I've been away..Thank you Ady and Louie for bringing me back

I got discouraged and just too emotional over the whole Taiji situation so I had to take a step back. I've taken a month away. And I have to admit it did not help. My heart still aches for these amazing creatures.

Last night I saw The Cove again. Ady Gil, who is a very dear friend of mine, hosted it at his private theater. Ady is involved in Eyes on Taiji with Michael Dalton and a small group of individuals in Taiji right now. Over Thanksgiving I was talking with Ady and told him I wanted to help in some way so we thought of ideas to raise money. I suggested a screening of The Cove and to see if he could get either Louie Psihoyos, the director, or Ric O'Barry or even Lincoln to speak as a special guest. He was able to get Louie. I don't put people on a pedestal. I don't do the whole celebrity freak out thing, (I was next to Taylor Lautner at the People's Choice awards and kept my cool) but I have to say there is something about being around people who actually try to make a difference in our world. There was this sort of feeling that came over me last night and I snapped out of my funk. I needed that.

The most powerful part of The Cove for me is at the very end when Ric is walking through the IWC with the monitor on his chest. I have to admit I am tearing up right now just thinking about that scene. If ever a movie moved me in any way, that scene, that maybe two minute scene was the most powerful scene, it is the #1 best scene I've ever seen in a movie. Sorry for that weird possible, run on sentence. I'm a bit choked up. I pray to God that this stops in Ric's lifetime. He makes a comment about that in the movie. I even see the tears in his eyes during a few scenes. And I just want to reach out and hug him. Hopefully I get to meet Ric. Scrap that, I WILL meet Ric. Someway. Ideas??

We need to work together. We need to stop this horrible slaughter. It doesn't matter what group you belong to. It doesn't matter if you are Sea Shepherd, Eyes on Taiji, Blackfish or SaveJapanDolphins..we need to work together. I support all of the groups above. All of this fighting and outting each other on Facebook is very, in a simple word, stupid. Don't for one second think that Japanese people involved in Taiji or the Japanese government isn't watching the arguing going on on Facebook or blogs or whatever else. We all learned that during the Paul and Pete thing. They even went as far as to offer him a fake job or some shit like that. Bottom line it was a real mess. I can't tell people what to write on their personal Facebook pages or blogs. But I will tell you, as one of the few thousand, possibly million that read your pages and blogs, it hurts more than help the cause. Think about that next time you take the drama public..

World Wide Anti-Whaling Day, 5 Nov 2010

Well well..it's been a few days, almost a week since we had our AMAZING event world wide. I feel like a slug that I have not blogged about it. I've been so emotional with the event being over and then the dolphin slaughter. To hear that babies were slaughtered gets me right in my squeanie. And I don't know what that is but I imagine it's deeper than my guts.

At the LA event we had an amazing turn out. I think I counted 78 at one time. We had quite a turn out of familiar faces. My dear, sweet, kick ass friend Ady Gil came. Ady has such a giant heart. I feel extremely blessed to have him in my life. I'm going to invite him over to my condo. I hope he comes.

Then we had 2 Sea Shepherds. I have to say that was a surprise to me since it came out of nowhere. There had been no indication at all that they were going to be there. They showed up to several events. Shannon Mann showed up and let me tell you something...that woman is BEAUTIFUL! I don't know if she had make up on but she doesn't need it. Of all things I could ask her, I was a bafoon and asked her about showering on campaign! REALLY! I mean, us girls think about that type of stuff. Especially during thaaaaaaaaaaaat time of the month..ahem..moving on.. We also had the rockstar at ours. hehe We had Laurens De Groot. Let me say ladies, if you havent had the pleasure of looking into this man's eyes..well, I'll just say-he's got pretty eyes. I resisted the urge to touch the pretty..actually I take that back. I did touch the pretty but only on his back. I didn't want to go all fan girl on him. But if I can find out what his mailing address is, I think an electric blue thong is going in the mail!

Enjoy some pics from the protest below...

WORLD WIDE ANTI WHALING DAY!!!!!

This is the speech that I wrote for today..hope you like it!

• Today, residents of Southern California, ask you Japan, to cease whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary! We ask you to stop the inhumane and cruel killing of Earth’s majestic creatures. Your murder of humpbacks and finback whales, both endangered species, is an atrocity and you should be ashamed of yourselves. We DEMAND you to stop!
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• Your disguise of whaling for research purposes is widely speculated to be false and we ask that you publish your research to prove your reasons for whaling. Until then, we will maintain you are whaling commercially and you are breaking the global moratorium of 1986 and the 1994 moratorium in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.
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• Whaling has no place in the world today. You ask us to respect your culture but you cannot respect the world’s oceans. You do not own the oceans so stop acting like you do! We will be here every year Japan as long as whaling continues.
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• Today, November 5, 2010, in 57 cities worldwide, we demand you to stop whaling!endangered species is an atrocity and you should be ashamed of yourselves. We DEMAND you stop! 
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• Your disguise of whaling for research purposes is widely speculated to be false and we ask that you publish your research to prove your reasons for whaling. Until then, we will maintain you are whaling commercially and you are breaking the global moratorium of 1986 and the 1994 moratorium in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Remember, it’s not research when it shows up in Japanese fish markets![Soft Break]Whaling has no place in the world today. You do not own the oceans so stop acting like you do! We will be here every year Japan as long as whaling continues.
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• Today, November 5, 2010, we demand you to stop whaling!