Current mood:
thoughtful
It's been awhile...I've either been busy with work (blah, blah, blah, boring I know but that's what take up a chunk of my time) b/c I was entrenched in doing events or working some booth or canvassing public notices or talking to the public about one project or the other OR my social arena & circle of NEW friends has picked up tremendously...
I was just talking this over to two good, good friends over the phone yesterday & I have been deluged with getting to know a bunch of people AND I'm going to add that it's been a BIG plus -- just a very, very good thing...I like how when I meet new people, how genuinely cool it is to know that there are just dynamic interesting peeps out there who live very whole lives that are OUTSIDE of their work ...that was my whole goal for the past year after my accident & other life changing matters is to really ENGAGE in my life & feel I have ...like emotionally, I feel I've come along way & not that I was vapid or there was some big void before but I feel a little bit more spiritually inclined & touched in some way -- not in the way that it's all about Deepak Chopra or I'm like a born again Christian but just meaning that I'm can feel my spirit's energy & I can feel others energy, too. I hope that doesn't sound too new age-y & weirdo but I really believe that -- that the positive energy that you put out always comes right back to you...& maybe, even tenfold...
So, anyway, updates...well, in the past two months, I've been mainly again just working a lot of events b/c since it FINALLY stopped raining then the sun peeked out & showed its glorious self, I had all these calls from different neighborhood groups or industry related groups to have us at their events...all good easy, gigs...not complaining...my fave one was on Mother's Day weekend -- we did a Girl Scouts event w/ Save the Bay & all these little girls who were Brownies "became" Girl Scouts after walking & crossing the Golden Gate Bridge...it was pretty sweet, cool b/c of course, they had their mothers with them. The girls were just excited and just teaching them about how we take care of the water & what kind of animals are in the ocean was pretty rewarding especially since as most of you know, I like working with kids b/c they are apt to be more open to what you feed them brainfood-wise as opposed to me talking directly to (and I'll say it) sometimes (some not most) cynical adults...all in all a good Mom's Day weekend & plus the fact I got to spend a nice brunch with my own mother & grandma (lola), too...
What else? Generally, just trying to be generally fit in exercising more ...if walking from my apartment & then to Ocean Beach & back rigorous in some people's book then okay...that's exercise...well, if anything that walking back & forth did prep me for doing Bay to Breakers when I did it w/ Ms. D last month...which was too much fun...I thought it was going to rain that day b/c I heard raindrops that morning but the only thing that worried me was the beginning of the race when I saw tortillas that someone had tossed up in the air & they were all now squished-squashed on the ground & made the terrain slippery -- you know I'm traumatized with wet floors/ grounds now after my slip-up/ fall last year -- so I was walking CAUTIOUSLY during the race...b/c I was walking cautiously we were walking with the crazy beer crawl crowd -- like at one point we were walking with gladiators, some people who had a pole & were "pretending" to be strippers, a cricket party with the entire cricket lawn set attached to some makeshift float, other strange things & this one is always there, the salmon swimming AGAINST the current of runners, a bunch of families dressed like penguins, some people guy who was dressed like an acorn & then yelling out in front of me, "I'm a NUT & those squirrels are trying to catch me! Help! " while these 3 girls behind are dressed like sexy, squirrels (is there sucha' thing as that, even typing that out & seeing it now in black & white is just bizarre!) and also, some storm troopers which Ms. D. HAD to take a picture with at the end of our race...all in all, just a regular Bay To Breakers run ;-)
What else, well recently, I went to this really cool Carnaval party where they had some cool bands (I discovered a new group called Alex Cuba Band which was just two guys -- one riffing on his guitar & the other on percussion & they just sounded so rich & full -- they played like they were 3 times as big -- don't know how else to describe that), of course we got to see the King & Queen of Samba/ Carnaval & they were shim shimmying all night long (just like that Lionel Richie song, yes...baha!)...anyway, I stayed from like 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm at that party & was famished & ended up scarfing down spam musubis for free b/c my friend Ms. Y was with me & we hit up her waitress friend at Hukilau to feed us after hours while the waitstaff & cooking staff were drinking & eating b/c they were bon voyaging one bartendar b/c he was going back home to Hawaii...he was sweet, he was trying to make me a drink made out of blueberry vodka...we were all trying to come up with drink combos & I finally just settled on good ol' beer...cerveza...baha! Well, I was eating SPAM so what else goes with that? Anyway, eating spicy, honey wings & spam musubis washing it down with a Corona beer after dancing to samba music in the Mission is truly a San Francisco experience...where else can you do that in any other city?
Anyhoot, since then it's been a lot of bday parties, then working...finally, this week, I had hit some kind of ceiling with work & I had to take a couple of days off this week -- I won't get too much into it but it's just one of those days where I KNEW I needed a break & it was a long time coming so I had to just take the time off...I think it's just hard for me to say "NO" but I'm learning to be better, I really am...for the sake of my sanity, at least...
So, on my days off, I had lots of lunches with friends catching up with them...oh, one thing, I hung out with P & his friends in the Castro & went to a very nice, casual Asian Pacific Gay Pride event at City Hall with them & then at night danced our booties off in the Castro & if you're reading this P, I had SUCH A great time...dancing to Prince's "Kiss" was the best with you & J. ;-) HA!
Anyway, this weekend, I mostly just chilled out...I went to a friend's house party where her older brother was showing off his collection of photography on the walls & my friend Ms. G was basically showing us around her brand new, loft apartment. Then, on Sunday, I enjoyed a picnic at Golden Gate park with my sis, her boyfriend, my mom, my lola -- plus the family dog Tracy (she is officially our family dog now b/c we at one point or the other have called her "She" like she was a sister or daughter or niece even though she belongs to my cousin -- we hang out with her most of the time). At the park, there was the free Alice concert & I got to hear the band CAKE & that new group O.A.R. which was singing one of my fave songs at the moment which is "Love & Memories"...I like the Asian looking boy in the group, too, I must confess...after that, I also spent some time manning a booth for the new group I've been active in called YFPA (The Young Filipino Professional Association) & it was a fun good time letting people know about that great group of people & it kinda' reminded me of when I used to join all those fun extracurricular groups in high school & college -- just the camraderie of it....anyway, to make a long story short I got recruited with the group & I am now hosting the next mixer in July. I picked a spot already & we're going to announce it soon, for sure...
Oh one more thing, I just started the first day of a writing workshop class at Kearny Street again...it's a big group & they all have very extensive backgrounds so I can't wait to bounce ideas off of these particular writers..it should be a great class in the next few months...
Anyway, so that's the round-up in a nutshell of the latest in my life...hopefully, I won't be writing too far along until the next update...
Also, I came across this line of writing...I'm making anonymous ...not to put someone's words too much out there but I thought it was really, really moving...read it & it got to me ...it's pretty raw & I've FELT this way before, too:
When I was small boy I would walk from room to room in my house with my hand over my heart, believing that as long as I held it there and felt the pulse in my chest, that I was ok. You see, I was afraid that if I wasn't careful, maybe I would forget that it needed to beat... that maybe I would die. I want you to take that hand from me, bring it to your throat and speak that beat for me, sing it into my open chest.
 | Currently listening:
Stories of a Stranger
By O.A.R.
Release date: By 04 October, 2005 |
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