Sunday, September 30, 2012

Sychronicity

Wow, it has been over a month with no entry....  a lot has been going on.  Lots of gigs, lots of new stuff at work. But most interesting has been bits of synchronicity that have been popping up.  Some are small coincidences, others are more confounding.

The small ones are things like:  I'll be driving, listening to the radio, and a story comes on NPR.  During the story Sinclair Lewis is mentioned.  I look up to see a freeway exit for Lewis Road.  Again listening to NPR on my commute to work, a story comes on about airline pilots.  The car in front of me is displaying a “Dog  is my co-pilot” bumper sticker.  I called the AT&T customer service number, 611.  The Time?  6:11 pm.  Random synchronicities...

But a few more impressive synchronicities have also happened lately as well.

One revolves around a training video that is being produced at work.  I was asked to act in it, portraying an identity thief (that was fun!).  While editing the scene, the producer/editor chose a piece of music from a production music library that seemed to perfectly fit the tone of the scene.  As it turns out, I actually wrote the piece of music!

The other one is weirder.  I was checking out the West Sac Goodwill, the one were I had my karmic transgression and reset, and something pretty weird happened.  As it is nearing Halloween, they have brought out all the cowboy boots they have in storage for possible costume use.  Most all of them are priced at 30.00.  I do not need another pair of cowboy boots, as I have both black and light brown pairs that I love, and at 30.00 I can easily resist the urge to pick up another pair, although 30.00 is more than fair for a good pair of boots. BUT.... there was one pair that was a perfect dark brown counterpart to my black lizard skin pair.  They appeared to be custom made, fit perfectly and were just 15.00.  At 15.00 I could not resist buying them.  So I did.

As I examined the boots more closely I found that they had insoles that were a little thick and I thought they might fit even better without the insoles.  As I pulled out the insoles, I felt a piece of paper that had been between the insole and the regular sole.  I pulled it out and found that it was a post-it note with one word on it: "Jeff."

I guess these boots were meant for me!

I've also been working on Dolphin Manor.  Here is a shot or two...

New wall paper border added above loft.  I LOVE it!

Sleeping loft corner detail