(toulouse, france) happy new year

it's already 2008 here (3am jan 1).
people have gone to bed.

happy new year!

(dc) fun with patches

i asked carl to name the patches he's creating. this one is called "squirrel 3 to houston"

(*dc) where did it go?

it seems that more and more people are reading this blog, so if you're looking for posts that seem to have disappeared, they've been saved as drafts. some of them seemed a bit personal. used to be no one really stopped by except my sisters and a few close friends.

(*dc) bright side

observation:

the one good thing
about having your worst fears
realized
is that
the fears then disappear

magic

:) yay!

(DC 178 7) snow day

princess roses and balloons to n on her birthday today.

we called a no-go on the arts night show in boston this weekend due to weather. kat and i were planning to drive up together. she was going to fly back sunday and i was going to drive back with my car full of gear. they are due for a second slamming storm saturday night, and it looked like i might get stuck in boston sunday, so we cancelled. other katharine was going to cancel the whole night altogether, but when it looked like the storm would wait till past midnight, she decided instead to scramble to find a replacement performer.

i sorta forgot about winter when we booked this show 6 months ago, but winter comes to boston in a big way.

in full disclosure, i also wasn't feeling quite prepared for this performance. increased work demands - especially travel - have left me severely limited time for plain, old-fashioned practice and creating. nobody wanted us to risk the 16 hours of winter driving for a medi-okra show, especially if few people showed up because of the storm.

another factor that went into the decision was the appeal of being able to finish my film scoring homework, which has suffered at the bottom of my priority list for a third semester now. it's due tomorrow night. perhaps i will be able to salvage some integrity there and get it all finished, FINALLY.

it reminds me of those
rare delicious childhood days
when a foot of snow
would come on the days
of tests and a big homework assignments.

will i ever escape my childhood ways?

(San jose, ca -> dc) Kelly sunshine

My father wrote songs for me and my sisters when we were born. What has always amazed me is how spot on he seemed to be with the lyrics. I've often wondered if this was blind luck or if the songs themselves played a role in shaping our personalities. Not surprisingly, I have always loved my song and the story that went with it - how I was born at sunrise as the sun came streaming in.

For 38 years I have heard the song played the same way with the same piano solo and the same modulation after the chorus. Last week I decided that it was time for me to start playing it. I slowed it down and put it in 3/4 time and raised it a step. Fortunately by now I pretty much already knew the song, what with having it imbedded in my DNA and all.

I'm performing it this weekend for the first time. We'll see if I can do it without crying.

hipsters, take your cynicism and go home.


Kelly Sunshine

By Gary O'Brien Snook

Life is so new
Kelly Sunshine
you brought the sun to my eyes
I'd like to help you through tomorrow
help you through the sorrows and pain

On the day you came along
I knew infinity
now you're here
and your blue eyes smile
so good to have you here

Walk with the wind
Kelly Sunshine
let the clouds be your friend
rain will fall and the flowers grow
and you'll have love in your eyes
and you'll have peace in your heart
and you'll be free
kelly sunshine

Life can be good
Kelly Sunshine
to thine own self be true
find a way to be happy
find a way to be you

On the day you came along
I knew infinity
now you're here
and your blue eyes smile
so good to have you here

Walk with the wind
Kelly Sunshine
let the clouds be your friend
rain will fall
and the flowers grow

And you'll have love in your eyes
you'll have peace in your heart
and youll be free
kelly sunshine

(dc) slip

this time
i'll let it slip
off the first screens

no bump

out of sight
out of mind
out of heart

easy come
easy go
and so
and so
and so
it goes

(dc) balance

why is it so hard
to find symmetry?
reciprocity
magic
generosity
i've got it in me.
i'm doing my part.

no fair.

if i were 21-30
or living within 5 miles
or petite
or a yogini
what then?
would that
bring the magic?

they think it's easier
not to say why

(dc -> LAX) pictures down

argh - it looks like the site where i used to upload all the photos in my blog (before blogger had the nifty upload photo feature) is down, and they haven't restored the service. i guess this has been going on for some time, but i only just noticed. i'll try to get it taken care of.

in other news, the weekend after thanksgiving weekend is apparently the best possible time to travel. i've never seen friday night airport traffic so low, and i couldn't have had a smoother flight across the country.