OK… Napkin Confessionals was something started by Alana Taylor and yesterday I decided to make a class project of people sending in their napkin confessionals.

Well, I woke up this morning to find several pics etc. from the class - and even @brandywine did one which I love. The story behind it is that she jumped into the lunch room at work and wrote on a napkin “I Should Be Working.”

Made me laugh pretty hard.  She’s Awesome! Love it Brandywine

I’ll be doing mine soon. Don’t know what I’ll say though! What will your’s say? SEND IT IN YO!

So this past Friday I attended The Mashable.com MashBash that was being hosted at the well known Webster Hall in NYC. I was fortunate to be informed of the event via Mike Lewis. One of the nicest guy I’ve ever met. So after getting VIP tickets I had my weekend planned out.

The thing is that the event started at 8pm and I have a Daily Music Lesson show everyday from 6-8pm. The Answer - Do the show on the train with my Laptop on the way to MashBash. Well I’m talking to Alana Taylor a few days before and we decide that I should show up in NYC early and broadcast it from her roof. All went great, in fact Rob Blatt even stopped by and joined us too. It was a different experience, because I didn’t have my normal studio setup, etc. but it was interesting nonetheless. Here’s a pic from the show!

So after the show we got ready and immediately met up with Kevin Gramble (Tiki Johnny) Mike Lewis, and a few others who we knew.

Grandmaster Flash threw down a sick show while the Bash was going on. It was being Sponsored by Kluster.com and Mashable.com and while there I introduced Alana to a few people and she introduced me to a few too. I was fortunate to meet Adam Ostrow, Nate Westheimer, Oz Sultan, Brett Petersel, Charlie ‘O Donnell and many others.

Everyone really had great things to say and everyone was enjoying the scene. After the event we all went to a local Diner around the corner, of which I couldn’t stay because I had to crash at a friends house

Saturday afternoon Alana and I attended this crazy Breakdancing demo at Central Park, then chilled at a new bar called ‘1-2-3′ with a few of my friends. Laughing. All. Night. Long.

Had a great time, met great people! Mashable killed it.

OK - this is awesome. Just kind of throwing that out there
Flippers, who is one of the students who regularly attends my class wrote this poem and just sent it to me. When I first started the show I had no idea this stuff would happen. Flippers is also the one who created the top banner at the top of the Ustream Shows’ Page - the bottom one was made by another student.

I love how Flippers rhymed the entire poem, and then threw out all the rules on the last line. It gives it a special, quirky, uneasy feeling - but it feels just right. And that’s what the the shows all about - breakin’ the rules
Check out this poem, and I hope you all enjoy it! Thanks Flipperz!

Flippers’ Poem About the Show:

When my day has been tough and hard
And I just can’t get through
Walt Ribeiro at 6 PM makes me smile and say woo-hoo!
Lessons, fun, and questions answered all for people like me
Now but I have to admit this show is amazing!

This piece is about the struggle within one’s own body. As you listen, you can imagine being ‘torn’ between two parts of yourself. Not necessarily good vs. bad, but just two unsure and powerful beings that live inside each of us. The ending creates a climactic uncertainty - like any struggle.

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