Escape the Okie Zone

I had visions of my encounter with a gigantic turtle when I was 9...
and the slides of me on the turtle as a young eager boy
awaiting the world
and then seeing another turtle, perhaps much older than me
being washed up on the beach alive...

I was internviewed by KC of NBN news with the camera
punking me
as I look up to see the camera on me for perhaps my 15 minutes of fame
I mentioned that the lifeguard Stu could bring out the defibrillator if the old animal needed reviving...
and my experience with a turtle being washed up almost a half century ago...
barnacles were encrusted on his back...
I touched his shell to perhaps say hello to him and let him feel my connection to him..

It was strange how I left the turtle mold for son's sand creations at the edge of the dunes, as if we were waiting for him
and then again seeing my son's "baby can read" flash card with turtle fall down in front of me...
and the images of me seeing a turtle as a child and in my dreams..
a good friend(LA?) said I was a visionary, maybe I am....
who knows out there what the vision could mean??

 It's a big day for the state titles ..
I woke up and now I can't get back to sleep ...
it will be up the road at Broadbeach..

I was thinking that with the full moon and the recent saving                 of a young life right before my very eyes...
and then such beautiful moonlight romantic evenings      stiting in our little "Abo tent" ... an affectionate term for our little encampment on the beach!
I was feeling psychic that maybe this moon brings positve things throughout the world..
perfect days and nights for the weekend..
hopefully , it will culminate with a win in the surf race this weekend!
lets pray I wake up refreshed!!

A Gold Coast lifeguard had to revive a construction worker after he was shocked by 6000 volts of electricity on a building site today.



Veteran council lifeguard Stuart Keay was patrolling Mermaid Beach when he was called to the aid of the concreter at the construction site of a house on exclusive Hedges Avenue.



"My friend who is a builder on the site ran down to me and said, 'come quick, one of the workers is dead from electrocution'," Mr Keay said.



Advertisement: Story continues below The 58-year-old lifeguard reached for his defibrillator, oxygen mask and bag and ran to the scene, where he found the worker lifeless on the ground.

"He was cyanosed, he was blue," Mr Keay said.
"The builders were working on him. He was on his back and they were doing heart massage and resuscitation.

"I told them to take his shirt up and I put the defib pads on."
Mr Keay and other workers stood clear as the machine shocked the man once.

"We started the heart massage again and we did that until the machine said 'stand clear, shock advised'," he said.
"We shocked him again and then continued resuscitation and heart massage. I could feel a pulse, but I waited to see what the machine said.

"It said, 'no shock advised'. I knew then that he had a strong pulse.




Immediately after the man spoke, Mr Keay returned to his watch post on the beach.
"It's just another day at work," he said.

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/shocked-worker-owes-life-to-reluctant-hero-20120306-1uhoq.html#ixzz1oUVjfsdj

While getting some coaching I witnessed one of the most fantastic things in my life. Seeing a life being saved!

Congrats to Stu Keay for saving a young man's life today after he was electrocuted by 11000 volts while working on the house near the surf club! He hooked him up to the defib and the man's heart was beating before the 3rd attempt from the defib.
Stu remained calm and continued giving cpr in between attempts. The man started speaking as the parameds walked up asking what happened.

http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2012/03/07/397481_gold-coast-news.html

2 3rds and a 2nd in the relay...
Gold Coast titles were fun, but I       could have been in much better condition...and beaten my opponents in my age group!

Im excited about the carnival this weekend for the Gold Coast Titles!

another day.. need to take colin swimming!

I won my first age group surf swim race at Alexander Headlands .. and we won the age group Tarpin relay!
Im gaining more confidence in these surf races!

it's interesting that i get very interesting searches from all over the world and particulary from KC

early to mid avo is the best time to reflect    on our visit to the land of OZ...
hopefully we will have folks who we can connect with
at least perhaps with a common swim in the surf...
one bloke was checking the place out..
so it will only be moments before someone else will be downstairs to enjoy our communal lawn
so I would love to have a barbie downstairs but the owners are there to rain on our parade (perhaps)
...so much that I "would that my tongue could utter the thoughts that arise in me..."
so much


yayyy!  lost connection with you on this Lynch (who's ever IP, thank you) and I'll buy you a slab of beer, mate! so much intrigue in a little surf club, but it's a microcosm of human nature and man/woman's lust for power or just on perhaps a higher spot on the pecking order...
there were about 20 at this meeting  and they had to suspend a bloke who happens to be a plumber and did work but I suppose that because the was overcharging the club, they didn't pay him so he took the $ that would have bought a projector as his payment... and this was the bloke that gave me a hard time getting my bronze...
but the new president appears to be "     sanitizing the minutes at meetings and now wants to exclude non voting members from attending            the committee meetings that happen monthly(?)...
so it's better than "desperate housewivves", because we are on the beach with hotter women walking by every day (sorry to sound sexist but one cannot disguise human nature for all of its weaknesses)...

my honey went swimming out past the small break in the very calm ocean this morning..
she was exhilirated to see the perpective of the beach from the blue waters out in the back!

my honey just discovered what it's like     past the break and how the beautiful the water is when you get out past the break!

it's wonderful to cannabize with a new neighbor while we "palava" over a game of chess...
it's cool to connect and feel positive vibes from people...
it seems like Im on a wonderful streak catching that rip
to happiness
i have so many pics to share with you...
spending time on the beach with my family is priceless..
im feeling it more and more..
our destiny

the chair throwing neighbor had the energy (which i dont have) , widened the path through the dune vegetation...
I think he is afraid of the snakes(brown ones that can be fatal)  that he claims live in the vegetation


before our pathway was widened for fear of snakes..


last year he showed all the interested neighbors a pic of a snake
(my writing was just erased)
of course, I always do my best writing when Im in one of these epiphenous states and it very often gets erased...

last night my family went to a bible study with this young lady lifeguard (Tara)
she gave us a ride since we only have a broken down unroadworthy car
and I was pleasantly surprised that we met wonderful Christian people at this potluck dinner/bible study...
I wouldnt meet such genuine folks at a church in the states ,
but many of my good american friends are Christian, so I shouldn't generalize...
but that's in my nature..
so bottom line,  after the delicious dinner, we all got together in little prayer groups  of 5 or 6...
when it came to us I prayed that our family would become Australian...
and now I actually believe that it will happen...

my family has all fallen asleep now (it's 930) so I'll show u a pic of the lawn before the pathway was widened so we won't step on snakes...


the best parts of today was working out with Stu and getting a great compliment on how well I'm attacking that surf with my skills in duck diving and reading the waves continuing to improve!
and selling the raffle tickets for the large meat tray of delcious looking different cuts of meat!
the folks all contributed into the raffle!
the people of our surf club are wonderfully friendly too and love contributing to the surf club..
it is the cornerstone of Mermaid Beach! a small comunity of 5800 residents...
its like a small town , but with great people (generally)

        

generally the waves aren't this big It's good to feel like I'm gradually getting in good shape for the surf swim carnivals!

hmm, what should i do today?

Daddy, I want  my DVD   player! MOMMY!

I worked out while Stu(our lifeguard) coached me on my ins      and outs...

it frustrates me when I have to keep signing into google in order to write on my own blog
I keep forgetting the password
Colin is telling me he doesnt want to go to sleep and it 930 pm
Mommy has already fallen asleep so it's up to me to entertain him

in serious pursuit of happiness.

one of these days, honey..

when can i enter this surf contest, daddy?

umm,could we not have it any better? today was maybe the best day ... we both woke up on the right side of the bed and were looking for adventure... a bike safari to the Burleigh international surf competition and then moonlight in the waves... wish you were here..

and living our world through him

I dont know what to write, but there are so many other moments in the day that I'd like to express myself..  the biggest joys lately are just the living vicariously through our son's little victories.. we were so proud of him in his first swim lesson since coming back to  what he calls "Oklahoma"
and seeing how is he getting smarter each day..
without the tv (just a very tiny little dvd player with a minute screen to help occupy some moments) we are bonding much more as a family
with fewer arguments over the volume, cept now I like to crank up some songs so colin can do his rock and roll ditty!

today was another great day. my honey swam 400 meters without stopping!
she swam it in about 15 minutes when one needs to do in 9 minutes to eventually pass the course, but that is a start and I know that with conditioning she can do it!
I won the unofficial race today and won some Ky Hurst goggles. The swell was too rough to have the buoys at the back so we just swam in the gutter before the back break!

today was the most gorgeous day in a fortnight of rain and yucky weather...
it was so uplifting to go outside during low tide with my son
and see the sun's reflection dancing on the waves...
the ocean is finally cleaning the water turning from brown to blue...
all the dirt has almost sunk to the bottom
and I have been brave enough to swim with goggles through the dirty water that now looks much greener/bluer
I've scrounged up a few logs from the beach before the city council came out with bull dozers and cleaned off the beach like nothing happened..
and we can see the golden sand that was underneath it...
our tent is parked now beside the little logs
one has the shape of the upper thighs of a woman..
I'll show you a picture sometime if someone doesn't snitch it...
we've been planning on our family going to Pizzy Park for some practice swimming in the pool
but my wife prefers to have a nap
so I guess I'll just write you a note
while  the cannabized moment is still fresh in my mind...
a few mornings ago, I was dreaming that we were already back in the states
and I was depressed thinking we were barely here and how time is accelerating to the end result (old age and death ): but then waking I realized we have only spent a third of our vacation and still have time to do a lot of things
I'm especially excited that angela has started working on her bronze and will have the confidence to go out into the sea now, while Colin gets more confidence with the waves everyday!
physically punching each wave that comes his way
how dare these waves knock him down!

what a beautiful day, finally... it started off cloudy but no rain and there was hope after waking from a bad dream, where I worry things happen to the most beautiful people I love the most
and maybe that fear permeates my subconcious...
it was good to see Uncle Stu , where I took Colin and he could play in the little playground across from our surf club and between the club and Stu's lifeguard tower,,
he's trying to make things right after his sons took advantage of his landlord
borrowing our Holden Barina without our permission..
I feel always let down often by people I trust the most..
but still I can forgive when they atone for their misdeeds..
we talk about the sins of the father, but it appears most often that the sins of the children are what parents have to pay for..so I need to train our son now, before colin is old enough to drive (but hopefully when he's out of school and has a responsible job)...
so the sun finally peaked through after noon, while we waited for Mommy to wake up and get over a hangover, which incapacitated our planned bike trek to the swimming pool at Pizzy Park
then she wasn't in the mood for Barramundi Monday at the surf club..
so we enjoyed the beautiful evening with sun finally showing herself after being in the closet since thursday...

Former President George W. Bush lied to FBI Director Robert Mueller in the Oval Office to protect White House programs that secretly eavesdropped on Americans, according to an upcoming book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tim Weiner.


In "Enemies," the former New York Times reporter reveals the extent of the bureau's long war against terrorists, spies and anyone considered subversive, including American presidents. Among its explosive claims, Weiner reports that the FBI was penetrated by agents working for China, Russia, Cuba and al-Qaeda and that the bureau gathered evidence that was sufficient to impeach Presidents Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan

Both men had sworn upon taking office to faithfully execute the laws of the United States. Only one still held to his oath.


"The president pleaded ignorance of the law and the facts. He said he hadn't known there had been legal problems with Stellar Wind. He said he hadn't known [Attorney General John] Ashcroft had been in the hospital. He said he hadn't known Mueller and (acting Attorney General James) Comey had been blowing the whistle. He was almost surely deceiving the director, and deliberately ...

"Bush promised to put the programs on a legal footing. This did not happen overnight. It took years. But based on the president's promise, Mueller and his allies backed down from their threats to resign. Bush kept the secret for twenty more months."



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/bush-lied-to-fbi-director_n_1237262.html

mission accomplished. Guilty.

It would be really nice if they finally arrest this pig who f//ked our country... maybe the wickileaks will really come up about all the illegal activities we let this criminal get away with... Oliver stone did a movie but actually made a sympathetic character out of him as if he didnt know better... the truth will eventually prevail when Hollywood has the nerve to put out the real truth like they did with Nixon. I believe Nixon actually did far less than what they get away with now!

still hoping to play a good game of chess with Max since it's been raining here for almost a fortnight (that's 2 weeks in Aussie lingo)
all the debris such as lumber, sticks, etc, have been coming down the rivers and they end up on our beaches. I'll take some pictures...
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I told you that a revolution was coming to the US as it has in Arab Spring. Well it finally reached here, but we do not really have freedom of the press as we used to think we did. The government is trying to restrict our freedoms as the 1% grow stronger. They have been going after journalist in our occupy movement, which rates our freedom of the press at about the rate of some 3rd world countries. sad

"But the U.S. tumbled almost as far as Bahrain did in the wake of the repeated crackdowns on journalists covering Occupy movements. Reporters Without Borders was explicit in its summary of its report, saying that "the United States (47th) also owed its fall of 27 places to the many arrests of journalist covering Occupy Wall Street protests."

The treatment of journalists by police was well documented throughout 2011. Reporters were beaten, arrested and prevented from covering police action against Occupy protesters. Tensions heightened so much that the New York Police Department had to meet with journalists and remind its officers not to mistreat them
"

Yesterday was Australia Day. It's a chance for all Aussies to start drinking beer and have barbecues all day.

it would be great to have a good game of chess and a smoke on my pipe on this rainy day!

I had the barbecue out on the front lawn in spite of the mean looks from the bullys upstairs. It sure was nice to have a respite from all the rain. It's back to rain again. There has been a lot of flooding here on the coast.
Timber is floating down the rivers and our beaches are now flooded with lumber and debris!

rainy days sure help you apreciate it more when its sunny!


 "I shall be telling this with a sigh


Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.
"...Robert Frost
 
I took this pathway, that nobody expected me to take, and I would not trade this pathway for any other.
I had an herbal epipheny chatting with a new good friend, Mike, from England. Taking the pathway or road that nobody else took has helped me see      what is wonderful in life!

let's rock and roll, baby, yeah!

a favorite thing to do for Aussie after work, weed, wanking and wine!

Australia Day is coming up Thursday and we are trying to stock up on beer!


 

now?  fake nose job for fake news  so fox just uses her to give her american audience a hand job? does fake news believe she's pretty enough or fake enough to help her male audience to be distracted enough to believe her?

According to plastic surgeon Dr. John Di Saia, Megyn Kelly, an up and coming Fox commentator who did a piece for GQ with some pretty sexy images (Dec 2010.), shows that she’s likely had some work done on her breasts and possibly a nose job. She most likely enhanced her look with breast implants and refined her nose with rhinoplasty."

http://www.mydochub.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/15/megyn-kelly-plastic-surgery-and-baby-girl-yardley-evans/

"I had a very strong inclination that her nose was as fake as the "news" that she delivers. so I looked it up and found out that she was a very likely candidate. Most women show how obvious the plastic surgery is and usually doesn't compliment their looks. It's these type of women that are basically plastic inside and out.
watch this hilarious utube video of her...talk about how vain these gox anchors are!http://www.dlisted.com/node/28027