3. Exactly! I am pondering up on that myself while dozing off in this fine mid-morning warm summer breeze through the half closed kitchen door, in this crowded valley called Las Vegas, which belongs to a 600 sq mile Mojave Desert.
4. That pinpoints me geographically on this planet to answer partly who I am.
6. Human has many parameters to identify themselves: SSN, DL, birthdays, height, weight, color, shape, properties, career, degree…
7. I was wondering if one lost these would one still be the same person?
8. I think so, but I could imagine some people might not agree with me. They ask who are you, hmm …I am a doctor; I am a pharmacist; I am a teacher, an artist, a student…as you introduce yourselves in a meeting, a class, a party.
10. To me these are layers of an artichoke; one acquires as many as desired or as capable of during her lifespan, then once all the layers revealed, is there an ultimate core or not depends on your belief and culture.
11. If your lady stop seeing you because you lost your career, your house or your Camaro, …then perhaps these layers do define who you are, hence sadly determine your happiness in life.
12. As for me, my name is Penelope, or Penny if the first one is too mouthful for most people. I am also called Piglet, Pumpkin Butt; pee pee head, buttercup. I weigh almost 90 lbs.
14. All right, I know I know. I might not look as ladylike as this one, or sophisticated as that one, or royal as some others….
15. …but something about my clumsiness and my way with others that make me ………………............“me”
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21. Human try to define me and my folks in different ways, one of which I found bizarre is that they have all of our birthday as 1/1/2001, with our owners’ last names while our first name intact with a “ (K9)” at the end when we need medications from pharmacies.
22. So, It ends up looking like this:“Penelope-(K9) Bettinger”, birthday 1/1/1
23. Speaking of pharmacy, I do know lots of my acquaintance taking human anti-depression medications, which I do not approve most of the time. If I were a doctor, I would write prescription like this:
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26. I am positive that they will work so well. First, they are home remedies, so they won’t mess up your serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. Secondly, they are good stuffs, I would actually volunteer to get sick to be drugged up on Ribeyebonexetine and Walkalopram.
27. I would be a very good K.M.D don’t you agree? However my priority is to take care of Mr.B and little BB juniors to come; I won’t be one, I might give consultation on the side for my close friends only.
28. So by now you are pretty familiar with Mr. B. I technically run his house, and take care of him.
29. Mr B, together with his numerous flaws, is one of the most wonderful human being.He will be a whole other discussion between you and I…
33. I wasn’t so fond of Piquepenn at first as he always tries to dive on me, startling the heck out of me. You would think birdies sound beautifully. Not this one. He has these irritating high peak short screeches. Scary at the same time.
34. I found that it was just Piquepenn’s way to get my attention. We became very good friends
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36. Of course you won’t see much of Piquepennas he was there on that wall corner until few minutes ago.
37. While Twinkoflutt is the most indecisive creature. She can’t never make up her mind. She always pauses for minutes, then, being ADD, she jumps on other things.
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40. Now, move on to another way to identify myself, what is my religion? I can’t speak for all pets, however in my humble opinion, we are all Buddhism.
41. We don’t reminisce; I am not sure if because we have short term memory or if we think past is past.
42. We don’t worry about future; not sure because we don’t have control over it anyway (our owners somewhat do) or because it’s yet to come.
43. And I am aware at times that things are not always there.
44. I love this one poem by TNH a famous monk worldwide. I apologize for changing his word “tea” to “bone” as real bones are such delicacies that bring me true happiness and joy, just about as much as tea does to him I am sure. I’d like to share with you here the : bone poem.
45. Chew Your Bone (TNH) Chew your bone slowly and reverently,as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future;Live the actual moment.Only this moment is life.
46. My EKG?? Hmm nah, I sure hope not as if it were, I wouldn’t be here yapping away with you ! This is my happiness level analysis, with 100 is happiest on the Y axis, 0 is suicidal.
47. Before you wonder why it fluctuates, I’ll just have to explain certain aspects about Mr B’s life. He’s my daddy, my whole universe. What does he do for a living?
48. Here he is, running about his workplace like a headless chicken on not even a very busy day, as he is a perfectionist.
49. I could never figure out why and how his schedule run its way: his work days and off days differ every week, yet repeat every other week.
50. His company would probably never have on mind that this schedule is indeed the key point to my happiness levels. You can guess by now that I’m depressed when he’s working (12 hour days mostly), and happy when he’s off.
51. As I look at my happiness rollercoaster in the skinny bars, it does look like a letter B if you tilt your head 90 degree to the left !
52. So yes, my overall daily happiness level evolves around my daddy B, repeat its cycle every two weeks, and that’s how it looks in a month.
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55. So, I wonder one day what else do I do besides sleeping 89% of my time…
56. …I realize that I sleep a lot as you can tell. I can fall asleep anywhere, anytime.
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59. I eat a lot too! You probably figure by now what is my favorite delicacy.
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61. As for house chores, I am tremendously productive with vacuuming, not so much with laundries unless you consider me jumping about on the neatly stacks of clothes Mr. B just folded is helpful.
65. Mr. B calls this a shower, but I call it water playing time, one of my favorite games
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67. And I think that’s it for me. I hope you have some idea about me by now. Why should you bother right?
68. Well because I am the silliest, most awesome, and sweetest K-9. Visit me on Facebook and YouTube, I would love to have more conversations with you there
69. My favorite quote at the moment is that if you are chasing your dreams or your dreams chasing you (MP)
70. Disclaimer from my friend who help me made this possible 1-Any views or opinions presented in this presentation are solely those of the author and Penny, and do not necessarily represent those of Mr B.
71. 2-This is not in any way a present for Mr. B’s birthday. WHY?
72. There’s so many things from little things, big things, to medium size things surrounding a person to make his/her existence possible: family, friends, the sun, the winds, the clouds, a daffodil, a bird, a dog, a beautiful music note…
73. So in my humble opinion, if there’s birthday presents, they should be given to the person’s closest dearest friends/family members/beloved pets…, to thank them for taking such good care of that person, for making another year of happiness, peace and mindfulness possible.
76. ClosingCredits Director: me Writer: me Producer: me Executive Producer: me again Lead cast: Penny Supporting casts: Mr B., Piquepenn, Twinkoflutt Director of photography: me
77. Editor: me Costume designer: me Music composer: iTunes Casting director: me Unit production …manager: me Sound/Visual effects: me
78. Music by Hinder (Lips of an angel) Late Night Alumni (Beautiful) Clay Walker (Fall) Hinder (Better than me) Bond (Huljic Victory)
Editor's Notes
Falling pictures(Intermediate)To reproduce the picture effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank.On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click Picture. In the Insert Picture dialog box, select a picture, and then click Insert. Select the picture. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the bottom right corner of the Size group, click the Size and Position dialog box launcher. In the Size and Position dialog box, on the Size tab, resize or crop the picture as needed so that under Size and rotate, the Height box is set to 2.93” and the Width box is set to 4.41”. Resize the picture under Size and rotate by entering values into the Height and Width boxes. Crop the picture under Crop from by entering values into the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom boxes. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click More, and then click Beveled Matte, White (first row, second option from the left). Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the bottom right corner of the Size group, click the Size and Position dialog box launcher. In the Size and Position dialog box, on the Size tab, under Size and rotate, in the Rotation box, enter 5°.Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the bottom right corner of the Picture Styles group, click the FormatPicture dialog box launcher. In the FormatPicture dialog box, in the left pane, click Shadow. Inthe Shadow pane, click the button next to Presets, and then under Outer click Offset Diagonal Bottom Left (first row, third option from the left).In the Distance box, enter 20 pt. Drag the picture into the top right corner of the slide.Select the picture. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Paste, and then click Duplicate.Drag the second (duplicate) picture to the left middle of the slide.Select the second picture. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the bottom right corner of the Size group, click the Size and Position dialog box launcher. In the Size and Position dialog box, on the Size tab, under Size and rotation, in the Rotation box, enter 0°.Right-click the second picture and click Change Picture. In the Insert Picture dialog box, select a picture, and then click Insert. Select the second picture. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the bottom right corner of the Size group, click the Size and Position dialog box launcher. In the Size and Position dialog box, on the Size tab, resize or crop the picture as needed so that under Size and rotate, the Height box is set to 2.93” and the Width box is set to 4.41”. Resize the picture under Size and rotate by entering values into the Height and Width boxes. Crop the picture under Crop from by entering values into the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom boxes. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the bottom right corner of the Picture Styles group, click the FormatPicture dialog box launcher. In the FormatPicture dialog box, in the left pane, click 3-D Rotation. In the 3-D Rotation pane, click the button next to Presets, under Perspective click Perspective Relaxed (second row, third option from the left), and then do the following:In the X box, enter 0°.In the Y box, enter 320°.In the Z box, enter 10°.In the Perspective box, enter 80°. On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, and then click Send to Back. Select the second picture. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Paste, and then click Duplicate.Drag the third picture to the bottom right corner of the slide, under the first picture.Right-click the third picture and click Change Picture. In the Insert Picture dialog box, select a picture, and then click Insert. Select the third picture. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the bottom right corner of the Size group, click the Size and Position dialog box launcher. In the Size and Position dialog box, on the Size tab, resize or crop the picture as needed so that under Size and rotate, the Height box is set to 2.93” and the Width box is set to 4.41”. Resize the picture under Size and rotate by entering values into the Height and Width boxes. Crop the picture under Crop from by entering values into the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom boxes. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the bottom right corner of the Picture Styles group, click the FormatShape dialog box launcher. In the FormatPicture dialog box, in the left pane, click 3-D Rotation. In the 3-D Rotation pane, click the button next to Presets, under Perspective click Perspective Relaxed (second row, third option from the left), and then do the following:In the X box, enter 0°.In the Y box, enter 300°.In the Z box, enter 0°.In the Perspective box, enter 60°. On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, and then click Send to Back. To reproduce the background effects on this slide, do the following:Right-click the slide background area, and then click Format Background. In the Format Background dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane, and then do the following:In the Type list, select Linear.Click the button next to Direction, and then click Linear Down (first row, second option from the left). Under Gradient stops, click Add or Remove until two stops appear in the drop-down list.Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops that you added as follows:Select Stop 1 from the list, and then do the following:In the Stop position box, enter 70%.Click the button next to Color, and then click Black, Text 1, Lighter 5% (sixth row, second option from the left). Select Stop 2 from the list, and then do the following: In the Stop position box, enter 100%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 87, Green: 78, Blue: 51.
Floating picture with curled corner(Basic)To reproduce the effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank.On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click Picture. In the Insert Picture dialog box, select a picture, and then click Insert.On the slide, select the picture. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the bottom right corner of the Size group, click the Size and Position dialog box launcher. In the Size and Position dialog box, on the Size tab, resize or crop the picture as needed so that under Size and rotate, the Height box is set to 5.64” and the Width box is set to 3.77”. Resize the picture under Size and rotate by entering values into the Height and Width boxes. Crop the picture under Crop from by entering values into the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom boxes. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click Picture Shape, and then under Rectangles click Snip Single Corner Rectangle (third option from the left).On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Shapes, and then under Basic Shapes click Right Triangle (first row, fourth option from the left). On the slide, drag to draw a right triangle. Select the triangle. Under DrawingTools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, do the following:In the Shape Height box, enter 0.55”.In the Shape Width box, enter 0.55”.On the Home tab, in the bottom right corner of the Drawing group, click the Format Shape dialog box launcher. In the Format Shape dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, selectGradient fill in the Fill pane, and then do the following:In the Type list, select Linear.Click the button next to Direction, and then click Linear Diagonal (first row, third option from the left).In the Angle box, enter 135°.Under Gradient stops, click Add or Remove until two stops appear in the drop-down list.Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops that you added as follows:Select Stop 1 from the list, and then do the following:In the Stop position box, enter 47%.Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click White, Background 1 (first row, first option from the left).Select Stop 2 from the list, and then do the following: In the Stop position box, enter 100%.Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Text 1, Lighter 35% (third row, second option from the left). Also in the Format Shape dialog box, click Shadow in the left pane. In the Shadow pane, click the button next to Presets, and then under Outer, click Offset Diagonal Bottom Left (first row, third option from the left).Press and hold SHIFT, and then select both the picture and the triangle on the slide. On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then do the following:Click Align to Slide. Click Align Top.Click Align Right. Select the picture.Drag the yellow diamond adjustment handle left or right to align the snipped corner with the top edge of the triangle. Press and hold SHIFT, and then select both the picture and the triangle on the slide. On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, and then click Group. Select the group. On the Home tab, in the bottom right corner of the Drawing group, click the Format Picture dialog box launcher. In the Format Picture dialog box, in the left pane, click 3-D Rotation. In the 3-D Rotation pane, click the button next to Presets, under Perspective click Perspective Relaxed Moderately (second row, second option from the left), and then do the following:In the X box, enter 2.3°.In the Y box, enter 338.5°.In the Z box, enter 347.1°.In the Perspective box, enter 60°.Also in the Format Picture dialog box, click Shadow in the left pane. In the Shadow pane, click the button next to Presets, under Outer click Offset Diagonal Bottom Left (first row, third option from the left), and then do the following:In the Transparency box, enter 70°.In the Size box, enter 104%.In the Blur box, enter 27 pt. In the Angle box, enter 120°.In the Distance box, enter 20 pt.To reproduce the background effects on this slide, do the following:Right-click the slide background area, and then click Format Background. In the Format Background dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane, and then do the following:In the Type list, select Radial.Click the button next to Direction, and then click From Center (third option from the left).Under Gradient stops, click Add or Remove until two stops appear in the drop-down list.Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops that you added as follows:Select Stop 1 from the list, and then do the following:In the Stop position box, enter 10%.Click the button next to Color, and then click White, Background 1, Darker 5% (second row, first option from the left).Select Stop 2 from the list, and then do the following: In the Stop position box, enter 99%.Click the button next to Color, and then click White, Background 1, Darker 35% (fifth row, first option from the left).
