feeling batty !

my night vision has been working!!! okay so October has been one amazing month in my life so far. My frown has been splattered across my face upside down and I am greatly enjoying the new perma-smile I have been proudly wearing!
Lets start with October 1 of this year... I missed out on going to First Friday at the Flat Iron building in Wicker Park with all of my amazing friends so that I could spend the evening with my even more amazing family. We played board games together into the darkening hours of the night. So many laughs and so many inside family jokes, oh and the pet names so embarrassing and so endearing. I wouldn't change my family for any other in the world. They are absolutely the best I could ever ask for. October 2 I was very blessed to be able to attend the Annual Pilsen Art Fest during the mid-afternoon with my good friends Vanessa and Liam. The company they keep me is one of love and laughter. Being able to view pieces of art in the presence of good company was a present in itself. Who ever it was that made the amazing trunk speakers I must say KUDOS to you two, twas the most interesting use of trunk i have seen in a long long time and I absolutely loved it. Then there was that evening! A rather good party that night, with some very interesting bathroom moments... Sharing a stall with about 6 other people when trying to pee or poop definitely makes you close to that group in a big way in a big rush... yet it was the people outside of the bathroom that blew up my little mind. getting to laugh with Vanessa any time we walked by each other. finding and unfinding Marina threw out the night. both PWT & TMY kept me highly entertained doing their thing, which always leaves me jaw dropped! Then to awesome we all went to wind down... The next few days involved plenty of me learning new dance concepts and drilling them over and over and over... oh did i say and over yet? -------------------fast forward to the weekend and skip a week of feeling all terribly cramped up... Oct.9 DANCE ROCK! after much complicated confusion of figuring out my method of transportation to this fine event I'm there! The sound of the loud whales singing a.k.a dubstep greets my ears and places a smile on my face the awesome bassphreaK played yet another good set. Clicking of cameras, clashing of clothing, crashing of control and the party was creating continuous memories for me. Rare is the chance I have had to be able to partake in watching the full circle of the horsemen under one roof. They all left me with new ideas, and awestruck inspiration to incorporate into my very own style of LIQUID. The chill afters held here at home with just Jason, Liam, Kai and me was comforting. Discussions of music and dance with pretentious noses held high cause we there sat knowing what the best of the best is when it comes to dance and music, undoubtedly of course. I have never met more music snobbish people in all my life and all I can say is I am proud to call them my friend for it saves my ears the pain of failed attempts at music which i will call unmusic. 10-10-10 i spent sleeping and recovering and enjoying the company of my friend turtle who payed a rare visit to my home. The 12th was practice with Liam and Plainest to the Whitest at the lab. The 13th was an amazing sketti and meat sauce dinner served with om-nom-nom garlic bread but the best part was the company of close friends. Might I add in that same night four of us climbed a tree, only one of us fell out, and none of us were injured! 15th had a wonderful lunch date with my mommy <3 who did not spare me any of the typical questions on my well being, she also did not fail to question the security of my safe sex practices, boy-o-boy do I love my mother. She is pleased to know she will not be a grandmother in any state of the immediate future. 16th Sweetest day. I attend a truly wonderful event! ONE LAST FUNDRAISER. The art was beautiful the people were amazing. The talent in that studio shined brighter than the city lights. It felt so nice to be sitting, standing, dancing, laughing, talking in a room full of some of the most terrific people who are not my blood family. I'd love to give thanks to Vanessa for putting a huge huge smile on my face with the thoughtful and kind gift she gave me that night. SO Vanessa if you are reading this I hope you know I am going to get a frame for it and that until then it will stay in its protective plastic taped up to my wall <3 ! Oct. 17. stayed in a big soft comfy white bed and awoke to the sound of door gently closing and a hula hoop landing on the floor. After a little while of getting ready and swapping dreams and reheating tacos we venture out into our Sunday night. Street College was the name of the event and it was held at The Orphanage for FREE. Yes for FREE and might I add for a free event it was way way way fresh!A soft ambient rainbow of colors illuminated by a mix of candles and dimmed lights. The smell of hot veggie soup in one corner and the scent of sweet smiles spreading over the space. A mix of street performers of all kinds from the amazing dancers, unicycle riders, and balloon twisters extraordinair
they came i saw we shared! The view from the steeple of the castle like bell tower I was able to see due to the amazing tour of the Lutheran church was absolutely breath taking. The city shined a dusty pink in awareness of breast cancer month.I looked my fear of heights in the face and walked all over it and up above it on a few sets of rickety rung missing ladders. Fast forward to right now October 20. Wear Purple Day! Today I am wearing purple clothing to raise awareness that no longer will we tolerate the harassment of gay/lesbian people world wide. No more I say should we let others continue on with their ignorant hate crimes against other human beings just because of whom they choose to love! To all my gay/lesbian friends/family and to all others who I do not know, keep holding on stay here with us fight with us for your rights as a human being to love freely whomever you choose. It will get better I and so many others support you. Always with LOVE, Delila <3

"walking on sunshine"... isnt that flying???

im happy with the choices ive made up until this point in my life. i dont regret following my heart and living. "im walking on sunshine" and it sure does feel good not all day everyday but at least once a day and it is so worth it.

clipping wings... feathers and other things...

my candles burn bright, i burn brighter they help my room and heart feel lighter. they glow and i feel it in my soul. i turn them on to make myself feel better something about writing in candle light makes me feel like it will all be alright. these sentences i write they come and they go,some take flight and others fall into the night. i know what i want to say but im afraid to. im afraid of letting my feelings be known. for knowledge is power and when it comes to my feelings im just not sure i want anyone to have that sort of control over me and my being.

ive been dancing more lately than before. the concepts make more and more sense to me daily. and the community the dance provides for me continually inspires me. they are a set of amazing people and im proud to call them my friends. from our talks about hannah barbra cartoons (kai = great gazoo, delila = dizzy devil, jason = shaggy, and rob = marvin the martain... more to come.) to tattoos, music, dance, life, travel, love, and so much more i wouldnt trade them not for a single moment. they are helping me open my eyes, grow as a person and mature. i love them. (and if you'd like to know where to find them floasis.net is the place to start). Liquid dancing is a huge part of my life now. It fills a part of me that i didnt know was missing until it found me.

ive been thinking about the things i want out of life, the things i want to accomplish and kick off of my bucket list. and sadly the list keeps growing but nothing is getting crossed off. i need to make myself do what it is i dream to do while i still have time on this earth to do so.

and this becoming a woman thing, this becoming an adult thing is tuff. feels like reality ruffles my feathers more and more daily. the word jaded is becoming more and more familiar to me and that scares me. where is the love? where is the peace? ( im looking for it, looking for it inside of me.)

i've been wearing this heavy heart for a few days now and it just doesnt suit me. i miss my smile.

oh my life is one trip through the clouds

and then the alligators ate the animal circus parade riding on their backs in the clouds and we knew "we had seen it all". up the stairs, through the two doors, turn right, turn left,up the stairs, through the door to the left, a few steps into the room, open the window, grab 2 pillows and 2 blankets on the way out, step onto the mini roof big enough for three and there sat we: marina, flozel, and me. the closing hoorah to our night was watching sunrise over the city I-90/94 highway. I recommended a chilly sunrise with good friends and great imaginations on the first fall feeling day of the year.

was my weekend fun of course it was surrounded by friends who never let me fall behind and a smile spread across my face so big i was incapable of talking. no joke so in awe i couldn't speak properly for hours... i danced boy oh boy did i dance... liquid and i are starting to flow together in and out of my mind and body... loving the music, liquid and i.

decisions decisions decisions... i don't know where i stand on certain subjects sometimes and having to make up my mind is such a daunting task... i want to do the right thing and it never seems to be right. i want to make life okay for me and everyone i know and i can't... no matter what i decide to do someone will get hurt. but if i don't make up my mind i will sit and suffer with my confusion. rot in my own mind and continue to waste my time. i cant make everyone happy i just cant and it tears me up inside... but there i go again trying to please everyone but me. never putting how i feel first as if i don't matter. as if how i feel shouldn't be the most important aspect in my decision making. i never speak up for how i feel about things, i always put the feelings of others in front of mine and never actually get what i want. i continually give myself the short end of the stick and its just not fair to me anymore. its time for me to ask Delila "what does Delila want" and "how does Delila get that". Delila needs to figure out what makes Delila happy and run with it even if it doesn't make others happy because at the end of the day Delila is sure others will do what makes them happy regardless of what Delila wants.

didnt even notice it had been this long.

so much has happened from the time i wrote last up until current. my party life is winding down and i love the change of pace. i'm ready to enjoy the earth again its beauty, and thanks to a friend now more than ever i want to learn a way to help preserve it. i can say that these last 2 maybe 3 weeks i have been growing at an alarming rate mentally, artistically, emotionally, and in all the ways that count for when joining the realm of adulthood. please don't get me wrong i know i am still a child but i am not unaware of the fact that the time to not waste in my life is now. the time to build for my future is present and that i must not let it be overshadowed by the flashing lights in the most literal sense. yes it is okay to have fun, but by no means should fun be the only thing my life consist of. i need to prepare for my future and its something that i should have been working on yesterday a year ago... i'm learning that passion and persistence are the key to getting where you want to go and where you need to be, i am also dually learning that along the way it is okay to indulge in the present. so long as enjoying the right now is done after the preparation for my future has been worked on. i'm discovering this thing called self worth and i have plenty that is worth more than anyone person can put a price on. i have to stop selling myself short and just try the worst i can do is not get it right the first time around. cause trying doesn't mean doing something once and quitting. it means continually working towards the larger goal and finding the errors and fixing them along the way. i want to work on my life again. i want to remember what made me happy before and so i did some digging into my past and into my family. it has been there all along. what i love has not changed and i doubt it ever will. fear stopped me from attempting my goal once before this time it doesn't stand a chance.i want to teach kindergarten and i am going to do it. i love children they are the most perfect beings in the universe right now and i want to be there to remind them that they are amazing just as is and can do all they want if they really want it. i want to teach it is my life goal. on the side of teaching there are dozens of things i want to do but none are as deeply set in my heart as teaching is.

i want to say thank you to a friend who has been giving me advice when i seek it, and that has the patience to not wig out on me for still being a child and can see i'm finally just starting to grow into me. so thank you it means so very much to me.

thats all for this post. i've got some soul searching and thinking to do and i want to write a personal entry in my journal just for me.

Time And I Flew at Spring Fever P.2

where do i even begin the day that was part two to spring fever?

wake up!!! shower.shower.shower. wait around for hunger to kick in. a few more showers. finally we are out the door. just me and the guys. taking a nice little walk to Paul Bunions a place that supposedly has killer food. I'm spinning lights all the way there. multiple camera shots, laughs, giggles, and we finally arrive. Before we even step inside we see what happens to be a lumber jack version of what i think Goliath would be he is a huge huge statue. So of course our littlest guy friend has to pretend to be David and sock him one in the nuts. kudos to you my good sir :) . we get inside to be welcomed by a gift shop. if ya ask me a gift shop right in the entrance of any restaurant is just tacky... i take one quick look at the menu and already my mind is yelling full force don't you dare eat ribs at this time of day... so while the guys decide if their tummy's can handle ribs and what not i play with the large wind chimes as obnoxiously as i can. no one can handle the menu and we bounce out of that place. best part is we end up walking all the way back from where we started to go the the Denny's we originally said we should have gone to... we all order breakfast foods. and i swear we had the nicest waitress ever. she gave me a whole free cup of juice when i asked to sample the crazy new beverages at no extra cost to me but a smile :).

we arrive back at the hotel. tons and tons of roaming the hallways gets done. tons of sitting in the room waiting patiently for the night to hit gets done. tons of talking, laughing, bickering, smiling, and finally some damn swimming is all accomplished. slowly but surely the rest of our crew makes it out to us. yet the night is still not here. more hanging out only the way we know how is done. and its time. we all look at each other giggles and anticipation rising we say our cheers to one another. and the night begins...

I am not sure how anyone else spent their night. I am not sure if anyone had as good a time as I did. What I do know is that i did more things in that one night than I probably had in the last 5 months weekends put together. I can't recall the night in its entirety, what I do remember however was

~ Spinning lights outside in a parking lot, on the way to another hotel, on a ledge, on 2 stages, in the main room, in the hallways, in the pool, in the hot tub, in our room, in a strangers room, on a strangers bed, and in the main lobby.

~ Swimming!! Lots and Lots of Swimming! Fully dressed! Wearing a tutu under water, and feeling like a mermaid... Jumping into the Deep end of the pool not knowing how to swim finally getting over my fear of deep water! (Mind you I was successfully able to recruit every person in the pool and the hot tub to stand around the pool with me and all of jump in at the same time to help me get over my fear and check something off my bucket list. I am so thankful to everyone who jumped with me.)Dancing with my friends and new people and my boyfriend under water was liberating!!!

~Playing Call Of DUTY MODERN WARFARE 2 while jumping on a bed soaking wet with a group of girls I had never met all while laughing!!!

~Seeing Silkworms in a blossoming tree spinning silk, doing an elaborate dance under the spring moon. Shared that beautiful moment with the universe and a new best friend of mine.

~Dancing!!!Dancing!!!Dancing!!!and might I add some more DANCING! Tons of liquid dancing was done! I danced my little butt off! I also diced some people to tiny little pieces with my miming routine :). Man, the dancing done that night done by my friends and I was all sorts of amazing and odd and inspirational and entertaining. I love them.

~Hoola Hoops and Jump Ropes! Need I say more???

~Random hopeless adventure to find my missing TUTU at 6 in the morning... Hooray It was returned to me the following day but that is a whole other story!

~But what I remember most about that evening was a sense of unity. No matter where we were in the hotel no matter how many times we lost and found each other no matter anything there was a sense of unity. It was more than crystal clear that we were all friends that we were all always looking out for one another and were all concerned with the happiness of the people we call friends. It was a beautiful party but more importantly it was an amazing vacation that helped us just enjoy the time we do have with each other. I love them.

Part 3 will be posted soon... til then... "this is the story of a girl"

News Flash

Everything I write and say has already been said and written.
Everything I think is already someone else's old news.
Isn't it great being unique?... I'm just like you.

I am so lost in my head today...