Catch Up

Sooo life has been in hyperspeed for the last few months. All is well and exciting. I began showing my photography again and it went quite well have 6 pieces up in a show in brooklyn and 2 pieces up in a show in Manhattan. They were from my collection taken in my home town after Hurricane Ike.

You can preview the prints here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/luminescent/sets/72157614774181230/

But I must say they do look even more lovely printed on vinyl and blow up to 32 X 40

I will be showing them one more time before the year is out so I will keep you posted*

I am still performing Circus Theatre and Spectacle with Lady Circus. We were booked and sponsored to perform at Bonnaroo this year in Tennessee with the Mickey Western Band and it was such a blast! We made the front page of the Bonnaroo News Paper in true Lady Circus fashion! There is a beautiful video with Mickey and friends here on You tube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isW8u0nB6ms

Lady Circus was also in amNY yesterday morning for their weekend edition. You can check out our website at www.ladycircus.com

My favorite gig as of late was as a stilting back-up dancer for T-Pain at the Nokia theatre in Times Square



Photo by Chris Carr (C) 2009

Kaleidoscope 2.0 did happen indeed and was soooo lovely and beautious. About 400 people ran through up over and through the boroughs of NYC, pinwheels in hand, riding trams having picnics, performing amazing aerial off of fire escapes, spinning fire on the water in Dumbo and catching a chartered ferry to governors island. It was quite an unraveling of events throughout the evening. Full of suprise and wonder.

Photostreams can be viewed here:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=kaleidoscope+nyc+2009&m=text

Next up on the -=ali* adventure is that Im going to Portland next weekend for my good friends Paul and Moira's Wedding. Congratulations guys! Im really excited to see their blossoming (you should see their garden) new life of love and nature out in Oregan!

Then Miss Black Rock City 2007 will be returning to her home on the playa for a few a days, with a short stint in sf and a day in Tahoe hopefully, along the way! Im soo excited to see new friends and old and enjoy these last moments of extended summer.

Much love folks and Ill be updating more often with details, pictures, poems and love.

xoxoxo

-=ali*

strengths and weaknesses

I have always been the type of girl to jump right in. I am not shy. I do not hold back. . . most of the time anyhow. I often feel that I am more ahead of my game than I should. . .this is both a strength and a weakness as it encourages me to rush through the moment I am at to the point and goal I initially perceived. This is quite possibly the mindset that allowed me to reach through my differences growing up, to see beyond them and move past them, before they entirely paralyzed me. However, its also the same mentality that skips the "journey" part of each lesson and task. Which is not the best idea. . . like i am so not into starting at beginner level things. . . even when I am in fact. . .a beginner. Then i get to the end and dont know these basic elementary points. . . and its because. . .duh duh duh!! I skipped them all. Silly girl.

Soooo Im just taking a moment to own up to that as it washed over me yesterday and i was quite enlightened by it. . and realized that i need to put more work into the moment. . . into most moments. . so as my talents and strengths grow i will be present for the work it took to get ther and in the end will have a fuller, richer, and more long lasting impression.

Much love and creation~

xoxooxxo

-=ali*

swimming in mucous

standing swaggering starry eyed and dizzy on the busy street corner stragling myself to work. The mucous mostly mistifies me mocking oxygen and taking its place.

Strategically stumbling slowly thru morning rush hour traffic, myself and my lovely chest cold drag ourselves to work.

opportunities pass unseen, promotions handed onward past me, i continue to show up and report for duty despite how fooey i feel.

sabatcles stain my future vision with travel in light of this morning commute.

spirtual enlightenment requires foreign shores of mist and beauty. yes how truely i feel.

may your work day be more savored than mine today.

oxxoxo

-=ali*

Trials and tribulations of a working professional and a techno fairy

what to do what to do when you cant do both at the same time or the latter doesnt pay enough to pay your loans.

First Flurries

First flurries flutter freely from the sky. Buildings stand tall as the individual flakes float and fly in swirls down the streets.

Yay Winter!

oxoxxo

-=ali*

Coconut. . is the answer

But what is the question you may ask. .. EVERYTHING.

I dont depend a lot on product. .. .but every winter since moving to the east coast I have always treated myself to the nicest facial moisturizer I can find. . to avoid my face becoming reptilian and peeling away from the dryness.

This year. . the product was 10.99 came in a jar of 16 ounces and is organic and natural. . It is virgin coconut oil!!

I use it in my hair like hair mud, i use it all over my body as lotion, i use it in my mac n cheese as a butter subsititute. I drink coconut water to feel refreshed and hydrated and it really is the best thing these days i have decided.

During WW II and still to this day in countries where necessary medical equipment is in short supply they use coconut water intravaneously.

"The researchers report that coconut water is high in potassium, chloride, and calcium, and might be indicated in situations calling for increases in these electrolytes. So even though money doesn't grow on trees, medical supplies sometimes do."

So if you are ever pondering the answer. . . know that perchance it truly is COCONUT!!

fall

Wow I was walking to work today and the orange fall leaves on the ground were spray painted red. So cool.

xoxoxo

-=ali*