Questionnaire Answers Today

Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:19:29 -0800 (PST)
From: "Rodleen Getsic"
Subject:
Re:
To: "Dylan Landry"


1. FIRST NAME?:

Rodleen

2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?:

Yes. Rod Staudinger

3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY?:

A couple of hours ago.

4.DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?:

love it

5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?:

deli sliced tofurkey

6. Kids?:

yes, nieces and nephews and cousins and friends

7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDSWITH YOU?:

yes. I am.

8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL?:

Yes.

9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?:

yes. In jest.

10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?:

Nope.

11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?:

Idrather skydive.

12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?:

Honey nut Cheerios or Grapenuts.

13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?:

If need be.

14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?:

I am.

15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?:

It varies. Right now, Carmel Dulce.

16. WHAT IS YOUR SHOE SIZE?:

usually 9.5

17. RED OR PINK?:

pink at the moment.

18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?:

sometimes my truck doesnt start.

19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?:

instead of miss I reminisce.

20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU?:

no. I got it, thanks.

21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?:

barefoot with a gray fleece long comfy skirt.

22. LAST THING YOU ATE?:

Carmel Apple cider from Starbucks.

23. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?:

my mom's crocheting my (beautiful) voo doo doll's body together as she talks outloud about good ideas.

24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?:

my mom says blue. I cant decide. I think I would not enjoy being a waxy crayola.

25. FAVORITE SMELL?:

currently - neroli

26. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THEPHONE?:

Chuck Blowers

27. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU AREATTRACTED TO?:

eyes=soul

28. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?:

Very much. He is cool.

29. FAVORITE SPORT?:

basketball

31. HAT SIZE?:

I forget.

32.DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?:

No

33.FAVORITE MOVIE?:

Secret of NIMH

34. FAVORITE FOOD?:

Chocolate.

35. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING?:

Happy

36. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED AT THE MOVIE THEATER?:

I think it is called The Queen (about Princess Diana versus the English Royal Family)

37. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?:

white with black stripes

38. SUMMER OR WINTER?:

summer. hot.

39. HUGS OR KISSES?:

either will do just fine. yes.

40. FAVORITE DESSERT?:

Anything involving dark chocolate. God. I agree.

41. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?:

Good people respond to good people and vice versa.

42. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?:

Someone I will never know.

43. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING?:

"Copper Dust", by my aunt, Shirley A. Hawe

44. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?:

My middle finger.

45. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV?:

No power (snow blizzard; poweroutage).
Night before last with Dylan, Ivy, & Shannon- Grizzly Man.

46. FAVORITE SOUNDS?:

Music, wind, and rain.

47. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?:

Rolling stones AND Beatles.

48. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME?:

Never far- home is where your heart is.

49. WHAT'S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT?:

I can hold my breath under water longer than you can.

50. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?:

Wenatchee

51. WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?:

Dylan Landry.

"The Common Denominator."

Rodleen Getsic

One of my greatest jokes to myself lately is that "none of my relationships [romantic] have ever worked out."

I just spoke with John Perry Barlow. He says that I attract painful ones.

This year Barlow has asked my hand in marriage. He said he has only asked two women in his life to marry him. His ex-wife (of the three Barlowettes) and myself. What a complete honor. Barlow, I love you.

Last night my Brother Rudy said:
"Rodleen, youre looking for something you like
instead of something youd like to love."

Rudy also said: "I am a waxing intellectual."

And, he was talking about me in 3rd person. He said:
"She's not the catalyst. She's the rest of us.
The Common Denominator."

Rudy was on a rampage last night with the words. He said a lot of things. I wrote down everything.

Tonight Dan Johnson (Olympia, Washington) reminded me in a conversation about our relationship some odd decade of years ago... That we came together because we are healers.

Really, my relationships with people do work out. The relationships last forever in an evolving manner. I cherish my friends.

I just wonder.

That is all.

It is the end of Thanksgiving Dinner for this year now.

The man I am in love with currently has nothing to say to me.

I go forth in my spiritual journey.

Love.

OK. Pause. The man that I love just called. This could work...?

is god




brothel is one letter away from brother
resident is one letter away from president


[buzzzzzz]

Mettle Versus Meddle

"The United States is stuck between Iraq and a hard place."
-Rodleen in her unreleased 2004 record album entitled Piece 2.

Rodleen Getsic

Thanksgive it up.

What a calm, wonderfulday?

Washington rain.

Family.

We watched the New York "parade" today on the tv set.

POP: What's this world coming to?!!

RODLEEN: What's this world coming to?!! It's coming to a day and age where parades stand still.

I was actually impressed with all of the songs that got sung (or, rather, lip-sunkt) during the programming. It was really great to hear all of the people singing. I love disney-esque music. The opera singer rocked, too, although she was the worst actress of them all. Her dress was gorgeous, tho. All dressed in white.

I do not usually watch television.

We also heard about the war and the deaths and lebanon and Iran.

What a mess for the U.S.!

My big question of the last decade and a half -

Why doesnt America focus on our own country's inner strength and longevity?

Why? Because, this nation's leadership is more concerned with "maintaining our world power status," as the Secretary of State to President George H. W. Bush informed me during a crossfire in Washington, D.C. in July 1992.

This still makes absolutely no sense to me: the fact that this country puts the major focus outwardly rather than inwardly. In numbers and through unification, we will withstand.

La Conchita Mudslide - US Disaster

WHAT IS CALIFORNIA
WAITING FOR?
REBUILD LA CONCHITA - SAVE THE RINCON CORRIDOR

by Rodleen Getsic

Rodleen is the former spokesperson and public relations for the community of La Conchita, California. This article was published in Fall 2005 in several local newspapers.

LA CONCHITA, CA.-- You remember. It wasn't too long ago. Less than a year ago was that day the deadly mudslide hit La Conchita, California. The mud came down hard and fast. The interstate and railroad were flooded and blockaded, bringing major commerce to a halt. Homes were destroyed and people were killed in La Conchita. Three percent (3%) of the community died, including some small children.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger walked along the streets of La Conchita. He called out heroically, "We will rebuild!" He said he would help make the community safe again. In his own career campaign, he has claimed, “I'm here as your warrior, remember that. I want to protect you." Though, he has left La Conchita a gaping wound right here in California’s front yard.

Nothing has been done to aide in the rebuilding of La Conchita since the bodies were pulled out of the mud and rubble. Crushed houses still sit rotting at the base of the mudslide. Roads are muddy, unkempt, and in some cases completely blocked by hills of fallen mud. “Road Closed” and other warning signs block some of the intersections. More than 6,000 gallons of water pours onto the streets of La Conchita daily, riveting sloppily down the middle of the roads in small streams. This water is high in toxicity and seeps down from irrigation sourcing from the avocado ranch on top of the hill.

Recently, there have been outlandish theories of doom printed up about California falling into the ocean. Some folks think that everyone in La Conchita should just move. Did you know that generations of families reside in this little town? This area was established in the 1800’s as Punta Gorda. Some people still living today in La Conchita once played in the Punta School House even before La Conchita del Mar was established in 1924. This community is unique, and it is a core part of California history. It is filled with people that love their neighbors. It is filled with tax paying citizens. La Conchita de serves to be saved and safe.

Until the hill above La Conchita is stabilized, The State of California is in danger. When the mud slides, it covers the federal interstate and the federal railroad, and it causes a halt in commerce. It also kills and destroys. In America, when a National Disaster is declared, the government is mandated to administer safety and disaster relief to its citizens. The government is required to make sure that the region where the disaster occurred is safely reconstructed.

“Four years after the frightening experience of September the Eleventh, Americans have every right to expect a more effective response at a time of emergency,” says Bush. There has been no response in La Conchita since it was declared a National Disaster in January of this year. The rebuilding of Laguna Beach, South of Los Angeles, is already well on its way toward completion after the landslide they experienced around the same time this year. It is shocking that nothing has been done to rectify the situation in La Conchita, California.

In order to save lives, preserve this community, and to protect the coastal corridor of Highway 101, The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) should be called in for Environmental Protection and Disaster Response. Recently, Patricia Sigur of USACE in D.C. told La Conchita that she is concerned nothing has been done. She sees the need for assistance, and stated, “Though we cannot lobby for work, we stand ready.” Taking the same stance as other State and Federal Officials, she says that the local government, in this case, the county of Ventura, is required to request assistance from the higher levels of government in order to fulfill administration of Disaster Relief.

Ventura County has not asked for any help. At the South Coast Sub-Regional Planning Committee Meeting on October 26, 2005, Supervisor Steve Bennett stated that he would like The State and The Federal Government to take on the liability of fixing the hill above La Conchita, “But…” shaking his head, he continued, “I think that’s highly unlikely.” Nearly a year after the tragic incident, Ventura County has still not asked for any help to rebuild and protect La Conchita.

Why not terrace the hill now, before it falls again? Steve Bennett expresses such concern about “costing Ventura taxpayers.” This year, when the highway was shut down for ten days at La Conchita, it cost our state $10 million a day, resulting in a loss of approximately $100 million. The railroad was shut down for 3 weeks, resulting in a loss of $33 million. According to plans drawn up by private engineers, terracing the hill will cost an estimated $20 to $40 million.

How is not terracing the hill saving tax dollars? It will certainly save dollars. It will certainly save lives. It will certainly save time. Each workday, 15,000 commuters drive past La Conchita (SBCAG). This very corridor of the 101 where Santa Barbara County and Ventura County meets is deemed a Geological Hazard Zone, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Until this area is reconstructed, The State of California is in danger.

www.LaConchita.net

New Orleans Commentary - US Disasters

From: Rodleen Getsic getsic@yahoo.com
Subject: New Orleans: One Year Later
Date: 11:39am 8/29/06

New Orleans, Louisiana
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

I am here in New Orleans. A second line jazz procession is just now beginning in the Lower Ninth Ward. The "3 Presidents" are here: Bush, Bush, and Clinton. Wynton Marsalis has arrived in high performance with a serious positive force. The Preservation Hall musicians have returned to play. Choirs and players in churches and bars and courtyards and living rooms are making music. People are praying and playing and working and marching and rebuilding their homes here in New Orleans.

We have a lot of intense emotions gathering together here today as we remember the thousands of lives that were lost one year ago. The seriousness of the tragedy called Katrina is echoed throughout the city. As a National Disaster, New Orleans is directly reminiscent of last year's La Conchita Mudslide (California, January 2005), and Hurricane Rita (Gulf Coast, September 2005) - in that, people died, homes were ruined, and danger remains in a critical way. It is now crucial for our national government to focus on disaster response and strategic disaster planning.

Be inspired by the people continuing to do what they do as best they can in light of the tragedies that hit. Come on America. Do what ever you can. Let's clean it all up. Let's rebuild. Let's make our nation strong again.

"You don't know the chorus of this song?

You must be busy." - Wynton Marsalis

Angels Camp, California

Now here near Yosemite

with my mother who is an angel.

I am taking her home, back to my pop.

Ive come up from in and out of the highest hills of Malibu, Topanga, West Hollywood... Swallow'd up some divine partying and gorgeous energy with Barlow and frienz. Took part in filming extravaganzas within an execution of knowledge (at USC) by the two Johns of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Made some songs. Performed an amazing photoshoot at Forest Lawn with Carter behind the camera's eye. Attended a dark night of 80s flashback feelings with jack and coke at the Rainbow. Fell in love with a man.

& Soon to return to Los Angeles for the holiday even still.

All My Love.

~!Rg

[Mor to cum.]

New News Still

Got a text message from Deftone's management- Knife Party is not on the Hollywood set for tonight at the Avalon. Dam.
I am sure the show will rock any way. Tho this means I will miss it...

Cheers.
Big Love.
~!Rrrrg

New News

Here in Hollywood Hills above Doheny. [Stricker&Durfee.]

Last night was Deftones show at the Avalon. I attended with my friend Steve Stevens, head of security for Maverick Records, and a whole crew of Warner Bros. people. I wasnt sure what to expect, but I forsure wanted to see The Deftones; and sing. People had been telling me that Knife Party was on the set. It was sort of a funny run around first with Warner people really wanting to meet-and-greet with the band. I was lost in the shuffle of waiting, but of course, it was worth the wait. After a while I ran into Stef and he said, "Youre singing tonight, right?"

The Deftones rocked it so hard. It had been years since I laid my eyes on them, but they continue to rock steady. Chi. Abe. Frank. Stef. Chino. I met Frank's parents. His dad brought rum from Jamaica that tasted divine.

Chino wasnt sure if I would sing again tonight. He put me in touch with a manager. We will see what time will bring.

All Love.

IsMine.

~!Rg