i wish a had a peg leg

Contrary to popular opinion, peg legs aren't so bad. In fact, they're quite useful. Here is a list of all the ways a peg leg would make your day brighter.


1. You might look like a pirate... everyone secretly loves pirates... including parrots. ARG

2. You're baking cookies, its time to roll out that dough. "Where is the rolling pin"!? One might ask... well, look down.

3. Hopscotch... draw your own conclusions.

4. Sidewalk chalk? Sharpen that puppy up, dip in some lead.... a giant pencil.

5. "Peg Leg" it rhymes... it has a nice ring to it. So original. "Here comes peg leg"


FEEL free to add to the list... I'm so curious.

still trying times

stillness. quiet. loneliness. are these words that naturally sooth my soul? do i desire to be still, quiet and even lonely? sometimes. usually when life is whirling around me at a pace difficult to absorb- let alone appreciate- i ache for quiet. however, when life deals you a significant time of stillness. it is almost too much for me to bare.
coming down from the high of an unbelievably fast paced, thrill-filled semester... to almost a screeching halt has been an excruciating adjustment... one that i still find difficult to swallow. (which proves to be a quite painful pun as of late... i have been sick... then sick again with the same irritating cold for weeks now). the feeling of over productivity and steady, accelerating progression this past spring semester surely set me up for this crash.
i have so much free time. me- in a different state of mind- would kill for so much time at my disposal. yet unfortunately thats how it feels lately... at disposal. the feeling of wanting... even needing to accomplish tasks... yet feeling so unmotivated and uninspired to do so some days overwhelms me. some would call this depression? i conclude it is a bit of post graduate reality setting in. it is so easy to wait for the next semester, the next class, the next exam... but what happens when the next is unsure?

i seek peace of mind. i'm looking for inspiration. i'm looking for motivation. i know this summer can be what i set out and make it to be. i resolve to make as successfully as this past semester. however my mind and will are not on the same page.

you laugh because it's true

So lately I've been considering the significance of humor. Is it significant? How is it significant? I have always appreciated the funnier things of life... even things that aren't necessarily supposed to be humorous. So I'm funny. So what? How is this significant? I feel sometimes those with the gift of making beautiful mabe even somber things are more important than those of us who can cleverly spin something in a funnier light. I listen to artists like Lauryn Hill speak and sing of heavy hearted real things... she does it so beautifully... so thoughtfully... so seriously. I love and appreciate that... sometimes I wish I had that kind of gifting.
Somebody told me recently, while discussing this very topic, that Second City (a comedy improv training center in Chicago) has a slogan that round about says "You laugh because its true". Humor, she was saying, is so significant because it is truth... broken into bite size pieces... something a bit more tangible- or "edible"- to us.
I often consider how similar laughing and crying is. These emotions are such opposite extremes that they leave one another and circle back around to meet. Laughing and crying... so similar... the line is very fine.
So what if you're funny? Does it matter? A career- a craft in humor- is indeed an art... and in some sense truth.
Just some thoughts I've been thinking.

support local ART

Come out next weekend to support the local art scene... LAST TIME ( HERE ) ... are selected works from D.A.M.E. a local modern dance company associated with choreographer/artistic director MINA ESTRADA.
I would love to see you... my family and friends... support something that is such an important part of my life.

Come prepared to think, be moved, evolve.

lonely extremity

"The modern idea of a Great Man is one who stands at the lonely extremity of some single line of development--"

stripped

what are your thoughts when you hear this word? what do you associate with it? is it sexual? is it emotional? is it philosophical? what images pop in your head? what other words would you pair with it? what quotes or scripture would you associate with "stripped". i'm curious to read your thoughts...

The Situation

Olga and I rehearsing for the duet we will perform, representing ODU, at ACDFA at Hollins college this week. WISH US LUCK!