I first saw this video about 4 months ago and just thought of it again. It's so great. Every time I watch it I get a little tear! In a good way!
There is a HD version on youtube.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Music
Do you guys ever hear a song and fell like it was written jsut for you? It happens to me ALL THE TIME! Esp lately. But there is a new song that I feel esp strongly about. It's SO good. Human by The Killers. Lyrics and a URL to the video (video is worth a watch):
I did my best to notice
When the call came down the line
Up to the platform of surrender
I was brought but I was kind
And sometimes I get nervous
When I see an open door
Close your eyes, clear your heart
Cut the cord
Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancers?
Pay my respects to grace and virtue
Send my condolences to good
Give my regards to soul and romance
They always did the best they could
And so long to devotion
You taught me everything I know
Wave goodbye, wish me well
You've gotta let me go
Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancers?
Will your system be alright
When you dream of home tonight?
There is no message we're receiving
Let me know, is your heart still beating?
Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
You've gotta let me know
Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancers?
Are we human or are we dancers?
Are we human or are we dancers?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d97XFGR_IP0
Isn't that awesome? Do any of you have a song?
I did my best to notice
When the call came down the line
Up to the platform of surrender
I was brought but I was kind
And sometimes I get nervous
When I see an open door
Close your eyes, clear your heart
Cut the cord
Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancers?
Pay my respects to grace and virtue
Send my condolences to good
Give my regards to soul and romance
They always did the best they could
And so long to devotion
You taught me everything I know
Wave goodbye, wish me well
You've gotta let me go
Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancers?
Will your system be alright
When you dream of home tonight?
There is no message we're receiving
Let me know, is your heart still beating?
Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
You've gotta let me know
Are we human or are we dancers?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancers?
Are we human or are we dancers?
Are we human or are we dancers?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d97XFGR_IP0
Isn't that awesome? Do any of you have a song?
Thursday, January 29, 2009
I'm so excited...
I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I'm so... so... scared!
Ok, not really, I can just never say "I'm so excited" without thinking of the Saved by the bell episode where Jessi Spano takes too many caffeine pills can totally flips out while dancing around to that song. You know you've seen it and you know you think it's funny... I know there was supposed to be an important lesson to that episode but I never got it, i always just thought it was hilarious... If you haven't seen it, here it is... ok maybe it's not as funny as it used to be...
Anyway, yes, I am excited. Here is why. I have secretly been plotting my future. I plan on eventually getting out of engineering but I realized that I can nor necessarily want to do right now. However, I decided I need to start dancing again, in addition to taking classes I decided I wanted to teach again but being that I don't have a "degree" in it or anything I decided a good place to start was to start teaching a dance aerobics class at my gym. I had been thinking about this for months but didn't really know a way to approach the gym owner. Could i really just walk up and say "Hey, i used to dance, can I start teaching a hip-hop class". I felt i couldn't so I didn't. Anyway then one day I found out about Zumba, it's a "Latin Dance Fitness" craze. On a whim decided I was just going to be come an instructor. I talked to my gym owner and he was super excited about me starting a Zumba class so I paid my 200 for the 8 hour training even though I had never taken a Zumba class.
The training was awesome and realized that this is going to be big. People are gonna love Zumba. I was planning that once I had a few months instructing at my gym I could find a space to rent and get a class doing on a "drop in basis". There is actually a decent amount of money in that, one coudl make $100-$200/hour depending on the class size. I was planning this for late spring/summer.
Apparently this is happening soon than I thought! I got a random e-mail today from a guy, Jim... It said:
Hi Lynn, We are seeking a Zumba instructor to teach at our new studio, please contact me ASAP if you are interested, currently we still some primie evening hrs open. 1600sqft in Belltown Seattle. Our New studio is located at a very upscale street level of Centennial Towers (corner of 4th and Vine St), we have high ceiling lots of windows, laminate floating floor, 2 walls of mirrors, sound system, I'm seeking solid instructors who has very positive energy, not only know how to motivate the students but know how to market their own classes as well. You may rent our studio by the hour or by commission.
How cool is that? I don't have to do any work! I don't have to find a space or anything AND because the studio will already have a client base, I will have to do a lot less marketing than I would have to plan if it was just me! The thing I like most is his description of what he is looking for in an instructor. When i was taking the "master class" during the training all these ideas came in to my head. I knew that I had to make my class more than just an aerobics class. My class needs to ultra fun, positive and motivational. I e-mailed him back, in part, this:
I have recently gone through some transitions in my life and I am striving on positive energy. I want my class to be a place where people come to enjoy themselves for an hour. In the studio, I want them to feel perfect, even if just for 1 hour and my hope is that eventually they will carry that feeling out into the world. I want them to jiggle what they don't like jigging and shake what they normally wont shake and feel good about it! We both know zumba is an amazing work out but I want weigh loss to be secondary, I want fun and positive self image to be my primary focus!
So yeah, this will be a perfect fit. Hopefully it will work out but if not, whatev, I just go back to my original plan! What's even more exited is that this is actually a dance studio not a gym. Things are def heading in a certain direction!
Yippy! I'll keep you posted!
Talk to ya all later!
UPDATE: I'm meeting with Jim-bo Saturday at 6 to "show him what i got", I will prob have some competition for the time slots... wish me luck!
Ok, not really, I can just never say "I'm so excited" without thinking of the Saved by the bell episode where Jessi Spano takes too many caffeine pills can totally flips out while dancing around to that song. You know you've seen it and you know you think it's funny... I know there was supposed to be an important lesson to that episode but I never got it, i always just thought it was hilarious... If you haven't seen it, here it is... ok maybe it's not as funny as it used to be...
Anyway, yes, I am excited. Here is why. I have secretly been plotting my future. I plan on eventually getting out of engineering but I realized that I can nor necessarily want to do right now. However, I decided I need to start dancing again, in addition to taking classes I decided I wanted to teach again but being that I don't have a "degree" in it or anything I decided a good place to start was to start teaching a dance aerobics class at my gym. I had been thinking about this for months but didn't really know a way to approach the gym owner. Could i really just walk up and say "Hey, i used to dance, can I start teaching a hip-hop class". I felt i couldn't so I didn't. Anyway then one day I found out about Zumba, it's a "Latin Dance Fitness" craze. On a whim decided I was just going to be come an instructor. I talked to my gym owner and he was super excited about me starting a Zumba class so I paid my 200 for the 8 hour training even though I had never taken a Zumba class.
The training was awesome and realized that this is going to be big. People are gonna love Zumba. I was planning that once I had a few months instructing at my gym I could find a space to rent and get a class doing on a "drop in basis". There is actually a decent amount of money in that, one coudl make $100-$200/hour depending on the class size. I was planning this for late spring/summer.
Apparently this is happening soon than I thought! I got a random e-mail today from a guy, Jim... It said:
Hi Lynn, We are seeking a Zumba instructor to teach at our new studio, please contact me ASAP if you are interested, currently we still some primie evening hrs open. 1600sqft in Belltown Seattle. Our New studio is located at a very upscale street level of Centennial Towers (corner of 4th and Vine St), we have high ceiling lots of windows, laminate floating floor, 2 walls of mirrors, sound system, I'm seeking solid instructors who has very positive energy, not only know how to motivate the students but know how to market their own classes as well. You may rent our studio by the hour or by commission.
How cool is that? I don't have to do any work! I don't have to find a space or anything AND because the studio will already have a client base, I will have to do a lot less marketing than I would have to plan if it was just me! The thing I like most is his description of what he is looking for in an instructor. When i was taking the "master class" during the training all these ideas came in to my head. I knew that I had to make my class more than just an aerobics class. My class needs to ultra fun, positive and motivational. I e-mailed him back, in part, this:
I have recently gone through some transitions in my life and I am striving on positive energy. I want my class to be a place where people come to enjoy themselves for an hour. In the studio, I want them to feel perfect, even if just for 1 hour and my hope is that eventually they will carry that feeling out into the world. I want them to jiggle what they don't like jigging and shake what they normally wont shake and feel good about it! We both know zumba is an amazing work out but I want weigh loss to be secondary, I want fun and positive self image to be my primary focus!
So yeah, this will be a perfect fit. Hopefully it will work out but if not, whatev, I just go back to my original plan! What's even more exited is that this is actually a dance studio not a gym. Things are def heading in a certain direction!
Yippy! I'll keep you posted!
Talk to ya all later!
UPDATE: I'm meeting with Jim-bo Saturday at 6 to "show him what i got", I will prob have some competition for the time slots... wish me luck!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
What is a soul mate?
Interesting question. I always thought it was "the love of your life"... you know, the person you meet who makes you feel complete, yadda yadda yadda. Well, I'm reading a book that describe a soul mate in a complete different way and I find it really interesting, and prob true... But 1st, here is what wikipedia says about soul mates:
Soul mate is a term sometimes used to designate someone with whom one has a feeling of deep and natural affinity, love, intimacy, sexuality, spirituality, and/or compatibility.
This is pretty close to what I previously thought. Here is my new thought:
"People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person that shows you everything that's holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you will ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then they leave"
Isn't that cool? Now, I disagree with the last part, I don't think that in all cases they leave, maybe sometimes they stick around forever... and if i believe this definition then it implies that someone may be my soul mate but I may not be theirs, and vice versa, AND maybe we can have more than 1 soul mate in our lifetime.
So, based on my new definition of soul mate, I think I have met one of mine! An e-mail that sat starred in my inbox for almost exactly a year entitled "We were so meant to be friends". Did you know something i didn't yet know? Is it possible that i know something that someone else may not yet know?
What you said to me last week at the bar "I like you so much better now"... I knew exactly what you meant, and my 1st though was "I like myself so much better too!"... but that's not what I said is it? Oh comical defense mechanism, i let you stick around little longer... Now you know tho!
Soul mate is a term sometimes used to designate someone with whom one has a feeling of deep and natural affinity, love, intimacy, sexuality, spirituality, and/or compatibility.
This is pretty close to what I previously thought. Here is my new thought:
"People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person that shows you everything that's holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you will ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then they leave"
Isn't that cool? Now, I disagree with the last part, I don't think that in all cases they leave, maybe sometimes they stick around forever... and if i believe this definition then it implies that someone may be my soul mate but I may not be theirs, and vice versa, AND maybe we can have more than 1 soul mate in our lifetime.
So, based on my new definition of soul mate, I think I have met one of mine! An e-mail that sat starred in my inbox for almost exactly a year entitled "We were so meant to be friends". Did you know something i didn't yet know? Is it possible that i know something that someone else may not yet know?
What you said to me last week at the bar "I like you so much better now"... I knew exactly what you meant, and my 1st though was "I like myself so much better too!"... but that's not what I said is it? Oh comical defense mechanism, i let you stick around little longer... Now you know tho!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
I like free stuff
apparently posting this will give me access to something for free
I'm evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they're letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.
It covers:
- The best blogging techniques.
- How to get traffic to your blog.
- How to turn your blog into money.
I'll let you know what I think once I've had a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, go grab yours while it's still free.
The Ulitmate Disease: The Human condition
Oh sleepless nights, I hate you. I woke up at 4:30 with these thoughts and one hour later, 20 mins before I need to get anyway I decided I might as well type them out. Thank you Linz... I mean Hippy Riversong, for the chat last night, you help solidify what I already knew!
The human condition, what the hell is wrong with us? Why are we so afraid to connect to people, why am I so afraid dot connect with people, sometimes on even the shallowest of levels. We walk down the streets with our heads down, we sit in coffee shop to be "social" but we bury out heads in laptops, ipods, and books. We stay at home and blame it on the crappy weather. We don't smile at strangers because we are afraid they will think think we want something from them. People don't like friends stopping by unannounced because they don't want to be caught off guard, with their house messy, them unshowered, exposed as the "imperfect" selves they feel themselves to be.
It all started in the garden of Eden (metaphorically speaking). There was a time when humans stood around naked dancing in fields of flowers, now not only does society require us to cover ourselves with clothes but it also requires us to cover our inner selves with a mask because if we are too connected with people it makes us strange. We can't just be Love and compassion, vulnerable. We have to Be a doctor, a mechanic, a stay at home mom, a barista in a pretentious "Artist" coffee shop. The apple is the human condition, the apple is fear, judgment, and shame. I don't want that apple anymore.
I KNOW i am connected to everyone, and now I want to let myself feel connected to everyone... and I know i can't be. I can't really be connected to people overcome by the human condition... they will just pass part of their disease back onto me... so now I am on a quest to find as many disease free people as possible... or at least people less infected and/or taking pills to cure it... If you are one of these people I want to know you!
The human condition, what the hell is wrong with us? Why are we so afraid to connect to people, why am I so afraid dot connect with people, sometimes on even the shallowest of levels. We walk down the streets with our heads down, we sit in coffee shop to be "social" but we bury out heads in laptops, ipods, and books. We stay at home and blame it on the crappy weather. We don't smile at strangers because we are afraid they will think think we want something from them. People don't like friends stopping by unannounced because they don't want to be caught off guard, with their house messy, them unshowered, exposed as the "imperfect" selves they feel themselves to be.
It all started in the garden of Eden (metaphorically speaking). There was a time when humans stood around naked dancing in fields of flowers, now not only does society require us to cover ourselves with clothes but it also requires us to cover our inner selves with a mask because if we are too connected with people it makes us strange. We can't just be Love and compassion, vulnerable. We have to Be a doctor, a mechanic, a stay at home mom, a barista in a pretentious "Artist" coffee shop. The apple is the human condition, the apple is fear, judgment, and shame. I don't want that apple anymore.
I KNOW i am connected to everyone, and now I want to let myself feel connected to everyone... and I know i can't be. I can't really be connected to people overcome by the human condition... they will just pass part of their disease back onto me... so now I am on a quest to find as many disease free people as possible... or at least people less infected and/or taking pills to cure it... If you are one of these people I want to know you!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Boys are dumb
Seriously, you know you are... or is it us women that are dumb! Why do I allow my brain to drive me completely insane trying to figure you out! Why do I create totally fictitious scenarios in my head about you? Us women pretend we don't understand you (and many don't). We say that your sending us "mixed messages" but your not. For you, no message is the clearest message you can send. I get it and will except it. Move on.. Aye yai yai!
BUT WAIT!! HOLD THE PHONE! WHAT IF no message doesn't mean anything? Did i just create a fictitious scenario? I saw your green light was on... maybe you just didn't see mine was on too... maybe you were just "too busy" to e-mail me back, then "too busy" to text me back, and then AGAIN "too busy" to notice my green light was on. Get real Lynn... no body is that busy, back to the drawing board... again... shesh. ;-) Reading between the lines is so tiresome ain't it? Can I get a hells yeah!
Ladies, if he is "too busy" he's "Just not that into you" Right boys? I need to hear it from the horses mouth!
Now watch, tomorrow I'll hear from you and wonder why yesterday I drove myself crazy for no reason at all! BUT then you'll read my blog and think I'm a complete whack job and then you really will be "too busy". :-) But 1st, it's poker ladies poker night, NO BOYS ALLOWED! Thank god!
Peace out!
BUT WAIT!! HOLD THE PHONE! WHAT IF no message doesn't mean anything? Did i just create a fictitious scenario? I saw your green light was on... maybe you just didn't see mine was on too... maybe you were just "too busy" to e-mail me back, then "too busy" to text me back, and then AGAIN "too busy" to notice my green light was on. Get real Lynn... no body is that busy, back to the drawing board... again... shesh. ;-) Reading between the lines is so tiresome ain't it? Can I get a hells yeah!
Ladies, if he is "too busy" he's "Just not that into you" Right boys? I need to hear it from the horses mouth!
Now watch, tomorrow I'll hear from you and wonder why yesterday I drove myself crazy for no reason at all! BUT then you'll read my blog and think I'm a complete whack job and then you really will be "too busy". :-) But 1st, it's poker ladies poker night, NO BOYS ALLOWED! Thank god!
Peace out!
Why we drink at bars
So I was out in Fremont last night and I will start by saying I had a blast BUT only because my friends are cool and OBVIOUSLY because the whole night all the bar played was Prince and Micheal Jackson! Throughout the night I kept noticing that the majority of the people the I was surround by (not my friends just other randoms)were totally oblivious to themselves and the vibe the sent out to strangers(and the universe). Obviously the only possible way I could be in the same building with these people for an extended amount of time would be to dull my senses right? That's why we drink at bars. To dull our senses so we don't notice how douchy so many people are!
Dear friends: Thank you for not being douchy...
Thursday, January 22, 2009
My 1st Post
Wow, I have a blog! I can't believe it! I also can't believe how easy it was! Technology is cool.
So now what, I feel like i need to make some profound statement... but what? Maybe instead I should just state the purpose of my blog! Wait, I don't know the answer to that either! I think the purpose it just to have a sounding board. So many wonderful and random things have been happening in my life lately and I want to record them, and if someone wants to read about it great, if not (which is what I expect), that's great too. I expect this blog will be end up being an interesting mix of off the wall humor and some of my deepest, most profound (to me anyway) realization about life!
30 years as an independent free thinker has taught me a lot. I've spent the last 10 years of my life pursuing and achieving (and having loads of fun, lots of laughing) but I have realized that I was forgetting something that is very important, maybe the most important thing of all, Loving!
What does that mean you ask? Well, it's hard to explain. I have always had (and continue to have) a wonderful family who would give me the world if they could (and I would do the same for them if I could), I have always had (and continue to have) friends who would give me the shirts off their backs, they have promised I would be the last person they would eat if we were ever stranded w/out food, and in return I would eat them last as well! I know my friends and family love me and I have always loved them. I know for a fact I am, and always have been, a person that people can always count on, so how could I have been missing Love?
Well, I finally realized where real love comes from. I was lacking unconditional love for myself. No no no, I was never depressed and unhappy or anything. I never felt like I was missing something. 95% of my life I've felt on top of the world BUT I felt on top of the world because I was always getting and achieving things that I set out to get and achieve. And receiving much praise for my achievements. Then, one day I was sitting in my beautiful new conversion condo in the heart of Fremont, paid for with $ from my high paying dream job, prob right after a party with all my wonderfully awesome friends, and I though to myself "now what"... I had everything I had set out to get and all of a sudden I felt empty because something was still missing. At first I though it was a guy, someone to love, and in a sense it was. But, I had a clear realization that life had given me many many opportunities to love someone and for whatever reason I always found a reason to sabotage it. He's not this, he's not that. More 1st dates than I can count and rarely ever a desire to bother with a 2nd. I had set my expectations and standards so high that there was no possible way that a mortal man would be able to meet them. So, why did I do that? Because I was trying to get again, trying to get the perfect guy... to fill me up and make me bettER... My guy is hottER than yours, my guy is richER than yours, my guy is funniER (not a word, I know) than yours... I never said these things to myself, or even though them, but in hindsight that's what my actions were trying to say. We all want to be bettER, thinnER, richER, fullER, smartER.
So what's changed? Well, I stopped trying to be and get more. I am no longer trying to be be anything "ER" than I already I am. Because I am perfect! In addition, I have no more expectations that my potential mate should "enhance my life's resume" if you will. And what happened as soon as I did that? I experienced Love! Love of myself, love of life, love of everyone I know. My heart constantly feels ready to burst at any moment and I LOVE it! It may seem strange that I have never know what this felt like before but there is a time for everything and my time wasn't until now. Yay!
ok, that was my 1st blog. What do you think? No wait, don't tell me. It's perfect, that's all it can be... Thank for reading. Check ya later!
So now what, I feel like i need to make some profound statement... but what? Maybe instead I should just state the purpose of my blog! Wait, I don't know the answer to that either! I think the purpose it just to have a sounding board. So many wonderful and random things have been happening in my life lately and I want to record them, and if someone wants to read about it great, if not (which is what I expect), that's great too. I expect this blog will be end up being an interesting mix of off the wall humor and some of my deepest, most profound (to me anyway) realization about life!
30 years as an independent free thinker has taught me a lot. I've spent the last 10 years of my life pursuing and achieving (and having loads of fun, lots of laughing) but I have realized that I was forgetting something that is very important, maybe the most important thing of all, Loving!
What does that mean you ask? Well, it's hard to explain. I have always had (and continue to have) a wonderful family who would give me the world if they could (and I would do the same for them if I could), I have always had (and continue to have) friends who would give me the shirts off their backs, they have promised I would be the last person they would eat if we were ever stranded w/out food, and in return I would eat them last as well! I know my friends and family love me and I have always loved them. I know for a fact I am, and always have been, a person that people can always count on, so how could I have been missing Love?
Well, I finally realized where real love comes from. I was lacking unconditional love for myself. No no no, I was never depressed and unhappy or anything. I never felt like I was missing something. 95% of my life I've felt on top of the world BUT I felt on top of the world because I was always getting and achieving things that I set out to get and achieve. And receiving much praise for my achievements. Then, one day I was sitting in my beautiful new conversion condo in the heart of Fremont, paid for with $ from my high paying dream job, prob right after a party with all my wonderfully awesome friends, and I though to myself "now what"... I had everything I had set out to get and all of a sudden I felt empty because something was still missing. At first I though it was a guy, someone to love, and in a sense it was. But, I had a clear realization that life had given me many many opportunities to love someone and for whatever reason I always found a reason to sabotage it. He's not this, he's not that. More 1st dates than I can count and rarely ever a desire to bother with a 2nd. I had set my expectations and standards so high that there was no possible way that a mortal man would be able to meet them. So, why did I do that? Because I was trying to get again, trying to get the perfect guy... to fill me up and make me bettER... My guy is hottER than yours, my guy is richER than yours, my guy is funniER (not a word, I know) than yours... I never said these things to myself, or even though them, but in hindsight that's what my actions were trying to say. We all want to be bettER, thinnER, richER, fullER, smartER.
So what's changed? Well, I stopped trying to be and get more. I am no longer trying to be be anything "ER" than I already I am. Because I am perfect! In addition, I have no more expectations that my potential mate should "enhance my life's resume" if you will. And what happened as soon as I did that? I experienced Love! Love of myself, love of life, love of everyone I know. My heart constantly feels ready to burst at any moment and I LOVE it! It may seem strange that I have never know what this felt like before but there is a time for everything and my time wasn't until now. Yay!
ok, that was my 1st blog. What do you think? No wait, don't tell me. It's perfect, that's all it can be... Thank for reading. Check ya later!
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