but you'll get used to whatever

-All Darryl in our conversation when i informed him of Darryl Friday.

Add your quotes!

A New DAY! Expert TUESDAY!

Every Tuesday we will have a Misconstrued "Expert" teach us a little about something we never knew about before. (Look for the invite, you could the be the next expert). Topics shall be all over the place. So plan to know enough for a good 5 Minute conversation at those cocktail parties.

This week: Darcie Myers on Ballet

I suppose most people are surprised to learn that I have taken ballet for so long, since I am known for my clumsiness. But ballet is something that has caught my attention for many years. I took my first ballet class when I was in second grade and danced as a “dancing doll” in my very first recital.

While my start to ballet was only about 14 years ago, Ballet started to evolve during the Renaissance period (1300-1600) in Western Europe. The steps of ballet were first named in French, which is why French has become the International language of ballet. Some of these steps include ‘pirouette’ (to spin), ‘plie’ (to bend), and ‘tombe’ (to fall). There are even steps in ballet to mimic animals such as ‘pas de cheval’ (step of the horse) and ‘sauté chat’ (jump of the cat).

Ballet is a very taxing job for professional ballerinas. They dance 6 days a week to keep their bodies in perfect condition. To become a professional ballerina, you must start at a very early age. The recommended age for girls to begin training is 8 to 10… and bit later for boys. This is the case so that the bones in their bodies may grow and adapt to the positions that are common in ballet. This includes the very basis of ballet technique: turn out. Turn out is very crucial to a ballerina. Turn out is the rotation from the hip joint to form a 180 degree angle with the feet on the floor.

I highly recommend attending a ballet. Most ballets are a story told through dance, which can be challenging to understand at times since no words are spoken. There are even ballet’s based on art. This past April the Lyon Opera Ballet opened the ballet “Tricodex” which was based on an Italian art book filled with drawings of imaginary animals, plants, machines, and insects.

Musicians and artists have even taken an interest in ballet. The Icelandic band Sigur Ros constructed an instrument made out of pointe shoes for a collaboration with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. There were microphones in each pointe shoe, and the musicians beat them with sticks. The impressionistic painter Edgar Degas enjoyed painting many pictures revolving around the performance of ballet dancers. Photographer Cornell Capa also enjoyed working with ballerinas.

Though I by no means have a name in ballet, there are several “Darcie’s” that do. Included are Darci Kistler, a principal dancer for the New York City Ballet, and Darcey Bussell, a principal dancer for the Royal Ballet.

I'm an "Uncle"

OK, so I must admit this weekend I really did nothing... it was probably the first time in 6 months, or more. And well, its amazing how little you really accomplish around the house when a weekend is spent working around the house...

Emry Sophia Born: August 20 at 5:12 pm, 6 pounds and 3 ounces, 18.5 inches.

But while I was doing nothing, my first cousin Jennifer, created a new table setting at the ol Myers family reunions (Ha, we've never called them that before, but now that we all live all across the south, well I guess they could be called that). Anyway, congrats Jen n Jason. And since technically least on the Myers side, there are no uncles... You can call me your "Uncle" Jerm, Emry. I'll teach you to put your hands up and make the quote gesture when you say Uncle in reference to me. But that will be a few more months away... but put it high on your list of needed motor skills.

So yes, hard to believe a new generation in the fam. Just seems like the other day we were writing scripts for our wonderful movies. They created so much excitement... but the sad thing is we never filmed any of them (And to think we had the whole script of 10,000 Leagues under a House complete). Oh well just for the record, here is the absolute first film ever created, with the help of Deidre and Jennifer.

Itzjerm Itzfriday

Well the entries were made and Itz Jerm friday. Jeremy is the creator of thoughts behind misconstrued thoughts. Bringing the world together... hoping to make it a happy/inteligent/creative place. I've known Jeremy from the begining, Infact I"ve known him longer than anyone. True he irritates me to death sometimes (for example he just deleted this whole post, and I had to restart). Anyways, alot of people try to figure him out, but I just link it back to his "floating" childhood. No in actuallity those times Jeremy seems confused, or "floating" its probably his allergies kicking in... alergies are the one thing he's great at.

Anyways, Jerm and I even went to school together. He definitly was a geek. In fact, it led to multiple beat downs, and we know for sure that he couldnt defend himself. But he always said that helped build character. He's a pretty constant person, I mean he's alway had bad hair, always lacked the same abilities. But he like creativity, in any form that involves creation. In fact I scrounged this up, one of his first videos... (a news program).

Of course now he just continues his goal to bring happiness/creativity/education to the world. Many who know him might see these things, others may just reflect on him being a bit crazy er uh.. eccentric? Alright one story about Jerm..

When He was 12 we had gone to a waterpark. He headed to the changing room. Being the modest lil boy he was he decided to change in a shower stall, as he came out... he was welcomed with shreaks... seems he had not noticed which dressing room he had entered. End result an embarrasing day, the rest of the day for ol Jerm. So bad he had to grow a beard to change his idenity.. oh wait that was just while he was in africa...

Anyways, add your stories for this the one the only, the misconstrued reader (all 6 of em) voted, Jeremy Friday. Oh and as for that education part... I think you need to read more science books... get some for free.. here!

Somebody Friday...

Well in the last year, you have got to know 40 people here on misconstrued... I've found many people find Somebody Friday Entertaining.

GO Back and Check out all of them...

And to think this just started because Priya was upset only her arm ended up on the website. Anyways, polls still open, To determine who will have the last Friday. Only 5 votes in so far. (Wow and I even allowed Cheating!) Hurry voting ends today.

AND NOW FOR THE AWARD CEREMONY...(And A contest)

Well it is that time of year... the Olympics are full swing. People are receiving recognition for their greatness... With that in mind, here are some clips of what being an Olympic hopeful is all about... Those deserving of the true awards at the Olympic games:

The Aluminum: Goes to Ms... Javelin Almost
The Bronze: Goes to Mr Run with Full force to knock self out
The Silver Goes to Mr invent a new move
The Gold Goes to Ms... Near Death Experience.(Why is that guy clapping in the back?)

Yes these are the ones that inspire. And so are you the misconstrued consumer.

For that reason it is awards day here at misconstrued for everyone’s hard work...

And these awards go to...

Most Likely to Be Edited (Misconstrued): Jon Houser
Most Likely to Comment: Javann Jones
Most Likely to Look and Not Comment: Erin Roberts
Most Likely to be Removed from Site via Parents: Tremain Tucker
Most Likely to Appreciate Photos: Lea Schedel
Most Likely to Rip Site Off: Casey Wallace
Most Likely to Inspire the Site: Tim Marks (to think I didnt know what bloggging was)
Most Likely to Provide Tech Support: Alan Johnson

And to everyone else,

"And thank you for your support" -Bartles &Jaymes

Most Likely to have a day tomorrow....? This is where you come in... Its our last person of the year (misconstrued year) Who will it be? Vote now, ever entry accepted. Cheating allowed. And if I dont know you... well its your chance to be heard and known. Entries Due by COB Friday!

Creative Writing A Review...

Well here we are, a year into creative writing. All of misconstrued, every comment is creative writing based on my liberal view of writing. In fact, since the begining, we've had over 1.6 Million hits. Over 100,000 Visits. And over 3000 comments left! Impresive indeed... many people come and go without ever saying anything. But there are those who share... those who create. And we've had well over 200 pieces of creative writing submitted in the last year.

I have added a "feature" to the site so you can easily find old Creative Writing. Here is where it will take you.

I will reprint what has been viewed by most my best creative writing for the year. Really anything good for me is a miracle, since all my writings are done while driving to work in the morning... i.e. there is only 20 minutes of work into all of them.... Anyway, enjoy this classic, (Thoughts of the Withering in Autumn) and enjoy all the old classics.

Would you like to see all of these writings in print? Well it could happen if there is interest...

Thoughts of the Withering in Autumn

As the chill of the early Autumn Morning struck my face, an inrush of thoughts hit me. But there was a tinge of happiness in me just to have the blessing of feeling that cool, moist fall morning air. Its sad I thought of how really this was a rarity now, to experiences these commonalities. But since I had been put in the home, really self being as I had known it had disappeared.

The morning chill brought back an inrush of thoughts and emotions.

Of childhood, those mornings getting on the bus, dreading the day ahead of school. That fog that often hung through the valley on those cool fall mornings. It was always disappointing, visions of disappearing as I would pass into the fog, but really it was always so clear when you walked into it.

I thought back to those days of college, when the feel of fall beaconed in the days of football, of what is really needless priority. But something that would really bring happiness to those cool, evenings … bringing in the vast array of fall colors, both on the field and off.

It used to be so great to go see those games with dad. Yes joyful indeed. The cheering the excitement. How I have missed him through the past several years. The pain the lonliness.

But loneliness is not a new feeling. With the passing of Charlotte a couple of years of go, there has never been such a presence of loneliness in my life. Especially now that they have put me here, where loneliness abounds. There are many here, but we remain incapacitated to care for ourselves, but our drive to do so creates distant stares; not allowing the person next to us enter or ever be a friend.

My dear Charlotte, the years of happiness. The fall was always a special time for us, walks through the forest floor of leaves. Just the sound of the cracking leaves and her happy laughs in my mind cant help but bring a smile to my face and a tear to my eye!

I’m sure my children had my best interest in mind as they brought me here. That wretchedly cold late fall morning they brought me here I don’t like to recount. It had been 2 years since that day. But because of the stroke I guess they had no choice. It’s amazing to me how each event in your life can change things forever. But now I just sit here thinking my own thoughts…

“Sir its time to take you back in now, don’t want you to stay out to long in this cold morning air; you may catch your deaths cold” stated the nurse.

…the thought almost seemed peaceful now. If I could only let her know that the fresh air, the sparkling shimmer of water on the grass, the cascading light through the foggy morning air brought me a moment of happiness; a moment to reflect on those days gone: These things gave me a temporary feeling of those important people being back, a feeling of reason to be…
How I wished that someone would visit soon. How I wished that I could let them know I was happy when they came. How I wish that the day would soon come when once again I would be able to climb as a stag, see my loved ones, and not be a victim of this worlds sickness and my loved ones rushed lifes.

A year of quotes in review...

Wow a whole year of people quoting one another... today as I walk around, every time someone says something "quotable" a fear strikes their face... "this is going to end up on the website"?! Lucky for them, I cant remember most things. Anyways, you can do a search of the site key word "quote" and find quotes from the last year. Take a look back, and quote your favorite quotes:

Two Most Quotable:

"Oh this young Generation"

-Willey

"I am 100% a ladies man"

-Uju

Some more to remember in the extended section:

Near death experiences are pretty cool, after you know for sure they were just near death.

-Jeremy (After he was trapped under a waterfall, escaping, somehow, without breaking his foot)

I'm bored

~Kevin (a 4 year old in my hall tells me this while fire trucks are in the back yard putting out fire and my brother is being taken away by an ambulance!)

"I believe anyone who can breathe fire can take care of themselves on the streets of New York"

-Jared (My Hawaiian Roommate at Bethel, after I told him not to worry if I didn’t come back from a trip into the Bronx).

"I wanted to say, 'Winning an argument on the internet is like winning in the special Olympics. You're still retarded.' But I didn't want to offend any of the retarded people."
-Javann

I knew Jeremys website was good for something!! FREE STUFF
- Ana (after receiving my FREE Reach Flosser in the mail).

"I'm a Sexy Sexy Man. If I were a girl, I would date me."

-Javann (While holding an ax)

"Javann! Thats 425 calories!"

-Kathryn during breakfast at McDonalds

"I'm gonna be an uncle!"

- jeremy... after finding out that his first cousin is going to have a baby

"I didnt live 74 years for nothing! I've lived that long so I can be looney and say what ever comes to my mind, and no one can question it"

-A sister in a congregation in Utah talking to me after the meeting

"Wow..i gave myself whip-lash..and i'm pretty sure i broke my foot!..but it was all worth it!"-Jen (Talking about the Muse Concert)

How could you dislike a dead person?

-Stephanie

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: Lord, why me?

- Seth

The Knoxville File: Bringing togetherness through hatred of boy bands since 2003

-DA

"I am 100% a ladies man"-Uju

"I'm glad I wore my silk stockings"

"I think I ripped a hole in my silk stockings"

-Both Javann Jones

"Is there a Coke in Lap Discount?"

-Jeremy (After the waitress knocked my glass over perfectly into my lap. Took a bit for me to react.... but the end result was a net savings of $15)... and an update, she actually gave us free stuff when we went back 6 months later, she remembered me.)

"You Don't Have Issues, You have a Life Time Subscription"

-Jeremy

You should be happy, because boys dont have to wear uncomfortable clothes. You'll never have to wear a bra or highheals.

-Darcie

Yes, We have a small Plunger Problem here in Cabin 98!

-Sky

You would think at an international convention there would be at least one hot girl

-Jared

"Oh this young Generation"

-Willey

"sounds like a twisted situation"
- Dell Alexander aka Reggie

"i think we eat more vegetables than some vegetarians."

-The Bruces

"I'm never lost, just sometimes I know where I am"

-Jeremy

"Careful Thats my middle name, right after Not Very"

-Jeremy

Jeremy is part of the safety team???? Please, that's one of the biggest lies I've ever heard.

-Lucas Myers

"Life is Fictions Metamorphosis into Autobiographies"

-Jeremy Myers

Thinking Back to What Misconstrued Encouraged?...

So what all has everyone had a share in ... since the inception of misconstrued...

Well there is the Annual Misconstrued Softball Game

Which just took place again! Of course it doesnt seem people were giving there all? ... oh wait maybe it was these people
... ah well least they'll be rested for next years annual game.

Of course there was the spectacular live performance by Subverse Rhyscology, with the instant hit DARCIE!

Scavanger Huntsville! The oddest Scavenger hunt to strike the planet.

Oh and who could forget the Mars party... bringing astronomy to the masses. (or mass hysteria...)

Then there was the Misconstrued Video Contest... riddled with controversy. Awards were given, and prophecy fulfilled, with the comment "most likely to stay on misconstruedthoughts" Hmm doubt we see round two of that contest, but it was fun while it lasted...

There were the football games which resulted in pain for many...

Giving up active sport... Misconstrued moved on to cheerleading...

There was the Urban Spelunking...they pulled this geocache for the danger I think...

There were the two rounds of rib eating contest Round 1 & Round 2

There was the breaking of world records in Hawaii!

There was the newly invented holiday... National Eat A Bowl of Cereal Simultaneously With People You hardly Know DAy... which btw turned into National Nausea Day.

There was the camping and the mud...

There was the release of our own compilation CD, with all Misconstrued Reader Produced Music.

Wow! And all of this in the last year?! Amazing. Truly Amazing, I think I'm tired now that I realize this was just one year. Whew... Oh well time to get around to another one. Life aint it grand?!

An Anniversary...

Well this month marks the 1 year anniversary of Misconstruedthoughts, but this week we will relive the year in review. In actuallity Misconstruedthoughts has been around for 1.5 years, the name that is... the actual site as we know it... (minus the pictures), came July 14th, 03. The whole site as we know it was born on August 29th, 03. A whole year, of pictures, creative writing, quotes, bad spelling, odd thoughts, etc.

Today We'll look at some of the bigest news worthy moments of the site...
In other words those moments which landed misconstrued on the recognized names of people worldwide.

First off.... Failed day... who could forget that day. Starting a music festival in New York city... news papers covering the occurance. A strange event/ a scarry event. But ah what I'll be able to tell the grandkids!

The log can be found in the extended entries here...

Of course we tried to carry on the tradition to failapalooza... and as I took what I thought was Steve-o's shoe.. i found out it to be just some random guy... and thus holding up the show... he was happy to get it back though.

Of course a trip to africa put me on the map as the poo spitter champion of the world!

Wedding photography started picking up......

The international convention coverage brought lots to the site. Created site

Of course the bigevent for the year was the muse video... which took my bandwidth in 1 day...and led to the hookup.

And Toms interview got big reviews too!

Tomorrow we'll talk the events created for all...

and any memories

on this annivesary!

All right, we (Jeremy and myself) buy tickets to a show on Long Island. We then buy plane tickets. Two days before our flight, the show gets canceled and moved to Jersey. We, being angry, create this little "Failed Day" website on Tripod's server. Within three hours it's got 800 hits and is shut down for surpassing the monthly allotment of bandwidth. By the time we leave a day and a half later, we've got a couple thousand hits. There's a possibility that a few thousand people stranded on Long Island are going to show up at a state park on Long Island, and being really mad as they are, we were afraid they might want to go burn down Calverton or something (although we wanted to do that also). So, we leave hoping that we're still going to be free men when we get back. Assuming we get back.



Friday, June 6th

We meet at the airport and get on a plane to Huston, Texas. The flight people are like, "hey, morons" and made us get off. We tried it again a while later and got on the correct plane. We eventually got to New York and started driving around looking for a Target. After a long, long time, we found one. I bought a sleeping bag that was two feet to short for me. It was cold this weekend, and I spent of it being just that. Cold. Stupid!



Saturday, June 7th

We wake up and head to Jersey. We flew into Long Island to avoid the traffic, yet the reschedule made that backfire, as too now we had to drive all the way through the city. We got to Giants Stadium and we were hanging out with someone who knew what failed day was, and was happy to meet us. She was cool. Anyway, Jeremy spent 5 bucks on a poncho and we stood in the cold rain. for 11 hours. After we finally left, we went and got dinner/breakfast at about 2:00 AM at this little diner somewhere on Long Island. It was unusually busy, and we had these really awesome gyros. We got back to our tent to find it flooded, along with a couple articles of my clothing. We finally got to bed sometime after 3:00.



Sunday, June 8th

Failed Day was scheduled to happen at 1:00 PM. We woke up at 12:30, got ready and headed out. We arrived at the park about an hour and a half late. Only a few people were there. It seemed as though we weren't going to get arrested. We got some pizza (that was awesome pizza), went to Orient Beach and ate the pizza, and I looked at all the Asian ladies. At this point, out of boredom, we drove around the mall in Calverton offering people a song for a dollar. No one accepted. We then started offering songs for free, and still no one accepted. People in NY are uptight! We eventually left when we saw mall security heading our way.



Monday, June 9th

Last day! We had absolutely nothing to do, so we went sight seeing. We saw awesome things like the biggest parking lot on the east cost (wow), and some 14-year-old kid swimming naked in a bay. It wasn't a nude beach. It was right behind some houses. We took a photo. Eventually we got on our privet, rock star, hip, alternative and cool jet and went home. on flight number 2135.

Darcie Friday Its coming...

Darcie Friday, it has arrived. This week I have been converting old home videos over to digital videos. And when it comes to the Myers home video collection, well it is proof that Darcie's life has been preserved on film. You may know Darcie, as a quiet, mild, person who doesn't like to be showy... focused on what she needs to do.

But quiet, mild, these words were not always true. Today you Get to know the other Darcie, The Darcie I grew up with.

Now don't get me wrong. I mean Darcie and I got along well as kids, (well we still do). But in reality it was a reversal of roles back in those days, I was the more quiet reserved one. Darcie however was flitting around, talking to everyone, asking for something from everyone. The following is a video voyage into the youth of Darcie....

Now even when Darcie was little she was exposed to alot of situations... (thats life in the Myers home)... there are always new things to learn, and new environment to experience. (For instance the swimming pool ). And yes I wa always there to provide support. Darcie always loved her swing... a happy little gal she was. Even now darcie is a sugar attic, and thats nothing new, she's been that way since she was little.

As Darcie got older she continued to try new things. While her cordination was off at first, after taking ballet, and dance for years she now is very cordinated. Of course as Darcie got older, she went through what was the "cute" state, where all kids make funny comments, from their view of the world.

But after that "cute" age.. came the I NEED ATTENTION age! And her need for attention would continue for quiet some time. And she was demanding to! She always let people know what she wanted, and what she expected. And she was always determined to learn something new. But she was always loving, caring so much for everyone and everything... especially her cats... poor cats.

So that is a voyage into the past... of who darcie was growing up... not as many stories today as just videos, for the stories abound so greatly. But add your stories on this... DARCIE Friday.

Creative Writing Thursday

Exerts from a Play

Play Title: The Command have Thought Of Eternal Life

Act 3: The Door

Scene: Car Drives up to trailer in the country. Group in Car is busy talking about various topics, after a few seconds the one not in the conversation, Brother Ezelek pops out of the car alone, and walks toward the door. Noone Takes note and continues to busy their self talking. Brother Ezelek focused on what he shall say looks down in his book bag, and also grasp coat at buttons so as to pull it together, to keep out the cool damp air, on this unusual summer morning. He knocks on the door, hears a lot of noise from inside, and then someone comes to the door. (All lines to be sung such that they obviously flow and rhyme with associated preceding line)
Scene 1: "At the Door"

BROTHER EZELEK: (with smile on face)
Good morning dear sir... how are you today?
HOUSEHOLDER: (with smug uninterested look)
Fine but quiet cold for summer I must say!

BROTHER EZELEK: (In voice trying to make friendly conversation)
What is this weather that falls upon the land?
HOUSEHOLDER: (shocked)
You don't know? The end of time at hand?

BROTHER EZELEK: (confident, yet sincere)
What? I say do the two have in common?
For what you misquote is a common problem.

HOUSEHOLDER: (speaking a bit louder)
But it is in the Bible I know for sure!
And all its words are holy upright and pure.

BROTHER EZELEK:
I believe those words are just a misquote
Notice this scripture on a further note.

(Opens Bible to Mark 13:32 and begins to read)

Wait thats not the scriputre I thought its was
But on this subject it sheds ample cause

As you can see the Bible is plain and clear
And what you say is true the end of time is near

But notice what Jesus would come out to say
We'll not know the hour the second of the day

(Opens Bible to 2 Tim 3 begins to read)

HOUSEHOLDER: (Agreeable)
Oh so true those words plain to see
The end of time strange weather shall be!

BROTHER EZELEK: (Mildly Frazled)
Oh dear householder you don't get the thought
In the presumed the misquoted you have been caught

(begins speaking softly, calmer)
For you something brief an important note
Carry with you this summer day, in your Winter Coat

HOUSEHOLDER: (upset more than before... but still minor)
No thank you I'll pass no literature for me
And be careful of my Rockwilder behind that tree (points, and shuts door)

Begin Scene 2 "The Chase"

Meteor Shower, Forget the Sleep!

It looks like it may be cloudy tonight (in Alabama), but the peak for the Perseid meteor shower will be tonight. So its worth checking the night sky before you head to bed. Peak should be early in the morning.

At the peak you can expect around 1 meteor a minute… which is really impressive if you’ve never seen such an event. This is a larger meteor shower than normal because a cloud of debris left by Swift-Tuttle back in the 1800’s will be passed through, more than likely…. Only one way to find out. Look to the night sky tonight.

A NASA page

Read an Article (CNN quotes someone I work with!)

Do you know the difference between a meteor, a meteoroid, a meteorite?

Impress your friends with 10 facts about the Meteor Shower Tonight!

And finally... what is the chances you get hit by a meteorite tonight?

Whats you need to know... Enjoy some Music, Dress Sharp

OK, today is a spuratic group of enteries:

First off lets talk about a new round of cheap concerts in Nashville...

All the dates are not yet filled, but the 2004 Uptown Mix has been anounced! ($7 advance, $10 day of show) Wednesday Nights...

And already there are some great shows to see!

August 11th
Polyphonic Spree

August 25th
Jump (aka Jump Little Children)

September 15th
Ben Folds

September 22nd
Wilco

More groups coming too... Keep Watching.
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Now when you go to the show you wanna look nice eh?

Amazon has clearance on several dress shirts, so if you need some, its time to shop!

Van Heusen Easy Care Stain Shield Hampton Twill Solid - Point Collar
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Calvin Klein Fashion Solid Dress Shirt- Spread Collar
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Van Heusen Supersilk Ultimate Dress Shirt- Point Collar
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Geoffrey Beene Wrinkle Free Herringbone-Point Collar
Was 39.50 now $15.80

An update to the International Convention Site

Well Since its creation, we have received visits to the International Convention site from individuals in 41 countries... nearly 1000 visits. I have received entries from two new individuals, and finally have these posted now.

One is another perspective on the Convention in Budapest...

...And one is pictures from the Convention in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Now with a total of 6 Conventions Covered, enjoy the site and share it with your friends.

http://www.misconstruedthoughts.com/conventions

Darryl Friday... The many stories.. the legend lives...

So tis Darryl Friday. He found a very fitting role in this summers DC playing the part of the evil priest. After the convention I headed down to rebuke his wicked acts, and found him attacking his unexpecting father. Of course under a mosaic law, would his father be accountable for his sons wicked ways... and there for through his wicked acts would he be bringing judgment on his father, making him holy.. wait that doesn’t make sense...

Anyway, so who is darryl behind those beards, fancy garb, evil look?

OK, there he is, more than you bargained for...

Anyways, ol Darryl and I go back to the glory days of the Greeneville Congregation before we all went our own ways. Camping trips were a normal part of the days... (the above picture is from one of our common canoe/camping trips). I'll relate a few more camping trip stories.

One winter we decided to do some camping, to test our skills. As we headed out we thought with confidence we were ready to tackle the wilderness. Yes our confidence was apparent, but this would pass soon. For 10 minutes later Nathan fell into the creek. (Note the temperature was around 20F). Pressing on, minus a few of nathans toes, we headed up the mountain to find the Appalachian Trail. However we would end up losing it because there was so much snow on the trails. We were concerned but did find the trail, and made it to Jerry's Cabin, on the AT. There we made it through one of the most miserable nights of all our lives. With a temperature of about -10F, snow falling, we were actually concerned about our futures. We got a fire started, at which point I burnt the bottom out of my socks trying to get warm. (I didn’t feel it either for I was so cold). That night Darryl would keep waking me up saying "Are you awake Jeremy?" I wouldn’t be till he started asking, and the key here... remember to always buy a good sleeping bag. When we woke up the next day, we headed off the mountain, we couldn’t get a fire started, and all the food and water we had was frozen solid. We did escape the mountain that day, of course Darryl kept falling as we walked off the mountain, for there was ice under the snow... I just love the body print of this massive fall... Sorry Darryl still remember you being ticked I took this picture.

The next camping story is the last camping story... it was when we tackled the AT one spring. As we headed out everything seemed to be good, but after about 2 miles, the boys began to tire... After another 8 miles, things were looking bad... Of course when darryl found out his picture was being taken he perked up (had to keep up his strong manly image!) We would stop to camp soon, and part of the problem was then found, Darryl’s pack was a good 55 lbs, as he carried the iron skillet, the cooking grate, bottle of vodka, and other things not often carried by the average backpacker. (My pack was 30 lbs). That night too Darryl learned not to stuff snow down my pants, for in such occurrence the moon will come out! The next day we headed out on the final 15 miles of the hike... and seems everyone came down sick except me... this led to me carrying others packs the last mile, and then a mandatory rationing of the remaining toilet paper.

There is a lot more to talk about when it comes to Darryl, (The winter sledding, the ice skating on the pond, the random fun in the snow (this is a couch we built) but we'll stop here.

So expound on the oh so many other stories about Darryl on this...Darryl Friday

A revisit to Bethel...

Well here are a few pictures from my trip to Bethel. If you have the chance to work temp or permenant, take advantage of the opportunity. You shall certainly enjoy it. The beauty is meeting so many people from all over the world, and enjoying the companionship of so many spiritual giants.

True the work is pretty intense... I mean intense... I mean intense ...I mean intense...now for real... intense...really intense but its all worth it, you then get a good rest at night. And there is always the benefit that you learn how to be thrifty, learning the best way to save a buck here and there...

Anyways, if you want to enjoy these pictures and others on the big screen. Be at Huntsville West Thursday night... if all goes as plans, I hope to show some slides (You know like the good ol days when some public talks were slide shows!), and share some stories and tell about the overall experience of working temporary at Bethel.

Somethin free...

Free Magazines... yay free is good...

3 game magazines, 2 computer magazines, check it out...

Another Misconstrued Album...

Based on the sucess of previous Misconstrued Albums, we are now taking submits for another Misconstrued Album. If you are an up and coming band and would like to be featured on the next album,.... let me know. Email me your bands name, song name, and any info on the band... along with an mp3 of the song. And don't forget to check out the latest Misconstrued Album release.

As always the purpose is expose people to new bands, no one makes money its for the music!

Tom Kirk, He's a Cool Guy...

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WE HAVE MOVED OUR VIDEO TO OUR NEW MUSIC SITE WWW.AFTERTHESHOW.INFO

(All Videos are Windows Media...)

Well as you know this past spring, when I went to see Muse, I caught on video the incident where Matt (the lead singer) hit his face on his guitar. Everyone wanting to know what happened, led to over 30,000 people downloading the video I put up on the site. Next thing I know, friends, and relatives of the band are emailing. One of these emails was from Tom Kirk, a mate of the band, who has known them since his youth... and now he tours with them taking care of things such as album art, videos, photography etc.

Well Tom wanted the video, and I got it to him. And in fact he says it will be used in a DVD in the near future. (He also wanted to know how I taped over part of the video...oops). Seems he said the band blames me for what happened, and my curse... oh and they said I'm not really steady at Videotaping... (doh... hey i was trying to enjoy the show to eh/) But with Toms help I was able to see Muse 2x this past week, yes he is trying to help break my curse!

I cant complain about the setlist. I was just happy to see Muse live again! And a great show it was (see yesterdays entry). As we spoke with him, he told us the tour was going good for the band! And he even showed off the fancy camera he uses for the production of his DVDs and videos! In fact you can check out one of Muses US released videos created by Tom (Check out time is running out (US version)!)

We brought along a copy of the Misconstrued album for Tom. He said he would try to put the independent groups up on the Muse Site! Good news for those who sent in music! Also he was really excited to get some NASA stickers! He also let us know that everyone that was at the Atlanta show during the "incident" will get to see them on their late fall tour of the states, when they return to Atlanta...

But I must say Tom, is a way cool guy. Personable, and a generally nice fellow. He even likes southerners... (our accents make him think of fried chicken)... So when you go check out muse, don't forge to give Tom a howdy/cheerio...

Curiosa a Review

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Well The Curiosa Festival has come and gone from the south. And I must say an amazing plethora of musical goodness was to be found at these festivities. I had the privilege of catching both the Atlanta and Nashville shows. With so many bands it is always going to be that certain ones will shine greater than others. All bands performed a 30 minute set, with the cure performing for about 1:45.

MUSE

Of course, at the top of my bill was Muse. Their 30 minute set.

Muse Set List :
1. Hysteria
2. New Born
3. Bliss
4. Butterflies and Hurricanes
5. Time Is Running Out
6. Stockholm Syndrome

They performed the same setlist at Both Nashville, and Atlanta. But they performed it quiet well, and even included a little Led Zeppelin. It seems it was time for the end of the Set, but Matt the Lead singer just kept wanting to play and play, and continued as he walked off the stage. (Watch a clip from Atlanta, the view isn’t the best due to the fact, video was confiscated earlier, and had to be quiet unsuspicious).

THE CURE

Next I give dibs to the Cure. I mean these guys have been around forever, and their setlist was amazing!

Nashville:
Plainsong, Shake Dog Shake, Fascination Street, The End of the World, Anniversary, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Pictures of You, Maybe Someday, Before Three, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, (I Don't Know What's Going) On, Push, Us or Them, alt.end, One Hundred Years, Disintegration

Encore: Lovesong, Play For Today, A Forest, Boys Don't Cry.

Atlanta
Lost, Labyrinth, Fascination Street, alt.end, A Night Like This, The End of the World, Lovesong, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, Jupiter Crash, Pictures of You, Before Three, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, A Strange Day, One Hundred Years, Never, The Promise

1st encore: Close To Me, Lovecats, Why Can't I Be You
2nd encore: Charlotte Sometimes, Faith, Going Nowhere.

Robert Smith came out on stage in Nashville, like he was a lost deranged little boy, looking hopelessly at a bunch of poeple he was scared of. Quiet interesting. I must say, this is one ugly gothy man... but he can produce some great music still. And the bass player, he is humped over like a hunchback the whole show, swaying back and forth, jumping around on one foot, (actually i think his bass is glued to his pants). Quiet interesting, and entertaining. But only Robert maintains the goth look, the rest of the band look fairly normal. The keyboardist stands with a distinction and confidence reminiscent of Kraftwerk keyboardist. A great show though! (Watch part of a clip from nashville).

THURSDAY

Next I must say I really enjoyed the Thursday Show. Actually it was almost traumatic in Nashville, kinda aggressive, but nothing like the New York show I went to last year. Atlanta was actually rather calm, which made the band more hyped actually pretty cool I must say.

I ran into Geoff Rickly while walking around. Had a little time to ask a few questions:

Here was his thought on Nashville vs. Atlanta, How to Scream and their Keybaordist.

Here was his thoughts on "leaking" their album online before the release.

Here was his thoughts on Field Day/ Failed Day.

A nice guy he is indeed. And the amount of energy created at one of their shows is just amazing!

THE RAPTURE

The Underdog of the shows I feel though was the Rapture. I heard so many people complain about their set! But I thought it was a wonderful performance. The group works well together, and creates a wonderful energy around a non-typical style. What else do you want? Cowbells you say? I've never seen anyone play the cowbell with a passion that the Rapture used it. One of the funniest things I've ever seen! True I would say they rip off Public Image Ltd., here and there... but I view their performance stellar! I hope to see them again! (Watch a clip from the Raptures show in Atlanta).

INTERPOL

Finally a must see was Interpol. Once again, some did not get the monotone droning known as Interpol. But the somber aura created was perfect. The guys in their suits, makes the moment. The greatest creator of the mood definitely would be the base player, who stands with holster on, standing with such confidence that neither fire nor explosion could change his calm coolness.... intriguing almost scary! I hope to catch them at a smaller venue in the future. (Watch a short clip of Interpol).

Well there you have it Curiosa, its complete in the south, but if you get the chance dont' miss the chance to take this in! Tis wonderful! And don't forget to catch Mogwai, this is the band all the other bands were talking about, when we talked to them personally... they are definitly a better band live than on CD, just because your stereo system can't handle their dynamics...