Maybe it is because I am an 'autumn baby' (born at the beginning of November), or maybe it is just because I am the way that I am, but in any case I simply love Fall! I love the weather - still sunny and bright like the summer, but with a refreshing breath of cool in the mornings and evenings. The gentle easing in of the crisp relief from summer's heat somehow even makes the shortening of days bearable. Although "the holiday season" (or "christmas") is not my favorite time of year, I do not feel dread at the thought of impending winter. It will arrive, so why waste this beautiful season dreading it?
According to an email that I recently received from an astrologer acquaintance of mine, noting that (Monday) Sept 22nd was the Autumn Equinox (seasonally recognised as the first day of Autumn/Fall), "equinoxes are points in space and time representing a time of balance and intense change, and are symbolically observed as a time of rebirth." It seems fitting then that I be embarking on an inward journey at this time, and even more fitting that I have found myself revisiting the three words that made up my 'New Years Goal' (see: http://thelightbetween.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-year-new-you.html ). My words for 2008 were: Truth, Balance & Community. My goal for this year was to examine each of these words/concepts throughout the year, to discover what they mean to me on an ongoing basis and how they represent my goals for myself this year.
In some ways I could say that community was the 'easiest' concept for me to explore, but I think that had a lot to do with my personal commitment to moving out of my solitary basement living situation and in to Laura & Louis (and Henry)'s lovely house in The Junction neighbourhood at the start of this year. The notion of community is much easier to explore when you make yourself part of one. I also had the opportunity to reflect on definitions of community, and the great importance of community to me, through my three and a half month relocation to St Louis this summer. Yes, living with the same three people that you work with every day, in a two bedroom apartment, in a place that is new and unknown to you definitely forces one to think about the nuances of community via 'communal living.' Furthermore, being away, for an entire season, from the community of loved ones that you've spent 8 years cultivating also forces one to consider the importance of community.
I also feel that I carried the word balance with me throughout the last 9 months with some consistency, even (or perhaps especially) when I was not exactly living in a 'balanced' way. I think that my mere awareness of my tendencies to throw myself so fully (with a sort of 'all or nothing' type of abandon) in to work, or play, or relationships, is really at the core of my exploration of balance. I also feel that, much like nature bursts forth with life and brightness and flowers and fruits in the Spring and Summer, I too burst forth with great energy in these seasons. Thus, as the leaves and trees and plants begin to retreat as the weather cools and the days get shorter in the Fall, I too find myself slowing down and turning inward. To me, this is the ultimate exploration of balance - balancing my life not merely within the scope of a day or a week or a month, but in alignment with the seasons as they unfold over the course of an entire year!
Which brings us finally, to 'truth'. My final frontier? There is a part of me that claims not to even remember why I chose the word truth to be on this list. But then there is a deeper part of me, one without exact words or specific thoughts, that tells me that I do know, and that is what this final phase of 2008 will be about. This time right now is about moving further inward, to discover all the truths that live within me and then summoning the courage to live those truths outwardly. I'm still working on sorting out exactly what that means and how that will work, but I do feel confident that that is the task before me...
And so now I go, to continue working on the work that is my life's work these days: taking care of and doing what's best for me. Will keep ya posted on how it goes as I see fit, but until then,
Happy Autumn! Get out there (or in there) and discover the way that you choose to celebrate this beautiful season that is all about restoring our personal balance, turning inward, giving thanks, and taking in all the life-giving gifts that Spring and Summer gave us, as we prepare to hunker down and dive deep in to the depths of Winter!
NAMASTE
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
'Project Birthday'
Alright, so I'm home, and have been now for nearly three weeks! Though I must say, it feels like less than that. As I explained in a recent email to a friend of mine currently living in New York, I feel as though it's taken me some time to re-adjust myself to the reality of returning to my Toronto life... 'My Toronto life', which is both comfortingly familiar in appearances, but obviously subtly (and not so subtly) different below the surface. If that makes any sense to anyone.
In any case, I am back here now, and though my days are often punctuated with pangs of missing my St Louis friends and the strange but beautiful time that we shared together this summer, I am finally starting to feel a little bit more settled here in Toronto. Naturally, I have also already devised a little 'personal project' for myself... I call it 'Project Birthday'. Basically, the fundamental goal of Project Birthday is for me to take the best possible care of myself (mind, body, spirit - all of it, all together, as much as possible!) so that on my birthday, which is exactly six weeks from today, I can celebrate how great I feel about myself and my life! The birthday element just sort of happened incidentally as I was devising this whole 'self care' project for myself and started thinking about timelines. As my friend Alison concurred when we were discussing this plan of mine over the phone the other day, six weeks is indeed an optimal length for a good project!
Speaking of my dear friends who have helped me to feel great about this undertaking, I must credit the lovely Devon with helping me to devise the one and only rule of Project Birthday and that is that there are no "rules". Rather, there are simply goals, dreams, actions and foundational principles. The fundamentals of Project Birthday include trying to be conscious of what I consume and how it makes me feel; Noticing that I feel better when I eat fresh and healthy foods, and drink in moderation, and do not smoke cigarettes at all. So that's an obvious goal. Project Birthday is also very much about 'me time': Yoga as often as possible, an attempt at a daily walk to and through High Park as long as the weather permits it, and of course, a conscious effort to stay connect to my 'Artist's Way' program that I began in St Louis.
I spent some time last week with a friend of mine who reads Tarot cards and one of the main messages that my cards had for me was that "the hidden truth is only found by looking within." So with that in mind, I am going to wrap up this extroverted exercise of sharing my life via my blog and get ready to head out for my daily walk to High Park. In closing, I wish to share with you a poem by Rumi that I opened my book to last night before I went to bed, it just seems so fitting right now...
In any case, I am back here now, and though my days are often punctuated with pangs of missing my St Louis friends and the strange but beautiful time that we shared together this summer, I am finally starting to feel a little bit more settled here in Toronto. Naturally, I have also already devised a little 'personal project' for myself... I call it 'Project Birthday'. Basically, the fundamental goal of Project Birthday is for me to take the best possible care of myself (mind, body, spirit - all of it, all together, as much as possible!) so that on my birthday, which is exactly six weeks from today, I can celebrate how great I feel about myself and my life! The birthday element just sort of happened incidentally as I was devising this whole 'self care' project for myself and started thinking about timelines. As my friend Alison concurred when we were discussing this plan of mine over the phone the other day, six weeks is indeed an optimal length for a good project!
Speaking of my dear friends who have helped me to feel great about this undertaking, I must credit the lovely Devon with helping me to devise the one and only rule of Project Birthday and that is that there are no "rules". Rather, there are simply goals, dreams, actions and foundational principles. The fundamentals of Project Birthday include trying to be conscious of what I consume and how it makes me feel; Noticing that I feel better when I eat fresh and healthy foods, and drink in moderation, and do not smoke cigarettes at all. So that's an obvious goal. Project Birthday is also very much about 'me time': Yoga as often as possible, an attempt at a daily walk to and through High Park as long as the weather permits it, and of course, a conscious effort to stay connect to my 'Artist's Way' program that I began in St Louis.
I spent some time last week with a friend of mine who reads Tarot cards and one of the main messages that my cards had for me was that "the hidden truth is only found by looking within." So with that in mind, I am going to wrap up this extroverted exercise of sharing my life via my blog and get ready to head out for my daily walk to High Park. In closing, I wish to share with you a poem by Rumi that I opened my book to last night before I went to bed, it just seems so fitting right now...
Listening
What is the deep listening? Sama is
a greeting from the secret ones inside
the heart, a letter. The branches of
your intelligence grow new leaves in
the wind of this listening. The body
reaches a peace. Rooster sound comes,
reminding you of your love for dawn.
The reed flute and the singer's lips:
the knack of how spirit breathes into
us becomes as simple and ordinary as
eating and drinking. The dead rise with
the pleasure of listening. If someone
can't hear a trumpet melody, sprinkle
dirt on his head and declare him dead.
Listen and feel the beauty of your
separation, the unsayable absence.
There's a moon inside every human being.
Learn to be companions with it. Give
more of your life to this listening. As
brightness is to time, so you are to
the one who talks to the deep ear in
your chest. I should sell my tongue
and buy a thousand ears when that
one steps near and begins to speak.
(By Rumi)
What is the deep listening? Sama is
a greeting from the secret ones inside
the heart, a letter. The branches of
your intelligence grow new leaves in
the wind of this listening. The body
reaches a peace. Rooster sound comes,
reminding you of your love for dawn.
The reed flute and the singer's lips:
the knack of how spirit breathes into
us becomes as simple and ordinary as
eating and drinking. The dead rise with
the pleasure of listening. If someone
can't hear a trumpet melody, sprinkle
dirt on his head and declare him dead.
Listen and feel the beauty of your
separation, the unsayable absence.
There's a moon inside every human being.
Learn to be companions with it. Give
more of your life to this listening. As
brightness is to time, so you are to
the one who talks to the deep ear in
your chest. I should sell my tongue
and buy a thousand ears when that
one steps near and begins to speak.
(By Rumi)
Friday, August 8, 2008
"The time has come, to talk of many things..."
Once again, I know, it's been so long since I last found the time to write and post on this here blog o' mine... Alas. It's not for lack of things to write about... No, it's certainly not that. In fact, it's probably the exact opposite.
I know, I know, it's not exactly news to hear that I am "busy" here (or wherever I seem to be!), but maybe I can make my busyness in to some form of "news" to share - I mean, isn't that what this blog is all about?
Well, I guess I'll start a few weeks back... Probably just a mere few days after my last post on here, I decided that living in the suburbs of St Louis County in a two bedroom apartment with three (albeit lovely) roomates/co-workers was driving me INSANE. So I made my great escape to the city.
ABOVE: My hotel, as viewed by me at dusk on Sunday evening as I walked through the Riverfront-Archway park to take myself out to dinner in the historic 'Laclede's Landing' area...
BELOW: Sunday Morning in my hotel room; Upon being dropped off downtown by my generous co-worker/roomate Adam, SnoBear and I checked in to our hotel room and got excited about our KING-SIZED bed!!!
AND BELOW: This picture (of the famous St Louis Archway) was taken by me while standing right in front of my hotel. Yes, that's what they meant when they said riverfront!
After my visit at the beautiful Cathedral Basilica, I made the long, hot and sweaty(!) trek through the nearby Forest Park (bigger than NYC's Central Park) to the public Art Museum. Granted, walking for 45 minutes at the hottest time of the day in late July in St Louis might not have been my best plan... When I arrived at the art museum, I went to the public restrooms because I was so hot and sweaty that I had to go in to a stall and I actually took my dress off and literally wrang the sweat out of it. I looked as though I had been dumped with a bucket of water! (I only wish it had've been water - I was sooooo hot!!!)
Anyhow, I spent some time with an incredible exhibit of photographs by Gordon Parks... With the help of good ol' Wikipedia, I will tell you that "Gordon Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft." Basically the exhibit was totally inspiring and reminded me how much I love photographs and people's stories.
After the Art Museum in Forest Park I made my way back downtown to my hotel, but just a mere few blocks away from my hotel I heard something... A protest or rally maybe? I followed the sound and it turned out to be a sort of 'Block Party' sponsored by one of my favorite St Louis radio stations (The Beat 100.3 fm) showcasing young talent in a 'youth against violence' sort of effort. How apropos for me to end up there, hey?!?
So, after spending some time listening to the young MC's do their thang, I ravenously made my way back to my hotel room where I showered (okay and had a glass of red wine and called my best friend Devon in Toronto for a quick chat) and then made my way to take myself out to dinner in the historic 'Laclede's Landing' area. The walk to the landing was lovely; It was sunset and I walked through the park below the archway. Then I sat on a patio in the historic, cobblestoned Landing neighbourhood (think like 'Gastown' in Vancouver) and treated myself to a lovely meal. I walked home (okay, yes it was dark and I walked home alone through the park, but I'm fine so what of it?!) and just as I returned to my hotel room, the power went out in my hotel! So I had no choice but to sit by my window and watch the thunder and lightning while sipping my red wine and doing pretty much nothing... I think it was a blessing sent from The Universe!
The next day I had to check out of my hotel around 11am, so I did but I was able to leave my bag in the custody of the concierge for the day because Adam wouldn't be picking me up until 9pm that night, after my crew returned home from work. I made my way to my favorite place in St Louis - The Missouri Botanical Gardens! I spent a lovely few hours there before heading to 'The Loop' (a hip sort of neighbourhood) where I caught a matinee of the movie 'The Wackness', which I loved.
My '48-hour date-with-myself' ended with me making my way back to my hotel to collect my bag and to wait for Adam to collect me. Then I took him out for pizza as a thankyou for driving me in and out of downtown and enabling this oh-so-important date with myself to happen!
As I write all of this, I am actually on another sort of 'date-with-myself'... The aforementioned date happened during the last weekend in July, I think, and was followed with what feels like a real whirlwind of our last few weeks of full-time performing in August. And now we are just doing weekend shows. We had the weekdays off last week and this week. So this week I decided to treat myself to a four day 'date-with-myself' in New York City! Okay, it's really just four days in NYC because I have been spending quite a bit of time socialising with others while I am here.
Tomorrow, Friday, I will fly "home" to St Louis for our last three days of shows, then it will be time to pack up and head back to Toronto. This time next week I will have been home (at my real, Toronto home) for two nights already! Oh my! It's all happening so fast, I can hardly see the trees for the whirlwind, or, uh... whatever! My life is a whirlwind. But next week when I am back in Toronto I think that I will have some time and I will do some more long-overdue writing and reflecting and picture posting on this here blog of mine!
But for now, this will have to do!
I know, I know, it's not exactly news to hear that I am "busy" here (or wherever I seem to be!), but maybe I can make my busyness in to some form of "news" to share - I mean, isn't that what this blog is all about?
Well, I guess I'll start a few weeks back... Probably just a mere few days after my last post on here, I decided that living in the suburbs of St Louis County in a two bedroom apartment with three (albeit lovely) roomates/co-workers was driving me INSANE. So I made my great escape to the city.
Yes, that's right, for my two days off in the last week of July, I booked myself a room for a night at The Hyatt Regency Downtown St Louis Riverfront, and spent a glorious 48-hour date with myself in the city... It was definitely among the best choices I've ever made...
ABOVE: My hotel, as viewed by me at dusk on Sunday evening as I walked through the Riverfront-Archway park to take myself out to dinner in the historic 'Laclede's Landing' area...BELOW: Sunday Morning in my hotel room; Upon being dropped off downtown by my generous co-worker/roomate Adam, SnoBear and I checked in to our hotel room and got excited about our KING-SIZED bed!!!
BELOW: The View from my hotel room. Thank goodness it was this good, because later this evening I would be stuck in my room during a black-out with nothing to watch but the thunder and lightning and storm outside my window... Well, thank goodness for this view and for the bottle of red wine that I packed!
AND BELOW: This picture (of the famous St Louis Archway) was taken by me while standing right in front of my hotel. Yes, that's what they meant when they said riverfront!
So for my first day (of my two-day long date with myself in the city), I first made my way over to a great little neighbourhood called the Central West End. Which made me think endlessly about my new friend Jon, because he was the one who told me about this area in the first place. I eventually found myself at the St Louis Cathedral Basilica, where I spent at least an hour or so... You see, I've never really been a religious person, but I absolutely love churches and sacred spaces, I just sort of lose myself in their beauty and safety... Or rather, maybe I find myself...
After my visit at the beautiful Cathedral Basilica, I made the long, hot and sweaty(!) trek through the nearby Forest Park (bigger than NYC's Central Park) to the public Art Museum. Granted, walking for 45 minutes at the hottest time of the day in late July in St Louis might not have been my best plan... When I arrived at the art museum, I went to the public restrooms because I was so hot and sweaty that I had to go in to a stall and I actually took my dress off and literally wrang the sweat out of it. I looked as though I had been dumped with a bucket of water! (I only wish it had've been water - I was sooooo hot!!!)
Anyhow, I spent some time with an incredible exhibit of photographs by Gordon Parks... With the help of good ol' Wikipedia, I will tell you that "Gordon Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft." Basically the exhibit was totally inspiring and reminded me how much I love photographs and people's stories.
After the Art Museum in Forest Park I made my way back downtown to my hotel, but just a mere few blocks away from my hotel I heard something... A protest or rally maybe? I followed the sound and it turned out to be a sort of 'Block Party' sponsored by one of my favorite St Louis radio stations (The Beat 100.3 fm) showcasing young talent in a 'youth against violence' sort of effort. How apropos for me to end up there, hey?!?
So, after spending some time listening to the young MC's do their thang, I ravenously made my way back to my hotel room where I showered (okay and had a glass of red wine and called my best friend Devon in Toronto for a quick chat) and then made my way to take myself out to dinner in the historic 'Laclede's Landing' area. The walk to the landing was lovely; It was sunset and I walked through the park below the archway. Then I sat on a patio in the historic, cobblestoned Landing neighbourhood (think like 'Gastown' in Vancouver) and treated myself to a lovely meal. I walked home (okay, yes it was dark and I walked home alone through the park, but I'm fine so what of it?!) and just as I returned to my hotel room, the power went out in my hotel! So I had no choice but to sit by my window and watch the thunder and lightning while sipping my red wine and doing pretty much nothing... I think it was a blessing sent from The Universe!
The next day I had to check out of my hotel around 11am, so I did but I was able to leave my bag in the custody of the concierge for the day because Adam wouldn't be picking me up until 9pm that night, after my crew returned home from work. I made my way to my favorite place in St Louis - The Missouri Botanical Gardens! I spent a lovely few hours there before heading to 'The Loop' (a hip sort of neighbourhood) where I caught a matinee of the movie 'The Wackness', which I loved.
My '48-hour date-with-myself' ended with me making my way back to my hotel to collect my bag and to wait for Adam to collect me. Then I took him out for pizza as a thankyou for driving me in and out of downtown and enabling this oh-so-important date with myself to happen!
As I write all of this, I am actually on another sort of 'date-with-myself'... The aforementioned date happened during the last weekend in July, I think, and was followed with what feels like a real whirlwind of our last few weeks of full-time performing in August. And now we are just doing weekend shows. We had the weekdays off last week and this week. So this week I decided to treat myself to a four day 'date-with-myself' in New York City! Okay, it's really just four days in NYC because I have been spending quite a bit of time socialising with others while I am here.
Tomorrow, Friday, I will fly "home" to St Louis for our last three days of shows, then it will be time to pack up and head back to Toronto. This time next week I will have been home (at my real, Toronto home) for two nights already! Oh my! It's all happening so fast, I can hardly see the trees for the whirlwind, or, uh... whatever! My life is a whirlwind. But next week when I am back in Toronto I think that I will have some time and I will do some more long-overdue writing and reflecting and picture posting on this here blog of mine!
But for now, this will have to do!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
a july valentine
Check out this July Valentine that The Universe just sent me:
"If you were a princess,
how would you decorate your valentines?"
"Hope your day is filled with sweet dreams and happy endings"
"If you were a princess,how would you decorate your valentines?"
Yup, that's right, I said The Universe just sent me a July Valentine! You see, just a few minutes ago, I was on facebook updating my profile status to say "Meghan is sending out love... take what you need!" And then my roomate/colleague Adam walked in the door from his run and handed me the above pictured Valentine and said "This is for you. It had a hard time getting here. I found it on the road while I was running." And as you can see, it is clearly adressed to MMM! Amazing isn't it?
As I look more and more for synchronicity, I really seem to find it...
Now, I like to pride myself on the fact that I am not some stereotypical young woman with starry-eyed deluded visions of love being something like 'A Cinderella Story' or something like that, but I do love Love - y'know that beautiful sentiment of caring and giving and receiving and feeling valued and special and magical...
And Love has been a little bit of a theme for me lately... You see, one of my new Six Flags friends, Audry, lent me this great book last week called 'Other People's Love Letters: 150 Letters You Were Never Meant to See' and I've been loving it. It's even inspired me to begin composing a 'Love Letter to The Universe' in my head...
Furthermore, one of my personal goals right now is to consider/explore/discover ways to care for myself, treat myself to joy and luxury and abundance. It was only just this morning, after meditating, that I realised that the biggest treat that I can give myself is the luxury of self-love and self-care. So I took a little time to write myself a nice, encouraging little note in my journal...
As I look more and more for synchronicity, I really seem to find it...
Now, I like to pride myself on the fact that I am not some stereotypical young woman with starry-eyed deluded visions of love being something like 'A Cinderella Story' or something like that, but I do love Love - y'know that beautiful sentiment of caring and giving and receiving and feeling valued and special and magical...
And Love has been a little bit of a theme for me lately... You see, one of my new Six Flags friends, Audry, lent me this great book last week called 'Other People's Love Letters: 150 Letters You Were Never Meant to See' and I've been loving it. It's even inspired me to begin composing a 'Love Letter to The Universe' in my head...
Furthermore, one of my personal goals right now is to consider/explore/discover ways to care for myself, treat myself to joy and luxury and abundance. It was only just this morning, after meditating, that I realised that the biggest treat that I can give myself is the luxury of self-love and self-care. So I took a little time to write myself a nice, encouraging little note in my journal...
And then, feeling full of love, I decided to send some out in to The Universe...
And then, it seems, The Universe decided to send me some back:
And then, it seems, The Universe decided to send me some back:
"Hope your day is filled with sweet dreams and happy endings"Friday, July 18, 2008
An Ode to the Joys of My Life This Summer (aka Family Fun & Fond Memories)
Just in case there was any doubt in your minds, I wanted to be sure to let y'all know that I am truly having a FABULOUS time here! Both at work and at play... Though sometimes it's hard to distinguish between the two!
For all the crazy physical, mental and emotional stress that I have had to weather over the past few weeks, I have also managed to squeeze in some seriously fun times. And for all the wistful wishing that I've been doing for my dear ones who are far away, I must say, I have met some incredibly lovely new friends here. They are fun, kind, caring, compassionate and I am quite certain that at least a few of them have worked their way so deep in to my heart that they will be there forever - no matter how far apart we will be from one another in the not-so-distant future.
So, what follows is a little pictorial ode to the joys of my life here in the wacky land of working in Entertainment at Six Flags St Louis (where their staff goal statement is to create "Family Fun & Fond Memories")...
Here we are with 'the performance fam' at the special employees-only preview of the new Evil Knievel rollercoaster the night before it officially opened to the public! Ah, the perks of being on staff!
Or, 'The Canades' as we are most commonly known as.
Hosting a Canada Day Eve party at our condo, of course!
And below: Me with my new friend Nathaniel, whose sincere appreciation for all things canadian makes him an honorary 'Canade' in my books!
After Canade Day comes America Day (aka the 4th of July)!
And what better way to celebrate Independence Day than with a costume party?!
Our american friends showed us a GOOD TIME!
Below: Me with my Best Bestie Evs - JON! (He's def. better than all the other besties)
Dr Jon and Enviro Girl: "Here's to saving lives and saving the planet!"
PS - I made my costume using our recycling! The body piece is made from forzen pizza boxes, the mask from a box for soy protein "fake chicken" and the belt from flyers!
And below: My friend Evan dressed up as Jordan and my friend Jordan dressed up as a Jabbawockee (a dance crew, from the show America's Best Cance Crew, who performed at Six Flags a few weeks ago)
And then, after discovering the nodes on my vocal chords, I had to take a bunch of extra days off and not speak at all. So one day I put my energy in to making dinner for my team for when they got home from work. And thus, "Family Dinner":
(Josh is absent because his ACTUAL family was visiting that weekend. I guess I can't blame him for wanting to spend some time with them...)
Look at how Kat and Adam put on their nice clothes to eat my meal!
(I was even inspired to change into a nice dress once I saw them)
Oh, and our lovely friend Justin sure knows how to brighten my day... Here we are, as his adoring fans, after he performed an interpretive dance to Pocahontas' "Colors of the Wind" song on our stage one day after our shows were done:
And then there was the Entertainment Department Luau after hours at Hurricane Harbour (the Six Flags water park). Here's 'Team St L." gettin' beachy with it in our dressing room before we head to the Luau:
Awwwww,
HEART!
XXXXXXX
For all the crazy physical, mental and emotional stress that I have had to weather over the past few weeks, I have also managed to squeeze in some seriously fun times. And for all the wistful wishing that I've been doing for my dear ones who are far away, I must say, I have met some incredibly lovely new friends here. They are fun, kind, caring, compassionate and I am quite certain that at least a few of them have worked their way so deep in to my heart that they will be there forever - no matter how far apart we will be from one another in the not-so-distant future.
So, what follows is a little pictorial ode to the joys of my life here in the wacky land of working in Entertainment at Six Flags St Louis (where their staff goal statement is to create "Family Fun & Fond Memories")...
Here we are with 'the performance fam' at the special employees-only preview of the new Evil Knievel rollercoaster the night before it officially opened to the public! Ah, the perks of being on staff!Ladies and Gentlemen, 'TEAM ST L':
Or, 'The Canades' as we are most commonly known as.Hosting a Canada Day Eve party at our condo, of course!
And below: Me with my new friend Nathaniel, whose sincere appreciation for all things canadian makes him an honorary 'Canade' in my books!
And on Canada Day itself, my sweet, adorable, abosolutely LOVELY young friend Emily took me along with her and her mom to see 'High School Musical' at the MUNY - a gorgeous, and giant, outdoor amphitheatre in St Louis' (gorgeous and giant) Forest Park:
After Canade Day comes America Day (aka the 4th of July)!
And what better way to celebrate Independence Day than with a costume party?!
Our american friends showed us a GOOD TIME!
Below: Me with my Best Bestie Evs - JON! (He's def. better than all the other besties)
Dr Jon and Enviro Girl: "Here's to saving lives and saving the planet!"
PS - I made my costume using our recycling! The body piece is made from forzen pizza boxes, the mask from a box for soy protein "fake chicken" and the belt from flyers!And below: My friend Evan dressed up as Jordan and my friend Jordan dressed up as a Jabbawockee (a dance crew, from the show America's Best Cance Crew, who performed at Six Flags a few weeks ago)
And then, after discovering the nodes on my vocal chords, I had to take a bunch of extra days off and not speak at all. So one day I put my energy in to making dinner for my team for when they got home from work. And thus, "Family Dinner":
(Josh is absent because his ACTUAL family was visiting that weekend. I guess I can't blame him for wanting to spend some time with them...)
Look at how Kat and Adam put on their nice clothes to eat my meal!(I was even inspired to change into a nice dress once I saw them)
Oh, and our lovely friend Justin sure knows how to brighten my day... Here we are, as his adoring fans, after he performed an interpretive dance to Pocahontas' "Colors of the Wind" song on our stage one day after our shows were done:
And then there was the Entertainment Department Luau after hours at Hurricane Harbour (the Six Flags water park). Here's 'Team St L." gettin' beachy with it in our dressing room before we head to the Luau:
And one last shot with my besties, Kat & Jon, glowing post-Luau fun:
Awwwww,HEART!
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