I'm not smart enough to know when to sleep.
Like right now, my eyes feel like they'll slam shut if given the
smallest chance.
I am ready to sleep right...
now.
Saturday, November 27, 2004
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
The 500 Greatest Songs
I love lists. I'm a sucker for them. If you made a list about lists I'd think it was the coolest in a Mobius loop kind of way.
So when Rolling Stone comes out with a list of The 500 Greatest Songs I have to see it.
The list is not a list of the best rock songs, but a great collection of the songs that built rock and/or roll. The songs have a certain attitude that makes them seem right at home on the list.
I waded through the first 100 or so and saw a few surprises that made sense on second thought. If it was a playlist on your iPod it would be the best ever.
Thanks to the Big Z Man for the link.
So when Rolling Stone comes out with a list of The 500 Greatest Songs I have to see it.
The list is not a list of the best rock songs, but a great collection of the songs that built rock and/or roll. The songs have a certain attitude that makes them seem right at home on the list.
I waded through the first 100 or so and saw a few surprises that made sense on second thought. If it was a playlist on your iPod it would be the best ever.
Thanks to the Big Z Man for the link.
Sunday, November 21, 2004
We have a winner!
| It looks like our hunt for a new car may be over. The Scion xB has shown itself to be a quite a value and a joy to drive. It's mileage is really great at 31 and 34 mpg and to make matters better Consumer Reports rated it as the 2nd most reliable small car. So Monday I'll call the sales guy (though he didn't try to sell me anything) to get ours made and hopefully we'll have it at the end of the week, |
 Scion xB Originally uploaded by pi22seven. |
My boss was giving me crap about it earlier in the week when I told him we we're looking at them. "Those things are the ugliest things on the road". I pointed out that there are still Aztecs on the road and that if I got one I'd be on the inside and wouldn't be able to notice.
If you're looking for a car, give the xB a try. It handles a lot differently than it looks and is pretty zippy for the price.
I'll let you guys know more as the week goes on.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Uhm, WTF Audioblogger?
I prolly screwed it up, but I tried to make an audio entry about 4
hours ago and it still hasn't showed up.
Hmmm...
hours ago and it still hasn't showed up.
Hmmm...
Friday, November 12, 2004
A little internet tip
Evidently you can find this place if you Google girls with ass from another planet.
Just in case.
Just in case.
Monday, November 08, 2004
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Yeah, that's right!!!!
Joe Strummer... you've been through the cleansing
fire of punk, only to pick up a few venerial
diseases along the way. You're more of an
optimist when it comes to fucked-up genius.
But you can write wicked-deadly riffs and lycs.
Which fucked-up genius composer are you?
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Friday, November 05, 2004
Now wait second...
The regional Emmys were given out a couple of weeks ago.
A spot that I'd worked on was nominated, and won. Yea.
I haven't written about it because I'm not in the least happy about it. In fact I'm fucking pissed.
The spot was about a male libido booster. The video showed a basketball on a surface being magically inflated, then pulled away with no inflation device being shown.
Most of you know that in the "art" of video/film editing timing is everything. Without a good sense of timing the best story becomes crap.
Even though this spot had only one shot for 15 seconds, it was actually made up of 7 different clips time changed so the basketball would inflate to the beat of the music I chose. All of the clips had to be painted to match for effect and to get rid of the nipple from the air pump and the edges of the table the ball was resting on.
It was work, but the spot looked good, pulled in viewers and ended up winning an Emmy.
So why am I pissed?
I am pissed because the producer who submitted the work for nomination listed himself as the editor. Not me, but himself. When I asked him about it he said "What did you edit? It was only one shot." I was so furious I couldn't say anything.
This was a couple of weeks ago. I'm still very pissed.
I'm going to talk to him about it on Monday. If he feels that my time and contributions to the spot don't deserve merit, then why did he claim that he edited the spot?
I hates liars and thieves.
A spot that I'd worked on was nominated, and won. Yea.
I haven't written about it because I'm not in the least happy about it. In fact I'm fucking pissed.
The spot was about a male libido booster. The video showed a basketball on a surface being magically inflated, then pulled away with no inflation device being shown.
Most of you know that in the "art" of video/film editing timing is everything. Without a good sense of timing the best story becomes crap.
Even though this spot had only one shot for 15 seconds, it was actually made up of 7 different clips time changed so the basketball would inflate to the beat of the music I chose. All of the clips had to be painted to match for effect and to get rid of the nipple from the air pump and the edges of the table the ball was resting on.
It was work, but the spot looked good, pulled in viewers and ended up winning an Emmy.
So why am I pissed?
I am pissed because the producer who submitted the work for nomination listed himself as the editor. Not me, but himself. When I asked him about it he said "What did you edit? It was only one shot." I was so furious I couldn't say anything.
This was a couple of weeks ago. I'm still very pissed.
I'm going to talk to him about it on Monday. If he feels that my time and contributions to the spot don't deserve merit, then why did he claim that he edited the spot?
I hates liars and thieves.
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
1,462 days to go...
The outcome of the election left me sour for a bit.
The guy I voted for lost. I had a right to be angry.
But after a while I remembered that people like my friend aurostion had given of themselves for this election. They gave their time and sweat to knock on doors, make phone calls, stuff envelopes and damn near anything else you can think of to get the word out.
What did I do?
I might have changed a couple of votes at work, but really I didn't do a damn thing.
I pressed "Vote" on an electronic ballot machine. That's all. That only gives me the right to be disappointed, not angry.
But not next time. Next time I will do more. Next time I will make the calls and knock on doors and lose the sleep.
This time though I have to settle for saying thank you aurostion for your convictions and hard work.
The guy I voted for lost. I had a right to be angry.
But after a while I remembered that people like my friend aurostion had given of themselves for this election. They gave their time and sweat to knock on doors, make phone calls, stuff envelopes and damn near anything else you can think of to get the word out.
What did I do?
I might have changed a couple of votes at work, but really I didn't do a damn thing.
I pressed "Vote" on an electronic ballot machine. That's all. That only gives me the right to be disappointed, not angry.
But not next time. Next time I will do more. Next time I will make the calls and knock on doors and lose the sleep.
This time though I have to settle for saying thank you aurostion for your convictions and hard work.
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Monday, November 01, 2004
lowtone it is, I guess.
I was divided between 2 names for a band that I'm putting together. My first choice was bad robot, the other was lowtone.
I was really leaning toward bad robot. It has some fun ideas attached to it. lowtone is just meh in comparison.
Flash to last night where my 13 year old son was playing his first "real" gig with a band he threw together on Wednesday at a football teamate's house. I walk up to house to pick him up and spy the drummer's bass drum. On it were the words bad robot.
GRRRRRRRRR!!!!!
He owes me bigtime.
I was really leaning toward bad robot. It has some fun ideas attached to it. lowtone is just meh in comparison.
Flash to last night where my 13 year old son was playing his first "real" gig with a band he threw together on Wednesday at a football teamate's house. I walk up to house to pick him up and spy the drummer's bass drum. On it were the words bad robot.
GRRRRRRRRR!!!!!
He owes me bigtime.
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