The Human Power Dance of Time has been a gory one.

brianlux

dancepartner wrote:

And yes, I am seeing -- PJ enthusiasts arent nessesarily activists at heart.

It's Stones fault! Somewhere toward the beginning of the PJ 20 film Stone say something like, "That's when I discovered sarcasm!" He says it with this little glint in his eyes and a devilish little laugh. I think it's a gen x thing (I can say that because boomers are just as full of shit ) and even though I try not to do it, sometimes I can't help myself. But I blame it on Drifting and Byrnzie and DS and PoD and 81 and BinauralJam and Hedonist and ... and...oww! Hey, stop throwing shit at me, you guys! Hey!! Owww!!!

hedonist

DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

if you're an activist,
you're a hypocrite!

I'm sorry, I'm not an activist at heart. I just fucking love this music and separate from that, I try to do what I can with what/who is important to me.

...and brianlux, you best duck!

brianlux

hedonist wrote:

DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

if you're an activist,
you're a hypocrite!

I'm sorry, I'm not an activist at heart. I just fucking love this music and separate from that, I try to do what I can with what/who is important to me.

...and brianlux, you best duck!

Bring it on, baby!

hedonist

Haha...cheers, my friend.

(and don't make me go all Foghorn Leghorn on ya )

brianlux

hedonist wrote:

Haha...cheers, my friend.

(and don't make me go all Foghorn Leghorn on ya )

Cheers! *clink*

mmmmmargarita embriagado !

dancepartner

Well, I've been amused anyway. But, you've scair't me off. Before I go though I'd like to apologize for so brashly inviting myself to your party and you have rightly put me in my spot. In my defense though, if that's allowed, I guess when I was looking for a core group to help me get dancing partners off and running, I became overly enthusiastic when I saw 'A moving Train' forum. Even more excited when I read 'Threat wars' and saw the potential of how fun it would be to have this group be that core. So I'll keep movin' on as I know somewhere - there's a train out there that moves. And yes, I've learned a few things while visiting here so alls not lost but I've thought about it, about practicing patience to gain admittance by the lords of wit, but this hypocrite has committed myself for the next ten weeks and I know frustration will end up being my reward for brash impatience if I stay. Hopefully, I won't make this same mistake again. Thanks for the lesson.

oops...almost forgot; whatever happens now, is not some glorious accident.
Might not be a PJ one - but I'm chancing it just the same.

brianlux

dancepartner wrote:

Well, I've been amused anyway. But, you've scair't me off. Before I go though I'd like to apologize for so brashly inviting myself to your party and you have rightly put me in my spot. In my defense though, if that's allowed, I guess when I was looking for a core group to help me get dancing partners off and running, I became overly enthusiastic when I saw 'A moving Train' forum. Even more excited when I read 'Threat wars' and saw the potential of how fun it would be to have this group be that core. So I'll keep movin' on as I know somewhere - there's a train out there that moves. And yes, I've learned a few things while visiting here so alls not lost but I've thought about it, about practicing patience to gain admittance by the lords of wit, but this hypocrite has committed myself for the next ten weeks and I know frustration will end up being my reward for brash impatience if I stay. Hopefully, I won't make this same mistake again. Thanks for the lesson.

oops...almost forgot; whatever happens now, is not some glorious accident.
Might not be a PJ one - but I'm chancing it just the same.

Well, dancepartner, I'll throw this out selfish as it may seem- a fresh perspective is welcome here to some of us. I hope you'll reconsider. Oh, and if you quit and decide to come back you can always point the finger at me as a worse example because, as I'm sure some of the others will tell you, I've done that often enough! :oops:

hedonist

dancepartner wrote:

Well, I've been amused anyway. But, you've scair't me off. Before I go though I'd like to apologize for so brashly inviting myself to your party and you have rightly put me in my spot. In my defense though, if that's allowed, I guess when I was looking for a core group to help me get dancing partners off and running, I became overly enthusiastic when I saw 'A moving Train' forum. Even more excited when I read 'Threat wars' and saw the potential of how fun it would be to have this group be that core. So I'll keep movin' on as I know somewhere - there's a train out there that moves. And yes, I've learned a few things while visiting here so alls not lost but I've thought about it, about practicing patience to gain admittance by the lords of wit, but this hypocrite has committed myself for the next ten weeks and I know frustration will end up being my reward for brash impatience if I stay. Hopefully, I won't make this same mistake again. Thanks for the lesson.

oops...almost forgot; whatever happens now, is not some glorious accident.
Might not be a PJ one - but I'm chancing it just the same.

This isn't said with malice, but what exactly were you looking for from your initial post? What were you specifically looking for us to do? If you've read the forums here and there (I assume you have), you know that not every thread or post gets a response.

Not everyone is on the same page (thank god).

Not everyone is into dancing.

Good luck with your endeavor.

dancepartner

ah ha! I see the problem -- I think. Maybe I wasn't clear from the onset? I've been reading in the ice melt forum. Great stuff being shared. And when I barged right in here a week or so ago, threw out my "check this out" I'd envisioned a respectful forum to ensue -- similar to the ice melt one.
Yes, I do understand not everyone's into dancing but the website I'd ask if anyone would check out isn't about ballroom protocol but rather; the ageless dance we all know -- the one we all do.
Yes, I did read a variety of forums before posting mine and had I remembered these included some engaging dialogue, then maybe I wouldn't have found disillusionment so easily. But of all the ones I read, I felt the most important one was 'Thread Wars' simply because it reaffirmed the necessity to do more than just vent, something I don't want to do anymore, and I thought I'd found a home.
http://www.dancingpartners.info is like a spark that needs a strong breeze. I'm not asking for anyone to hit the streets in war paint regalia. And though discussing Ice melts, the most recent shooting, Obama versus Romney or the endless list of societal defugilties are all sparks, how things go down on our watch depends on whether we simply vent, or choose to become a strong breeze. That's not being hypocritical...at least for a communal animal.
One thing is for sure: reading Ice melt's dialogue reminded me that Brianlux is right: there's some very bright minds that hang out here on this train. Guess it's just a matter of rethinking what kind of train it is and I'm well-aware its not for me to tell you, but a revamp in which adjective more aptly describes this train is worth consideration.

dancepartner

The one day that comes once every four years when ruling elites actually care what we have to say has now come and gone. Since we already know Obama doesn't have an invincible cape, do wait 4 more years to elect another ruling elite and hope he will?

brianlux

dancepartner wrote:

Uh. I now spend the better part of most Tuesday's, and will for the next 9, getting the next installment for dancingpartners.info ready to post when I was checking on google; how the website was being found, when I discovered this forum is out on google. I'm so sorry. I'm fairly sure you guys like to keep your forum to yourself.
I checked a few other 'moving train' forums to see if that was the norm and I didn't find that to be the case. I guess I don't know what to do about this.
I've been of two minds; staying here and hoping to spark interest -- or stop pestering you and leave. What would you guys like me to do? Please consider treating this question gently as I've only recently quit pouting about the last round. Thanks, and again -- I am sorry.

I wouldn't be too concerned about what's on Google- mainly because these days I think everything is on Google-- from this forum to my shoe size. 9 1/2 D. With enough patience, you could probably Google "brianlux shoe size" and come up with that number.

Dancer, I think you blog is interesting. It's rather lengthy and with all the reading some of us do it might take a while to get around to reading all of it. I'm not sure what the protocol is here for advertising blogs- you might ask a moderator. But other than that- I would encourage you to stick around -- give us a new voice, a fresh perspective, a "strong breeze" as you put it.

dancepartner

thanks brianlux. Yes, google has it all but I was alarmed to see a forum being conducted in another website being put right out there. how does this happen?

dancepartner

Also, yep -- the installments are long. I guess I can take that as you've read them? Try Part III.
Part II has always been my least favorite but I kept thinking it had to go where it is. I think you'll find the rest more interesting. And thanks for encouraging me to stay. I do like it here.

hedonist

dancepartner wrote:

I checked a few other 'moving train' forums to see if that was the norm and I didn't find that to be the case. I guess I don't know what to do about this.
I've been of two minds; staying here and hoping to spark interest -- or stop pestering you and leave. What would you guys like me to do? Please consider treating this question gently as I've only recently quit pouting about the last round. Thanks, and again -- I am sorry.

Brian is a good man...and very likely more patient than I.

But I honestly don't know what you mean here. Why pouting?

Also, I don't feel pestered.

And I'm not going to tell you or anyone what to do.

It's an open forum (as long as one pays the fee, of course )

dancepartner

hedonist wrote:

dancepartner wrote:

I checked a few other 'moving train' forums to see if that was the norm and I didn't find that to be the case. I guess I don't know what to do about this.
I've been of two minds; staying here and hoping to spark interest -- or stop pestering you and leave. What would you guys like me to do? Please consider treating this question gently as I've only recently quit pouting about the last round. Thanks, and again -- I am sorry.

Brian is a good man...and very likely more patient than I.

But I honestly don't know what you mean here. Why pouting?

Also, I don't feel pestered.

And I'm not going to tell you or anyone what to do.

It's an open forum (as long as one pays the fee, of course )

Yeah, Brian's the man. Forget the pouting and all that but "I'm not going to tell you what to do" is that in reference to my question about this forum ending up on google cuz I'm asking for opinions and yours counts too. So just say yeah or nay.

hedonist

dancepartner wrote:

Yeah, Brian's the man. Forget the pouting and all that but "I'm not going to tell you what to do" is that in reference to my question about this forum ending up on google cuz I'm asking for opinions and yours counts too. So just say yeah or nay.

I'm pretty sure my response was in reference to you asking what you'd like us to tell you what to do.

You decide for yourself, no?

My opinion has (should have) no bearing on your choices.

Funny, but earlier we were listening to Tool's Third Eye - "think for yourself".

(it's a good thing, I promise )

dancepartner

Oh. My question was: this forum is being aired on google. It's a PJ forum. Would you guys be okay with it being posted out there?

dancepartner

It's a lazy Sunday. Anyone miss me? Anyone here ever read this series?

brianlux

dancepartner wrote:

It's a lazy Sunday. Anyone miss me? Anyone here ever read this series?

:wave: Yes but not the latest. Busy busy week. Major book seller event this weekend.

dancepartner

Glad to hear it. Hoping you will keep up. The next comes out tomorrow.