As I decided to start this blog I thought it would be a great idea to introduce myself before unloading random thoughts and general opinions on all things "Life". I grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania. A town that thrived on Friday night football games and the yearly local farm show. Where our fathers farmed, hunted and fished to feed the family. A hardworking community with family values, faith and the "talk" consisted of .... "In this world, it's either cars or drugs.... you can't have both." I grew up in one circus of a family as many of us have. I can honestly say through my trials and tribulations that I am thankful for the crazy story that has become what is considered my past. I however consider it the stepping stones that have come to create to human being I am today. I am extroverted, introverted, weird, outgoing, athletic, lazy and all things that create a Left & Right brained being. I like to think of myself as I would only hope we could all hope to think of ourselves... Unique. We are all brought into this world individually and will exit as such. However I am a firm believer that during our time here we meet those who will teach us those lessons necessary and we will teach those we are meant to meet attributes that will be beneficial to the life they may lead.
I have stepped over the lines of 30 years in life and in those 30 years I have to give a shout out to a palm reader on the East Coast who examined my palm at the age of 14 and smiled with her head intriguingly tilted to the side as she said.... "You are the Luckiest - Unlucky person I have ever met." Now some 16 years later I sit in this bar with my laptop and headphones in smiling... yes Madame... you were correct. It only took me 16 years to understand what that concept could possibly mean.
I have been blessed to have lived on both the East and West Coasts. I have reinvented myself four times and counting and at the end of the day, I enjoy sitting here and writing to an audience that I may never actually meet. If you have taken a notice to the button above labeled "Blondesheep and the Blues", that was the first blog I started once I got ask in town on the East Coast and started working for the Lancaster Roots and Blues festival. You can check out their website here www.lancasterrootsandblues.com
Before I moved out West I was a mish-mosh of Model-Talent-Musician manager, Fashion Show coordinator, Photographer, Server, Bartender, a wanderer of the arts. Small town- PA was not ready for the likes of me and the heck if I was ready to settle down as the local postal worker earning a 401K and saving up for retirement. I had been earning a living since I was 13 and in any way shape I could. However in my 20's I realized that the entertainment world was where I belonged. Now let's get one thing straight... I am best behind the camera, behind the pen, in front the computer and behind the scenes. This is where I am comfortable and excel. What's that saying? Those who can't do... teach? Well I am one of those people. But instead of claiming defeat in not feeling comfortable doing, I claim a sense of success in the pride of teaching brilliant minds to do.
So here I am, after seven years in LA I have returned to the city of Lancaster in PA. For how long? That is a question I ask myself daily actually. I have a feeling that everything happens for a reason and this trip back is to rebuild and take time for the family I have remaining. This reinvention has been eye opening and what I had imagined my life being if I returned is far from how reality has presented itself. I have been blessed with good people who have taken the time to help me get back on my feet and for that I am truly thankful. Where I go from here will be up to the stars as I have traveled quite a ways so far.
So to conclude todays entry if you are still reading... It is absolutely my pleasure to meet you stranger. May your day be blessed with love, laughter, success and hope. Take any negativity and confront it with a positive thought. Smile even when no one is watching and dance even if everyone is watching.
Thank you for your precious time and hopefully I will have something to say in my rants that will leave you taking this lemon to make lemonade.
Cheers and Poplars,
Blondesheep