Friday, April 30, 2010

Spaces to think, Students are important

Evenin',


 A society that mistreats its' children carries forward problems that were opportune to solve. Democracy has responsibilities.


To explain this better is Henry A. Giroux | In Defense of Public School Teachers in a Time of Crisis 


We are all Students


Enjoy ,


Peter


P.S. talkin' 'bout Deficits http://www.youtube.com/v/Yu5-y3-WVIM&hl=en_US&fs=1&



Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Quality Lazy Time

Memories of the Saturday evenings' music and conversation with friendly people in a well lit big room, filtered  Sunday mornings'  gray sky.  40 degree rain didn't matter. The bed was warm. Nothing was on the schedule. A weeks worth of leftovers meant grazing for everyone, all day.  Chores & Homework had been done. Itinerary was get good at being lazy. No plans just moments. Scrabble. Legos. Read.  Write. Look out the window. Diamond never barked and  Sprite never begged for a kitty treat. They went with the flow of slow. We became their pillows, headrests. They with their fur brought warmth to the calm. A well stoked fireplace eased the Day into Evening. It was good. Glad I was there. Should have written about it sooner. Nah!

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Genetically Modified Permeation

In my quest to understand the global impact of profit before people with  the intrinsic link between pesticides,  fertilizers, genetically modified food and Cancer. Join me in learning about the Mind of Monsanto.





Mutations occur to form new organisms that survive to reproduce other organisms with mutating capabilities.  However when the food we need to live is deliberately altered into  a weapon of real mass destruction, then the power of good common sense must have the courage to communicate with calm.


Let the children speak


organicconnectmag.com
Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution is a very deep, thought-provoking film, both serious and inspirational. Through the lens of one small village in rural France, it does an excellent job of exploring a number of extremely important issues.

Let the Children Learn


Thianda Manzara started Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids. The program teams with schools to teach children how to garden and eat the vegetables they grow.

Then I thought about coffee crops
From:
http://www.panna.org/node/1686











Endosulfan is a persistent, toxic pesticide that travels long distances and impacts communities far away from the place of application. Endosulfan is used on various crops worldwide, but its largest uses are on cotton, tea and coffee. It is also used on vegetables, fruits and in forestry. Since the patent on it has run out, it is available cheaply on the market. It is a wide spectrum insecticide, not associated with any particular insect. Hence by using endosulfan, many non-target species, including humans, also get harmed. Endosulfan has caused severe poisonings and even death in many parts of the world. Pesticide Action Network (PAN) regional centers in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America are active in campaigning for a global ban on this toxic insecticide. Endosulfan related deaths and debilitation have included thirty-seven farmers dying in Benin, two boys dead in South Africa, flower workers poisoned in Colombia, and villagers in Philippines and India poisoned by the toxic pesticide.

Damn!!! 

Chit with ya',



Monday, April 12, 2010

The Peter Problem

"The Peter Problem" is a common description my family uses when they talk about me. It is a title they have agreed on for over 20 years and it plagues me during this Brain Cancer Experience. As the eldest it is my fault for who they are. What they have accomplished has been without me. My only contribution has been in spirit.
Good Intentions only go so far, only last so long. Faith carries a burden that confronts expectations with questions that anyone can ask.  Why are you Poor? Why don't you even have a girlfriend? Why must we step in to help again? What is wrong with you?

Illness places a burden on the individual and those around that person.  No one wishes this upon themselves ipso facto and/or those close to them.

My posted thoughts on Facebook 4-11-2010

Polls are Fudged
Lies are used to lead the ill informed
Fear is used to push groups against each other
2010 & 2012 are going to be repeats of 2008
Social Changes are inevitable
Staying Calm, Informed, Alive
Despite what my Anaplastic Astrocytomas are doing to me.



For Example from my Medical Notes Document

April 11, 2010
8:12 am
Began Sutent Evening of 9th Yeeeha!!! Am doing something, now it is 2 doses so far
  • Still feel dizzy
  • Left hip uncertain needs to warm up
  • Generally tired
  • A few small spasms left arm similar to pre seizure spasms
  • Blood in toilet bowl
  • Still passed stool without too much effort
  • Just laid down for a few minutes yesterday and woke up a few hours later
  • Am ungainly, off-balance  sitting in this chair
  • Walk down stairs slowly
  • Dreamt of running last night, it was only a dream; a nice dream
  • Ringing left ear
  • Slight ringing right ear
  • Morning depression roughing me up
  • Left side clumsiness,  snagged coffee cup with 3rd finger, almost sent a fresh cup to the floor
  • Eye hand a little off
  • Field of vision smaller?
  • Memory of surroundings duller?
Moving Forward  Why? 


To Practice what I've Preached.
Always easier said than done

Chit With ya'

Peter

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Rigamarole Rhetoric

It's Like
ya' know what I'm sayin'
she was like 
oh my god
and 
I was like
No New Taxes
Read My Lips
Mission Accomplished
yer either with us er 
'gainst us
it was a fair election
Warning from Al Qaeda
lets see the birth certificate
prove yer a patriot, 
citizen
no healthcare fer ewe
immigrant nation
time will tell
DEMOCRAT
REPUBLICAN
INDEPENDENT
next stop banking reform
Tacit Approval
Implied Consent
Plausible Deniability
Unexplainable Causality
I don't know what you're talking about
Surely you jest
Time to get Busy
Gett Along with your Enemy






Saturday, April 3, 2010

Updating through Therapeutic Music Intervention

Evenin',


Well the seizure experience requires untapped physical resilience with medical assistance. The on edge swoon that prefaces an eye blink needs a rest. Break out the Music. Write Think, Something, Anything. To feel better is the goal during illness and hangovers. Fortunately there are headphones and a keyboard.  There are also some family members who jumped in to delve through this unknown with me. Good luck more to them. My sheckles are shy. Dizziness is heavy. Unbalance is constant. Tough Talk is left to Time. My Job is to get well. Left-side Sloppiness is pestering me. The Flash card vision impairs my conscience. This is gonna' take a while, so what move forward, re-connect.


http://www.last.fm/music/Bassekou%2BKouyate%2B%2526%2BNgoni%2Bba/_/Jonkoloni

feeling like crap!
are looks deceiving?
Music as catharsis.
Make it happen.







http://www.last.fm/music/Orchestra+Baobab/_/Cabral


Headache,
 quick lay down,


chit with ya',


Peter

Happy Holiday Everyone

Happy Holiday Everyone!!!



Sincerely,


Peter Lott Heppner
Alley Patron
Chicago, IL
USA
Earth

Friday, April 2, 2010

The Theory



we'll see what happens
 bring an old dream to LIFE

the theory 
 getting from point A
 to point B
 requires
 point Z to the nth



Thursday, April 1, 2010

The Petri dish is awake

Evenin' now Mornin' now Evenin'


The twitching left arm began the wave of rigidity commanding my body with possession.  It was bad, no recourse, just calm to a coast;Somehow Someway Stabilize.Have to Call someone. Is this how I'm gonna die? Alone? It's only fitting I was born that way, lived that way,always wondering when & where do I fit in? On my own terms . Safe! To Dream.. To Do.Uncannily the rescue team is Brother #7 Chris & Wife #1 Diana  w ho jump in to organize with precision my next Brain disability Adventure. To their Home in the Grove We go.


Cold darkness crowds my left side accompanied with imminence. In my last  moon light with the usual beautiful dark blue backdrop, the smiling glow over shown the lit keyboard that would confirm obvious  to my family;so much unfinished, undone, unresolved.  take care, Lotsa Love Peter then back to confront this foreboding cold dark presence. I delve and the transformation begins immediately, closing in on infinity my next destination with Cal's words echoing as fast as the  tunnel moved to somewhere where was the surprise.   already?Transformation to the core with medical  record and Spiritual Support.A cleansing , A molting part of healthy cell growth restructuring with hostile cell environment dancing to endure the unknown.through Spiritual guidance. the nice timing experiences occurring repeatedly


Asked during Hospital Admissions is this  Heaven? she just smiled I  went with Yes. I felt safe, warmer, time to move forward to dealing with brain being dragged AWOL.  many details are in others memories, mine are experiences in science fiction where my brain got shut off an as it slowly got turned back on my legs reappeared, so did my arms, the short arm cast came along too.


Another commentary that the rest of are here to help the healers as each of us at some time or another will behave as a healer and doing so 
Well I'm still here after a few more witnessed seizures, increased medication, Music playing that only I can hear.everything from memory is playing in time with my activity, complete in key & harmony, percussion with accents. No-one else hears it. It is all mine, radio-stream is background noise. vestigial.  Outside sounds just jump into the mix as if improv jam set. so a trip to the Advocate Good Samaritan hospitalfor an evening of necessary assessments to be added to my medical history which is open to any & all my medical team and`growing
This is our public Works project with Global impact that will silence many irrational debates,


As the government is of the people by the people and for the people, each of us a member of the government and beholden to the betterment of the less fortunate healthcare as ambassador is better than warfare.


It begin's to be obvious to me that there are those who prefer delusion over others, a faux sense of inclusion with a chance to cull honesty from the population,  pathetic but sneaky fuckers exist to sabotage at leisure. hopefully their` deluge of deception will be deflected by the temerity of character wise enough to see the difference and behave accordingly.The Patient and care giver are a team which helps other a trickle of knowledge for others. Medicine is a selfless service with undying import. The Patient must participate through curiosity of a didactic clarity and intensity, emotions can get in the way of insight to heal. Prayer positive visualization are vital tools to utilize. understanding how one's body is built and functions is important schtuff to be explore in science classes, (The Petri dish needs a nap it is 11:00AM.) Well am up and slow,  learning how to connect web cam while moving through this fog of memory music, healing pain of right arm, overall frustration with living through this impending disability that can even greater the circumstances I am already. Pardon the ramble.


My muscles are weaker compounding my irritibility.  then there are those who like me believe that this just another example of what it takes to be resilient, adaptable, to return a rogue RNA sequence to its' orignal Purposes
Meantime family break: my brother Chris & me.sorting through the serious



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movin' forward,


sincerely,


peter