ok...so i'm sure some of you are getting very annoyed with my lack of blogging and pictures...and i have encountered a new problem, along with little cell phone service and my internet not working on my computer...my camera won't work now too! what a pain! it may have somehow erased my photos too! yargggg
so hopefully this video will appease your anger somewhat...i have pursued a new career interest of fire dancing! i was getting kind of bored with my regular hula hoop, so i had to take it to the next level. fire! (100% safe and danger free...) so far so good. no burns or disasters, plus a lovely assistant (Lisa) to sport the fire extinguisher (she likes safety). people here have been very supportive! everywhere i have asked to do it, the people in charge are very excited to have me, and my audiences have been very encouraging as well! lots of love. its been really exciting, i can cross off another thing on the list of things i want to do. it seems the things on this list have been getting crazier and crazier. i am discovering about myself that i definitely like a little bit of adrenaline. it makes me feel so alive! i am discovering more and more of the endless possibilities of life, and dreaming bigger and bigger, and watching my dreams become my reality and being amazed each time. maybe all this lack of technology and communication has really driven me off the deep end. or maybe living in a way that is more connected to nature and people has awakened a deeper part of my explosive true nature. its intense. in fact, it scares me a little. whats next? hunting? sky diving? rock climbing? scuba diving in Australia? i want to do everything!
for halloween we went to Ashland, where we heard they are REALLY into halloween and have an awesome parade. well, its true, Ashland has the best halloween i've seen! i would describe it as a family friendly mardi gras. Streets closed down and crowded with people in outrageous costumes (the "parade") beating drums and dancing around like insane tribal people. pretty epic. then we went to stay the night in a teepee village in the hills outside of town, and drank homemade mead and apple cider, and did another fire dancing performance. slept in a huge teepee set up for guests, where other travelers and a family slept. i woke up to drinking cowboy coffee over a fire and bow and arrow hunting. i don't think i could live like that full time, but it was a great experience, and i totally recommend it if you are interested in living somewhere beautiful for $1 a day.
hmm what else....there's lots of deer here. like in the city, walking around in the middle of the day. everywhere. its kind of weird.
so yes. the conclusion is: Oregon is definitely making me wilder, or at least realize that i'm wild at heart. i have a burning desire to be completely wild and free, travel the world, fire dance, and do more and more extreme things. things that scare me a little bit. things that wake me up. things i've denied myself the ability, the permission, the strength, to do. i don't really know what all these things are. yet. but its happening, i can feel it. this is why i exist!
my ultimate goal is to inspire you to do whatever it is that lights your fire too!
