"Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior"- Trungpa
"The Analects"- Confucius
" The Trial and Death of Socrates, Four Dialogues"- Plato
The latter two I bought at the very nearby half priced books one Sunday. Every Sunday morning I take a walk to La Madleine, Starbucks, then conclude with a trip to Half Priced Books. I usually shop through their great LP section but these two books found their ways to my interest.
Trungpa's book was handed to me by my room mate, Rene. I will probably start with this one as I march on down through the above list.
And at a whim, I am compelled to start a preliminary list of things I wish to do before I turn 30 in about four years (October 7th, 2014).
-Play in a "big-five" major American symphony orchestra (New York, CHICAGO, Boston, Cleveland, Philadelphia)...a bit hard to exactly time that but I thought i'd include it anyways. This one might be a bit later...or a bit earlier!
-Go to Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Greece, New Zealand , Australia, Venezuela, Oregon.
-Own a very beautiful vintage truck...probably a 1970 Chevy
-Be back in school to study something else (not to switch field or to obtain a "back up"...but rather, be enveloped in the study of something else).
-Go back to Korea
-become a bit better at French and Italian. Dabble in German
-still own the "Golden Bullet". 2003 Toyota Sienna Minivan
-still remain in my belief that smart phones aren't "needed". Oh wow, how did we EVER survive without them?
-throw over 200' in the discus (which will be quite a challenge seeing as though I don't really train my throwing anymore...but I think i can still do it.
-start a sports performance training group focused on excellent performance...not some trendy magazine junk. Bigger, faster, stronger shall be our goal.
-teach less students...dramatically less.
-tour with a musical around the country
ok... that can suffice for now.
Things I want to do NOW (or in the near future)
-practice my butt off
-get better at jazz improvisation
-play in a salsa band
-get faster and get stronger
-take auditions (summer festival auditions soon and Chicago Civic Symphony)
-try out my shot at playing basketball at Houston's famous Fonde recreation center
-resume my "take lessons with anyone with ears" mode
-see more opera this year
-talk to the nice bartender at the "The Ticket" sports bar in Seguin, TX when im there again to play a concert! Ha, I chickened out last time HARDCORE.
-constantly live in thanksgiving for the beauties I see everyday.
