Discovering your tiger face
© 21st Century Tiger Forwarded to me by my Yoga instructor Sarah Hillenbrand There once was a tiger that lived in the jungle. She gave birth to a baby tiger cub, but then she died, leaving her cub alone in the world. The little cub went out searching for a mother. One day, he came across a herd of sheep grazing on grass. The sheep saw the little cub and took him into their herd and raised them as one of their own. The cub ate grass and lived peacefully and had no idea that... Read More
My God, it's full of stars!
“I was driving back, and I looked up and I couldn’t believe it. I pulled over and got out of my car and I just started crying.” -Anne Hillenbrand, upon seeing the bright stars in the clear Kankakee sky I would spend hours gazing up at the stars when I lived in Momence, IL, a very small town 2 hours south of Chicago in Kankakee County. I recently told one of my old Kankakee friends that living down there was like a dream. I talk often about it in the same... Read More
Rabbit Run
If you are looking for a very nice little home in upstate New York, close to mountains and gorgeous fun roads, my parents are selling my grandparents’ home, which they helped build. I put together a website with details on the building of the home, the way the home looks today and some photos of the surrounding areas. You can check it all out here: Read More
The CYA Email Bitch Slap
There are few moments in life as satisfying as the moment when you get to prove yourself correct in an argument. You may remember this moment demonstrated in Annie Hall. Well today, blog, I had that moment. I was in the midst of scheduling hell (by the way, I’ve determined that I am a secretary who just happens to shoot photos and videos once in a while). After contacting the docs more than three weeks ago, and after a week straight of wrangling schedules like uncooperative... Read More
Lips
Lips are amazing. Here’s an interesting experiment. Take a paperclip. Unfold it just to the point where it forms a perfect U shape. Now make the two point ends about an index finger tip width apart. Close your eyes. Press the two points on the bare skin of your chest. Press on your ribs. Press on the tops of your legs, your shoulders, your back. For the most part, it should feel like you are only pressing one tip on your skin. You can’t feel the... Read More
More Details Surface On My Swimming Obsession
When I lived in Kankakee, there was nothing to do. I was there for almost a year before someone decided to put in a high end work out facility in the middle of a bunch of cornfields. This place, called the Riverside Health and Fitness Center, was awesome. Climbing wall, booyah, rubberized track, booyah, basketball court, booyah. Of course, I never climbed the wall nor did I play basketball to any extent beyond shooting hoops with myself. You see, business was bad for them. They... Read More
Jayyyyy O N Aaaaaaayyyy…
So, growing up with a parent who could play a musical instrument or two, I was lucky enough to have my own song. It’s pretty easy and most people could learn it in about 1 minute. Here goes: JaaaaaaaaaaaayO…N…AaaaaaaaaaaaaaayT…H…AaaaaaaaaaaaaaayThan an Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn That Spells JONATHANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNThat Spells JONATHANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNAnd I love himmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmHe’s my boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Da da da JaaaaaaaaaaayEtc. The... Read More
The breakup
The blink of the stop light and the metronome of the wipers compete for control over the beat of my heart as I think of my final moments with her. I’m writing her features on my mind so I don’t forget everything important to me now. I feel her close breath on mine, but she’s gone, gone, gone and her image is a haunting ghost I’ll one day pretend to dismiss with an uncaring glance from the corner of my eye. But for now, I can drink in the loss. The dam I’ve built... Read More
The Big Blue
It may read as arrogant superiority and like I possess delusions of grandeur, to quote Han Solo, but I was recently challenged on two separate occasions in fields that I dominate; movie quotes and holding my breath. Not to oversell myself, but challenging me in these events is like challenging God to build a house of cards. “Pff,” He would reply as the cards rose into a 52 piece Taj Mahal. Of course, all of my overconfidence is perfect for setting me up for truly... Read More
