backsliding....

so i was on a "news fast" for all of December and most of January. i read a few posts on Salon and kept up on stuff through #1BB and through Yerfdog's blog. it wasn't a blackout--i can't seem to avoid EVERYTHING. this seems impossible. but, for the most part, i was keeping to it. no news in the car, no news on the 'net, no news on the TV. and a funny thing happened, i started to live in a little isolated world of somewhat giddy happiness. things seemed to be really positive around me, despite spending 7 days on a criminal trial jury in B'more city (one of the guns involved in the crime was a BCPD Glock that was reported "lost"--sometimes this city resembles New Orleans, circa 1998, more than i'd like to admit.). there was a lot going on and January flew by in a fury of work and activity. seemed like i was getting into a healthy pattern--understanding that my work day starts later and it's okay to not be up and creating art at 7:30AM....letting things happen, writing, recording, reading and absorbing. Trying to focus on putting the best show possible out to the audience that is there. all good things, right?

so now we're well into February and i already feel like the month is planned out and crazy. i'm planning a tour in April, working on new recordings and writing alot and finishing up a field testing of an education residency (wow, i'm in over my head on THAT one.) but i've been slipping the last few days with my schedule. i sat at the computer and read some news on my old standby, salon.com during breakfast the other day. it was so easy, and frankly, it felt so right. like an old friend......first i would start with just a cartoon or movie review, then, before i knew it, i was reading news. yikes! and so, what do i find out is going on? (full disclosure: i stopped before i actually got any news with nutritional value)

Matt Lauer is interviewing Obama--seriously. I don't want to see a casual interview. I know he rocks, let's just leave him alone. Let him do his job and don't distract him. I'll keep doing my job and if we all keep working, maybe some stuff would actual start working out.

THEN THIS: Phelps is busted for a bong hit in South Carolina. when i read this, i had that realization that i needed to back slowly away from the news and go back to what i was doing before--happily ignoring the absurd waste of time (for me) i remember it to be and return to getting tid bits from friends and family.

SO. i'm back at the diary writing, and trying to be a regular blogger. in fact, i'm going to do 2 blogs today, yeha.