Finally got around to seeing The Avengers today. Love Joss Whedon but The Avengers was fluffy at best. All action and barely a story – diced and sliced to start in the exciting, chewy center. Ah, and Hello Thor! Why are you not paying your long lost love, Jane Foster, aka Natalie Portman – a visit. After all she’s been dedicating her entire life, thus far, re-discovering and re-opening a portal that doesn’t exist until now (re-build from fatal damage apparently) in order to find a way to get to you. There’s a good case for What’s Love Got To Do With It. Such a guy thing. Props to 3D of course. Captain America is still hot even though he gets called grandpa quite a bit by Iron Man who ultimately saves the day practically by himself. Oh, Robert! You’re my hero!
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Flavor Rescue
I’m o
nly on day one of my juice fast and I’m already needing a flavor rescue. All I can think about is In & Out Burger. I can actually smell the aroma. I guess this is what detox is all about. But the thing is, I don’t even eat hamburgers all that much to begin with. Am I tapping into some primitive eating instinct already?
Fasting on Memorial Weekend?
Is that even legal? lol I have accepted no invitations, assignments or obligations this weekend. I want to catch up, sleep, do nothing, rest. So I’ve also decided to rest my body internally with a juice fast. It’s kind of a perfect choice. The weather isn’t looking so good in LA. Kind of cloudy and overcast. So laying around will be easy. Long walks, bike riding and easy hikes are looking pretty fun. And no anxiety about having to do something or be somewhere. I just want to give myself and my body a break. I might even start harvesting some herbs in my garden. I’m liking it already.
Have a great weekend everyone!
No Time To Weep
Brink Tank Graphics poster design inspired by the play No Time To Weep, written by Lucy Deutch. A gift to the author from the photoshop artist Tracey Paleo.
Been checking out the press for the musical play No Time To Weep written by Holocaust Survivor, Lucy Deutch which made its Los Angeles debut this year. I met Lucy last year when she was putting out some feelers for publicists for the show. I think I was probably the first person to answer the ad. We didn’t end up working together but upon meeting her for the first time, I was so inspired by her poetry and her story that I literally, four hours later, signed book copy and music cd in hand, designed a poster for the show as a gift to her.
“Yes, those are the train tracks and the gate to Auschwitz. I remember.” she said as she stared at the photo. ”I can’t believe you found that.”
When all is said and done, it’s a great sentiment, history aside. No Time To Weep is about making time for joy and living life no matter what comes your way. You can get to the other side.
Crushed
Woke up this morning to the realization, after not being able to get in touch all day or night by phone or email with a dearly loved friend, and then reading on his Facebook page, “We will miss you dad, watch over all of us,” — that my friend is gone.
I had been thinking about angels all afternoon on my drive home and then today someone mentioned the angel Gabriel knocking on your door when your time is up. It was eery.
You never let me fall Jimmybabe. “you gatta get tough, kid, that’s just the way it is…you move on…and be happy…”
—words to remember you by. You always said it like it was. Old school and honest. I miss you.
Facebook Stocks Plummets Again
Looks like the Facebook IPO is not coming up roses. The Atlantic’s associate editorJared Keller tweeted, “Facebook is not only on course to go bust, but will take the rest of the ad-supported Web with it.” Read the article by clicking here: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2012/05/facebook-stock-falls-nearly-9-percent/52646/
Catching Up
Wow! It’s already 2:00am in the morning and I am only just catching up on posting and writing stories and blogs this month. I get asked by so many people to talk about their shows and products and events. I love that. But often, I just cannot get to everyone. It sucks and makes me feel so guilty. But alas, I am a one woman show and the reality is that I can only do so much in a day. I am however, finding new and more creative ways to showcase certain things which I am hoping my readers will catch on to, like a more live sidebar with products, sales, events and 1/2 price tickets, even photos. If you happen to be checking in on this particular post, I would love some feedback on Gia On The Move. I’ve been considering a Poll. I’ve never done one before. But really, I wouldn’t mind some simple comments. Like, don’t like, suggestions, wish lists, advice – the normal stuff. In the meantime, I think I had better catch 40 winks before I have to get up and do this all over again. Ciao!
Nothing But Dance
Stats are blowing up tonight with the Ellison Ballet review by Carlos Stafford, The Model Critc and I can thinking about nothing but class tomorrow morning. Been dancing around my house all afternoon and not just in celebration. Sometimes – well – all the time really – I just want to move with powerful energy and with joy. I’m happiest when I am dancing.
Taking class tomorrow in Los Angeles with Marat Daukayev, a former star of the Kirov Ballet in St. Petersburg Russia. Vaganova training, no matter how difficult just makes sense to my body and there is nothing better for me. I love getting excited every Sunday morning to study with this man.
Check out my latest find. A video on David Howard. Such wisdom and humor. Someone who ‘says it like it really is’ all the time.
Burn Out
Facing a little bit of burnout tonight. I have so many wonderful things to write about and yet, lately it’s not the writing that’s hard to do, it’s more about facing far too many days of being utterly and completely mentally un-engaged for too many hours during the day. It’s exhausting. I wish my readers were talking to me just a little bit more lately. Am I saying anything worth listening to lately? My stats are saying yes. But honestly, I’m not feeling the love.
