"It's okay to have People..."

"It's okay to have people..." Lisa Johnson

Words of wisdom from a wise sage. I thought of this quote when I saw this pic...this is something I am just now forcing myself to understand...people... can...bring joy...hope...love...and light ...
but only if you open up and give them the chance. The people we hold dear can be just this... flashes of great warming moments, shared laughter and extraordinary connectedness...like polaroid stills floating at the tip of balloons, filling a room, a home, and our very lives with celebration...

 

 

Crazy Magic in NYC

I recently brought my first couch surfer to Time Square.  They had never been to NYC and were in awe of all the lights, Ads and CRAZY entertainment.  Pretty much any and everyone looking to make a quick buck stood out there dressed in costumes or NOTHING AT ALL (There was an old SKINNY man dressed only in thong underwear, cowboy boots, a green wig and statue of liberty tiara.....yeah...I did NOT take pics...sorry) All the characters vy for the attention of tourists and get paid to take snapshots as keepsakes.  Still reeling over the fact that there is not one but now 3 "Naked Cowboys" (please keep in mind its freezing here in NYC, not sure how they do it)...that's right...3...one for every love-sick girl...we passed one white, the other hablando solamente en espanol and a nice chocolate brother in painted briefs and cowboy hat.  This place has become SUCh a circus hahaha, I love it. 

Anywho, Just before we left Time Square... We experienced a truly GREAT moment...this guy was playing the accordion for tips and this group of teenage girls starting making requests and singing along (pretty well in fact) and all along a guy dressed as the Predator stood next to me dancing along lol LOVE moments like this in the city. Strangers smiling at each other and connecting with positive vibes.

The strongest coffee...to awake from the Greatest Dream...

"It's amazing how the weirdest things make perfect sense in a dream world...just woke up after a long journey racing frantically towards an amusement park in search of a restroom for a loved one who was not with me but on the phone and hiding away somewhere in the South Bronx...this made ABSOLUTE sense when I dreamt it, even when I woke up...even as I made my breakfast...but after I sipped my coffee........well....I realized it was absolute madness...lol is that what reality is...a crazy dream that is just so intense we don't realize how ludicrous it is until we finally wake up and sip a cup of Joe???"-Hajee  

 

 

The Greatest Secret...

"The BEST of us...are those who know THIS secret...

WE ARE ALL CONNECTED.  "

-Hajee

Happy Healthy Kids to Infinity

"The BEST thing in the world is Happy, Healthy Kids... The sight can bring a smile to anyone and lift the hearts of all.  So, Let us do our best to make as many of these as possible." -Hajee  

Redemption Painting...or "Magic Sands"

A month ago...or "Once upon a time"...after a 15 mile run, I stopped by my Cousin's place and she asked if I wanted to "paint"...haven't painted in years but thought it might be fun...it was definitely therepeutic but the picture came out HORRIBLE....apparently a few family members saw it later and said "which of the kids drew this?" hahaha so I felt I had to "redeem" myself... returned to cousin's place with the sole purpose of painting a masterpiece...i painted...and painted...finished...looked at the end result... and honestly wanted to cry...it STILL sucked...Gave up...went to bed...but hardly slept because I couldnt' get the suckiness of the painting out of my head....woke up first thing in the morning and blacked out the bottom (where I had put a small park and 2 aliens kissing...yeah...don't ask) and just made some abstract "magic sand"....yes...the painting STILL  SUCKS...but at least I now know my limitations...while I was a great artist in my former life...alas...I'll just have to stick to writing and running in this one.. ;)))

SMASH in the house...well...in MY HOUSE ;))

My LIFE IS SOOOOOO CRAZY!!!! YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS!!! I get a call OUT OF NOWHERE TODAY...who is it?  One of the Directors/Managers I spoke to from SMASH who shot at the apartment next door to me a few weeks ago...

He asked me to house some of the actors "like a green room" in my apartment later today until midnight and they'll PAY ME STRAIGHT OUT!!! Ahhh! lol SO WEIRD...of course I said YES...I'll post pics!! lol  Even Odder is the amount I'll be paid is EXACTLY how much I needed to raise to pay for my trip to London next month to go to the 2012 British Writers Awards where my childrens book is a finalist!!!  How amazing is the universe???

Field of Dreams

When I see this I think "Field of Dreams"...when I was a child someone told me that if you blew these and made a wish...it would come true.... I blew a heck of a lot of these...a LOT...

Blurry New York

Very interesting evening...biked to the heart of LIC to meet a stranger...first person from Finland (I honestly thought the place didn't really exist  up until now...weird but true) and an artist so you know I had fun lol but felt a bit like I was walking in a dream...the city is like a whole nother place...subways sealed, gas stations either out of order or with lines of cabs that wrap around the block for a mile, TONS of people on the pulaski pedestrian bridge and cars piled up because mass tran is still not reliable...as USUAL got stopped while with my new friend by a few people asking for directions (REALLY???  Do I look like I know where I am?  I really need to work on looking a bit more ditzy apparently) and the toll booths below the bridge were completely barren...felt like what the world would look like after one of those armaggedon 2012 movies...but amazing how adaptable people are...you either figure out a way, keep moving or get left behind...