If you overesteem great men ( Read more... )

When people see some things as beautiful ( Read more... )

The tao that can be told ( Read more... )

I've decided to us ate this journal for a more creative purpose since Twitter serves as my micro-blogging outlet now. Starting January 1st 2010, I am going to take a page from the Tao Te Ching and post it in here every week. Along with the text, I will include my own notes including my personal experiences, my take on the text at that exact moment ( Read more... )

depressing that i turn to my lj when i can't jam what i'm feeling or need to get out in 140 characters or less. depressing but that's the truth nevertheless ( Read more... )

i'm sure over the past few months i must have accumulated something worth writing about in here. well let's start off with the big stuff first. just over a week ago was my year end performance at gateway and it went really really well. there were still some slip ups and what not but overall it went really well. i can't say enough about the people ( Read more... )

sometimes i dread being with my dad alone when it comes to dinner time. my mom flew out to LA thursday morning to visit my great aunt because she's going through chemo right now and it's rough goings. she just recently lost all of her hair and i really don't know what her chances are. at any rate, that leaves me and my dad at home. for the most ( Read more... )

am i being extremely wishful thinking a somewhat regular customer of mine changed his drink just to talk to me this morning? probably. at least things aren't awkward between us since i'm pretty sure he has seen ashley whack my leg any time he talks to me or is near me. le sigh. i came so close to asking him his name but then chickened out at the ( Read more... )

i just got back from watermania with steve and mark and i'm sorry to report that i was a little bit of a buzz kill for them. granted i watched and laughed and encouraged them to have fun, which they did, but part of me still feels really bad for not really participating with them. see the whole thing stems from my weakened shoulder and how paranoid ( Read more... )

so last night i went to my first waacking class with erwin. i had seen our instructor, Jojo Zolina, perform live and in videos so i had an idea of what i was getting into. or at least i thought i did. when first diving into any new style, it's all sorts of awkward since i have zero dance background, so this was plenty awkward. to my slight chagrin ( Read more... )