Spontaneity--Spice Up Your Life (maybe w./a little Girl Talk?)

So tonight I was able to take part a bit of Spontaneity. And boy howdy did I have fun! (Sorry I had to laugh at that). My friend Jaci called me up today and asked if I wanted to go see Girl Talk...who, by the way, had two shows in Denver that sold out months in advance (the second of those shows were today. So of course, as an eclectic music lover (who may have a serious addiction to the art), my answer was yeah, but how could she ever do that? The show is SOLD OUT!!! What she told me next was pure grace being spoken into my ears... "My friends are in the opening band and they are getting me in free and I can bring friends..."

As you can tell in the picture in the top right corner of your screen, I was one of those friends. I got into a sold out show, FOR FREE!!! And it was off the chain. (I've never said that before but I'm trying it out.) So I'm writing you all out there in the blogosphere to encourage you to spice up your life with Spontaneity. It's the best. I'm going to look back when I'm forty years older,
and remember this night vividly. Sure there were a few pitfalls to the show: I was pushed up against a railing all night as the crowd danced the night away (thus leaving me less space to join. Have no fear, I still danced the night away, just less comfortably.); then their was the white rasta who was in front of me dancing (which meant he was unintentionally grinding on me which I wasn't about to have that. After I had made a bit of space between us he turned to me, realizing that I was singing along like he was, and said "glad to be sharing this moment with you man." Hippies, you either love 'em or hate 'em. I love 'em, but if they start grinding up on me I get a little defensive and change my stance on hippies.); then the fact that the people to my left and to my right were both lighting up jays beside me stinging the nostrils (but what do you except when you live in a place where 100,000 people have medical marijuana prescriptions).

But besides that, I really can't complain. I mean I got into a Girl Talk show for free. It was a blast too. Oh buddy. I also meet a few people along the way. Like my new friend Adam who likes to give hi-fives and was dating a girl who I had met at the Phantogram show. Her name was hard to pronounce thus hard for me to remember (I'm really bad with names.) It was like Charis, or Chizo or something like that. Anyways, then there was Drew and his lady friend, whose name slips my mind. They were nice to talk to. He is a union rep for grocery stores and she's a receptionist for an accounting firm. We shared some laughs and we got to see an epic dj live. It was sick. See I had so much fun...that's why spontaneity is so wonderful.

If you are reading this, and you haven't done anything spontaneous recently then I encourage you to do so. Just earlier last week, I had a moment when spontaneity was knocking at my window of opportunity and I didn't capitalize sending me head first into a sea of regret and disdain for my lack of courage to step out in faith to participate.

Here's a quick run down of what happened: I've been a regular attender at Scum of the Earth Church for several months now. (It's only a few blocks from my home and one of my roomies goes already so why not.) And a friend of mine from Scum is raising money to go to Palestine to promote peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis (cool stuff). So he's having a fundraiser at this ministry house/cafe downtown. Well my roommate Nick and I had two different flyers with conflicting dates and times on them, but we didn't realize it. So we drive across town and find a place to park about a block and a half away. And we start looking for this house. When we get there I had a weird feeling that it looked a little too much like a house than a cafe, but it was the right place. Nick looked in the window and saw some people so he said yeah this has to be it. So I proceeded to waltz right in, but I was not prepared for what I was about to see... The place looked just like a living room with a kitchen area off in the corner. There were probably 6 or 8 college age kids inside whose eyes were huge when they saw us just barge right in. None of the people there were people we knew and my heart immediately skipped a beat. Come to find out it wasn't someone's house, but the correct location on the wrong date. The kids where all students from Wheaton and where here on a mission trip during their spring break. They offered us to stay and eat tacos with them but we declined. For probably an hour after we left, I was a little disappointed that we hadn't stayed and eaten with them. It could have been a fun, but alas, it is just a possibly great story that has been hindered by fear.

So don't be like me and my roommate who regret not acting in spontaneity. Try to do something spontaneous if the opportunity arises. Spice up your life by saying yes when you would normally say no. That's my goal. And when I do, I'll be sure to share with anyone who cares to listen (or read).