7/29/2024

Salutations.

It is now 7:26PM EST for me.

Just a few minutes ago, I checked www.google.com to see when season 2 of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ would be released. This is the search phrase I used: ‘the lord of the rings the rings of power season 2 release date’. I chose link www.aboutamazon.com to quote:

‘ Fans have been longing to return to Middle-earth and the origin story of the villain who darkens it. And thanks to a Season 2 first-look at Prime Video’s inaugural Upfront presentation this morning in New York City, that excitement was rewarded with a teaser trailer and a premiere date. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 will debut globally on August 29.

Watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 when it premieres August 29 exclusively on Prime Video. ‘

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In my opinion, the ideas that I typed it using season 1 of ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ were/are very useful to you, and I’m just believing that the new season 2 of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ should also help me make more ideas. And, of course, it’s original purpose, I also believe that it’s entertaining to watch.

I didn’t find anything to recommend from my recent purchases from Amazon.com.

For this list, I plan to type in 3 ‘story ideas’. The 1st 2 story ideas are based on my use of the movie ‘Dune: Part Two(2024)’ starring Rebecca Ferguson as Jessica. As part of my laundry preparing routine, I would watch ‘Dune: Part Two(2024)’ using the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max I purchased this past March. I’m still using my 1st plasma flat screen tv for years, and the Fire stick seems to be compatible with it. I should buy a new screen tv, but I never got around to it. It still works, but I believe there are compatibility issues with the 2 devices that I’m using, the fire stick and the Apple TV devices. I also want to get a new phone, one that is somewhat bigger than the Iphone 12 mini that I’m still using. I noticed that there are these new? phone services that will give me a new phone with a cheaper phone service. When I have time, I’ll use one of those phone services to also get a new phone. I believe that the reason I am able to invent those 2 stories is because I would watch ‘Dune: Part Two’ once a week while I would be preparing my laundry. The 3rd story, if I get to it, will be about a certain entitlement for women.

Of course, I invented more ‘strategy ideas’, but I believe that if I explain these ideas to you ‘in order’, in the order that I invented them, it would make more sense to you. Well, that’s the intent of it, at least.

I’m going to look for that music video and trailer now to recommend to you. The rule that I invented and choose to use to select a music video and trailer is that it hasn’t been used in this blog before. I prefer that the music video would be new, but there are times when I could not find a new music video to recommend. Therefore, I changed that rule, allowing me to also select music videos that I haven’t used in this blog before. Less time consuming that way.(Not a sentence. Can I do that?) That should take about an hour and a half to find and prepare. So, if you are there in an hour and a half, I’ll see you then.

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It is now 9:16PM EST for me.

I took a nap after I prepared the music video and trailer. Soon after leaving my bed to type in this blog, I made an idea from an article that I glanced at from Microsoft web browser’s home page. The article is from fortune.com. Here’s the article’s headline:

‘ One out of every 15 Americans is a millionaire, UBS says ‘

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The article even says that that percentage will increase according to 2028 estimates. I’m not contesting that article. What I want to clarify is that at least ‘many’ of those millionaires will already have commitments to that money. It is like Superman making many commitments to humanity. In a manner of speaking, that is why he is so vulnerable to being attacked by super villains, he is interacting with everyone with his commitments to humanity. In other words, in my opinion, for many Americans, those millions are already gone, already committed to, already spent. It’s part of being American. The ‘good news’ is that you can still do other things, as long as you are able to manage your commitments.

I don’t expect anyone to know the lists that I have typed in like I know them, since I invented them. There was this story years ago where a grammar school exposed a classroom of students to something that they all wanted to do, and while they were eagerly participating, the teacher just told the students to go back to their class, without the usual insistence that would cause them to go back. Only one student, a girl, went back to her classroom. I forgot what she said when she commented about her ability to go back to the classroom, but you can use that story as an example of managing better your commitments as you may choose to do other things.

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It is now 9:51PM EST for me.

I just took a 2nd nap. Because of that, I was thinking of ordering iced coffee from UberEats, DoorDash, etc. before typing in this blog. That reminded me of when, even during the worst moments of the pandemic context wise(in relation to this advice), I was still using public transportation then, and I noticed that, in the mornings, people were still ordering coffee from one of the popular coffee establishments from that bus/train terminal. I saw the people I’m assuming they’re drivers for UberEats/DoorDash, one of them, and there was a line for orders of coffee to be delivered. Now, I have an understanding for it. In other words, it makes sense to me now. Because I have to take a nap from time to time when typing in this blog, there are probably other people in America, to avoid taking a certain amount of naps, they would order some variation of coffee, like iced coffee. The caffeine would acceptably keep them awake. I think I’ll start doing that, ordering coffee every Monday before I start typing in this blog in order to avoid needing to take naps.

Recently, I just received 3 bottles of water for my water cooler. Instead, I could just have the mentality to make iced coffee where I live. When I go shopping, I’ll buy a bag of ice. I think I’ll do that instead. In my opinion, if I was rich, I would probably just get the iced coffee delivered to me every Monday, and that’s that. Purchasing a bag of ice from the supermarket is a great idea, too, in my opinion. (If I was rich, why would I be typing in this blog?)(As of now, not a rhetorical question. I don’t actually know how bad it is out there with experienced instigation. For example, I don’t have information about other people experiencing instigation, like professionals probably do. So, even rich people may have their reasons to type in a blog for certain things.)

The music video that I watched for the 1st time and recommend for this advice is called ‘Don’t Call’ by Daya. Here is a review from www.poppassionblog.com about the song:

‘ “Don’t Call,” in simple terms, tells the tale of a relationship that Daya needs to let go of but finds herself running back to. She finds herself thinking alone, looking back and remembering what they had, yet simultaneously knowing that she needs to break away from the situation. Her lyrics detail wishing for something to take her mind off this other person and accept that the situation doesn’t feel right anymore – an experience that is perpetuated and, unfortunately, has been felt by numerous other people. ‘

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If you choose to watch the music video, I recommend that you use the review quote. The music video, in my opinion, is not that obvious when presenting the meaning of the song. In my opinion, she looks like she is doing a lot of synchronized dancing with 2 male dancers. So, use what the review quote says it is is my recommendation to how to watch it for this advice.

Here is a quote from the lyrics:

Looking for something that
Can take my mind off you (off you)
Something that will cut me lose
After everything that we’ve been through, babe
I’m starting to find a way out

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And here is age verification for singer Daya from wikipedia.org:

Birth name Grace Martine Tandon
Born October 24, 1998 (age 25)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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I found it by selecting in www.youtube.com publisher ‘Hot Music Charts’, select ‘Videos’, then select link ‘Top Songs of the Week | July 26, 2024’. A video clip from the music video ‘Don’t Call’ starts 1 minute and 13 seconds in that video clip collection, and is #90 out of 100.

To watch the music video, search in www.youtube.com for phrase ‘don’t call daya’, and it should be one of the 1st selections offered, with 721K views. It was published 1 month ago by publisher ‘Daya’.

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The tv series trailer that I watched for the 1st time earlier today and recommend for this advice is called ‘First Look | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season 3 | StarTrek.com’. According to www.google.com articles, season 3 will arrive next year, and one article said that it has also been renewed for a 4th season. I found it in www.youtube.com, publisher ‘Rotten Tomatoes TV’, select ‘Videos’, it shows an image of it, then search in www.youtube.com for phrase ‘strange new worlds season 3’ and select link ‘First Look | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season 3 | StarTrek.com’, published by ‘Star Trek’ 2 days ago with 670K views.

The scene that I like in that trailer starts 3 minutes and 19 seconds into the trailer, quote:

Pelia(Carol Kane): ‘All atomic levels are nominal. The energy source is functioning perfectly.’

Una Chin-Riley(Rebecca Romijn): ‘You sound upset.’

Pelia: ‘Well, yeah. They’re making me look bad.’

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In my opinion, that has never happened to Pelia before! It took 4 officers recently turned into Vulcans to create that situation. Sure, Pelia wasn’t always a Starfleet officer, but in my opinion, using reasonably selected expectations, Pelia never felt that way before. That somewhat explains her stringency when grading the projects of Starfleet cadets.

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It is now 10:55PM EST for me.

I am going to take a short break, and then I’ll start typing those ‘story ideas’. If you are there, I’ll see you soon.

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It is now 11:32PM EST for me.

Maintain entitlement participation:

I just invented a name for this idea, and I now call it ‘Maintain entitlement participation’. There are 3 stories. The 1st story is now 2 stories, and it’s called ‘Maintain entitlement participation’. I don’t have a name for the 2nd story, and the 3rd story is still about a certain entitlement for women.

Here’s an illustration example from the tv series ‘The Blacklist(2013-2023)’ starring James Spader as Reddington. It’s a scene from the tv show that I watched, and I don’t know if it’s still there. A group of people from a company were compromised, held against their will, and someone asked them a question regarding an employee that is not there. A man was crying and in anger when explaining to the person that asked that question that that man doesn’t even attend their social functions. So, the point was that man who is not there was entitled to attend those social functions, but he never attended those social functions, and the man who was there was explaining that he never attended their social functions, and he was both crying and expressing anger when explaining that.

I’m using as the main character in the story Jessica(Rebecca Ferguson) from the movie ‘Dune: Part Two(2024)’. The story contains a paradox(any person, thing, or situation displaying an apparently contradictory nature:), since is setting is in the movie ‘Dune:Part Two’, on the desert planet Dune. It’s done in the now, a company project where some of the people have to be on that planet, and they all set up temporarily on that desert. For a few weeks into the project, there is a ‘no show’, a man from management that hasn’t shown up. Managerial employees often have ‘no shows’ because of their obligations. Most of the time, they will not get fired for their ‘no shows’, but what ‘no shows’ may do for those participating is destabilize somewhat a sense of participation entitlement: even though that man doesn’t show up, he is still entitled to those participation entitlements. A man who retired as a CEO 10 years ago created an option for other employees to use to prevent a destabilizing of participation entitlement for ‘no shows’. If you choose to, you can talk to other employees in a group and give them a ‘tall tale’ about that person’s participation, something that is respectful enough, a little entertaining, something that will help avoid a destabilizing of participation entitlement. I chose Jessica to be an employee who is really good at making up such stories to tell others in a group. I chose her because, in the movie ‘Dune: Part Two’ she is a Bene Gesserit who has the power to use the Voice. Here is a quote about it from link dune.fandom.com/wiki/Voice:

‘ Use of Voice allowed a Bene Gesserit adept to gain control over uninitiated victims merely by altering the tonal qualities of the voice. Simple instructions or orders were then spoken in Voice and obeyed dutifully.

Voice was most often used to compel a typically unwilling person to do something undesirable or to glean the truth from an unwilling recipient. ‘

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She wasn’t using ‘The Voice’ in the story, but she was really good at making entertaining stories for other to listen to. So, when a ‘no show’ was established, she exercises her company option to tell a story about that person who is a ‘no show’. A group of people would listen to her story, and they all presented a positive response to her story about that person who is a ‘no show’ for several weeks. The results of her story would diminish somewhat the adverse effects created from certain ‘no shows’. In the story, she would say this to the group somewhere on the planet Dune.

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In this 2nd story, this is something that I imagined, I don’t know for certain that it occurs. For certain jobs, from time to time, managerial employees and non-managerial employees would not be ready to participate, those that are needed for the participation to occur. When they are not ready, for whatever reason in relation to advice considered, then the other employees would use a ‘Plan B’ alternative participation. It happens sometimes, even people with authority may not be able to ‘gear up/prepare themselves’ for certain participations, and a few of the other employees would have the ability to be considerate of that, and offer an alternative participation that the others employees involved in the project would normally agree to do.

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It is now 12:37AM EST for me.

I think this next story is useful because it involves a person learning and interacting with another culture without what I call ‘America’s melting pot buffer’. I made this up. For example, if you are from another culture, moved to America, and learned English and how to interact with various cultures and beliefs, then you created a ‘melting pot buffer’ that allows you to interact with other cultures and beliefs. I think it’s a common belief that America is called a ‘melting pot’ of various cultures and beliefs.

I chose a celebrity based on 2 of his performances, refubished with inapproprieities removed, and using his characterization and age that he presented during these 2 performances. Since, according to wikipedia.org, he is still alive, you may also imagine him portraying that character at his current age, but the original intent of his portrayal was when these 2 references occurred. Here’s the age verification from wikipedia.org:

Born James Adam Belushi
June 15, 1954 (age 70)
Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.

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The 1st reference is Rick Latimer(Jim Belushi) from the movie ‘The Principal(1987)’, with inapproprieities removed. The movie is available streaming from Amazon.com. The 2nd reference is Jim Belushi’s performance in the beginning of music video ‘2 Legit 2 Quit’ by MC Hammer. If you choose to watch that music video, search in www.youtube.com for phrase ‘2 legit 2 quit’, and the selection ‘MC Hammer – 2 Legit 2 Quit (Official Video)’ is presented, with over 21 million views, and published 11 years ago by ‘UPROXX’. Here’s a quote from wikipedia:

‘ The uncut version of the video begins with a newscaster, played by Jim Belushi, reporting on Hammer’s apparent decision to quit the music business… ‘

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In my opinion, based on those 2 references, Jim Belushi has an aspect of comedic character in those portrayals. He’s funny to watch, and it is the intent of this advice that his comedic character would make it useful to imagine him in this story. It won’t be the only aspect of characterization that he will be using, but it may be obvious enough to make him useful to imagine.

This story also contains an oxymoron. Jim Belushi portrays an American doctor who somehow manages to be a doctor in the refurbished for advice movie ‘Dune: Part Two’. In my opinion, it’s convenient to watch because there are aspects of the movie that will be refurbished and used by Doctor Jim Belushi.

All right. Here is a quote from the movie ‘Dune: Part Two(2024)’, the streaming movie from Amazon.com, 24 minutes and 3 seconds into the movie:

Paul Atreides(Timothée Chalamet): ‘What about him?’

Chani(Zendaya): ‘Stilgar? Mm-hmm. He’s from the South. Didn’t you notice his accent?’

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In my opinion, basically, on the planet Dune, there are only Fremen from the South, and Fremen from the North. From the vantage point of an American, there is no ‘melting pot buffer’, just Fremen beliefs.

To help Doctor Jim Belushi interact with the Fremen, I imagined him getting advice from Tanith(Peter Wingfield) from sci-fi tv series ‘Stargate SG-1’. Celebrity Peter Wingfield, according to www.imdb.com, was in 3 episodes of ‘Stargate SG-1’. One episode is 4.22 ‘Exodus’. I imagined that it was possible for him to be there, and so Tanith agreed to help the American doctor interact with the Fremen. They had a conversation in a tent while Tanith was on the planet Dune for a short amount of time.

Here’s what I’ll do 1st: All of the intimate scenes between Chani(Zendaya) and Paul Atreides(Timothée Chalamet) remove. Next, refurbish the character Chani(Zendaya) to be replaced by Doctor Jim Belushi. Paul Atreides is changed to also be Fremen. The oxymoron is that Jessica, even though she is the mother of Paul, she essentially stays the same, and the others who are not Fremen, like Gurney Halleck(Josh Brolin) stay the same. They could be others that Doctor Jim Belushi can communicate with that are not Fremen. The focus of this story is how Doctor Jim Belushi is a doctor to the Fremen, how he interact with them.

Here’s the refurbished situation with Doctor Jim Belushi and the Fremen: Fremen perceive being treated by doctors as one of the ultimate expressions of affection. Of course, Fremen doctors have a routine that mitigates/reduces that affection emotion, but if you are not Fremen and you have decided to treat them without the knowledge of that routine, then the Fremen that you will treat will perceive you as expressing a lot of affection. And unlike America, there is no melting pot buffer to mitigate that expression of affection. The Fremen are not going to change their beliefs, their ways, their cultural expressions, simply? because you are an American doctor. If you are going to provide them with medical treatment and assistance, and you do not have their routine to mitigate how they will perceive your treatment of them, then they will perceive you as being very affectionate to them.

With Tanith’s help, Doctor Jim Belushi knows that the Fremen will perceive him with a lot of affection as a Doctor who is not Fremen. Doctor Jim Belushi, of course, will use ‘The Hippocratic Oath’ I am assuming doctors in general commit to.(According to wikipedia.org, The Hippocratic Oath is an oath of ethics historically taken by physicians. It is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts. In its original form, it requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing gods, to uphold specific ethical standards.). He is not going to exploit their affections of him. He also will not subscribe to their affections as well. However, it is OK for him to be friends with them, and he has made many Fremen friends. His best friends in the movie ‘Dune: Part Two’ are Shishakli(Souheila Yacoub) and refurbished to be Fremen Paul Atreides.

So, if you choose to use this story, just remove the intimate scenes between Chani and Paul, switch Chani with Doctor Jim Belushi, and imagine Doctor Jim Belushi interacting with the Fremen and various other characters in the movie. The purpose of this idea is to help you acclimate to interacting with other cultural beliefs, knowing that their beliefs may not change, even though you are an American. In my opinion, it would be better if I gave you a few variations for comparison. At least this refurbished ‘Dune: Part Two’ has a lot of convenient illustrations you can just refurbish, if you choose to imagine Doctor Jim Belushi switching with Chani. If you watched the movie ‘The Principal(1987)’, refurbished with inapproprieities removed, notice that the character Rick Latimer portrayed by Jim Belushi has a massive ‘hot head’, so to speak. He has a temper. Chani in the movie ‘Dune: Part Two’ also has a massive ‘hot head’, making the switch somewhat compatible.

Here. Let me help you with one of the scenes. 2 hours, 25 minutes, 24 seconds:

Chani: ‘This isn’t over yet.’

Paul Atreides: ‘I want you to know… I will love you as long as I breathe.’

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So, refurbish that scene: Chani is now Doctor Jim Belushi. When Paul approaches Doctor Jim Belushi, Doctor Jim Belushi said something to Paul, but it is out of concern, since it is a very emotional scene. Doctor Jim Belushi didn’t say ‘This isn’t over yet.’ He said something else. But what Paul Atreides said was what he said.

Paul Atreides: ‘I want you to know… I will love you as long as I breathe.’

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That is because Paul Atreides is refurbished to be Fremen. There is no ‘melting pot buffer’. Doctor Jim Belushi talks to Paul Atreides as if he is one of his closest Fremen friends, but from his American culture/beliefs, he does not subscribe to the affections that Paul Atreides expresses and believes to have for Doctor Jim Belushi. In fact, much of the expressions of affection that the Fremen express to Doctor Jim Belushi he does not subscribe to, but he still interacts with them as friends. Doctor Jim Belushi is still learning to interact with their cultural beliefs. He is grateful that they accept him as their doctor. He is also learning the Fremen routine to treat other Fremen, but he is still new being there. So many things are happening very quickly to Doctor Jim Belushi and to the Fremen in the movie ‘Dune: Part Two’.

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It is now 2:16AM EST for me.

I am going to close this list now. This coming Monday, I now have the ability to explain that story that involves certain entitlements with women. I plan to explain that this coming Monday, as well as a few other ideas, time permitting, unless I change my mind. So, if you are there, I’ll see you then.

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If you are looking for a reason why Doctor Jim Belushi chooses to be a doctor to the Fremen, then refurbished with inapproprieities removed for the whole movie, you can use the quote that Sarah(Julie Benz) gave to John Rambo(Sylvester Stallone) in the movie ‘Rambo(2008)’. The streaming version is available in Amazon.com, and the quote starts 14 minutes and 17 seconds into the movie:

Sarah: ‘Maybe… Maybe you lost your faith in people… But you must still be faithful to something. You must still care about something. Maybe we can’t change what is… but trying to save a life isn’t wasting your life, is it?’

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It is now 2:32AM EST for me.

Rated TV-PG mature themes, sci-fi violence, viewer discretion for tv series ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’. Rated TV-14 mature themes, violence, viewer discretion for tv series ‘The Blacklist’. Rated PG-13 for sequences of strong violence, some suggestive material and brief strong language, mature themes, viewer discretion for movie ‘Dune: Part Two’. Rated TV-14 mature themes, sci-fi violence, viewer discretion for tv series ‘Stargate: SG-1’. Rated R mature themes, violence, viewer discretion for movie ‘The Principal’. Rated R mature themes, strong graphic bloody violence, viewer discretion for movie ‘Rambo’. Use only refurbished for advice references recommended. Throw away rest of episode, series, and movie. [Use mental bookmark ‘Maintain entitlement participation’ for reference, allocation, and prevention when needed.