Alright, its been a long ass time since I've updated. I suppose its well overdue!

Me these days:



Things That Have Ended

David and I have separated and are getting divorced. Its neither persons fault. He truly is one of the most amazing people I've ever had the privileged of knowing. I can't imagine anything I'd ever want to change about him. We had a wonderful marriage, and love each other deeply, however our needs are very different. We both tried to sacrifice what we needed to make things work and ultimately realized that wasn't sustainable. I will always love him, and think fondly of our marriage and time together and I wish him the best in his journey, as he does the same for me.

When it came down to it there were a lot of things about who I am that triggered issues for him and that effected his ability to be happy with me. He will find the person that doesn't cause that sort of pain for him though, of that I'm sure.



I love this picture of him. This was him reading to me from his journal while I took a bath at the end of our relationship.

David:





So with that I lovingly say goodbye to David. Its been a wonderful, enlightening ride. You've been there with me through my lowest lows. You're a good man. You will make some woman very lucky. I feel lucky to have shared the 4+ years I shared with you.

Love,
Me

Things That Have Begun

Since the end of our relationship I have met the man I undoubtedly know is my soul mate. We will call him Atom until/unless I get his okay to use his real name on here. Atom is, well.. there are no words. I'm weird. Definitely a different breed. Atom gets me. Me just being my weird ass self doesn't trigger issues for him. He is kind, intelligent, inextricably honest, and funny as shit. So in short, he's perfect. I would say that things are moving fast with Atom, but when its right its right and time no longer applies. You'll all know what I'm getting at soon enough. Till then, here is a video and some pictures of us:










In other news, I've been focusing on my acting career more. That and rebuilding my life. All good changes I'm ready for, however things are very unsettled right now, as tends to happen during Saturn Return, but I feel really grateful for how things are focusing in my life.

Here are a couple shots from between takes on the last film I worked on.




Thats all for now.

xoxo
Onie

An actual blog coming soon.

Update time:

So, I finally started utilizing my etsy.com page; Started a Bonanza.com page, a webs website, and a flicker page. Needless to say I've been busy. Between that and running the business and finding time to create, and of course everything else has been strangely amazing.

That said I am officially a weldor (this is not a typo, a welder is a machine while a weldor is the person who operates the machine). David and I have finally launched our eco conscious custom home furnishing company which we call *drumroll* ReWorks Home Furnishings, however I plan on incorporating all the different creative avenues I enjoy into it as well. Anyways we were really excited and then, while laying in bed one night, I realized we could easily help another effort thats very important to us (helping the homeless) by offering 10% of our profits. So, thats what we are doing.

Anywho, today we should be putting up another item in the shop(s) which I'm very excited about as this was the first project we started. Its pretty much like that around here.. lots of projects going on. Anyways, here are links to two the shops: (personally I prefer Bonanza.com to Etsy, but more people are familiar with Etsy.. that said.. choose whichever you prefer).

http://www.etsy.com/shop/OnieYoshimi


and to see more pictures Flicker of course:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/reworksatl/


Anyways.. here are some pictures:

Rustic Modern Fusion Dining Table using reclaimed wood estimated to be over 300 years old.

Antique School House Chair featuring Flower of Life pattern in Ebony finish

for those of you into sacred geometry this will probably mean more to you.. otherwise its just a really cool piece. I wont go into how many hours I spent making the pattern and laying it. It was totally worth it though!

and here is a chair you can see on my flicker page, but I don't have it listed yet.. its a hammered steel childrens chair. It has been given a rust finish and sealed with several clear coats. Anyways, here it is:

In other news I've moved into an awesome house on a lake with a full basement that has 10' ceilings. I love this place. In other other news my house got robbed a week after moving in and they stole everything. My mac, my laptop, my 42" flat screen tv, my wedding ring, a camera David bought me for my birthday (that he was going to surprise me with), tools, cash,to name a few things... but my absolute favorite thing that they stole... *drumroll* a can full of papermate pens. wtf! seriously.. my pens?! lol.. whatever. It is what it is.

Also, I've been 100% raw for over 10 months now. Its amazing. 90% of my diet recently has been kale salads.. luckily I make a pretty amazing salad. Ugh.. I need to go get more kale.. cravings.

........and....... I'm going to be 28 on Friday (Christmas Eve)! Happy Birthday me.
x
Onie

I haven't logged on here since March, i believe. I've been very busy and taking some time away from the internet since I've spent so much of my time on it. Anyway, life is good. David and I celebrated our 3 years together and 1 year married anniversary. We are as blissful as ever.

I saw a couple questions about how the raw food thing was going. In short I have been 100% raw for 8 months. I feel wonderful, my skin glows, my teeth are whiter than I've ever remembered them being, my hair is extremely healthy and growing like a weed, and I can't help but smile when my baby (who is also 100% raw) comes running to you if you have a salad or fresh fruit or seeds. David has been 100% raw for 5 months now and is basically a raw chef at this point. He is constantly in the kitchen whipping up the most amazing and delightful foods. I do not recommend going 100% raw overnight unless you are an extremist, however. That is how I did it, and it was harder than the gradual process of replacing 1 meal (like doing smoothies for breakfast) and then working your way up until all your meals are raw. I just know that I would have failed had I gone gradual so I needed to go 100%. I still go through phases of detox, but they aren't too intense anymore. I really couldn't be happier and while I do still crave the old foods (I have had some food addictions I'm releasing) I couldn't imagine eating those foods anymore.

So, I guess I wont be reporting a lot. Just that life is good. I have experienced many transitions in the past 7ish months. More than I will get into, but I have been spending my time focusing on being a more spiritually, mentally, and physically evolved being. My life has changed in ways I cannot even being to fathom getting into, but life, as I've said, is good and beautiful, and a process. Definitely a process. Certainly an experience.

That said I hope you all have been well. I hope your lives have been changing and evolving in a positive direction. I hope you are all moving towards greater levels of enlightenment, as I am striving towards that goal myself.

In Lak'ech ala k'in.

Namaste.

love,

Onie



and.. me and David, absolutely exhausted.



and me. my hair is past my shoulders now (even longer than in this picture).

here is an old ass picture. like.. almost 5 years old. I'll post more pictures as I go which means I'll update this if I find any other ones.

In other news.. I've been slacking on the pole because I've taken up kickboxing again (its been 5 years) and weights, and have been too sore to do anything other than rest after my workouts.. but I'm starting to get to the point that I'm not as sore and will pick up the poling again really soon.

Anyways, its late.. so thats its for now.

xo

All right. Its been a minute. So new video. I really haven't been practicing like I should be. Its been over a week since my last practice (almost 2 actually) and since I moved in here I have really slacked off a lot, but I have been sleeping at night the past several weeks so thats a plus.

Also.. went on my first date with my husband in over a year. Saw The Hangover (dollar theater. Thats whats up!). Amazing time.

Okay.. I really have to get in bed. heres the video.

New video. I haven't practiced very much lately, as I've been packing, moving and unpacking. Almost completely settled in the new place now. I have my very own space for poling, too, which is fantastic, as I no longer have to share space with a big ass printer, and other stuff I'd have to wheel out of the office every practice. So... theres that.

I just got internet back up. I was without for over a week, imagine that, but I did fine. It gave me time to focus on unpacking and getting the place set up, and painting the place. Still need to settle on living room and kitchen colors, but other than that, and needing to unpack the bathroom, and a few odds and ends I'm just about done. Wonderful.

Okay.. my face hurts. I've overdone it with the internet. Its 6:15am I should have been sleeping long ago, but I stayed up cause I'm an asshole and have been "catching" up on my internet (which roughly translates to fucking off on FB, SG, and googling all that shit I had pop in my head between the time I stopped having net and now).

You know what? I'll finish updating after bed.

Alright.. I'm up, after not enough sleep, but I don't want to be up till 7ish tomorrow.

Anywho.. heres my newest video.