Electrolicious

Whatever you do, whatever you say, step up front. Be good at what you do. At least be good at something. Writing. Reading. Producing. DJing. Cooking. Cleaning. Doing laundry. Something. Learn an art, a trade. Be somebody. -Blue Scholars “Blue School“

Last month I met a young woman who was well spoken, very smart, clearly good at her job. As part of our chat, I asked her what she did outside of work — what were her hobbies? Her passions?

She looked at me a little embarrassed and answered, “Um, I don’t really do much. I like to see my friends when I can. And, um, I like movies?”
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Ooh, it’s another unplugged night! I’m excited for it this week and not feeling that impending sense of urgency and dread I had last week. I have lots of brainstorming I need to do on my new book project and am planning on using large felt tip pens and perhaps some interpretive dance to loosen up the idea juices. I’m trying to pick a question to consider each week and this week’s is going to be Why is distraction so delicious?

Oh, and related to Unplugged Night: have I mentioned that I’m going to NYC in a couple weeks? Remember that Today Show thing? Turns out they want to fly me out to do a follow-up interview about how 52 Nights Unplugged is progressing. Perhaps I will do an interpretive dance to show them.

If you’re unplugging tonight, I hope it’s an inspiring, awesome time!