Current mood: relaxed
So I have had a variety of purposeful experiences lately which I have neglected to share my thoughts on. Sometimes the answers of silence speak just as loudly. Plus, the practice of observance always brings a different perspective.
The people I admire the most are the people who just do what they believe is right. I have had the privilege of witnessing a greater measure of courage than is typically displayed and I am inspired. The inevitable changes in those lives will be difficult and in some ways unexpected. All of this is borne of great sacrifice and faith, neither of which will be unrewarded, and is never intended to be easy. What a great opportunity!
On to other things...
A couple weeks ago I recorded an audi blog-style commentary to put up here, but I decided not to put it up because it was fairly aimless and totally discombobulated. Alas, I am not a very eloquent speaker. Maybe I will try again sometime.
My day job has slowed down to the point that they are scheduling me only once a week right now. I rather enjoy the break but also the opportunity to focus on other areas of my life. It may sound like financial suicide to some but I am still floating due to my graphic design projects on the side. I really need to do some cleaning around the house, too, as I have been slacking off in the cleaning department lately.
The band has restarted our song writing process lately to further progress our simplistic motives as an interdependent cluster of fellows. I love the opportunity to express and create so it should come as no surprise that I am excited to be doing this again. I am sure most of what will be created will be going under the radar for many of my friends and family, but I think it is the process that I find more rewarding than the recognition or appreciation of what it is that is created by it.
I got to watch a video of a Frank Zappa song I have liked for many years called Inca Roads. The visual aspect of the video had it's strangely impressive merits, but the content of the music and the musicianship displayed was simply astounding! I have had glimpses of greatness like it only in small portions prior to now. I don't want to be comparative, as I know this is a debatable topic anyway, but until you experience what I did specifically you will never really understand what I am talking about. Those who have already do... and the few of us that there are would likely be smiling in an almost self-indulgent agreeance(knew I could fit it in somewhere) and the images of the experience, or atleast several strong feelings associated to it, might be kind of floating around in the forefront of our minds. Whoah.... I still have a hard time believing it.
I will now point this type of experience into the realm of my current favorite sport - ping pong/table tennis. I, and several good friends, will be participating in one of the biggest tournaments of the year this Saturday at UC Berkeley. There are at least a dozen players already registered to play in this tournament that play at a level somewhat akin to the level I previously referred to with the Frank Zappa/Inca Roads comment... except in the ping pong/athleticism realm. I should not compare Zappa's phenomenal craftsmanship to even these great athletes, as we in America do not actually get the privilege of experiencing that type of exceptional achievement in the table tennis realm, but these athletes are still top notch and every bit as exciting to watch, even to the table tennis-underexposed. Do I sound too politically correct with that term? Sorry... I am just trying to lower the possibility of misinterpretation and implication. Simply stated in whole; this will be a supremely entertaining experience for me and holds great potential to be something similar for anybody else curious enough to give it a shot and check it out
themselves.
Well... I think I have been droning on for a bit too long. I guess that is okay. I have gotten lots of physical exercise lately and I needed the complimentary mental exercise.
I love the idea of being an obstacle! That would be so cool!
