Saturday, January 31, 2009
Lesson Learned
Okay, so you should never unstring your guitar before checking that you have another set to put on. Ans also check to see if that set has all six strings. Otherwise you end up like me, with a four string guitar. Fantastic.
Run away, I wanna run away
I had a good week.
I wish people called more to hang out in Morris. It's different from the being home where that's the way people do it. People start calling each other and magically something happens. It's so easy. Here, I have been walking to people's houses to see if anything is going on. I think it's the main reason I don't hang out as much as I want to. It will always be easier playing it safe than risking disappointment. But after I got over the whole walking into someone's house uninvited it got better. People seem to like hanging out, but it just doesn't start the same here as at home.
I spend too much time thinking about seeing people that I get easily disappointed. I wish I didn't, but it's a side effect of the mentality here.
I'm going to go restring my guitar, maybe that will make it sound better.
I wish people called more to hang out in Morris. It's different from the being home where that's the way people do it. People start calling each other and magically something happens. It's so easy. Here, I have been walking to people's houses to see if anything is going on. I think it's the main reason I don't hang out as much as I want to. It will always be easier playing it safe than risking disappointment. But after I got over the whole walking into someone's house uninvited it got better. People seem to like hanging out, but it just doesn't start the same here as at home.
I spend too much time thinking about seeing people that I get easily disappointed. I wish I didn't, but it's a side effect of the mentality here.
I'm going to go restring my guitar, maybe that will make it sound better.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Re: Install
The reinstall went great, nothing to hassling. It wouldn't let me resize my ubuntu partition to have two ubuntu's at the same time so I could have a crossover phase, but w/e. I have a while until my next class, like 2 hours, so I'm setting it all up nowish.
Things to do:
E-mail setup for 3 accounts
Theme it all (I can't wait to make it look pretty.)
Get back all my music, which is at home anyways.
Get back programs and set up defaults again
And other stuff I haven't noticed yet.
Things to do:
E-mail setup for 3 accounts
Theme it all (I can't wait to make it look pretty.)
Get back all my music, which is at home anyways.
Get back programs and set up defaults again
And other stuff I haven't noticed yet.
Monday, January 26, 2009
It's that time of the season
So I think I'm going to reinstall ubuntu. Yeah. It's gotten slow since the last clean install. Like, My ram never goes below 10% for some reason. Right now it's sitting at 19% used and I've been doing nothing. I've noticed it hanging on some operations and I want it a tad more streamlined. So it was either install a different distro like Debian or Fedora (I kinda want to try KDE for a bit but I read that it was somewhat broken and should be much better next update). But I want my base OS to be the best it can be, so I'll reinstall and then get another distro as something to mess with. I'm hoping it won't take too long to get back all my custom things to the clean install, like my conky setup and my emails, but I don't remember too much trouble last time. I also can't decide if this is a weekend project or I should start it now. I'll probably to the backup tonight and the reinstall another day this week.
This week is actually pretty busy for me. I didn't notice until I was trying to figure out a time to go to alexandria to retake a drug test for my internship (the last one was too diluted or something, oops). And I realized I'm pretty busy. Tomorrow I have lab 12-1:40, then 2-2:30 is vocal lessons, then 3-3:50 is class. And then I have work at the radio station to complete. Then dinner. On wednesday it's class at 9:15 to 10:20 then break until 1-2:05 class and then radio work from then until my radio show which is at the same time this semester, Wednesdays 4-6, you all should try and listen. And then I have more free time on Thursday and friday, but still I'll be running around most likely.
I wrote a song today in A.I. and I can't figure out if it's good enough or done enough to play at open mic this Thursday. Tough decisions.
This week is actually pretty busy for me. I didn't notice until I was trying to figure out a time to go to alexandria to retake a drug test for my internship (the last one was too diluted or something, oops). And I realized I'm pretty busy. Tomorrow I have lab 12-1:40, then 2-2:30 is vocal lessons, then 3-3:50 is class. And then I have work at the radio station to complete. Then dinner. On wednesday it's class at 9:15 to 10:20 then break until 1-2:05 class and then radio work from then until my radio show which is at the same time this semester, Wednesdays 4-6, you all should try and listen. And then I have more free time on Thursday and friday, but still I'll be running around most likely.
I wrote a song today in A.I. and I can't figure out if it's good enough or done enough to play at open mic this Thursday. Tough decisions.
Sometimes it takes a push
I haven't posted in a few days, but here I am now. I wanted something to come along that I could write about, and something fell into my lap today. I was checking the KUMM mail and there were a few things but one overly large package from Urban Noize records. They send us kinda iffy street gansta rap albums. So I open it up and it turns out to be a small promo pack. It's got the usual two CDs and a clean mix and the info with the history of the bands and everything. but at the bottom of the envelope is something else: a strawberry flavored blunt wrap. It was quite funny and amazing. It made my day 10x better.
Then, having something to write about I went to the TMC to chill for my hours between classes. And I'm chilling and these two professors sit down at the table next to me. They start talking and I overhear a great story about a freshman student. It goes like this, one of the profs teaches one of the first year seminars that all freshman have to take. And he was explaining how different these two sections of the same class were. He couldn't place the difference, but he wondered if it was a difference in the dominant gender of the class. The great example he brought up was of a very pretty female student that made a comment that wasn't well thought out or with the point very much. In response to this, a male student ripped into her about it, being sarcastic and condescending and all sorts of rude. And the professor thought to himself, is this kid ever going to have sex?
I had to keep myself from chuckling too hard at that, but it was pretty good.
Then, having something to write about I went to the TMC to chill for my hours between classes. And I'm chilling and these two professors sit down at the table next to me. They start talking and I overhear a great story about a freshman student. It goes like this, one of the profs teaches one of the first year seminars that all freshman have to take. And he was explaining how different these two sections of the same class were. He couldn't place the difference, but he wondered if it was a difference in the dominant gender of the class. The great example he brought up was of a very pretty female student that made a comment that wasn't well thought out or with the point very much. In response to this, a male student ripped into her about it, being sarcastic and condescending and all sorts of rude. And the professor thought to himself, is this kid ever going to have sex?
I had to keep myself from chuckling too hard at that, but it was pretty good.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Cowbell hero would be a lame game
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Observing the process will change it
So, day two of classes is in progress and so far, so strange. Waking up at 8:30 was somewhat rough, I did it though. Props to me. I ate a bowl of malt-o-meal cap'n crunch berries and biked to campus. Got to class at 9:05 and was starting to fall asleep again. I managed to stay awake mostly for the class, I heard everything, just couldn't keep my eyes open the whole time. I felt bad for my prof, Nic Mcfee, cause I figure I was pretty obvious. But I didn't have time to go buy a rockstar until after class. But AI was good, it should be fun and interesting. I need to find a quick and cheap way to stay awake in the mornings. I've heard apples have things that keep you awake more than a cup of coffee. So maybe I'll buy a sack of apples. Because coffee takes time and energy drinks are expensive.
After I got my drink I found out my second class, operating systems, was kinda canceled. It turns out our prof lost her visa and hasn't received her new one yet. So, she might be back next week, and if not, I'll have to switch into a different class. I don't want to have to switch because the class is after my last class of the day and so I'd be forced to stay on campus from 9 to 4. Rough, because from 10:30 to 1 I have nothing.
After Nic let everyone go I stayed behind to ask about going abroad because the cancellation changes things and I forgot that my actual advisor is having a baby about now and isn't here. So I sat around for this other kid to endlessly chat about nonsense and I played solitaire on my ipod. I wish I had a ipod touch for it's games. And wifi. But w/e. So I asked Nic and he said that actually with the way things end up being scheduled, going abroad would be best next spring. Which changes a lot. I still want to goto china, and was planning on the fall. But I feel a little better knowing I won't go from summer into china, because that seems a little scary. And it makes housing a little smoother next year as I won't have to sublease first semester.
Also, the title of this post is from a song by built to spill. It's one of my favs because the lyrics are very string of thought and almost a ramble. But it's on this mix I made while waiting for Nic, so here's the mix:
Radio Cure by wilco - this song was covered by the local jazz band the bad plus and it is ahmazing, so I wanted to hear the original again. A depressing song, but I like it.
In your Mind by built to spill - this is the song mentioned above, great guitar and great lyrics.
The sound of science by beastie boys - i love the besastie boys so much, it's comical and has some great beats. Like when they do a breakdown and one just yells, Rope-a-dope.
Fireworks by the animal collective - The only animal collective song I have on my ipod, and it's really good. 6 minutes of wonder
Um, circles and squares by Dosh - i picked this up with abunch of other music and wanted to give it a listen to, it was good.
Old Old fashioned by frightened rabbit - nice kinda folk tune
Take Pills by panda bear - a member of animal collective, it's really rythmic and white noiseish.
The national anthem by radiohead - one of my favorite bass lines, so strong and great. and tom yorkes's vocals are again strangeley wonderfull
gobbledigook by sigur ros - i love the vocals on this, la la la la la. It's great and catchy.
track 02 by signal to trust - i don't think that is actually the tracks name, but maybe. it's a local band that I saw at last years lunch show with stnnng, i got the lp for their album folklore and i like it quite a bit. it's upbeat indie rock. not too heavy, but solid. I'm trying to track down a digital version of the album.
fuck you guyses teams by ten grand - I got this in the bunch of local music i picked up off of MFR, and i heard their name in a pos song so I am checking it out, not bad.
After I got my drink I found out my second class, operating systems, was kinda canceled. It turns out our prof lost her visa and hasn't received her new one yet. So, she might be back next week, and if not, I'll have to switch into a different class. I don't want to have to switch because the class is after my last class of the day and so I'd be forced to stay on campus from 9 to 4. Rough, because from 10:30 to 1 I have nothing.
After Nic let everyone go I stayed behind to ask about going abroad because the cancellation changes things and I forgot that my actual advisor is having a baby about now and isn't here. So I sat around for this other kid to endlessly chat about nonsense and I played solitaire on my ipod. I wish I had a ipod touch for it's games. And wifi. But w/e. So I asked Nic and he said that actually with the way things end up being scheduled, going abroad would be best next spring. Which changes a lot. I still want to goto china, and was planning on the fall. But I feel a little better knowing I won't go from summer into china, because that seems a little scary. And it makes housing a little smoother next year as I won't have to sublease first semester.
Also, the title of this post is from a song by built to spill. It's one of my favs because the lyrics are very string of thought and almost a ramble. But it's on this mix I made while waiting for Nic, so here's the mix:
Radio Cure by wilco - this song was covered by the local jazz band the bad plus and it is ahmazing, so I wanted to hear the original again. A depressing song, but I like it.
In your Mind by built to spill - this is the song mentioned above, great guitar and great lyrics.
The sound of science by beastie boys - i love the besastie boys so much, it's comical and has some great beats. Like when they do a breakdown and one just yells, Rope-a-dope.
Fireworks by the animal collective - The only animal collective song I have on my ipod, and it's really good. 6 minutes of wonder
Um, circles and squares by Dosh - i picked this up with abunch of other music and wanted to give it a listen to, it was good.
Old Old fashioned by frightened rabbit - nice kinda folk tune
Take Pills by panda bear - a member of animal collective, it's really rythmic and white noiseish.
The national anthem by radiohead - one of my favorite bass lines, so strong and great. and tom yorkes's vocals are again strangeley wonderfull
gobbledigook by sigur ros - i love the vocals on this, la la la la la. It's great and catchy.
track 02 by signal to trust - i don't think that is actually the tracks name, but maybe. it's a local band that I saw at last years lunch show with stnnng, i got the lp for their album folklore and i like it quite a bit. it's upbeat indie rock. not too heavy, but solid. I'm trying to track down a digital version of the album.
fuck you guyses teams by ten grand - I got this in the bunch of local music i picked up off of MFR, and i heard their name in a pos song so I am checking it out, not bad.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
lotreem:lotr extended edition marathon
Yesterday was a long day. It was MLK day and so no school or nufin. So what do you do with a free day in a town where everything is closed? You watch The Lord of the Rings trilogy: extended editions, (and you feel kinda crappy afterwards.) That's almost 12 hours of LOTR to go through. I watched them with meghan, and we were both really out of it all day. But I made chili the day before and that was delicious and kept us going. I guess there really isn't much more to this post. hmm. well, if you have the movies and a day free. i recommend watching them all.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Risk in pictures
hokay, so. I played risk the other night with colin, vinny, jenny, jake, and johanna. It was a lot of fun. It was probably less fun for jenny and jake as they were the first two out and had to sit around for the rest of us while they used their ipod touches and did whoknowswhat while we played the game. but for colin and vinny it was a very strategic game with thought and stuff. johanna and i thought of it more as a what do i do now kinda strategy game where we haven't played in years and don't know all the game mechanics. So, it was fun. yeah.

And now, the game through pictures:
Martin: Green
Jenny: Red
Jake: Blue
Johanna: Black
Colin: Yellow
Vinny: Gray or Grey

it started with (from my perspective mostly, cause that's what i cared about ) jenny and i had mostly all of the america's. so mostly every turn for us was fighting each other until jenny lost south America to me. You can see us in the america's. Then she got attacked by vinny and wiped out. I felt bad, but that didn't count for anything I guess.

This is the board after vinny wiped jenny and colin wiped vinny from north america. Scary for me, but I had S. America so I was happy.

Then I got North America to complete my western domination, oooh yeah. Somewhere before this, Jake got cleaned out by I think Colin. Sad day for him. But you can see Johanna massing her units in Europe and colin and I in an arms race. Johanna and colin were also fighting in europe and johanna was dislodging colin's pacific hold on australia.
Then something happened in between these pictures. I remember sending a blitzkrieg on australia. And i ended up taking it. Then I used my cards and got about 25 units i believe and bum rushed johanna. I was going for wiping her off the face of europe and it all came down to western europe where I was outnumbered but ended up having to stop with my one unit to her four. If I had killed her, I would have gotten her cards and it would have been game over for colin. But she rolled like a pro and kicked my ass. I think I lost 10 units on my attack of iceland alone. Sad.

Then colin had a free reign at johanna's four units and cleaned her out easy. So that gave him about 30 units to use against me. He took it all but australiia in one go. I fought, but ended up losing it all. Here's colin after winning:

(The black pieces are because he didn't have enough yellow to represent all the units he controlled. It was an epic sight.

And now, the game through pictures:
Martin: Green
Jenny: Red
Jake: Blue
Johanna: Black
Colin: Yellow
Vinny: Gray or Grey

it started with (from my perspective mostly, cause that's what i cared about ) jenny and i had mostly all of the america's. so mostly every turn for us was fighting each other until jenny lost south America to me. You can see us in the america's. Then she got attacked by vinny and wiped out. I felt bad, but that didn't count for anything I guess.

This is the board after vinny wiped jenny and colin wiped vinny from north america. Scary for me, but I had S. America so I was happy.

Then I got North America to complete my western domination, oooh yeah. Somewhere before this, Jake got cleaned out by I think Colin. Sad day for him. But you can see Johanna massing her units in Europe and colin and I in an arms race. Johanna and colin were also fighting in europe and johanna was dislodging colin's pacific hold on australia.
Then something happened in between these pictures. I remember sending a blitzkrieg on australia. And i ended up taking it. Then I used my cards and got about 25 units i believe and bum rushed johanna. I was going for wiping her off the face of europe and it all came down to western europe where I was outnumbered but ended up having to stop with my one unit to her four. If I had killed her, I would have gotten her cards and it would have been game over for colin. But she rolled like a pro and kicked my ass. I think I lost 10 units on my attack of iceland alone. Sad.

Then colin had a free reign at johanna's four units and cleaned her out easy. So that gave him about 30 units to use against me. He took it all but australiia in one go. I fought, but ended up losing it all. Here's colin after winning:

(The black pieces are because he didn't have enough yellow to represent all the units he controlled. It was an epic sight.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Pre post
I kinda ignored this when it first came out, but I finally got around to looking at the Palm Pre. And verdict is, it looks great. I had originally thought it ran on Windows Mobile, but no, Palm created webOS which is based on linux. So thats a plus for sure. It doesn't have all the info out about apps and hardware but it all looks very promising. This will be a definite competetor with an android phone. And I'm kinda torn. HTC doesn't have an android phone announced for sprint yet this year and depending on what it will be, hopefully the Touch HD (b-e-a-utiful), I will have to make the decision between android and webOS. But I'm looking forward to either and hopefully the competition will cause things to be better rather than not.
Overall I just can't wait to have a phone with wifi. Having played with Ben C's ipod touch and talking to Jake about it all, I'm very excited.
Overall I just can't wait to have a phone with wifi. Having played with Ben C's ipod touch and talking to Jake about it all, I'm very excited.
A horse is a horse of course of course
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Selfish Shellfish
So, I was talking to Meghan at this awesome Tea Shop that has an overwhelming amount of tea options. Great story huh? No! Sorry. But we got on the topic of being selfish and it led to a deep analyzing of what selfish means. The overall verdict is that everyone is selfish. No one is completely selfless. That seems like a good end to the conversation, but it doesn't end there. There are two kinds of selfishness, good and bad, positive and negative, light and dark, good and evil, and last but not least, up and down. Wait, up and down, never mind that one.
(The following is very string of thought and relies on vague definitions of selfish, so if you don't agree or whatever, don't blame me. I just like finding and getting into confusing conversations that I don't necessarily agree with. Sorry in advance)
Anyways, going off of the idea that everyone is selfish, it's not that simple. You can be selfish in a good way and in a bad way. Good selfish is when no one gets very hurt or offended by the selfish action. If I buy a camera for myself. The money could go to so many other things, like college or charity, but I spend it on a camera. The gain to me is greater than the gain to others and I still bought it. So it is selfish, but not really that bad is it? It's hard to describe good selfish, really. But if we take the opinion that any action is dictated selfish or not, most actions turn out to be selfish. It's a extremely vague definition, but bear with me. Bad selfish would be if I was using someone to get what I want, and the other person is not aware of my intentions and will get hurt by the results, and I know this. Wow, good examples are hard to come by. I guess I should've expected that, but yeah.
There are somethings that are hard to classify and really depend on the person. But one extreme example I like toying with is relationships. If you take the definition of selfish as taking an action on something you want for your personal gain, all relationships start out of selfishness. Boy likes girl, boy asks girl out, boy is selfish. It makes everyone that has asked someone out guilty. But then all the people who sit by and don't take action on anything are not selfish. But what if they would be happier in the relationship. If being selfish results in personal gain in the way of being happier, is it so bad? And so is being selfish really bad in any way? Well, sure. But I think people see being selfish as a bad thing, and we avoid practicing it. But we are all selfish. So we make a natural behavior into a sin and give it negativity. I dunno, it just doesn't seem healthy. So I practice the guide of cartman: "whatever, whatever, I do what I want." Because life is short and all that talk about enjoying it while it lasts.
(The following is very string of thought and relies on vague definitions of selfish, so if you don't agree or whatever, don't blame me. I just like finding and getting into confusing conversations that I don't necessarily agree with. Sorry in advance)
Anyways, going off of the idea that everyone is selfish, it's not that simple. You can be selfish in a good way and in a bad way. Good selfish is when no one gets very hurt or offended by the selfish action. If I buy a camera for myself. The money could go to so many other things, like college or charity, but I spend it on a camera. The gain to me is greater than the gain to others and I still bought it. So it is selfish, but not really that bad is it? It's hard to describe good selfish, really. But if we take the opinion that any action is dictated selfish or not, most actions turn out to be selfish. It's a extremely vague definition, but bear with me. Bad selfish would be if I was using someone to get what I want, and the other person is not aware of my intentions and will get hurt by the results, and I know this. Wow, good examples are hard to come by. I guess I should've expected that, but yeah.
There are somethings that are hard to classify and really depend on the person. But one extreme example I like toying with is relationships. If you take the definition of selfish as taking an action on something you want for your personal gain, all relationships start out of selfishness. Boy likes girl, boy asks girl out, boy is selfish. It makes everyone that has asked someone out guilty. But then all the people who sit by and don't take action on anything are not selfish. But what if they would be happier in the relationship. If being selfish results in personal gain in the way of being happier, is it so bad? And so is being selfish really bad in any way? Well, sure. But I think people see being selfish as a bad thing, and we avoid practicing it. But we are all selfish. So we make a natural behavior into a sin and give it negativity. I dunno, it just doesn't seem healthy. So I practice the guide of cartman: "whatever, whatever, I do what I want." Because life is short and all that talk about enjoying it while it lasts.
Sweet deal
I just got a 8gb sdhc card and a 4 gb flash drive from this place and I got 30% off with this code MET30P. So if you need something from their site, use the code.
Really, I'm not trying to promote them over anyone else, just the fact that it's cheaper.
Anyways, I'm off to goto white rock and try and get my oil changed, so I'll probably post more then.
Really, I'm not trying to promote them over anyone else, just the fact that it's cheaper.
Anyways, I'm off to goto white rock and try and get my oil changed, so I'll probably post more then.
That title back therez
I now have had readers in Italy, Spain, England, and Ghana. That is freaking sweet.
And to make this post have any real meaning and not just be filler I have a question. Do people want daily updates? I know I used to be better about posting on a more frequent basis and not this I'm not in the mood for a week and then I spend 6 hours in a cafe blogging my heart out until I have nothing to say for a week again, wash, repeat method I have going on now. Sorry, the punctuation on that sentence is difficult. Anyways, I could do more, here's what I did today (sat on a couch, whoopie!) and have daily updates. Or I could keep it sporadic and random as all hell. Or what I like to call the mindless daily updates on my boring life until I go on a blog rampage and blog about things that I think about and site I goto at 4 in the morning and then go back to the boring daily updates with scattered content that you actually want to read schedule.
Cause I really do care about what all, like 6 maybe more, of you care about. I can fill this site with so much content you'll have trouble keeping up, or I can make it more worth while and spread out to an almost annoyingly sparse update (lack of) schedule. Either way, I will keep being me, so w/e.
And to make this post have any real meaning and not just be filler I have a question. Do people want daily updates? I know I used to be better about posting on a more frequent basis and not this I'm not in the mood for a week and then I spend 6 hours in a cafe blogging my heart out until I have nothing to say for a week again, wash, repeat method I have going on now. Sorry, the punctuation on that sentence is difficult. Anyways, I could do more, here's what I did today (sat on a couch, whoopie!) and have daily updates. Or I could keep it sporadic and random as all hell. Or what I like to call the mindless daily updates on my boring life until I go on a blog rampage and blog about things that I think about and site I goto at 4 in the morning and then go back to the boring daily updates with scattered content that you actually want to read schedule.
Cause I really do care about what all, like 6 maybe more, of you care about. I can fill this site with so much content you'll have trouble keeping up, or I can make it more worth while and spread out to an almost annoyingly sparse update (lack of) schedule. Either way, I will keep being me, so w/e.
For all youz internationals outz dere
So I was watching this video blog called indy mogul, and it was pretty cool. They do cheap DIY movie effects. Like putting puddy in pantyhose soaked in fake blood to make fake intestines. Smart. But during one of the adverts there was a guy talking about blogging, and what he said got me thinking. His main point was that most blogs are someone taking something already created and giving their personal take on it. If you take that description and apply it to music, what do you get? The sampling that is done in hip hop. What hip hop does with audio, bloggers are doing with most all medias. It isn't a direct correlation, but it's pretty close and it kinda gives a glimpse into what media will be in the future. Instead of having large corporations producing all media, smaller independent companies are producing more and more high quality media. Like higher quality music available to hip hop artists through modern computers and cheaper technologies, the same is happening for videos. More and more indie flicks are showing up and the advent of the video blog shows just how easy it is to create video and spread it out. And if it is good, it will spread. The MTV culture takes in and digests more information then ever before. Most anything out there that is capable of becoming the next big thing has the highest chance of reaching that title than ever before. Memes prove this point. If anything is easily reproduced or spread and is worth the attention and effort to keep it moving, it will do it for a long time or until it completely saturates the population.
This is the time to create things. The urge to do something with our time has always been there, but it is much easier now to feed it into the social testing ground. Isn't it wonderful?
This is the time to create things. The urge to do something with our time has always been there, but it is much easier now to feed it into the social testing ground. Isn't it wonderful?
From a pigeon to a phoenix to a dove
So I was checking that blog I repped ( I don't know why, but rep is just fun to say.) about a couple days ago. And P.O.S. way featured. He's got a new video up promoting the CD and it's great, funny, and very P.O.S. Anyways, I had to be that guy who tells you about the thing that you might or might not have noticed in the video that you might or might not have seen for the thing that you might or might not care about. In the video he's wearing the "pigeon to a phoenix to a dove" t-shirt from the plastic constellations. That's all I really wanted to say, I got really excited when I saw it.
Time and all you took....
I am looking forward to this upcoming semester, but I can't decide why. I have set so many goals already, it's ridiculous. It might be my last semester before I go study abroad. But that in itself is unsure. I want to stencil shirts. I want to buy and learn the banjo. I want to be social. I want to eat well. I want to take voice lessons. I want to take guitar lessons. I want to write songs. I want to have fun. I want to listen to good music and discover more. I want to do well in school. I want to do well in my job. And a lot more.
I can't decide why I set so many goals that I basically know I won't finish. It's almost like I set my standards high and many, but at the same time low because I go into things with no actual aim of accomplishment. I need to take action to start things to eventually finish them. And it's easy for somethings that require money to start them. And I really want to drop a crapton of cash to have the option to start a project.
Like silk screening things. You can silkscreen almost anything. T-shirts, CD's, posters, and guitars. But it requires a fairly large setup and initial purchase of material. So, I don't want to just jump into buying all the stuff w/o having space or time to silkscreen.
I wanted to build guitar pedals last summer, and I successfully built a fuzz pedal for myself. And so I bought parts for two more pedals, and had the intention of building them at school. But my house mate, Ryan kinda ruined it by hovering and talking down to me about electronics. It sucked. So I have two guitar pedals, unbuilt in my room. A load of money sitting unused.
And so this will probably continue and continue until I change my ways. but w/e, I'm me is me is me.
I can't decide why I set so many goals that I basically know I won't finish. It's almost like I set my standards high and many, but at the same time low because I go into things with no actual aim of accomplishment. I need to take action to start things to eventually finish them. And it's easy for somethings that require money to start them. And I really want to drop a crapton of cash to have the option to start a project.
Like silk screening things. You can silkscreen almost anything. T-shirts, CD's, posters, and guitars. But it requires a fairly large setup and initial purchase of material. So, I don't want to just jump into buying all the stuff w/o having space or time to silkscreen.
I wanted to build guitar pedals last summer, and I successfully built a fuzz pedal for myself. And so I bought parts for two more pedals, and had the intention of building them at school. But my house mate, Ryan kinda ruined it by hovering and talking down to me about electronics. It sucked. So I have two guitar pedals, unbuilt in my room. A load of money sitting unused.
And so this will probably continue and continue until I change my ways. but w/e, I'm me is me is me.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Folk/Indie/Indie Folk
I was playing my dad's old nylon string guitar yesterday and learning On Your Wings by Iron and Wine and my dad came and sat in the basement with me. He is great at playing folk tunes and so I thought he might like to hear the song and I played it for him. I introduced it as indie folk music, because that's what I've deemed it. If you haven't heard it, go listen to some on last.fm or youtube. It is hard to put them in a genre because well, they are a very independent label band and they are great folk as well. Anyways, point is, it's great music that even my dad liked it for being relaxing and hypnotic music.
Iron and Wine uses a great combination of guitar, slide guitar, and banjo. It works wonders at layering and making rhythmic music.
Iron and Wine uses a great combination of guitar, slide guitar, and banjo. It works wonders at layering and making rhythmic music.
Friday, January 9, 2009
How did I not know this
Minneapolis Fucking Rocks, putting aside duece cities fuedes, this is true. And it's also the name of a local music blog. I soo could have used this last semester with my local show. Anyways, they're indie, local, and update frequently. So check them out.
Of all the things
I just added voice lessons to my list of things I want to get better at. Well, singing was already on the list, but now I have sadly decided I can't learn to sing on the internet. I took guitar lessons to learn guitar and I guess this is the same kinda thing you need interaction with to learn correctly. But dang. So now I need to decide if I want to take voice lessons through school or guitar lessons. Tough choice, but I'll probably go with voice. well, maybe.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Old notebooks
I like notebooks. I always have and probably always will. I like to scribble, jot, and spill in them. I've done this since freshman year in high school. See, I never understood note passing. I guess I never had anyone to pass notes to, but even then it seemed strange. When I did pass notes, I would always laugh or something and be really obvious. It ruined it. So I wrote whatever was on my mind. Freshman year, I started to write my thoughts in a notebook. It was my first blog like thing. When I read it over I always laugh because it captured my thoughts pretty darn well. That was the motivation to get a myspace and blog on there. Then eventually I came here.
But that was an unintentional history lesson, and the main point was to share some of the things I ended up with in this years 5 subject notebook. My thoughts about them are in '()'s.
A punk song:
Red ink change the truth
Red ink give me proof
That I am in charge
Red ink the government
Red ink makes me think
That I am in charge
Red ink splotches grow
Red ink now you know
That I am in charge
Red ink bleeding through
Red ink onto you
If I was in charge
Two four line things:
Two people sharing headphones, a blanket and a moment
Sharing music, warmth, and words
Infatuation is a young feeling
Developing into a failed relationship
(haha, wonder what I was thinking of then, :) )
White space always touching
Maintains structural stability
the black is the implied
We see what isn't there.
(it's a stencil!)
Parts of a song?:
Rolling ball pen
rolling on then
it stops, dries up dead
rolls empty again.
Out of fuel
out of ink
I'm dried up
trying to think
(I kind of like it, but it's short)
Some sort of punk anthem:
This is a call/For those looking for
A place to call home/I don't want to go it alone
Come on join our lines/for this will be our time
To prove the power of our mind/To leave some ink behind
(I love the last half line)
So yeah, that's that.
But that was an unintentional history lesson, and the main point was to share some of the things I ended up with in this years 5 subject notebook. My thoughts about them are in '()'s.
A punk song:
Red ink change the truth
Red ink give me proof
That I am in charge
Red ink the government
Red ink makes me think
That I am in charge
Red ink splotches grow
Red ink now you know
That I am in charge
Red ink bleeding through
Red ink onto you
If I was in charge
Two four line things:
Two people sharing headphones, a blanket and a moment
Sharing music, warmth, and words
Infatuation is a young feeling
Developing into a failed relationship
(haha, wonder what I was thinking of then, :) )
White space always touching
Maintains structural stability
the black is the implied
We see what isn't there.
(it's a stencil!)
Parts of a song?:
Rolling ball pen
rolling on then
it stops, dries up dead
rolls empty again.
Out of fuel
out of ink
I'm dried up
trying to think
(I kind of like it, but it's short)
Some sort of punk anthem:
This is a call/For those looking for
A place to call home/I don't want to go it alone
Come on join our lines/for this will be our time
To prove the power of our mind/To leave some ink behind
(I love the last half line)
So yeah, that's that.
Camera needs
Alright, I need some help from the reader base. I want to have an place online to store my pictures. I know Flickr is a big site that I am frequently directed to when I browse people's albums. But there is also photobucket and Picasa that offer the same 1 GB storage for free. Flickr is 100MB monthly and run by yahoo. Picasa is a part of the google structure which makes it seem beneficial to using blogger.
My question is this, what do all of you use? I feel like I'm a little behind in getting a photo account due to the lack of a camera until now, but I also don't know what anyone else uses. I think if everyone uses one or the other it'd be simpler to join that, but w/e. My main need is to link with this blog and Picasa has a definite one up by already storing all my pictures that I've uploaded here. But flickr also has blogger support.
Also, any recommendations for SD cards or cases? I haven't decided if the no name brands of flash media is worth the lower price or not.
My question is this, what do all of you use? I feel like I'm a little behind in getting a photo account due to the lack of a camera until now, but I also don't know what anyone else uses. I think if everyone uses one or the other it'd be simpler to join that, but w/e. My main need is to link with this blog and Picasa has a definite one up by already storing all my pictures that I've uploaded here. But flickr also has blogger support.
Also, any recommendations for SD cards or cases? I haven't decided if the no name brands of flash media is worth the lower price or not.
Some stencils
Sitting in coffee news and my battery dies, so I start drawing. I get some good work done and here are a few stencils I got. This will be a mARTin post, because it's been a while and I feel bad about that. This can make up for all the missed posts since it's like 3 stencils at once. I could spread them out, but that feels like cheating you all.




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Your bad eyesight is cute
I'm in coffee news right now. Colin and I decided that a line drawing of our setup in my basement would look cool, so I took some pics and came here. I wore a messed up hello blacksmith shirt in honor of the band, it's one that got water on the back logo and so it blotched and we can't really sell it to anyone. So I go up to order and of course it's the indie girl that works there. Short, black indie hat, over sized indie glasses (the kind my mom wore in the 80's, not even joking, I was converting VHS to DVDs and they were there in '85). So I goto pay and she asks if I made the shirt I'm wearing. I say yeah I did, and we have a short conversation about my band and how she's seen me wearing the shirt. I say that it might have been my friend Colin too, since it probably was. But I got a compliment on the shirt, which other people say they've gotten, but I never have. And I got to talk about being in a band and making shirts and all that cool stuff that I like with someone who I know has no connection with me.
It was awesome.
It was awesome.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Camera hassle
So, yesterday I bought a camera. The Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ5 in black. This is the latest version of a camera my friend Ben Corner has. His is really nice, so I went with that. It was also about $150 off of retail and so it was a good deal. However, the place I bought it from is a very confusing place, topchoicedigital.com. It's an online retail site that has a lot of stuff. So I bought it and then they called me today to verify that I wanted to buy it or whatever. And then the sales representative asks me if I know what the camera comes with. I say, kinda, I know the basics. And says, well you know the battery it comes with last only 20 to 30 minutes. Holy crap, that's not very long at all. So I say, no I did not know that. He then offers me a 120 dollar battery half off if I buy it with the camera. Hmm I smell something fishy going on here. Why would a default battery only last 20 minutes and why are they pushing this longer life battery that I know I could find cheaper from other sites, I did a lot of research into all this. So I ask if I can call back in a bit after I think about it.
I do research and take a break and call back just now. The guy goes, so do you want the 2 or 4 hour battery? And I ask how it is possible that a camera only lasts for 20 minutes. He says, and this is where I get upset because it goes against my ration thinking and the research I did, that the camera uses the same amount of battery when it's on whether it is taking pictures or not. A professional photographer will take 200 pictures in 20 minutes and so they get the most use out of said 20 minutes. I would be wasting them while not taking pictures. From my knowledge, cameras take more battery when they are taking pictures, especially if they use flashes. So he says it's 200 pictures or 20 minutes, which ever come first. Also, their site shows two batteries, a long life and an extended long life. Both under $60. And they don't say anywhere how long the life is.
So, I know some of you have cameras and would have first hand experience. How would you say your camera drains battery, by picture or by being on? because I think they were just trying to get me to buy a $60 battery.
I do research and take a break and call back just now. The guy goes, so do you want the 2 or 4 hour battery? And I ask how it is possible that a camera only lasts for 20 minutes. He says, and this is where I get upset because it goes against my ration thinking and the research I did, that the camera uses the same amount of battery when it's on whether it is taking pictures or not. A professional photographer will take 200 pictures in 20 minutes and so they get the most use out of said 20 minutes. I would be wasting them while not taking pictures. From my knowledge, cameras take more battery when they are taking pictures, especially if they use flashes. So he says it's 200 pictures or 20 minutes, which ever come first. Also, their site shows two batteries, a long life and an extended long life. Both under $60. And they don't say anywhere how long the life is.
So, I know some of you have cameras and would have first hand experience. How would you say your camera drains battery, by picture or by being on? because I think they were just trying to get me to buy a $60 battery.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
What to do, what to do, want to do something.
I say "so" way to much. I was going to start this entry as "So..." but I wrote this instead. Anyways, so I'm doing laundry right? And I do laundry like my Dad I guess because I can't do anything else until the laundry is done. I'm trying to clean my basement, but I find myself just sitting here. Hmph. I also can't bring myself to do much right now. I jammed on guitar and drums, but only one instrument is boring sometimes. Then I knitted some and did a few rows of my scarf. I want to go outside for fresh air and maybe grab coffee somewhere to wake me up, but all my pants are in the washing machine. Argh. So I decided to write a blog I guess.
I'm sorry for the lack of consistency these past few weeks. I have been busy and out of it most all the time. I'm either really busy for a few days or out of it for the rest of the days and in between them. Like, I've stayed up to about 4 or 5 every night for the past 4 days. Last night I went to bed at 1:30ish and laid in bed for at least 2 and a half hours. I know because I listened to two albums all the way through. This is what people told me to do instead of watching shows like destroyed in seconds and dicking around the internets. But it didn't work. I thought way more than I wanted and freaked out and made goals and made plans and realized my plans and goals weren't completely realistic and that it all is too stressful and that I should give myself 7 hours to accomplish two things, laundry and clean my basement. Because it will take me the 7 hours today to do that.
Yesterday Hello Blacksmith had a impromptu band meeting/practice. It was great, we have a good idea of what we need to do in the next two weeks. And we have the basic layout for our CDs designed. Just need to do some finalizing. But that was really nice.
I think my pants are done, time to dry them.
I'm sorry for the lack of consistency these past few weeks. I have been busy and out of it most all the time. I'm either really busy for a few days or out of it for the rest of the days and in between them. Like, I've stayed up to about 4 or 5 every night for the past 4 days. Last night I went to bed at 1:30ish and laid in bed for at least 2 and a half hours. I know because I listened to two albums all the way through. This is what people told me to do instead of watching shows like destroyed in seconds and dicking around the internets. But it didn't work. I thought way more than I wanted and freaked out and made goals and made plans and realized my plans and goals weren't completely realistic and that it all is too stressful and that I should give myself 7 hours to accomplish two things, laundry and clean my basement. Because it will take me the 7 hours today to do that.
Yesterday Hello Blacksmith had a impromptu band meeting/practice. It was great, we have a good idea of what we need to do in the next two weeks. And we have the basic layout for our CDs designed. Just need to do some finalizing. But that was really nice.
I think my pants are done, time to dry them.
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