Patrick Ferri's WRECKAGE-O-RAMA!!!

” Someday science will explain it all ! ” Patrick Ferri        1991 and again in 2009

” Too late; It already has ! ”                      Patrick Ferri         March 2012

WE ARE ONE !!!  SIMPLE !  EXPLICIT !

In the past 4 years I have severely tore the MCL in my left knee ( wrestling ); tore my right groin muscle ( playing soccer ); broke my right ankle ( mountain unicycling ); tore ligaments in the pinky on my right hand ( unicycle hockey ); tore ligaments between my ribs on my left side ( rehearsing a show ) and had my right eardrum perforated with an ear infection.  I am now going to try and repair those injuries myself …  because Quantum Mechanics says I can !!!

I will let you know how it works out.

Hello ,
There is a whole bunch to relate since my last post.

I have been to a swim meet at Smith College in Northhampton , Mass. to see my niece finally swim.  She is faster than I ever dreamed of being.

Kennedy on the starting block

I have been skiing in Lake Placid and at Notchview in Windsor , Mass.

I skied a 50 km race in Ottawa , Canada this past weekend and skated on The Rink Of Dreams and went to The Museum of Civilization.  Really the race was in Gatineau, Quebec but people understand Ottawa better.  I met an 81 year old man from Finland and France who skied the 50 km Classic on Saturday and the 50 km skate ski on Sunday.  And I thought I was tough ! On Sunday I skied with my friend Celeste and another friend from Gatineau, Jean-Guy Beaudry.  Jean-Guy is a unicyclist, juggler and all around funny man who I look up whenever I am in Ottawa.  Ed Lis, Jason Kahn and Cousin Gordy also skied at the event.

Huron Lookout over the ancient "Champlain Sea"

Celeste and Jason on The Rink Of Dreams

Inside of the Canadian Museum Of Civilization

I bought a new pair of skates ; Graf Ultra G5s. My first  new pair since 1995.  My last skates were Micron Mega 10-90s and that company is not even in business anymore.

I have been getting a bunch of bookings for the spring and summer and suddenly my efforts in everything are getting easier. Very hard to explain at my age.

Here are some pictures of a staircase moulding job I finished recently :

The week of February 20 I worked at Parker School coaching circus with Sean Fagan and Eric Shovah of Circus Theatricks.

This week I am at the Millbrook School with Sean working one of my favorite camps.  And it is not just the great lunches.  I started the unicycles today and the kids kind of shied away from it after showing initial interest.  We will see as the week progresses.

Of course Chris Martin from Coldplay rides a unicycle :

An age old quote but I heard it from Dominique Jando at MotionFest in Baltimore in 2004.

IT IS GOING TO GET INTERESTING !!!!!

Here is a slideshow of my Cousin Gordy’s oldest son Matthew and his first time on a trampoline.

Plus the whole gang feeding the “Ducks Of Barrie”.

Jan 24, 2012

Matthew and me bouncing

Stop ! Duck Time !

Every single thing Runs Out.

If I did not have to worry about food, clothing or shelter let alone a car payment ;  if I could ski all winter , as long as I wanted and then play on my trampoline, ride bikes, play soccer all summer;  if I could take all of the vacations to all of the places that I ever wanted to visit ; if I could be with all of my friends and family as much as I wanted ; if I could get every wish that I ever wished …  IT WOULD RUN OUT !!!!

Only LOVE never, ever runs out ; and oddly enough that is just what most people are out of and looking for so desperately.  What a Paradox !

It is my gut feeling that Love’s opposite but far from equal counterpart,  fear is the cause of that.

I have a show coming up in Colchester , Vt. on Feb. 4th as part of Colchester’s Winter Carnival.  I will post more on that soon.

I have been skiing everyday at  Horseshoe Resort  up here in Barrie, Ontario, Canada and getting signicantly better at my Skating Style. I also joined  The Vertical Zone Trampoline Center where I am bouncing again and fixing some of my style laziness. Lately I have started learning physics again and I am starting to apply them to acrobatics and skiing.  Very Cool !

I will have some photos of Cousin Gordy ( where I am staying in Barrie ) his wife Elsie and their kid’s Matthew, Michael and Mason, soon.  As far as the “M” for the first initial, let me say that Elsie’s sister’s names are Ellie,  Elvie and Ellen.  Who boy !

Whatever you want to call it,  it is the same thing.  But “INTENT” might be the hardest to grasp but the best symbol.

From Wikipedia :

Intention and the moral quality of actions

According to Buddhist theory, every time a person acts there is some quality of intention at the base of the mind and it is that quality rather than the outward appearance of the action that determines the effect. If one appears to be benevolent but acts with greed, anger or hatred, then the fruit of those actions will bear testimony to the fundamental intention that lay behind them and will be a cause for future unhappiness. The Buddha spoke of wholesome actions (P. kusala-kamma, S. ku?ala-karma) that result in happiness, and unwholesome actions (P. akusala-kamma, S. aku?ala-karma) that result in unhappiness. The Buddha also elaborated that it was impossible for virtuous action to produce unfavorable results, and for nonvirtuous action to produce favorable results.^[7] However, although a good deed may produce merit which ripens into wealth, if that deed was done too casually or the intention behind it was not quite pure, that wealth so obtained sometimes cannot be enjoyed (AN.4.392-393). There are two classes of determined deeds which always produce good or bad results (fixed results, P. niyato-rasi) respectively, and a class of deeds which may produce either good or bad results (non-fixed results, P. aniyato-rasi) presumably depending on the context, although the Buddha does not elaborate (DN 3.217). Good karma is described as generating merit (P. puñña, S. puñya), whereas bad karma is described as demerit

Your intention is your life and your love !

I hope everyone had a great New Year’s Celebration.  I spent mine in Stowe, Vermont at The Von Trapp Lodge cross country skiing.  One of my favorite things to do in the whole world.  And better yet : I got to share it with my nephew Michael and my niece Kennedy.  I have been trying to show anyone in my family how to ski for years and  it finally happened.  So I really got to do two of my favorite things over the weekend;  pass on something I love to do to other people.

Here is a plug that I will put up again in the future :

don Miguel Ruiz

 This helps figure out  a lot.

”  Ask the RIGHT questions !!!!  ”

Finishing up a house project today and starting a Stage prop for Sean Fagan.

Plus, the ever popular going to see my parents and surviving the trip.

A man, who is a Bhuddist walks up to a hot dog vendor , who also happens to be a Bhuddist and says ” Make me one with everything ! ”

The vendor proceeds to make him his hot dog then hands it to him and says ” That will be $2.00 ! ”

The man takes his hot dog and hands the vendor a $10.00 bill.

After a very long pause with no money coming back the man asks ” Where is my change ? ”

The vendor replies ” Change comes from within ! ”

So I am working at this house replacing window flashing when my old neighbor Mike shows up on the property with his blazer and a trailer.  I say to myself  ”hey now, isn’t that snow really heavy and wet that Mike is driving through ?”  Sure enough he gets stuck.  Meanwhile, up at the house, I strapped on my skis for my first ski of the year.  There is Mike , trying to get out of his jam and there I am trying to ski in wet cement.  Neither one of us had great results.  Still, it was my first ski of the year and Mike’s first stuck vehicle of the year.  We are off to a great start !