From: lil_dancer_79	Date: November 11th, 2004 05:10 pm (UTC)		(Link)

pinkity goodness everywhere! woohoo!

	From: angfucious	Date: November 11th, 2004 05:18 pm (UTC)		(Link)

The belt is pretty schweet!

	From: deviousself	Date: November 11th, 2004 05:28 pm (UTC)		(Link)

jimbo shoots and scores!

	From: halcyonpink	Date: November 11th, 2004 05:39 pm (UTC)		(Link)

lol @ your icon!

	From: deviousself	Date: November 11th, 2004 05:40 pm (UTC)		(Link)

thanks.. was one of those candid moments.

	From: horsepucky	Date: November 11th, 2004 06:26 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Can you wear that third outfit when I see you next week?

	From: halcyonpink	Date: November 11th, 2004 06:33 pm (UTC)		(Link)

for you? ANYthing.

	From: the_fae_within	Date: November 11th, 2004 07:21 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Oi - your body is perfect! -touches you-

	From: halcyonpink	Date: November 11th, 2004 07:25 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Thank you! Of course, I picked the best pic to post. ;)

	From: the_fae_within	Date: November 11th, 2004 07:26 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I'm sure they are all good pics! <3 you were made for the camera : )

	From: tassypink	Date: November 11th, 2004 07:33 pm (UTC)		(Link)

hah! i don't think i've ever seen you wearing blue jeans, but i knew about this belt buckle in advance which obviously ROCKS the pink world - your only worry should be whether i steal it when i see you next week, when you're wearing the outfit in the 3rd pic for RW while i STARE. i hope my eyes don't burn up from the hot. ;)

	From: n1blueye	Date: November 11th, 2004 07:54 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I love ringer shirts. I have one I wear a lot that says, "Eat me, I'm kosher"

I don't think I can pull off pink but you were born to.

The buckle kicks ass

	From: themightyjimbo	Date: November 11th, 2004 09:55 pm (UTC)		(Link)

yep.

still screaming "halcyon"

i may have to get one for me if it makes my abs look that good.

glad you like it brother.

	From: halcyonpink	Date: November 11th, 2004 09:59 pm (UTC)		(Link)

indeed! thank you!!!!

	From: jello_bong	Date: November 11th, 2004 10:37 pm (UTC)		(Link)

1st photo - Yep, that belt buckle is YOU!
2nd photo - I love the "picture within a picture" effect, (and the hard nipples).
3rd photo - I swear to God I looked at this one and my crotch literally tingled and sent a little spark through my entire body. Thank you, thank you, thank you. ;)

	From: halcyonpink	Date: November 12th, 2004 02:16 pm (UTC)		(Link)

purrrrrrr

	From: bethrose	Date: November 11th, 2004 11:10 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Have I ever mentioned that Pink is my favorite color? So every time I read your journal I get extreme pleasure in the pinkness that is you. Not to mention the occational beautiful shirtless and sometimes more shots. You are one of the most beautiful people inside and out that I have ever had the pleasure of enjoying the pixels of. :) *hugs*

	From: halcyonpink	Date: November 12th, 2004 02:14 pm (UTC)		(Link)

((HUG))

From: (Anonymous)	Date: November 12th, 2004 08:18 am (UTC)		(Link)
Get a life?!

1) Light the reality-check fuse . . .

If you had bad-breath or body-odour wouldn't you hope that someone would tell you? Well, I'm telling you that this site has a kinda nasty, sickly-sweet smell. And it's getting worse.

I visit rarely, but when I do, it's pretty much always the same.
Little originality, mostly self-indulgent, shallow rambling and lots of pictures of the aging guy with pink hair, sucking his cheeks in and pouting a lot. Same old, same old.

I see the haunted look in your eyes, you're starting to look drawn John.
It's time for a change, it's time to wake up, it's time to grow up, it's time to move on.

Challenge.
For a month:
1) Don't look at yourself in the mirror
2) Resist posting a single digital photo of yourself
3) Go out and do something real. Something really real, something back-to-basics, non-image based, something real and gritty and earthy and honest.
Go meet some homeless people and listen, really listen to them - don't patronize them - really listen and try to understand them. Go visit terminally ill patients and listen to them, really listen and tell them jokes and empathise with them - don't patronize them. Go give blood. Stop thinking about yourself. The secret of living is giving, take the focus off yourself, try to forget about yourself, I guarantee you'll feel happier, also, you'll become truly and authentically beautiful, from the inside - not some superficial, dyed, photoshopped, sucked-in, fading, external 'beauty'.

Luv n hugs
Phillippo

2) Stand well back!

	From: halcyonpink	Date: November 12th, 2004 02:26 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: Get a life?!

Thanks for the unrequested help. Sorry my personal website shows me to be a person you feel is lacking. Did you listen or attend any of the hugnation gatherings recently?
No?
Almost nobody did.
Most people, like yourself, only notice the photographs. But that's cool. My site has been this way since day one. You can critique me for not evolving, I suppose. What is your journal's URL so I can get a better sense of what day to day life should be like? For the record, I spend more time with a 92 year old man than anyone else. I hand out and talk with the residents of an old folks home once a week. Thanks for making me feel like shit. I suppose I should thank you and hope that addressing my shallow rambling and "fading external beauty" will help me find happiness and true love. Congrats for figuring it all out. I'll go drink more water and meditate more, too. If you really care about me, send me a personal email about yourself. About your path and what has helped you.

From: geeekgirl	Date: November 12th, 2004 03:53 pm (UTC)		(Link)
I am not my website

and neither are you. 1/100th of what takes place in my life makes it to my site. That means that my website is not a gauge of my depth or content.

I vote annon gives up his url so we can judge him based on the content of his site!

From: (Anonymous)	Date: November 14th, 2004 07:50 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Get a life?!

Be careful of using meditation and volunteering as a boast. It's rather unbecoming, and stands against the spirit of volunteerism and meditation.

I am not anonymous poster #1, but you do come across as a bit vainglorious. Nothing wrong (or the real gotcha - right) with that, but it may belie something a little beneath the surface.

	From: halcyonpink	Date: November 14th, 2004 08:02 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: Get a life?!

Clarification: I don't meditate or volunteer.
And I actually like it when people give me feedback or suggestions. ("I miss your Prehensile Tales.")
But breaking me down, as a preface to making suggestions just rubbed me the wrong way. I KNOW I got lots of work to do.

As I've posted since, I have been very active on my DVD project. Maybe that fact added to my frustration.

From: (Anonymous)	Date: November 14th, 2004 08:54 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Get a life?!

Hmmm chalk up my misunderstanding to the combination of drinking beer and reading really fast.

But hanging out and talking at an old people's home is not volunteering? I think that's actually really cool ...

... and I do think that was a shitty way of anonymous poster #1 to approach the conversation. He used a sledgehammer where maybe jeweller's screwdriver is more appropriate.

For a brief second, I shared your website and lj with a couple friends because we were discussing something. A couple psych major friends of mine remarked that you came across as having narcissistic personality disorder, which may or may not be true ... but ...

... there is something that comes across in your way of being that speaks of vanity. Freed of social conventions as you are on the internet, people tend to be a little more authentic about who they are, whether they are masquerading as someone else or not. So I think the argument that you are only observing one aspect of your being in the online world rings a bit hollow.

Anyways, a slight digression. I challenge you to let your guard down a bit and look deep in to this one. I also challenge anonymous poster #1 to look inside his ownself and examine why he must use his own experience as a badge of honor (something I struggled with for a long time).

Self love is good, but self love to the point where it seperates you from others is bad. Maybe the attendance for your messages of love were poor because there is something inauthentic about it coming from your being?

	From: halcyonpink	Date: November 14th, 2004 09:03 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: Get a life?!

Good thoughts and I will chew on them.

As clarification, not defense:
Not sure how long you have been reading my sites (or if you know me from LJ and not cockybastard.com), but this is the second incarnation of HugNation. The Vanity is no secret. The Self Love isn't either. My stance has always been that self love is criticial. But loving yourself does not mean you think you are better than anyone else. (see cockybastard.com/loves/criticism) ((HUG))

From: (Anonymous)	Date: November 14th, 2004 09:13 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Get a life?!

I have read all of your sites, unsure of if I have seen that page before. It speaks of "the god in me is the god in you", and yes, I think loving one's self is an important building block in coming to a belief such as thought. I also recognize that is quite a profound shared thought and am happy you have it.

But some of your responses to criticism have spoken of protecting and guarding. Even some of that page speaks of that too. Be as thorough as you have the capability to in your self examination and inventory - and think of using some of your answers to emails and lj comments as a starting point.

-from someone who cares about everyone

	From: halcyonpink	Date: November 14th, 2004 09:28 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: Get a life?!

I have always had a problem digesting information when it is prefaced by, "Here's your problem...". It triggers my defensiveness and it is a challenge for me to dispel it. However, I think I do well when people offer ideas or alternatives and empower me to decide its better than my current path. BUt, hey, the whole thing is a journey. I am smack dab in the middle....like I've always been.

From: (Anonymous)	Date: November 14th, 2004 09:38 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Get a life?!

While I think that's a fairly common way to react to that sort of thing, I've just observed a commonality to the quality of those sorts of communications that says "hey! something going on here!" Honestly, if you were 100% certain of yourself or open to criticism, comments like that would matter very little or get such a strong response.

Slightly OT, why I was even reading your stuff in the first place was the beginning fo an inquiry in to what was going on with me.

Cheers to being smack dab in the middle of the journey though.

	From: halcyonpink	Date: November 14th, 2004 09:51 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: Get a life?!

Well, I am DEFINITELY not 100% sure of myself. Funny I was actually writing somehting about my insecurities though my life when I saw this post.

I don't think I ever (intentionally) claimed to be anything but a student of life / digital explorer / lifestyle artist sharing my journey. There are subjects I know alot about. But in most things, I am an infant.

From: (Anonymous)	Date: November 15th, 2004 11:07 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Get a life?!

And then, there are many things we don't know we don't know.

An infant in some, but things not even considered with certain subjects.

I see you have gotten a lot of agreements from people, and while I think that's cool you have people supporting you, beware those that praise you along with those that condemn you.

The inauthenticity about love seems to be that you truly are insecure. Have you ever thought of really investigating that? Surface rationalizations provide comfort or maybe a shallow understanding, but true power comes in knowing the real source (actually, that part's ancillary) and being able to step outside of that.

Again, coming from a place of love.

From: (Anonymous)	Date: November 14th, 2004 09:16 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Get a life?!

oh, and it is a rather bizarre and twisted reason why I read any of your stuff in the first place, but I am glad we are having a dialogue such as this.

	From: halcyonpink	Date: November 14th, 2004 09:32 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: Get a life?!

I should also mention that I believe that the vast majority of criticism that people face does not serve them.
External voices saying "you should..." are rarely to be trusted. Guides that help you say, "I should..." are priceless.

From: orphicart	Date: November 15th, 2004 08:24 am (UTC)		(Link)
Re: Get a life?!

I agree with you 100 percent. People should feel inspired and empowered to change, not belittled and degraded into doing so.

	From: halcyonpink	Date: November 14th, 2004 09:05 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: Get a life?!

btw, you can hear the last couple Hug Nations with grandpa as archives.
http://www.hugnation.com/audio

	From: twisteduterus	Date: November 12th, 2004 03:54 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: Get a life?!

was that really necessary?

personally I find this web site refreshing.

dag

From: lunahaha	Date: November 13th, 2004 01:51 am (UTC)		(Link)
thanks for being WHO YOU TRULY ARE!!!!!

I believe we are all DIVINE! Thank you, Halcyon for BEING WHO YOU TRULY ARE and expressing it. I love the fact that you just come right out and say, "i love myself"...so much so that you would wear a t-shirt as a self-portrait, declaring your truth. You are beautiful inside and out- mirror, no mirror -illusion, or not. Your soul is DIVINE....
BIG SUPER FAIRY HUG all the way from Colorado....
((::~*LAurEN*~::))

	From: halcyonpink	Date: November 14th, 2004 09:05 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: thanks for being WHO YOU TRULY ARE!!!!!

((HUG)) Thank you. :)

From: audioize	Date: November 12th, 2004 12:22 pm (UTC)		(Link)
thanks h!

hal,

i hope you have a fantastic weekend!

it was such a refreshment coming to visit you last week! you are so inspiring to me! hal is one of the hardest working, genuwine, loving, and real people I have ever met. Somone I one day hope to aspire too!

((hugs!!))

-s

	From: halcyonpink	Date: November 12th, 2004 02:13 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Re: thanks h!

It was a treat for me, too, S!

	From: areistia	Date: November 12th, 2004 02:34 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	yay for more pics

I love jeans like that paired up with a ribbed sweater. So hot.
As for the guy/girl who tried to give you the "advice", just remember that it isn't what 'they' think.. its what you think and feel.. I think its easy for people to forget that while just because this is your personal site, you aren't bound to putting every deep and personal thought on here (nor should you I think, some things aren't meant for the whole world to know).. and posting pics is more fun anyways! ;)
I hope that you have a fantastic weekend!
xoxoxo
Melinda

	From: pdxdiva	Date: November 12th, 2004 04:08 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Pictures are what stick out in people's minds and some only tend to see that instead of looking a little deeper.

Anyone that has an online journal knows, that a lot of our true selves are not displayed there, as much as a reader make think someone is sharing.

So Anon, you very well may have a personal site but I just don't think that you do for you to be making the judgment calls that you are.

That's just my opinion and I'm heading to happy hour, maybe you should to.

	From: endorwitch	Date: November 15th, 2004 08:14 am (UTC)		(Link)

i dont think i have ever commented before.
i just wanted to say that the comments by those anonymous posters really pissed me off on your behalf.

back in 2000/2001 i used to visit your sites a bit and thought they were cool and interesting. i remember visiting citizen x when it first opened and got my cousin into it as well. but then for a long time i didnt visit your sites then a few weeks back i was looking at old bookmarks and stuff and returned to your site and found your lj and friended you. and i have just loved the stuff you have been writing here. i think you have changed since i last regularly read your sites. i cant explain how but i like what you are writing, reading about the stuff you are doing and hearing about you sharing time with your grandfather. it just really touches me and i wish i had a connection like that with my grandparents.
ah - i dont know what else to say....

i do like the piccies though. ^o^

	From: traceesays	Date: November 15th, 2004 02:07 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I've never been good with words, but having follwoed your journals and internet life since the webby's you won, I have never felt you were in any way lacking. You have a are free life, true, but it is not without substance or merit. You give to people when you can, even if it's just a hug to brighten someone's day. I have never heard you utter a hateful word nor a belittling one. I have never seen you lash out in anger, nor treat anyone who comes your way with anything less than kindness and respect, even those above who are severly belitting you.
The Hal that I have come to know, though via electronic communication and thoughts, is one of vision, kindness, hug, understanding, sex appeal, pink hair, hope, care, maturity, self confidence, happy thoughts, and above all love for those who will take it. So you may feel that Hal is vapid, empty, whatever and perhaps everyone is on some level, we are after, human. But he is so much more than that and has so much more to give.
So before you throw rocks at a glass house, make sure they don't have bullet proof windows and alot of friends to help with any windows that might get damaged along the way.

	From: traceesays	Date: November 15th, 2004 02:09 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Please forgive the typos, I can't find my glasses and I didn't spell check. I hope the setiment comes through though.

	From: halcyonpink	Date: November 15th, 2004 02:32 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I didn;t even notice. (I speak typo-ese)

And thank you. Very very much. ((HUG))

From: gothkitten7	Date: November 15th, 2004 07:20 pm (UTC)		(Link)
Another LJ victim...

Okay, just a heads up. I read alot of journals...I dont post on many (stalker perhaps/curious definitely)...I TRULY find your journal a breath of fresh air compared to all the "woe is me" entries I read...yes these journals are specifically made to vent/celebrate ones feelings/thoughts - fine!...however it is so NICE to read yours and to find someone who is so positive and such a beautiful, warm, kind person INSIDE...your inner beauty really outshines your outer beauty (which is not too shabby either *winks*)...I find it so sad when people feel the need to spread their *ahem* constructive criticism/hurtful comments/negative energy towards others (ahem, anonymous)...please dont let it get you down and please keep SMILING! Jealousy is a disease. Your awesome, truly one of a 'pink' kind! *GIANT GLITTERY HUG*!!!