Fluent Self Item!A somewhat goofy mini-collection of stuff I’ve been reading, stuff I’ve been thinking about and oh, some completely random crap.

Basically the stuff that never gets mentioned here because I’m not the kind of person who can just make some teeny little point. Not into the whole brevity thing, as the Dude would say.

Actually, I’m under the strict compulsion to write ten pages about anything on my mind. So this is me. Practicing brevity.

Remember when I went on emergency vacation? Well, I’m doing it again.

It’s not so much an emergency. More of a yeah I really need to get out of Berlin situation.

Luckily, the internet is continuing to be interesting. So yeah. Items! Exclamation points! Hi.

Item! Post No. 35 in a series that continues to amuse me even when I am unexpectedly in Denmark.

Item! Not that I was just in Denmark or anything.

Actually, I am in Denmark right this second.

But this would still be funny if I weren’t.

Oh, advertising agencies! Really the only thing more funny is … making fun of advertising agencies. I’ll take it.

Visit Denmark: “We want people to go to Denmark and have a positive association with their memories from that trip.”

Agency: “Can we use vikings?”

Visit Denmark: “No, vikings are played out. And really…’can we use vikings’…really?”

Agency: “Okay, how about Amsterdam.”

Visit Denmark: “Amsterdam isn’t even in Den…look we’ll call you.”

Twitter: From @mekanism and found via Casey who is @Casey_Cole.

Item! Are you obsessed with light sabers?

Because you should be.

I try not to be. But it’s pretty much a lost cause.

“First of all, I have heard of this new device being considered reminiscent of a lightsaber (hence the picture), but I don’t think anything that can’t cut an arm off should be in any way compared to a lightsaber. “

Warning: time suck! Time suck! Glorious time suck! You might be here for days. Maybe save it for the weekend?

But there are squirrels with light sabers! And one of the post tags is pew pew pew.

I might be in love. And you might find everything about this site highly inappropriate. Blame Jenny!

Via Jenny the Bloggess who is @TheBloggess on Twitter.

Item! San Francisco Motorcycle Club Elects First Female President!

Whooooo!

Meet Madam President Tegan Hetzel-Dobbins

As Amanda said: Yey go girl zoom!

I read about it here.

Also, you really have to listen to the Sparkletack episode about the history of this Club. I have been somewhat obsessed with the San Francisco Motorcycle Club ever since it got sparkled.

Actually, go for the pictures and stay for the episode.

Via my friend Amanda who is @ClusterLuck12 and (finally!) on Twitter

Item! Like rubbing your tummy and patting your head. In an anti-gravity chamber.

Nice post from Briana called “I’m a contradiction“.

About all this stuff she’s learned about her patterns through doing my Dance of Shiva wackiness. Super interesting.

You know what’s funny? I’m constantly trying to describe Shiva Nata and I can’t.

And then she shows up and just nails it:

“You basically combine specific arm and leg movements in certain sequences and it feels a little like trying to rub your tummy and pat your head. In an anti-gravity chamber.

While also trying to memorize an international telephone number. And some annoying person is shouting random digits in the background. In Chinese. Or something nothing at all like that, but even more confusing. “

Awesome.

And if you read her blog, you’ll notice that the whole thing is full of shivanautically-inspired insights.

She’s @tweetbri on Twitter.

Item! From the duck scarf chick!

Remember when my duck got her second scarf? That was Romilly. I adore her.

So Romilly wrote about some of the realizations she came up with during the workshop I taught in North Carolina workshop

“I need more space and comfort in my life. The state of my studio has become priority number one for a while.

I also need to trust myself more and realize that when my intuition takes the time to tell me I need to do something, it’s not because it likes the sound of its own voice. LOL”

Nice!

She’s @deRomilly on Twitter.

Item! I’m supposed to tell you something and I don’t remember what it is.

Way before people started sending my duck new additions to her wardrobe, Naomi and I did a thing.

A very excellent thing. And it was about how to make the monies even — especially? — when things are recession-ey and horrible. Or when they’re not.

It was full of brilliance because Naomi is a genius and I am a deranged pirate. And we both have strong opinions, which is probably not as charming as we think it is, but still very useful.

That was back in March or something.

In the meantime, she’s always off moving to England or moving back from England, and I’m in Copenhagen even though I’m supposed to be in Berlin, and between her emotional breakdowns and mine, it’s kind of hard to keep track of these things.

So we’re doing something with this and I’m so tired that I don’t even remember what I’m supposed to tell you about it.

But I’m sure she’ll post about it soon and I’ll feel like an idiot.

Item! Comments!

So it was really cool the other week when I got to work on my practice of how I ask for stuff and you guys gave me the best reading recommendations ever!

So I’m going to try it again.

Here’s what I want:

  • Things you’re thinking about.
  • More lyrics.

My commitment.
I am committed to giving time and thought to the things that people say, and I will interact with their ideas and with my own stuff as compassionately and honestly as is possible for me.

Even though asking for what I want still feels awkward for me, I’m just going to remind myself that this is a thing I’m practicing.

That is all.

Happy reading.

And happy Blustery Windsday. See you tomorrow.

The Fluent Self