4/20/2023

Greetings.

It is now 8:50 AM EST for me.

I tried to make a comment earlier, since I watched the last episode of ‘Star Trek: Picard’ a little before 3 AM EST, but I was looking for a reference for an idea. I found it, but it took some time to do so. After searching for key phrases using www.google.com, I found one episode where the illustration reference could exist, and then I searched through that. Since the episode was from the streaming service ‘Peacock’, it gives you a small search box to allow you to look through the episode selected without needing to actually watch it.

This is my chosen study plan for today: I know that, last week, I said that I would explain idea ‘Strength’ again, unless I changed my mind. Well, I changed my mind. To help you prepare more for idea ‘Strength’, I want to introduce you to an idea that I call ‘Associated identity’. It is my belief that, if I give you idea ‘Associated identity’ before I give you idea ‘Strength’, that you will be more able to find idea ‘Strength’ more useful to you. Within a few days ago, I invented idea ‘Can’t associate’, which uses idea ‘Strength’ and idea ‘Associated identity’, and in my opinion, it is currently, for many expectations, the best idea that I have invented as of now. So, here’s the new study plan: Here’s the current planned order for the ideas that I want to introduce to you: 1)’Associated identity’, 2)’Strength'(Idea ‘Strength’ involves ideas ‘Serious’ and ‘Embarrass’), 3)’Not effective’, 4)an idea I don’t have a name for yet. It helps you differentiate certain experiences better. and 5)’Can’t associate’.

Since I want to explain idea ‘Strength’ separate from idea ‘Associated identity’, for today, I will explain idea ‘Associated identity’ and a few other ideas. I will then close this list, and next Thursday, I will explain idea ‘Strength’ in it’s own list, unless I change my mind again.

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‘Free.’ I want to begin with the word ‘Free’, as in ‘Don’t have to pay for it.’ Instead of something from Amazon.com, I want to recommend an alarm for your smartphone that is ‘free’. Of course, it’s just a recommendation, you don’t have to use it. Like that Amazon.com stuff, it’s only a recommendation. There’s no obligation by me to use it.

Here’s the sales pitch: I’ve been using Microsoft Edge browser for a while, I’m using it now, and regularly from it’s homepage, I would see from one of it’s stories someone talking about living in a train for over a day or so, which means that person is in a train that offers sleeping accommodations, and a few hotel stay stories. Let’s say you’re a kid reading this blog, and you don’t normally travel long distances using a train to the point where you would have to sleep in a train. Well, is it possible that you may be given situations in the future where you might have to sleep in a train? My point is, will such situations require needing some sort of alarm device, like an alarm clock, to wake you up when you need to?

Several months ago, I looked at google.com to help me find an alarm program for my smartphone, to prepare myself in case I need to rely on my smartphone to wake me up, whether I am in a hotel or in a train. I eventually chose and am currently using the alarm app for my smartphone called ‘Alarmy’. It’s free. It has an option where you can pay for additional services, but based on how I’m using it, it does a lot for the ‘free’ service it offers. You can create several separate alarm windows for separate situations, and it has a large selection of what type of alarm sounds for you to use. They’re also free to use, but when you select it, to make it an active part of your alarm music selection, you would have to watch 40+ seconds of commercials. You only have to do that once, and after that, you can continue to use that alarm music for as long as you want to. You can also listen to what that alarm music sounds like before you need to see it’s commercials. For example, if you selected 10 alarms, for each alarms you selected, you had to have watched a few commercials. After that, the alarm is yours to use without any more obligated commercials to watch. And over time, you collected 10 of them, and for those 10 alarms, if you would want to switch to any of those 10, you can just do it without any more commercial obligation. It has been my experience that, you would probably would want to just listen to another music alarm, and no longer would want to listen to a previous version of alarm music.

If you have never used an alarm for your smartphone before, once you have that experience, in case you use a train or a hotel that requires you to have an alarm, with this experience, you can just use your smartphone, since you have been using it for a while as an alarm.

The ‘Alarmy’ app is the only one as of now that I am currently using. To download and use ‘Alarmy’, just select ‘App Store’ from your smartphone, select ‘Search’, search for phrase ‘alarmy’, then select ‘Alarmy Alarm… ‘. Review the description to see if it’s something that you may still want to use, and if you still want to use it, select ‘UPDATE’. It is my belief and opinion that using an alarm app for your smartphone can be a useful experience for you in terms of using an alarm app for traveling purposes, such as when you need to sleep in a train or hotel. If that train or hotel does not provide some sort of alarm to help you wake up when you need to, then using your smartphone as an alarm can be a very useful experience to have. Just practice using your smartphone as an alarm for a little while, and there you are. I just recommend using it’s ‘free’ service, since I haven’t tried the options that require payment. It’s great ‘free’! Oh, I forgot to mention that if you delete the ‘Alarmy’ app from your smartphone, then your alarm music selection would also be deleted. I recently had to delete the app because it’s screen was locked. In case that happens, I recommend that you just learn to appreciate more your recent music alarm selections. To gather that selection again, you would have to go through the commercial watching again. To avoid that locked screen, I speculate that you would have to have some more experience watching those ‘Alarmy’ commercials. During the commercial, there should be some sort of time countdown that let’s you know how much longer you would have to watch that commercial. You should be able to see that during the commercial.

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It is now 9:40 AM EST for me. I’m going to look for that music video and trailer now. Soon after I’m ready later today, I will continue typing and recommend them. So, if you are there later today, I’ll see you then.

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It is now 10:34 AM EST for me.

The music video that I watched for the 1st time earlier today and recommend for this advice is called ‘pieces’ by Dylan Conrique. To find out her age, I searched in www.google.com for phrase ‘dylan conrique how old’:

‘ How old is Dylan Conrique? Dylan Conrique was born on April 13, 2004, in Gilroy, CA, Dylan Conrique is 19 years old. ‘

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I found music video ‘pieces’ from selecting in www.youtube.com publisher ‘InMusic Official’, select ‘VIDEOS’, select ‘New Songs Of The Week (April 14th, 2023) | New Music Friday’ which was published 5 days ago. A video clip from the music video ‘Pieces’ starts 2 minutes and 21 seconds into that video collection.

I couldn’t find an article in www.google.com for the music video ‘pieces’. Here is a quote from the lyrics to song ‘pieces’:

It’s just the way I live
I pour my heart in something
You come in with the wind
And wreck me like it’s nothing
Oh, I’m just so confused
How you could love into leaving, to leaving
‘Cause I loved you to pieces
Gave you everything that you needed
How could you go from loving to leaving?
To leaving
Me with the pieces

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Here’s what I did when I tried to watch the music video ‘pieces’: I started over I think it was 4 times before I was able to watch the music video. The 1st 2nd times, less than halfway through, it was a concentration issue. I wanted my mind to focus on the music video. During the 2nd time I tried, I noticed that she was playing a puzzle, something I didn’t notice the 1st time. During the 3rd time, I missed her putting a piece on that puzzle in the beginning, so I started over again, and finally finished watching the entire music video the 4th time.

In my opinion, it was a relaxing music video to watch. It looks like a nice summer day, for the students, it’s like being in a school sponsored summer retreat. Get your parents to sign the consent forms, and there you are.

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It is now 11:01 AM EST for me.

The tv series trailer that I watched for the 1st time earlier today and recommend to be watched for this advice is called ‘Ahsoka | Teaser Trailer | Disney+’. Here is a quote from www.wikipedia.org about the series:

‘ Ahsoka is an upcoming American limited series developed by Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni for Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise and a spin-off from the series The Mandalorian, taking place in the same timeframe as that series and its other interconnected spin-offs after the events of Return of the Jedi (1983), while also serving as a continuation to the animated series Star Wars Rebels. The series follows Ahsoka Tano as she investigates an emerging threat to the galaxy following the fall of the Empire. ‘

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‘ Ahsoka is scheduled to be released in August 2023, and will consist of eight episodes. ‘

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In my opinion, if you like watching those ‘Star Wars’ movies with the light sabers and using the Force, then you may find tv series ‘Ahsoka’ entertaining to watch.

You can find it from www.youtube.com searching phrase ‘star wars’. Select publisher ‘Star Wars’, select ‘VIDEOS’, scroll down, and the trailer ‘Ahsoka | Teaser Trailer | Disney+’ was published 13 days ago with 11M views!

In my opinion, watching trailer ‘Ahsoka’ was straightforward. Using the Force, lightsabers… I look forward to watching the series.

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Associated identity:

All right. It is now 11:11 AM EST for me. I’m not going to spend all day for just one idea, so I’m just going to prepare for 3 illustration references for idea ‘Associated identity’. That way, I have a chance to explain maybe one or more ideas extra. I’ll start typing again as soon as I prepare for those 3 illustration references.

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It is now 11:40 AM EST for me.

I am going to offer 4 references for idea ‘Associated identity’, 1 tv show reference, 2 movie references, and 1 book reference. The 1st thing that I’ll do is cite the references, then explain what ‘Associated identity’ means, then explain the references as it relates to idea ‘Associated identity’. The 1st reference is in episode 9.1 ‘Avalon: Part 1’ from sci-fi tv series ‘Stargate SG-1(2005)’. The episode is available streaming from Amazon.com, and according to Amazon Video, that scene starts 12 minutes and 37 seconds into the episode:

Mitchell(Ben Browder): ‘What if the world needs saving?’

Carter(Amanda Tapping): ‘Well, if the world needs saving I will be there to do what I can.’

Mitchell: ‘What if the world needs saving because I screwed up because you weren’t here in the first place?’

(Carter reacts to what Mitchell said)

Mitchell: ‘How about we pretend I didn’t say that?’

Carter: ‘Done.’

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The 2nd illustration reference is in movie ‘Drew Peterson: Untouchable(2012)’ starring Rob Lowe as Drew Peterson, and Teddy Sears as Mike Adler. The movie is available streaming from Amazon.com, and according to Amazon Video, that scene starts 33 minutes and 49 seconds into the movie:

Drew Peterson: ‘I mean, look at Stacy. I mean, she’s like a flower. You know, in bloom and, you know, putting her scent out everywhere. And don’t tell me you can’t smell it.’

Mike Adler: ‘I ain’t touching that one with a 10-foot pole.’

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It is now 12:09 PM EST for me.

I just remembered that I want to try out this restaurant that I found from one of those food apps. I’ll start the ordering process, and then get right back to this blog. I don’t want to wait until later to order. I’ll see you soon.

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It is now 1:05 PM EST for me.

I ordered the food, and it’s on it’s way. When I finally chose which restaurant to order from(the original restaurant that I was going to order from, according to the app, didn’t have any available drivers to bring it to where I live. So, I chose another restaurant that I placed in ‘favorites’, but I didn’t eat from it yet. I looked at the 3 order apps available to me, ‘UberEats’, ‘Grubhub’, and ‘DoorDash’, and I believed that UberEats provided the best offer. It has a promotional deal that offered $15 off. So, I’m just waiting for the order to be delivered. I would usually give the delivery person a $20 cash tip believing that would be favorable to me. I would text them that I would do it as they arrive. For example, in the UberEats app, it would say ‘Couriers love tips and may deliver your food faster.’, but instead of a tip from the app, I would give them a $20 bill instead.

In case you want to know, I ordered from an Indian restaurant. Here are a few items that I ordered: Vegetable Samosa, Chicken Samosa, Desi Gajar Cake’, etc…

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The 3rd reference is from movie ‘Skyscraper(2018)’ starring Neve Campbell as Sarah Sawyer, Elfina Luk as Sergeant Han, and Byron Mann as Inspector Wu. Keep in mind that it’s a movie made for entertainment purposes. I’m treating them as actors/actresses portraying a character. The movie is available streaming from Amazon.com, and according to Amazon Video, that scene starts 1 hour, 46 minutes, and 44 seconds into the movie. I don’t know for certain, but I’m assuming the foreign language spoken is Cantonese. According to wikipedia.org, if you look at the right side, the box with the photo promotion of the movie, for ‘language’ it says ‘English & Cantonese’. I can’t verify otherwise. Here is the quote:

Sarah Sawyer: (Cantonese): ‘They’re going to jump.’

Sergeant Han: ‘Excuse me?’

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I’ll save the 4th reference from the book for last. I’ll use this definition of ‘associated’ from www.dictionary.com: ‘connected with something else so as to exist or occur along with it; accompanying or corresponding (often used in combination)’

It is now 1:33 PM EST for me. The driver is picking up the food, and he’ll be here shortly. Soon after I receive the food, I’ll get back to you. I’ll see you then.

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It is now 2:11 PM EST for me.

I’ve eaten some of the food, and I’m ready to type more in.

Keep in mind that I just imagined this idea as usual. I’m not professionally giving advice. Here’s what idea ‘Associated identity’ means: For example, when you experience certain mild to moderate forms of instigation, the instigator may present an associated identity that discourages you from interacting with and using the associated identity that the instigator is supposed to be legitimately associated with. Let’s say that you are a non-managerial employee, and you experienced such an instigation. The experienced instigation would discourage you from interacting with the associated identity that co-worker that instigated you is supposed to have.

The solution is to continue to interact with the associated identity that that co-worker is supposed to have, even though the experienced instigation is causing you to not be able to more tenably recognize it. If you give those 3 illustrations tv show/movie credence, the people involved in all 3 illustrations that I will highlight all have professional, trained experience. That is why, even though they waver a little, they bounce back like a basketball bouncing from the ground. The associated identity that I am addressing who are reading this blog, even though it’s a public blog, will be kids and non-managerial employees. Of course, in a manner of speaking, anybody can read it, but I’m also giving myself safe expectations. In my opinion, it’s easy to imagine such people possibly benefitting from reading these ideas.

So, let’s start with episode 9.1 ‘Avalon: Part 1’ from sci-fi tv series ‘Stargate SG-1(2005)’:

Mitchell: ‘What if the world needs saving because I screwed up because you weren’t here in the first place?’

(Carter reacts to what Mitchell said)

Mitchell: ‘How about we pretend I didn’t say that?’

Carter: ‘Done.’

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So, when Mitchell said to Carter quote:

Mitchell: ‘How about we pretend I didn’t say that?’

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Mitchell was indicating to Carter that the associated identity from that statement was wrong/unacceptable/inappropriate, he wants to retract that statement, and continue with an acceptable form of associated identity. And since they’re both military and friends, Carter agrees very quickly. Acceptable associated identity maintained.

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Now, for movie ‘Drew Peterson: Untouchable(2012)’:

Mike Adler: ‘I ain’t touching that one with a 10-foot pole.’

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I think this is a favorite for kids to use. You would contemplationally say ‘I’m not touching this with a 10-foot pole.’ to indicate to yourself that you don’t want to address such a notion. If an unacceptable associated identity is presented to you, and you don’t want to contemplationally address it, you may contemplationally say:

Me: ‘I’m not going to touch that with a 10-foot pole.’

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That may contemplationally help you to not address such an unacceptable sense of associated identity. ‘In the Drew Peterson: Untouchable’ reference, Mike Adler chose not to verbally address what Drew Peterson said to him, but in this case, you can apply it to contemplationally induced forms of associated identity itself. For example, if the instigator is presenting to you an unacceptable form of associated identity that contradicts an acceptable form of associated identity, you may contemplationally say that phrase to stabilize more the associated identity that you are supposed to use for that instigator. ‘Drew Peterson: Untouchable’ reference, it’s not like Mike Adler is going to leave the police car because of what Drew Peterson said. It’s not that bad. And since they’re both police officers, Mike Adler was able to stabilize from what Drew Peterson said very quickly. Sure, he was still a little upset, but they’re both still working together, and soon after that, Drew Peterson did give Mike Adler an indication that he wasn’t too serious about what he was saying to him.

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And now the ‘Skyscraper(2018)’ example:

Sarah Sawyer: (Cantonese): ‘They’re going to jump.’

Sergeant Han: ‘Excuse me?’

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In case I’m not accurate interpreting the movie, I’m refurbishing that scene for my explanation to work. When Sarah Sawyer said quote:

Sarah Sawyer: (Cantonese): ‘They’re going to jump.’

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And Sergeant Han said:

Sergeant Han: ‘Excuse me?’

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Both Sergeant Han and Byron Mann as Inspector Wu needed a little time to acclimate to what Sarah Sawyer said in Cantonese, since they were surprised that a Caucasian American woman was able to speak Cantonese! They did not know that she can speak fluent Cantonese, and so it took them a few seconds to acclimate to an acceptable awareness of associated identity. For example, ‘Is Sarah Sawyer going to continue to talk to us in Cantonese?’ They were preparing themselves for that possibility.

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It is now 3:14 PM EST for me.

I am going to close this list now. It’s way too late for me to continue based on my chosen time allowance to type in this blog. I think you may have an idea of what ‘Associated identity’ means. Next Thursday, I will finally explain idea ‘Strength’, unless I change my mind again. So, if you are there next Thursday, I’ll see you then. Oh, yeah, I don’t have time to explain that book reference.

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Rated TV-14 mature themes, sci-fi violence, viewer discretion for tv series ‘Stargate SG-1’. Rated TV-14 mature themes, Frightening & Intense Scenes, viewer discretion for movie ‘Drew Peterson: Untouchable’. Rated PG-13 for sequences of gun violence and action, and for brief strong language, viewer discretion for movie ‘Skyscraper’. Sci-fi violence, viewer discretion for tv series ‘Ahsoka’. Use only refurbished for advice references recommended. Throw away rest of episode, series, and movie. [Use mental bookmarks ‘Associated identity’ and ‘I’m not touching that with a 10-foot pole’ for reference, allocation, and prevention when needed.