May I examine my mind in all actions and as soon as a negative state occurs, since it endangers myself and others, may I firmly face and avert it.

i watched a film recently called zeitgeist. you can view it here for free www.zeitgeistmovie.com

ever since i watched it i feel sort of sick. the film made me see several things, differently. sometimes i feel like i’m going to fall off, just slip off the earth…lose my grip. i would love to here anyone else’s thoughts on this film, specifically the beginning where they pretty much shatter christianity and religion in general. i feel like i have been lied too, now the lies seem deeper than i imagined.

did i mention that i love my bike, more than i thought i could love an inanimate object.

when i ride i can hear carla’s voice describing to me what it’s like to ride, with the smells, the temperature changes, the secret little biker wave. she was right on.

here’s some pictures, i don’t know who the orphan kid is.

http://picasaweb.google.com/shannonburns/HondaShadow1100ACE/those pictures are old. i took the windshield off and polished the whole bike like i have never polished anything before. looks better now

6 days until FlipSide….OMG i’m excited. woo woo woo woo

welp, we are all moved in to our new place. i guess it’s been a month, but i feel like we have just now completely settled in. we have a 4 bedroom 2 bath house with a two car garage with a fenced in back yard with a nice little wrap around patio. the dog is happy, the kid is happy, the wife is happy, i am content.

work is good, busy, but good. so many interesting people i meet. i met a guy that is riding his bicycle from California to Florida. he was on his 32nd day of riding, half way.

a new edition to the family a 1995 Honda Shadow A.C.E. 1100. watch out, here i come!

the starbucks chapter of my life is coming to an end. it’s been a fun ride from the duck dieing in drive through, 50 dollar tips, nearly attacked by a stranger, a xtc researcher, a norwegian flamenco guitar player and some great kick ass friends. i will miss the smell of the coffee, the smiles on the bouncy baristas and the half asleep smiling customers. most of all i will miss the friends i have made and the relationships that will slowly disappear. i will stretch my employment for at least another month, i’m down to work one day a week and then no more. change is constant, sometimes i like it, usually it hurts a little. it’s ok to hurt a little, makes it all more real.

This is me playing live at E.A.S.T.(east austin studio tour). I played with Thomas Fang and the Furby Youth Choir. This was my first time to improve live with my drum machine; unedited.

here is the track i played after the furby youth choir’s outstanding performance ME and My drum Machine

you ever want something really badly, like with your whole being. i did. i want to learn yoga sooo badly. i want to teach yoga someday. i love massage, but i really want to add yoga and tai chi to my life tool belt. i had found what i was looking for and i was hiding from it. avoiding the very thing that i so dearly wanted and didn’t even realize it because my heart was closed, because i prejudged. i don’t like to eat in front of people, it makes me uncomfortable. people like to pick on me b/c of the non-violent diet that i have chosen. i get accused of eating meat or non-vegan things often, thus i avoid eating in front of people. i was at work one day (massage envy) and i went into the break room to fix my lunch, sure enough there was someone in the break room, the new guy Cesar. i left the room and started to go eat somewhere else, but i really couldn’t afford it. i went back to the break room and fixed my meal. i began to eat. Cesar didn’t say anything at first. i thought cool, no talking good…i won’t have to justify my diet. then he began to talk, i thought to myself (foolishly), great here we go he’s going to make fun of my meal and my veganism. after talking to Cesar about a car wreck he was in i find out he has been practicing yoga for 30 years and tai chi for 25. he is a yogi; he teaches yoga. i told him wow, you have no idea how much i want to learn yoga. he says to me, “shannon, if you want to learn i will teach you for free no charge for you my friend. one thing, this may sound crazy, but you really must be vegetarian.” my eyes swelled up with tears, he had no idea what had just happened.

i love this earth school! what’s next? BRING IT!

anybody do anything fun?