Ch-ch-ch-changes

No time to blog these past few weeks. Finishing up at Lifelong. Starting up at KEXP. So much going on, and so little time.

Seems like my life has been almost constantly changing since I arrived in Seattle two years ago. And here we go again. Another big change. Weirdly, I'm sort of starting to get used to all of these changes. Where I used to fear change, I now embrace it, look forward to it, enjoy it. I realize that change helps me to stay present and aware. I am hugely interested in evolution and personal growth, and I feel unbelievably lucky to be in the time and the place and the state of mind I am in right now.

And with all the change that has come in past two years, who knows what's next? The possibilities make me giddy.

It's Good To Be King

When I become the head of some sort of governing body (when not if), I will institute the following law first.
Every person on the road must have one of those "How's My Driving?" stickers posted on their car. And they must include a phone number.
And then, when someone tailgates me at high speeds in heavy traffic, I will call their number. At 2 a.m. And I will yell. And then I will feel better.

Haiku for A Not-As-Nice Day

Not ready to leave
Flip flop weather behind yet
Yes, my feet are cold

Wanderlust

I miss traveling. Dear lord, I miss it so much. I didn't leave the country in 2008. Not even to go to Canada. And it's shaping up to be the same for 2009. There's something in me that is just empty without having a holiday or a trip to plan and look forward to. I feel like without an international trip at LEAST once a year, I start to become numb and ethnocentric and all "U-S-A!" like.
I need culture. I need menus that aren't in English. I need walking all around a new city, miles and miles, just because it's fun or I'm lost. I need mispronouncing words to the local and being laughed at. I need beaches and mountains and smoggy cities. I need dogs running around in places they most certainly should not be running. I need hanging on so tight to my purse so a guy on a moto doesn't snatch it off me. I need rickshaw drivers taking me to shady show that I did not request. I need color and vibrance. I need boarding passes and carry-ons. I need sleep deprivation and jet lag. I need drinking local beers and eating lobster on the beach. I need dancing and hiking and bungy jumping and cliff diving and tandem biking and glacier walking and ziplining and thrill seeking and adreneline running. I need to be that person I am when I travel all of the time.

I need to go away. Now.