self-portrait

I recently read a blog (I can't remember the name of it unfortunately) where the author had posted suggestions for 'prompts,' to help bloggers get started on new posts.  I thought her list was really helpful, so I'm going to give it a go following it.  She suggests daily posts, which I think excessive, but maybe I can get into a weekly swing, we'll see :)

The first thing on the list is a self-portrait, so here goes:


10 random things about me
1.  I think too much.  Sometimes my brain feels it's overheating, the way my cheap cellphone does after a long call.
2.  I love music.  I really love it, sometimes so much it's overwhelming.  I can't imagine life without it.

[An aside:  this past summer, a guy named Kris Ellestad played a show in Picton, where I was staying.  I didn't go to the show because I was tired or whatever, and I guess hardly anyone went and he talked between songs about what a rough tour he'd been having & how he was a bit down about it.  So then I heard his album afterward and have ever since regretted not going.  Please give him a listen.]


3.  I am very particular.  That's a nice way of saying I am stubborn :)
4.  I meditate every day.  I'm also a certified Yoga & Meditation Instructor.
5.  I have a great sense of humour. 
6.  I have a ridiculous amount of dietary restrictions due to a very sensitive tummy.
7.  I love to run.  I forget that I love it sometimes, but when I get going, I'm happy as a clam.
8.  I'm afraid of heights, even after taking a trapeze/aerial silks course to try & overcome it.
9.  I'm half Italian.  And yes, I speak it.
10.I'm really good at keeping in touch.  Write me a letter and you can bet I'll write you one back.

me in my studio, just now, on my fuzzy webcam