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Posts: 6447
Joined: Jul. 6 2003
From: England, living in Italy
You know....
I'm sitting with my dog, drinking some vino tinto, streaming some awesome music to you and I think I now know what flamenco is to me.....
It's sunshine. I suffer from Seasonal Adjustment Disorder i.e. grey, wet winter days really piss me off.
This year I was dreading the winter here - no blue skies, no snow, no nothing. But I am getting through it with flamenco (listening mostly). A sort of sunbed for the soul
Simon, my fiance used to live in Eastern Washington, a God-forsaken part of Northwestern USA that is probably similiar to London in climate. She would also get depressed with all the rain and gloom. Maybe you should move to Phoenix, where it only rains 10 days a year! It's very sunshiny here!
What!? Phoenix has a lot going for it. I have lived here 7 years and never seen a tarantula or scorpion. In fact, there is no wildlife. Except pigeons. That should make you big-city boys feel at home. We have a pet pigeon here that poos all over our front walk. The mountain biking here is like nothing you've ever seen. The winters are mild, and you rarely have to wear a jacket at all. Two days ago, I saw people swimming outside--although it was a heated pool, I believe.
I already did and still regret leaving. The stars and stripes flies in my study. The INS have a thing about me since my new passport and 9/11 but I'll be back. My favourite state? New Mexico, favourite city, San Diego. There you go.
New Mexico, that's a good compromise between Arizona and Texas. Plus, they have a flamenco college program in Albuquerque (!), and Chuscales, a pretty good player in Santa Fe.
We are having one of our "storms" at this time and it has only begun. They just announced (0825 hours) that at Redding, Califonria (northern California - about 250 miles north of San Jose) on Interstate 5, there is 22 inches of snow and it is closed. You cannot get through Northern California to Oregon.
Our state has many climates. One year over 900 inches of snow pack was measured in the Sierra's.
When I was in the Boy Scouts, at the end of June one-year we went camping in the Sierras, at El Dorado. We had to leave when 12" of snow fell on us at 8500 feet, at 0200 hours. We were dressed for summer. We drove 50 miles South to a lake and it was 110 degrees that afternoon. Talk about contrast! I have pictures of both events.
In San Angelo, Texas (where Katy and I were married) we saw an 80-degree drop in temperature in less than four hours one spring day. Being in the Air Force I did not have much money. We wanted to get Ice Cream and had a choice - buy gas for the Chevy or walk and buy Ice Cream.
We choose to walk in the 90-degree temperature. As we walked it got colder and colder. We had 4 1/2 miles one way to walk. When we got back to the apartment the temperature gauge said 22 degrees. We were walking very fast (running) and so cold! I had on a short sleeved shirt. That is an Ice Cream and walk that I will not forget! A bit later the weatherman said it was 10 degrees and confirmed the 80 degree drop. I think the Ice Cream was warmer than we were!
A car sticker I saw on a car with New York license plates:
Help keep our city clean. Eat a Pigeon every day!
A few years ago I was visiting my brother in law in North Hollywood. He had me make a video of his Orange tree full of Oranges, and he was in his Spa having a drink, while he talked in German to his relatives in Northern Germany, which I also recorded at his request. It was very warm that day. He wanted to let the folks back home know how great Christmas day was in "Hollywood".
I will agree with you Simon. Flamenco has a strong emotional content that can affect emotions in unique ways and in the case of S.A.D. flamenco is probably a better therapy than youll find with any psychiatrist. If your interested I can give you a cognitive behavioral technique that can enhance the calming effect of flamenoc but it sounds like you probably dont need it Miguel: I would have to disagree with you on the phoenix thing. I lived there for about fourteen years and once I got the chance to get outta there I never turned back. I just got back from spending a week down there and it seems like Phoenix is going down hill. Ill give you the fact that the weather was nice but the traffic and the development makes it seem more like california everyday(in a bad way). The only redeeming qualities of Phoenix that I see are the good people that live there and the beautiful vehicles that make you forget about the traffic.
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