< update> Jenny just posted the video. Enjoy. Teevee Shaking What His Momma Gave Him This video was “birthed” and inspired by Jenny McCoy at workinonaramp.com. She challenged her readers to a dance off. Being the competitive person, I am I felt obligated to submit a video. She is even giving a trophy to the winner. Nice! I haven’t received a trophy for anything since I...
DISCLAIMER: I do have one television that was given to me 2 years ago. It is at least 10 years old and does not have a converter thing-a-ma-bopper. I used it for my girls to watch their Disney movies. But now I don’t have a DVD player and haven’t watched anything on it in months. So, it is basically a HUGE paperweight. So why then the name Teevee? Yes, my name is Teevee (sorta)...
“Tighten your core, tighten your core !!!” Jay Stylz, my salsa mentor and instructor screams at me during my personal private lessons. Again and again. “Plant your feet firmly when you land!” “Don’t collapse when you come out of turns!” He yells at me over and over again. The truth is he may not be screaming, but that is the way it sounds in my head! I...
At the end of February, I wrote a blog post and said that I was going to adopt the Minimalist philosophy. Being a minimalist is many things to many people, but essentially it involves removing anything that doesn’t add direct value to you or your life. For example, my book collection and movie collection. Many of the books and movies on my shelf have not been touched in years. So why bother...
It is a beautiful day to say
I miss you and when I see you
well…I’m going to kiss you.
It’s a beautiful day to say I care.
Because with each passing day
I become wiser and find a new gray hair.
And the wiser I become
the more I realize there’s no day like today
and there’s no days to spare.
I was inspired after reading a post by the lovely Ashley Ambirge on her blog The Middle Finger Project (Yes, the nerve!)
She challenged her readers to go out and hula hoop in public and make fools of themselves for a 100-dollar reward! (yes, the nerve!)
I am divorced and every other weekend I get my daughters and shower them with love, discipline, values, lessons, laughter and whatever else I can sprinkle in our short time together. This morning I dropped off my daughters at their mother’s house. Sometimes I wonder where I would be without them? What if I was to lose one of them? I know that sounds like a terrible thing to be thinking...
Well for those of you that may be interested in viewing my journey to get my tattoo I now have the video below.
Someone asked me how long I had thought about getting this done. The truth? It design has been in my head for over 10 years. The feeling of actually having it now is pretty intense and satisfying.
It is 8am and I am fully awake. I have a ton of things to do.
Work out, call a friend about scheduling a time to practice improv, talk to my programmer (deadline!!!), see my nephew’s team play for the championship of their basketball tournament (insert proud uncle smile).
The great Ashley Ambirge recently wrote on her blog, The Middle Finger Project, about Socialization (wonders if that should be capitalized) and the fact many of us are robots. She defines Socialization as the “the inheritance of the norms, customs, values of a culture“. Although society needs structure, I agree that this should not be at the expense of our creativity and our voice...
Another week in the books! Another interesting week indeed. One of the highlights of the week involved me being recommended for a commercial audition. Yes, ME! Although I am an improv actor, I am not an actor in the acting sense of the word. One of my fellow improvisers, Theresa, thought I fit their criteria. I gave the contact a call and set up my audition. How did it go you ask? I don’t...
Since my divorce in 2007 I have been on a slow journey in removing excess from my life. A lot of it has been out of necessity. I left with very little other than my clothes, laptop, and books and was perfectly fine with it. (A minimalist by accident) That experience began to teach me that a lot of what I had was not truly needed. I guess you could say I was a minimalist on training wheels. In...
On Fatherhood, Manhood & Becoming Better Ancestors.