January 19, 2006
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The Daily News
1 Every time I think I have the beat on this year, I'm all over the place, like Mr. Chau.
2 Yesterday, I was all set to get home and watch the grass grow, when I was whisked to an ATFNL meeting, which I wound up really enjoying.
3 Suddenly, it's almost Spring. I mean, you wouldn't KNOW it with the weather and all, but make no mistake, it is the Spring semester. Ya listening, Seniors?
4 And this is always the time that it's a bit of a calm before the storm. It's looking like we will be having musical auditions some time next week, and lots of things on the horizon. In many ways, it's a time of relaxation and meditation.
5 I enjoy the calm this time of the year. It's like the hectic holidays have passed, finals are done, and there's this small, gentle window of peace before it all goes zany again.
6 So I'm going to sit in the lotus position and enjoy the feng shui of my classroom. I can't figure it out, but for some reason, that room is just comfortably wonderful and such a nice place to enjoy. The furniture is old and funky, the curtain is plywood, the desk is still that funky old green one I've had forever, but somehow it all makes sense. I can become one with goofiness and fun every time I go in there.
7 Peace 61. Great place.
8 Even that funky smell. It just smells of good times, laughter, friends, and lovers. It has the energy that has run the west end of the school for years. Lots of laughs have roared through that room and ended up echoing over the whole city and on into the hills.
9 Lots of singing, painting, dancing, eating, pizzas and egg rolls, birthdays, surprises, and joy have made Peace 61 a new classic.
10 And we continue the joy and laughter into this year, when it became the makeup room for the haunted house, and the place to go when you just need peace.
11 So yeah, I think I'm going to go in there cross-legged and become one with the Creator of the Universe, and thank whoever that is with all my heart.
12 It's great to be back, and I mean that.
13 I'm ready to take on the moon and the stars and the sun.
14 Instant karma.
15 Peace, and pizza.
~h~
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