Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Lunch, coffee, and the premier of Eclipse

After a long and fun day out, I am finally home. It feels nice, but at the same time I must admit that I already miss my girls a bit. :O Well, well, here is a bunch of pictures from today’s lunch with Shilan and Lewar, and then the premier of Eclipse.

Since we haven’t met each other for quite some time, we wanted to go somewhere where we could sit for a long time and just talk, so our lunch took place at Dragon Palace
(hmm, how come we always end up at that place? :P)



Had to check how I’d look if I am going to see the LA Lakers game at some point in life ^^


After walking around in some stores we grabbed some ice-coffee and ice-tea at Wayne’s Coffee…


My coffee frappe was mmmmmmm!


Later we met up with Bianca for some Eclipse


If I were to give my own quick review of the movie, I would say that it was good but that it didn’t give me the “wow, great movie!” feeling. The reason why, I don’t dare to point out once again, because that would make me seem even more nagging and obsessed with another vampire drama. No names mentioned, hehe.

Going out


Waking up this morning made me realize that I am not only having lunch with two of my dear friends today, but also that Eclipse premiers tonight - and that I have tickets for it.

How could I almost forget such a thing? Well the answer is quite obvious to me I suppose: too much of The Vampire Diaries (or more precisely, Stefan and Damon) than of the Twilight Saga (as in Edward and Jacob). :O

Anyways, I better get ready. Have to meet the girls in about an hour and I have some things I ought to do before that. Ciao!

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

My new bag


I know I shouldn‘t be shopping since I am totally broke and stuff, but earlier today I did, and I found this adorable thing.

Hum hum…Guess from where - if it isn’t already obvious from my previous posts. ^^

In Between Condom Sizes

discrete (EACC): "An end prelude" domiciled

To all first he comes to an end. A prelude order and, to date, unclear and mysterious, which has earned me my adventure by "discrete domiciled." Never before had I felt so immersed in a project as usual, and so I wanted to thank all our readers for having made this, because without them we would not have been possible to build this exhibition under a common language.
cultural practices have evolved over these weeks, no doubt, have succumbed for the purposes of relocation and continuing diversity based on the artist's nationality as well as all of our intrepid participants. We have taken over the time and space, we have learned to do ours, to enjoy and appreciate it. But mainly we have fun, I must admit I've enjoyed every issue we have shared with you through this unique and particular cultural space called notebooks. I have faced a projected realities, dreams and thoughts reflected floating, to finally reach the center of this exhibition. I tried to tell from all sides and viewpoints as possible, and at the same time, guide a través de un recorrido fascinante lleno de intrigas y preguntas sin respuestas o respuestas sin preguntas. Hemos denunciado el abuso de la velocidad generalizada en nuestra sociedad, nos hemos enfrentado a un nuevo concepto de práctica artística que interactúa con su ciudad, que invita a reflexionar, a retroceder, a ralentizar, a denunciar, a participar y hasta a jugar en un ámbito de multiculturalidad.

La creación de “Avecindamiento discretos” nos ha brindado la oportunidad de viajar a través de “los no lugares” y de “espacios liberados”. Se han abierto todas las fronteras de proteccionismo y de reagrupamiento, negándose a la clasificación and rewarding the participation and dialogue between citizens and their city.

Undoubtedly, the EACC has surprised us again with a project that builds a social network, not just a display of products, no participation in that there is no voice. Therefore it is not only to accept or reject the proposal, but to live it, experience it and share it. "Avecindados discrete" sets its own rules, ie not stipulate any, is released into the audience of potential biases and commitment to a joint collaboration between our protagonists. We navigated through a maze of infinite innate ideas which emerges in each of the cohabitants. The ambiguity of this project as significant and, while bizarre and delusional, questioning the here and now, and socio-cultural patterns dictated by globalization. So we are invited to awaken our most primal instincts and feelings that are rooted, to internalize and deliver us from our social and political burden, in order to advance along the path of aesthetic experience. They tell us what to think, or how we act, what to do or ask, do not provide solutions but plant and raise doubts. So our artists pave the way for dialogue and action inherent in one of the neighbors.
From here, I take leave, without delay, of these five artists: Antonio Ortega, Bernard Bazile, Denicolai & Provoost, Cesare Pietroiusti and Jordi Vidal its mediator, capable of creating an atmosphere transgressive and revolutionary urban space.


Selinho - presente da Cin



Recebi esse selinho da queridíssima Cin, do Casa Suess, um blog incrível, cheio de idéias legais! Não conhece? Corre lá pra ver o que você está perdendo!

Sobre o selo:

O Prêmio Dardos é um reconhecimento dos valores que cada blogueiro emprega ao transmitir valores culturais, éticos, literários, pessoais, etc... que em suma, demonstram sua criatividade através do pensamento vivo que está e permanece intacto entre suas letras, e suas palavras. Esses selos foram criados com a intenção de promover a confraternização entre os blogueiros, uma forma de demonstrar o carinho e reconhecimento por um trabalho que agregue valor à Web.

Regrinhas:

- Exibir a imagem do Selo no Blog
- Exibir o link do blog que você recebeu a indicação

- Escolher 10, 15 ou 30 blogs para dar a indicação e avisá-los.

E o selo vai para: (que rufem os tambores!)

1 - Priscila, do Um lar, simplesmente um lar...
2 - Vanessa Biali
3 - Paty, a Dona Amélia
4 - Ly Mello, do Design My Life
5 - Renata, do Rerossini
6 - Carmem Rubim
7 - Sônia Facion, do Nana's Patch
8 - Cinthya, do Fala Mãe!
9 - Ju, do Decore Ju
10 - Elisângela, do Cantinho da Eli

Beijos!

Selinho - presente da Cin



Recebi esse selinho da queridíssima Cin, do Casa Suess, um blog incrível, cheio de idéias legais! Não conhece? Corre lá pra ver o que você está perdendo!

Sobre o selo:

O Prêmio Dardos é um reconhecimento dos valores que cada blogueiro emprega ao transmitir valores culturais, éticos, literários, pessoais, etc... que em suma, demonstram sua criatividade através do pensamento vivo que está e permanece intacto entre suas letras, e suas palavras. Esses selos foram criados com a intenção de promover a confraternização entre os blogueiros, uma forma de demonstrar o carinho e reconhecimento por um trabalho que agregue valor à Web.

Regrinhas:

- Exibir a imagem do Selo no Blog
- Exibir o link do blog que você recebeu a indicação

- Escolher 10, 15 ou 30 blogs para dar a indicação e avisá-los.

E o selo vai para: (que rufem os tambores!)

1 - Priscila, do Um lar, simplesmente um lar...
2 - Vanessa Biali
3 - Paty, a Dona Amélia
4 - Ly Mello, do Design My Life
5 - Renata, do Rerossini
6 - Carmem Rubim
7 - Sônia Facion, do Nana's Patch
8 - Cinthya, do Fala Mãe!
9 - Ju, do Decore Ju
10 - Elisângela, do Cantinho da Eli

Beijos!

Monday, June 28, 2010

Die blaue Brücke

Update

I have made up my mind. I am watching it. I need my eye candy ;)

The Vampire Diaries is my drug


I haven’t watched the Vampire Diaries since April (the good part about blogging is that the archive makes you remember things! :P), but just a couple of days ago I decided to finally catch up. At that time I was going to start watching episode 6 out of 22, and I thought: well it will sure take me quite a while to get through them all…

But what happens? I become obsessed and now I only have one more episode left! Which leads me to a choice of either saving it until tomorrow or to indulge in it right away…Hmm…

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down is a First Person Shooter set during the United Nations intervention in the Somali Civil War. The game was developed by NovaLogic and was released on PC (Windows 2003, Mac 2004), Playstation 2 (2005) and Xbox (2006). This is the sixth game in the Delta Force series. The game also got an expansion on Windows and Playstation 2 called Team Sabre, which featured two extra campaigns, one takes place in Colombia and the other one takes place in Iran.

The player begins the game as a soldier attached to the 10th Mountain Division, taking part in Operation Restore Hope; part of the United Nations-backed humanitarian effort to end the famine in Somalia which had killed 300,000 civilians. Following the third mission, the player assumes the role of a soldier assigned to Task Force Ranger, taking part in Operation Gothic Serpent, a military operation conducted during the Battle of Mogadishu on October 3, 1993. During the latter section of the game, the player controls members of the 3rd Ranger Battalion and 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, commonly known as Delta Force.

The game is based on the 1992-93 UN peace missions in war-torn Somalia. The first few missions in the game are designed to make the player accustomed with the different types of weapons, their usage, enemy AI, (which is kind of stupid, when playing this game it looks like they're deaf, since they don't react when you fire a shot at them. They only react when they actually see you) terrain types and combat techniques. The majority of the missions involve convoy protection, providing security for food distributions, destroying weapon stockpiles, taking prisoners, etc.

The fans of Delta Force know that the earlier games in the series were very hard, but this game has been made a lot easier. In the earlier games one hit sometimes was enough to get killed, but here you can take three-five hits. You're also able to find health packs which heal you completely. Another thing that also has changed is that your freedom is limited, the maps in this game aren't that open as the maps in earlier games. Most of the time you are flown in by chopper and it all happens automatically, you only have to wait until it lands and listen to some instructions. You can also use a limited amount of quick saves which also makes the game much easier than its predecessors.

The graphics of the game aren't that special, but to be fair they have been improved compared to the earlier games in the series. Especially in the city levels you can see that the creators have put some time in the graphics. However, the desert levels mostly are very gray and bare. Another thing that I think that could've been worked out better is the sound aspect of the game. The ingame sound effects aren't that bad, but there is no ingame music. So over time the game will get boring.

The game also has a multiplayer mode, which can be played along with 149 other players. However I don't think that there aren't much people playing this game anymore since it's quite old, and there are much better titles around than this game. This is also my conclusion of the game: You can enjoy this game for a couple of days, but after you've completed the singleplayer you won't waste more time on this game, it has a low replay value.

A funny take on Prop 8

If you can, take just over three minutes to watch this video. It's so funny to me and a different take on supporting gay marriage.

Bob Out

In bed

One of the best things about having summer break is that you can choose to stay in bed all day long if you want to. I have unfortunately not done that, since I dragged myself to the gym this morning and then decided to be a good girl by vacuum cleaning the entire barrack, but that didn't stop me from going back though…So now I am here again. :P

A bed can’t be more inviting than on a Monday afternoon. ^^

This is It


Não, este não é um post sobre Michael. Pelo menos não da forma como você pode estar pensando...
Ontem, assistindo ao especial exibido pela Globo o que mais me chamou a atenção não foi o desempenho, o talento, nem a comoção pela morte do astro. Dormi sem ver todo o documentário, mas pensando nas sensações que ele me despertou.
1) Como somos insignificantes. Tudo bem, você escuta isso a cada desastre, mas...
2) O que é que escutamos todos os dias que precisamos fazer para sermos uma pessoa saudável? Se manter magro e ser praticante de exercício físico. O cara era magro, praticava exercícios e tinha ótimo condicionamento aeróbico. Do contrário não teria conseguido ensaiar por 10 horas seguidas meses a fio cantando e dançando daquela forma.
3) Por mais que a gente pense que sabe sobre a vida de uma pessoa, não sabemos nada. Era comentado o vício dele em analgésicos e a dificuldade para dormir. Mas alguém poderia imaginar que ele precisasse de uma anestesia geral?
4) A gente sonha, planeja, trabalha, se esforça e... não tem nenhuma garantia! Michael morreu uma semana antes da sua tão sonhada volta aos palcos!

This is it.

Beijos

This is It


Não, este não é um post sobre Michael. Pelo menos não da forma como você pode estar pensando...
Ontem, assistindo ao especial exibido pela Globo o que mais me chamou a atenção não foi o desempenho, o talento, nem a comoção pela morte do astro. Dormi sem ver todo o documentário, mas pensando nas sensações que ele me despertou.
1) Como somos insignificantes. Tudo bem, você escuta isso a cada desastre, mas...
2) O que é que escutamos todos os dias que precisamos fazer para sermos uma pessoa saudável? Se manter magro e ser praticante de exercício físico. O cara era magro, praticava exercícios e tinha ótimo condicionamento aeróbico. Do contrário não teria conseguido ensaiar por 10 horas seguidas meses a fio cantando e dançando daquela forma.
3) Por mais que a gente pense que sabe sobre a vida de uma pessoa, não sabemos nada. Era comentado o vício dele em analgésicos e a dificuldade para dormir. Mas alguém poderia imaginar que ele precisasse de uma anestesia geral?
4) A gente sonha, planeja, trabalha, se esforça e... não tem nenhuma garantia! Michael morreu uma semana antes da sua tão sonhada volta aos palcos!

This is it.

Beijos

Sunday, June 27, 2010

SOMETHING AWFULLY BIG ABOUT YOU TOO.

Sunday afternoon

Gosh, it is really steaming outside today.

It must be at least 30 °C in the sun but despite this I’ve just got back from some errands and a cooling McFlurry together with Vicki. Now I am cuddled up in bed while trying to finish the last bit of one of the three essays I have to write during this summer. Not very funny, but something that has to be done as soon as possible if I am to decide…Luckily, I will get a break soon since it is dinner time and One Tree Hill. Thank God, ;)

Vicki with her McFlurry

Saturday, June 26, 2010

When you tell the world you're mine

Everytime I listen to this song that the Swedish singers Agnes Carlsson and Björn Skifs sang at Victoria's and Daniel's wedding last Saturday, I am about to cry and I am serious! When I am getting married, I also want a song written especially for me and my man. ;)

Friday, June 25, 2010

My midsummer

This was my Swedish midsummer in pictures. Enjoy - I know I did :D Haha.

Before the picnic could start, we had to make some yummilicious sandwiches to bring with us



Vicki and I went down to stadsparken (Uppsala’s cental park, if you could call it that?) to have our picnic. Even though we thought the place would be rather empty, it turned out to be the opposite. :O So going to the countryside is obviously not the only way to celebrate!




But we managed to find a less crowded place :)


My beautiful sister and one of my best friends ♥





Dinner - the classic midsummer plate with early potatoes and herring

Long time gone: 10 for 2010 update


Hey folks, how's life? It's been a while since I posted. I've been busy and just a little uninspired about blogging. It was never my intention to take a sabbatical...it just kinda happened. I haven't even been on to read blogs...but I'm still here and still queer(hehe). Hope you guys are doing well. I'm gonna try to look over some past blogs and check to see what you guys have been up to.

At the beginning of the year I did a post called "10 for 2010". It was about 10 goals I set for myself this year. You can read about my last update here.  Since then I've done a lot more volunteer work(I think I've logged at least 40 hours total so far this year). And...I finally visited Tallulah Gorge!


This place is truly stunning. It less than an hour from house. Don't know why I have never visited until now but I will be back...soon! It was a real workout to get from the top to the bottom of the gorge. And when I say real workout...I mean it! They have a set of step steps built onto the side of the gorge....1066 steps to be exact! No, I didn't count them. It was posted on a sign at the top :) 

Let me tell you...walking down 1066 is hard work but walking back up those 1066 steps is much, much harder. Maybe next time I will see if there is another way to get to the bottom without walking down those stairs or jumping. I found out they do kayaking trips there a couple of times a year. That might be fun. I have a Kayaking trip planned for next month at another river in NE Georgia. I'm looking forward to that. Hey, I think that counts as a new adventure which is another of my 10 for 2010 goals. I've only been Kayaking once and it was on a calm lake. You can read about that trip here. This place we are going is a four hour trip down a river complete with some mild rapids and small waterfalls.

                                            
I went to see Toy Story 3 yesterday! Y'all, it was fantastic! I laughed, I cried and I loved every minute of it.
If you liked the first two, you will love this one. If you haven't seen any of them...go rent the first two this weekend and then go see this one. They are so wonderful!

Since I haven't posted in so long, I will leave you with this...
A Friday Hunk...
Yoann Gourcuff

& A Friday Flashback video...
Whitney Houston
"I wanna dance with somebody"

TTFN
Bob Out



Midsummer

This time of year I am normally never home, so I must admit that I haven’t celebrated midsummer in Sweden since…2005? And by that time I was twelve, so it wasn’t like I made a big deal out of it. Acually, it’s not that I make that big a deal out of it now either (although it’s like the summer version of Christmas for the Swedes), but I am going to celebrate some at least.

Midsummer is all about spending time with the family and other people close to you and because of that, many of our friends aren’t spending midsummer here in Uppsala. So instead, Vicki and I are going out for a cozy midsummer picnic together. I think it’s going to be really nice actually because she is not only my sister, she is one of my best friends. :)

Haha, a picture of us last summer! ^.^

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Meu presente chegou!

Olá meninas!
Eu quase não acreditei quando recebi a notícia, bem no dia do meu aniversário, de que tinha ganho a promoção feita pela BlogArte em parceria com a Provence Home & Banho! Gente, eu nunca ganhei nada, nada mesmo! Sabe aquele tipo que compra 29 bilhetes de uma rifa com 30 e o sorteado é justamente aquele 1? Sou eu!
Não! Era eu! Agora isso mudou!
Fato é que ganhei e ontem recebi esse maravilhoso difusor de ambiente com cheirinho de maracujá. E quem disse que tive coragem de deixar em casa? Veio comigo pro trabalho!
Marido chegou agora a pouco e falou: "Que cheiro diferente é esse?" E eu: "Meu presente." "Muito bom!" Pra homem prestar atenção já viu, tem que fazer diferença mesmo!

Aqui ele na embalagem:


E eu feliz da vida!

(foto muito mal tirada pelo filho mais novo, mas foi o que deu pra arranjar...)

Morreu de inveja? Vai lá na loja virtual da Provence Home Banho e compra o seu.
Eliane e Andrea, mais uma vez, muito obrigada! AMEI!

Beijos

Meu presente chegou!

Olá meninas!
Eu quase não acreditei quando recebi a notícia, bem no dia do meu aniversário, de que tinha ganho a promoção feita pela BlogArte em parceria com a Provence Home & Banho! Gente, eu nunca ganhei nada, nada mesmo! Sabe aquele tipo que compra 29 bilhetes de uma rifa com 30 e o sorteado é justamente aquele 1? Sou eu!
Não! Era eu! Agora isso mudou!
Fato é que ganhei e ontem recebi esse maravilhoso difusor de ambiente com cheirinho de maracujá. E quem disse que tive coragem de deixar em casa? Veio comigo pro trabalho!
Marido chegou agora a pouco e falou: "Que cheiro diferente é esse?" E eu: "Meu presente." "Muito bom!" Pra homem prestar atenção já viu, tem que fazer diferença mesmo!

Aqui ele na embalagem:


E eu feliz da vida!

(foto muito mal tirada pelo filho mais novo, mas foi o que deu pra arranjar...)

Morreu de inveja? Vai lá na loja virtual da Provence Home Banho e compra o seu.
Eliane e Andrea, mais uma vez, muito obrigada! AMEI!

Beijos

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Errands in the sunshine

Spent a lovely day outside as I was running lots of errands both for myself and others, but as the sun was shining the whole day, I didn’t mind at all. Now I am going to watch some missed episodes of One Tree Hill and the Vampire Diaries. I have to catch up now when I have summer break and all! Haha. ^^

So good night!

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Tony Abbott: The Finer Points of Idiocy in Public

With the approach of yet another Australian Federal election it becomes the right and privilege of bloggers around the country to bag out the candidates. In accordance, here is the sordid little history of Tony Abbott, and some of the highlights of the two decades he has spent ritualistically assassinating his own public credibility - seemingly without political repercussions bar being nominated as the Coalition candidate for (gulp) our next Prime Minister.

http://afreshstartinaugust.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/tony-abbott-ray-strange.jpg

You're laughing already, aren't you, bitch?

Here is a collection of some of Tony's most memorable public statements, foibles, and episodes of apparently total public idiocy.

Back to your Ironing, Woman! (2010)

Tony was having a good old chin-wag with a country local dry-cleaner earlier this year about the proposed Emissions Trading Scheme. Being the sort of guy that he is, Tony thought he'd put in the terms of an ordinary person. This comment was taped:

What the housewives of Australia need to understand, when they're doing the ironing is if they get it done commercially it's going to go up in price, and their own power bills when they switch the iron on are going to go up.

When his comments were criticised for being old-fashioned and sexist, Tony did little to reassure angry women, standing by his comment and claiming that his wife did all the ironing in house. When the predictable backlash occurred, Tony organised a film crew to follow him to a laundromat, where he learned to use an iron for the first time in his life, at the tender age of 52.

The Dying Man is Pulling a Stunt (2007)

Specifically, this guy:
http://www.adri.org.au/images/photos_bernie_banton_3a.jpg

His name was Bernie Banton, and he was dying from advanced asbestosis and mesothelioma. Here's a visual aid to put that into perspective:


http://www.texas-mesothelioma.com/images/mesothelioma-patient-xray-photo.jpg

Banton was a social justice campaigner representing thousands of workers who had been exposed to asbestos and other dangerous building materials in previous decades. During the lead-up to the 2007 Federal Election, Banton had been compiling an enormous community petition to try to have a new mesothelioma medication added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - in other words, so that those who needed the drug could afford to get it.

Understanding the delicacy of the situation, Tony accepted to meet Banton at his electoral office and receive the petition - and then basically blew the meeting off cause he was interstate. Rather than apologise, Tony labelled the event as a stunt, and stated;

I know Bernie is very sick, but just because a person is sick doesn't mean that he is necessarily pure of heart in all things.

For the record, Bernie died three days after the election.

Gay People Are Threatening (2010)

Tony has never made it a secret that he feels this way, repeatedly opposing gay marriage, access to IVF for gay couples, and generally any extension of social recognition to homosexual relationships. To this day he remains unashamed of his standpoint, as recently evidenced by the failure of his tongue to communicate with his brain in a 60 Minutes interview. Upon being asked how he felt about homosexuality, Tony replied;

I probably feel a bit threatened... as so many people do.

He "clarified" this comment the following day, stating that:

There is no doubt that (homosexuality) challenges, if you like, orthodox notions of the right order of things.

I suppose the one thing that the guy has going for him here is that he can actually admit he's a bigot. Unfortunately, he seems to think that everyone else is, too.

http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/uploads/abbott_swim.jpg

And it's a shame, cause he would fit in perfectly at Mardi Gras.


Tony Wins! (2002-present)


The Ernie Awards are to a political honour what the Razzies are to the Oscars. M0re specifically, the Ernies are annual awards for Australian men who make the most sexist, misogynistic, or otherwise unhelpful remarks about women. They've even compiled a book of this crap.

http://www.canterbury.nsw.gov.au/resources/images/Ernies.jpg

Tony, who seems to have a peculiar dislike for women's policy issues, was "honoured" with the 2002 Silver Ernie for Politics, for stating that a paid maternity leave scheme would happen "over this government's dead body!". He has been awarded four "Repeat Offender" Ernies in 2002 and 2005-7, and was also nominated for the Gold Ernie for his 2004 comment that "abortion in Australia has been reduced to a question of the mother's convenience."

There's a hot tip out there that he might well be re-nominated this year. If not for the ironing board remark, then for his bafflingly hypocritical statement to the Australian Women's Weekly that young women should consider their virginity to be a "precious gift" they should not give away lightly. Hypocritical? Well, yes, in light of...

The Phantom Love-Child (2004)

In 2004, a young man who had been adopted as a baby went in search of his biological parents. He found his mother, who directed him to the man she thought was the father - Tony Abbott, who it seemed had fathered a baby boy at the age of 19. Tony found himself in a peculiar and delicate situation - a son he had never met, a media pack swarming around his every door, and the need to reconcile the current scandal with his heavily self-promoted image as a Christian family man.

He ended up using his reconciliation with his son to promote his anti-abortion, pro-adoption stance - conveniently, in the run-up to the parliamentary vote on RU486. He published several mushy interviews expressing his delight in finally meeting his "long-lost son", and condemning how "callow" he was to put the child up for adoption in the first place.

In all the excitement, nobody bothered to wait for the results of the DNA test. By early 2005 it had become apparent that Tony bore no biological relationship to his widely publicised "son". Tony was left with a soiled reputation and no long-lost family members to show for it.

Don't Believe Me (2010)

As though in an attempt not to merely piss all over his credibility but actually stomp it into the ground and bulldoze it into submission, Tony came out with this purler on the ABC's 7:30 Report. Inexplicable failures of grammar and thought processing do little to mask the brilliance of this half-hearted admission to lying during interviews;

Politicians are going to be judged on everything they say, but sometimes, in the heat of discussion, you do go a bit further than you would if it was an absolutely, ah, calm, considered, prepared, scripted remark.

Which is one of the reasons why the, the the statements that need to be taken absolutely as, as gospel truth is those carefully prepared, scripted remarks.

You have it from the horse's mouth.