I went surfing for my Wayward Adventurous Muse last night, and found this.

“About Me 

I’m obsessed with dancing (mainly argentine tango) and I really like marmalade. I am a cat person, not a dog person…and I’m a scorpio. I like giving hugs and know how to surf. I am adventurous and a nice balance between extravert and introvert. I want to learn how to play the harmonica.”

I am still in love with Belle Burch. She is the proverbial Babe in the Woods who set out to find a Grande Adventure that might immortalize her. She has been the only Real Game in town for over two years. I will do all I can to immortalize my Muse who is doing Vivian to my Merlin.

We began an adventure that has spiraled out of control, and now has the whole of Eugene engaged in an amazing drama. I am sorry I broke Belle’s heart. She tempted me. She tempted Siddhartha. I had to push her away.  Belle is obsessed with the Argentine Tango, and really likes marmalade. Belle claims she can surf, and wants to learn how to play the harmonica. I will now take Tango lessons so that when our story is published, we will dance the Tango in a ballroom in New York.

Katherine’s daughter got caught up in the Dance of Illusion. Gwendolyn Maeve and Alley Valkyrie went after Krysta Albert with their witch-knives. They did to her what they did to me. Krysta went after  Natriana Shorter, the Black Beauty (Belle) Queen. Marilyn used her witchy friends to put me in the dark and freeze me a cave in order to end my Merlin-like Magic. There is another Beauty Queen waiting in the wings.

I see Belle surfing a wave while playing the harmonica. I am in love! She is my model for Fair Rosamond whose happiness was imprisoned in a Labyrinth. I would not hesitate to hire this Fair, and Highly Animated Maiden.

Jon Presco

One Facebook commenter, Eugene resident Gwendolyn Iris, responded to the controversy by writing: “Let me be clear, the only appropriate response from the Festival of Eugene Planning Committee right now would be a public condemnation of Krysta Albert and an announcement that she has been eliminated from the event. Anything else is (expletive). This condemnation should have happened yesterday afternoon.

In December, Albert commented on a KEZI news posting after Natriana Shorter won the crown for Miss Oregon. The comment read, “I know this is going to sound racist and it’s not my intention. But I can’t help but think it’s awfully strange that a woman of color would represent (the) state of Oregon. The state that has one of the smallest amount of minorities of any race compared to other states. And yes, she is very beautiful.”

Others on Facebook have expressed support of Albert and claim Facebook is launching an investigation to find those responsible.

Jon Presco

In response to Assay, the Facebook page Diverse Eugene writes,

“Regarding Eugene Daily News’s statement that racism would be ‘completely out of character’ for Festival of Eugene organizer Krysta Albert, we offer this quote from the Register-Guard, May 4, 2016: Reader comment about Donald Trump’s visit to Eugene. ‘I, for one, and absolutely voting for this man! And I would love to hear him speak! — Krysta Albert’ We’re not sure how Ms. Albert expressing avid support for a racist politician translates to ‘racism would be completely out of character for Krysta Albert’.”

Others have argued that Albert has made similar posts, including longtime Eugene activist Alley Valkyrie who is now in Portland. Valkyrie writes in a public post that “I blocked her after she made very similar racist comments as well as anti-homeless comments on the thread of a mutual friend.”

http://www.missuniverse.com/missusa/members/profile/825106

The comment includes the n-word. It originally was captured via a screenshot by the person who the original post belonged to.

Albert says her Facebook account was hacked. Her account and the event page for the festival have subsequently been deleted. She has denied online that she wrote the message.

Facebook users are unsure whether or not Albert was the author of the post. Some shared past comments attributed to her that could be construed as racist.

When asked for an interview, Albert sent a press release saying: “I cannot express my most sincere sadness and grief of the accusations of by a fabricated racist post on FaceBook.”

This would have marked three years for the Festival of Eugene. Albert started it after the Eugene Celebration was canceled.

Albert made other comments that are considered racist. “The statement attributed to Albert was posted from her profile as a comment to a message from Eugene resident Nancy Berge and read: “U R exactly why we call you people (racial slur).” Berge posted a screenshot of that item on her Facebook page earlier this week, calling Albert’s comment “unprovoked and inexcusable.”
On her now-deleted Festival of Eugene Facebook page, Albert wrote that she “did not write” that statement.
“Those of you who know me know this is not something I would ever say or think. My Facebook wall is representative of who I am, and clearly if one is to look at my history, this allegation is not supported by my Facebook wall,” Albert wrote. “I do much for my community, and I do it for the goodness of my heart.”
But commenters appeared sceptical and pointed to Albert’s past social media comments from as far back as December that seemed to carry a race-related theme.
“Black Lives Matter is a separatist movement that supports domestic terrorism and violence against white people,” a screenshot of a Facebook comment attributed to Albert reads. “Eugene is a vanilla valley living in fantasy. I have lived in New York City, Boston, St. Louis, Missouri, Baltimore, I have lived in states that actually have a black population and I can tell you whatever Eugene (has) got going on does not represent the real demographic of Black Lives Matter.”
In December, Albert commented on a KEZI news posting after Natriana Shorter won the crown for Miss Oregon. The comment read, “I know this is going to sound racist and it’s not my intention. But I can’t help but think it’s awfully strange that a woman of color would represent (the) state of Oregon. The state that has one of the smallest amount of minorities of any race compared to other states. And yes, she is very beautiful.”
Others on Facebook have expressed support of Albert and claim Facebook is launching an investigation to find those responsible.
“Our good friend and organizer of the Festival of Eugene, Krysta Albert, was just the focus of a cyber/hate crime attack here on Facebook,” Eugene Daily News website publisher Kelly Asay wrote. “The person responsible appears to have hacked Ms. Albert’s account, or photoshopped a terrible racist comment and posted it on her page (Facebook is investigating).
“Krysta is one of the most genuine people I have the pleasure of knowing and working with here in our community, and would never say, condone or participate in this type of hateful behavior.”
The Festival of Eugene was a free event featuring lives musical performances and poetry readings, as well as arts and crafts and health stands, food vendors and a beer garden.
One Facebook commenter, Eugene resident Gwendolyn Iris, responded to the controversy by writing: “Let me be clear, the only appropriate response from the Festival of Eugene Planning Committee right now would be a public condemnation of Krysta Albert and an announcement that she has been eliminated from the event. Anything else is (expletive). This condemnation should have happened yesterday afternoon.

“This waiting for an investigation to be complete before making a decision is nothing but pussyfooting around trying to save face. Every hour that goes by that they do not come out publicly against Krysta the more complicit they are in her racism.
“The screenshots exist. Witnesses are plenty. The hacked story is (expletive). There is an established record of racist comments from her in the past. She is a Trump supporter for the love of (expletive)!”

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And in the wild woods of Broceliande,
Before an oak, so hollow, huge and old
It looked a tower of ivied masonwork,
At Merlin’s feet the wily Vivien lay. 

She played about with slight and sprightly talk,
And vivid smiles, and faintly-venomed points
Of slander, glancing here and grazing there;
And yielding to his kindlier moods, the Seer
Would watch her at her petulance, and play,
Even when they seemed unloveable, and laugh
As those that watch a kitten; thus he grew
Tolerant of what he half disdained, and she,
Perceiving that she was but half disdained,
Began to break her sports with graver fits,
Turn red or pale, would often when they met
Sigh fully, or all-silent gaze upon him
With such a fixt devotion, that the old man,
Though doubtful, felt the flattery, and at times
Would flatter his own wish in age for love,
And half believe her true: for thus at times
He wavered; but that other clung to him,
Fixt in her will, and so the seasons went.

Then fell on Merlin a great melancholy;
He walked with dreams and darkness, and he found
A doom that ever poised itself to fall,
An ever-moaning battle in the mist,
World-war of dying flesh against the life,
Death in all life and lying in all love,
The meanest having power upon the highest,
And the high purpose broken by the worm

Alley Valkyrie posted to‎Kitty Piercy
about an hour ago

This man’s name is John Gregory Presco, DOB 10/8/1946. He lives in Springfield, Oregon.

He frequents Eugene, especially the Whiteaker neighborhood, and regularly shows up at activist events. He is a stalker, a harasser, and an obsessed de…lusional sicko.

If you need a concrete example of his behavior and why I am posting this, his delusional writings can be found at https://rosamondpress.wordpress.com/

https://rosamondpress.com/2016/07/23/krysta-albert-john-monroe-racists/

https://rosamondpress.com/2014/05/07/i-fell-in-love-with-belle-burch/

https://rosamondpress.com/2015/06/25/krysta-albert-man-hater/

If you see him in your neighborhood, on the street, or anywhere, call him out. Expose him. Make it known that you will not accept and tolerate someone who harasses and obsesses over young women in our community. This man is a very sick individual. Anyone who deliberately makes women feel unsafe should not be tolerated in this or any community.

I never knew or heard of Alley until she sent me this personal message. She then posted on Kitty Piecy’s FB an obscene slander.

“Facebook message from Alley Valkerie

“I’m going to make this very simple for you. I don’t know if you know who I am, but I sure as hell know who you are, and when you fuck with my friends, you fuck with me. Stop writing about Belle or I am going to make your life very difficult. I mean it. If I see one more word about her on your blog, your FB, or anywhere else, I will make sure that you experience all the fear and discomfort that she is experiencing right now. And no, this isn’t a physical threat, so don’t try to play victim. Frankly, I encourage you to contact EPD, as they already know all about you. I will not do anything illegal, but mark my word you will regret it if you write one more word about her. I will make sure that the entire community knows exactly how much of a sick fuck you are. Your picture, your name, and “samples” of your writing will be posted on every bulletin board in town. There will not be a single person in the Eugene/Springfield area who won’t know that you’re a sick stalker who won’t leave a stalker who won’t leave a young girl alone. Cut it out. Now. This is your first, last, and only warning.”

Alley Valkerie on facebook message.

“Please, go ahead and blog my threat.
You have no fucking idea what you’re getting yourself into
You also have no idea how many people are already on to you, and how many people have my back. We also have six other mutual friends who are going to learn about your behavior ASAP
And just so you know as well: if you write anything about me that could be construed as defamatory, you will be hearing from my lawyers ASAP.”

Festival of Eugene Organizer Responds to Allegations of Racism