alter your vision & judgment

You normally hide your emotions. You want others to believe that you are immune to these kinds of feelings. It might be because you feel that they can alter your vision, and therefore your judgment. But today, you will probably lose your self-control and your emotions will surface. Don't try to fight it!

physical world

Escaper Jan in Salt Lake City says:
Had my first physical in three years. I have crossed the threshold of old age. I have a prescription for high blood pressure - for life. I return in two weeks and will probably get one for cholesterol.

I'm becoming my parents, kept alive by modern chemistry. We are the bionic geriatrics.

dullsville

My winter holidays were spent in the Mojave.
An open desert of odd sorts.

After a week of camping at the remote hot springs near Death Valley, I ventured toward some civilization. Ridgecrest CA, for a quick oil change & gasoline, plus a real restaurant meal. Upon New Years Eve I found myself stumbling into familiar territory, that which had changed little in a decade. In Randsburg, a living ghost town, I visited with the innkeepers at the bnb, I enjoyed spirits w/ the OHV crowds at The Joint (Olga is still alive). Later I visited a BBQ bonfire campout 5 miles off the highway 395 with families, dogs & teenagers (8 RV/toy-boxes in all, from the OC). The last day I met local aviators, who all owned Isuzus. Watching fireworks in the desert distance ended my 2006 nicely, overlooking the historic brothel.

My life is never dull.

odd resemblance

This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time, coming from a neighbor who had lunch w/ me last week. Plus, I didn't know who this was, so I had to look her up ; )

"Hi, Dana. I don't know if you watch American Idol but last night Gwen Stafani was the mentor. She looked so pretty and was so sweet and helpful talking to all the contestants. I was struck by how she looks like you, blonde of course instead of brunette, but so pretty. Has anyone told you that before? I wasn't really all that familar with her and in some of the clips they showed introducing her last night she had so many different highly dramatic and unusual looks for her concerts or albums that you really had no sense of who she was. But in person just talking to the contestants, every time they showed her I was struck by how much she reminded me of you.
Cheers, Sarah"

DanaMite has not owned a television in 20 years.

UP-load, argghhh

working girl

Dip shit, get a clue. I actually "work" for a living, unlike you.
Stop looking, quit staring, stop reading, cease wanting to (care).
Paranoia sets in again. Smoking too much lately?
Grow up mister obsessive gun owner.

desert camping

Thanks Cindy

"Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before." -- Joseph Campbell

a new way in

inspiration

blessed be the bloggers

Tolerance

And when he admitted to me that his new best friends were indeed white supremacists, I lost all hope that our love affair would ever evolve.

no greater power

Your heart is not open so I must go
The spell has been broken, I loved you so
Freedom comes when you learn to let go
Creation comes when you learn to say NO

You were my lesson I had to learn
I was your fortress you had to burn
Pain is a warning that something's wrong
I pray to God that it won't be long
Do ya wanna go higher?

There's nothing left to try
There's no place left to hide
There's no greater power
Than the power of good-bye



lyrics by - Madonna

oil towns

When I envisioned myself living & working from home in the mountains, I did not anticipate how many hours I would spend driving to do errands. Luckily I love to drive (all back roads), so my lil sapphire Saabaru has become my secret karaoke machine... @ 35 mpg. Weekly I visit the red-neck villa of TAFT, California for groceries, banking & services. There is good mexican food on the main drag at La Mina, plus a DMV that is never crowded & only a hand full of traffic lights. A 40 mile drive that is totally worth it, due to great sunsets, amazing countryside scenery & Cerro Noroeste.

New for December: Still

Ooops, isn't it Spring already? Wow, how time flies. Rain, rain go away, come again some other day. My way, your gay, stop, stay, look & stare. Be aware. I'm always there.

my faithful following

March madness. This one SINGLE web statistic blows my mind.
Origin: Direct address 83% of traffic coming to Total Escape comes from directly from bookmarks, or typing in the URL totalescape.com

holding strong

don't explain

Hush now, don't explain
Just say you'll remain
I'm glad your back
So don't explain

Quiet, don't explain
What is there to gain
Skip that lipstick
Don't explain

You know that I love you
And what endures
All my thoughts of you
For I'm so completely yours

Cry to hear folks chatter
And I know you cheat
Right or wrong, don't matter
When you're with me, sweet

Hush now, don't explain
You're my joy and pain
My life's yours love
Don't explain

You know that I love you
And what endures
All my thoughts of you
For I'm so completely yours

My life's yours love
yours love

Hush now
Hush now
My life's yours love

Hush now
Please hush now
So hush now



lyrics by - Anthea

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Exposure

Now is the time to make yourself heard. Work toward maintaining peace by exposing the truth. Take the time to create fantasy in your world to dilute your fears of reality. Make decisions based on love, cooperation, and prosperity instead of neediness, trepidation, and anger.

In the Road

why must you stand in the road
then yell at me as I drive by
must you be so selfish
to tell the world your powerful lie

stomping all around
like you own this town
you spit & you curse
bringing on all the worse

value it

That which we share in our world is far more valuable than that which divides us.

Backstabber

But you've got no right to sit there saying I abuse it
When you only sleep with girls who say they like your music

Love has no Name

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