We were asked to come up with a list of our values in my Raising Funds for Arts Organizations class this week. So here’s a list of some things that are priceless, yet I cherish and measure on a daily basis. What do you value?


IMAGINATION: the ability to look beyond your surroundings and find solutions through perception and synthesis of ideas.


SENSIBILITY: total awareness of the world around you through absorption.


PASSION: absolute intensity and emotional drive for something you believe in.


CHARM: cultural grace in social settings.


EXPLORATION: the search and discovery of deeper understanding and new ideas.


PRIVILEGE: the complete responsibility and careful consideration of choices.


NOSTALGIA: a love and look back on golden times of futures past and histories repeated.

New Year’s Eve was great! Everyone’s cursing 2009, but it was a wonderful year for me.

These are my only resolutions:
1. Stargaze more regularly.
2. OUT with business cards, IN with calling cards.
3. Study French Rosetta Stone as much as possible.

(Screencap by me from CQ)

It’s almost been a week since I got back from a thirteen day vacation, but I needed that time to collect my thoughts. Jonathan and I drove north to visit family, friends, and new places (well, not entirely). So we drove eleven hours to hit Annapolis, DC, Baltimore, and then Brooklyn and New York City. Here’s what happened:

It always helps put life into perspective using Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity methods of top Fives.

1. Arts Administrator for NASA’s art program
2. Freelance writer and art critic
3. Artist’s rep/agent
4. Editor (all inclusive to comics, art, or magazines, etc.)
5. Private jet pilot

What I found this weekend:

I got all excited about the possibility of seeing the shuttle launch and geeked out (or Wired out) about tons of space related things today:

Notable: