I’m afraid my nightmare came true: this domain became just another absurd blog that came and went. That sucks. I blame it on Rich. Please fill his next post with tons of comments about how you’d like him to drop in more content. I think another part of the problem is that I feel like whenever I have to put a post on here I have to put too much thought into it. Clearly, that isn’t working – as it then becomes such a chore that I don’t want to do it.
So, I’m going to have a beer tonight and drink to the death of ANTI/gen. But, also, I’ll drink to the rebirth of this blog. Like a phoenix arising form ash… or something. I have decided to drastically lower my expectations. As, the internet is overflowing with ridiculous images, videos, articles, and other shit – and certain social networks sites have become so social that it has become inappropriate for me to not censor what I share on them on some level.
I have had the pleasure of knowing and meeting many wonderful people so far. I must agree, to paraphrase a journal from Flying Lotus, “the universe really does give you what you put out”. Along those lines: many of these wonderful people I know make me sad because they don’t seem to acknowledge or believe this.
One philosophy I’ve been hearing a lot with respect to programming is that you should think about it more than actually doing it. I think this can be applied to life as well. It’s easy to get hung up in merely doing whatever you’re doing, wherever you are. You should try and take a step back. Where are you going? Where do you want to be you going? What are you trying to do? What are you doing? What do you want to be doing?
Without some sort of direction, some goal, you’re just looking at your feet. This isn’t to say you’re doing it wrong. I would argue that, simply, you’re not going to achieve your full potential utility and happiness.
Once you realize you’re in control, it’s incredibly liberating to think of the possibilities. This isn’t to say every day of your life is going to be super awesome. Be realistic. And, be aware that every day, every action is a choice. It’s a big world out there. So, will yourself where you want to be.
You attract what you habitually expect. You become what you deeply believe.
Well, I was trying to do a little pre-work work but lost my way. I kept thinking about how lonely you loyal readers must be ever since we announced shutting down the shop and seemingly sailed off the edge of the earth.
One thing I’ll say upfront is that these posts will likely get more personal since they’re coming at ya way less formally than previous updates (or not, guess that’s subjective…). If it is lame or uneventful, I’d say I’m sorry but it’s mostly your fault.
So, Rich has his last week here in Santa Cruz before he moves back to San Diego to work at House of Blues and move in with his girl, Ali. I can’t wait to sleep our your couch.
And, me… well, if you’re curious (and I’ll assume you are since you’re still reading,) I’ve been keeping my brain occupied. Few things of interest:
I’m playing with Processing. It’s a programming language geared toward audio/visual generation/manipulation. The picture above is a screenshot of some live action – a little doctored for ambience.
I’m playing with Reason. Actually, I’ve been playing with reason for well over a year now but usually alone at night, and hardly as good as one should be after using anything for over a year. Hope to share some beats I come up with if I can get my shit dialed.
Well, I gotta finish up this cup of coffee and get my ass to the office. I’ve been riding my bike to work for over a month now so I’ve got a bit of a trek ahead of me.
