foto worlds

via fubiz

fotos by Alexandre Duret-Lutz. Using panoramics he creates what appear to be small worlds or planets. U'd be surprised how much one little area and a panaroma of it can really seem like it's own world with so much to it. Always more detail than u imagine.

dancing to the beat[s]

additional directions...

It's become painfully clear that my blogging has fallen off in a serious way over the past whatever amount of time. In many ways I find myself disappointed. But in the past few weeks I find myself spending a bit more of my interweb surfing time perusing other blogs...blogs of a very different nature. I of course have a few mainstays and thru them I'm often stumble onto new and interesting blogs or at least posts and tidbits.

The combination of a lack of writing and the experience of other blogs...along with a bit of thinking over the past couple days and observing my silly facebook habits has resulted in a realization: When I did the most consistent writing in the place it was done with a purpose...it was really something I needed to do at that time in my life and it was a way of working and thinking thru various ideas, feelings, emotions, experiences...and so on.

But now is a different time and I find myself in a different place on many levels...that's why they say life is journey. And at this different place, it seems only appropriate to add some new direction(s) to this blog...I don't think it's time to abandon what came before as I know there will be a time and a need for such writing. But in between those posts, which are clearly more sporadic than previous times, I plan on just adding things I find interesting...be it articles, videos, songs, random funny links, pictures, and pretty much whatever. Hopefully I'll put a few things a day [I'd like to say 3 posts a day of various things of interest I come across...but I'm guessing sometimes it could be more and others it could be less.

Anywho...let's get to it...

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Telling Stories

kanYe West was on vh1's Storytellers tonite. Definitely worth checking out. kanYe is an individual often the subject of criticism and controversy but you have to respect his ability to perform and entertain. He puts on a show like few others do or even can...what impresses the most is that he takes the opportunity of performing live to take the music beyond the simple recordings and builds on them in innovative and interesting ways. You can find 10 videos from the kanYe West Storytellers here. Look for it to be replayed in your local listings...and take the time to listen. Too bad they didn't air the full 3 hours or so that it actually ran...maybe they'll make all that content available.

taking some time

u ever feel like there are some things in life u just need to do and make the time for, even if there's not really a good time to do those things? i often find myself staying up later than i should and need to during the week...often i simply don't want to night and its freedom from work and responsibility to end. but sometimes it's out of necessity...a need to just zone out, turn off the brain, and just enjoy the simple things.

one of those simple things for me often turns out to be just listening to music. sometimes i have a private dance party, other times i just sing along, and on occasion i just sit and listen [and blog or surf the web as well]. i'm a big fan of television and it's a comforting thing to have on around the house...but it's nice to escape from it and just listen.

i think the comfort i find in music [be it dancing to it, singing along with it, listening to it closely, having it on in the background] explains my interest in and love of it. it's why i started a music blog [even if it has not really taken off as hoped], it's why i'm willing to spend money purchasing new music or going to concerts [the latter is something i really need to do a lot more]...it's why over the years so many have seen me roaming the halls of school, dancing on BART platforms, or just strolling whatever city i happen to be in with some headphones on...pretty much in a small aural world of my own within the larger world we all share.

the important thing is to take time for these things...even if it means sacrificing a bit of sleep or watching TV or reading or working or whatever. delving into these indulgences of our interests and passions provide a balance to life that makes all the rest that much easier to process and get thru...even if the rest is just the daily grind of a job that may be less than ideal [and i'll be damned if such indulgences aren't vital to the more trying times in life].

on that note, i'm gonna enjoy a few more tracks and then get my sleep on...

rain delayed...but not deterred weekend up!

I faced probably my longest delay getting to my weekend in the City last Friday. Frustrating? Yes. But when it comes time to weekend up...well, there's just not stopping the weekend up'ing. Great weekend with the homies to celebrate a good friend's birfday...which just meant it was time to get more out of control than usual...highlights:

• oddly familiar faces at the airport
• not eating McDonald's twice in one day
• getting in without a ride from the airport...as usual
• more Zerzans
• competition for Los' affection...hahaha
• deciding that said competition was not the way to go
• Sparks to start it up
• the ultimate stoner cabbie
• Ed mistaking the girls getting some air for the bouncers
• the Professor immediately jumping into action
  
• the girl with no underoos on
  
• another lesbian run in at Le Colonial
• breaking up a fight
• almost getting into a fight...but not really
• drunken breakdancing...and Peter breakin' like it was 1999
  
• another note to the bartender
• Seebles (aka Cybelle's)...2 trips within 15 minutes
• the snaps contest as we drunkenly stumbled home
• "Oh shit, I've been eating the paper plate this whole time" - Andy
• Doorbell ditching
• laughs with the other Zerzans
• "tunt"
• more Zerzans crushing on me
• the crazy sleeping accomodations [my snoring, MD's yelling ("two in the hole!" "the tables have turned," "that was a mistake"), MD in the hallway, the broom]
• La Boulange, not Stacks
• Dolores Park and tossing the football around
• soccer kids
• new hat
• turning Los' swag on
  
• Poleng - good as always [and it's only like one more block, one more block]
  
• soju red bull
• the creeptastic art at Fly bar
  
• the sentimental cabbie [and rocking out, sentimental style, with the boys]
  
• bad house music
• oddly shaped breakdancer
• "mildly unattractive"
• my friends and how foolish we all can be
  
• being an awkward goofball
• Squat & Gobble [the restaurant and Los' version...and other related laughs]
• vegging out with the homies
• a ride to the airport!
• not being delayed

Definitely another epic weekend with the homies. Glad to have met some new friends...look forward to more good times to come!