Archive for June, 2004

• 6.1.04 "On the Precipice of Big Time" is posted in Quote/Lyric, Reflections, Work & Career

The title of this is from an obscure Counting Crows song, Shallow Days. I just looked through the last few years of the blog for when I referred back to this quote…and I see that the last time I felt this way something phenomenal came to me. However, what I sought and found then (and I was surprisingly specific), is completely different than what I want now. My whole approach is different. I’m a different person than I was in May/June of 2001. That part of me still exists, but it’s not where I want to be–not now.Back then I talked of being a Renaissance Man. I referred to how when a relationship had ended, the majority of my life continued because I had so many other interests. I talked about how great it was to have gone places with guitar, dance, and my close friends. Diversity was my answer to life, and I was getting good at a variety of things. At the same time, I knew something big was coming in my personal life, and I wanted it so badly. I learned a lot from what came, but kept my feet wet in other areas. Perhaps I succeeded at balance. (more…)