so much for that….

theory of writing more often.

i am living life and i am loving it. it’s kind of hard to remember to take the time to write here, but i should. i know this. there’s a part of my brain that feels unsettled when i don’t write often. it’s been that way for a long time now. i suppose i am over being mad at od for not like, gifting me a subscription or something the last time i expired and didn’t have the money to pay =) that was just me being a spoiled, petulant person.

in ten days, the culmination of a lot of work for me this year is coming to fruition. this year, i a) wrote my first grant and got the grant. although not 100% funded, i did get 80%, which is pretty good for a first effort, a flaky partner who volunteered to write the grant and then told me four days before it was due that he didn’t have time, b) got a bunch of really cool regional type folks who also like to play with fire to agree to come to this thing, c) created the schedule, the budget, made all the phone calls, got some cool sponsorships, and in conjunction with this festival i’ve done, also did a display of fire arts photography in a local gallery that i’m pretty proud of. if you’d like to see a "virtual gallery" tour, go here: compression.controlledburnreno.com/shutterfire_virtual.html

in addition to that, i have been working most of this year with burning man stuff. that’s been fun and eduational. i hope to be a part of this for a long time and am excited about how the event might go for me this year. i am looking forward to it =)

still dancing and having fun. that’s pretty much a constant.

my fire group was invited back to the super cool pre-event fire show for one of the most awesome bellydance troupe’s ever.

this last weekend i got to go to the black rock desert for training for the team i work for at burning man. it was really awesome. to be there, to feel such a part of things. we had some friends with us, and it turned out to be super fun, a great time. they camped with us in our motor home and i wasn’t sure how that was going to work out, but it was fun. sometimes i feel curmudgeonly about spending time with people i don’t know.

love life is still somewhat non-existent with my spouse. there’s some weirdness stuff happening with the lady i used to date, and a blast from the past is a good friend, but continues to confuse me.

that’s my life, today.

peace.