crapstain: 101.5 / 21.7% and Walking With a Ghost / 11 Days 'til VA!

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

101.5 / 21.7% and Walking With a Ghost / 11 Days 'til VA!

I've been floating around on Cloud 9 the last couple days, so i thought it would be nice to memorialize it here on my blog. Not that i'm putting details, really; just more of a statement. But good things have been happening lately. Very good things. Crazy things, too, but hey, it's ME we're talking about, so it's a given that crazy will be ever-present. The cool thing is that i have wonderful friends (and an amazing husband) who can handle my crazy for the good things that come before, during, and/or after.

I feel like a kid riding her bike very fast down a hill, no hands, the wind blowing my hair out behind me, my face tilted to the sun, the biggest smile on my face!

I love my friends so much!

And on another note.... For some reason, it's been "commercial photography" week. I've shot more commercial this week than personal. I was reluctant at first, not really wanting to get back into commercial (it was the bulk of what i did back in the film days when i first started my biz 10 years ago and is so not creative), but ya know what? I really enjoyed it. And the 9 bankers i shot all love their head shots and that is a happy thing!

In 11 days, i'll be in VA for 5 weeks. Parties are planned, costumes are in the works (some vinyl involved, and that's all ima say!), photo sessions are lined up, and i can't wait to cry and hug old friends!

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Quotableness

"This above all: to thine own self be true." -Wm. Shakespeare

"Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it or play with it, just pee on it and walk away." --unknown

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WHOO HOO what a ride!'" - unknown

"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it." --Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Enneagram

Type Seven in Brief

all info from http://enneagraminstitute.com

Sevens are extroverted, optimistic, versatile, and spontaneous. Playful, high-spirited, and practical, they can also misapply their many talents, becoming over- extended, scattered, and undisciplined. They constantly seek new and exciting experiences, but can become distracted and exhausted by staying on the go. They typically have problems with impatience and impulsiveness. At their Best: they focus their talents on worthwhile goals, becoming appreciative, joyous, and satisfied.

We have named this personality type The Enthusiast because Sevens are enthusiastic about almost everything that catches their attention. They approach life with curiosity, optimism, and a sense of adventure, like “kids in a candy store” who look at the world in wide-eyed, rapt anticipation of all the good things they are about to experience. They are bold and vivacious, pursuing what they want in life with a cheerful determination. They have a quality best described by the Yiddish word “chutzpah”—a kind of brash “nerviness.”

Although Sevens are in the Thinking Center, this is not immediately apparent because they tend to be extremely practical and engaged in a multitude of projects at any given time. Their thinking is anticipatory: they foresee events and generate ideas “on the fly,” favoring activities that stimulate their minds—which in turn generate more things to do and think about. Sevens are not necessarily intellectual or studious by any standard definition, although they are often intelligent and can be widely read and highly verbal. Their minds move rapidly from one idea to the next, making Sevens gifted at brainstorming and synthesizing information. Sevens are exhilarated by the rush of ideas and by the pleasure of being spontaneous, preferring broad overviews and the excitement of the initial stages of the creative process to probing a single topic in depth.

Sevens are frequently endowed with quick, agile minds, and can be exceptionally fast learners. This is true both of their ability to absorb information (language, facts, and procedures) and their ability to learn new manual skills—they tend to have excellent mind-body coordination, and manual dexterity (typewriting, piano playing, tennis). All of this can combine to make a Seven into the quintessential "Renaissance person."

Ironically, Sevens' wide-ranging curiosity and ability to learn quickly can also create problems for them. Because they are able to pick up many different skills with relative ease, it becomes more difficult for them to decide what to do with themselves. As a result, they also do not always value their abilities as they would if they had to struggle to gain them. When Sevens are more balanced however, their versatility, curiosity, and ability to learn can lead them to extraordinary achievement.

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