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Rock of Ages

Last weekend I saw the Rock of Ages show in Chicago. It seriously rocked.  My friend, Mike, and his wife, Laura, are among the producers of the show.  It's been a huge success on Broadway (5 Tony nominations) for over a year and is now touring.  The show is full of 80's rock performed by a top-notch band and fantastic singers and dancers.  The songs are cool, the talent and bodies are hot and the jokes are funny.  I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.    

Twitter beginnings

Well...I've been using Twitter for a few months now.  I find it interesting reading the tweets of those I follow (all 31 of them).  So far not many are interested in following me, though (9 followers).  Maybe I'm doing it wrong...maybe I need to be more patient...or maybe this is one way to find out I'm just not that interesting!  Oh well.  It doesn't bother me because I have my tweets set to automatically post to facebook...where friends comment, joke and otherwise show an interest.  Conclusion:  Facebook is for affirmation and sense of community...Twitter is for following interesting people (and pretending I'm one of them).    

Fun-a-day project

Heard on NPR today about the Fun-a-Day project that was a challenge to young artists in PA this past January. The challenge was for each artist to create a piece of artwork every day in the month of January.  Those participating would then submit those works for display in February.  I love this idea!

This has me thinking.  Could I challenge myself to do something similar?  I think I'd skip the display part.  But I love the idea of doing something creative for 31 days straight.  The Fun-a-Day project was in January as a way to fill the cold, winter days.  Hate to suggest any more procrastinating in my life, but January seems like a good time for it.  I think I see my first 2011 resolution forming.

Was checking out what I've written here in the past several months.  Really?  That's all I've had to say?  No wonder it says at the bottom of this blog "there are no followers."  Not all that interesting. : /

Goals

Seriously...it's time to get my middle in shape and organize my desks at work and at home.

There's so much I don't know...and I'm not much of a strategist.  We all have things at which we're experts (or nearly so), things about which we have an average understanding, things we really don't get at all...and many variations in between.  I'm ok with that, as long as I continue to learn.

"Edmund was already feeling uncomfortable from having eaten too many sweets, and when he heard that the Lady he had made friends with was a dangerous witch he felt even more uncomfortable. But he still wanted to taste that Turkish Delight more than he wanted anything else."
--The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

"You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness."
--The Weight of Glory

Creative impulses

A friend of mine was reminiscing today about a time, years ago, when he felt compelled to draw and paint...and how long it's been since he's felt that.  I can relate to that.  What I miss is being absorbed in working on a piece and the high of succeeding in getting the results I wanted...looking at it and thinking *I* made that happen.  For me, something close to that feeling still can be found in my job, when it's going well and I'm accomplishing things I care about.  But I'd like to come full circle...let go of some of the compulsion to get things done and just let myself focus on something purely creative again...just for the joy of it.

Productivity

Work is crazy busy these days.  Everyone's up to their eyeballs in work, trying to figure out how we'll get it all done.   It's exciting!  Never a dull moment...all that stuff.  I'm stretching myself, getting things done but still have so much more to do.  I've never loved my job more.

System overload

How many more directions can I go at once?  And that's just at work!  Is someone out there just waiting for me to cry "uncle?"  If so...it's not happening.  (This is the part where I break into singing "I Will Survive")

Ready, set...go?

I've been thinking that it's time to stop procrastinating some things that need to be said and done...both at home and at work.  When I was a kid, I always thought grown-ups just automatically did everything they needed to.  Maybe subconsciously I'm still trying to resist growing up.  But having things nag your brain is exhausting and defeating.  Ready...set...go!

Long time, no see

Wow. I can't believe it's been 8 months since I've posted anything here. High time I started again. I miss it. I've always enjoyed this as an outlet for my thoughts. No one reads this anyway...especially after such a long break. So...time to return to posting my thoughts and happenings here for my own enjoyment. It's definitely got something over Facebook.