"Rational thought is a failed experiment and should be phased out." - W.S. Burroughs
"The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer-- they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer." - Ken Kesey
If you believe in me, how can I be dissolving? Come on, let's role...
Silence, can you hear me?
The role of the artist is to put things where they don't belong.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
I'm in a state of shock, but it's something new...
"I've Got Some Falling To Do" - Music by Neil Cicierega, animation by Andrew Kepple - the greatest creative duo our generation has ever seen.
Probably my favorite flash file on the net, it's message being increasingly relevant as time goes by.
Probably my favorite flash file on the net, it's message being increasingly relevant as time goes by.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Life
"If there were someone who knew everything about the universe, every answer to every question, undeniable, absolute truth, and if that person knelt down and whispered in your ear that there was no God, and you changed anything about the way you live, you are living for the wrong reasons."
This is something someone told me this week. It's one of the more insightful things I've heard recently. More on this later, once I've thought some more about my own place in the universe...
This is something someone told me this week. It's one of the more insightful things I've heard recently. More on this later, once I've thought some more about my own place in the universe...
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
April Fools
I like this holiday more and more each year, mainly because more and more of my favorite websites take part in it. Typically, of all the websites I check on a daily basis, there'll be 2 or 3 sites that have a prank of some kind. This year, a whole 8 sites have done something for the holiday. I hope this trend continues.
The most elaborate of this year's was posted on both IGN and Rotten Tomatoes: a trailer for the "upcoming" Legend of Zelda movie. A lot of work was put into this for just a prank- enjoy.
Westcoaster.net also had a pretty good prank- they converted their entire site into "Wes' Toaster", a site dedicated to the daily activities of a toaster.
The most elaborate of this year's was posted on both IGN and Rotten Tomatoes: a trailer for the "upcoming" Legend of Zelda movie. A lot of work was put into this for just a prank- enjoy.
Westcoaster.net also had a pretty good prank- they converted their entire site into "Wes' Toaster", a site dedicated to the daily activities of a toaster.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
I Move On
While truckin' down the road of life, although all hope seems gone,
I just move on.
When I can't find a single star to hang my wish upon, I just move on,
I move on.
I run so fast, a shotgun blast can hurt me not one bit.
I'm on my toes cause heaven knows a moving target's hard to hit.
So as we play in life's ballet, we're not the dying swans, we just move on,
we move on.
I just move on.
When I can't find a single star to hang my wish upon, I just move on,
I move on.
I run so fast, a shotgun blast can hurt me not one bit.
I'm on my toes cause heaven knows a moving target's hard to hit.
So as we play in life's ballet, we're not the dying swans, we just move on,
we move on.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
La Mia Promessa
So my sister has a Youtube site now, and has started to put up some of the videos she's edited. I'm rather fond this this one; it's a Final Fantasy fan video set to Linkin Park. Have a look:
She goes by the screenname "Promessa," and can be found at youtube.com/promessa1125.
As for me, life goes by. I'm in the middle of the pre-spring break crunch, and the Narnia promo, so things are a bit hectic. I'd like to think spring break will be a nice stress reliever, but I have a feeling I'm going to be busy with work and school projects most of the week. I'll probably have to wait until June to get a proper breather, but I'm thinking it will be worth it.
She goes by the screenname "Promessa," and can be found at youtube.com/promessa1125.
As for me, life goes by. I'm in the middle of the pre-spring break crunch, and the Narnia promo, so things are a bit hectic. I'd like to think spring break will be a nice stress reliever, but I have a feeling I'm going to be busy with work and school projects most of the week. I'll probably have to wait until June to get a proper breather, but I'm thinking it will be worth it.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
A Far Off Place
"It's important to be honest with yourself."
Some sound advice I recently received from a good friend. Actually, as much as I've made fun of it over the past week or so, it's probably the best advice I can use at the moment (see last blog entry.)
My current ipod playlist is as follows:
1. Go the Distance - Hercules
2. Out There - Hunchback of Notre Dame
3. Part of Your World - Little Mermaid
4. Angel of Music - Phantom of the Opera
5. Reflection - Mulan
6. Just Around the River Bend - Pocahontas
7. A Whole New World - Aladdin
8. Wind's Nocturne - Lunar
A real quick anecdote: so it's lunch and I have close to zero monies, so I get some 99 cent tacos from Jack and bust them out right as I pull out of the drivethru. Aas I pull onto San Marcos Blvd, the cloudy skies part just as "Go the Distance" is kicking into it's triumphant second verse. Of course, with the rays of sunlight beaming down on me, I can't help but belt the lyrics. So, just try to picture the the reaction of the lady in the car to my left; I've got my nice dress clothes and tie on, half eaten taco in one hand, wheel in the other, and the windows down, totally belting out the lyrics. If I had any shame, I wouldn't let myself end up in these type of situations for frequently.
Anyway, probably one of the more girly playlists I've made in a while. While most of the songs are from Disney, the common theme is that they all are sung in the point of the story where the protagonist realizes that the life they lead is no longer fulfilling, and they've just about reached the breaking point before they have to out and explore the world's many adventures. It's also a point of foreshadowing for the viewer, the "oh man, something is about to go down, I can feel it..." moment.
I'm not sure if that's entirely in line with how I feel at the moment, but maybe all the change I've had to endure recently (and over the last year) has to do with why I find myself listening to these songs over and over. I feel like I relate to these characters. I find that this act of a musical is usually one of the more interesting, as it's just before the point of no return. What a scary concept.
I'm not sure if what's around the river bend will be good or bad for me, but I guess I can't really sit here and not find out. The Dreamgiver may still be waiting.
Some sound advice I recently received from a good friend. Actually, as much as I've made fun of it over the past week or so, it's probably the best advice I can use at the moment (see last blog entry.)
My current ipod playlist is as follows:
1. Go the Distance - Hercules
2. Out There - Hunchback of Notre Dame
3. Part of Your World - Little Mermaid
4. Angel of Music - Phantom of the Opera
5. Reflection - Mulan
6. Just Around the River Bend - Pocahontas
7. A Whole New World - Aladdin
8. Wind's Nocturne - Lunar
A real quick anecdote: so it's lunch and I have close to zero monies, so I get some 99 cent tacos from Jack and bust them out right as I pull out of the drivethru. Aas I pull onto San Marcos Blvd, the cloudy skies part just as "Go the Distance" is kicking into it's triumphant second verse. Of course, with the rays of sunlight beaming down on me, I can't help but belt the lyrics. So, just try to picture the the reaction of the lady in the car to my left; I've got my nice dress clothes and tie on, half eaten taco in one hand, wheel in the other, and the windows down, totally belting out the lyrics. If I had any shame, I wouldn't let myself end up in these type of situations for frequently.
Anyway, probably one of the more girly playlists I've made in a while. While most of the songs are from Disney, the common theme is that they all are sung in the point of the story where the protagonist realizes that the life they lead is no longer fulfilling, and they've just about reached the breaking point before they have to out and explore the world's many adventures. It's also a point of foreshadowing for the viewer, the "oh man, something is about to go down, I can feel it..." moment.
I'm not sure if that's entirely in line with how I feel at the moment, but maybe all the change I've had to endure recently (and over the last year) has to do with why I find myself listening to these songs over and over. I feel like I relate to these characters. I find that this act of a musical is usually one of the more interesting, as it's just before the point of no return. What a scary concept.
I'm not sure if what's around the river bend will be good or bad for me, but I guess I can't really sit here and not find out. The Dreamgiver may still be waiting.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Living in the Sun
I am at constant war with my own psyche. One division of my brain tells me things and makes up thoughts and ideas that the other division tells me to banish and to keep to myself. But the first division is a persistent little bugger, and it torments me constantly. My struggle is not dissimilar to Quasimodo's. My mind is it's own bell tower; I am conflicted between the part that wants to be released and the part that wants to keep these thoughts within.
In a game called "Psychonauts", you assume the role of a psychic spy who enters minds and tries to sort out problems. One of the enemies you'll encounter is the "censor", who will try to stamp out anything it doesn't deem worthy of inhabiting that mind (yourself included.) The lesson is that we should think how we want to think. Thoughts and actions are different- in the words of the immortal Gary Oldman (posing as Sirius Black,) "The world isn't split into good wizards and death eaters. We each have both light and dark within us. It's the part we choose to act on that makes us who we are." I don't believe that means to censor the dark thoughts within, however. Only by accepting them and possibly sharing them can we sort the good thoughts from the bad and figure out what we want to do with the mess we call our minds. The fact that I acknowledge my darker instincts does not make me a bad person, as long as choose to act on what's right.
So I guess this is where my pal the hunchback comes into play. Maybe that's why I can't get this song out of my head. Part of me wants to be free; the only difference is that I am my own captor.
I guess the other reason is that I can't help but see a little of Quasimodo in myself. I'm never going to be the rugged, handsome, prince charming type- I've come to terms with that. The world is always going to hand us problems like they're free keychains, but I can either pity myself or deal with it. The world may be cruel and wicked, but that should only be incentive to try and add a bit of light. Quasimodo loses the girl he loves to the hot guy and gives them his blessing anyway. I can only hope that I may take a lesson away from that.
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