Holy.

June 17th, 2010

Holy Fuck playing “Latin America” (Myspace)

THIS makes me drool. And my entire body responds. Yes, this is a mark on the horizon. I want to move toward this kind of material. I could watch this video 12 times in a row and get new inspirations for what they might be doing.

I’d wager the kit mics are coming back through their FX rigs. Any other thoughts?

And I love the utter absence of a computer.

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First World Problems 2.0

May 29th, 2010

I was relistening to the first version of FWP that I posted, and bleh, not happy. So I’ve tinkered a bit more, and I thought I’d share. I’ve given the lead guitar more shimmer. And then went cymbal happy.

Wish. I. Could. Actually. Drum.

FIrst World Problems 2.0

[Two posts in one day! What am I... bored? Julie must be away for the weekend.]

Gonna go hit the bbq, Crown Royal, then Mario 2.

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Marry Me! I Like You and I Love You

May 29th, 2010

Julie and I decided to send an electronic invitation to all of our wedding guests who are internet savvy. So rather than making hundreds of fancy cards, we made a little video.

Specific details were with held so that we could share the video through YouTube. I am quite happy with how it turned out. It was a fun way to spend a couple hours.

We have fun.

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First World Problems

May 13th, 2010

And from the archives, this little ditty was recorded during the Winter8 Sessions at the Office. Brandon Hughes played guitar and Moog, Andrew Woodill played bass and piano, and if I remember correctly, I played Nintendo DS and a bottle of red wine. The piano outro was recorded at Bev and Jim’s under the teddy bear Christmas tree.

FIrst World Problems

 

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Seligman and the Meaningful Life

March 11th, 2010

Martin Seligman at the TED Conference:

Know what your five highest strengths are, recraft your life to use them as much as you can. Recraft your work, your love, your play, your friendship, your parenting.

Know your strengths and use them to belong to, and in the service of something larger than you are.

I think this is such an important notion, often overlooked:

Belong to a community.
Work hard.
Make a difference.

If you have meaning and engagement, pleasure is the whip cream.

As mentioned in the video, Seligman has published a host of positivity tests that assess happiness as well as strengths.

 

 

 

The Strengths Survey test took me about 15 minutes to complete. Here are my current results:

  1. Curiosity and interest in the world
  2. Capacity to love and be loved
  3. Hope, optimism, and future-mindedness
  4. Love of learning
  5. Social intelligence

These tests always find a way of using at least 2 top spots to tell me I’m a chronic learner. Funny that.

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