your embodiment of dichotemies compells me:
extroverted yet introverted, because you know your limits.
young yet wise, because you are perceptive.
vulnerable yet strong, because you acknowledge your fears.
clumsy yet graceful, because you’re not afraid to fall.
there is something ancient and magical about your total embrace of the journey:
you make me smile for the legacy you are leaving behind.
wow, girl. i mean: wow.
i think of you in my life & i feel proud.
you have taught me so much about communication and,
more importantly, about my own communication.
we are two such different people, yet you have consistently met me half-way.
through you, i have been able to discover some of my own fundamental stumbling blocks.
i am inspired by your dedication to reaching your goals.
i love the sparkle in your eyes when you talk about helping children in hospitals.
i am amazed by your photography. through some of your photos
i’ve come to see new aspects of people and moments in time.
when i think of you in my world, i am most grateful for your commitment to balance.
you are so dear to me. i’ve felt a kinship with you from the moment i met you.
i love how expressive you are both in joy and sadness.
your gestures and words are testament to the wisdom you carry.
i so much respect and understand your need for solitude,
and your ability to ask for time alone.
if i could only pick one word to express what you bring to my world,
it would be compassion.
(meme, picked up while roaming tribe)
& how else to withstand the enormity of such burden,
the burden of sight, but to believe
that there can only be the grace of others?
Danetta & Belen made me smile this week.
so here you go:
reply to this blog & i’ll tell you
why you make my world a better place to live.
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Last month’s opening night of Thirsty was a packed house.
Check out the Thirsty page on myspace, and join us again this Thursday,
with special guest DJ Aaron Jae (Evil Breaks).
10 – Amber (debut digital DJ set)
11 – Aaron Jae
12 – Samira
1 – Denise
Thisrty: Every fourth Thursday
February 28 – Heartbreakers (a.k.a. Icon & Smoove)
Matador, 10 6th Street, SF
10pm – 2am
No cover. 21+
(Thanks, Amber!)
today i am grateful for:
Immodest creature, you do not want
a woman who will accept your faults,
you want one who pretends
that you are faultless–one who will
caress the hand that strikes her
and kiss the lips that lie to her.
George Sand, Intimate Journal, 1834
There’ll be so much bass inside Mighty on NYE, you’ll think there’s an earthquake. The Seismic crew’s planning this event and you know the shaking’s gonna be off the hook! Krafty Kuts rocks out with his hip-hop funk laced with that up-tempo flair while Seismic holds it down with Murphstar, Samira, Trav and Brett Pinkin each taking the decks. sh00ey, Brad Robinson, Aaron Pope and Raydeus complete the lineup, helping make the last party of 2007 a good one! (CQ)
Nitevibe
Come support female talent at the new weekly, Thirsty, held at the Matador Bar. This event features locals Denise, Amber and Samira, along with former New Yorker Missao, who plan to use this evening as a platform for performing their original music and pretty much doing whatever else they feel like. From rocking the techno beats to the bass-heavy house to the funky breaks, this is definitely one evening full of eclectic musical selection and style. (CQ)
Thanks, Nitevibe
here you are, on the last day of august, completely calm and content:
in front lies the imminent reminder of how small you are. yet there you are:
in full embrace of this never-ending expanse of cloud in the sky.
out there in front of us, as Nature, we perceive such awe-inspiring vastness
as a kind of testament to life.
inside of us, as Human Nature, we receive that same vastness
with panic and discontent. it is easy to allow it to consume us, paralyze us.
and a kind of entropy occurs.
it’s funny how we feel so desperately alone when we are afraid,
yet we are so universally bound by this emotion.
there is so much more i want to say to you, Todd,
but i figured i’d start with this picture, and with the reminder
that our experience of this vastness can be so quickly transformed
(not always, but we can try regardless)
with just a bit of sunshine, some cheddar cheese, a few beers,
and in the company of a friend. add a dash of music,
and a few stray cows, and voila…
i love you, sweetheart.
samira
