5 Ways to Spot a Player

Spotting a player isn't always an easy task, especially while you're under their spell. The easiest way is to break down their behaviors in five important aspects of starting a new relationship: the first meeting, early communication, getting to know them, dating style, and finally their approach to making time for the relationship.

What is a true player? These are the people who exhibit at least three out of the five of following signs. Even one of these signs should be a warning flag, but you might want to give them the benefit of the doubt, until further indicators point you towards the door. Ultimately, a player is using these tactics to avoid what they want least ... a stable relationship.

The First Meeting
Too Confident- A player has gotten where they are from being good at what they do. This alone drives an incredible amount of confidence in their approach. Women love confident men, and male players take advantage of this to its fullest. While some people are just naturally more confident, remember, one of the signs of interest in a potential partner, is excitement and nervousness. This includes mirroring, which is an unconscious act at mimicking the other person to appear approachable and on their same level. The player does not want to be on your level, they want to be in control. They will get right up close and personal. They are very calculated, smooth, direct, and will rarely make a nervous mistake.

Early Communication
Probing- When an individual is truly interested in getting to know someone, they will ask genuine questions about them. The player, on the other hand, engages on what is more like probing. They may appear to be trying to get to know the person, but they are really only trying to gain pertinent information as to what the person is looking for in a mate. The idea is to bypass all the time it would normally take that person to decide if they really were interested in pursuing a relationship (weighing both their good and bad sides), so they can jump to the top of the list. These questions will be masked in the form of what they like in a partner, what they did not like about their last relationship, what kind of clothes they prefer on a man/woman, etc.

Getting to Know Them
Mystery Men- A little mystery is good, but too much should be a wake-up call. We shouldn't share everything with a potential mate, but if you don't known anything substantive about them, chances are they're hiding something. Examples include never being invited to their home/apartment, rarely being seen in public (especially during the day), checking their phone often (which is obviously set on 'quiet' mode), taking private phone calls, and having a slew of what they call "stalkers," who won't leave them alone. These are all signs that they may be living a second life (cheating, affair, etc.) apart from your budding romance.

Dating Style
Hot & Cold- The hot-and-cold dating style starts off wonderfully. The person is always up for going out, they can't wait to see you, and they are often nauseatingly romantic early in the game ("I can't believe how wonderful you are," "I think I love you," "You're my soulmate"). But once you give them the sign that they are starting to win you over, they disappear for a few days/weeks without much contact. The whole idea is to keep you there with as little effort as possible. They have a lot of people they're stringing along, so they have to conserve energy. Players love the chase, but get bored of the conquered. They are all talk and no action ("we should do this," "I want to take you here"), but they never follow through.

Making Time
Flighty- The player is hard to hold to any plans. They may say they prefer to be spontaneous -- in reality, they are always weighing their best options before they commit. They may have meetings come up, relatives die, an important work function overseas, or some other emergency that will take them away for several days or weeks at a time. During these times, they will have limited contact, such as a minimal phone signal, odd working hours, only access to e-mail, etc. While emergencies can and do come up, players use these exclusively to concentrate on new relationships, while storing their ones away for a rainy day.

San Pedro Art Show!

San Pedro "Belizean Arts" Art Gallery and Angela Gegg
this weekend, Sat. December 19th 2009 -
Artist Confessions Book Signing & Art Show

ARTIST CONFESSIONS
already available at these locations
BOOK AGENTS:
San Ignacio: Angelus Press, Burns Ave
Belmopan: Angelus Press, Constitution Dr
Orange Walk: Angelus Press, Main St
San Pedro: Belizean Arts, Fidos
Belize City: Brodies
Northern & Downtown; Angelus Press, Queen St & San Cas Plaza;
& for an autographed copy come to the Smoky Mermaid, # 13 Cork St.

Artist Confessions, the perfect Christmas gift for that special someone!

Provoking Proshka - Channel 7 News Review Nov 13th 2009

Provoking Proshka
CHANNEL 7 NEWS -

http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=15527

posted (November 13, 2009)


We’ve featured many artists on this newscast but Angela Gegg is in a zone of her own. She’s a writer, a poet, a painter, a thinker – and more than all that, she’s one outspoken lady. She isn’t afraid to speak her mind, write exactly what she thinks or let her art challenge notions of what’s acceptable in the public discourse. In a word, she’s bold, and…after years of consistent and quite prolific production, she’s proven that she’s committed.

She launched her new art show, “Impulse” to coincide with her birthday today. The staging ground for this major exhibit is the Institute of Mexico – which really is the only art space big enough to fit her paintings, poetry and installations.

Angela Gegg, Artist
“When people come into the exhibit it is going to kind of them a sense of not just pictures on a wall. You want to walk in and just be part of something. When you’re walking into the exhibit there is little things, I am not going to point them out, but I want people to play with their minds a little bit. So they are going to be walking through all the galleries, once the galleries are opened, watching videos, looking at crazy abstract art, looking at photography, looking cubist art, looking at all kinds of stuff and it is a bit provocative. So they say, so you people say in Belize. I personally don’t think so but they say it is provocative what I do so it is.”

But it is provocation says the artist – not just for the sake of it – the provocation is to engage the viewer.

Angela Gegg,
“Yes and I want them to think outside the box. It is not just coming in and looking at work. I want them to be part of the artwork themselves.”

And if you want to be a part of this show, you have to be prepared to be confronted with imagery that you won’t see any other artist daring to try.

Angela Gegg,
“A lot of people might not like me for it, some people love me for it. I take hits either way. Some people really appreciate what I do, some people are appalled by what I do. But personally I feel that it is the freedom to express myself, why should I not have it.

From the book, wash, mash, trophy wife, you know. And what a lot of people don’t understand is these things stem from what people may say to me or things in my life. I am trying to insult nobody, that is part of my book – it is a part of the whole installation. Like you said, you thought it was a rich girl stage. A lot of man look at me and think trophy wife and I see the opposite because I work damn hard.”

That work shows in the varied presentation, spread out over three rooms – exploring a broad range of painting styles.

Angela Gegg,
“This has been like a whole week of putting the show together. You don’t just hang stuff on walls. What we do is very very, it is a lot of work, you have to think where you want to put things. The placement of everything is specific. Nothing is done without order. Everything has a place, everything has a purpose. Nothing is done with a system and a format at all.”

The diligence demonstrated by an artist who’s been painting and writing for most of her life and she says she is far from done.

Angela Gegg,
“I love what I do, I love painting, I love writing, I love anything creative. I love building, I love anything; designing. I love art, art to me is just the best thing in the world.

There is so much to do. So much more to say. So much more to see. So much more to show.”

Angela Gegg also launched a book today and that stirs a controversial brew all its own. We’ll tell you about that on Monday.

Impulse

HER MOST PROVOCATIVE
SHOW TO DATE

IMPULSE is a multi-part art exhibit where the artist will feature paintings, drawings, photography, audio-visual installations as well as the release of her second book, ARTIST CONFESSIONS.

Artist Confessions is an Art and poetry book broken down into seven Chapters and is the prelude to her upcoming book titled, SEVEN, based on her Seven Philosophies to life. There will be Seven Performers doing a selected work from each chapter throughout the Show, the performers will be doing their interpretation of her work.

IMPULSE and ARTIST CONFESSIONS will be held on November 13th 2009 at the Institute of Mexico in Belize and is being hosted by the Mexican Ambassador to Belize.

Serena Williams FLIPS out at US OPEN... epic!

Serena Williams is one of the top female tennis players in the world. Her and sister Venus Williams are definitely a forced to be reckoned with on the court, but in a bizarre turn of events, tennis star Serena Williams completely lost it on Saturday at the US Open after being called on a rare foot fault. It was match point and a judge called her out on the foot fault.

That's when Williams, a three-time US Open winner, lost it, approached the judge and, according to the Associated Press, shrieked at the official, “If I could, I would take this … ball and shove it down your … throat." Day-um.

This was deemed unsportsmanlike and Williams was deducted a point, which, because it was already match-point, cost her the match. Her opponent, Kim Clijsters, was unranked and unseeded prior to the freak upset.

She now moves on to the next round.
See Clip Below!

The meaning of sign SCORPIO

Eighth sign of the zodiac

Your element: Water
Your ruling planet: Mars and Pluto
Tarot card corresponding to your sign: Death
Your lucky color: Black
Your stone: Amethyst

First, a word about your tarot card, the significance of which might be worrying you. Know that, in the symbolism of the tarot, Death indicates that which dies in order to be born anew in a better form. When it is reversed the Death card may indeed mean the end of something. But when it is right side up it evokes rebirth, renewal, a new beginning. This is characteristic of your sign. You sometimes have a tendency to link the very good with the very negative.

Like all the signs of Water you are a very deep, mysterious, unfathomable being, sometimes inaccessible and uncontrollable. Your unconscious is so strong and so rich that psychoanalysis seems to have been invented for you. Your imagination is very powerful and very fertile. When you were very young, for example, you had thoughts which exceeded those of other children your age.

With you there is no chance of either dullness or mediocrity. You have a taste for the absolute, and this is why existence sometimes seems difficult to you. You would like your life to be in perpetual movement, always fed by novelty and the exceptional. This isn't always easy to achieve, and you don't always give yourself the means to make it happen, even when great changes pass within your reach.

The influence of Mars can make you combative and masterful. But be careful, because Pluto stirs up your deepest doubts and worries in order to draw you towards failure. This opposition means that sometimes you end up destroying what you love.

In love, you have many requirements and many spiritual states that others sometimes have difficulty following. You occasionally run the risk of ruining relationships by giving too much importance to difficulties which could have been resolved with more understanding.

You are fully conscious of your great qualities: an enterprising spirit, imagination, sensuality, charm, magnetism. But you also know your faults: desire for control, self-injurious behavior, impassioned behavior, tendency to complicate things and situations.

The people who succeed in life are often those who know consciously or unconsciously to make the most of their talents, their advantages, and their strengths, while understanding how to maintain control over their weaknesses.

*This short, unassuming analysis can help you to better conduct your existence. To learn to know yourself better allows you to maximize your strengths and minimize your weaknesses.

IMPULSE the exhibit & ARTIST CONFESSIONS the book

Popping Bottles... thanks primo!

Opening Night of the Belize Film Festival

Mr Peters (featured in The Three Belizean Kings) and Angela Gegg

Miss Carrie Fairwether, Florencio Mes (of The Three Belizean Kings) and Angela Gegg

Cybel Martin (NYC Film-Maker), William Neal and Angela Gegg

Bone TV interviewing Mr. Florencio Mes (of The Three Belizean Kings)

Interviewing Angela Gegg

The Belize International Film Festival opened on Friday July twenty fourth at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts. More than thirty five films will be showcased during this year’s festival and caters to all kind of movie lovers. Suzette Zayden of the Institute of Creative Arts is the festival organizer.

One of the main goals of the Belize International Film Festival, however, is to bring to centerstage films that are being made in the Caribbean and Central American regions along with Southern Mexico. These areas all have their own rich stories to tell, but whose themes and backgrounds all resonate strongly with our Belizean cultural traditions and way of life. In an effort to shine a stronger light on these often overshadowed regions, we have limited the submission of Short Films and Short Documentaries as open only to films from these regions.

Belize is a country blessed with rich cultural diversity amongst its peoples and amazing natural resources – on land, in the sea and even underground through it vast network of caves and now the recent discovery of oil in 2005. Belize, the only English Speaking country in Central American is also geographically the country looked most upon by CARICOM and SICA to be a critical link between the Caribbean and Central America regions. The Belize International Film Festival lives up to this expectation and continues in its aspirations to be an annual event that is looked forward to by both Belizeans and Visitors alike for its ability to bring together films, filmmakers and film enthusiasts from all over Belize, our neighboring regions and eventually the world to the Bliss Center in Belize City for 10 exciting days in July.