Le Mie Cose Preferite

 HAPPY EASTER

I will list now the things that are quintessentially me;

***warning, the following block 'o text is a rant and may be skipped by the non-bored***

those activities by which I choose to define myself when given the opportunity at awkward parties or first days of class when people ask me "my hobbies" and other things which are equally uninteresting and by definition cannot truly hold a place of true importance in the mindset of these strangers who insist that I tell them.  *breathe*

***you may now stop skipping***

Anyway, here we go:


1.
 Disk Golf - I list disk golf first, not at all because it is my favorite thing, but because I just got back from playing.  For me, playing disk golf really does have to be one of my favorite activities.  This is because I have no car and the nearest disk golf course is (according to Google Maps) between 2.1 or 3.1 miles away depending on which roads I take.

  Either way is entirely uphill of course.  Which would be fine if my bike didn't look like this:

Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Defense

Ok...so maybe that's an exaggeration, but sometimes it feels comparably heavy!

So...point is, I am not the most athletic person in the world, and if I didn't love disk golfing, I wouldn't risk death by heat stroke in 34° weather to play.  ^_^


2.
  Dancing (social ballroom, not hip-hop, break-dancing, etc.)  -  Dancing makes the list for exactly one bajillion reasons; no more, no less.  But a friend of mine put it best.  For her privacy we will call her "Lindy Hop".  Lindy Hop made a list of reasons she loves social dance.  I will now, due to laziness (don't judge, I almost died of heat stroke today!) copy and paste her reasons because they are also mine:


"I love the unpredictability and challenge that comes with dancing with different people and reacting to the man's lead on the dance floor. (in my case it is the lady's following!)

I love the chance to be creative and spontaneous based on the music and my partner.

I love the variety of songs.

I love singing along to the songs while I dance.

I love the freedom to do goofy things I can't get away with in "normal" life.

I love the ability to mess up and laugh about it.

I love meeting up with old friends and dancing with them.

I love meeting other social dance lovers like me.

I love that dancing is such good exercise (hello, endorphins!).

I love wearing heels and feeling feminine. (masculine for me of course ^_^ )

I love the graceful feeling of floating on air (in certain dances)."

and finally

I love the ability to experiment; the feeling of creating something.  (That one was my original statement.  I'm not entirely a flake.)


 3.
  Music - This includes listening and playing.  When I say playing I mean trombone, guitar, piano, and bagpipes...ok, I made up bagpipes.  Sometimes I have emotions which I can't make heads or tails of until it comes out in the form of a song or lyrics.  Often I understand my most complex emotions only after I re-read my most recent songs.


4.
  There is no four yet.  I can't think of anything at the moment.




 5.
  Why would there be a five if there is no four? 

La Voce del Mio Spirito.

This is the newest song I've written.

The River

When the leaves turn brown

We all fall down.

They land all around.

We roll on the ground.

As the sun shines down,

We begin not to frown.

No clouds overhead,

But sooner or later we're all gonna bleed red!

Well you wanted to see me,

Well darlin' here you go.

Oh, do you like what you see??

'Cause this is all that's left of me.

 It's in a river that you stand

As a rock rolls by your hand.

And all you see ahead,

is where all that's passed has fled.

So you wonder where you'll go?

the future no one knows.

Oh I'm telling you my friend,

You gotta look where the river began.

So you say that you love me??
Well I say that thought's gotta go.
To find what we couldn't be now

Float off to where the river flows.

Well you wanted to see me,
Well darlin' here you are.
Oh, do you like what you see??
'Cause this is all that's left of me.

And we stayed up all night so many times
just talking, 'bout our pathetic lives.
And the river, just keeps pushin on;
My memories, they're all floatin down.

And everyone drowns.

And you really want to love me??
Well, baby, it's too late.
How could love ever be,
When there's so much fear of hate?

And you wanted to see me?
Well, darlin', here you are.
I'm barin' you my heart.
I don't think we'll get too far.

Sorry for the quality, and the fact hat my voice isn't the best either.  ^_^  Oh, and also forgive the semi long intro and the pauses mid-song to scroll down the page.  Other than that:  ENJOY! (hopefully...if not, shut up....jk ^_^) 






For my other songs check this.

Gli angeli possono riposare.

    Today is the first day of my Summer break.  I am technically still planning to attend a course in social dance through June, but due to it's innate lack of paper/busy work I don't consider it anything other than a hobby.
    I've been getting the feeling that this summer will bring many good things.  I guess we will see...

La ragione della esistenza.

So...This is my blog.  I don't know why I have a blog, and I don't know how long said blog's lifespan will be.  So there you go...the reason of the existence of my blog.

La pace del tempo.

You stand in a river gazing downstream. 

At your side is a stone; 

but 'is' becomes 'was' before you even begin to comprehend it. 

When you look ahead,

as you are used to doing to see what comes,

you see only that which has already passed. 

Only glancing back can you see what will come next. 

The future is behind you.