Catching my breath for 2013

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

With the hustle and bustle of the holidays behind; it's time to get back into the flow of things.  I am starting the new year out fast and with an agenda.  The song that best suits my mindset is Kelly Clarkson's "Catch My Breath".  It best represents my new mindset and outlook for tackling things (and people) in the new year.  *cheers*

Catching my breath, letting it go, 

Turning my cheek for the sake of the show 

Now that you know, this is my life, 

I won't be told what's supposed to be right  

Bowl for Japan

As seen on Twitter, FB, Bellevue.com, DowntownBellevue.com, and NW Asian Weekly :)

John Mayer "Battle Studies Tour"

When I first heard the John Mayer was going on tour for his latest album "Battle Studies", I was uber excited! I saw him out at the Gorge a few years ago on his "Continuum" tour and due to extreme heat exhaustion I don't remember much of that day (which is probably a good thing). I debated for days about jumping online for the presale; I was trying to justify that $100 per seat on the floor was worth it. It was late November and Christmas was right around the corner so naturally money was tight. The presale date came and I pretended that I forgot all about it.

A few days later I was sitting in traffic on the Mercer Street exit on my way to work. I was listening to the morning chatter on KISS 106.1 w/ Jackie and Bender when they did a promo for the concert. BAH! Then they did the whole “caller 106 will win free tickets to the Battle Studies concert at the Key”. So… like a maniac I dialed and hung up on the busy tone um… 15 times? When the line started to ring I figured I was way too late… A voice answered and says “You’re caller 107.” DOH! “But hold on the line just in case.” I’m in the tunnel praying that I don’t loose service for the next ten minutes.  I lost my mind when a familiar voice came on the line, “Myra? This is Bender – You’re caller 106. Congratulations!”  FREE TICKETS! It was just meant to be! 

After waiting 4 LONG months – I finally got to my seat at the Key last night and was rocked into a magical musical bliss by the one and only John Clayton Mayer *sigh*  The entire concert I swooned and smiled that giddy childish smirk that I do when I get excited.  For 2 wonderful hours I was hypnotized by melody after melody of sweet music, guitar rifts, drum solos, and passion.  It says something about an artist when you can feel their passion for what they do through their performance.  It's inspiring.  I don't give a shit about his personal life, choice of vocabulary, or his "after school activities".  He's an artist that has fully entertained me since the first time I heard "83" on the Serendipity Soundtrack in 2001!  Bravo for a magical performance...

The set list for the evening...
Heartbreak Warfare

Belief
Perfectly Lonely
Crossroads
Say
Assassin
Waiting on the World to Change
The Heart of Life
Dreaming With A Broken Heart
Clarity
Daughters
Why Georgia
Half of My Heart --> Dreams

ENCORE
Who Says
Gravity

Our deepest fear...

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”


–Marianne Williamson

Race w/ me

Its that time of year again - the training has already started! Come run/walk with me in the 2010 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. If you're up for it - join me on June 6th in the 5k run in the morning then the walk w/ the rest of the team right after!

There is a new course this year and we'll be starting at Seattle Center. Click any of the icons for more details. I'll be posting team info shortly.

Someone dies of Breast Cancer every 75 seconds...

Michelangelo comes to Seattle

DRAWINGS FOR THE SISTINE CHAPEL.

Michelangelo, aware of the power of hype even in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, wanted everyone to believe the Sistine Chapel and other masterpieces sprang fully formed from his mind. Though he burned most of it, some evidence of his methodical preparation survives in Florence’s Casa Buonarroti, which provides the drawings in the Michelangelo Public and Private exhibition.

On display are black chalk sketches—a muscled arm outstretched, a contemplative face—that would later end up in more glorious forms on a certain ceiling. Even geniuses fudge the truth.

October 15–January 31, Seattle Art Museum, 206-654-3100; seattleartmuseum.org

(from www.SeattleMet.com)

Remarks by the President on a New Beginning

"It’s easier to start wars than to end them. It’s easier to blame others than to look inward. It’s easier to see what is different about someone than to find the things we share. But we should choose the right path, not just the easy path. There’s one rule that lies at the heart of every religion — that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us."

- President Barack Obama

Cairo University

Cairo, Egypt

June 4, 2009

Read the full text of "Remarks by the President on a New Beginning"