Howdy Du! I've returned with an update

[Ava]

Well I said I'd check in here in the GD every now and then, so here I am! I miss you DU. Fortunately my time has freed up some to where i actually have a little bit of time to post here at DU. I wanted to first of all clear up once again that I'm not spending less time on DU due to some one attacking me. I thought I made that clear in my last post.

I also wanted to share with ya'll a new project of mine!


Letter To America
It's a new animation and article that I wrote. The video is about 5 and half minutes long and picks up on several topics including the war in Iraq, the Israel Hezbollah conflict, the economy, and Katrina. You have to have the latest version of Quicktime for it work.
Read the letter and watch the video here -
http://letter.cf.huffingtonpost.com/

[WilliamPitt]

1. Nice to have you back

Illegitimis non carborundum.

(Don't let the bastards grind you down)

:toast:

[Ava]

3. haha, lol thanks WilliamPitt

i can't believe how many rumors started about why i left :shrug:

[WilliamPitt]

9. Rumors? On DU? Nah

Never happens.

Pssst...matcom's dog is ugly.

[Ava]

10. lol!

:rofl:

[helderheid]

83. Welcome back, Ava!

[Ava]

85. thank you helderheid

:hi:

[graywarrior]

2. We miss you!!!

:hug:

[Ava]

8. i miss ya'll too graywarrior

i've taken a break from some of my freelance stuff since school has started back and this has given me a little extra time. hopefully i'll be able to pop in more often now.

[CottonBear]

4. Hi Ava! Thanks for posting and for all of your good work for peace.

:hi:

[Ava]

14. thanks CottonBear

:pals:

[Occulus]

5. Thank you, Ava... some were wondering what happened.

Some were saying you LEFT DU. I'm glad to see that's not the case.

Keep up your good work, Ava. Show other people your age "how to do it". Hold classes, or something. We need you and others like you- VERY badly.

By the way: I HATE quicktime. With a passion. :D

[Ava]

11. i said in my post that i would pop in every now and then

i also said that no one caused me to leave, but that didn't stop the rumors i see.

i also dislike quicktime, but a lot of mac users watch my stuff. ;)

[bigwillq]

6. Hey Ava!

Good to see you!

Don't be a stranger. :hi:

[Ava]

13. hey you!

how are ya?

[bigwillq]

19. I'm well!

Waiting for the polls to close here in CT! :hi:

[Ava]

20. you better have voted!

:P

:pals:

[bigwillq]

22. Voted for Lamont!

:bounce: :party: :hi:

[Ava]

23. good boy!

:woohoo:

[bigwillq]

27. Do I win a prize or something?!

:P

[Ava]

29. my enduring love

:spray:

[bigwillq]

32. Aww...

....wait....why you lying to me?! :P

[Ava]

36. i'm not!

;)

[TAPat]

7. Nice to see you, Ava. Hope all's going well for you and yours!

:patriot: Will check out your stuff manana.

[Ava]

16. thanks TAPat

things are going good here. hope everyone else is the same! :hi:

[AirmensMom]

12. Welcome back, Ava!

:hi: And thanks for all the good work you do! :bounce: :loveya: :grouphug:

[Ava]

17. thanks AirmensMom

i am going to try to post every now and then, but i still am pretty busy with school starting back. :pals:

[AirmensMom]

30. That's certainly understandable.

:hug: :pals:

[IChing]

15. Glad to see you back

We all need some breaks from DU at sometime.
Love all of your projects my friend.

:hi:

[Ava]

18. thanks IChing

:hi:

[LSK]

21. nice to see you post here again Ava

Dont let detractors keep you from posting here.

:hi:

[Ava]

25. thanks LSK

i had a lot of DU'ers email me and ask me to come post, so i decided i would stop in! :hi:

[GardeningGal]

24. Excellent synopsis of the last 6 years -

With this disaster of a president. Great job once again Ava.

[Ava]

26. thank you GardeningGal!

:hi:

[im10ashus]

28. Nice work, young lady.

As always. :hi:

[Ava]

31. thank you im10ashus

:D :hi:

[im10ashus]

33. You are welcome.

Who covers the song "Imagine" on the website? Sounds familiar.

[Hissyspit]

34. Great to hear from you, Ava!

There's nothing wrong with taking a break from the Internet.

[Ava]

37. thanks Hissyspit

good to see you too!

[malmapus]

35. Great work Ava as always!!

Welcome back too! :D

[Ava]

38. thank you malmapus

:hi:

[Zomby Woof]

39. Hey Ava!

Good to see you! Keep up the great work! :hi: :toast: :D

[Ava]

40. hey yourself!

and thanks!

[Scout]

41. excellent work Ava, thank you

I just watched the video, and emailed the link to my mailing list.

Keep up the great work, glad you are checking in on DU!

:hi:

[Ava]

43. thank you Scout!

:pals:

[MissWaverly]

42. Ava, when you are old enough to run for Congress

I will vote for you, maybe you can get the president to do a signing statement to let you run
at 19; Congress needs someone like you.

[Ava]

44. haha! thanks MissWaverly

i'll settle with graduating from high school first! ;) :hug:

[MissWaverly]

47. Well, include Congress on your To Do List

As hard as they work, you could go to college and congress at the same time.

[Ava]

50. lol

:pals:

[sazemisery]

45. Hey Ava,

Hope school is going OK for you this year. I hope you have some super teachers 'cause I know mediocrity is not something you would tolerate.

[Ava]

46. i homeschool

[lostnfound]

99. Welcome back! I appreciate having perspectives from the young

AND the old here at DU. It's part of what makes DU so great.

[stellanoir]

48. Luv you darlin'

You do as you will.

[Ava]

51. thankya stellanoir

:pals:

[intheflow]

49. What a relief you didn't leave because you were thin-skinned.

I mean, peace takes courage but DU scares you off? That would have been tragic. Welcome back! :hi:

[Ava]

52. yeah

time was my problem. :hi:

[Synnical]

53. Hi Ava - nice to "see" you

Good video, too. It's only the 2nd one you've done that made me tear up. The other was "For Their Sake". :cry:

Hope you continue. We all think the world of you.

-Cindy in Fort Lauderdale

[Ava]

56. good to see you too!

and thanks Cindy! :pals:

[Vidar]

54. Good to see you back, Ava.

[Ava]

57. thanks Vidar

[Richard Steele]

55. Hi AVA! There was an "I miss Ava" thread in the lounge just last night!

Glad to hear things are good at your end.

[Ava]

58. really? lol

well i missed DU. :hi:

[Richard Steele]

75. It turned into a "OK, who was mean and drove her away?" discussion...

...and got locked pretty quickly.

You picked a great day to drop by; GD has been
a total LieberCircus!
Clowns, jugglers, balancing acts...we've seen 'em ALL in here today!

[Ava]

76. yeah, it is pretty busy here today

can't wait till they announce that lamont has won ;)

[SeattleGirl]

59. Howdy, Ava!

Nice to see you. I will definitely check out your new animation! :toast:

[Ava]

61. good to see you too!

and thanks! :hug:

[madokie]

60. Thank you Ava, another very good one,

I was wondering about what you were up to lately and now I see. You have a gift and I am glad you are using it because it is making a difference. One of my friends whom I don't get to see as often as I would like sent me a link to WWJD and asked me if I had seen it. I proceeded to tell him all about you and your time here at DU, he was very impressed. I will be forwarding this to him here in a jiffy. Hang in there Ava with your help we are going to take back our country and we will make it much stronger in the process. The wounds of what we've lost will be so fresh and that we will be compelled to make the necessary changes to insure this never ever happens again. I just found out a couple days ago I will be a grandpa and I am looking forward to that, it will be my first of many I hope Grandchildren.
peace
:grouphug:

[Ava]

65. thank you madokie!

and congrats! :pals:

[Swamp Rat]

62. Yaaaaaay Ava!!!!!!!!

:kick:

[Ava]

hey Swamp Rat!

love the image! :hi:

[madokie]

77. you good and you fast

you can't already have all this ready, if you did you would have to be a psychic too.

[Swamp Rat]

78. Hell! I tried to warn folks a long time ago Lieberman is an alien lizard!

:D :hi:

[Ava]

81. LOL!

:rofl:

[Arkham House]

63. We've missed you...

and congratulations on keeping up the good work...:hi:

[Ava]

67. missed ya'll too!

and thanks!

[tinfoil tiaras]

64. Yaaay!

I'll be sure to check out your animation...looks cool.

:D

Don't know if i have quicktime on my new laptop though... :( But when I get the internet connection on my other computer, I'll check it out.

Welcome (back) to DU! :hi:

[Ava]

68. thanks

you can download quicktime here:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

[tinfoil tiaras]

74. Awesome!

thx.

[longship]

66. Welcome back Ava.

Keep up the fight.
:grouphug:

[Ava]

69. thanks longship!

i can't believe how many responses this thread is getting! it's awesome! :grouphug:

[Swamp Rat]

70. I almost forgot to give your thread a rec!!!

almost :hi:

Thanks. I've been making bumper stickers today. :D

[Ava]

71. lol thanks

omg, i LOVE that one! :rofl:

[immoderate]

72. Don't let school get in the way of your education.

I used to tell my students that. I know you don't need to hear that one. It's good to see you around, as you are a DU "treasure," and we get possessive.

--IMM

[Ava]

73. lol, thanks IMModerate

:hug:

[stepnw1f]

79. Our Firestarta is Back

Very cooool, Ava.

[Ava]

82. haha lol

thanks!

[Midlodemocrat]

80. Great to see you, Ava!

Glad you posted your new animation.

[Ava]

84. thanks Midlodemocrat

:hi:

[Wiley50]

86. Wanna do a music video?

"My Car's a Gasoholic
It's Driving Me to Drink"

They tell me that ole gasoline
is scarcer every day.
And the price of it keeps rising
as my paycheck drips away.
It's so darn frusrating
that I can't hardly think
"cause My Car's a Gasoholic
It's driving me to Drink.

My credit cards' been cancelled.
The bills are at the door.
I filled her up this morning
But
Tonight, She just wants more.
Guess I might go bankrupt
Lord knows, I'm on the brink.
"My Car's a Gasoholic
It's Driving me to Drink

Mr Cheney had a taskforce
He kept it behind closed doors
Then they stirred up that mid-east beehive
so they could charge some more
Fish Oil rots right from the head
and this oil shore does stink
While "My Car, The Gasoholic
It's Driving Me to Drink"

Ole Dub-Ya drilled some oil wells
He always struck dry holes
But He made money anyway
"cause some folks souls are cold.
We need to tear these cartels down
I'm madder than a mink
"cause My Car's a Gasoholic
It's Driving Me to Drink


Copyright 1981
Wiley White and Geoff Bond
V2 and V3 revised 2006
BMI

[Ava]

88. cool

you got a website?

[Wiley50]

92. No. Just Pm Me

I like your stuff.

This was a tounge in cheek country song
that we, rockers, self produced in 81
We pressed some singles and got some airplay
and a little check from BMI that year.
(You can look it up at the BMI website)

The time is now
It needs to get out there
I just threw those last two verses together in ten minutes
I'd really like to see it get out there
and can open some country types heads
so they won't support Bush types
against their best interest anymore

I'll see if I can email you an MP3
of the original
We can work to improve it

[Ava]

93. i'll pm you my email address

[Ava]

96. sent it to ya

:hi:

[Jazzgirl]

87. Ava, you got it going on!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish the "internets" had been around when I was your age. I might actually have moved in the direction I feel like I missed. I am so proud of you and you're a DU'er!!!!!!!!!!! You rawk!!! :yourock:

[Ava]

89. thanks Jazzgirl!

:pals:

[itzamirakul]

90. MAGNIFICENT!

Both you and your new video!

Thank you for saying what is in so many of our hearts.

[Ava]

91. thanks so much itzamirakul!

:hug:

[Change has come]

94. Welcome back Ava

That video was brilliant. Especially the encouraging ending. :patriot:

[Ava]

95. thanks sgcase!

i wanted to end it on a positive note. :hi:

[Robeson]

97. Don't be a stranger, Ava. Nice to see you back!...

...:pals:

[Ava]

100. thanks Robeson

nice to see you too :pals:

[Mr_Spock]

98. I enjoy your posts Ava

You inspire us all - glad to see you here again.

[Ava]

101. thanks Mr_Spock!

:hi: