last week, this week, next week, and beyond

two feng shui workshops in la and one in the bay area ~ all were great with full attendance and great groups of people. everyone appreciated the information very much. i will go to dallas next week for private feng shui consultations.

i was asked to show my short films for an event in berkeley in may... national dance week, i will show in the lobby between three dance studios, hopefully premiering a new dance movie called "in the river" featuring touch monkey studio, carolyn stuart and patrick gracewood. details still need to be worked out but im excited about the event.

progress is being made on "body of water"... the paintings are being applied to the covers of the handprinted booklets; the portfolio inserts are being sewed by linda clothes, a hollywood costumer; and im hoping to make final corrections to the film with jessica tomorrow. maybe one day this project will be completed!

tomorrow is bobs birthday. friday is dorothy and marys birthdays. lunches, dinners, and breakfasts will be monopolizing the rest of the week...

visiting my daughter on sunday, the traffic was bad and i took a different street across the length of san pedro and passed the last trees we planted with tree people a few months ago. the one named "hadley" after my daughter was in distress: its stake had been broken by the strong winds and was weighing on the young tree to the point of bending it over. when i got to my daughters house at the ocean, jennifer, hadley and i got some rudimenatry implements to temporarily assist the tree. later i emailed the supervisor of the project regarding the situation.

after tree triage, we went to the korean bell to fly a 99 cent store barbie kite. there were other kite flyers and basketball players and picnicers and lovers and the parking was scarce. i parked illegally. after a few adjustments, barbie took off and attacked a three-dimensional shark kite. its owner was very understanding. the bi-plane kite took its cue and retreated. barbie ruled the skies! it was a lovely day but short-lived: i had appointments and meditation class and had to head home.

the feng shui for the year foretells good fortune in writing and the arts... im happy to accept it all!

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wheres the music man when you need him?

iowa senator larry craig was arrested for lewd conduct after allegedlly soliciting sex from an undercover police officer in an airport bathroom. he says hes not gay. this seems prevalent in the gay community. "butch" men who only have sex with other "butch" men ~ no matter what their role in the activity ~ consider themselves straight. they dont say heterosexual. they say straight. so its a vocabulary problem. soon-to-be-ex senator craig is saying hes not a girly man, a femmie lala, living in the gay lifestyle... he is not saying he doesnt have sex with men. i wonder if the police officer was "straight" also???!!! i see a film script brewing... coincidentally, the county of boise iowa allowed gay marriages on thursday when a judge overturned the ruling prohibiting it. that lasted about twenty minutes. but twenty minutes of clarity is like a lifetime in some places. if only senator craig had had those twenty minutes of clarity. he could have gotten married before he solicited unsafe public sex from the wrong stranger. his "same sex ~ butch to butch ~ not gay to gay" marriage could have been his savior. if he had been openly gay and had had an "infidelity" it wouldnt have been as tragic for his career. do you really care that clinton was getting blowjobs while hillary was laying the groundwork for a new career? the economy was better and everyone was happy! seriously. everyone was happy. now ex-senator craig wont dare to chance sex with a man for fear of more scandal and will only get sex with his wife. that should be punishment enough.

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work?

i ordered t-shirts this morning (if you havent ordered my peace shirts or other t-shirts, go to the website and get busy! http://royanthonyshabla.com right now there is a special: order three and get one free, they make great gifts) and i mailed packages at the post office and talked on the phone and sent emails... what an exciting life i lead! last night i finished the last touches (i think) on a button painting and am waiting for it to dry so i can put a hanger on it and hang it. actually im not waiting for it to dry, its drying and im doing the other things that make up my exciting life. i made a small booklet of the text for the body of water film, students in meditation class got a copy (maybe that made them sick???!!!) and others went into the mail. now thats its out, maybe i will proof/edit it! or maybe ill just have a nap, the details of life are exhausting.