Live music; dancing; trumpet; spirituality; current events & politics; social justice; yoga; trail-running; rock climbing; road-biking; motorcycling; theatre; mime; poetry; travel; photography; children; dogs; blogging; & collecting surreal experiences and curious synchronicities.
Dan Wilson - Free Life
Music
My tastes are eclectic, ranging from Funk, Alternative, Punk, Classic Rock, Swing, Jazz, Blues, Soul, Motown, Folk, Classical, Bluegrass, & more!
I dig The Replacements, The Jayhawks, Soul Asylum, Husker Du, Prince, & Trip Shakespeare. Some other favs include: Iron and Wine; The Jam; Style Council; Billy Bragg; They Might Be Giants; Rush; Boston; Queen; The Clash; U2; Jimmy Hendrix; Imogen Heap; Etta James; Billie Holiday; Louis Armstrong; Cole Porter; Miles Davis; The Doors; Stevie Ray Vaughan; Elvis Costello; Midnight Oil; Sly & The Family Stone; Santana; Cake; Coldplay; Modest Mouse; Toad The Wet Sprocket; The Killers; White Stripes; Amy Winehouse; Eva Cassidy; The Thievery Corporation; Portishead; The Pixies - and then there's all the LOCAL artists (Boulder/Denver) who I enjoy supporting as they blossom and grow!
Movies
Harold & Maude is the only movie I like to watch and I like to watch it twice a day - except for Thursdays when I eat yams. ; )
Television
Own one but rarely watch it. Mythbusters & Daily Show are favs.
Books
Fav. authors: Tom Robbins; David Sedaris; ee cummings; Pablo Neurda; Mark Twain; Leo Tolstoy; Howard Thurman; Robert Pirsig; Douglas Adams, MLK Jr., Jim Wallis, Anne Lamott, Marcus Borg, & Walter Wink.
Fav Books: The World According to Garp; The Powers that Be; Jitterbug Perfume; Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintanence; The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; Eat, Pray, Love; and certain books of the Bible (partial to Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos, Micah, Mark, Matthew, Luke, 1 Corinthians, & James, though Genesis is always good for a laugh - seriously - there's a lot of hilarious dysfunctional family stuff in there! : ) The Tao of Pooh & The Te of Piglet are fun. Sojourners Magazine rocks!
Heroes
Yeshua of Nazareth; John Wesley; Mahatma Gandhi; Franz Jaegerstaetter; Deitrich Bonhoeffer; Eleanor Roosevelt; Edward R. Murrow; Martin Luther King Jr.; Oscar Romero; Dorothy Day; Helen Keller; Hubert Humphrey; Paul Wellstone; Jim Wallis; the person who played his cello in the middle of the street during a sniper attack in Bosnia; Marcel Marceau; Jacques Cousteau; Ehren Watada; Jean-Dominique Bauby, and most recently, Muntadar al-Zeidi! Also, include the unknown heroes: single parents; corporate & governmental whistle-blowers who risk their careers to warn about egregious wrong-doing; and all persons who could strike out with violence but who choose another path in the heat of the moment.
You are the Fool card. The Fool fearlessly begins the journey into the unknown. To do this, he does not regard the world he knows as firm and fixed. He has a seemingly reckless disregard for obstacles. In the Ryder-Waite deck, he is seen stepping off a cliff with his gaze on the sky, and a rainbow is there to catch him. In order to explore and expand, one must disregard convention and conformity. Those in the throes of convention look at the unconventional, non-conformist personality and think What a fool. They lack the point of view to understand The Fool's actions. But The Fool has roots in tradition as one who is closest to the spirit world. In many tribal cultures, those born with strange and unusual character traits were held in awe. Shamans were people who could see visions and go on journeys that we now label hallucinations and schizophrenia. Those with physical differences had experience and knowledge that the average person could not understand. The Fool is God. The number of the card is zero, which when drawn is a perfect circle. This circle represents both emptiness and infinity. The Fool is not shackled by mountains and valleys or by his physical body. He does not accept the appearance of cliff and air as being distinct or real. Image from: Mary DeLave http://www.marydelave.com/ Take this quiz!
Macalester College
St Paul,Minnesota
Graduated: 1990
Student status: Alumni
Major: Philosophy & Political Science
Clubs: Crew (rowing skinny boats), Judicial Council, Community Band
Greek:
Phi Beta Kappa
1988 to 1990
Coe College
Cedar Rapids,Iowa
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Major: Philosophy & Political Science
Clubs: Cross Country, Track, Band
1986 to 1987
Highland Park Sr.
St. Paul,Minnesota
Graduated: 1986
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Band, Cross Country, Track, "The Sweet Dudes"
About me: * Playful
* Creative
* Curious (I'm "in my head")
* Athletic & Embodied (I'm "in my body")
* Spiritual (increasingly "in my heart")
* Sometimes too intense, sometimes too detached, sometimes too just right!
* Leo (not into astrology, but I seem to match the characteristics. Rob Breszny is fun to read.)
* Social Justice advocate (I've been courageous & bold, got a bit burned out, and am now refanning the flame)
* Progressive Christian (feel free to ask me about this)
* Father of a wonderful 8 year old boy
* Live Music-goer & Dancer
* Hope-full Romantic
* Trumpeter
* Reader & Writer
* Runner, Rock-climber, Road-biker, Hiker, Yoga-er(?), Flosser, Cruiser biker (the PeeWee Herman type), & Cruiser biker (the Marlon Brando type ; )
* Devoted NPR listener
* House concert hoster
* Dork
Who I'd like to meet: Freaks, fools, dreamers, visionaries, spiritual sojourners, travellers, music makers, music lovers, dancers, artists, hikers, runners, campers, writers (I like to read), yogis (I like to be stretched), cooks (I like to eat), mystics, idealists, optimists, activists, wounded healers, butterflies who've had their wings pulled off (metaphorically speaking), people who've stepped in it, people who've eaten generous helpings of humble pie, people who've frozen their tounges to fences or flag poles, people who snort or pee their pants or when they laugh (but not if they do those things when they aren't laughing), people who can see things from more than one point of view, people who have integrity to their convictions even if they can see things from more than one point of view, people who hold their convictions loosely enough to consider changing them if and when that's needed...
Things I like in people: not taking life too seriously; the ability to laugh at oneself; enjoying making, dancing to, or appreciating good music; taking care of one's body; growing spirituality; self-awareness and reflectiveness; creativity; resiliancy, wit, wisdom, folly; a vulnerability that nudges me to being vulnerable; holding one's own in conversations; and giving a damn about the world and seeking to make a positive difference in it. I seek out people who build others up, but reality checks and honest (lovingly shared) constructive criticism are welcome.
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Thank you so much for the invite! I work and have a late meeting the day of, but I will be there in spirit. Well, not in a creepy haunting spirit kind of way, more in that I wish I could be there and will be thinking of you all having a blast kind of way!!
Apply now to perform in the 2009 Boulder International Fringe Festival...
Final deadline is January 30, 2009 11:59 pm (Mountain Time)
Performers in any genre are encouraged to apply.
Some of what makes the Fringe great: - Independent Art - Completely Uncensored, Unjuried and Accessible. - 100% of the Box Office Revenue goes to the artists - Artists set ticket Prices (0-$15.) - Fringe Artists get free admission into other Fringe shows. - Top selling show in each venue receives encore performance
So apply now to get in on the fun!
Love, The Boulder Fringe www. BoulderFringe. com Boulder, CO USA 2009 Festival - 12-23 August
Tea. We need tea. Let's. I start my new job tomorrow...well, orientation for my new job, anyway. My schedj is gonna be kinda weird. I'm mostly going to be doing overnights (11PM to 8AM) AND I'm keeping my nanny job...for a while anyway. Let's touch base later this week and see if at least tea is in the cards. Sorry there's so much yuck goin on for you right now. Lemme know if you need anything. ::hug::
