I was finishing up a paper for class today. It was about 3 pages by the time I finished. It took me all weekend, but that’s nothing new. I’ve got still some ADD issues, and I’ll probably have to deal with those all my life. One way I cope is by taking breaks when I notice that I’m starting to lose focus. It’s not the most efficient way, but it’s a system I made and I know how it works.

I go to an art college, and right now my major is Audio Design & Production and it’s focused on getting me a Bachelor of Arts. I’m in the middle of considering changing it Acoustics which would give me a Bachelor of Science, but that’s a topic for another post. What I’m trying to get at here is that I haven’t been writing nearly as many papers as I did when I was in high school. Consequently, my writing ability has severely deteriorated.

I want to actually start using this again. I need to be able to express myself better through text. I don’t just want to be faster, I want to develop my own style. I’ve already started to read a lot more, analyzing other authors. But I need to do more than that. I need to start writing on my own.

Hopefully this will be the first of many posts :)

November 2

Let No Shave November begin!

November 1

Electric Fire!!

Here’s a video of me and some friends having a fun time one night with each other (and my large flaming staff). Created by the lovley Sara Goughnour, with MGMT’s “Electric Feel”. 

And yes, that is me in the black shirt, wrecking all of you in life.

Now, I’m not normally one to fantasize about magic black men, but I think I can justify this one. I mean, come on. He’s fucking magical

In Back to the Future, Doc sets clock in the DeLorean to a day 25 years in the future. Today is that day. Where the hell is my jetpack?

As a true American, my thoughts on SOCCER (not football. that’s a sport played with the hands)

     Well everybody, I saw Toy Story 3 last night. To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Usually, when Disney makes a sequel, it’s almost guaranteed not to be as good as the original. I remember seeing Toy Story 2 (granted, I haven’t seen it since it came out), and not liking it so much. But this is Pixar. They are genius story tellers, and deserve nothing but the utmost respect. So I went in with an open mind.

     Now the first thing to note here is that the movie is in 3D. Bear in mind this isn’t like your “Sharkboy and Lava Girl” 3D, this is like Avatar 3D. Here’s a little background on 3D, for those of you who don’t know. Stereoscopy is any technique that is able to produce an illusion of depth. The old crappy way of doing that was called Anaglyph images. That’s where you take a normal image, and split it into opposing colors (see above). When you put on the special “red/blue” glasses, the image would look like it’s in 3D. The new way of doing it is cooler, but also a lot more expensive.

     This new way requires a special camera, one with 2 lenses. Because there are two different perspectives, when you overlay the two images (either back and forth really fast, or with two projectors), it creates the illusion of 3D. You can see how it works by holding a finger up to your nose. Look with only your left eye, and then only your right. you see that there are two different perspectives. But when you look with both eyes, you perceive 3D. Isn’t that cool. Now, I said it was expensive to do. Just look at James Cameron’s “Avatar”. Because of that, most films are cutting corners with their 3D, and creating stereoscopic images in post production (after the movie has already been shot). But since the world of Toy Story exists in a computer, Pixar doesn’t have to worry about that. 

     A last note about 3D before I get on to the juicy stuff. I like 3D. Yeah, it may seem like a stupid fad, but I really think that when you do it correctly, it’s worth it. It’s no longer the gimmicky “oh-look-something-is-coming-out-of-the-screen-to-get-you”. I mean, if you think about it, this is the next technological leap. Where else do you go from HD, aside from higher quality HD?  

     So. Here it is. The real reason you wanted to read this. Toy Story 3. It started out, as all Pixar movies do, with a small animated short. Aside from being (in my opinion) the best of Pixar’s shorts so far, it was an excellent example of how 3D should be used. It was a classic story about fear of the unknown, with a happy feel good ending. I won’t say anymore than that, because I feel I’m able to describe it properly. If you’ve seen it, you’d understand.

     And then the movie started. I should say that this movie held some significance for me, because the whole movie is about how Andy (like myself) is going to college. The story centers around the toy’s feelings about being thrown away as Andy moves on. It’s a story the likes of which only Pixar can truly tell. After seeing this movie, I can safely say, that this is no ordinary sequel. It in no way sours the original. This movie could easily stand on it’s own. If you have enjoyed Wally and Up, which of course you did, then you’ll love this movie. I won’t say any more, except to tell you to go watch it. I’m sorry if you feel like I tricked you into reading all of this, expecting to read an actual review. But there is just no way I could give an accurate review without leaving something out. This movie is perfect for anyone and everyone, I don’t care who you are (except for babies. they cry during movies. don’t bring you baby to a movie if he’s gonna cry. i mean really. control your kid. at least take him outside if he starts crying for god’s sake). 

I’m going to be a music dork now and give this movie my highest rating of a Perfect 5th

 My scale from worst to best being: Tritone, minor 2nd, major 2nd, minor 3rd, major 3rd, and perfect 4th, and perfect 5th.

Well, this my first real attempt at a symphonic piece. I think it turned out well for a first attempt at composing

It’s called “Tango to the Ends of the Earth” 

Unfortunately some of the parts (like base bone and timpani) are missing, but most of it is still there. 

     So there’s this girl. I want to talk about her for a bit. She’s a cool girl. I guess. She’s a robotic kid. She’s kinda cute. We met once at one of those robotics things. Our teams were sitting near each other. and it was a stadium, so we were cheering together. We were neer each other, so we started talking. You could say we hit it off. I met some of her friends, and she met some of mine, so we made a little group for that weekend. That’s how i met the girl.

     And so this girl and I, found each other on facebook. I searched for her, and her friends as soon as I got home. Her name was really easy to remember. I mean it’s Lovey. I mean like “love”. but as an adverb (i think…). But cool, right?  I think that’s one of the this girl so much. The girl whose name starts with love. 

     I kept in touch with this girl. Lovey, I mean. We’ve talked a bit online. To he honest, I think I’ve forgotten what any of our conversations have been about. But I do remember we started a “poke war” on facebook early on. That’s still going on (i’m winning :p). We always seem to talk about seeing each other. You see, we live far away from each other. That makes hanging out, really hard. But she says she still wants to visit. That makes sense. I guess I am kinda likable. This girl thought so anyways. 

    Around every summer I seem think to myself, that I’d like to visit that girl too. I have some other friends down south that way too. But she’d definitely be my first stop. It’s been so long since I’ve seen her now. The first time we met years ago. So far, we’ve only seen each other through robotics. The most recent time that I’ve seen her, I was getting over a bad cold (among other complacations). So I wasn’t “all there”, if you get the drift. I guess I’m afraid I made a rather bad impression on this Lovey girl.

     I really’d like to see this girl again. Lovey. I’d love to hang out with her. I guess that’s the real reason I wrote this little note. I’d just like to say, I’m thinking of you occasionally. Your name has been added to my web browser dictionary, as well as my Macbook’s (Ii like to think of it as a 5 starred jail cell). Also, my facebook’s home page seems to like your pictures a lot. So I see a lot of those. I guess when you get around to reading this lovey, you should hit me up with your plans for the summer, so we can hang out. I think we can make thing happen this time.  

     Anyways, I hope you enjoyed my little note on this cool girl I met. You might like to get to know her. She’s pretty friendly. Or maybe you could do what I did, and call up that cool girl you’ve only met a couple times. Trust me. It’s worth it.