Wednesday, August 6, 2008
To my biggest fans Scott Meyer and Justin Grundy and Catherine Eliason:
Please help me update this blog. Lots happens in my life but I don't really think to write. Scoot can I outsource my brain, experiences, and typing to you?
Friday, May 9, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Explosions in my Brain
The more I think about it, the more I am moved by the Explosions in the Sky show I went to last night. It was in many ways a very simple and powerful expression of I am not really sure what. All I know is that as I took everything in I mused about how 4 dudes with normal instruments (normal in that there weren't any keyboards, apple computers, synthesizers, or the like - just 2 guitars, a bass, and a simple drum set) could make me feel they way I was feeling at that moment. And here I am 24 hours later more affected now than I was during the show. How does it happen? I do not know, but I am eternally grateful for it...really.
It is experiences such as this that cause me to really think about the things that are really important in life. It is strange that music can do that. I think I may have lost sight of what is important in some ways. I don't know. I think that because of the rapid change I have experienced lately it has left me...well, again I don't know. And I don't think I am really ready to explain it because I just don't know. Anyways, I am going to work on getting a clip up from the show.
It is experiences such as this that cause me to really think about the things that are really important in life. It is strange that music can do that. I think I may have lost sight of what is important in some ways. I don't know. I think that because of the rapid change I have experienced lately it has left me...well, again I don't know. And I don't think I am really ready to explain it because I just don't know. Anyways, I am going to work on getting a clip up from the show.
bad
for the sake of getting started again, here is an update:
now orange belt
i am competing in a tournament this weekend
i will be in 3 events (self defense, sparring, and #1 kata)
i saw explosions in the sky tonight and it ranks in the best shows that i have ever seen. in fact, maybe i can put together a rough list of the best shows i have ever seen:
1. Mogwai (5/2006)
2. Sigur Ros (10/2005, 5/2006)
3. Cave In (6/2000, 2001, 11/2006)
OK this is hard...those 3 rank so close together that its really hard for me to rank them.
4.Explosions in the Sky (3/2008)
5. Death Cab For Cutie (3/2004)
Alright I dont know if that is completely accurate. I will have to think about it more.
6. A Silver Mt Zion (8/2006)
Boring post, but thats that. Life is great. This is the happiest I have been in ages. Life is so funny sometimes...and right now I really have no idea where it is taking me. I like that.
now orange belt
i am competing in a tournament this weekend
i will be in 3 events (self defense, sparring, and #1 kata)
i saw explosions in the sky tonight and it ranks in the best shows that i have ever seen. in fact, maybe i can put together a rough list of the best shows i have ever seen:
1. Mogwai (5/2006)
2. Sigur Ros (10/2005, 5/2006)
3. Cave In (6/2000, 2001, 11/2006)
OK this is hard...those 3 rank so close together that its really hard for me to rank them.
4.Explosions in the Sky (3/2008)
5. Death Cab For Cutie (3/2004)
Alright I dont know if that is completely accurate. I will have to think about it more.
6. A Silver Mt Zion (8/2006)
Boring post, but thats that. Life is great. This is the happiest I have been in ages. Life is so funny sometimes...and right now I really have no idea where it is taking me. I like that.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Here we go again
Welcome to my first post in 3 months. I apologize. I should have been updating, but blah blah etc. Anyways, in the fashion of my own personal journal I will attempt to "catch up" with everything that has happened in the last 3 months. But actually, maybe I wont because it isn't all that fun.
But here is something that is fun: I have recently come under the impression that now is the time for me to pursue things that I always wanted to pursue but could not. We all have those things that we wanted to do really bad when we were younger but Mom and Dad said no (but not like drugs or anything). To answer this impression about a month ago I decided that I wanted to start taking Karate lessons. I shopped around for a little while and decided that it was too expensive at the places I wanted to take it, and the more affordable places didn't have programs that really impressed me that much. So I bagged it. But then a week or 2 later I decided again to do it and I called the dojo that I wanted to study at and told them I wanted to start. Last Thursday was my 2 week mark and I absolutely love it.
I am studying at a place called United Studios of Self Defense. They claim to teach the the ancient art of Shaolin Kung Fu as taught by the Shaolin Monks of China. They also like trees.
Yesterday I tested for my yellow belt. The test was not exactly what I thought it was going to be. For the test I needed to know certain maneuvers and a few other things. But the test ended up being way more than just a simple display of what I had learned. It was also a test of endurance, self-control, and discipline. It lasted around 2 hours (and I am told that was actually a shorter than normal test) and it was balls to the wall the whole time. It was awesome. But today I feel like I was hit by a truck. I figured out how many push-ups I did yesterday (among other things) and I came to about 170. That may not be a lot for some people but for me it is a whole lot. Normally in a day if I do push ups I do about 25. However, I passed my test and I am now officially a Yellow Belt, or in cooler terms I am a 5th Rokkyu.
Some day this will be me:
But here is something that is fun: I have recently come under the impression that now is the time for me to pursue things that I always wanted to pursue but could not. We all have those things that we wanted to do really bad when we were younger but Mom and Dad said no (but not like drugs or anything). To answer this impression about a month ago I decided that I wanted to start taking Karate lessons. I shopped around for a little while and decided that it was too expensive at the places I wanted to take it, and the more affordable places didn't have programs that really impressed me that much. So I bagged it. But then a week or 2 later I decided again to do it and I called the dojo that I wanted to study at and told them I wanted to start. Last Thursday was my 2 week mark and I absolutely love it.
I am studying at a place called United Studios of Self Defense. They claim to teach the the ancient art of Shaolin Kung Fu as taught by the Shaolin Monks of China. They also like trees.
Yesterday I tested for my yellow belt. The test was not exactly what I thought it was going to be. For the test I needed to know certain maneuvers and a few other things. But the test ended up being way more than just a simple display of what I had learned. It was also a test of endurance, self-control, and discipline. It lasted around 2 hours (and I am told that was actually a shorter than normal test) and it was balls to the wall the whole time. It was awesome. But today I feel like I was hit by a truck. I figured out how many push-ups I did yesterday (among other things) and I came to about 170. That may not be a lot for some people but for me it is a whole lot. Normally in a day if I do push ups I do about 25. However, I passed my test and I am now officially a Yellow Belt, or in cooler terms I am a 5th Rokkyu.
Some day this will be me:
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