IN THE THICK OF IT.

This weekend was filled with lots of good things and lots of good sleeps, but this week promises to be filled with very long days and not so much sleepage. I think I'm ready and I'm going to try and keep my head up even though it feels a little heavy and full right now...

I got my "spiritual kick in the ass" today as I attended a sort of church-for-artists service that is run by an amazing fellow who cracked me up and also made me teary. It felt good to be in the presence of others who are on a road similar to mine or who have already been down it and are there to show that it isn't as scary as it (sometimes) seems.

I think I find this time of year particularly challenging because I'm always somewhat exhausted by the winter and anxious about all of the things that are brewing underground, waiting to come out. Deep down I always feel like I am ready to bust out of the gates, but I also feel a bit nervous about starting things after being literally and figuratively cooped up for so long. It is almost like I've had a few cocktails and am trying to run the mile. Kind of exciting and hilarious, but also kind of impossible.

It's a trip to Wonky Town.

I am trying to remember the tulips from last year. I know they are going to be coming up soon.

THROUGH THE LENZ: MY THOUGHTS ON WINTER AKA I THOUGHT I DUMPED YOU.

HIPSTER PUPS.

This blog is rather hilarious.

I was partial to this post, obviously.

bernie moved to san francisco because it was more “laid back” and “anti-consumerist” than new york, but still manages to drink two cups of starbucks a day

SISTERBRO OH NO OH NO SKATE.

I'm sorry, but I just feel weird about this:

They're related.

Like, can you imagine someone saying to you, "Now I want you to crouch down and your bro is going to straddle you while dressed like a lumber jack and you're going to grab his waist and pull it towards you and then you're both going to lean back while sliding around and be all like relaxed sexy cowboys and girls with your hair blowing in the icey wind and say ahhhhhh and you're going to do it on camera in front of the world" and thinking it was a good idea?

No. I cannot. I can imagine a lot of whackadoo things but I cannot imagine that.

MIZ MILLAH AND MEMPHIS GENEROSITY.

I have started volunteering as a teaching artist with The 52nd Street Project and last week, thanks to the extreme generosity of my dear friend Miz Millah and all of the folks over at the Broadway musical Memphis, we got free tickets and were able to take the entire teen ensemble to see the show.

Please check out Miz Millah's post on the official Broadway website for Memphis! Her blog is killer and such a cool way to check out all of the inner workings of a Broadway show.

"At the Broadway Bowling League last Thursday night, my friendster Miz Molly said, “oh look, it’s Mr. Brown Water.” Naturally she was referring to bowling captain and Memphiscast member Kevin Covert, who is a staunch supporter of the brown water.

Molly was at bowling with me as Memphis had just hosted 15 kids from the 52nd Street Project of which Molly is a teaching artist.

From their website www.52streetproject.org:

“The 52nd Street Project is dedicated to the creation and production of new plays for, and often by, kids between the ages of nine and eighteen that reside in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood in New York City. The Project does this through a series of unique mentoring programs that match kids with professional theater artists.”

“The Project is about making children proud of themselves. The Project is not about teaching children to act, although they will learn to. It is not about teaching them to write plays, although they will learn that as well. What it is about is giving a kid an experience of success. It is about giving a kid an opportunity to prove that he or she has something of value to offer, something that comes from within that he or she alone possesses, something that cannot be taken away. ”

The kids got to meet Bryan, Dionne, James, Derrick and Daniel after the show; it was so much fun to have them at the show and hear their enthusiastic responses. We look forward to having more kids from all over the city as our Inspire Change program starts this week!

So then it was off to Bowling!"

Read the rest of the post and hear about our hilarious time out bowling with the cast here.

And, GO SEE MEMPHIS! It will knock your socks off!

I WISH I HAD A PAIR RIGHT NOW (NO, NOT BALLS).

POT OF PIE WITH STUFF INSIDE.

This week is truly off to a stellar start.

I am a single woman (now that I have broken up with Wintah), I feel free and easy, I thought I had lost my driver's license but found it where I had left it (in my running clothes from Sunday because you should always run with your ID in case you get hit by a something and they need to, well, ID you) and I also cranked out this hecka delish veggie pot pie!

HECKA DELISH.

DELICIOUS DISH.

I AM SO,

SO, INTO THIS.

WHEN I PUT IT IN MY MOUTH

IT IS LIKE SHEER BLISS.

IT TASTES WAY MO BETTAH

THAN DRINKING SWISS MISS.