Category: thoughts

woke up from a dream this morning with the solid feeling that it was the real deal… ever have one of those?

i was looking at a cheaper place to live… business has been scary slow so that’s where that came from… it was a two story building with two small apartments in it. i was looking at the upper one when the person i was looking at it with said there would be no way they could live in that small of a space with me… that i was too large… body? head? ego? who knows… anyway, on the ground floor there was a very large common area with a couple tables with chairs and a couch or two and a tv with a computer hooked up to it. there were a bunch of kids sitting around, for what ever reason i knew them to be seniors. the guys had arranged chairs into a sort of large half circle, there were 6 of them, and a couple girls sitting at a table had papers they were filling out.  i just looked at them, they all looked up and said “what?” asked what they were doing and they responded “same as always, nothing”. “start creating something then” i said,” watch tap dogs and stomp”… then i woke up… knowing this was the start of an amazing rhythm group… that they were called “primal alliance” (the name of a band i was in as a teen) and that they’re first album was called “iced-primal rhythm of the streets”. this group was not made up of artists, bitchy devas or bad boys looking to score something. it was a group of people who connected on a primal level to create the universal rhythms we all dance to… with nothing more then what was on hand… chairs, tables, trash buckets, junk… and it was an amazing sound that even now stays in my head.

am i going to “create” this? no… but i think someone should

this goes out to all the caregivers for the elderly… if you treat your clients like they are 6 and deaf and stupid they will of course, respond by being angry, confrontational and moody… why? because you have disrespected them. think about it… treat them like you would like to be treated. quit yelling at them, talking loud and slow, and being rude. pray that when they pass on they don’t come back in the body of your caregiver!

well actually 11 but christmas eve is when it all starts. this year is happier than previous years… yes, business has been slower, money is tight… but it has simplified things and that eases my stress. so happy stress free holidays to one and all… may your christmas not be about getting and giving the best and most expensive but about getting and giving love and peace and joy… smooches and hugs

how many of our spousal units tell us how to wear our hair? talking with someone today whos partner was upset she was cutting her hair to make it more manageable. she doesn’t use product or curling irons or flat irons, when it is too long she puts it up in rollers and sleeps on it so her idea of easy care is to perm the hell out of it and then soften it with a blow dryer. now my question is why has hair become such a chore? it used to be that hair ( women more than men) was our “crowning glory”. we brushed it regularly, we conditioned and styled and played with it. i have clients who range in age from 30 to 96 who all get their hair done regularly and they make sure it looks nice every morning. what has happened that more and more people either cut it all off short or get a “curly perm” just so they don’t have to bother with it? now i am not talking about the ones with arthritis, shoulder problems, etc.. but the ones who with the extra few minutes it takes, could look fabulous instead of just there. everyday someone asks me why did you dress up?, what’s the occasion? the occasion is i like myself well enough to take a little time and make myself smile when i see myself in the mirror… am i really that fabulous looking? no… i am aging… the body has become thicker and soft even though it is still strong and my skin is “crinkly” ( those of you who have it know). but when i take the time nobody notices that stuff. they think i am vibrant and alive and sexy and beautiful and if they can’t see it then why should i see it? change is certain, it’s how we react to it that’s important. well time to go back to work…

well hell… i am stuck and so is my character.  should be at 5010 words right now… not even close.  anyone got any ideas? never mind… i will just sit down and write whatever comes in my head whether it makes sense or not… maybe that will jiggle something loose!

in the meantime, there is a question i have been meaning to ask… do any of you read this thing?

j

well i have reached 1600 words and still going. it seems rather disjointed but things sort of pop in and the character is nothing like i thought they would be. which is weird but that is how it is turning out. and i may have to change the title. this whole process is so different from doing hair. you start a haircut based on a visual you (and your client) have in your head. the creative challenge is to allow the hair to assert itself and yet stay in the confines of the “style” you have chosen. when you write and try to stay within the ideas of character and plot, it becomes heavy and stilted and boring. but if you let the character do whatever they want, be who they are, it’s kind of like telling the story of a friend of yours because they become the other person in the room. i know… it is weird… but there you go…

Ok just testing this…

lost alot of my peeps so if i am not responding, am not ignoring you… just don’t know where you are! and i can’t figure out if the stuff i post is going anywhere… miss you all but maybe i am just too old for this…