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Kurt Cobain

Just wanted to pay my respects on the 20th year anniversary of his death/life. Kurt was huge part of my childhood. His music inspired me to create and even today i find myself relating to his music/lyrics. Its troubling how tough it is to be happy in this world. Not an easy thing for everyone and if you are a lucky few that can "just be" than kudos. For the rest of us, we'll be reluctantly sipping our pennyroyal tea.

ABBEY GROWN SHOW!!! @ THE FREMONT ABBEY ARTS CENTER

THE FREMONT ABBEY ARTS CENTER PRESENTS.....(DRUM ROLL) ABBEY GROWN. Little taste of the show Local Hilliards Beer and Wilridge Wine will be all up in the house for this event and a Bonus talkback/hangout time after Friday show. featuring music by JULIA MASSEY & THE FIVE FINGER DISCOUNT, PEPPER PROUD; contemporary dance by VICTORIA MCCONNELL, CABINFEVER, KIMBERLY HOLLOWAY; visual arts by CHARLOTTE & JOSH RODENBERG. Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29, 2014 8pm shows, 7pm doors open + Friday matinee field trip for kids (FREE) Tickets: $12 advance, $15 door *Complimentary tickets available for low income families, nonprofit workers, and veterans via our ArtsConnect program. Email arts(at)fremontabbey.org for details. Made possible in part by Seattle Office of Arts & Culture & Fremont Chamber of Commerce. Thanks to our other sponsors: Hilliards Beer, Wilridge Wine, and Dry Soda. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 10, 2014 MEDIA CONTACT: Mariko Nagashima | abbeygrown@gmail.com ABBEY GROWN a locally sourced dance & music performance Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29, 2014 Fremont Abbey Arts Center 8:00P SHOW, 7:00P DOORS Tickets: $12 in advance, $10 w/student ID, $15 at the door abbeygrown.bpt.me/ | abbeyarts.me I don't know about you but i'm not going to be able to sleep due to excitement!

Mountain Spirts

Perfection

I think it's hard to realize your not perfect and you can't perfect everything around you. Then you have to remember all of that.

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The Awaking

Last week my wife and I went to bed early (like 9:15 pm) because I had an extremely long work day the next day. Our Child Xena was also sleeping in our bed with us, with my wife on the outside of the bed . We have a extremely small one bedroom house with a living room kitchen and bathroom on the first floor and a basement level. The sleep on this particular night seemed extremely restful until about midnight we were awakened to a crash coming from our living room. I immediately jumped out of bed in a dream like state, hoisting myself into the air within seconds of the disturbing crash over my wife and child. I run to the living room (in my underwear) and begin to scream softly at first and gradually into a guttural growl, somewhat like a cave man being threatened by a saber tooth tiger. I was for sure someone had broken into our house. This is the fear i've always had and was not sure what I would do in the potential situation. Apparently my plan was to revert to my reptile brained ancestry and jump up and down and scream a war cry that would put fear into the heart of any adversary adversary. But alas the noise happened to be our small christmas tree being knocked over, off of the end table and some how sliding the table away from the wall several feet. Our dog seemed to be quite frightened by this extravaganza and hid in our room while i screamed like a possessed bag of cats. This event left me very emotional and un-eased with a bruised foot and slightly strained ankle. not sure why i'm relaying it on here.