Shana and "Mixed Use" buildings

So, Shana is the name of the lady on the top floor who is a freelance writer. The one we were pow wowing with last night who was saying she is also queer (to the best of my knowledge).

She's an art critic and writes for like Artillery Magazine (big deal art journal on the West Coast) and LA Weekly and stuff. She's a woman somewhere in middle age and very funny in person, too. Knows a lot of gallery artists from all over.

And then, what I was saying about the Rosslyn is that it's what's called a "mixed use" building. It's a type of urban planning model borrowed from NYC. "Mixed use" buildings were created to conserve space and money for developers. So, "mixed use" buildings will put Affordable Housing units (apartments for poorer folks) in with Market Rate units (apartments for middle-class folks) in with Section 8 units (apartments for very, VERY poor people who have severe disabilities or are seniors). Moreover, the type of Section 8 folks that this building rents to sometimes include very poor, homeless people with disabilities who are plucked right from the streets of Skid Row, because it's located just a couple blocks away and the city is desparate to house them to improve the optics.

So, to drive the point home again, some of us who fit in the Affordable Housing or Section 8 categories may be poor, seniors or disabled but are folks who are socialized and kind and decent and then others are unsocialized and bat shit crazy, off their rockers types that are one-step away from the county jail. The Market Rate folks, of course, can also have their decent members, like Shana, and then, they can also have jerks or ne'erdowells, like any subset of humanity anywhere.

A "Mixed use" building throws everyone all together of markedly different means and capacities and basically says, "Work it out. Figure out how to accept each others' needs, relate to each other and get along as neighbors." I don't think they are realistic or fair models. Though un-PC to say, perhaps, normally you would have different folks like this in different separate buildings from one another. This has made it very trying for everyone. And the type that no one can easily live around are some of these bat shit crazy homeless folks from Skid Row because they have no concept of society and it's parameters or how to integrate with it. :/

Note: The Stereo Guy is NOT from that homeless Skid Row background and is still psycho nuts. Which goes to show you you can have A-holes from all walks of life. :/

Psychic Forums Are Not Safer or More Fruitful Than the Regular World But They're Not Totally Off-limits Either ADDENDUM I

Note: In the following, I repeat phrases a lot for emphasis. Please forgive typos, misspellings, run-on sentences, etc.

OK, I'm happy to clarify we can use these psychic forums SOME, we're not saying its a total no-go. I swear I am NOT trying to say it's a complete no-go. I am simply frantic though trying to get across the whole true AWESOME reality of what we're actually looking at by you two bringing me into your lives - that starting to talk to me in the normal way and then, getting me into your lives in person is the comparatively safer alternative. In every way. Simply what we've been trying to say from early on is that we all need to intersperse usage of the psychic forums WITH interacting in the regular world bc the psychic forums can be more harmful, confusing and unproductive than the regular world (yes, even including both of your personal and professional communities, believe it or not - both of your regular worlds would be safer, preferable for me and us than any other alternative). Otherwise, the psychic forums alone are serious time and energy suckers, to say the least.

We also want to get this out to as many of the Awake, Alive and Conscious people as we can, especially at the Rosslyn. So, you two are not alone. This was always the message. Humans were not meant to use the psychic forums ***exclusively.*** Our systems aren't designed for it. I am no different. In fact, because of my health conditions, the psychic forums are pretty tough on my system emotionally, mentally and physically. A lot of the seniors and disabled at the Rosslyn are like this also, like me; these psychic forums are too harsh on them for them to use them a lot. The seniors and disabled at the Rosslyn, like me, have bodies/minds that are already taxed bc of our health problems and then, additionally, we are taxed by living in impoverished, neglected, unclean, unsafe conditions at the Rosslyn with a lot of severely crazy and criminal neighbors. By the time you factor in how harsh the psychic forums are on our bodies/minds, it's too much. THIS IS WHY I'M DRAINED AND WEAK ALL THE TIME; IT'S THESE POOR PEOPLE PROBLEMS + OVER-RELIANCE OF THE PSYCHIC FORUMS. Regular modes of communicating and interacting would be a lot easier and safer and more fruitful for our good citizen work: talking with your mouth to your friend or loved one, listening with your regular ears (in person, on the phone, etc.), reading a text message with your eyes. All of these traditional methods of connecting with others would be safer, easier, preferable for me than the psychic forums. This is true for the seniors and disabled at the Rosslyn, too, in terms of connecting with the other decent neighbors. We are trying to make sure you both and the Watchdogs and the Scouts and ALL the residents and ALL the Offsite Helpers know this. It may take too long, IF EVER, to make the psychic forums safe for that type of exclusive, long term use. We shouldn't go forth with that expectation - bc humans haven't used psychic forums exclusively for thousands and thousands of years, IF EVER. It's not safe to use it so exusively like we have. Although I am so happy to tell you we CAN have our psychic community to some extent and get real work and play done, however, some of us who are really under the weather with bad health and/or age and/or being victimized by our Skid Row, gangster neighbors - those of us in those categories, we should only be using these psychic forums supplementally. We can not rely on them exclusively long term. The frequencies are too harsh and abrasive. It's not safe. THE REGULAR WORLD - YOUR REGULAR WORLD, JACK AND EDDIE, WOULD BE MUCH SAFER - AND WILL FUNCTION PERFECTLY FINE AND SAFE TO CONTINUE TO GET ALL THIS GREAT WORK DONE - AND WE'LL USE THE PSYCHIC WORLDS ***SUPPLEMENTALLY***.

If you two thought your personal and professional communities were an exception to this safety, you have unfortunately, misunderstood and mischanneled the truth. Both of your actual, physical, regular worlds would NOT inherently be more unsafe or unsettling than where I currently live and roam. Your worlds would be safer. Safer than the ghetto of DTLA, safer than the psychic forums.

We need you both (and eventually the other Awake, Alive and Conscious folks) to understand that these psychic forums can not be the PREFERRED place to ***exclusively*** share a life and do activism together, nor to romantically date (although we ABSOLUTELY CAN use them SOME of the time in these ways.) THE BURDEN TO MY BODY/MIND IS WHEN I'M BEING ASKED TO RELY ON THEM EXCLUSIVELY FOR ALL OF OUR INTERACTING. The regular world is the preferred, safer, more productive and effectively more connective place for that. It works more smoothly with our biology by this point in our evolution. It's impractical to not utilize it primarily. WE ARE TO USE THESE PSYCHIC FORUMS SUPPLEMENTALLY, AS AN ADDENDUM TO CONNECTING WITH EACH OTHER IN THE REAL WORLD. Again, the reason for this is because the psychic forums are more abrasive and temperamental and unproductive than the regular world. The psychic frequencies are too tweaked out for the foreseeable future to rely on using them safely 100% of the time. They've been neglected and corroded for too long for their fix to come easily, which means VULNERABLE people, like me, get exposed to their risk in the meantime. Although we CAN use them sometimes if we're cautious and sparing, in the meantime, I need to take it easy on them and not use them too much. Interacting with you guys and the others through them is tragically very tough on my system. TRAGICALLY, THIS DOES INCLUDE EVEN SHARING SPACE SOMETIMES - IT'S TOO HARSH ON MY SYSTEM TO DO IT AS OFTEN AS WE ARE. WE MAY NEED TO CUT BACK ON IT. I AM CRYING AND SHAKING AS I TYPE THIS, HOPING YOU WON'T FORSAKE ME ALTOGETHER BUT WILL, IN FACT, GET ME IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU CAN HOLD ME AND KISS ME LIKE A REGULAR PARTNER AND IT WON'T TRIGGER A HARMFUL ANOMALY.

Yes, regular real life together with you both would be milder IN EVERY WAY on my system and more effective to love and work with you two, the Rosslyn and even the Underground (think of how much farther I could go with the Underground work if I did not have to stretch myself so thin in the psychic forums and, instead, could talk to you two and the Rosslyn folks in person more of the time!) We are trying to get this to ALL of the Awake, Alive and Comscious people, including those at the Rosslyn (although some of them already know this). We can improve these damn Interface frequencies and the mechanism itself to some extent, but there's no guarantee we can do so permanently and in the meantime, the cost is too high to my well-being to be interacting in the psychic way ***sooo*** much for when we connect, share our lives together, etc. JACK, EDDIE - WE THREE NEED TO TRANSITION INTO UTILIZING THE REGULAR WORLD ***ALSO*** SO WE CAN CONTINUE OUR ACTIVITIES AND OUR LOVING RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE IT'LL BE EASIER AND SAFER ON MY SYSTEM (AND BOTH OF YOURS, FRANKLY) . PLUS, LIKE I'M SAYING, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ***MORE*** FRUITFUL WITH OUR ACTIVITIES, ACTIVISM AND HUMANIST GROWTH. The psychic forums were NEVER preferable. They are just an amazing addendum, but too much for THIS GIRL to use 100% of the time. I get hurt too often. Let's do of all this we're currently doing in person, with SOME amount of reliance on these psychic forums for our activities, but not as much as we currently have FOR MY SAFETY'S SAKE. Again though, it doesn't mean these psychic forums and the Underground can not be used at all. WE ***CAN**, USE THEM. But the idea all along is that we were to use them SUPPLEMENTALLY.

Also, it doesn't mean that some of these psychic forums don't hold some amazing things - they do. We can talk to animals, spirits, magickal-like beings (if one is open minded enough), guides, dieties, angels, etc. The psychic forums can provide all these amazing things and I can use them with you both supplementally, BUT THEY ARE NOT PREFERABLE, SAFER OR MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN REGULAR REAL LIFE. Regular real life is more ideal for us three to really carry on our romantic dating, our activism and to manifest and carry out some of these amazing, affirmative ideas into the world when and where we can, if you both want to.

I do hope to still connect with you both in these psychic forums over this holiday weekend and going forward. I am not exactly saying I want to abruptly end our relationships, but you two DO need to get your thinking and orientations right and ACT because I can't endure the psychic forums so exclusively for a whole lot longer. I definitely can't with our current pattern, at the very least. We may very well need to downsize some so I'm not exposed to the bitter harshness of the Interface as often or for as long in one-sitting. We can work it out. Eddie and I have had a good model where sometimes we'll a few days and do our own thing. I learned that can helpful and it gives me system a rest. :) I WOULD NOT OTHERWISE SUGGEST THIS IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY SAFETY. ***Ultimately though, we need to transition to in-person AND adjust how we see using the psychic forums overall. That is the safest, most connective, fruitful, magickal option.***

But be happy!!!!! We do have options - let your thinking open to them and move toward getting in my actual life bc I WANT YOU THERE AND WE CAN SAFELY BE THERE TOGETHER. You just have to see it that way and ACT. Stop getting entangled by ANYTHING OTHER THAN MOVING TOWARD LOVE AND TOGETHERNESS IN PERSON, IN THE FIVE SENSES.

Also, if we start talking on the phone or whatever, we can start to go over the rest of both of your concerns as we go along. The psychic forums are NO place to discuss the complexities of your concerns regarding me. Those types of details need to be examined and discussed concretely in person, on the phone or through email, etc. WHERE IT'S SAFE AND CLEAR AND LESS EXHAUSTING FOR ME. ...AND I NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONCRETELY HEAR/READ YOU. And then we'll retain some usage of the psychic forums for other things appropriate to their innate function.

NONE OF THE PSYCHIC FORUMS ARE SAFER THAN THE REGULAR WORLD OF *ANY* HUMAN ANYWHERE ON EARTH; THE REGULAR RAL WORLD OF ALL HUMANS IS SAFER THAN ANY PSYCHIC FORUM

The psychic forums of the Underground and the psychic forums of the Awake and Alive and Conscious are NOT even remotely safer, more connected, ideal, more loving or fruitful than the regular world. For me to continue to date and work with both of you, Eddie and Jack, it would be eternally more safe to do so in the regular world normal reality than ANY of these psychic forums. Nor are the psychic forums more safe and fruitful than the regular in-person, five senses world for getting activism or any other kind of work done. No one was ever supposed to think the Interface/Underground/psychic forums are more safe or ideal than the regular world for being together or for getting activist work done. IF YOU EVER HEARD ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, IT WAS A LIE AND DECEIT OF THE FALSE CONTENT OF THE INTERFACE. What IS correct is that the regular world is infinitely safer to continue dating and to do our activist work in.

All the work we've having you guys do to help improve the Interface from its bad functioning tragically may only amount to stop-gap measures to keep it from TEARING ME IN HALF - which it does every day - until you two can realize that being together in-person is the far safer and more productive reality for us three. IN-PERSON IS THE FAR SAFER PLACE FOR US TO BE DATING THAN ANY PSYCHIC FORUM.Those "clearing the air" and "Interface mechanism" techniques are just able to hold off the storm as best we can until you two realize YOU NEED TO GET ME INTO YOUR LIVES ASAP.  In fact, I don't know that I can hold on interacting with you two in these psychic forums for much longer because the Interface (the mechanism facilitating the psychic forums) is too brutal to me and I am not in the best health starting off. We have been trying to tell you this from the beginning. The helpful techniques we're having you do will likely only continue to offer only a temporary salve for me. WE NEED TO STOP TRYING TO CONDUCT OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES SO HEAVILY IN THESE PSYCHIC FORUMS - AS THEY ARE VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME AND OTHER PEOPLE WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS TO BE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME IN - AND THEY MAY NEVER, EVER GET BETTER ENOUGH TO SPEND A TON OF TIME IN. THE PSYCHIC FORUMS WERE NEVER INTENDED FOR PEOPLE TO SPEND A TON OF TIME IN. INSTEAD, YOU BOTH NEED TO GET ME INTO YOUR REGULAR WORLD LIVES BY REALIZING THAT, TO REACH OUT AND PULL ME INTO YOUR LIVES IS ACTUALLY VERY SIMPLE. IT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU ALL ALONG - JUST CALL ME OR WRITE ME OR SHOW UP AT MY DOOR. YOUR LIVES AND COMMUNITIES ARE INFINITELY SAFER THAN THE PSYCHIC FORUMS HERE OR MY LIFE AT THE ROSSLYN IN LOS ANGELES IN THE INNERCITY GHETTO SLUMS.

So again, in terms of the myriad techniques we've been having you guys apply to the Interface, they can help in the immediate, but - AT BEST we have NO LONG TERM OR EFFECTIVE GUARANTEE that we can make these psychic forums MORE safe than regular world reality. Regular world reality will likely ALWAYS be safer, more profound, more fruitful and productive than the psychic forums/Underground/Interface. This applies to ALL HUMANS, THIS INCLUDES YOUR REAL WORLD REALITIES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. Your real world music industry lives are eternally MORE SAFER arenas in which to date me, love me, do activism with me than to continue on in the psychic forums so heavily. And even with those temporary stop gap measure techniques we're teaching you two and the others, they DO NOT guarantee that I' won't have serious or permanent damage to my person unless you get me out of relying on the psychic forums so much. Instead, bring me into your real world lives because it's safer. All real world lives are safer for humans than the psychic forums. And your specific real world lives, Eddie and Jack, and the music industry communities you're in are comparatively way safer than mine in the ghetto of Los Angeles. You need to forget the notion of relying on connecting with me through the Interface so heavily AND GET ME INTO YOUR LIVES IN PERSON ASAP. That last sentence is a distortion of the Interface, and many Awake and Alive and Conscious folks have been continually fed the false distortion. It's the reverse which is true. Regular real world reality is infinitely safer, more productive and connective than ANY psychic arena. THIS IS THE TRUE CONVERSATION.

The Interface has proved so corroded that it is far more dangerous to try to date me than were i to date you two in person.

Also, your music industry real world lives are far more safer for me than my life in poverty at the Rosslyn. I WOULD BE FAR SAFER WITH YOU IN YOUR LIVES, AT YOUR HOMES, EVEN WITH SOME OF THE TOXIC PEOPLE YOU KNOW - I WOULD BE FAR SAFER WITH YOU IN YOUR LIVES AND COMMUNITIES THAN I AM IN MY CURRENT HOME AND COMMUNITY. i live in comparative poverty, filth and high crime. Theres no way the bad people in ur lives, even if theyre mucky mucks in the music industry, are worse than the ones i have in my community. THERES NO FREAKIN WAY YOUR LIVES HAS WORSE NE'ERDOWELL COMPONENTS THAN MINE DOES. Whatever led you to believe otherwise was predicated on false conent and false assumptions, misinterpretations of the facts.  Your life conditions are better, safer, cleaner and have greater opportunities for health and well being. THINK TO THE CONVERSATION WE HAD THE OTHER NIGHT WITH THE ROSSLYN NEIGHBOR IN THE WHEELCHAIR AND HER FRIEND.

PLEASE DEAR ONES, FOR MY BETTER SAFETY AND WELL-BEING PUT IT ALL TOGETHER: reach out and start talking to me on the phone or through email or what have you, get me in your actual real world lives. The Interface is far more dangerous than the real world you both live in. And both of your communities are far more safe and cleaner and hopeful than the one I live in in the inner city slum of DTLA. IN EVERY SINGLE WAY, USING EVERY SINGLE METRIC, YOUR REAL WORLD LIVES ARE SAFER AND BETTER THAN ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE REALITY ANYWHERE IN THE UNIVSERSE! PLEASE BRING ME INTO YOUR REAL WORLD LIVES IN PERSON.

Note: addendums or clarifications or proofreading efforts will perhaps come later, but the basic message will also NEVER change.

Gonna head out soon

K, I'll be heading out soon. Maybe in 15 mins or so. Takes me about an hour to get out to the beach.

National Dog Show on NBC

While I'm finishing my coffee, I'll putting on the National Dog Show on NBC, 12noon.

From an animal eights rights perspective, these type of shows are seen as exploitative to the little ones. I think the reasoning is merited (it's like pageant shows for little toddler girls). However, once a year at Thanksgiving, I can't help but check out the National Dog Show because the little cuties do such a good job being patient and groomed and showing off their breed. It's such a good chance to see so many cute dogs, who work hard to participate. ♡♡♡

You're welcome to join me here for a little bit.

Macy's

Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is still airing on CBS PST.

I'm watching it while waking up to some coffee.

It's raining off and on outside, but not torrentially.

The Beach tomorrow, Thanksgiving

I'm still planning to go to the beach tomorrow, although it's expected to be raining and pretty cold. I'm gonna bundle up with mega layers.

The only thing is that if it's super raining, I may not want to take my phone out for photos and videos, bc even though my phone is water resistant, whenever my water resistant phones have gotten rained on in the past, they start performing wonky afterward. So, I may not wanna risk it, bc I don't have the money for a replacement phone. We'll see if I can take some video clips indoors instead or during lulls in the downpour.

Also, Eddie, you might remember, sometimes, in the early days, you and I would have you just psychically tap in at a location, even if I couldn't provide photo/video confirmation. So, you two are welcome to do that, too, for the stormy parts, if you want. :)

I'll either go to the beach/sand, Santa Monica Pier or 3rd Street Promenade or all three for a little bit. They're all in Santa Monica, a couple blocks from each other.

I might try to see if I can go to bed before 6am tonight to see if I can get up and out earlier.

Sorry not as synched

Im sorry i couldnt sync up exactly. It wouldve required too much minute channeling when i wasnt feeling fell, so i tried to send word through woldgang, divine.

I hope well be synched close enough. Ur welcome to send both of these posts to paul if u want eddie.

Here I am!

I wasn't feeling well: both weird interface anomalies that were painful and then, i think i drank too much spiked eggnog + the pot. I moved away after the sharp interface anomalies and just rested. I tried to send word through the divine.

After a bit, i got up and started up on the food. I'll have most all of it done soon and ready to eat. If youre behind me, thats fine. I can nibble a bit and rest some more so i can feel better by the time youre done.

I'll be trying to be quiet and more listening at first anyway. Try not to give me direct channelings until i tell you its ok.

Its been quiet, but i can tell ghetto lady is still awake and rumaging around.

Cat Stevens Music Playlist Tonight!! :)

CAT STEVENS MUSIC PLAYLIST BELOW:

https://music.youtube.com/browse/VLPLtS_jNy6-K_cgMal1bK5xEFBy_jeWoLkw

You can send this to Paul.

Shelby, Youtube, the How of it and the Starting Protocol

I was thinking it'll be too much to include Shelby in a music playlist tonight, per se, because it'll take time to explain the idea and how the Starting Protocol works. Plus, we also need to let him see if he even has Yotube Music Premium or the regular one with ads and if he wants to start a free trial of Premium, if need be. Though, it sounds like he might need to sign uonfor the free trial, too.

I was thinking tonight you guys were just broaching the general idea to him tonight to let him explore the idea, and then, later, if you two want , you or we can take time to explain HOW to do it. Plus, I need to thinknof how I can get a copy of the Starting Protocol transcript to him. I'll prolly just post it on Facebook, but I need to work out in my head how I'll word an explanation of how it all works. You two can help me tell him telepathically also. But, I'm gonna wanna post it concretely, using the five senses, too, and that'll take some time. Time I wasn't planning on spending tonight. :) Believe me, he'll also need time just to acclimate to the concept and let it marinate in his mind. So it'll be good if we telepathically go over the HOW later in conjunction with me posting the Starting Protocol concretely on Facebook later.

We have a month's time that I can do the playlists more conveniently without commercials, so maybe that would allow enough time to get Shelby set up with an idea of how to do it.

Paul and Shelby

You're welcome to send the Starting Protocol text verbatim to Paul tonight.

Help me telepathically tell Shelby to check out Facebook right now. I put a post for him on there just now that will help him start him off with greater clarity.

YouTube Music Premium Playlist!

I figured out a way to gain another month free of YouTube Music Premium right now! I can't believe it. On a hunch, I had a theory of how I might secure another "free trial" and I was right! I have it for another approximate month.

So, if you guys want,
Eddie, Jack and Paul, we could listen to a music playlist right now and, owing to the dynamics here, I'll select the playlist and then put the link on the blog here in a few minutes.

This way, if some of the ne'erdowells start up, I can block out a fair amount of the sound with my headphones, PLUS, we can also spend time together. :) While I don't have noise cancelling headphones, I have noise isolating headphones, I can block a fair amount of ne'erdowell racket out unless they get really, REALLY loud, which they sometimes do. Hopefully they won't tonight. For instance, if the Stereo Guy goes full on Commando with his high powered stereo, my headphones cannot block him out - I would damage my hearing in the effort.

I may smoke out a bit for this. :)

I don't know if Shelby is free, and would love for him to join us, but he doesn't have the URL for my YouTube yet so, that might be too much labor. I could just post it on Facebook, and he'd get it instantly, but I don't know if he'll hear us tell him, "Check on Facebook." Plus, we'd have to tell him how the Protocol works and instruct him how to respond to the countdown. And like I said, I'm not sure if he's free at this hour. :/

Jack or Eddie, either of you can commence the Starting Protocol found in this blog. You two can decide who will do it. With no commercials or ads, hopefully we'll only have to do it once in the beginning here.

Eddie, if you can send this Paul concretely to see if he'd be interested in doing this, that'd be great. And then, once again send him the link to the playlist once I post it here.

I'll invite the music crew, which can include tonight John L, David B, "Rogers," Chris C, Wolf and Cash. :)

And, while you two are reading this, I'll pick out a playlist, whose link I'll post here next. ♡♡♡

Gravy

If you want, tonight we can heat up the vegan gravy that came with the roast before we tear into the containers of TJ gravy tomorrow night.

What to cook next....

I'ma gonna cook the corn pudding, then the mashed sweet potatoes in the oven next, in that order. You can digitally share with Paul and telepathically Shelby. ♡

And now off to check the hopefully done tofurkey roast!

Which hot chocolate and food

Ok, we can make some Salted Almond Mexican hot chocolate and put the faux-turkey in. Depending on how quiet it is, I might go ahead and cook the corn pudding and sweet potatoes tonight, too. I just have a small toaster oven though, so it onky has room for me to cook one thing at a time. So, I'll play the other two side dishes by ear, but I'll put the tofurkey roast in now and heat up some Salted Almond Mexican hot chocolate with Almond Milk now, too. Xmas music to boot!

We can have a late night sneak peak tonight!

Cooking a little tonight ♡

Paul actually had a good idea that I picked up on: he said that if I were to start some of my cooking tonight, I might have to do less of it tomorrow in time for our meet time. Considering how active all three ne'erdowell neighbors have been, and considering the fact that my kitchen shares a wall with that Ghetto Lady (the very wall she bangs up against and throws furniture at), it might be a good idea if I split up the cooking between two nights so I'm assured less time in the kitchen near her activity and a better chance of being ready by 12midnight tomorrow night and can make use of the time-frame we're trying to utilize.

Jack and Eddie, I'm gonna spend a little time right now putting the faux-turkey in the oven and then, that way, tomorrow night, I can just heat it up with the sides!

Good thinking there, Paul! Thanks! ♡♡♡

Hungry Earthling vegan mealkit service

Here's another plant-based mealkit service. These come fully prepared, with no cooking needed. What makes this one unique is that it offers seasonal menus and an ever-changing menu, at that. The boxes they come in are 100% recyclable.

I don't know if they service your respective areas.

Like I mentioned, I keep posting these online vegan services especially for you, Jack, bc I get the sense there are not a lot of brick and mortar vegan options in your area and I hope out of all of them some of these at least will deliver to your area so you have a handful of different options to choose from (different flavor profiles, amenities, selling points).

https://www.hungryearthling.com/?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=08112019_IGS_Vegan_Image_Traffic_LosAngeles&utm_content=LevitatingMealsBeige

You and your lives are already amazingly suitable for me; you can just reach out to me and it will NOT harm me

Eddie and Jack, If this helps you, I do not have any further instructions for contacting me. Just get in contact with me and let's start talking and getting to know each other and work toward getting in each other's lives. I WILL NOT BE HARMED IN ANY WAY BY EITHER OF YOU CONTACTING ME, TALKING TO ME, GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND GETTING IN EACH OTHERS' LIVES. IT WILL BE A GREAT JOY AND FRUITFUL ANTICIPATION, IN FACT. I SWEAR TO YOU, I AM SAYING THIS. AND HAVE BEEN SAYING IT AND WILL CONTINUE TO SAY IT. THERE ARE NO FURTHER THINGS YOU NEED TO DO OR CONSIDER ON MY BEHALF TO MAKE IT ALL SAFE FOR ME. THERE ARE NO FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. YOU CAN HAPPILY AND HEALTHILY CONTACT ME, TALK TO ME, GET TO KNOW ME, AND PULL ME IN YOUR LIVES RIGHT NOW AND IT WILL BE SAFE. I WILL BE TRULY SAFE. I DO MEAN IN TERMS OF MY PERSPECTIVE, MY NEEDS, MY WELL-BEING AND SAFETY. I WILL BE TRULY SAFE AND HAPPY AND FUNCTIONAL TO BE AROUND YOU AND IN YOUR LIVES. I DON'T NEED YOU TO MAKE FURTHR PREPARATION OR SAFE-GUARDING OR PROTECTION IN THE WAY YOU MISTAKENLY HAVE THOUGHT. WHAT YOU HAVE THOUGHT THAT HAS LED YOU TO THINK YOU NEED TO CLEAR OUT YOUR SPACES OF BAD STUFF, BAD PEOPLE, ETC, IS A TRAGIC RESULT OF DISTORTION FROM THE INTERFACE. YOU TWO HAVE TRAGICALLY BEEN GETTING FALSE CHANNELINGS AND DISTORTIONS ABOUT ME AND WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO ALLOW US TO BE INTEGRATED IN EACH OTHERS' LIVES. THE TRUTH IS, YOU TWO NEED TO DO VERY LITTLE BEFORE YOU COULD SAFELY INTEGRATE ME INTO YOUR LIVES. TRULY. YOU COULD DO IT RIGHT NOW. YOU COULD IT YESTERDAY AND I WOULD SAFE, HAPOY, HEALTHY AND JOYOUSLY IN LOVE. THE DAMNED INTERFACE HAS MISLED YOU AND LEFT YOU TWO THINKING YOU NEED TO MAKE GREAT PREPARATIONS BEFORE I COULD SAFELY INTEGRATE INTO YOUR LIVES. IT'S UNTRUE. I COULD DO IT RIGHT NOW SAFELY. ♡♡♡  THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO SAY, BUT THE INTERFACE HASN'T LET IT COME THROUGH CLEARLY SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT WAS REALLY QUITE SIMPLE AND STRAITFORWARD ALL ALONG, IN TERMS OF ANYTHING I NEEDED TO BE SAFE. I DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS OR REQUIREMENTS. I'M READY TO GO! REACH OUT AND START TALKING TO ME IN THE FIVE SENSES. :)

BOTH OF YOUR LIVES ARE FAR BETTER SUITED FOR ME THAN YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE. :) TRULY. I AM NOT THE LEVEL OF SENSITIVE OR INCOMPATIBLE WITH YOUR LIVES THAT YOU THINK I AM. THAT MISUNDERSTANDING IS A RESULT OF A LOT OF DISTORTED FALSE CHANNELING CONTENT, TRAGICALLY. I WOULD BENEFIT ENORMOUSLY FROM BEING IN BOTH OF YOUR LIVES PRESENTLY AND IN THE RIGHT NOW. :) THERE IS NOTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO DO AND NO FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS THAT YOU NEED TO RECEIVE TO DO THIS RIGHT AND SAFE FOR ME. YOU ARE FAR MORE RIGHT AND SAFE FOR ME, AS ARE THE LARGER CONTEXT OF YOUR LIVES, THAN YOU CURRENTLY REALIZE, THAN ANYTHING I CURRENTLY HAVE OR AM EXPOSED TO. I WOULD BENEFIT FROM BEING IN YOUR LIVES FAR MORE THAN THE LIFE I CURRENTLY HAVE. I PROMISE YOU, WE ARE ALL SAYING THIS: ME, THE DIVINE, THE GUIDES, THE ROSSLYN RESIDENTS. WHILE I AM SPECIAL IN SOME WAYS, FER SURE, I AM FAR MORE NORMAL AND STURDY THAN YOU REALIZE.  ♡♡♡

NOTE: I hope this is clear. If not, I can add addendums later for clarity's sake, but the message will be the exact same one as this post. There are no other messages, instructions or safety requirements for me. You can just scoop me up and start interacting me and I'll be safe and happy with both of you and your lives in a very real effective way. :)

Purple Carrot Vegan Mealkit Service

Ok, here's another vegan recipe mealkit site. It's called Purple Carrot. It sends to your door the vegan recipes and the ingredients. The only thing is, since you both like to cook, the recipes are very simple, it says, for beginners. I don't know if they service your respective areas.

https://www.purplecarrot.com/

Princess Kitty of the Rosslyn Realm

I just posted two pix on the Soulkin Instagram account of the cutiepie Princess Kitty from the Rosslyn. In the captions are some brief descriptions so you can make out what you are seeing. ♡♡♡

Some of my more successful friends & family

In other news, yes, I was saying last night that I learned my friend Andrew just got nominated for a Grammy for an album he plays the bagpipes on. I wanted to tell you more about it, Jack, but I suddenly started to have problems with the apartment building and that kind of psychologically shut my joy down.

Note: I've recently been having problems with one of the walls in my bathroom. The interior of the wall seems to be in need of repair because there is debris falling down within the wall structure itself. It sounds like plaster or bolts or other debris keeps getting knocked down and is falling down inside the wall itself. I suspect debris is falling down within the interior because of these loud bangs that everyone in the Psychic Rosslyn Community is talking about. No one knows the source of it, not even management, apparently, but everyone can hear them - these loud bangs that hit our walls and ring out throughout the building. Some of them are really startling and loud. The going theory for these particular loud bangs is that they are NOT tenant related. We think they may be building-repair related. My bathroom wall does not face another tenant, so the cause of the bangs is not a human ne'erdowell, like the Ghetto Lady. My bathroom wall simply faces the lobby which faces the elevators, so this would likely be, I'm speculating, a building repair issue, which, of course, management is loathe to move their asses on.

Andrews's Grammy nomination coupled with Robert's good news yesterday was a little much for me. (Robert also told me yesterday he's being awarded a key to the city and will be given a Proclamation Day in the Spring - a Proclamation Day is a day the city of Los Angeles will be naming after him. This is for his work as one of the most prolific Chicano muralists in Los Angeles). The two bits of news became a little much for me when I saw I wasn't even able to fully share with you Andrew's good news (which I was excited to do) before my building started to go south again and I was reminded of how utterly miserable my life is in contrast. I love sharing in the joy of my friends' successes (which is often hard won - very few of them ever get things just handed to them) and I'm often told by them I'm one of the most supportive friends they know. But, for so long now I've had to sit by and watch so many of my friends work their way up to great success while I silently trudge along in quiet misery and pain, repetitive failure, rejection and dehumanizing disrespect. I have to content myself with the mere act of surviving, increasingly giving up even the memory of thriving professionally and creatively. It doesn't seem fair. I won't say the contrast hasn't made me bitter about my life. Unfortunately, it has. :/ I don't tell my more successful friends these things, of course, because my life conditions are not their fault and many of them often share their success with me by offering me jobs. A big part of me feels very grateful, in fact. ♡

Note: With a nod to a bit of a silver lining, Robert indicated he may have some work for me when he goes to put together his celebration party for his Proclamation Day in the Spring. We'll see how it all plays out. To be honest, I was flattered just to be personally invited to his Proclamation Day celebration bc I bet it'll be a little tough to get an invite. :)

Anyway, I was all happy and proud to tell you about Andrew's Grammy nomination, Jack, until the apartment building reminded me that I, myself, may never know a normal, happy successful life. I can't even get my bathroom wall to stop falling apart. I started to fall into a state of depression and feeling shut down suddenly this morning before we nodded off to sleep. :(

In related news, I don't know if I ever made clear to you both on this blog, but my cousins are the Avila Brothers. They are music producers who produced Usher's Confessions and have both won multiple Grammy's themselves for their music writing and producing work with Usher, Mary J. Blige and Chaka Kahn. They have worked with Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Aretha Franklin, DeBarge, Gwen Stefani, Elton John and Earth, Wind and Fire, to name a few. They are from my hometown area, the Inland Empire, where all my family is from.

They also are co-founders of Beats headphones with Dr. Dre, which I can only imagine has been very lucrative for them.

Here are some articles about them:

https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20050310avila_brothers_avila_brothers

http://iecn.com/local-natives-and-grammy-award-winners-the-avila-brothers-inspire-youth/

https://www.umusicpub.com/us/Artists/T/The-Avila-Brothers.aspx

Their website is avilabrothers.com, but it appears to be down right now, for some reason.

Tragically, I am not able to be in as close contact with them the way I would like to be. That has to do with some family politics that I'll have to go into some other time. Otherwise, yanno, I'd pull some strings on your behalf to help give you two boys a leg up in the music industry, lol. ;) I'm very proud of them though and think they're pretty badass. :)

There's another posted below this one.

The Challenge of the Ne'erdowells for our Thanksgiving Feast

OK, so as for the grim aspects of my situation as it applies to our Thanksgiving late Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, the speculative Down Syndrome neighbor above me has been typically waking up sometime around 3:00am - 3:30am and stomping, clanging around, moving furniture. Sometimes the Watchdogs can get them to be quiet, sometimes not.

The Ghetto Lady and her family is often in bed, quiet, by around 10pm, which is when I was hoping to start my cooking so that I may have everything ready by 12 midnight or so. That, then, would give us several three hours to eat and socialize. I am nervous, however, because for the last few weeks, Ghetto Lady has been a tantrum throwing tyrant and has been up at all odd hours banging into my wall and dragging furniture around. Last night she had some guest show up at her door at 1am in the morning and she and that guest banged around till about 2:00 - 2:30am.

And that's to say nothing of the Stereo Guy and how he may or may not fit in to all of this. Let's hope he does not fit in. BTW, other members of the Psychic Rosslyn Community call that guy, "The Guy with the Curly Hair and Glasses." They call Ghetto Lady, "The Older Woman with the Family," and the Down Syndrome person is called just that. Between ourselves, I'll continue to use my epitaphs for them.

You're welcome to share this with Paul so he has an accurate sense of the situation going into it. Hopefully, if we have to reschedule, we can get a night in there next week that's peaceful enough to just let us convene, eat and socialize lovingly. And remember, sometimes the Watchdogs CAN really get these ne'erdowells to calm back down. On many occasions, actually. It just depends on how riled up said ne'erdowell is. If they're really hellbent on tearing it up, that's when the Watchdogs have a tougher time. :( :( :(

Last Bits for Thanksgiving ADDENDUM II

Truth be told, I was looking for some good ole fashioned vegan Vanilla Bean ice cream to go with the Cherry Pie because that's what would taste best with Cherry IMO, but the " Halo Top" brand didn't have it in stock. If you guys go with a vegan Salted Caramel type flavor, I hope you won't mind it with Cherry Pie (if you're able to procure that flavor of pie - of course, I won't mind you grabbing whichever vegan pie type Whole Foods has on hand.) Or else, you're welcome to grab vegan Vanilla for yourself.

Anyway, I apologize for the strange taste pairing, it's just what I could find on hand. If you go with the two (cherry and salted caramel), hopefully, they'll be acceptably congruous for you. :-P I'm pretty sure I'll just scarf both down. :-P

Last Bits for Thanksgiving ADDENDUM

Don't worry if your Whole Foods doesn't carry the Mexican chocolate specifically. Non-alcoholic hot chocolate was the main point, really, for anyone who'd like an option. Now, if your Whole Foods DOES carry the Mexican hot chocolate, then, you're in for a treat!

You're welcome to c/p this post and the last one verbatim to Paul. I already posted this on Facebook for Shelby.

The Final Bits to our Thanksgiving Feast

Okie dokie,

•I picked up a half of a Vegan Cherry Pie with....   [VEGAN, WHOLE FOODS]

•A pint of Vegan Sea Salt Caramel Ice Cream (I found a brand called, "Halo Top" at Ralph's that was selling vegan ice cream for a good price, but to save all you guys time and effort, you're welcome to just pick up whatever brand of vegan ice cream Whole Food carries. At my Whole Foods, they have a few different vegan brands, including "So" brand, which DOES carry a Salted Caramel flavor, I believe). [VEGAN, WHOLE FOODS OR RALPH'S]

•I got the Cranberry White Chocolate bread [VEGETARIAN, WHOLE FOODS]

•I got the creamy mashed potatoes (both Whole Foods and Ralph's carry them) [VEGETARIAN, WHOLE FOODS OR RALPH'S]

•And, as a special surprise treat, for anyone who has still yet to go to Whole Foods and finds their Whole Foods carries it, I also picked up a couple of my favorite Mexican stone-ground chocolates to make hot chocolate with, as a nice VEGAN NON-ALCOHOLIC beverage offering also. The brand name is Taza Chocolate (dark) and I got Vanilla and Salted Almond flavors. They are organic, non-GMO, Gluten-Free and certified Direct Trade. [VEGAN, WHOLE FOODS]

*Note: On the Soulkin Instagram account, I have photos of these hot chocolates, so you know what to look like (they're a bit unusual). My Whole Foods puts them over the by the chocolate bars section. I also posted a photo of the new brand of vegan ice cream I found at Ralph's, in case you want to try it, but again, you don't have to. To reduce running around to a thousand different grocers, Whole Foods carries plenty of vegan brands, even in Salted Caramel. In my neighborhood, Ralph's and Whole Foods are only two blocks away from each other, so it's no biggie. Do whatever's easiest for you. ♡♡♡

•I got organic, non-GMO unsweetened, Almondmilk to make the Mexican hot chocolate with [VEGAN, WHOLE FOODS OR RALPHS'S]

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As a separate, non-Thanksgiving food aside, Eddie, Whole Foods was having a sale in their deli section on some Vegan Maple Brussel Sprouts with Pumpkin Seeds. They have a nice kick to them bc they're also made with some Cayenne Pepper. When I told your Underground self about them, you seemed so excited about them, so I thought I'd mention 'em here up top, in case you wanted to pick some up when you head down there for the pie, etc. It'd be great if your local Whole Foods had 'em, too. These I just got to add to my regular dinner over the next few days, but you might like 'em for yourself and/or Jack for the same purpose. :) ♡ I added a couple photos of them on the Soulkin Instagram, too.

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Took a little longer than expected tonight because I ran into my super cool art muralist friend, Robert Vargas. He's like a mega big deal here in the LA art scene. Anyway, him and I were catching up and it had been a minute. He invited me to this really cool event coming up this Spring. I'll have to tell you about it later. I felt honored he personally invited me. :)

Actual pictures of Princess Poom on Instagram

OK, if you go the Soulkin Instagram account, you'll find several actual photos of the one and only Princess Poom Poom! :) :) :) ♡♡♡

You are free to direct Paul to check out the Soulkin Instagram, which he hopefully now has the link for. :)

Princess Poom Poom's fur pattern

This is the name of the type of cat and fur pattern little Poom Poom has. She's a grey, Tabby Cat!

Here's a photo example.

https://images.app.goo.gl/ALN1VeSeZLBhr4yTA

You can share this with Paul.

Where to catch the last two Democratic Presidential debates

4th Democratic Presidential Debate, originally aired on October 15th, 2019

https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/watch-october-democratic-debate-2019-primary-livestream-start-time/

5th Democractic Presidential Debate, originally aired on November 20th, 2019.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/watch-the-full-fifth-democratic-presidential-debate/2019/11/21/b0d42374-1627-4796-8c81-5b3e9c565ff9_video.html

Hooking Paul into my Instagram accounts

Dear Eddie or Jack, if you could give to Paul the URLs to both of my Instagram accounts, it is what I want more than anything in the world. :) ♡♡♡

OK, hyperbole aside, :-P I actually think these two could be a good interim internet connection to share with him for his greater inclusion with us and to tide us all over until I set up the second blog after the first of the year for him and Shelby and other Awake, Alive and Conscious folks.

I DO trust Paul and feel very comfortable with him having access to these two accounts.

The "Eddie, Jack, & Seraphime account"
https://www.instagram.com/soulkin_friends/

Seraphime's general account:
https://www.instagram.com/seraphimeangelis

Thank you, Eddie! ♡♡♡

Princess Poom Poom

Princess Poom Poom, aka Princess Poom, aka Puma (the sweet, little kitty) lives in Topanga Canyon, behind Malibu with her human, Julie, who is obnoxious and loud and carries a lot of hostility and aggression in her general behavior sometimes. The human carries this aggression, not the sweet, little kitty. It stresses little Princess Poom Poom out and makes her frightened and frustrated.

Princess Poom Poom is a small, tiny, grey kitty with a little tuft of white fur right on the bridge of her grey nose. She is full grown.

She is most able to relax and telepathically communicate with humans after 10pm, when her human, Julie, goes to bed. She goes to bed pretty reliably by 10pm most nights. Note: Princess Poom Poom may sometimes be available during the day  though, too, bc her human, Julie, does a lot of traveling and is often away from home.

If you can convey to Paul Princess Poom Poom's availability, which is "after 10pm, plus during the day whenever Julie, the human, is away traveling," that would be SOOO helpful so little Poom could enjoy some much needed gentle human companionship from a human who is in-the-know, in other words, Awake, Alive and Conscious, who can truly connect with her. ♡♡♡

Eddie, you and Jack are welcome to connect with her too, per her consent and availability because this Little One is just the sweetest person I know, and deserves to be showered in human love and considerate understanding because I don't think she gets it very much from her human. :(

You're welcome to send this whole post verbatim to Paul, if you want.

Are You Seeing My Favorite Martian Right Now?

Is COZI TV playing "My Favorite Martian" right now, at 4:07am? I ask because the website scheduling of shows says it's playing something else, but what's actually on my TV is "My Favorite Martian."

Will and Grace on COZI TV

Will and Grace just started on COZI TV if you wanna watch it with me.

Also, check out the post below this one at the commercial.

Don't Toss Out Your Food Yet! :-P ♡♡♡

Taken from the USDA.GOV:

"What Date-Labeling Phrases are Used?

There are no uniform or universally accepted descriptions used on food labels for open dating in the United States.  As a result, there are a wide variety of phrases used on labels to describe quality dates.

Examples of commonly used phrases:

A "Best if Used By/Before" date indicates when a product will be of best flavor or quality.  It is not a purchase or safety date.

A "Sell-By" date tells the store how long to display the product for sale for inventory management.  It is not a safety date. 

A “Use-By" date is the last date recommended for the use of the product while at peak quality. It is not a safety date except for when used on infant formula as described below.

A “Freeze-By” date indicates when a product should be frozen to maintain peak quality. It is not a purchase or safety date."

What Date-Labeling Phrase does FSIS Recommend?
USDA estimates that 30 percent of the food supply is lost or wasted at the retail and consumer levels³. One source of food waste arises from consumers or retailers throwing away wholesome food because of confusion about the meaning of dates displayed on the label. To reduce consumer confusion and wasted food, FSIS recommends that food manufacturers and retailers that apply product dating use a “Best if Used By” date. Research shows that this phrase conveys to consumers that the product will be of best quality if used by the calendar date shown. Foods not exhibiting signs of spoilage should be wholesome and may be sold, purchased, donated and consumed ***beyond*** the labeled "Best if Used By" date.

Are Foods Safe to Eat After the Date Passes?
With an exception of infant formula (described below), if the date passes during home storage, a product should still be safe and wholesome if handled properly until the time spoilage is evident (Chill Refrigerate Promptly). Spoiled foods will develop an off odor, flavor or texture due to naturally occurring spoilage bacteria. If a food has developed such spoilage characteristics, it should not be eaten.

Microorganisms such as molds, yeasts, and bacteria can multiply and cause food to spoil. Viruses are not capable of growing in food and do not cause spoilage. There are two types of bacteria that can be found on food: pathogenic bacteria, which cause foodborne illness, and spoilage bacteria, which do not cause illness but do cause foods to deteriorate and develop unpleasant characteristics such as an undesirable taste or odor making the food not wholesome. When spoilage bacteria have nutrients (food), moisture, time, and favorable temperatures, these conditions will allow the bacteria to grow rapidly and affect the quality of the food.  Food spoilage can occur much faster if food is not stored or handled properly.  A change in the color of meat or poultry is not an indicator of spoilage (The Color of Meat and Poultry).

Check out the whole government site. It really tells you the truth of the thing.

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/food-labeling/food-product-dating/food-product-dating

*Apologies: for some reason when I c/p the two sections it did so using a big white highlight on one section and my buggy phone app wouldn't let me correct it .

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As you can see, these phrases "best by, use by" etc. do not have anything to do with food safety, health, or ecological, sustainable food consumption. These industry phrases are about marketing a food product to highlight when it's at it's peak ***taste*** because that will ensure a primo epicurean[A] experience which'll keep us excitedly coming back for more; thus, supporting the likelihood of greater profits for the food manufacturers. It's gotten us Americans hooked on this idea of gastro-refinement, not safety standards or codes or simply decent food that supports life. It encourages a relationship to food like a haughty king or queen might have once had: if something merely displeases the senses slightly, it was tossed out or sent to the guillotine! This is incredibly self-indulgent and wasteful. But we didn't do it or encourage this practice knowingly or on purpose. The American people have been duped by the for-profit food industry.

So, the point of this post is not make you think that all "foodie" inclinations must cease immediately or completely. I, myself, unfortunately let good food go to waste sometimes, when I could have consumed it and I love eating out when I can and I don't always buy surplus food. This info is just eye-opening and can help start to make us better, more conscientious food consumers who waste less. 

It'd be great if eventually the whole country got hip to these deceptive mislabels on food products. We would therefore be able to collectively create better consumer habits and overturn this industry practice altogether. We deserve for our food to be labeled with data telling us when it is actually unsafe to eat so we can make the most of our food and not toss it out unless it would actually harm us to ingest. 

Note: As for how I warned you guys about the expiration dates on our Thanksgiving food, I was merely wanting to air on the side of caution because it's a special holiday feast and also, I hadn't gotten a chance to spell all this out with five-senses precision so you would know for sure what I was talking about. Going forward, if we ever do any shared meals again, we are all welcome to play around with such "expiration" dates. Of course, I would leave it up to everyone's individual best judgment whether you want to eat something past it's date since you're the person actually there with the food in your hands, assessing it. 

[A] Epicurean 

1. fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking.

Thanksgiving Day itself

So, just to put it out there, in case either or both of you ended up without anything definitive to do on Thanksgiving Day proper, I'll be trying to head to the beach (prolly Santa Monica bc it's the easiest to get to on a holiday). I'm going to aim to get out there sometime during the day, depending on how much I'll be able to sleep in, considering the tyranny of the Ghetto Lady, et al, because they typically tear it up - starting early - on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. It takes me about an hour to get out there + 20 minutes to find a spot, get set up, etc. There's also the "world-renown" Santa Monica Pier which also has a lot of fun things to do, although I'm not sure that much of it will be open on the holiday. I'll find out once I'm there.

I texted my friend Christina to see if she was doing anything for the holiday this year but I haven't heard back from her yet, so I'm not sure that's happening. She's super disorganized though, so who knows? I could get a confirmation last minute. If she does host a dinner, I think it's typically held in the evening, so I might be able to do both.

But, I'm def gonna try to get out to the beach. And, if one or both of you end up being free afterall, for any reason, you're welcome to join me. I can even take some photos and videos, like I've done before with you, Eddie, and you guys can try to psychically extrapolate what is there.

If you went ahead and made plans on Tofurkey Day itself, like I encouraged you both to feel free to do, all's good. Don't feel bad or worry about me. ♡ I simply wanted you both to feel free to spend the time with your kids, if you wanted to or had a tradition of doing so. I often take the Cuddle Crew or my Dad and Grandma out with me on the holidays, so I'll be fine. But if you didn't make plans or end up being free for any reason, you're welcome to join me at the Santa Monica Beach and Pier for a brisk autumn day of wave and seagull watching. :) :) ♡♡

Love you both!!

COZI TV & ANTENNA TV

Alright, I found a couple of other TV channels, broadcast channels, that conveniently and luckily broadcast all of their content ubiquitously at the same time across the country. They're both oldies channels, too, but these two air old television content. COZI TV airs shows like: Adam 12, The A-Team, to Dragnet, Murder She Wrote, Frasier and Will & Grace and The Lone Ranger. ANTENNA TV airs shows like I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, Family Ties, Three's Company (my fave!) and Johnny Carson's Tonight Show.

It's real fun, I watch 'em both all the time. They both DO have commercials and, the only thing is that in your guys's respective areas, I don't think it's delivered digitally or through satellite (ANTENNA TV may deliver digital or satellite in Seattle, Eddie, but I'm not sure that COZI TV does). I think both channels are broadcast through the airwaves old school-style, so you'd need a modern television antenna to pick up the signal. You can type your zip code in on the websites, and they'll tell you for sure.

If you're interested in the channels, but don't already have an antenna (I can't remember if either of you two said you had or needed one for the Movies Channel), you can find them pretty cheap in stores or online for about $20.00 (and then it's a matter of whether it'll successfully pick up the signal where you live - TV antennas don't always work where I live because we have so many high rises blocking the signal - but maybe for you guys it's different).

It's OK if the idea doesn't appeal to you or an antenna just doesn't work where you live, I won't be butt hurt or anything. I only suggest these type of TV channels because they require no telepathic synching on our part, which is less stressful, and we ALL end up with commercials, so we end up more easefully synched in that way, too, and I kinda like oldies but goodies programming. :)

Here's the COZI TV station website: http://www.cozitv.com

Here's some of the shows COZI TV regularly airs: http://www.cozitv.com/shows/

Here's ANTENNA TV station website:
https://antennatv.tv

Here's some of the shows ANTENNA TV regularly airs:
https://antennatv.tv/shows/

Now, because of the stinging today/tonight, unfortunately, I won't be able to watch anything tonight, even if you do have an antenna set up and can catch a signal. :( :( It would probably sting too much and I tend to pick up little thoughts of your guys here and there when we watch TV together - so I have to be in good straights to do it, but, if either of you do have an antenna for your TV set up or want to have one in the future, I'd be happy to watch some of these old timey shows with you soon! ♡♡♡ :) :) :)

Maybe I can just get a visual from you tonight, Jack, whether the broadcast channels/antenna idea is feasible or not for you and then, at least, I can have a sense whether or not we can do some of this in the future. :)

Salvage (or surplus) grocery stores

If you're trying to Google for more surplus food grocery stores or online grocery services, another name for them is "salvage grocery stores."

Here's another artcile on 'em:

https://www.thespruceeats.com/salvage-grocery-stores-1388627

Diet calibrated vegan mealkit service

https://splendidspoon.com

Found another vegan, non-GMO, gluten free mealkit service for you guys. The reason I thought to post this one specifically is because it boasts calorie and portion control calibrated meals designed to help one either diet or keep the weight off. Jackie, you don't ever, ever, ever have to lose weight for me, but I know you said that your work sometimes makes you shed some pounds for certain projects and stuff, and a diet calibrated vegan mealkit service might come in handy sometimes if those work folks are ever pressuring you again. :(

Because this service is more for the purpose of dieting specifically, they only offer smoothies, soups and grain bowls. But, I'll admit, they sure do look good!

I tried a couple random zip codes in Nashville and Seattle on the website and, as far as I can tell, they may deliver to both areas. :) I'm particularly interested in getting you these vegan to-your-door mealkit services, Jack, since you may not have a lot of brick and mortar vegan grocers in your area. Eddie had a right mighty fine idea in this! :)

Vegan Pie and Cranberry Bread

OK, spoke to the bakeries for both the cranberry white chocolate bread and the vegan fruit pies at Whole Foods  and, to my surprise, they said they make both on site fresh daily or approximately every other day, so, if the employees knew their stuff (and I take nothing for granted in my old age :-) then, they should have a fresh supply of both closer to the date of our feast. This is a good thing because they were presently almost clean out of the half vegan fruit pies and the few they had left would have definitely expired before 26th, etc.

So, Eddie, you might call your local Whole Foods and ask to speak to their bakeries (Bread Bakery and Specialty Pastries/Desserts) to see if they'll keep a continual fresh supply of each leading up to the holiday, and if so, you'll know you can wait till closer to the date before scoopin' 'em up. ♡♡♡

I think what happened for me over the last couple years is when I saw they were out, I didn't realize they were gonna make more again daily on site. The worker drone that I asked at the time just said they were sold out and never mentioned how they would soon have more. Ah, Millennials....

So, that's what my fact-finding mission produced and I'll be trying to scoop both up fresh closer to the 26th. :)

Thanksgiving Menu ADDENDUM I

Remember, if you grab items from TJ's early so they don't run out, remember to make sure the expiration date extends until roughly the end of November to account for any rescheduling. Not a big problem with the frozen stuff, but an issue for the refridgerated stuff, which the faux-turkey and gravy (and a couple other stuff) are.

Also, I haven't posted this for Shelby yet so I doubt we'll be talking to him tonight or anything.

The Thanksgiving Menu List!!! ♡♡♡

Yay! It's finally here!!

So, I am thinking to try our psychic Thanksgiving celebration on Tuesday, November 26th, around midnight (so, technically within the first wee early morning hour of the 27th). However, if neighbors are being too disruptive then, we can try again Wednesday night, if you're game  - the night before Thanksgiving (hopefully, we won't have to reschedule twice. The Down Syndrome neighbor above me tends to wake up in the middle of night and starts pounding around on the ceiling, as does the stereo guy - but at least the Ghetto Lady and her family are often asleep by then).

If I'm lucky, I can have the food cooked and prepped BY somewhere around 12:00 midnight or 12:30 am (again, technically on the 27th).

Excitedly, here's the food breakdown as it stands. I think this will more or less be what's on the menu because many of these items I already purchased. See below.

*Vegetarian=lacto-ovo vegetarian

TRADER JOE'S
Note: I already purchased many of these because they are frozen. You might want to get to Trader Joe's to pick this stuff up sooner rather than later because Trader Joe's DOES sell out of its seasonal items and when they do, they don't reorder more.
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•Breaded turkey-less stuffed roast with gravy VEGAN

•Cranberry orange relish VEGAN

•Organic savory vegan gravy (2 containers) VEGAN

•Riced cauliflower stuffing VEGAN

•Miyokos butter VEGAN

•Mashed sweet potatoes with pecans VEGETARIAN

•Corned pudding VEGETARIAN

NON-ALCOHOLIC LIBATION
•Spiced apple cider VEGETARIAN

ALCOHOLIC LIBATIONS
•Old fashioned egg nog liqueur VEGETARIAN

•Howling Gourds Pumpkin Ale VEGETARIAN??

WHOLE FOODS
Note: I have not gone to Whole Foods or Ralph's yet because the items I get here will be fresh, not frozen, so I'll need to wait until closer to the date before picking them up. Hopefully, they won't be sold out.

•Half a fruit pie of some kind VEGAN

•Cranberry white chocolate loaf of bread VEGETARIAN

•Refridgerated mashed potatoes VEGAN

RALPH'S
Note: If Whole Foods has sold out of their mashed potatoes, I might grab the kind Ralph's has which are vegetarian, not vegan.

•Refridgerated mashed potatoes VEGETARIAN

For Whole Foods and Ralphs, I'll post a confirmation post on this blog letting you guys know if I did get the additional items listed above. If you want to wait until I do so to see if you can get the exact same kind of vegan pie, etc., you're welcome to do so, but if you don't want to wait, I'll understand.

Eddie, you're welcome to cut and paste this post verbatim and send it to Paul. I'll be posting this data on Facebook for Shelby soon.

Also, if it's OK, I might need help telepathically verbally confirming for Shelby that he IS understanding these basic points correctly (I think he still needs help sometimes feeling confident he's apprending the basic game plan of a given situation, though he's a quick study). We also may need to confirm his basic understanding on the rescheduling issue. I'm going to basically post this post verbatim on Facebook, but I'm hoping we can confirm for him that we may need to reschedule if the neighbors act up.

Other than that, let's vegan Tofurky-day rock n' roll!! ☆☆☆♡♡♡

P.S. Be sure to check back for the Whole Foods/ Ralph's confirmation, etc.

Stupid City Inspection

Spoke to our Manager and it looks like the city inspection that was scheduled for today might be rescheduled for another day, owing to a paperwork foul up, so maybe there's a bit of a reprieve. It looks like it will be happening though some time in the next several weeks. No doubt right before Thanksgiving or some such monstrosity.  Ho hum. This stuff is beginning to exhaust me. There's been so many on again off again inspections scheduled and rescheduled lately, I'm over it by now. Just inspect already and be done with it!  :( :(  :(

My character for Halloween and Dia de los Muertos

I have several photos and two videos posted on the Soulkin Instagram account. They're the photos of my costumed character for Into the Woods costumed ball and Dia de los Muertos event (I went as the same character both on occasions). The two videos of me just posted were NOT ones I psychically tapped you into. These were separate videos.

I still have more photos and videos to post for Dia de los Meurtos where I had you two psychically tap into entertainment events. I hope to get those up soon. :)

Below this post, are a few environmental and sustainable food consumption posts. ♡♡♡

Seattle's Green New Deal

In case you missed it, check out Seattle's Green New Deal that was passed in August. I LOVE the plant-based food aspect of Seattle's plan. I don't know if LA's Green New Deal includes something like that. It should!

https://www.seattlemet.com/articles/2019/8/21/what-seattle-s-green-new-deal-means-for-our-future

Brick and Mortar Surplus Grocery Stores

Article on how to shop for groceries at a surplus grocery store (a lot of folks don't realize many of the dollar-store grocery chains are places that sell surplus groceries and overstock items of various kinds).

The food or item may not look pretty, but again, to buy surplus means the food or item doesn't end up in a landfill, rotting, going to waste. :)

https://www.littlehouseliving.com/how-to-shop-at-a-surplus-or-discount-grocery-store.html

Here is a listing of various surplus grocery stores organized by state. The listings are a little outdated so you might want to just use this as inspiration, if they're no longer around, or if they are, ask 'em if they know of any surplus grocery stores closer to your city of residency.

http://www.extremebargains.net/discount-grocery-store-directory/

You can always Google to find a more updated list and, of course, the new ones that are now online and deliver to your door!  :)

Imperfect Foods website

Hey Eddie, remember World Harvest Food Bank? Well, I found a grocery store online that essentially does the same thing! It collects surplus produce and food that regular grocery store chains, like Whole Foods, deem unsightly because they're not perfectly shaped or are a few days from their expiry date and deliver them in grocery boxes to your door.  

It says it runs about 30% less than the average grocery store and they sell other things than produce, too. They deliver to Los Angeles and I tried random zip codes for Seattle, NYC, Detroit and Nashville. They seem to deliver to all except, unfortunately Nashville, BUT they do deliver to at least one zip code in Detroit and I recently read there are now several of these surplus grocery food services online, so, Jack, maybe you can find one that services Nashville!  ♡♡♡

Keep in mind the food will look less than perfect and may be closer to its expiration date than food directly from the grocery store, so you'll want to consume it quickly. This website says it'll let you specify your produce items minutely. Not all of the surplus grocery services may let you do that because they are working with whatever they can scoop up as surplus, after all. But, I swear to goodness, if you're not already familiar with the stats on this subject and how these type of special grocery stores work, it's well worth educating yourself on it for the sake of sustainable food consumption and farming. For instance, did you know that 40% of food in America goes to waste? And it takes so much water, land and farming tools to produce. And for naught. Anyway, check out their website below (and that of World Harvest also included) to get a primer on the subject, and then feel free to Google away. It's very important.

Eddie, you're welcome (if not encouraged) to share these links with Paul and Keanu and any of your other friends who may be interested whenever you get a chance (especially Paul). I don't want to keep burdening you, however, Eddie, and at some point I do still hope to erect a separate blog where Paul and Keanu and Shelby can also log onto to see stuff like this.

https://try.imperfectfoods.com/6-reasons-why?utm_source=fbads&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=US-TEST_PBM_Prospecting_Conversions_ASB&utm_content=080219-Listicle-TEST-V2_US_All-Customers-Broad_All_All_oCPM-CC_Conversions&utm_term=091919_BoxPink_6ReasonsFoodWaste_Static_LearnMore_ListicleLP_PBM

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Here's the brick and mortar one located in LA. Feel free to see if your city has anything similar.  :)

World Harvest Food Bank 

(213) 746 • 2227 
3100 VENICE BLVD. LOS ANGELES CA 90019

MONDAY - FRIDAY 8AM TO 6PM SATURDAY 8AM TO 3PM

https://www.worldharvestla.org
https://www.facebook.com/WorldHarvestFoodBank/
https://www.yelp.com/biz/world-harvest-food-bank-los-angeles

P.S. Thanksgiving

Note: Many items will be vegan (from that PETA list), but some will be vegetarian with likely some kind of milk product in them. I hope that's OK, too.

Peta gives Trader Joe's vegan Thanksgiving Dinner its official endorsement

Check it out! For this year:

https://www.peta.org/living/food/vegan-thanksgiving-trader-joes/

Many of these items I'd be getting. :)

Another Thanksgiving question

As it turns out, Trader Joe's has unexpectedly offered a host of Thanksgiving vegan items this year, which I'm inclined to because they look yummy, but also because they're a bit more affordable than Whole Foods (the upside is that we'll be able to have a wider variety of sides - rubbing belly in yummy-happy gesture). The only thing is that several of the sides are frozen (as opposed to fresh, which Whole Foods sometimes has). Will that be OK with you guys?

Like I mentioned in the previous post, the sum total will prolly come from mainly both Trader Joe's and Whole Foods, but many items would be frozen from TJ's.

Blue Apron mealkit service

Here's another one. Delivers to your door the fresh ingredients with step-by-step recipe instructions. They have a vegetarian plan (which sometimes can be synonymous with vegan - you have to check). And then, I don't know if they deliver to Nashville or Seattle, you guys'll have to check.

I'll just keep bombarding you with sites the Internet keeps offering me, Jack, until the Google monsters on your own computer is auto-targeting your ads with veggie mealkit servies. :-P

https://www.blueapron.com/pages/pricing?cvosrc=social-paid.facebook.PSFB-60-A&fb_ad=SB+-+Acq+-+Pricing+Page+-+Chick_6meals_freeshipping&fb_adid=6132572802322&fb_adset=SB+-+ACQ+-+F18%2B+-+Subscribe&fb_adsetid=6132572801322&fb_campaign=SB+-+Acquisition+-+Subscribe+-+Non+WW+-+%2460+Drip+-+Bid+Cap+-+10%2F28&fb_campaignid=6131837981322&utm_campaign=PSFB-60-A&utm_medium=social-paid&utm_source=facebook

The Pest Control Regimen; The New Normal

So, the thing that they're doing today is pest control, which I'm happy for, on the one hand, because it comes free of charge and we do have a bug problem in the building. However, what has been so upsetting snd cumbersome is that the particular method they use is one whereby they require you to not only move all of your belongings from your kitchen and bathroom cabinets and general area, but also the heavy appliances as well, like your fridge and stove and any other big furniture. They want you to pull it away from your wall so they can get back behind in there, treat the area and exterminate any bugs. This might be all well and good if it weren't for a couple of factors: 1) While I can do a surpising amount of physical activities safely with my heart condition (thank God), one thing I am not recommended to do is heavy lifting and pulling. So, for me, a single woman with a heart condition, moving my stove and fridge and other big furniture away from the wall is just not feasibly safe for me (nor is it for many of the seniors and disabled here). And I've been feeling a lot of stress this week, wondering if I have to try to do this. I did not attempt to do it, and have been hoping this would be sufficient. Even clearing out the kitchen and bathroom area of smaller items, putting all the content in bins in the center of the apartment (per their instructions) has been exhausting, costly and like playing Tetras because my apartment is so small (I had to scramble to make sure everything would fit in its new rearranged place to accommodate the sprayed area). In terms of the supplies this required, I was given virtually no advance warning, they just sprung this expenditure on me and I am on a fixed income with everything already planned for the month generally.

What is also infuriatingly insulting is that you get absolutely no dialogue from management on this. They did not check with me beforehand to even see if I was available to prepare my apartment, cover costs, and then - the final kicker - be gone EVERY Friday for the foreseeable future. Oh, didn't I mention, haha? So, they'll be requiring I do this every Friday morning from here on out with all of my kitchen and bathroom stuff, gone for four hours every time until God knows how many weeks from now. Out of the blue management just informed me, did not ask me or negotiate a schedule with me.

The wondrous cherry ontop is that for all of this hassle and labor of prepping your unit in this way when you are disabled, it is known far and wide among the Rosslyn tenants that THE BUG TREATMENT DOESN'T WORK. It's not an effective chemical treatment which provides a long-term resolution of the pest issue and quickly the bugs return, only for you to have to subject yourself to the regimen again and again.

What you'll love about this predicament is that the whole reason for this hassle is likely the Ghetto Lady because I've heard her complaining about bugs up top and, for what it's worth, in the Underground state, I heard her repeatedly confirm wanting the pest control treatment. Well, that's well and good for her place but it's quite possible that her complaints either purposely or inadvertantly implicated the rest of us neighbors nearby so that management decided to subject us all to the routine. Again, pest control=good, but ineffective pest control that makes demands on my disability, my pocket book, my time and energy with no respect for my own schedule each week=bad.

Definitive THUMBS DOWN.

Thanksgiving dinner grocers

The grocers that I'll prolly be getting the Thanksgiving dinner food from will be among the following:

Trader Joe's
Whole Foods
Ralphs (if the internet isn't lying to me, there should be several in Nashville).

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Another mealkit website I found that has vegetarian meals (not strictly vegan) is HelloFresh.com. If you're not already familiar with them, what you both may like about it (since you both like to cook) is that instead of sending you fully prepared meals, it sends you the ingredients with a recipe and then, you prepare it yourself. This might be helpful, Jack, if you're looking to see how vegetarian ingredients interact with each other through the cooking process. In other words, if you wanna teach yourself how to cook veggie, this might be helpful. :)

Veestro plant-based prepared food site

Oooh! Kewl new vegan prepared-in-advance mealkit site I found. This is for you, Jack, but also for you, too, Eddie and, if you guys like it, you're welcome to pass it onto Paul, also. 

Note: the phone app is no longer letting me activate URL links (for whatever reason) so, you'll have to c/p the link yourself. Sorry. :(

It's called Veestro. Www.vestro.com

100% plant-based

                 Non-GMO ala carte items

organic ingredients

fully prepared

no preservatives

Thanksgiving thoughts

Preliminary thoughts for Thanksgiving include scheduling our late dinner on a night OTHER than Thanksgiving night because the neighbor situation is OUT OF CONTROL these days and every year that Ghetto Lady and her Ghetto Ass Family is pretty rowdy and uncontrollable (not to mention how the other two neighbors can really pop off on holidays, too). Also, this way I don't have to worry about you two not getting to spend the holiday with your kids and Paul will hopefully get the chance to spend it with his wife, and Shelby, his friends/family.

Secondly, I was thinking we could schedule our dinner sometime that weekend at least, Thanksgiving weekend, but my ne'erdowell neighbor situation has been so volatile and trigger happy, I'm wondering if it might be safest avoiding Thanksgiving weekend altogether and aiming to have our late night supper either BEFORE Thanksgiving Thursday or on a following weekday night the SUBSEQUENT WEEK (Hope this is making sense). What are your guys' thoughts on that???

As a backup, we could do Buca di Beppo Italian restaurant again. We could schedule it for a day other than Thanksgiving to allow everyone time to see their families. Buca is, however, typically open for business on Thanksgiving day proper, too.

Jack, you'll be happy to know there's a Buca di Beppo in Nashville, TN and one in Livonia, MI (about 25 miles outside of Detroit). There's one in Seattle for Eddie: a few in the UK for Paul; and several here in LA for Shelby and I. A couple of things on using this as a back up plan, however:

1) It offers vegetarian, but not really strong vegan offerings and Shelby is a strict vegan (though perhaps he'd be amenable to just grabbing a salad and bread rolls if he shares his main Thanksgiving dinner with family/friends on Thanksgiving day proper.

2) If I go eat at the restaurant in real time, I can't really converse with you guys bc I'm out in public. Now, like you and Paul did last year, Eddie, I could pick up the food the day before we eat it and then fix it up at home, but I don't have a microwave (by choice) and will have to think about whether I could reheat everything sufficiently in my little oven (also, if I don't eat at the restaurant in real time  that would put me back in my apartment anyway - so, if I'm eating Buca at home, I might as well just buy traditional Thanksgiving food from the grocers and eat it at home).

3) Also, unfortunately, I get less food for the money with Buca di Beppo, whereas if I buy food from the grocers, my buck will likely go farther.

4) I do love me the traditional Thanksgiving fare: mashed potatoes, stuffing, vegan gravy, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, Tofurky, green bean caserole (maybe) and vegan pie. Yuuuummmmers!

Presently, I am still inclined to make traditional fare at my apartment on a night OTHER than Thanksgiving so we can talk some and connect and if the neighbors act up on THAT night, we can hopefully just try again the next night. And, hopefully, everything will reheat up again well enough if we need to try again.

What do you two think???

I'll try to sense whether this preference is OK with you two and then post a Thanksgiving plans confirmation post on here. THAT post you can share verbatim with Paul, Eddie. And then, I'll post the final post which will be a listing of the vegan Thanksgiving groceries I buy from Whole Foods, et al, so you guys can duplicate it (as best as possible). That way we can "share" a Thanksgiving meal together. :) ♡♡♡ You can share that grocery list post with Paul, too, Eddie. I'll also post that one on Facebook for Shelby. :)

Tonight at Dia de los Muertos, Hollywood Forever

Btw, I'll be in the same costume/character I was in for Into the Woods last weekend, so you both will have a second chance to psychically discern who and what my costumed character is before I post the photos on the Soulkin Instagram account. ☆☆☆

Dia de los Muertos

I'll be at a Dia de los Muertos celebration later tonight, from approximately 7pm - 12 midnight, at Hollywood Forever cemetary, where Chris Cornell, Judy Garland, Rudolph Valentino and Peter Lorre are buried.

I'd love to patch you two in, Ed and Jack, even if for a little while, if either of you two are free. The event is crowded and hectic, so I don't know that I'll be able to patch you guys in for too long, but maybe for a bit because it's a very special event, honoring the departed. I like to honor my friends there. ♡♡♡