Rhonda Rajsich is striking. She’s beautiful, athletic and a
major force in the Women’s Professional Racquetball Organization
and WOR. Anyone who’s come in contact with her knows that her “all
good” go with the flow attitude segues well into her all out court
persona. She’s all about what you see is what you get. Yet her
waters flow deep. Beyond her open exterior beats a passion
of expression that’s longing to burst out.
Do you have any drama issues on
tour? (Overall feel and your place in things.)
Personal
drama for me, not at all. I don’t judge and I don’t try to
invite conflict, but sometimes stuff happens anyway; and even when
things have happened in the past, I tend to let go of it sooner
than later. There is too much stupid shit that blocks
and chokes and suffocates the world already, I’d rather facilitate
growth through opportunities than arguments.
ADVERSITY
In June
2008, Rhonda was viciously attacked just outside her Hermosa Beach
home, leaving her right side orbital, cheekbone and jaw shattered.
Ten days later, she had 5 titanium plates inserted during facial
reconstruction surgery. She returned to her training in just under
3 weeks, having completely stopped all medication during that first
week back. Within two weeks, of training, she returned to
competition, playing the WOR Nationals. Continuing to play through
the month then leaving for Ireland to compete at the World
Championships representing Team USA, where she didn't lose a single
game. She ended her 2007 - 2008 season as the WPRO #1 ranked player
as well as the WOR Women's Champion.
Your incident...your take...what,
when, how or...you putting limits on the discussion is ok too...to
share that may create better questions for us.
My Take:
Nothing happens to you, it happens for you
Does it rise in your consciousness
often?
It only
rises in my consciousness during times of intense pain, frustration
with vision, or occasional
lingering
soreness when I chew my food. But am I paranoid or scared to walk down the
street or among a crowd, or even alone? Not at all.
What does the tattoo on your right
arm mean?
It’s a long
story! Short version: As a gift, I received a “reading”
over the phone. I had told her absolutely NOTHING of myself
but my first name. The woman told me that she sensed a very
masculine, warrior-type energy from me...that she was positive that
in a past life I was a badass Greek athlete. (I laughed a lot.) She
said I had wealth, money, status, power, etc. “That I was the
Michael Jordan of Greek athletes back in the day,” but for some
reason my career got cut short in that lifetime. Whether it
was injury, death, scandal, war, or something else she couldn’t
say, but I definitely did not get to fulfill that part of my
journey in that life, at which point she asked me if I was athletic
at all, or very competitive in any way. Understatement of the
century. So in her words, I am getting my second chance at
that life in this one, and it’s why I am so driven and dedicated
and competitive. I was also supposed to be going to get a
tattoo later on that day, but still didn’t know what I wanted to
get, or where to put it. When I went to get a massage that
afternoon, the massage therapist had known I was getting the
reading, and just blurted out Adonis. She has called me that
ever since. So I did a little research and tried to find a
symbol for Adonis, but no such luck, so I settled on the name
written in the Greek font. Nutshell: I guess a personal
reminder of one of my purposes, my path to fulfill while I have the
opportunity to use the gifts that I have been given.
BEING
Deeper question. Sexuality. Is it an
open issue for you?
I’m ok with
who I am. I don’t go out of my way to rub anyone’s face in it,
but I don’t hide anything either. I just try to be respectful
of others and hope that they would be respectful of me, but I will
never be inauthentic or insincere about who I am in my
entirety.
Your music. How often do you
perform...group?...how did you start?...anything of
importance.
So far, my
performances have only been in the occasional karaoke bar, every
chance I get. I love to rock the house. I love seeing
people’s faces when they hear what comes out of “this chick.”
I have been offered opportunities to collaborate/jam with several
bands, but my schedule makes it very difficult to get together with
others when lives are so different. So for the past 2 years I
have just been trying to create solo projects on my own. But
I have some pretty awesome aspirations that I’d love to bring to
reality asap.
NOW
Are you content at this moment in your life.
Yes and no.
Am I happy, grateful, blessed,
blissful, excited? Yes, absolutely, all of the above.
But I have also always been the type that looks for everything that
life has to offer. I don’t know if the
warrior/competitor/achiever/artist/
explorer-at heart can ever
really be content....
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