naomiland

so many things

so many things to report...i don't even know where to start.

most of the stuff i did in the past 8 days is secret stuff that i can't talk about yet. so i will find a way to talk about the stuff i can share.

my excitement is largely centered around london. it was my first time there and the words to express how wonderful it was seem to be escaping my brain at the moment. maybe it's jet lag. or simply a less than masterful use of the english language.

i arrived somewhat heartbroken for personal reasons and left full of love for new people, places and things. what a trip. and it looks as though i might have the opportunity to spend a little more time there very soon. i can't wait. i can't imagine how thrilling it will be to really explore the city for more than 5 days...i love the houses and the people and the cars and the trees and the sound my shoes made on the stone sidewalks.

the borderline and troubadour gigs were wonderful. i didn't know what to expect, being that it was my first time there. i definitely did not expect all the people to show up, all the support and enthusiasm. two different groups of people flew in from italy, one flew in from germany, some drove for 4 hours from various parts of the UK and some were just lucky enough to live right in london. (i'm jealous!) thank you for spending your time with me! i am so completely surprised and thrilled by this. the opportunity to play my music for all of you was such a gift to me.

the people who flew me out took such great care of me. it was really nice. surpassed my highest expectations.

and now here i am. in LA for two weeks before flying back to NYC for some more business. and it's like what was once my life has now become NOT my life and this new life has stepped in. and i welcome it! i don't really have any expectations. just keep doing what feels like the right move to make at any given time. and surround myself with people who know more than i do. that's the key, i think.

and try to stay in the moment of every day. it's easy to get sucked into the past or the future. i spent a little time in the past right before i left for my trip and it was terribly sad. and that's why we need to let it go like it never even existed. like a story someone told us about some person we don't know and it floats through our consciousness and then dissipates.

and on to something new. the moment in front of us. i rather like what i see these days.

i'll tell you another story another time.

xoxo

it somehow happened

today, while i was standing in the grocery store check out line, something happened.

i don't know how or why, but it did.

it's so unexpected. i almost don't know how to talk about it.

but i know something has changed and i can't go back.

i'm sitting here with my copy of WIRED magazine on my lap, the magazine i purchased at the market today, because it jumped out at me and demanded i take it home.

and suddenly i feel a shift. i suppose it's actually been happening for a while - sneakily working its way into my life - first the website, then the blog (perhaps i should have known at that point), then myspace, youtube, then i'm filming my own videos, then editing them (well, sort of - i know how to make end title credits, ok?).......i can see the pattern all too clearly now.

i've become a full-on geek.

wow.

the kind who would rather read WIRED than vogue.

i can't put it down. i love everything about it. i haven't loved a magazine in this way since the day my little pre-teen hands touched my very first issue of cosmo back in the day. i hungrily devoured everything i could about the benefits of pale lavendar eyeshadow and that amazing "O" as they love to call it. (and if you don't know what i'm talking about, get yourself a copy of cosmo. they're obsessed with the "O.")

i love the feel of the paper in WIRED. i love the texture of the cover. i love the content. oh, the content. i seriously haven't been this excited to read a magazine in SO LONG. i'm holding out til my plane ride to nyc on monday. at least that's what i tell myself now. i seriously don't know if i can wait that long. i'm like a horny teenager with my first boyfriend. but it's not a boyfriend. it's a magazine. so much better....

i can only imagine how wonderful my trips to the gym will be now....i've had to read Us Weekly on the stairmaster for way too long. there are only so many times i can look at photos of an "emaciated but trying to gain weight" nicole richie, "out of control party girl" lindsay lohan, jennifer aniston and vince vaughn and brangelina and tomkat - what the fuck is a tomkat and why should i care?!?

i want to read about the blogoshpere and PS3 (i just figured out what that meant). i wanna see drawings of robots and read about the best geek bars in LA. not that i'll go to them - i'm way too busy doing stuff online - but at least i'll be in the know.

i wanna see ads for the Geek Squad, not hydroxycut and hoodia. (come on, people - do we really want to ingest something called hydroxycut? can that really be ok?)

i'm sorry if i've let you down. at least now you guys won't be surprised if sometime in the near future i start talking about star trek. (don't worry - as of tonight i still know nothing about it. but these things quickly change, and don't i know it.)

ok - gotta go check out wikipedia.
later....

tshirts

people are asking, so here's the info.

they look like this:

I AM OUT OF MANY COLORS/SIZES, SO PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU ORDER!!!

here's what i have:

MEN:

red S,M,L
light blue S,M
yellow S,M,L

WOMEN (VERY SMALL - IF YOU LIKE A FULLER CUT PLEASE ORDER MEN'S):

red M,L
light blue M,L
yellow M,L
pink M,L

***i apologize - i am sold out of XL in men's and women's shirts.***

they are AMERICAN APPAREL brand, 100% cotton, will shrink a bit, VERY soft and NOT MADE IN SWEATSHOPS!

here's how to order:

1. go to paypal.com.
2. select "send money"
3. send $15 to [email protected]. this includes shipping ANYWHERE in the world.
4. PUT THE WORDS "TSHIRT ORDER" IN THE SUBJECT HEADING. if you do not do this, you might not get your shirt.
5. make sure you give the following info with your order:
ADDRESS (VERY IMPORTANT!)
SIZE AND COLOR - for example: MENS GREEN SMALL or WOMENS PINK LARGE
6. please be very careful when ordering - look at what i have available and please do not order somethng i do not have. this complicates things A LOT.

and that's it!

what a strange world this is...where you can send me money through an online account and no one ever sees it but it's there. and i never see you but you're there. wearing the shirt i pack up and put into an envelope and send off into the air on a giant metal flying machine. it's truly bizarre. i don't understand it one bit. i guess i don't have to. but it's so very odd.

xoxo terra

NEW CD!!

***sorry - it's sold out!***

here's the info from my website:

TERRA'S NEW CD AVAILABLE NOW!!!

you guys asked for it, so here it is! it's called "virtually."

***PRE-ORDER SPECIAL!!!***

The CDs are at the printer now and will be ready to ship on August 20th.
Every order placed before August 15th will receive a FREE TERRA NAOMI
SIGNATURE GUITAR PICK!

And the first 100 CDS ordered will be signed!

TRACK LISTING:

1. say it's possible
2. the vicodin song
3. i'm happy
4. up here
5. goodbye letters
6. bright sunny day
7. something good to show you
8. the game changed
9. jenny
10. never quite discussed
11. close to your head

$10 plus $3 shipping in the US and CANADA, $5 shipping OUTSIDE of the US and CANADA.