Taking the good with the bad...

My love life at the moment is under construction. It hurts, but I'm getting thru it. The process just really, really sucks. HOWEVER, my love life is not my entire life. And while yes, that area of my life blows, there are other things going on that I can't ignore.

For instance, I volunteered with Painted Bride to dance at an event in on June 17, 2010. I've followed Painted Bride since I volunteered at the first Black Lily Film Festival in 2007. The other day while at the gym, I received an e-mail with "Calling All Dancers" in the subject line. That grabbed my attention immediately. The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program is currently seeking 60 dancers to participate in a SURPRISE Random Act of Dance organized by and for the Mural ARts Program together with the RAD Project (Random Acts of Dance: Building Community Within Communities Through Movemement) and collaboration with dancers from the Pennsylvania Ballet. I'm actually pretty excited about that. The first audition isn't until the first week of June, so I plan to utilize my time until then to prepare myself and step my game back up a little. I need to rev up my workout routine at Ballys, as well as get myself to dance class at least 3 times a week. Between Philly Premier and Philadelphia School of Dance, that should not be an issue (especially considering the fact that I can just catch the train over). So there's that...

I had an opportunity to network with one of the editors of Heart and Soul magazine, and I plan on sending a query to her in the next 2 weeks. If I am to be serious about this writing thing, I have to establish discipline and handle this like a full time job. I've learned that instead of simply saying "I need to write", I'm beginning to be a little more specific and set parameters. It's a process, but I'm getting there.

I've got JUST over a month before I move into my place...YAY!! I will finally be able to establish my "zone" again and get back into creative mode. Currently I don't have a desk setup and the areas of the house where I'm able to access the internet are not the most conducive to heavy duty writing and research (for example, right now I'm sitting hunched over indian style on my bed as I type this blog...horrible on the back).

So all that to say this. Yes, today sucks balls (pardon my French), but it's not all bad. So with the suckiness, I'm taking in the good as well. In all things, find balance, right?