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4-29-30 NOT ANOTHER DOPPELGANGER?

April 30, 2013

THE FOLLOWING IS A PERSONAL MATTER.
DO NOT TRY TO UNDERSTAND.
UNLESS YOU ARE THE PERSON BEING REFERRED TO
IN THE POST
________________________


It is actually 12:30 a.m. on 4-30-13.

I backdated this
because I wanted to
write it before midnight,
but got caught in a "bounce to disk"
for over twenty minutes
as midnight approached
and passed,
so that I would have two posts
back to back with the same date,
if I did not backdate this one.

This post is intended
for purpose of documenting
the date and details of the event
being discussed.

This is what happened:

I was at my regular pulloff
to watch the sunset last night
(Sunday),
in northern California.

It was about six p.m.
when a silver colored vehicle
which looked something like a Mustang,
pulled up directly in front of me
and parked.

First the driver got out,
then the passenger.

The driver looked bored
while the passenger was taking photos
with a small portable camera.

The driver got back in
while the passenger remained out
and continued taking photos
of the very beautiful landscape/seascape.

Both had their backs to me.

A voice went through my head saying,
"watch,
the passenger will turn
and try to steal a glance at you".

Of course I did not believe this,
thinking it to be nothing more
than a single crazy and wild thought
just running through the place,
gone completely wild,
for the moment.

As I continued to look
I suddently realized that I either was looking at j,
or another who is a dead ringer for j.

Sure enough before "j" got back into the car,
the head turned rather slyly in my direction,
as if to steal a glance.

I had already begun to get up
out of the car seat
and stood up alongside the driver's door,
at attention,
watching and waiting.

The look and feel of surprise was palpable.

It was a look of shock
to see my face staring back hard
into the twilight
while trying to see
if it actually is j
standing there in front of me.

I made eye contact with "j"
for several seconds.

Then j turned and got back into the car,
sat for several minutes,
looking at the photos "j" had just taken. 
and then left.

It was cold and windy with dusk light.

I really do not even want to think
about the matter,
but remain very puzzled,
in the extreme,
as to what, exactly, 
is happening
and why.

I have already documented
several of these
doppelganger incidents
and have purposely not documented
several others which have,
nevertheless,
taken place.

Three or four have taken place
at this exact spot.

But I DO want
to make sure
that the date is documented
in case it becomes relevant
at some later time.

That is the primary purpose
of this particular post.



I can only wish that j has what it takes
to walk up to me
and acknowledge my
(rather tenuous)
existence.

You are forgiven, by me, j,
and I have pretty much gotten over
my highly visible extreme anger and outrage,
caused by someone in your group
making false allegations to your
local provincial gendermarie
(or is it gendarmerie?),
who in turn threatened me
with arrest and prosecution.

So you have
needlessly
and pointlessly
put me
in a most difficult spot,
indeed,
because I am now unable to move
for your benefit
without further endangering you
and me.

I only wish you could find it
in your heart, j,
to forgive me for any perceived wrongs,
and to
"come in from the cold",
sooner,
rather than later.

You have been cheated greatly,
without even knowing
what
or why.

People who cannot possibly have
adequate factual basis
are all too happy to render
"what to do" opinions,
one after the other,
and all completely WRONG!.

They DO NOT,
and, indeed,
CANNOT
have any idea
of what I am here trying to accomplish.

That is between you and I
and no other/s,
no matter what anyone tells you.


I cannot
and will not
rest
until this matter
is rectified
and remedied.

YOU NEED TO KNOW
the things which can only be told in person
and in the strictest confidence.

I cannot tell you without talking with you.

Sooner, rather than later, preferably.

You may choose location.

I would recommend:
ancient oak reserve
(Los Osos).

Good place to walk and talk.




w/intense and fervent love for you, j,
in the most sacrificial sense imaginable

vw

4-30-13
12:48 a.m.
Tuesday
Ventura, California, USA



" ---
One sword, at least,
thy rights shall guard

One faithful harp
shall praise thee
---"

The Minstrel Boy
Trad Irish song





"Friends don't let friends self-destruct."

vw
4-30-13



I can see your predicament.

And I understand why people self-destruct.

I will not allow your self-destructive behavior
to ruin our otherwise constructive relationship.

That is a very tall order.

But I am very well practiced at it.

This is why I simply forgive and forget
when it comes to persons
who have been driven there by desparation,
as opposed to malice.

I am with you all the way.

That is what the "unconditional" part of
unconditional love
means,
I think ---

What do you think?



 

4-27-13 NEW SONG POSTED

April 27, 2013

I will be leaving for northern California
in several hours.

Should be back Monday evening.

Wasn't sleeping very well,
so I got up at 2:30 a.m.

Wrote 042713a
at about 3 a.m.

I was working on mixing
the instrumental and choral parts
together a little more
than I have been.

I had no idea whether or what to play,
as I once again brushed my fingers
across the keyboard
looking for that sweet spot
that gets me going.

I finally found the key I like,
which turned out to be E minor.

But I had no idea whatsoev...


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4-26-13 NEW SONG POSTED

April 26, 2013
Layed down to sleep
at about 11 p.m.

Am wide awake, instead.

Sounds like a good time to write a song.

And so, here it is 042613a.

It's maybe just a little bit nuts,
but it reflects well what is going on inside
my mind, body, and soul at the moment.

For those who are not
chronic hard core insomniacs,
let me explain to you:

Sleep is very sweet.

Never take it for granted.

Kind of like your loved ones in that regard.

And with that note, I will try to lay down again.

w/love

vw

4-26-13
Friday
2:29 a.m.
Ventura, Cal...

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4-25-13 (2d post) NEW SONG POSTED

April 26, 2013
It was about 9:30 p.m.
and I was wrapping things up,
when I decided to play something,
just for the fun of it.

My fingers stumbled around the board
until I found that E minor
(a favorite key of guitar players
and violin players)
was
the one that felt right for tonight.

And so, here you have it, 042513b.

Just as a brief aside,
this song was supposed
to start with choir,
then go electronic orchestra
and then the two combined.

In order to combine the two
I will need to press buttons
on the typewrite...

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4-25-13 NEW SONG POSTED

April 25, 2013
Sombody is in a mood ---

and not a very good one,
by the sounds of things.

That is 042513a.

I started writing it
at several minutes before midnight
on 4-24-13,
and finished it
a few minutes after midnight,
on 4-25-13.

So I titled it on the date completed,
instead of date started.

Is in A flat minor.

Now that is fun.

That would be seven out of seven flats
in the key signature.

That's a lot of flats to keep track of,
as anyone who has done so
will be all to glad to attest,
I am very sure.

So, this key doe...

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4-23-13 NEW SONG POSTED

April 23, 2013
Well, you can see
how well my sleep went.

It is now 5:15 a.m.

I wrote this song,
042313a,
at about 4:30 a.m.

It was supposed to be nice and quiet
with much soprano work.

I don't know what happened,
but it sure didn't turn out that way.

Maybe it's from the lack of sleep
for months and months and months,
thanks to you know who.

Who knows?

Either way,
here is one more song.

Hope you enjoy.



w/love

vw

4-23-13
Tuesday
5:17 a.m.
Ventura, California, USA

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4-22-13 NEW SONG POSTED

April 23, 2013
I decided that it was time
that I chained myself to the Roland JUNO-Gi
for long enough to see
if I could figure out how
to use the onboard
digital recording machine.

Because I need some material
to record
in order to learn how to do
all of the steps required
in order to get from playing
to recording and bouncing
and uploading onto net,
I began to lay down a few lines.

It has been awhile
since I played any of this kind of music,
so I decided to just roll with it
for almost ten minutes.

And so,
he...

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4-22-13 QUOTE FOR THE DAY

April 22, 2013

The demagogue succeeds
because he makes himself understood,
even if he is not worth understanding.

But the mystagogue succeeds
because he gets himself misunderstood;
although, as a rule,
he is not even worth misdunderstanding.




quoted from
Chesterton, Demagogues and Mystagogues (1915)
in
Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric
by Ward Farnsworth
copyright 2011






















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4-21-13 NEW SONG POSTED

April 22, 2013

Just finished sketching out
the following piece,
entitled
042113a.

It is really kind of frustrating to me,
because I can very vaguely remember
a melody which I wrote for strings
about 15 years ago.

I was trying hard to remember it,
so that I did not develop the melodies
as much as I might otherwise have.

But, that is not necessarily a bad thing.

It is a little after 10 p.m. on this Sunday evening.

I am very tired.

Very long day.

But very good day.

Although not terribly productive.

But, hey, wait a minu...


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4-20-13 NEW SONG POSTED

April 21, 2013

I wrote this song,
042013a
at about 11:00 p.m.,
this evening.

Has been a long day.

And week.

Am very tired
and going to bed.

Ran out of steam.

That is why song is shorter than usual.

But, also more pithy,
to make up for that.

Hope all is well
this Saturday evening.

All are in my prayers.

And may God bless abundantly.

w/(sacrificial) love

vw

4-20-13
11:31 p.m.
Saturday night
Ventura, California, USA


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