Very cool people
My best friend, Jean, the closest thing to a sister I’ll ever have, was in New York for a few days. She got here before I did, actually, for the Brazilian parade and the West Indies parade (the photos looked so cool I wish I’d gone!)
We spoke a few times on the phone and facebooked each other and decided to meet up downtown (ugh!) at Times square yesterday. I just wanted to see her; she wanted to introduce me to a couple of her friends that live here in NYC.
While I didn’t really care to meet anyone, once there, I was very grateful to the cosmos and Jean for sending such cool people my way—not just these people, but all the cool people in my life…some times, I get so caught up in me and my issues, that I forget to stop and look around and realize how blessed I really am.
So I met Jean’s friends, Terry and Dirk, and they were great, and for at least an afternoon I didn’t think about cancer or dying or negative shit…I thought about how cool it was to be in Terry’s studio, listening to the music he was making with other musicians, and how amazing it was to be surrounded by gifted, creative, really kinda genuine folks. It made me put my guard down for a bit, and relax (something you don’t often get to do in New York.)
So, that was a nice respite from the mayhem.
I’m going home on November 2nd to take part of the CYP2D6 genetics study at UCSF (CYP 2D6 is an enzyme created by the liver that determines how fast/slow you metabolize certain meds—specifically, Tamoxifen. Since I’ve had loads of side effects, they suspect I may be a poor metabolizer, or that I have a genetic predisposition to making very little of this enzyme. Aren’t you glad I took Medical Genetics last semester so I could explain that?) :)
I’m very appreciative to the universe for putting me here—for letting me be where I am right now, doing what I’m doing.
And that’s the thought I want to leave with :)
ah, if you’re interested, here’s Terry’s website…an amazing guy.
this takes you directly to the page where you can stream music…I love the stuff he did with the Crash Test Dummies singer (the Satsang stuff…very Indian, very hip and mesmerizing) but admittedly, it’s a bit weird if you’ve never heard Hindu chanting mantras…I grew up around Hindus, so it’s kind of lovely to me.
I really dig the stuff he did with our mutual friend Vernon Bush. Check it out.
