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Update June 2008: DVD of movie i was in is now available for purchase at www.dimenovel.com. You may also go to Tremontavenue.tv. I have not checked yet to see if it is up n running...be patient if you find that it is still under construction. IF you are into ghosts, aliens, anything paranormal and comedy...this movie is for you. Check it out. ALSO...im not here much these days due to high gas prices...the hike has me staying home alot instead of daily trips to the library. So i will still be in at least once a month or once every two months. Thanks for visiting. Patti

I am who I am. A very ecclectic kindrid spirit,agnostic/pagan. I speak what I feel and I feel what I speak. If you cannot handle who I am, that Is not my problem.

Life Is too short to be worried about having the house look like the queens casle. Enjoy life, enjoy spending time with children, family, friends. Create memories of togetherness, not cleanliness. You never know when your last day on earth will be. Capture the moments for they are few. Seize the day!!!!

I was in a movie that has been released on DVD in June of 2008:

It's called MARS ATTACKS MT. PLEASANT. It's a who done it scary comedy that takes place in a haunted hotel in the town of Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania. Check out the weblinks below for more information about the film and how to obtain a copy of the DVD for yourself. The film premiered in Scottdale, Pennsylvania USA on June 19, 2008 at Geyer Performing Arts Center.

www.mainstreet15666.com
www.dimenovel.com
www.myspace.com/tremontavenue
www.tremontavenue.tv



Keeping it all In the family:

http://allpoetry.com/bleedingheart101

My Personal Survival:

I have been through a horrible experience that for a while left me wondering about my Identity. As most of you will read in my poetry I am a survivor of a sexual assault. Sure being a survivor Is a blessing but what hurts Is I will never be the same person ever again. I have changed in many aspects of my life.

If you know someone who also has been a victim of a sexual assault please understand that healing from It takes time. You will not be able to "CURE' the situation for the survivor. Just be empathetic, be understanding and give a listening ear. Do not tell them how sorry you are for them, this only revictimizes and shames them. Do not blame them, even If they knew the person. Remember that no one deserves or askes to be sexually assaulted and that It Is not the victim/survivors fault.

RAPE TRAUMA SYNDROME (steps toward resolution to the assault)

Phase one: Immediate

feelings of fear, anger, self blame, abrupt moodiness


Phase two: Readjustment

Attempts to resolve anxiety and claims to have forgotten the Incident


Phase three: Reorganization

Depression, nightmares, Insomnia, sudden crying and a strong desire to talk more about the assault. This Is the stage where the survivor Is coming close to total healing and willingness to let It go.

APRIL
Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

The ribbons of color are Teal and Lavender, respectively.

If you know a family member, friend, neighbor, or child who has been sexually or violently abused and has survived or passed on this would be the perfect month to pay them tribute and give a tribute/memorial donation to your local crime victim centers, Womens/mens safe home/shelters and DV agencies in their name. The donation need not be monetary. Many shelters and agencies take clothing(new/used), food,infant and childrens supplies, health/beauty products, and toiletries.

From a post at Lavenderpower.org:

Society loves to label. Many Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Programs are doing the same.
When talking about a person, use their name. They are more than a client or patient!

Labels

I am not a client
I am not a patient
I am not a service user
I am not a rape victim
I am not a battered woman
.
I am Patti
I have asked for help
I have accessed services
I was raped
I was battered
But I am still Patti
.
My assault is not who I am
It is a part of who I am
.
My name is Patti
I needed someone to talk to
I needed some medical help
I am not the services I sought
The services I sought was something I did, not who I am
.
My name is Patti
That is who I am
That is the only name I will answer to
Nobody has the right to label me any other way!

-original author unknown



To learn more:

National Sexual Violence Center
www.nsvrc.org

Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network
www.rainn.org

Race to Stop the Silence
www.stopcsa.org


Other Websites:

www.teenpcar.com
www.wherestheoutrage.org
www.menagainstsexualviolence.org
www.pcar.org
www.PALawHELP.org
www.lavenderpower.org

Website founded by TV's Law and Order:SVU actress Mariska Hargitay (I watch this show religiously):

www.joyfulheartfoundation.org

AP support for domestic violence:

Here are some links to AP pages that can help you and others learn about the signs of abuse and the private battle a victim/survivor experiences. Please take the time to read them. Someday It will save your life or help you save your neighbors, friends, and relatives lives. Abuse/sexual assault Is not to be ignored.

www.allpoetry.com/column/2108334
www.allpoetry.com/poem/2662634
www.allpoetry.com/poem/2593576
www.allpoetry.com/poem/show/2696634

A personal family tragedy temporarily took my muse away In April of 2007. This contest link was for me and my family hosted by my AP friend's Fantasy dream and Melodies:

www.allpoetry.com/contest/2347690


DID YOU KNOW?

I share the same Birthdate as Laura Ingalls Wilder. She was born 101 years before me.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Feb. 7, 1867


I PERSONALLY KNOW ROBERT FROST!!!!

AHUH!! Got your Interest!...YES, I do know Robert Frost. When I was married in 1991, I lived across the street from a lovely couple by the last name of FROST. While visiting them one day, I had an epiphany and had to ask the mister if he was related to the poet. He told me that he was Robert Frost's great grandson." Even had the documented proof. I was In heaven because I had Robert Frosts poetry In my book collections and read It quite often. He and his wife, Pat, showed me baby photos and a complete history account of the Frost family from the poets era to 1991. I felt so blessed and honored to know a direct decendant of the poet. Lost contact with them over the past 10 years however. It would be nice to find them again, If possible.

Bob's grandad was Carol, son of Robert Frost the Poet.
Carol married Lillian LaBatt in 1923. She contracted Taburculosis but recovered. They had a son named Prescott, who married and his wife had a son they named Robert.

Carol Committed suicide in October of 1940 at the age of 38. He was distraught over the realization that his wife would not be able to give him anymore children since she had to have a hysterectomy. It was a sixteen year old Prescott who found his father's lifeless body. Robert never new his Granddad, but was very much aware of america's great poet, Robert Frost.

Robert married Elinor White Dec. 19, 1895. They had 8 children(2 died within days of birth):

1. Elliot born Sept. 28, 1896 died July 28, 1900 from Cholera Infantum
2. Lesley born April 28, 1899 died in 1983
3. Carol(Carroll) born May 27, 1902 died October 9, 1940 from Suicide
4. Irma born in June of 1903 died in 1981 in a mental asyllum.
5. Marjorie born March 29, 1905 Died May 2, 1934 of illness
6. Elinor Bettina, born June 20 and died June 21, 1907
7. Aborted due to severe health risk and illness of Elinor 1915
8. Miscarriage 1925

Elinor White-Frost born October 25, 1875 and died March 20, 1938 at the age of 66
Robert Frost born March 26, 1874(san Francisco) and died January 29, 1963
Jeanie Frost(Robert's Sister) born 1876 died 1929.
Prescott Frost(One of the 3 Grandson's)born 1924 died 1988
Lillian LaBatt Frost(Wife of Carroll born November 13, 1905 and died December 19, 1995
Bob Frost(son of Prescott/great-grandson of the poet R. Frost) Born c. 1945

Lillian died 100 years to the day of Robert's and Elinor's Wedding date.

Robert Frosts Parents were William Prescott Frost and Isabelle Moodie Frost. His parents met while teaching at Lewistown Academy in Pennsylvania. They married March 18, 1873.

Frosts Family Ancestry comes from Tiverton, Devon(Devonshire Frosts. They entered America in 1636.

Steeple Bush(1947) was dedicated to Frost's Grandchildren: Prescott, John, Elinor,Leseley Lee, Robin and Harold


Robert Frost wrote humorous poetry as well. One such write is a parody of a nursery rhyme which instilled in it his view on christian doctrine. Apparently he wasn't fond of it:

Mary had a little lamb,
His name was Jesus Christ,
And God, not Joseph, was the ram;
But Joseph took it nice.

Robert Wrote about the Millennium:

IT IS ALMOST THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND

To start the world of old
We had one age of gold
Not labored out of mines,
And some say there are signs
The second such has come,
The true Millennium,
The final golden glow
To end it. And if so
(And science ought to know)
We well may raise our heads
From weeding garden beds
And annotating books
To watch this end deluxe.

He also wrote a short and sweet poem about adultery:

THE SECRET SITS

We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows.


R. FROST was an avid stargazer:

ASTROMETAPHYSICAL

Lord, I have loved Your sky,
Be it said against or for me,
Have loved it clear and high,
Or low and story;

Till I have reeled and stumbled
From looking up too much,
And fallen and been humbled
To wear a crutch.

My love for every Heaven
O'er which You, Lord, have lorded,
From number One to Seven,
Should be rewarded,

It may not five me hope
That when i am translated
My scalp will in the cope
Be constellated.

But if that seems to tend
To my undue renown,
At least it ought to send
Me up, not down.



SOMETHING BITCHY THIS WAY COMES


SISTERHOOD OF BITCHDOM

When I stand up for myself and my beliefs,
They call me a bitch.
When I stand up for those I love,
They call me a bitch.
When I speak my mind, think my own thoughts,
or do things my own way,
They call me a bitch.
When I refuse to tolerate injustice and
speak out against it,
I am defined as a bitch.

I am outspoken!
I am opinionated!
I am determined!

Try to stomp on me.
Try to douse my inner flame.
Try to squash every ounce of beauty I hold within me.
You won't succeed.

By God, I want what I want and there Is nothing wrong with that!!!

Being a bitch means I won't compromise what's In my heart. It means I live my life MY way. It means I won't allow anyone to step on me. The same thing happens when I take the time for myself Instead of being everyone's maid. When I act a little selfish, It means I have courage and stregnth to allow myself to be who I truly am. I won't become anyone else's Idea of what they think I "should be".

If that makes me a bitch, So be It.
I embrace the title and am proud to bear it.

B-Babe
I-In
T-Total
C-Control of
H-Herself

B-Beautiful
I-Intelligent
T-Talented
C-Charming
H-Hell of a woman

To the Sisterhood of Bitchdom!!!

May we get what we want, when we want It, and how we want It because we sure as hell deserve It!!!!!!!!

-Author Unknown


MY AP FAMILY:

My AP MOM: www.allpoetry.com/Melodies
My AP DAD: TBA
My AP SISTER: www.allpoetry.com/sunny%20day
My AP BROTHER: TBA
My AP AUNT: TBA
My AP UNCLE: TBA
My AP COUSINS: TBA
My AP BOYFRIEND: TBA
My AP GIRLFRIEND: TBA
My AP HUSBAND: TBA



My other internet website interests include the following websites:

www.myspace.com/exoticbeaches
www.youtube.com/tremontavenue
www.mainstreet15666.com
www.dimenovel.com
www.ivillage.com
www.oprah.com
www.pyramidcollection.com
www.imdb.com
www.grease2.net
www.celebritycafe.com
www.dnaancestryproject.com
www.footnote.com
www.dnatribes.com
www.familytreemaker.com