Don’t stop believin’, a lip dub for FunkyPlaid.
After 299 emails, 5.09 GB of movies, weeks of very little sleep, and so much iMovie-bashing, I present my birthday gift for FunkyPlaid, a lip dub of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’”. Thanks so much to everyone who participated, who lent moral support, who tolerated my dithering over the choice of song, and especially to the Gamescape crew who stealthily set everything up to show him the video at the store tonight. (He was floored.) I regret not being able to include more of everyone. There was just too much rock for one video.
Read MoreA video of nothing.
End of semester. Idea for video. Brain figures out how to set up camera and hit “record” then wanders off. Relaxing scribble sounds, though?
Read MoreResetting my health goals and tracking.
Good afternoon, readers. It has been a long time since my last self-portrait. I have been so thoroughly brain-focused lately as I finish up the semester that I just needed a little bit of something tangible, a note to myself that non-brain parts of me exist. As soon as I started thinking about that, I started thinking about how much I miss enjoying the non-brain parts of me, like the sweet moment where my body stops fighting the exertion process. I miss that space right before the endorphins hit, where everything and nothing feels, just feels, all at once. Then I realized how long it had been since I felt that all-at-once space. I got distracted, very distracted, by toys on my quest for better health. No surprise there. I like toys and I like data and I like...
Read MoreA song a day, day 30: your favorite song at this time last year.
From the song a day meme: your favorite song at this time last year. We made it! What a rollercoaster of emotion this meme turned out to be! I laughed. I cried. It wasn’t better than “Cats”, so there’s that. I like memes because they are quick prompts to be creative in the midst of homework slogging, but I am excited to be creative in a not-this way once more. Anyway, this meme is over and that is a good thing. My last choice is easy-peasy, because the only song I “loved” on Last.fm in April 2010 was this one. April Smith and the Great Picture Show — “Movie Loves a...
Read MoreA song a day, day 29: a song from your childhood.
From the song a day meme: a song from your childhood. My childhood was filled with music. I remember listening to musicals like “Annie” and “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Pete’s Dragon” and “Oliver” and so many more. I also remember listening to lots of classical music. But when I was very young, my favorite album to listen to was “The Point!” I can still recite most of it by heart. This was my favorite part. I still listen to this album when I am feeling small. Harry Nilsson — “Me and My...
Read MoreA song a day, day 28: a song that makes you feel guilty.
From the song a day meme: a song that makes you feel guilty. This one was easy, I am sad to say. Grampa, I miss you so much. I did not appreciate you half as much as I should have when you were alive, and I look for you in every new person I meet. Heather Waters — “Wait for Me”
Read MoreA song a day, day 27: a song that you wish you could play.
From the song a day meme: a song that you wish you could play. I have this funny idea that someday I will return to voice lessons and also learn the guitar. At that future point, I would like to play this song. I first heard Emily Picha’s song “So Long” but I do not remember where or when, exactly. These lyrics got me: and so long, dear this is a new moon, this is a glory day this is a 747 strutting down the catwalk to sail away “So Long” is from her first album, and her music has only gotten better. Recently I listened to “Westerly” for the first time and was entranced by her intricate yet not overwrought melodies. I want someone with proper music-reviewing skills to tell you about her music. At least one of you is...
Read MoreTwitter Lists make happy tweeters.
Twitter fatigue: you follow a ton of fascinating people on Twitter, but how can you reasonably keep up with that much information, even in 140-character blasts? I use Twitter Lists, which are supported on the Twitter website and in most Twitter clients. Say you follow a bunch of musicians, like I do, but seem to always miss when they announce a new album or tickets going on sale because their tweets get lost in your timeline. Create a list called “music” and add them to it, and then when you want to read the latest from your favorite musicians, view that list. Here are the steps to creating your own Twitter Lists. Step 1: Go to a musician’s Twitter page and click the lists icon. Step 2: Select “create list” at the bottom of the...
Read MoreA song a day, day 26: a song that you can play on an instrument.
From the song a day meme: a song that you can play on an instrument. I used to practice this so often on the piano that decades later I can still plunk it out. Mike Reno & Ann Wilson — “Almost Paradise”
Read MoreA song a day, day 25: a song that makes you laugh.
From the song a day meme: a song that makes you laugh. JoCo wins this round. Jonathan Coulton — “Code Monkey”
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