“I think we were using words like "disillusionment, limits of desire, drive, happy where one is with there game level, hitting the plateau of advancement" and such.

The art of influence, if it is indeed an art, was definitely apparent with Emily, Maya, Tony, some members of the other team and myself. Cause if it is not, then it should be by the way you have inspired with the perseverance and integrity you displayed” ~wf

"it is all about the cheers and the jeers of the game that make it exciting most times, its okay to do once in a blue" ~Ed. Rodriguez

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending” ~Maria Robinson

“Woman should stop going for the bad guys, stop looking so far when the good ones are right there”~ J. Aniston

The moment I woke up this morning and following all afternoon, I was given examples and inflicted with, cowardly, cheap, evasive, juvenile, insult to injury, and, a relieving heads up from a buddy, whew, thank Gail Glazebrook for the res-cue. This morning I got a call from a friend (G.G.) telling me that some douche-bag online is impersonating me on the internet and saying nasty things about the ladies on my site, and tagging my website to the profile with the insults.

Doing this is insinuating, that I'm calling all my girl's nasty things about the way they look and dress and act and all sorts of stuff. It was subtle, (the insults), kind of Juvenile, but of course its a free country and anyone can say anything they like, except. “What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it.” Miguel de Unamuno. If your going to say anything good or bad or other, don't use me or anyone else as a mask when voicing your perspective, that's a chicken shit thing to do. “If fear alters behavior, you're already defeated” ~Brenda Hammond. That's like wearing a pillow case over your head while making a statement and writing williamfuentes.com in place were the eye holes should be. Wow, hiding behind somebody for a shout out on a news letter about something you know is going to make you look bad is so.........not me. “The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief” ~Jacques Ellul

“Great design in the end will give us something to relate to, to feel connected with, and to reinforce our humanity. Tapping that right balance between emotion and logic, chaos and control, analog and digital, is the key to this success. We can no longer rely on ‘form follows function.’ Form has to be parallel to function, as function is growing in commodity” - David Malouf

This whole week has been mind numbing, and today was no picnic ether. This afternoon I had such a rude awakening, and felt so foolish afterward, I thought my insides were going to hurl 8balls and peas and carrots. People change, or, people don't change, it is me, who just never wanted to notice before what they really are cause I'm to busy being selective with what I just want to see; I think photoshop is starting to dull my sense's. I need to look at the before shots more often from now on as a reminder that sometimes you can clearly see who a person is from the outside from time to time.

“The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge” ~Meister Eckhart

I think I said this before, if I was less observant, I'd be a much happier person, not caring how I'm perceived by the people I enjoy having as my company, and being very satisfied with what I already have, who I already know and most importantly those who know me even more-so then I them. “The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior” Earl Warren. Don't get me wrong, I have friends, its just sometimes.. well, there are moments when I need to be with the ones I value the most..

EDWIN H. FRIEDMAN:
The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change. Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or rhetoric, or articulation but on the emotional context in which the message is being heard. People can only hear you when they are moving toward you, and they are not likely to when your words are pursuing them. Even the choices words lose their power when they are used to overpower. Attitudes are the real figures of speech.

If you have feelings for somebody, anybody, and that somebody being someone you have no solid relation too, whether the feelings you have are good or bad or other; they are feeling's you created. Emotions, created by you and by you alone. So, you need to ask yourself, why do I having any emotional content for a person or persons who do not have an equal amount of emotions to my own? Emotion's, for a person or persons I have no real business or relations with in the first place?

“Our thinking and our behavior are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based” ~Deepak Chopra

"What we choose to see and say is usually a projection of ourselves" ~ wf

Strong feelings for, somebody, you barely know, is all about you, your wants, your desires, your fears, and most importantly yourself. Its simple 101, we all project our selves in other people, people we choose to do it too not with; key word here being "with" and "too".

"One of the world's greatest moments of ABC"

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“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength”

On Thursday in Las Vegas, ya-know way back last week.

"We are products of our past, but we do not have to be prisoners of it. The almighty whom ever that is to you, is with a purpose that is not limited by your past. He turned a murderer named Moses into a leader and a coward named Gideon into a courageous hero, and he can do amazing things with the rest of your life, too. The almighty specializes in giving people a fresh start" ~Rick Warren

“You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present”~Jan Glidewell

"Your past is a tricky thing. It has shaped you. You are who you are today because of it. It has made you who you are. If it was difficult or painful, you cannot just cut yourself off from it. However, to be healthy, productive, and successful, you cannot stay stuck in it either" ~Rebecca Osborn

“When all is said and done, friendship is the only trustworthy fabric of the affections. So-called love is a delirious inhuman state of mind: when hot it substitutes indulgence for fair play; when cold it is cruel, but friendship is warmth in cold, firm ground in a bog” ~Miles Franklin

“Honey is sweet! but the bee stings”

“If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what you will, is the great high-road to his reason, and which, when once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing his judgment of the justice of your cause.” ~Abraham Lincoln

Desire for an illusion is something I come to be really good at. Im going thru vacation withdrawal right now. I still have about three weeks vacation to use though. I'd say "Mexico here I come!" But, well, ya-know, Mexico kinda Lost it's Macho these days. Anyway, my high for the exciting notion's I was talking about earlier in the month is twisting a bit, or maybe untwisting. Boy, I wish I was a dumb, then maybe I'd be happier with what's going on inside me right now.

"Don't go into something to test the waters, get into somethings to make the waves" ~W.F.

"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility" ~Soren Kierkegaard

"What happens in Vegas Stays... in my website " ~W.F.

"In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number" ~Steven Wright

The first person I spoke to in the main room was Samn Diep; I took it as a good sign that this was going to be a nice trip. I walked around the main room some more then got some food to eat and went back to my room. I loved my room, it was huge and quite and cool and dry and my bed was jumbo, gigantic and soft. I slept for a full 8 hours for the first time in about 6 months it was great.

"Las Vegas - my favorite desert mirage" ~Val Saintsbury

Last minute things on the list before I leave.
3. Battery for my camera.
I looked for a battery today for my camera. My, out of production-Digilux-1-Leica digital camera with a Leica battery. And the only one I found was for 100 bucks-Leica brand. All the generic versions were out of stock or in back order in 5 major photo stores in nyc, all the generic version are only 20 bucks. I guess I'll have to control my shooting in Vegas, all that means is don't get to drunk. Running around in the monsoon rains of NYC all day can get quit expensive. the amount of money I spent in cab fare alone along with trying to find a cheaper version of what I need almost cost the amount I was trying to avoid paying. The last straw was this chick at K&M who when I called on the phone and asked do you have this specific battery model and brand, (I gave her model number and name brand), she said "yes I have it its in my hand", I said, "ok I'm on my way to get it", and when I spent yet another 8 dollars for the 3rd time on cab fare and get there, ask for it, she says "oh wait I dont have it I thought you were talking about another kind, sorry"........... I paused........... I turned around....... I walked out of K&M......... and I felt.... like I was just tested by getting it in the ass and I passed for not losing my sh!t on her. Still, If you find yourself in patience, are you really being patient? Un-belivable. You try and save a buck and you end up paying more for it with more than the buck is worth. Mental note, next time just pay for it and say to yourself, the amount of money your spending right now is cheaper then the amount of time you spend being cheap.