On the prowl

Yawn. Today I feel like a cat. Sleepy, distant... mildly curious... waiting for trouble. I'd love to find some.

Yesterday I watched the curious case of Benjamin Button for the first time. I have to admit I am not a great fan of Brad Pitt. He's too good at what he does... dissembling.  Irrespective to my aversion, I enjoyed the movie a lot.   True to form, Pitt was believable and Cate was stunning.

Staring out the window listening to Coldplay the theme of trouble finding wrestles me to action.

I’m going to get in my car and drive until I find it or am sated in some way.

Ciao.

Victoria Crystal

…living the SimpleSexy life…

Today’s issue of the SimpleSexy gazette is out.  Yay!

It is part two in the series on Change and I have to admit I am proud of it.  It discusses Change Propensity and helps to discover a little more about how you respond to change.  I did all the hard work, now you get to play and reinvent yourself.

Have fun!

Not a Chance

Business first:  Having made an executive decision, the SimpleSexy gazette will henceforth come out on Tuesday, that is until such a time as I change my mind again ;~) There are actually several good reasons for this, not the least of which is that Monday’s tend to be disorderly for many. I’ll honor this current energy and go with the flow.

And now...   What an incredible weekend.  Not sought but accepted, not expected but appreciated.  

It was determined, quite to my surprise over coffee Friday morning, that I would accompany Mr. Magnificent in attending a class on the Yuen Method of Chinese Energetics.  I had expected the class to have somewhat of a vampiric aspect on my energy.  Often when working deep within one’s psyche, there are emotional euphorias that are closely followed by despondency (as discussed in the series on Change: Part One).  Add the palpable influence of others and my ability to be an emotional barometer…

Well… I proved to myself yet again that the simplicity of understanding and acceptance are keys to changing one’s everything.  Watch out.  Here I come.   

At the end of class we experienced an emotional shift what we imprinted for recollection.  The experience was nothing short of profound and there are already discussions about attending the next session. 

Hi Jill, Bonnie, Christina, and Mr. Magnificent’s soul sister Nancy!  Perhaps we will see you all next time!  Wait… I’m in ‘Bama…  perhaps we’ll see ya’ll next time!

Gosh, there were so many wonderful things that happened this weekend, not the least of which was meeting this a precious girl named Alexis.  We were eating dinner in this great little Italian restaurant and she and her daddy were seated a table away.  She reminded me so much of my daughter and was just as sweet.  She walked over with her blue crayon in hand and honored me with a drawing on my notebook.  Circle and spirals I will treasure forever. 

And then, shifting through time and space in the large city of Atlanta, on the very next day we found ourselves once again seated next to each other in a restaurant a few miles away.  There are no coincidences.  This time Alexis took hold of my pen to share more of her gift.  Thank you little Princess!

Smiling, I am now off to work…

Victoria Crystal
…living the SimpleSexy life…

Fanfare

I had a profound dream, begging me to do what must be done, essentially, or suffer the consequences. And while I moved through this dream, a vibrating noise followed; as I sat at a table in a restaurant discussing philosophy; as I walked through a friend’s winery; as I strolled amidst trees or stood on a bridge.  Thup, thup, thup, thup, thup.  What is this noise?  Why does it go where I do?  Thup, thup, thup, thup, thup.  I could feel its vibration externally.  It did not come from within.

My subconscious was being baited.  Pay attention.

I wish I had.  It would have been a perfect moment for a lucid dream made more perfect by the theme.  Do what must be done… or suffer.  Oh to have accessed the subconscious insight.

To varying degrees we all have these crossroad moments, but only the open wise or the lucky are keenly aware.   

As I listen to the trumpets cry in La Niña de Mis Ojos, I am reminded of my father.  As far as the eye can see there is nothing but smooth sailing out to the horizon, yet I sense a disturbance.  How why or from what direction I cannot say.

Thup, thup, thup, thup, thup… went the overhead fan.  Pay attention.

Victoria Crystal

...living the SimpleSexy life...

String'spiration...

This morning I awake with an excitement that I do not understand but readily accept.  I feel genuinely “pushed” to create, to work on the website and make the changes I have been desirous to make.  I feel the magic.

Rain.  Rain.

I feel this brilliant orb within growing wanting seeking holding sharing bigger…  I am listening to Carlos Montoya on Pandora.  I have an acoustic guitar station I have labeled La Isla.  It has been an inspiration to me often, this morning is no exception as Jesse Cook now performs just for me…

Well… I am going to take this great energy to the website.  I pray it translates!

Victoria Crystal
...living the SimpleSexy life...

Delicate Dance

Have you ever noticed the delicate dance of change that goes one step forward, two steps back, or sometimes three steps forward and two steps back…

This is the change we are actively watching anyway.  Our lives are continuously changing.  I, in my own way, have become a master of change in that it has been a decision of mine to reinvent myself on a semi-regular basis.  Often it is in small ways like actively making adjustments to my posture, trying out karaoke, listening to a new type of music, gardening, playing a strategy game, trying new foods… or big ones like living in Mexico, traveling new places alone, or starting a business. 

Whatever the change, I have engaged in the delicate dance… one two three one two three…

My posture will slouch, I hit a flat note, there are a few songs I don’t like, weeds overtake my vegetables, I lose, something makes my stomach ache…

Yesterday the Internet gods decided I would not get my newsletter, the SimpleSexy™ gazette out in my time.  C’est la vie.  Regardless, it is a good one.  I smile at that.  I look at these moments not as setbacks, but as opportunities to pause and reevaluate.  Is there something better?  A different way?

If you haven’t signed up and would like a copy of this week’s SimpleSexy™ gazette, send me an email and I will send you the link.  I believe you will like it.

Cheers!

Victoria Crystal

living the SimpleSexy life

Tech no no's

I can create an excel spreadsheet to sing and dance its way onto your screen, but I cannot figure out how to work this social media scene.  My business page posts onto Facebook are forwarded to Twitter and my Tweets get posted to my home page.  But not the reverse.  And I cannot access my business page from my phone and from the computer FB keeps having me “use as Profile” to send messages etc.  Wicked annoying.  Can you tell I am losing my mind?  I gave my technical team the rest of the month off, but I think I should fire them for leaving me in such disarray :~)

I got so excited for the follow from Tdub that I tried to send him(?) a message.  Long story short, I wound up following myself instead.  Then I thought: why wasn’t I following myself in the first place?  All of this needs to be connected somehow..?!?  Another reason to fire my technical team for not thinking of this. 

Ah, visions of grandeur. 

Considering I was in Colorado last week… I suppose I should give myself a wee break.

The sounds of the birds in the trees outside the window tell me to take a walk.  Sweet twittering birds...  oh here I go again.

Have a wonderful weekend of laughter and kisses!

Victoria Crystal

…living the Simple Sexy life…