Ion Quest and Let It Be

Something has been brought to my attention recently. It is in a friend of mines blog within MySpace. He normally writes fairly amusing blogs which i have advertised in this here space. Though recently he has written one regarding a 'storybook' which his young cousin was given colour in at school. He brought to light the idea that the illustrations given were boderline/sublinal/suggestive to pregnancy. Please decide for yourself:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=69016944

A few points/questions:
- At first i thought it was straight subliminal messages. I used to illustrate and you do nothing by accident. If it was inncocent, why is their ONE petal that is upright where it is?
- Regarding the story despite the bad grammer, princess's do meet their princes's (maybe better looking ones) and have families. Although the cut to the chase is quick in this one story.
- As adults yes we can see iconography children will miss.

I spoke to my sister and brother in law as they have 7yr old Chloe. They agreed they would not have read and still don't intot he images. They are more concerned about the actual grammer, not the story.

I am undecided about the whole thing and have forwarded this link to many people asking opinions.


I know i said i wouldn't mention someone again but i will. A person who i am very close to is leaving in a few days and i saw her for the last time (till i don't know when) a few days ago. Many questions left unanswered. Sometime we come to a point where we realize that the answer may be as futile and unimportant as the questions we want to ask. Sometimes we want the answer so much we never ask ourselves why we ask in the first instance. Never knowing something may keep you on your toes a little longer. Leaving it up to 'fait' may also be an option. Conclusions and closures can- not be up to us to make at times. Let it be.

My point is, sometimes our lives live on this line about one thing, wrong or right, Each of us are about something that has a stream of thoughts, whether that be something good or bad for us or others. Some don't really know or understand their own streams. And don't get me wrong, streams are often pretty messy, especially in this modern discourse. We see what we want to see sometimes. Sometimes we don't like what we see. But it's healthy to question why we don't like what we see and moreover, why we see it that way and whether or not our perspectives aren't quite aligned.

ion: An ion is an atom or group of atoms that normally are electrically neutral and achieve their status as an ion by loss or addition of one or more electrons.

quest: A quest is a journey towards a goal used in mythology and literature as a plot

question: question may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information

courtesy of wikipedia.

my 2007 is beginning with a great start (for the most part...) and am looking forward to it. I couldn't expect or imagine that this last half of 2006 to be as amazing as it was. I have no idea what's ahead, but whatever comes, i believe a good perspective is what it takes to transcend it (bar world famine, people you know dying and your own mental health doing a U-turn).

sally forth to a brand new year. good luck, my love and hope...

- J