You see, all of this "stuff", these "things", these are the first step to something beyond what even I can imagine for a life of a Renaissance woman. I am the renaissance of the 21st century-- Art; street, tattoos; and anti-establishment. Music; Punk, Country, Rockabilly. Science; Evolution, Human Variation; Genetics. -- All with the mindset of one unified force-call it metaphysics, quantum mechanics, whatever- the idea that you cannot have a universe without mind entering into it. love attracts love and "you are a child of the universe, no less that the trees and the stars, you have a right to be here, and whether or not it is clear to you, the universe is unfolding as it should." I am these things, in love & on fire for what I want. There is no end goal besides cultivating this love - for the rest of my life.
It will be more beautiful than you can possibly imagine.
Last summer was the best example of being at my prime. I braced, and planned and I fucking let loose. It was the best summer of my life, besides the summer that is about to manifest. I think an important aspect to that was visualizing, and having goals for last summer. I wrote out how I wanted to feel last summer: Happy, light, strong, active, productive, and in love. And it was exactly that. I made a zine, and a soundtrack, and I gave it to all of my friends called Naked Is The New Drunk (Summer 2010) - we were naked and listening to good music until the very end. We all had a blast, doing exactly what we wanted to.
This summer is different. New goals, new objectives, a healthier focus, and a honing in on goals that are to be accomplished. This summer is driven by health, art, music, and love. This summer is moving your body. Moving to a beat that feeds your soul, attracts wonderful people into your life. This summer is the summer that you realize your goals, and you enter into the being that you've always dreamt. This summer I am training for a marathon, becoming a senior in college, starting a band, exploring art and tattoo, and having enough money to do and be exactly what I need and want to. Here is a short list of the most important goals for summer 2011:
- Marathon training every morning - Long Beach Marathon October 9th
- Start a Neko Case Cover Band
- Tattoo & design more tattoos
- Play Outside
- Volunteer
- Read "The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin
- Attend many outdoor music festivals
- Hike at night
- Spontaneous camping trips
- Cook healthy meals
- Keep a journal & keep doing the morning pages
- Write many postcards
- Take a roadtrip
- Be in my swimsuit as much as possible
- Plan an international trip for the future
- Learn to play the Harmonica
- Write a poem on a bathroom wall (still haven't done that)
- Fall in love
- Turn 21
The 2011 Summer Soundtrack is called STAY WEIRD and is available for free, by request. The tracks are a compilation of new, old, and random - a diverse feeling good mix to put on repeat. I give it to my close friends and people I think will actually listen and appreciate the music I love. I like to provide a common soundtrack for my friends, so that we can sing along, dance along. It's my favorite thing about a new season.
This summer is all about feeling good. And getting down to the truest meaning of the phrase - feel good summer. What truly makes you feel good. Right now, think of 3 things that warm your heart. Mine are 1) cofffee 2) sleeping naked 3) being outside. That makes me want to keep going, but you get the point. This summer is about doing what feels good on a moment to moment basis. Not wasting time with stress and anxiety. This does not mean lackadaisical, despondent, or distracted, because being stressed does not mean more productive or successful. This means consciously aware of feeling ecstatic, beautiful, creative, ambitious at all times. About enjoying your company at all times, even when you're by yourself. What would make this moment more enjoyable for you? Kick off your shoes, let your hair down, go for a run without a shirt on. It's the little adjustment. This is the summer about realizing what you want, and going for it, and being it now -- not waiting.
This is the first summer to the rest of your life, what do you want it to look like?
EMBRACE IT BABY. LET'S GET WEIRD.
GET WEIRD 2011
KMAG YOYO - Hayes Carll
It's The Devil I Love - Neko Case
Macchu Piccu - The Strokes
Carry My Body Down - Nick 13
Girls - Marina And The Diamonds
Shoop - Salt-N-Pepa
Can't Take Eyes Off of You - Lauryn Hill
Go To Sleep - The Avett Brothers
Like a Cloak - Kenneth Pattengale & Joey Ryan
Drunken Poet's Dream - Hayes Carll
Circuital - My Morning Jacket
All Alone - Nick 13
95521 - Quailfish
Twenty Miles - Deer Tick
Knockin' Over Whiskeys - Hayes Carll
Calgary - Bon Iver
The Diamond Church Street Choir - The Gaslight Anthem
enjoy, you lovers
