Day on the Baltic

After 3 weeks in Germany's second largest city, I needed to get our for a while.  At Thomas' suggestion, we took a day trip to the Baltic coast.  It was very chilly but also very beautiful.

Drama: Love Songs and Other Jazz

For nearly three weeks now I have been in Hamburg, Germany. I'm here primarily to be a part of a really special dance project. The show is called Drama: Love songs and other jazz. So far, we've put in a lot of had work learning choreography, staging, and more. I'm very excited about the show and am glad I could be a part of it.

So far we've had some great press. This particularly excites me because my picture is featured in our press kit. Personally, I am most excited about being published in the German edition of the Italian fashion/lifestyle magazine Grazia. This is a major publication in Europe and we are featured as the main pick for events in Germany and Europe in march. I took a picture of the page we're in. Sadly, we didn't find out we were in the magazine until after the next issue had come out, so the clipping is all I have.  We've also been featured in at least one other more local magazine as well.  Hopefully all the press works and we have a good turnout.

We've only got 9 days until the premier and a lot of work to do.  But things are starting to come together and look really nice.

Oh and I forgot, if you'd like a further description of the show, you can check out the site of Thomas Marek who is the one putting this whole project together.

. http://www.thomasmarek.com/thomas-marek-erweckt-eine-a/

Clipping from Grazia

Poster spotted on the Subway

Goals

What do I want? Everything. So what is everything to me?
* Great dancing
* Good friends
* A job I like, with a flexable schedule
* To travel
* A church I can grow in and really be a part of
What do I have now?
* Good friends
* A great job, that is flexable but still difficult to travel
* A church where I have been growing a lot

So how do I get everything else? Primarily the dancing? I have to move. I am miserable here in Oregon. No where near my favorite people. Those people who bring out the best person in me and really help me feel like I am delving deep into my life.

I still want to go to New Orleans. I want to go now. But getting everything arranged is difficult. I have a trip planned to Prague this summer thats smack dab in the middle of the best time for me. I hate to quit my job because it's so perfect for me. But a job will never sustain me. Passion and life and creativity sustain me. Without those, there is no heart to my work, even if the work I am doing is great.

What would I have in New Orleans
* Great dancing
* Great Music
* Great friends; Cid, Keegan, the King's hopefully
* Potentially a good church.
* New oppertunites to travel
- but no job lined up, and who knows how long it could be or what kind of job.

But if I think about the last paragraph, clearly a job is the least of my concerns. I know how to make myslef happy even when working hard and thats by playing hard, living hard, and loving hard.